[inst: voice] vocal utterances to which I would build statues, part the second

Submitted by Nick Vane on Fri, 11/01/2002 - 06:45
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  • the E Street Band's raucous one-channel backing vocals - "Glory Days"
  • Bono's joyous howls - "Trip Through Your Wires"
  • the Turtles' falsetto "ah"s - "Eleanor"
  • the way Husker Du's Bob Mould stretches out the "ize" in "apologize" & the cathartic way he growls "How 'bout it!?" - "I Apologize"
  • Terry Callier's high lonesome "oooh"s & his softly sung "bum bum"s - "You Goin' Miss Your Candyman"
  • Rites of Spring singer Guy Picciotto's defiantly exhausted "I" - "For Want Of"
  • Jack White's vocal exclamations in the choruses - "Stop Breaking Down"
  • Biz Markie's puberty-like squeak during "You ma-ake all that music" - "Make the Music With Your Mouth Biz"
  • Mick Jagger's scream right before the London Bach Choir kicks it into high gear - "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
  • Le Tigre's pissed-cheerleader "one! two! three! four!" - "Deceptacon"
  • Poly Styrene's sundry squeals - "Oh Bondage, Up Yours"
  • The New Pornographers' casual "uh huh"s - "The Slow Descent Into Alcoholism"
  • Captain Beefheart's babbles - "ABBA Zaba"
  • all Bob Dylan's vocals - "Wigwam"
  • the atonal way Arthur Lee sings "I hear you calling my n-a-a-a-a-me..." - "A House Is Not a Motel"
  • Arthur Lee's scatting - "You Set the Scene (alternate take)"
  • How Clarence Carter stretches his vowels too far - "Patches"
  • John Lennon's wailed "All riiiiiiight!" - "Revolution" (thanks to jukejoint)
  • The way Joni Mitchell twice stretches out the word "fly" - "River"
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[inst: voice] vocal utterances to which I would build statues, part the first