Le Fin De La Semaine Essay Question: Special "The Genius of George Morton" Edition

From 1966. please enjoy the (hubba hubba) Shangri-Las and their eminently danceable ode to "Sophisticated Boom Boom."

Produced and (more to the point) written by the aforementioned George "Shadow" Morton. Who if for no other reason than this intro -- declaimed with perfect New Yawk insouciance by lead singer Mary Weiss -- deserves to be immortal.

I was walkin' down the street

And it was gettin' mighty late

Well, the truth of the matter is

This poor girl had been abandoned by her date

When, from out of nowhere came this music loud and clear

Let me see, from over there?

(No, over there.)

Over there?

(Yeah.)

Well, I open up the door

And much to my surprise

The girls were wearin' formals

And the boys were wearin' ties

And I feel that I should mention

That the band was at attention

They just stood there, oh, so neat

While they played their swingin' beat

So I grabbed this little boy

Who came struttin' 'cross the room

And I say, "What's that?"

And he say

"Sophisticated boom, boom"

And that, my friends, is poetry.

Which leads us, inexorably, to business. To wit:

...and your favorite post-Elvis pop/rock/country/soul record featuring a spoken word section (of whatever length) is...???

No arbitrary rules, but c'mon -- no Dylan or rap allowed, for obvious reasons.

Discuss.

Oh, and here's my nominee -- note the big "Bonjour!" from guest speaker Joan of Arc at approximately the 2:20 minute mark.

Okay -- have a great weekend, everybody!!!