Records With Kids On That Aren't Shit

[ericjarvis]

Angelique Kidjo - Babalou

Where it seems like there's a kid who just happened to be singing along in the studio, and as the song finishes the kid's voice comes up in the mix and everything else fades out. Brilliant.

 

[yardbird]

Hole in My Shoe
Traffic - spoken part.

I climbed onto the back of a giant albatross

 

[ringo]

has a kid shouting & singing along in the background. Sounds like there's a child loose in the recording studio, & it's great!

That was Lee Perry's kids, one of whom is now a singer.

 

[ska invita]

That was Lee Perry's kids, one of whom is now a singer.

Likewise on The Diamonds - Talk About it, with versions:
The Children - Yama-Ky
U-Roy and the Children - Yama-Ky
http://mikusmusik.blogspot.com/2009/08/rainford-rules-strictly-lee-perry.html

 

[ska invita]

Another Brick in the wall - Pink Floyd

 

[sim667]

Its a hard knock life?

 

[ska invita]

Its a hard knock life?

I really liked that track - crossover rap at its best! Jay Z is a bit shit i think ("Drinking Krissy-Krissy getting Pissy-Pissy"), but a great use of a sample.

*Ive never seen Annie - any good?

 

[William of Walworth]

Angelique Kidjo - Babalou

Where it seems like there's a kid who just happened to be singing along in the studio, and as the song finishes the kid's voice comes up in the mix and everything else fades out. Brilliant.

But most kids' contributions on records are fairly dire.

 

[kained&able]

eminem - my dad's gone crazy.

Hallie does a bit of the hook, which is shit, but its a good song.


dave

 

[souljacker]

"Estelle" by A Man Called Adam

 

[ouchmonkey]

nuclear War - Yo La Tengo

 

[El Jefe]

nuclear War - Yo La Tengo

oh, good call, forgot that one.

I feel a mix coming on

 

[El Jefe]

 

[Ted Striker]

Ricardo Villalobos - Enfants

French nursery rhyme turned into a house track.
Sounds crap in theory and easily nullified by cynicism, but utterly amazing if it catches you at the right time

 

[kained&able]

hook is done by a load of kids and i fucking love that song.


dave

 

[Orangesanlemons]

Happiness Is Easy by Talk Talk.

 

[El Jefe]

 

[Orang Utan]

 

[El Jefe]

someone else who didn't read the thread title properly

 

[Orang Utan]

it has a kid on and it isn't shit

 

[El Jefe]

it has a kid on and it isn't shit

it really really really is shit.

It's middle of the road shite ironic non-dance music for non-student non-indie fans.

Or something

 

[Orang Utan]

it's awesome - you just can't see it.

 

[El Jefe]

you're channelling cheesy again

 

[goldenecitrone]

Suffer little children - The Smiths. Okay, the kids aren't actually singing, but they are kind of giggling in the background in a haunting kind of way. Brilliant song.

 

[Idaho]

When this song came out there was a boy in our year at school called Matthew. You could make him fly into rages by singing it to him. I don't know why it made him so cross.

 

[William of Walworth]

Utterly brilliant song.

Despite the kids

 

[Termite Man]

bugsy malone - ost

Thats not the kids singing though is it !

 

[Termite Man]

you're channelling cheesy again

 

[The_Reverend_M]

Never heard this before ... and wish it'd stayed that way!

 

[plasticene]

Get a Life - Soul II Soul