Turns out I really like to exercise to cheerleader/chanting/marching type pop songs. Can anyone recommend songs with that same kind of chorus/chanting and beat that isn't actually marching band music? Examples inside.
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posted by The Whelk
on Jul 23, 2012 -
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How would you describe music like this, and can you recommend more like it? Kind of dreamy vocals and swelling strings, old-fashioned mid-20th-century feeling.
Example 1: The children's chorus from the opening to Night of the Hunter, starting about 32 seconds into
this video.
Example 2: Walt Kelly's "Willow the Wasp", 30 second sample
on amazon.
posted by moonmilk
on Jul 15, 2012 -
8 answers
Looking for a choral work I heard several years ago. It had a line that was repeated a few times throughout that ended in the word "done," but the 'n' sound was stretched out like "dunnnnnnn." It may have been 'work is done' or something similar. I think it was religious. Any help?
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posted by amcm
on Mar 22, 2012 -
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Pop-rock songs with unusual/unique constructions, structures, patterns, tempo changes, time signature changes, instrumental/vocal interplay, etc... Stuff you probably don't realize upon a casual first listen. And not necessarily something obvious like "multiple songs in one" (eg "Happiness Is a Warm Gun"), or songs with no chorus.
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posted by TheSecretDecoderRing
on Jul 24, 2010 -
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Help me find more songs with high pitched repetitive sounds or words tacked on at the end of the chorus, please!
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posted by Acer_saccharum
on Jun 9, 2010 -
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What are the technical and scientific reasons most pop music is structured so there're 3 or 4 verses and a repeated chorus?
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posted by st starseed
on Mar 7, 2010 -
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Is there a name for the use of one chorus to mean entirely different things based on the context of the verse the chorus follows? Can you name further examples?
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posted by jefficator
on Aug 20, 2009 -
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I need to find songs that sound similar to the chorus of "destrokk" by mgmt (video included)! It's a typical chord sequence, so there must be a few!
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posted by freddymetz
on Apr 1, 2009 -
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I just got a nice keyboard with no on-board effects. What are some good effects equipment for keyboard? Should I just string along some MXR pedals? Invest in a Roland Space Echo? VST?
posted by plexi
on Feb 3, 2009 -
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Lo-fi group recording: how can I record a 6-8 person sing-along choir cleanly if I don't already own a bunch of headphones and splitters?
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posted by cortex
on Feb 7, 2007 -
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Help me find the "lyrics" to the chanting/choral parts of John Barry's score for the film "The Lion In Winter."
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posted by jroybal
on Sep 18, 2006 -
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In 4th grade, We sang a song where the title sounded like "Massalanga Nay Nay". It was an African song, but not like real African, just cheesy grade school multicultural. Anyone have any inkling as to the real title or spelling, or where I can find the sheet music to this song?
posted by potch
on Jan 30, 2006 -
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Here is an appeal to the Classics scholars out there. Some time ago I read an article that told a story in passing of the effects of live drama upon an unsophisticated audience in a provincial town in the Roman empire. The citizens had hitherto never been exposed to the particular form--it was on the comedic end of the scale and involved singing as I imperfectly recall--and reacted with a sort of mass hysteria: they went into a mass swoon, rioted and things fell apart and days later there were still people in the streets singing the choruses of the songs. I have tried to Google this a number of times and have yet to find anything resembling what I read. Does this ring a bell with anyone here ?
posted by y2karl
on Jul 10, 2004 -
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