Artist: ps22 chorus

Video: PS22 Chorus – Nightingale Song

May 6, 2010, 10:00am Hidden Track

Staten Island's PS 22 Chorus doesn't only tackle the latest alternative hits, the viral sensations also sing classic alt-rock tunes for our enjoyment. Check out the kids' take on Nightingale Song by Toad The Wet Sprocket... PS22 Chorus - Nightingale Song

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PS22 Chorus Covers Björk - "All Is Full of...

May 4, 2010, 11:46pm TwentyFourBit

PS22 Chorus Covers Björk - "All Is Full of Love" Phew. The adorable PS22 Chorus is back on track after being disconcertingly "co-opted by viral marketers" for a moment there. A lot has gone down since we last raved about their cover of Phoenix's "Lisztomania," which hit the blogosphere by storm in early March—namely, the PS22 kids have since covered Beach House with their pony-tailed teacher, Gregg Breinberg , Toad the Wet Sprocket (?), Marina & the Diamonds , and more . Here's their latest: Björk's "All Is [...]

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8 Awesome cover songs and their originals

Apr 21, 2010, 9:00am Scenewave.com

Over time hit songs seem to be recycled by anyone and everyone in the form of a cover. Some butcher a brilliant track, while others have the uncanny knack of 'making it their own' (apologies for borrowing an overused Australian Idol cliché). We've decided to pick out a few of the lesser known covers, or perhaps songs you didn't even know were covers in the first place! You've Got The Love Original: The Source Ft. Candi Staton - You've Got [...]

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Watch: PS 22 Chorus Cover Marina And The Diamonds

Apr 20, 2010, 1:32am Rockonthestreets.com

Last week we brought you a cover of a Beach House 's " Zebra " performed by the PS 22 Chorus . This week the 5th graders from Public School 22 in Graniteville, Staten Island are giving us a cover of Marina And The Diamonds ' " I Am Not A Robot ". The track is off the singers forthcoming debut album, ' The Family Jewels ', out today via Chop Shop/Atlantic. Watch the choir perform the track above.

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Record Store Day, the Vinyl Revival and the Evolution of Expectations

Apr 19, 2010, 11:30pm Sound On The Sound

Saturday I visited a number of Seattle's finer independent record stores to sample the wares and see what was hidden among the stacks. Following a tasty brunch at Bimbos with Douglas, who despite showing up before opening to stand in line didn't find the one release he was looking for, we headed down to the [...]

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Watch: PS22 Chosus Covers Beach House

Apr 13, 2010, 9:05am Rockonthestreets.com

If you haven't heard about the PS22 chorus now then you should really head over to Youtube to catch some of the choirs past covers of tracks by Journey , Coldplay , Passion Pit , and many more. This time the 5th graders from Public School 22 in Graniteville, Staten Island are bringing us a cover of Beach House 's " Zebra ". Watch the video above.

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[video] PS22 Chorus Covers "Zebra" by Beach House

Apr 12, 2010, 3:34pm We All Want Someone To Shout For

The amazing PS22 Children's Chorus does a very pretty cover of "Zebra", one of the many standout's on Beach Houses album Teen Dream . Watch it below: These kids should really do a Fleet Foxes/Grizzly Bear cover. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this Recommend on Facebook Share on Reddit [...]

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Choir of innercity kids led by free-spirited + pony-tailed teacher covers Beach House

Apr 12, 2010, 12:30pm Hipster RunOff

Beach House made the mistake of leading off 2k10 with their "Teen Dream" album release, now their album isn't really 'remembered' by that many people. I can't even recall if their album was 'actually good' or if I was just 'excited about a new year of buzzbands / releases.' All of their songs sound the same, so on some days this is a good thing, and on some days this is a bad thing for their brand. I think this choir of kids record songs, then put them on youtube, then a bunch of famous people [...]

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PS22 Chorus Covers Beach House's 'Zebra'

Apr 12, 2010, 9:40am Spinner.com

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News How's this for your adorable, life-affirming musical moment of the day? The PS22 Chorus , that amazing music program based in Staten Island where kids sing their heart out to the brightest songs of the day, has posted a new cover of Beach House 's 'Zebra.' Off the group's 'Teen Dream' album, 'Zebra' is the lush lead single based around stuttering and swirling vocals that are perfect for the choral treatment. These fifth-graders really take it to the next level with those two-part [...]

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The PS22 Kids Are Back! They're Covering Beach House!

Apr 9, 2010, 5:07pm The Tripwire

Their takes on Phoenix' songs of summer almost made us cry, but they also helped us make sense of Thomas Mars' lyrics. The way they sway through "Zebra" provides a totally different, much more familiar energy altogether: it's not a sad song anymore! It's a school bus jam!

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Matisyahu Joins PS22 Chorus For 'One Day'

Mar 26, 2010, 8:00am Spinner.com

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Video While the kids from the television series ' Glee ' may have a collaboration with Olivia Newton-John to look forward to this season, in real life, a group of 5th graders from Staten Island recently became members of Matisyahu 's band for the afternoon. Actually, it's kind of the other way around. The PS22 Chorus -- already somewhat famous for their covers of contemporary songs on YouTube -- were joined by Matis, who sang a couple of his songs [...]

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Children's Choir Covers Phoenix

Mar 24, 2010, 8:30am bridging the atlantic

Continuing on the Phoenix tip, I came across this video which is spreading quickly of the PS22 Chorus (who contributed vocals for Passion Pit's debut) singing their version of Phoenix's "Lisztomania." Read more about these brilliant kids in the Guardian . Considering they'll be featured in Entertainment Weekly and probably a million other publications, this isn't any sort of scoop. Still, this choir puts other kids to shame. Gotta love the husky dude in white being spastically into it and his buddy's Mutombo finger wag around the 2:05 mark. Much respect. [...]

• PS22 Chorus - Lisztomania

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Artist:	PS22 Chorus
Title:	Lisztomania
Link Text:	PS22 Chorus - Lisztomania
File Name:	PS22Chorus_Lisztomania.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2010

Phoenix reportedly tapped as Lolla headliner

Mar 11, 2010, 5:08pm All the Young Punks

Phoenix will be a headliner at Lollapalooza, TimeOut Chicago reports . The French popsters will join previously reported headliners Green Day, Lady Gaga, Soundgarden, Strokes and Arcade Fire, TimeOut reports. Adding Phoenix balances out the roster of top acts a bit and is a huge boost for Phoenix. Separately, here's an interesting cover of Lisztomania by the PS22 Chorus. Lisztomania - Phoenix

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¡"Lisztomania" a cappella!

Mar 10, 2010, 12:17am Extended Play

Para todos aquellos fans del nuevo álbum de Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - les tomará por sorpresa el siguiente video en donde un coro de niños de entre 12 y 13 años de edad cantan a cappella la canción "Lisztomania". El PS22 Chorus ha cantado canciones de Lady Gaga, Matisyahu y Journey, con lo cual parecen pasarla bien y hasta salir en revistas como Teen Vogue. Pura felicidad y hermandad la que verán a continuación. [Vía: Drowned In Sound ]

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Sweet: PS22 Chorus Covers Phoenix Lisztomania

Mar 8, 2010, 3:29pm Unnecessary Umlaut

Their sincerity is so damn sweet. Just love it. Even better, the PS22 Chorus only took two rehearsals to learn the track. Now those are some pro rockstars. More info here . (via Waxy ) Phoenix "Lisztomania" from Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix Phoenix "Too Young" from Lost In Translation OST Hear more Phoenix on The Ümlaut » RELATED : Cover: Homeless Mustard Sings Radiohead's Creep, Has Great Beard Cover: [...]

• Phoenix - Lisztomania
• Phoenix - Too Young

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Artist:	Phoenix
Title:	Lisztomania
Link Text:	Phoenix Lisztomania
File Name:	Phoenix-lisztomania.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	2009

Artist:	Phoenix
Title:	Too Young
Link Text:	Phoenix Too Young
File Name:	Phoenix-tooyoung.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2003

Live From Staten Island, Here's The PS22 Chorus Doing Phoenix's "Lizstomania"

Mar 8, 2010, 2:20pm The Village Voice: Sound of the City

Well this is just glorious. (And way better than that other version of the song we've stumbled over recently.) A little background on these guys here, website here. Their faces are the best part... Continue reading "Live From Staten Island, Here's The PS22 Chorus Doing Phoenix's "Lizstomania"" >

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These Are the Hippest 5th-Graders Ever

Mar 7, 2010, 11:10pm Too Much Happiness

Click here to view the embedded video. As the famous photoblog might have said, Look At These F-ing Hipsters . I didn't actually use the curse word, because these elementary school alt-icons are no doubt tech-savvy and I don't need their parents Google-ing them and finding a bunch of sailor talk. But just look at them. Here they are, none of them a day older than twelve, with the classiest cover version of, very arguably, the best indie-rock single of last year. I did choir back in the day; would that my choir [...]

• Phoenix - Lisztomania
• PS22 Chorus - Lisztomania
• The Ramones - Rock 'N' Roll High School

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Artist:	Phoenix
Title:	Lisztomania
Link Text:	Phoenix - Lisztomania
File Name:	Phoenix_Lisztomania.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	2009

Artist:	PS22 Chorus
Title:	Lisztomania
Link Text:	PS22 Chorus - Lisztomania
File Name:	PS22Chorus_Lisztomania.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2010

Artist:	The Ramones
Title:	Rock 'N' Roll High School
Link Text:	The Ramones - Rock n Roll High School
File Name:	TheRamones_RockNRollHighSchool .mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Choir of Innercity Kids do 'meaningful cover' of Phoenix

Mar 7, 2010, 5:00pm Hipster RunOff

"Lisztomania" by Phoenix was arguably the most meaningful song of 2009 if you didn't 'get' Animal Collective / "My Girls." The song has a massive 'crossover appeal', and continues to move mad units on iTunes and Best Buys all around the world. In this video, an innercity chorus sings the song in a meaningful fashion, looking to inspire 'hope' It seems like we can assume that all of these children come from difficult life situations, and are using music to 'escape' temporarily from their despair / status frustration. U can [...]

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Choral Covers

Sep 16, 2009, 11:42pm Cover Me

An exciting day for Cover Me today, as we unveil our spiffy new logo (which you saw above). All the contest entries were great, but that cover-tastic design above comes from winner Gabriella C. She describes her approach:I knew what I wanted to do pretty much as soon as I saw the contest announcement. I'm not very versed in popular music, so I emailed to ask for some well-known covers in order

• Traces Gospel Choir - Walk Don't Walk » WalkDontWalk.mp3
• VoiceWorks - Grace Kelly » GraceKelly.mp3
• Young@Heart Chorus - Fix You » FixYou.mp3
• Capital Children's Choir - Chinese (Lily Allen cover)
• Hell Blues Choir - Swordfishtrombones
• Perpetuum Jazzile - Africa (Toto cover)
• PS 22 Chorus - Eye of the Tiger (Survivor Cover)
• Scala & Kolacny Brothers - Bittersweet Symphony (The Verve cover)
• The Red Army Choir Under Direction of Victor Eliseev - Down Under (Men at Work cover)
• Vienna Boys Choir - Message In A Bottle (The Police cover)

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Link Text:	Traces Gospel Choir - Walk Don't Walk
File Name:	WalkDontWalk.mp3
Year:	2008

Link Text:	VoiceWorks - Grace Kelly
File Name:	GraceKelly.mp3

Link Text:	Young@Heart Chorus - Fix You
File Name:	FixYou.mp3

Artist:	Capital Children's Choir
Title:	Chinese (Lily Allen cover)
Link Text:	Capital Children's Choir - Chinese
File Name:	Chinese.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2009

Artist:	Hell Blues Choir
Title:	Swordfishtrombones
Link Text:	Hell Blues Choir - Swordfishtrombones
File Name:	Swordfishtrombones.mp3
Bitrate:	180 kbps
Year:	2003

Artist:	Perpetuum Jazzile
Title:	Africa (Toto cover)
Link Text:	Perpetuum Jazzile - Africa
File Name:	Africa.mp3
Bitrate:	169 kbps

Artist:	PS 22 Chorus
Title:	Eye of the Tiger (Survivor Cover)
Link Text:	PS22 Chorus - Eye of the Tiger
File Name:	EyeoftheTiger.mp3
Bitrate:	176 kbps

Artist:	Scala & Kolacny Brothers
Title:	Bittersweet Symphony (The Verve cover)
Link Text:	Scala and Kolacny Brothers - Bittersweet Symphony
File Name:	BittersweetSymphony.mp3
Bitrate:	242 kbps
Year:	2004

Artist:	The Red Army Choir Under Direction of Victor Eliseev
Title:	Down Under (Men at Work cover)
Link Text:	The Red Army Choir - Down Under
File Name:	DownUnder.mp3
Bitrate:	196 kbps
Year:	2000

Artist:	Vienna Boys Choir
Title:	Message In A Bottle (The Police cover)
Link Text:	Vienna Boys Choir - Message In a Bottle
File Name:	MessageinaBottle.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	2002

Is 'All is Love' by Karen O and the Kids the first song of the indie apocalypse?

Sep 9, 2009, 10:16pm Hipster RunOff

I was recently in my car listening to some song by the lead singer of the Yea Ya Yee-ah!s which she apparently wrote for the ' Where the Wild Things Are ' soundtrack. From what I understand, they are attempting to make the movie seem meaningful to kids by borrowing the commercialized 'meaningful aesthetic' from modern 'indie aesthetic.' Please sing the meaningful lyrics along with the kidz in the song: One, two, ready, GO! Grow some big feet Holes in history is where you'll [...]

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