The Killers just performed on Austin City Limits. It was a good set, and they even brought out a Gospel choir for the closing number, “All These Things That I’ve Done.”
It got me thinking about the fairly common but seemingly incongruous mix of a rock band and a Gospel choir. Who started this trend? More interestingly, who do you think has done it best?
My vote goes to U2 and the New Voices of Freedom for the Rattle and Hum version of “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.”
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I’ve posted about this topic before, but not in a flattering way
http://chattablogs.com/colrus/archives/036306.html
In my opinion, the “generic gospel choir” is almost always extremely goofy.
For some reason, your comment was stuck in Askimet purgatory. Sorry ’bout that. I concur that it usually comes off poorly, but there are times when it works.
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