The Kids Are Alright (Children’s Choir Mix)
May 15, 2012
Whether it’s Radiohead, Justice or Kanye West, lots of artists have used children’s choirs in their music and it can have the effect of sounding uplifting, cute, anthemic or just plain creepy. The Langley Schools Music Project album, Innocence & Despair showed that’s even possible to maintain the concept for an entire album and still be fascinating. Sigur Rós are the latest to use a children’s choir in their gorgeous track “Varúð” (translation: “Caution”) from their upcoming sixth LP, Valtari, and it inspired me to make a mix of some of my favorite uses of singing kids. Download below or listen to (most of) the mix at Spotify.
MP3 Radiohead – 15 Step
MP3 Gorillaz – Dirty Harry
MP3 Kanye West – We Don’t Care
MP3 The Smiths – Panic
MP3 Sigur Rós – Varúð
MP3 John Lennon – Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
MP3 Passion Pit – Little Secrets
MP3 The Wombats – Let’s Dance to Joy Division
MP3 The Decemberists – The Hazards of Love 3 (Revenge!)
MP3 Justice – D.A.N.C.E.
MP3 The Langley Schools Music Project – Space Oddity
MP3 Fun. – All Alright
MP3 Pink Floyd – Another Brick In The Wall (Part 1)
MP3 Jay-Z – Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
MP3 Karen O and the Kids – All Is Love
Spotify Mix: The Kids Are Alright (Children’s Choir Mix)
Tags: fun., Gorillaz, Jay-Z, John Lennon, Justice, Kanye West, Karen O, Passion Pit, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, The Decemberists, The Langley Schools Music Project, The Smiths, The Wombats
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May 15th, 2012 at 4:51 pm
Great mix!
May 17th, 2012 at 10:02 pm
Nice List!
A couple others I really like are
Grandaddy – Nature Anthem
Smog – No Dancing
Leonard Cohen – Dress Rehearsal Rag
The Sunshine Fix – Runaway Run
May 20th, 2012 at 9:02 pm
What about “Virgin” by Manchester Orchestra? So good! And creepy.
May 23rd, 2012 at 3:32 am
heres a few excellent ones
Nick Cave- O Children
Nick Cave- Carry me
Ryan Gosling’s Dead Man’s Bones- My body’s a zombie for you
Ryan Gosling’s Dead Man’s Bones- Lose Your Soul
Leonard Cohen- The Partisan
these are better known ones
Pink Floyd-The Wall
Jay Z – Hard Knock Life
Red Hot Chili Peppers -Aeroplane
May 23rd, 2012 at 1:38 pm
Thanks. I meant to include a Dead Man Bones track but I forgot. Jay-Z and Pink Floyd are up there!
June 3rd, 2012 at 4:31 pm
Man! You gotta include Dead Man’s Bones! I was just listening to Pa Pa Power and the kids are used to GREAT effect!