4 For 4: Songs with Children

22 Nov

Children.

They are people too.

Little do we know, these little things have been infrequently used as musical instruments since Moses parted that sea in Egypt. Anyone see “the prince of egypt” before? Pretty whacked shit. Anyways, it takes a true musical enthusiast to listen to a song, go ‘hmm… i wonder what other songs contain children singing in them’ and then spend the next hour thinking about it. So here is this weeks edition of 4 for 4, with the help of Vik.

Here are four songs I have selected.

Suede - We Are the Pigs: The children are added to the end of the tune, to give the whole apocalyptic feel of the song greater effect…like ‘holy crap, kids are singing in this song so it is totally epic and dark’. Seriously, this is one of my favorite songs ever.

Belle and Sebastian - I’m a Cuckoo (Avalanche Remix): I did this one for Angelina Jolie. Seriously, this remix of the B&S song features AFRIKAN Kids singing in it, all happy and stuff too. IF they played this song while Alex Trebek is doing those Unicef commercials, No one would donate money since it sounds just like a grand ole party. It’s not. So donate money. The kids are inserted in to make the song sound more happy.

The Wombats - Lets Dance To Joy Division: I already covered how catchy this song was in my previous post, however, this was the song that made me all ‘hmmm..’ so I include in it.

The Housemartins - Bow Down: ooooooooooooooold schoo. The kids help out with the chorus.

Other songs that could have been in this post:

Maia Hirasawa - You and Me and Everyone We Know
Hefner - Day that Thatcher Dies
JUSTICE - Dance
All Jackson 5 songs