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What song has the best gang vocals of all time?
« on: April 08, 2019, 09:28:58 AM »
After playing it at dangerously loud volumes over the weekend, I think Mötley Crüe's "Kickstart My Heart" has the all-time greatest gang vocals. Whoa! Yeah! It's freaking huge and I can't think of a song that does it better. Anyone else?
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Re: What song has the best gang vocals of all time?
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2019, 09:42:10 AM »
First one to come to mind is Abandon by Mindmaze

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Re: What song has the best gang vocals of all time?
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2019, 10:00:12 AM »
Good call on Kickstart.  I'm no Crue fan, but I can't disagree with that take at all.  There are quite a few songs I feel have those anthemic "gang vocals," as you call them, and do them as well or possibly better.  But it's hard to argue when the song is that iconic and well-known.  But I'll name a few that come to mind below. 

-DT - Profits of War:  I hate the song.  But the bridge/pre-chorus riff and crowd chant are pretty epic.  And it was really cool of them to have brought in a bunch of fans to do that for the studio recording.
-DT - ITPOE:  I couldn't mention Profits without this one.  Same principle, even if they are a bit more understated and less important to the overall song. 
-Trivium:  Strife.  This one is huge.  Trivium has a few of these, but the one in Strife is what came to mind.  It is such an OBVIOUS attempt to drop a huge arena chant into a catchy single, but it totally works.

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Re: What song has the best gang vocals of all time?
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2019, 11:14:41 AM »
"Walk All Over You" by AC/DC.

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Re: What song has the best gang vocals of all time?
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2019, 11:25:37 AM »
Creeping Death. Live especially.
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Re: What song has the best gang vocals of all time?
« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2019, 11:27:02 AM »
Creeping Death. Live especially.

Yup.

Also "Balls to the Wall" by Accept.
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Re: What song has the best gang vocals of all time?
« Reply #6 on: April 08, 2019, 11:27:54 AM »
Any of the DTP songs with the universal choir, by virtue of having probably the largest gang vocals ever and thus the best :P

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Re: What song has the best gang vocals of all time?
« Reply #7 on: April 08, 2019, 11:29:46 AM »
"The Supreme Court of the United States has descended from the disciplined legal reasoning of John Marshall and Joseph Story to the mystical aphorisms of the fortune cookie."

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Re: What song has the best gang vocals of all time?
« Reply #9 on: April 08, 2019, 11:35:44 AM »
Any of the DTP songs with the universal choir, by virtue of having probably the largest gang vocals ever and thus the best :P

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Re: What song has the best gang vocals of all time?
« Reply #10 on: April 08, 2019, 11:43:40 AM »
Not sure about best, but a very good example:
Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name


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Re: What song has the best gang vocals of all time?
« Reply #11 on: April 08, 2019, 12:10:14 PM »
First one to come to mind is Abandon by Mindmaze

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Re: What song has the best gang vocals of all time?
« Reply #12 on: April 08, 2019, 12:12:11 PM »
Any of the DTP songs with the universal choir, by virtue of having probably the largest gang vocals ever and thus the best :P

Who/what is DTP?

That's Devin Townsend Project.

Interesting picks so far; "Balls To The Wall" is the kind of gang vox I'm thinking of, that's a great call (and I hate that song!).
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Re: What song has the best gang vocals of all time?
« Reply #13 on: April 08, 2019, 12:12:35 PM »
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Re: What song has the best gang vocals of all time?
« Reply #14 on: April 08, 2019, 12:15:49 PM »
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Re: What song has the best gang vocals of all time?
« Reply #15 on: April 08, 2019, 12:20:00 PM »
Any of the DTP songs with the universal choir, by virtue of having probably the largest gang vocals ever and thus the best :P

Who/what is DTP?

That's Devin Townsend Project.


Gotcha....he did a version of "Natural Science" on a Rush tribute CD once.  It was one of the most awful things I've ever heard in my life, so I've steered clear of him.
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Re: What song has the best gang vocals of all time?
« Reply #16 on: April 08, 2019, 12:20:46 PM »
From a Mega Man Legends island jamming power metal to a Walrus listening to black metal, I like your story arc.
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Re: What song has the best gang vocals of all time?
« Reply #17 on: April 08, 2019, 12:22:39 PM »
Creeping Death. Live especially.
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It's great when you're with somebody who doesn't know the drill.  "What are they shouting?" You tell them and then they look all nervous like the crowd is going to turn on them.
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Re: What song has the best gang vocals of all time?
« Reply #18 on: April 08, 2019, 12:24:12 PM »
I don't want to say this is the best of all time, if it counts, but I really liked the vocals in the bridge verse of Rise Against's Collapse (Post-Amerika).

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Re: What song has the best gang vocals of all time?
« Reply #19 on: April 08, 2019, 01:28:09 PM »
First one to come to mind is Abandon by Mindmaze

Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall Part II

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would have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
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Re: What song has the best gang vocals of all time?
« Reply #20 on: April 08, 2019, 01:36:01 PM »
I'm not sure what qualifies as gang vocals, but Walk by Pantera came to mind.

Bro Hymm by Pennywise is a good one, lots of sing a long WHOAs in an emotional song

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Re: What song has the best gang vocals of all time?
« Reply #21 on: April 08, 2019, 01:36:22 PM »
Creeping Death. Live especially.
DIE!  DIE!  DIE!!

It's great when you're with somebody who doesn't know the drill.  "What are they shouting?" You tell them and then they look all nervous like the crowd is going to turn on them.

Imagine being the security guard in front of the stage, back to the band, looking at 20,000 or so crazies screaming DIE, DIE, DIE at the top of their lungs. Probably, disconcerting at best...

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Re: What song has the best gang vocals of all time?
« Reply #22 on: April 08, 2019, 02:04:40 PM »
I'm not sure what qualifies as gang vocals, but Walk by Pantera came to mind.

Bro Hymm by Pennywise is a good one, lots of sing a long WHOAs in an emotional song

You know, those big backing vocals, lots of layers and people singing at once. Think Kickstart My Heart. WHOA! YEAH! Or the "Balls To The Wall" chorus.
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Re: What song has the best gang vocals of all time?
« Reply #23 on: April 08, 2019, 02:10:29 PM »
I'm not sure what qualifies as gang vocals, but Walk by Pantera came to mind.

Bro Hymm by Pennywise is a good one, lots of sing a long WHOAs in an emotional song

You know, those big backing vocals, lots of layers and people singing at once. Think Kickstart My Heart. WHOA! YEAH! Or the "Balls To The Wall" chorus.

Yea, but like Walk doesn't have the "gang" vocals on the album, but that gets everyone to sing the parts live. I guess similar to Metallica in this context.

ANd I don't know, I absolitely love Kickstart my Heart, probably my favorite Crue song, but I've never really sat and thought of it as a great gang vocal song.  I guess maybe it is, but like power metal in general has so many awesome sing a long chorus that are large and bombastic.  Like Avantasia for example, half their songs or more have huge gang vocals that are just awesome, but not sure they can rank so highly if you don't get a an arena sized crowd to sing along with it the way Metallica or Motley Crue could.  I could think of tons of punk songs too, I named the Pennywise track, but songs from AFI like Girls Gone Grey are huge for their large backing vocal sing a long chorus. 

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Re: What song has the best gang vocals of all time?
« Reply #24 on: April 08, 2019, 02:14:46 PM »
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Re: What song has the best gang vocals of all time?
« Reply #25 on: April 08, 2019, 02:16:08 PM »
Oh, if we take live performances into account, then the possibilities skyrocket. I'm talking specifically about the studio recordings though. I suppose entire choruses count for this, though I was thinking more bite-sized vocal moments. But there are quite a lot of Avantasia moments that could fit this...
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Re: What song has the best gang vocals of all time?
« Reply #26 on: April 08, 2019, 02:18:37 PM »
Yea, I think I wasn't sure how broad this question really was.  There's definitely a lot that I would consider but to narrow down the best is kind of tough.

Pour Some Sugar on Me.

There's quite a bit of Def Leppard songs that could fit this

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Re: What song has the best gang vocals of all time?
« Reply #27 on: April 08, 2019, 02:21:42 PM »
If we include live performances, Rammstein - Ich will. That chorus!

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Re: What song has the best gang vocals of all time?
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The Receiving End of Sirens - This Armistice

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Re: What song has the best gang vocals of all time?
« Reply #31 on: April 08, 2019, 03:29:43 PM »
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Re: What song has the best gang vocals of all time?
« Reply #33 on: April 09, 2019, 08:18:34 AM »
Pour Some Sugar on Me.

WOW. This is a good one.  I might change my answer.

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