Best Harmonized Rock Song.

[viru30]

And not just one part of the song, I mean the whole song. (or most of it)

Right now all I can think of is "Whiskey In The Jar" by Thin Lizzy. Lynott's voice is echoed by the guitarist's voice in the chorus (I think, forgot is name though), and harmonizes the song PERFECTLY.

This may seem like an odd question, but what's you favorite harmonized rock song?

[OldFogey]

And not just one part of the song, I mean the whole song. (or most of it)

Right now all I can think of is "Whiskey In The Jar" by Thin Lizzy. Lynott's voice is echoed by the guitarist's voice in the chorus (I think, forgot is name though), and harmonizes the song PERFECTLY.

This may seem like an odd question, but what's you favorite harmonized rock song?

Pick a Beach Boys song. But probably Good Vibrations or God Only Knows. Not just two-part, but five-part, with extended chord forms, counterpoint, and so forth.

[BhindBluEyes430]

My favorite is the bands "The Knight they drove old Dixie Down"

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[SteelersFreak1]

Any Beatles song from 1962-1965.

[OldFogey]

Try this -- an a capella version of Sloop John B. The Boys did a lot of a capella work, but these are just the tracks from Pet Sounds without the instrumental tracks.

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[gilly23]

Carry on My wayward son - Kansas

[Sayburr]

see above ^^^^ Any Beachboys.

[beechboy53]

i agree that the Beach Boys were the best, but do you recall a little group called Three Dog Night?

[darthluigi7]

Testament To Youth In Verse by The New Pornographers on the album Electric Version. It's got a really cool harmonized vocal part toward the end of the song that uses both male and female voices and really works well with the song.

[bood-boy]

"Peace of Mind" by Boston

i understand about indecision... i dont care if i get behind.. people living in competition.. all i want is to have my peace of mind...

[OldFogey]

i agree that the Beach Boys were the best, but do you recall a little group called Three Dog Night?

Well yeah -- but before that was a little group called the BeeGees.

And the guys who inspired Lennon and McCartney -- the Everly Brothers.

The Eagles had awesome harmonies, too.

But you're right -- the best is still the Boys

[darthluigi7]

The Everly Brothers also inspired my favorite, Simon and Garfunkel. The Everly Brothers are among my tops as far as bands/groups/artists that harmonize.

[rockfresh126]

Anything by the beach boys.

And most stuff from Alice in Chains...best harmonies in all of hard rock

[Shredder87]

I've seen this thread but I didn't know exactly what the discussion was about. I take it you're all talking about harmonizing vocals. Well in that case I go with Alice In Chains. 70 percent of their stuff both Jerry Cantrell and Layne Staley are singing.

Awwwww. Dude disabled it. Here's the link to No Excuses and I Stay Away

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Oz8ctHV3nwA

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rMOU7qZVwJs

I miss Layne. :(

[fighting69th]

Anything from Bad Religion but honestly one of the best harmonized songs EVER IMHO is:

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[barbaraann72]

Suite Judy Blue Eyes -- CSN off the box set

[OldFogey]

Anything from Bad Religion but honestly one of the best harmonized songs EVER IMHO is:

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Mamas and Papas are a good call. Like the Beach Boys you've got 4 (in the Boys' case 5) part harmonies, and intertwining vocal parts, not just the standard parallel movement or theme and answer harmonies. They're a great candidate for second place behind the Boys.

[anya]

bohemian rhapsody

/obvious

[fighting69th]

Gonna add Fleetwood Mac and because my ol' lady likes em and I can't deny the talent, <cough> The Dixie Chicks.

[Mighed]

Anything by DragonForce, the two guitars are completely harmonized in almost every song, and for 90&#37; of the song to!

[fighting69th]

Anything by DragonForce, the two guitars are completely harmonized in almost every song, and for 90% of the song to!

You and I may be alone on that one. They are perfect to me. Speed and Harmony is such a great combo

[Kintaro1]

You and I may be alone on that one. They are perfect to me. Speed and Harmony is such a great combo

Especially if you have machines doing it for you... also I am pretty sure they are talking about vocals here but whatever.

Beach boys get my vote.

[Parodygm]

Nobody mentioned Abba?

Miki Berenyi and Emma Anderson of Lush could harmonize beautifully. "Monochrome" from Spooky is a good example.

[polishdog90]

Didn't Freddie Mercury harmonize with himself a lot?

[Runesmith]

Definently R.E.M's Can't Get There From Here. I also love their hamonizing in Orange Crush and Fall on Me.
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Actually, come to think of it, a lot of B-52s song have some pretty amazing harmonies. Here's the video to Private Idaho.
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[Mushroom]

Bohemian Rhapsody- Queen

8 Vocal Tracks. Made use of Brian's strong low end, Roger's strong upper register, with Freddie supplying the middle and holding the whole thing together at the top and bottom.

[WonderboyYYZ]

I can't help it but I really just feel like every bit of Baba O'Reilly is perfect. Everything just fits

And they can actually do it live, unlike the incredibly overrated Dragonforce

[fighting69th]

I can't help it but I really just feel like every bit of Baba O'Reilly is perfect. Everything just fits

And they can actually do it live, unlike the incredibly overrated Dragonforce

Yeah but Dragonforce are jumping off of trampolines while extremely drunk and playing a million miles an hour faster lol

[Muffster]

While no one can argue about a Beach Boys mention in this thread, personally I'd go with just about any Boston tune where Brad Delp is performing all of the lead and backing vocals (first three albums, I do believe).

Brad Delp harmonizing with Brad Delp, three or four layers deep. Doesn't get much better than that.

RIP brother, you're sorely missed.

[sg327]

California Dreamin' by the Mamas and Papas
Seven Bridges Road by The Eagles
Beach Boys
Hollies
Crosby, Stills & Nash (Carry On?)

If you really wanted to get cheesy and put yourself out there to get flamed you'd have to put the Osmonds version of He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother and the Hollies version of that song too.

(so I'm old):D

[frizzy_bj]

"The Sound of Silence" by Simon and Garfunkel
"California Dreamin'" by The Mamas & the Papas
ANY Beach Boys song.

[OldFogey]

California Dreamin' by the Mamas and Papas
Seven Bridges Road by The Eagles
Beach Boys
Hollies
Crosby, Stills & Nash (Carry On?)

If you really wanted to get cheesy and put yourself out there to get flamed you'd have to put the Osmonds version of He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother and the Hollies version of that song too.

(so I'm old):D

I think you pretty much nailed the 5 best harmony vocal groups in Rock (not R&B).

[sg327]

There's probably others you can't quite pull right off the top of your head. Those are my favorites. You could probably put a couple Poco or Firefall songs in there somewhere at the bottom.

[OldFogey]

There's probably others you can't quite pull right off the top of your head. Those are my favorites. You could probably put a couple Poco or Firefall songs in there somewhere at the bottom.

Well the two who jump out to me offhand that we haven't talked about are the Byrds and Buffalo Springfield. Springfield had Stills and Young, but the main singer was really Richie Furay who went on to form Poco. Poco's a good choice by the way. Pure Prairie League also had Vince Gill and Craig Fuller at one time -- that's a top notch duo. Moby Grape also had some pretty good harmonies but they got rough live sometimes -- I think that had more to do with the PA systems of the time than anything else. Hard to sing on pitch if you can't hear yourself well. BTW -- Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young could be really rough live. Nash in particular had a tendency to go flat.

Add in some Everlys, Beatles, and Simon and Garfunkel for two part harmonies and it's a pretty good list. But for four voice or more harmonies that add counterpoint not just parallel lines, the Beach Boys and Mamas and Papas are pretty unique in Rock History.

[sg327]

pretty good discussion...I bow to your musical knowledge (lol). "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield is one of my favorites.