Songs where multiple vocal parts are overlapped or sung in 'rounds'

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i'm looking for songs sung in rounds like 'Row, Row, Row Yr Boat' where before the first line is finished, the second one starts.

Judy Henske & Jerry Yester's "Raider" does this wonderfully.

also looking for songs where different vocal parts are sung on top of each other.

good examples are the first song on Spiritualized "Ladies & Gentelmen We are Floating in Space", the first song on the Latyrx album and that one Velvet Underground song (from White Light?) where cale, reed and tucker are each in a different channel (left, right, center)

gracias

― JaXoN (JasonD), Friday, 15 October 2004 16:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Haha, see if you can download Savatage - Chance, five-part overlapping drama vocals.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 15 October 2004 16:58 (twenty-one years ago)

"Pussycat" The Aluminum Group

― peepee (peepee), Friday, 15 October 2004 17:01 (twenty-one years ago)

songs where different vocal parts are sung on top of each other

gang of four, "anthrax"

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Friday, 15 October 2004 17:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Doobie Brothers, "Black Water"

The Monkees, "Words" (to a lesser extent)

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Friday, 15 October 2004 17:07 (twenty-one years ago)

the coda to "God Only Knows"

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 15 October 2004 17:08 (twenty-one years ago)

pj harvey, "this mess we're in"

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Friday, 15 October 2004 17:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Donovan, "Happiness Runs"

― Marcel Post (Marcel Post), Friday, 15 October 2004 17:10 (twenty-one years ago)

that RFTC song at the end of Circa Now.

― Huk-L, Friday, 15 October 2004 17:13 (twenty-one years ago)

"All Is Full of Love" - Bjork

― Wooden (Wooden), Friday, 15 October 2004 17:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Weezer - Surf Wax America!!!!!

― jedidiah (jedidiah), Friday, 15 October 2004 17:16 (twenty-one years ago)

"A Testament To Youth In Verse," New Pornographers

"Paperback Writer," Beatles

― Phil Dennison (Phil D.), Friday, 15 October 2004 17:58 (twenty-one years ago)

"The Prophet's Song" by Queen

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 15 October 2004 18:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Surely something from Sung Tongs? Can't remember clearly though.

― sleep (sleep), Friday, 15 October 2004 18:06 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't know about sung tongs but track 5 from Panda Bear's Young Prayer is sung in a round.

― Magic City (ano ano), Friday, 15 October 2004 18:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Moondog's songs galore, ha!

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Friday, 15 October 2004 18:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Liz Phair - "Flower"

I love songs that do this.

― briania (briania), Friday, 15 October 2004 18:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Gentle Giant's "On Reflection" (pretty intricate, too)

― Joe (Joe), Friday, 15 October 2004 18:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Doesn't "Harvest of the World" by the Isley Brothers end like this?

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 15 October 2004 18:37 (twenty-one years ago)

The Beastie Boys - 'Caught In The Middle Of A 3-Way Mix'
Cornelius - 'God Only Knows' (also the coda/lead-out)

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Friday, 15 October 2004 18:41 (twenty-one years ago)

(Briefly) Lemon Jelly - 'Ramblin' Man'
The Beta Band - 'Al Sharp'

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Friday, 15 October 2004 18:47 (twenty-one years ago)

The Muppets (sans John Denver), "Christmas Is Coming"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Friday, 15 October 2004 18:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Queen in general to thread.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 15 October 2004 21:18 (twenty-one years ago)

And how about the stereo effect in the chorus of The Kinks' "Starstruck"?

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 15 October 2004 21:18 (twenty-one years ago)

There's a French band that almost nobody has heard of (at least outside of France), who sing in English, and are extremely under appreciated. After people find out they exist, I think the indie community will jump all over them.

Anyway, just about the whole "Lady and Bird" (S/T) album is like that. Almost.

― Mickey, Friday, 15 October 2004 23:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Towa Tei - 'Butterfly' (Cornelius Remix)
The Chemical Brothers feat. Beth Orton - 'Where Do I Begin?'
Primal Scream - 'Pills'

Latryx briefly reprise the trick on 'Funky Granules'.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Saturday, 16 October 2004 12:17 (twenty-one years ago)

'Child Is Father Of The Man' - The Beach Boys

― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 16 October 2004 12:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Talking Heads, "The Great Curve"

― Haaaaaitch (haitch), Saturday, 16 October 2004 13:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Violent Femmes - "I Hear the Rain"

― paulhw (paulhw), Saturday, 16 October 2004 14:00 (twenty-one years ago)

The multiple vocal parts overlapping thing was something Tori Amos was/is really good at on occasion - see "Space Dog" and especially "Father Lucifer" where three entirely different vocal melodies scan across each other beautifully.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Saturday, 16 October 2004 14:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

― Hurting (Hurting), Saturday, 16 October 2004 14:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Robert Pollard "People Are Leaving"
Jawbox "LS/MFT"

― Jeremy (Jeremy), Saturday, 16 October 2004 14:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Jon Anderson to thread. (he's got a whole track of vocal overdubs on Fragile, for one)

― Hurting (Hurting), Saturday, 16 October 2004 14:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Spiritualized - "Ladies and Gentlemen, We are Floating in Space"
Saint Etienne - "Hobart Paving"

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Saturday, 16 October 2004 14:54 (twenty-one years ago)

thank you Hurting and the Good Dr Bill for reading the initial question so thoroughly :)

― JaXoN (JasonD), Saturday, 16 October 2004 18:20 (twenty-one years ago)

13th Floor Elevators -Don't Fall Down

― autovac (autovac), Saturday, 16 October 2004 20:13 (twenty-one years ago)

I knew there must have been a reason why no one else had said it yet.

At least I chose a second one too.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Saturday, 16 October 2004 20:21 (twenty-one years ago)

that happy mondays song with karl denver ... lazyitis, that's it.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Saturday, 16 October 2004 20:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Most of Prolapse's songs feature dual/duelling m/f vocal lines.

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Saturday, 16 October 2004 20:38 (twenty-one years ago)

The Roches, "The Troubles"

― William Crump (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 17 October 2004 00:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, the row row row thing was a joke anyway. And I did also contribute the Yes example.

― Hurting (Hurting), Sunday, 17 October 2004 00:28 (twenty-one years ago)

The Beatles "Julia"

Magnetic Fields "Absolutely Cuckoo" (coincidentally my roommate and I were talking about this phenomena last night and specifically thought of this song)

― Adam Bruneau (oliver8bit), Sunday, 17 October 2004 15:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Somebody mentioned Moondog. Yeah, especially see the self-titled and MOONDOG 2 Columbia LPs, re-released on 1 CD. His "All Is Lonlieness" rocks round when adapted by Big Brother and the Holding Company (wot no Moondog trib yet). I've seen the Brian Wilson Orchestra stand up and sing a cappella rounds in concert; hope some of this is on their SMILE. Not a round per se, but effective overlapping/interjections: multitracked Patti Smith on title track of HORSES. Multiple Marvin Gayes on his MIDNIGHT LOVE might also fit.

― don, Sunday, 17 October 2004 16:10 (twenty-one years ago)

"Funny Break (One Is Enough)" - Orbital

― Wooden (Wooden), Sunday, 17 October 2004 16:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Bee Gees, "Fanny (Be Tender With My Love)" - I think there are 5 overlapped falsetto tracks by the end.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Sunday, 17 October 2004 20:05 (twenty-one years ago)

But I was gonna mention "The Prophet's Song"!

Three songs from "Once More, With Feeling" episode of Buffy.

"Hospitality on Parade" Sparks

― ian g, Sunday, 17 October 2004 20:54 (twenty-one years ago)

mclusky - She Will Only Bring YOu Happiness

― Sasha (sgh), Sunday, 17 October 2004 23:18 (twenty-one years ago)

that happy mondays song with karl denver ... lazyitis, that's it.

the One Armed Boxer mix, specifically (neither Denver nor his parts are on the album)

― kit brash (kit brash), Monday, 18 October 2004 00:15 (twenty-one years ago)

The coda to Reunion's "Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)": excerpts from "I Want to Take You Higher," "Baby I Need Your Loving," and 3DN's "Celebrate" are sung roundishly together.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Monday, 18 October 2004 01:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Also by Donovan: Wear Your Love Like Heaven
The Mamas & The Papas: California Dreamin'

― jim wentworth (wench), Monday, 18 October 2004 01:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Alice Cooper, "Sun Arise" (the coda)
Talking Heads, "Once In A Lifetime"

JaXoN, the Velvets song you're referring to is "The Murder Mystery" from the third (untitled) LP. And it's actually Doug Yule, and not Cale, whom Yule had replaced.

Just so you know...:)

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Monday, 18 October 2004 14:22 (twenty-one years ago)

the end of "sun up from sun down" by Blue Black does this wonderfully too...

― Conor (Conor), Monday, 18 October 2004 16:20 (twenty-one years ago)

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