The Orb often makes ambient-electro music out of spoken-voice snippets using of the rhythm of the speech. Their best-known spoke-sampled-song (details on clips used below) is from 1991, off The Orb’s Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld, “Little Fluffy Clouds:”
Wikipedia has a complete history of the song. Sampled are Ennio Morricone’s “The Man With The Harmonica” (soundtrack to Once Upon a Time in the West) and “Electric Counterpoint” composed by Steve Reich and performed by guitarist Pat Metheny. The voice is Rickie Lee Jones from a promotional interview. Reich was “flattered.” Jones sued.
In 2007 Alan Parker: Urban Warrior (comedian Simon Munnery) parodied the song on BBC Radio 1 announcer Annie Nightingale’s compilation Y4K— The Orb & Alan Parker, “Grey Clouds” (2:30 mp3):
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