best harmonies you ever heard

[Cheesypoof]

Leave it alone- NOFX

superb band, superb choice.

all their songs are really melodious, they are good good it hurts!

 

[rich!]

almost everything by H.P. Lovecraft.

(the band, not the author of eldritch tales, tho' apparently when him and his maiden aunts a'wailed, the earth a'shuddered...)

 

[MightyAphrodite]

it dont mean a thang if it aint got a twang





(i am of course biased.......)

this aint about harmonies but i was just youtube surfin and this is the 1st song little MA learned on the geetar...



awwww....

 

[loud 1]

the beachboys obviously.

oh and i like the harmony placing in this tune
Billy Talent - River Below


im a big sucker for low harmonies
like in this tune..
Longpigs - Blue Skies


and in this chorus.
Norah Jones - Sunrise



ill stop now.

 

[danny la rouge]

Another great harmony is 'A Message to you Rudy' by the specials again

for some reason my voice always ends up singing the harmony bit, whether or not I am singing with someone. The harmonies on that tune are awesome.

The harmonies on the original are much better. Much as I love the Specials, poor old Terry Hall was a bit of a wild card in the in-tune stakes.

Obviously Beachboys. But also Teenage Fanclub.

 

[Wintermute]

Down In The

 

[loud 1]

Paul Simon & LadySmith Black Mambazo

 

[MightyAphrodite]

Down In The

yeah

 

[El Jefe]

Freakwater, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Low, The Louvin Brothers

Country, basically.

Apart from the Congos and the The Chantells

who aren't

 

[killer b]

welch & rawlings are fucking great. utterly spellbinding in fact...

i love this too:

 

[El Jefe]

welch & rawlings are fucking great. utterly spellbinding in fact...

So well done that sometimes you barely realise he's harmonising. He's so close to her, but just out, so it just swells.

I must admit to shedding a tear when I saw them live. And Freakwater. Harmonies get me

 

[killer b]

saw 'em live a few years ago, with the old crow medicine show supporting - ocms were massively raucous, and had everyone dancing & whooping... then in the welch/rawlings bit, you could've heard a pin drop... it was not unlike a religious experience.

 

[El Jefe]

saw 'em live a few years ago, with the old crow medicine show supporting - ocms were massively raucous, and had everyone dancing & whooping... then in the welch/rawlings bit, you could've heard a pin drop... it was not unlike a religious experience.

I saw that tour.

She gets so much shit for being a fake or something (cos she's not actually a hillbilly) but she's just astonising. Elvis Presley Blues is just... other

 

[Cheesypoof]

One of the best harmonies ever is Simon & Garfunkels classic 'The Sound of Silence'

To me, thats the daddy of good harmonies.

 

[killer b]

wednesday morning 3 AM is the best s&g song...

 

[RubyToogood]

Ah, lots of boring thirds

How about some Balkan polyphony?




and an educational video:

 

[killer b]

aye, the bulgarians know how to kick it.

i've the vocal trios album by three of the members - it's wicked

 

[sojourner]

saw 'em live a few years ago, with the old crow medicine show supporting - ocms were massively raucous, and had everyone dancing & whooping... then in the welch/rawlings bit, you could've heard a pin drop... it was not unlike a religious experience.

jesus

wish I coulda seen that



for me, it don't get much better than the carter family

 

[Annierak]

Beach Boys

 

[Cheesypoof]

AWESOME version of 'You're wondering now' by amy winehouse. The harmony and lyrics are incredible!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=XqCCSD5LMEg&feature=related

 

[Jazzz]

from an episode of Frasier

I'd love to be in a choir/close harmony vocal group singing this kind of stuff

Flattened fifth in the final chord of course, not sure if it's vocalised but I think it is - try singing that!

 

[cymrukid]

super furry fucking animals.

 

[MysteryGuest]

thomas tallis - spem in alium.

 

[mwgdrwg]

Midlake - In This Camp