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Only one per act:

1. Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody
2. Beach Boys: Good Vibrations
3. 10cc: I'm Mandy Fly Me
4. The Beatles: I Feel Fine
5. Dodgy: Staying Out For The Summer
6. Sagittarius: My World Fell Down
7. The Hollies: Here I Go Again
8. Freiheit: Keeping The Dream Alive
9. Steely Dan: Babylon Sisters
10.ELO: Wild West Hero

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 23:53 (twenty years ago)

Indv songs too many to mention, but Fleetwood Mac, Everly Bros, and Beach Boys probabl hold the top three spots.

― PB, Wednesday, 8 June 2005 00:01 (twenty years ago)

The Mamas and Papas- I Saw Her Again
Zombies- I Want Her She Wants Me (the coda alone)
The Four Seasons: Rag Doll
Hollies: Can't Let Go
Big Star: Thank You, Friends

― Cunga (Cunga), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 01:06 (twenty years ago)

Geir, seriously, acquire Funkadelic's America Eats Its Young. I can honestly envision you liking large portions of it (it's a double album & not entirely Funque Musick)!

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 01:09 (twenty years ago)

The Everly Brothers - Love Hurts (Very hard to pick one)
Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris - The Angels Rejoiced Last Night
(I'll come back later when I can figure out which actual Louvin Brothers to pick)

― k/l (Ken L), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 01:14 (twenty years ago)

The Byrds!

― Mike O. (Mike Ouderkirk), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 01:16 (twenty years ago)

For The Byrds I'll go with
"You Won't Have to Cry"

Richard and Linda Thompson, "The Wall of Death"

― k/l (Ken L), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 01:21 (twenty years ago)

Abbysinians

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 01:23 (twenty years ago)

1. Everly Brothers - Hard Hard Year
2. Byrds - Lay Down Your Weary Tune
3. Knight Brothers - Temptation 'Bout to Get Me
4. Moby Grape - 8:05
5. Zombies - Changes
6. Beau Brummels - Don't Talk to Strangers
7. Hollies - When Your Light's Turned On
8. Mamaas and Papas - My Heart Stood Still
9. Millenium - It's You
10. Turtles - You Know What I Mean

― JAS, Wednesday, 8 June 2005 01:30 (twenty years ago)

fleetwood mac "hold me" (but really it could be any number of their songs)
hummingbirds "blush" (ditto)

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 01:34 (twenty years ago)

The Flamin' Groovies, "You Tore Me Down"

― k/l (Ken L), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 01:36 (twenty years ago)

The Fairport Convention, "Meet On The Ledge"

― k/l (Ken L), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 01:38 (twenty years ago)

fire "fathers name is dad" (demanding that the harmonies be added to this is the best thing paul mccartney ever did for the world)

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 01:39 (twenty years ago)

The Roches, "Hammond Song"
X, "White Girl"
Multitracked Lindsey Buckingham, "That's All For Everyone"

Those are the ones that gut me every time.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 01:41 (twenty years ago)

weird. i was just thinking about starting this thread. thought it musta been done before.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 01:50 (twenty years ago)

c'mon more motown! more rocksteady/reggae!

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 01:51 (twenty years ago)

ah, at last oops.

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 01:52 (twenty years ago)

really! this is like a POX raps thread that lists blondie "rapture" and u2 "numb".
( i kid, i kid. some of these do indeed have lovely harmonies)

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 01:55 (twenty years ago)

1. Congos - Can't Come In

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 01:59 (twenty years ago)

The Spinners - "It's a Shame"
Rolling Stones - "Loving Cup"
Beatles - "Getting Better" (way, way too many to choose one)
The Band - "I Shall Be Released"
Impressions - "I'm So Proud"
Beach Boys - "Surfer Girl"
Flying Burrito Brothers - "Juanita"
Culture - "Natty Dread Taking Over"
Louvin Brothers - "When I Stop Dreaming"
Everly Brothers - "All I Have to Do is Dream"
Flaming Groovies - "Shake Some Action"

― Keith C (kcraw916), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 02:12 (twenty years ago)

Christ, I forgot Gram Parsons/Emmylou Harris on "Hearts on Fire," which is better than all of those.

― Keith C (kcraw916), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 02:15 (twenty years ago)

Lettermen - When I Fall In Love
Beatles - Because
Moody Blues - Have You Heard
War - The World Is A Ghetto
Tremeloes - Silence Is Golden
Association - Come The Fall
Four Freshmen - Graduation Day
Beach Boys - Keith stole Surfer Girl, so Sloop John B.
Bee Gees - You Don't Know What It's Like
Todd Rundgren - Something to Fall Back On

― jim wentworth (wench), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 02:43 (twenty years ago)

I think your Bee Gees pick is called "To Love Somebody."

Critics of the thread so far such as oops, show us what you got, list some (more) songs.

― k/l (Ken L), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 02:58 (twenty years ago)

I'm really bad at remembering and singling out specific songs. (had to google 'congos' in order to list that upthread)
but if you're talking about groups known for their harmonies (not even touching on solo artists who almost always were backed by superb harmonizers or duos like Marvin and Tammi), you've got your Techniques/Uniques, Stylistics, Delfonics, Temptations, Wailing Souls, Gaylads, Royals, Impressions, Melodians, MIGHTY DIAMONDS, Ethiopians, Paragons, Shirelles, Chi-Lites, the SUPREMES, the Shangri-Las, the Spinners the Drifters, the Heptones, the Gladiators...

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 03:23 (twenty years ago)

Not to nitpick, but. . .Four Seasons' orig. of "Silence is Golden" is WAY better than the Tremeloes version.

― JAS, Wednesday, 8 June 2005 03:24 (twenty years ago)

And as far as a Beach Boys song, I'd probably have to go with "Wendy."

― JAS, Wednesday, 8 June 2005 03:25 (twenty years ago)

Wire, "Outdoor Miner".

― scriblerus (mike lynch), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 03:41 (twenty years ago)

the two that come immediately to mind are:

flamingos, "i only have eyes for you"
zombies, "time of the season"

...both of whose harmonies i would describe as otherworldly, maybe even otheruniversely.

somewhat strange, in that more than anything i go for two-part harmonies (beatles, everly, marvin and tammi, that sort of thing). but those are the songs that are at the front of the line for me.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 03:54 (twenty years ago)

O-o-h Child - Five Stairsteps
I Can't Let Go - Evie Sands
Hold Me - Fleetwood Mac seconded
Beat of the Drum - Homestead & Wolfe

aw fuck, I can't do this.

― babyalive (babyalive), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 04:01 (twenty years ago)

(Actually, I had no business kidding Geir above, considering how monochromatic and overwhelmingly WHITE my own list is. I think many of 'em are in the same minor-key mode too, Aolian or whatever. I really wish I wasn't so inarticulate/ignorant about this stuff.)

Alphabetically:

1.Beatles, "Baby's In Black"
2.Buffalo Springfield, "Go And Say Goodbye"
3.The Byrds, "I See You" (among DOZENS of contenders!)
4.The Coasters, "Charlie Brown"
5.Funkadelic, "Good To Your Earhole"
6.Go-Gos, "Our Lips Are Sealed"
7.Poppy Family, "Where Evil Grows"
8.Rolling Stones, "Mother's Little Helper"
9.Yes, "Yours Is No Disgrace"
10.Neil Young, "Cinnamon Girl"

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:07 (twenty years ago)

George and Tammy to thread!

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:12 (twenty years ago)

Sweet Adeline

― TJ Ghul, Wednesday, 8 June 2005 08:29 (twenty years ago)

I like it when good singers harmonize with themselves via overdubbing. Buck Owens, George Jones, Prince, Elvis Costello and Todd Rundgren were all really good at this.

― Keith C (kcraw916), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 11:57 (twenty years ago)

Everly Brothers, "Cathy's Clown"
Fleetwood Mac, "Think About Me"
Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris, "In My Hour of Darkness"
Beach Boys, "Don't Worry Baby"

― PB, Wednesday, 8 June 2005 12:02 (twenty years ago)

Geir - if you haven't heard him, you should check out Louis Philippe.

As for songs, erm, maybe 5 random Turtles Songs ... ditto The Association (inc. You Baby and Cherish, respectively).

― Jez (Jez), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 12:19 (twenty years ago)

I don't have the energy to P X, but the best thing about Yo La Tengo is the harmonies. The way they sing the big numbers on "I Can Feel the Heart," I find it tricky to figure out where one voice ends and the other begins. (Maybe they're toggling between harmony and unison?) It's a creepy effect.

― Derek Krissoff (Derek), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 12:26 (twenty years ago)

Beach Boys - "Heroes & Villains", "Their Hearts Were Full of Spring"
ABBA - "Head Over Heels"
Beatles - "Paperback Writer", "Taxman"
Queen - "Killer Queen", "Dear Friends"
Offering (Christian Vander's band after Magma in the 80s/90s) - "Cosmos"
Paul McCartney & Wings - "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five"
Fleetwood Mac - "The Chain"

― Dominique (dleone), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 12:47 (twenty years ago)

Holy crap I forgot to say:

Steve Reich - Tehillim

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 12:50 (twenty years ago)

Cee-Lo w/ Pharrell Williams - The Art of Noise
Mr. Bungle - Pink Cigarette
Cornelius - Fantasma
Animal Collective - We Tigers
Talking Heads - The Great Curve
Paul Pena w/ The Persuasions - Gonna Move
Common w/ Cee-Lo, Bilal, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu - Heaven Somewhere
They Might Be Giants - Kiss Me, Son Of God
Funkadelic - Standin' On The Verge Of Gettin' It On
The Fairfield Four - Lonesome Valley (from the Oh Brother...? OST)

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 13:27 (twenty years ago)

This thread makes me wish I was way more familiar with gospel music!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 13:27 (twenty years ago)

Oh shit, and sacred harp/note-shape singing!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 13:28 (twenty years ago)

this thread needs some bluegrass.

― m0stly clean (m0stly clean), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 13:51 (twenty years ago)

it's not a proper harmony, per se, but BFBF and Kim on 'Hey' by the Pixies deserves some kind of honourable mention somewhere.

― Lee F# (fsharp), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 13:57 (twenty years ago)

The Association, Under Branches

― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Dada), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 13:59 (twenty years ago)

some bluegrass:

Stanley Brothers - "White Dove"
Bill Monroe - "In the Pines"
Old & in the Way - "Wild Horses"

― Keith C (kcraw916), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 14:00 (twenty years ago)

The Association - Cherish (as previously mentioned)
The Beach Boys - In My Room
ABBA - Slipping Through My Fingers (the harmonies in the chorus are so unexpected)
Amerie - 1 Thing (just that little bit of vocal stacking makes the whole track seem so lush after the bare drums)
The Left Banke - Walk Away Renee
The Mamas & The Papas - Monday Monday
Belle & Sebastian - Step Into My Office, Baby
Stars Collide - Cinnamon (or many things with Bertrand Burgalat's involvement)
The Brothers Johnson - Runnin' For Your Lovin' (simple, but really immaculate)
The Divine Comedy - Songs Of Love

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 14:07 (twenty years ago)

I like it when good singers harmonize with themselves via overdubbing. Buck Owens, George Jones, Prince, Elvis Costello and Todd Rundgren were all really good at this.

AL GREEN!!!!!

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 18:12 (twenty years ago)

I like it when good singers harmonize with themselves via overdubbing. Buck Owens, George Jones, Prince, Elvis Costello and Todd Rundgren were all really good at this.

Nilsson (duh): "I'll Be Home", "Yellow Man", etc.

― Curt (cgould), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 18:30 (twenty years ago)

kinks: waterloo sunset
richard/linda thomspon: jet plane in a rocking chair
pluton and humanoids: world invasion
beach boys: our prayer/heroes and villains
animal collective: college (maybe thats just more beach boys... if so, ill say "winter's love")
byrds: have you seen her face?
fleetwood mac: i walk a thin line
raincoats: entire first album, esp "adv in supermkt", "lola", "no looking"
sly & family stone: runnin' away
judee sill: the donor

jeez theres so much more - stevie wonder, funkadelic, neil young, queen, etc etc etc, oh and the BEATLES!

― peter smith (plsmith), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 18:38 (twenty years ago)

I like it when good singers harmonize with themselves via overdubbing. Buck Owens, George Jones, Prince, Elvis Costello and Todd Rundgren were all really good at this.

Prince OTM. "Kiss" was very close to getting into my Top 10 here.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 21:08 (twenty years ago)

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Beatles - "Yes It Is"
Beach Boys — "And Your Dreams Come True"
Louvin Brothers — "When I Stop Dreaming"
Stanley Brothers — "Angel Band"
Everly Brothers — "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)"
The Byrds — "All I Really Want to Do"
The Hollies — "Carrie Anne"
Itals — "Don't Wake the Lion"
Maytones — "Money Worries"
and any number of gospel recordings

― Jazzbo, Thursday, 9 July 2009 17:35 (sixteen years ago)

Gesualdo - "Moro, lasso, al mio duolo"
Skeeter Davis - "There's A Fool Born Every Minute"
Shiina Ringo - "Souretsu"
David Hykes & The Harmonic Choir - "Gravity Waves"
Charles Ives - "Psalm 90"
Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares - "Polegnala E Todora (Theodora is Dozing)"
Huun-Huur-Tu - "Saryglarar"
Dominique Leone - "Happy New Year"
Anthony Moore - "JamJemJimJomJum"
Swingle Singers - "Bach - Prélude No.9 (Clavecin bien tempéré. vol.2)"

― Milton Parker, Thursday, 9 July 2009 18:25 (sixteen years ago)

oh wobbly you are a treat

― Dominique, Thursday, 9 July 2009 18:49 (sixteen years ago)

The Valleys / Electrelane

― Turangalila, Thursday, 9 July 2009 19:04 (sixteen years ago)

xpost who in hell are you talking about

http://www.criterion.com/films/834 - pick a time

― Milton Parker, Thursday, 9 July 2009 19:10 (sixteen years ago)

Beach Boys- This Whole World
McCartney- Dear Boy
XTC- Season Cycle
Beatles- There's a Place
Bee Gees- Melody Fair
David Crosby- Tamalpais High (At About 3)
Big Star- Watch the Sunrise
Buffalo Springfield- Expecting to Fly
Byrds- Here Without You
Elliott Smith- I Didn't Understand

― ColinO, Thursday, 9 July 2009 19:34 (sixteen years ago)

Oh, I forgot one: Silver Rider, by Low. Breathtaking vocal harmonies on the wordless chorus.

― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 9 July 2009 19:36 (sixteen years ago)

Daniel, exactly. Low have *so many* amazing examples of this though. Mimi is of course a goddess. Just think of stuff like "Embrace"!

― Turangalila, Thursday, 9 July 2009 20:45 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.criterion.com/films/834 - pick a time

maybe Sunday! it should be a big music nerd dinner party tho

― Dominique, Thursday, 9 July 2009 23:08 (sixteen years ago)

I made a Muxtape with a "vocal harmony" theme, but I'll be damned if I can track down the playlist now.

― sad-ass Gen Y fantasist (jaymc), Thursday, 9 July 2009 23:26 (sixteen years ago)

If someone could remind me of some of those mid-80s big-harmony songs, I'd be greatly appreciative. Like I said before, Journey (along with some hair-metal bands) is the template for this sound.

(I'm trying to remember what I should download from the Sony drop on eMusic, and this thread will help).

― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 9 July 2009 23:29 (sixteen years ago)

I'm listening to some great vocal harmonies right now:

Better Days / Graham Nash

― Turangalila, Thursday, 9 July 2009 23:37 (sixteen years ago)

Oh wait I think I found it (or some version of it):

1. Les Baxter and His Orchestra, "Moon Moods"
2. Beach Boys, "'Til I Die"
3. Kelley Polar, "My Beauty in the Moon"
4. Stevie Wonder, "Too High"
5. Steely Dan, "Peg"
6. High Llamas, "Checking In, Checking Out"
7. America, "Ventura Highway"
8. Cornelius, "Drop"
9. Field Music, "Working to Work"
10. Fleetwood Mac, "Rhiannon"
11. Midlake, "Roscoe"
12. Aluminum Group, "Rrose Selavy's Valise"

I think there was another version that had a Kings of Convenience song and a Free Design song.

― sad-ass Gen Y fantasist (jaymc), Thursday, 9 July 2009 23:43 (sixteen years ago)

mid-80s big-harmony songs

probably not what you're looking for, but Freiheit "Keeping the Dream Alive"

― Dominique, Friday, 10 July 2009 00:41 (sixteen years ago)

guh i dont know anyone has heard it and i can't find a link to it anywhere, but

denson parris and the sacred harp singers - the good old way

is my all time favourite harmony.

― samosa gibreel, Friday, 10 July 2009 00:55 (sixteen years ago)

k nevermind i found this http://beemp3.com/download.php?file=4360907&song=The+Good+Old+Way+213T

― samosa gibreel, Friday, 10 July 2009 00:56 (sixteen years ago)

X: 4th Of July
Beach Boys: Good Vibrations
Beatles: Help
Byrds: Chimes Of Freedom
Mekons: Last Dance
New Pornographers: Mass Romantic
Smokey Robinson: Tracks Of My Tears
The Who: Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand
Moby Grape: Omaha
Love: Alone Again Or

― kornrulez6969, Friday, 10 July 2009 01:07 (sixteen years ago)

This Lamb Sells Condos / Final Fantasy

(When that children's choir comes in, everything is suddenly right with the world. Transcendent.)

― Turangalila, Saturday, 11 July 2009 23:19 (sixteen years ago)

The Everly Brothers, "Cathy's Clown"
The Beatles, "Rain"
Bram Tcheikovsky, "Lonely Dancer"
Queen, "Dear Friends"
The Hollies, "Carrie Anne"
The Move, "Open Up Said the World at the Door"
Great Buildings, "...And the Light Goes On"
Squeeze, "Up the Junction"
Aimee Mann, "That's Just What You Are"
Cheap Trick, "Surrender"

― i, grey, Sunday, 12 July 2009 05:43 (sixteen years ago)

"Sableyalo Mi Agontze (The Bleating Lamb)"/ Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir (from Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares)

― Turangalila, Sunday, 12 July 2009 21:27 (sixteen years ago)

probably my fave vocal group of all time. if i had to choose.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9JCEv7p4EE

― scott seward, Sunday, 12 July 2009 21:44 (sixteen years ago)

oops...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9JCEv7p4EE

― scott seward, Sunday, 12 July 2009 21:45 (sixteen years ago)

Another one I forgot: Brian Wilson's One For The Boys (from his s/t 1988 solo debut).

― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 12 July 2009 23:24 (sixteen years ago)

"1 thing" / Amerie

― Turangalila, Monday, 13 July 2009 04:50 (sixteen years ago)

"Don't Let Go" / En Vogue

― Turangalila, Monday, 13 July 2009 04:57 (sixteen years ago)

Just came here to mention Mystere de Voix Bulgares but 2 ppl beat me to it!

― lolsbury hill (Trayce), Monday, 13 July 2009 05:11 (sixteen years ago)

one year passes...

holy shit @ a cappella intro of Flamingo's "Golden Teardrops"

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 21 January 2011 17:46 (fifteen years ago)

The Supremes - It Makes No Difference Now
The Supremes - How Time Slips Away (This may have had Adantes assist them)

They covered country songs earlier in their career and this was when Diana was much rawer and "soulful." Their voices have this interesting clash as if they are struggling with sharing the spotlight (as much like they did in real life). It's also strange how soul musicians and country musicians covered each other a lot during this time.

― Wanted to slap a teengaer who didn't know Are You That Somebody (lilsoulbrother), Saturday, 22 January 2011 07:58 (fifteen years ago)

Rise Above - Black Flag
Paul's Not Home - Adrenalin OD

― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Saturday, 22 January 2011 22:18 (fifteen years ago)

1. Warpaint - Undertow

― amphetamine enhanced scholar (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 22 January 2011 23:31 (fifteen years ago)

2. Alice in Chains - Got Me Wrong

― amphetamine enhanced scholar (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 22 January 2011 23:33 (fifteen years ago)

3. The Beatles - If I Fell

― amphetamine enhanced scholar (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 22 January 2011 23:35 (fifteen years ago)

4. Simon and Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair
5. Oneida - Distress

― amphetamine enhanced scholar (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 22 January 2011 23:38 (fifteen years ago)

The Chiffons - Sweet Talking Guy

― Violent In Design (Masonic Boom), Thursday, 9 July 2009 10:15 (1 year ago) Bookmar

This is so OTM

Beatles 8 Days a Week middle 8 deserves a mention

― Dr X O'Skeleton, Sunday, 23 January 2011 20:32 (fifteen years ago)

Slum/Parsley Sound - Twilight Mushrooms (kind of an awkward harmony, but something about it I really like)

― Bernard V. O'Hare (dog latin), Monday, 24 January 2011 13:39 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpugp6DIb3I

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nevergonnagetit - whoa whoa whoa whoa!

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nevergonnagetit - nevergetit

― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Monday, 24 January 2011 13:53 (fifteen years ago)

^good one

― amphetamine enhanced scholar (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 24 January 2011 14:34 (fifteen years ago)

my GP/Emmylou pick would def. be "A Song For You" and might be my overall #1 anyway

― Pomplamoose walk in front of me (rip van wanko), Monday, 24 January 2011 17:00 (fifteen years ago)

next to the new Pomplamoose i mean

― Pomplamoose walk in front of me (rip van wanko), Monday, 24 January 2011 17:01 (fifteen years ago)

four months pass...

Box of Rain - Grateful Dead

― badg, Thursday, 16 June 2011 04:25 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRWC93FLW8A

it took me a lot of listens to realize that they sometimes trade lead and harmony parts midway through a line. I'm a sucker for this trick, although I can't think of another example off the top of my head.

― gtforia estfufan (unregistered), Thursday, 16 June 2011 04:52 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w09mDTbQoIU

*weeps*

― Hideous Lump, Friday, 17 June 2011 03:56 (fourteen years ago)

ten months pass...

Thank you for this thread's existence. I'm such a sucker for these. Many great suggestions, already; I'll just add three:

Fleetwood Mac, "Second Hand News". When Stevie raises her voice over Lindsey's on the line "I've been tossed around enough"... good lord ...

X - "We're Desperate". Just the harmony on "some people give me the creeps" (and later, "our whole fucking life is a wreck!") can make my day.

Beatles - "Because". Because.

― collardio gelatinous, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 05:06 (fourteen years ago)

I always come back to "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" when thinking of these. That chorus is just so great, with that unexpected perfect fifth on the word "love"

― Johnny Hotcox, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 22:39 (fourteen years ago)

lakmé flower duet
auld triangle- gelsenkirchen live version, obv
middle eight of eight days a week is good but i'd plump for 'ticket to ride' i think
'get your cannonball' verse of the weight
'hello in there' live version from kristofferson and (i think?) june carter cash

― underleg aeroboots i have smithed (darraghmac), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 23:59 (fourteen years ago)

one year passes...

Linda Thompson on "Wall of Death"
Emmylou backing Gram on "A Song For You", her finest harmony part imo

― I was a teenage oenophile (rip van wanko), Friday, 13 December 2013 18:11 (twelve years ago)

REM - Fall on Me

― Dr X O'Skeleton, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 23:46 (twelve years ago)

Gene Clark - Strength of Strings

― nostormo, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 23:50 (twelve years ago)

low's if i could just make it stop has lovely, building vocal harmonies, and in a very different style from the band's usual harmonizing.

― Daniel, Esq 2, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 01:34 (twelve years ago)

Gentle Giant - Design

― cock chirea, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 04:00 (twelve years ago)

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