ROConnell Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Okay, my band is playing the school concert (this year featuring a stage in the shape of and lit up like a jukebox) and we need a great number which features a choir. Last year we done something similar with Pink Floyd's Another Brick In The Wall Part II, which went down brilliantly. All suggestions welcome, it doesn't have to be specifically rock but we'd like to stay around that genre. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 You Can't Always Get What You Want by the Stones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bremen Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Career Opportunities by The Clash (feat. St Winifred's School Choir) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_S Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Not exactly a 'choir', but... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7eqxg92YG0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pobrien_ie Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Somebody to Love by Queen..think there's a choir in that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Rock with a choir? Sounds like you need some heavy cheese. There can be only one. Manowar! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLvPNt2KsAU[/media] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamPodmore Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Kings of Leon - Radioactive Meatloaf - Testify (Live at Melbourne 2004) Liam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulpirie8 Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 +1 for "You Can't Always Get What You Want" by the Rolling Stones! Great choir intro! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul torch Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF9MLh13EwE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commando Jack Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 The G 'n' R version of Knocking on Heaven's Door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 If they are happy doing the 'ahhs and oohs' type vocal backing then; Mr Blue Sky - serious choral stuff going on toward the end. Also check out things that bands have done live with choirs that aren't on the original versions. Thinking of stuff like 'Question' by Moody Blues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EvEMObKUsE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EvEMObKUsE[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musophilr Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Rick Wakeman used choirs on some of [i]The Six Wives of Henry VIII[/i], and [i]Journey To The Centre Of The Earth[/i]. Try also Enya - she layered her voice a lot but that doesn't mean you can't do her songs with lots of voices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shambo Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbkOZTSvrHs[/media] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Supertzar by Black Sabbath. Or for the very ambitious, Queensryche's Suite Sister Mary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 (edited) Rock You Like A Hurricane - The Scorpions Livin' On A Prayer, Bad Medicine, and practically anything non-ballady by Bon Jovi... Edited June 14, 2012 by bluejay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_S Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 [quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1339694578' post='1692930'] Or for the very ambitious, Queensryche's Suite Sister Mary. [/quote] I like your thinking! Taking ambition even further, maybe something like "The Hourglass" from Savatage's "The Wake of Magellan". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Bohemian rhapsody might work What about schools out for summer :-P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 I did this one once for a school - we got the kids to sing the chorus - have a listen - [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qga5eONXU_4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qga5eONXU_4[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 [quote name='paulpirie8' timestamp='1339663112' post='1692058'] +1 for "You Can't Always Get What You Want" by the Rolling Stones! Great choir intro!e [/quote] Ooh yes this would sound great :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 (edited) [quote name='musophilr' timestamp='1339676465' post='1692465'] Rick Wakeman [/quote] Oh, you so beat me to it. Big up (as they say) for The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. [color=#ffffff].[/color] Edited June 14, 2012 by skankdelvar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtnz2O4Chfw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtnz2O4Chfw[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 (edited) Nice one Chris! Or forsaken could work nicely too :-) Actually so could Hollow Years Edited June 15, 2012 by charic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticker Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 [quote name='Musky' timestamp='1339656332' post='1691956'] You Can't Always Get What You Want by the Stones? [/quote] I saw the thread title and ^^^^^ this^^^^^^ is what immediately sprung to mind ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyfisher Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Yep, me too. Ray Davies recently released a CD with choral arrangements for many of his famous songs. Not really an improvement, in my view, but could be useful for the OP's project? http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Kinks-Choral-Collection-Davies/dp/B001W6Q4BU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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