OT: Vocal Harmony

[meyers7]

My favorite acapella group.

 

[SallyH]

A different genre:

 

[Replicant]

 

[johnnyc]

Gadzooks, JC, you are such a throwback! Actually I like that stuff too, even if I'm mostly a rock and roller.

Throwback huh? How bout this.....

 

[RockyMTblue2]

I have 47,000 candidates, but here's a first stringer:

 

[RockyMTblue2]

And here is my 6th Man:

 

[RockyMTblue2]

And a hall of fame, subtle, but beautiful.

 

[CL82]

Ah so many good choices:

Most will remember this one from Shawshank Redemption.



A more modern candidate can be found in my entry for favorite folk song:

 

[johnnyc]

In My Hour of Darkness - Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt




Los Zafiros - Herido de Sombras

 

[Replicant]

 

[Gus Mahler]

This may be more studio than what Wire Chief had in mind, but I thought it worth including. The chord progression at the end is wonderful. It contains a chord of interest to music theorists. The song was used as an example of the chord in theory class. Based on googling and seeing the progression it looks to be the fifth chord. Looks to be a minor triad with a minor seventh, in first inversion. Guitarists might see it as a minor triad with a major sixth, I don't know. The chord dates from the late 19th-century and probably had a special name, but alas, well, it's been 40 years. It might be from the family of chords of which the German augmented sixth is an example.

The guitar solo in this song is sort of famous, or infamous, in the context of The Carpenters. Reportedly they got hate mail from fans upset that they were diverging from their soft-rock roots.

 

[Gus Mahler]

I have 47,000 candidates, but here's a first stringer:

Does your 47K include "Dedicated to the One I Love" by the same artist? Lotsa harmony in that one. Pretty much anything they did, of course.

 

[Kaizen]

I am a big fan of Carpenters.

 

[Kaizen]

 

[Intpseeker]

This version is from the movie Cold Mountain. I had never heard Sacred Harp music before and was blown away:



This is a little history, if you're interested

 

[TerpWomenFan]

 

[meyers7]

Some Eagles.

 

[meyers7]

Oh yea, and the Cactus Cuties.

 

[Intpseeker]

Granted, it is only the background, but this is a goodie.