Wednesday, June 9, 2010

OH, OH OH OHH OHH, OR OOOOOOOO-ASIS? EW's PopWatch is taking a survey: what is the best stadium-concert sing-along song?

7 comments:

  1. I await the corrections from Adam C and others as to how to transcribe the audience portion of Bruce Springsteen's "Badlands".

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  2. Coldplay's "Fix You" (check out the version on LeftRightLeftRightLeft)
    Arcade Fire's "Wake Up" (as heard most recently in "Where the Wild Things Are")

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  3. bill.5:00 PM

    Looking at the actual list, The Wife picks "40" and I'll go with "Lola." Going off the list, and placing second behind the Liverpool crowd, is a band that never played stadiums, but always had the crowd singing along. From 1984, I give you the Minneapolis band Urban Guerillas and the extremely not safe for work song Land of 1000 Dances. Initial Internet Archive link is safe for work.

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  4. Dan Suitor6:38 PM

    I cast my official vote for Elton John's "Tiny Dancer", but only if we're singing the exquisite Ben Folds version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF4WeCGrILc

    Otherwise, I feel like my heart goes out to the Edmonton Oilers fans, with their heart-stopping take on their national anthem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meLpuF9UMvk

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  5. bill.7:06 PM

    Here we go, Celtic and Liverpool singing together.

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  6. Marsha7:30 PM

    I'm partial to "Born to Run" and "Piano Man", but how is "Hungry Heart" not a Springsteen choice? That's my favorite.

    My other choice would be Barenaked Ladies' "If I Had $1,000,000" but I'm not sure that's a sing along so much as call-and-response. Does that count?

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