Topic: Great appearances on other people's records (Read 11713 times)

Thrillho · « **on:** 19 Apr 2009, 18:53 »

One of the most annoying things about rap music is that to have any hope of being a completist you need to buy twenty other guys' records to pick up all the collaborations. In the process of just downloading the tunes I wanted (legally) by Notorious BIG from other people's records, I discovered a magnificent tune by he and Michael Jackson called 'This Time Around.' Apparently Michael isn't taking no shit this time. Funny, that.

It's not often that a random collab by someone on a record is the standout, but I realise my favourite song from the Seasick Steve album I own is the one that Nick Cave appeared on.

So - good random collaborations that are unavailable elsewhere, anyone?

Avec · « **Reply #1 on:** 19 Apr 2009, 19:06 »

Even with all the mainstream success, I fucking love anything Jack Johnson touches. In this case, Let It Be Sung is a collaboration between Jack Johnson, Matt Costa, and Zach Gill from A Broke Down Melody, a film about surfers.

JD · « **Reply #2 on:** 19 Apr 2009, 19:10 »

Daft Punk made a cameo in Kanye West's Stronger. That was great.

Retrospectre · « **Reply #3 on:** 19 Apr 2009, 19:42 »

Actually don't quote me but I think they just loaned him a pair of robot suits and he stuck a couple of dudes in there.

Joseph · « **Reply #4 on:** 19 Apr 2009, 20:00 »

So many jazz albums and groups are full of this. John Coltrane on Miles Davis' albums, Pharoah Sanders on John Coltrane's albums, Don Cherry on Ornette Coleman's albums, etc.

Current 93's album Black Ships Ate The Sky also has a lot of great guest appearances, by Will Oldham, Antony Hegarty, Shirley Collins and others.

Will Oldham's appears on a few songs on Scout Niblett's last album, This Fool Can Die Now. The song "Kiss" in particular is a standout.

sean · « **Reply #5 on:** 19 Apr 2009, 20:06 »

MrBlu · « **Reply #6 on:** 19 Apr 2009, 20:20 »

I'm not entirely sure what you're saying.

Sure, I'm annoyed with what rap music has become now, seeing that the only thing Hip-Hop has to offer nowadays is Lil' Wayne, Kanye West and T-Pain, apparently, but I don't get what you're getting at or asking.

I'm just gonna go with what Dark Flame said about Jazz, we have Thelonius Monk on Miles Davis, Miles on Coltrane, Louis and Ella, Count Basie and Joe Williams, etc.

My favorite recent collaboration album would have to be "Misery Loves Kompany" by the Strange Music crew, "Midwest Chopper" was just a kick-ass song.

Oh, I just remembered I was thinking about Looptroop's trip to Jamaica and the songs they did with Lady Saw and Ward 21, which were pretty cool.

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #7 on:** 19 Apr 2009, 20:30 »

Speaking of jazz, the various Stephane Grappelli and Oscar Peterson collaborations are all frickin fantastic. Particularly good is the live album 'Skol,' recorded in Amsterdam and featuring an amazing trio of Joe Pass, Mickey Roker and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (each of whom get their own rather impressive solo forays throughout the album - the two masters let these guys do their thing which is nice to hear). It's one of my favorite albums largely due to the way Peterson and Grappelli compliment each other and riff off each other so effortlessly. It's pretty perfect.

JimmyJazz · « **Reply #8 on:** 19 Apr 2009, 20:32 »

Aerosmith on Run-D.M.C.'s cover of "Walk This Way." The greatest song to just bop your head to in the car with your friends.

Avec · « **Reply #9 on:** 19 Apr 2009, 20:35 »

I really didn't want that song to be brought up.

JD · « **Reply #10 on:** 19 Apr 2009, 20:36 »

Quote from: Retrospectre on 19 Apr 2009, 19:42

Actually don't quote me but I think they just loaned him a pair of robot suits and he stuck a couple of dudes in there.

I'm sure Kanye asked pretty please to borrow the tune and stuff.

ps i totally quoted you on that

Quote from: Avec on 19 Apr 2009, 20:35

I really didn't want that song to be brought up.

seconded

Harun · « **Reply #11 on:** 19 Apr 2009, 21:08 »

I'm guessing this also applies to (guitar) solos as well? If not then too bad I am posting these anyway:

Devin Townsend on Full Imperial Collapse
Karl Sanders on The Reign ov Shemsu-Hor
Santiago Dobles and Per Nilsson on The Murder
Rustey Cooley on From So Far Away

and every James Murphy guest solo, ever. All 5,621 of them.

Jimor · « **Reply #12 on:** 19 Apr 2009, 21:17 »

Was Not Was on Bonnie Raitt's "Love Letter". I'm not all that into either act separately, but that song kicks all kinds of ass.

el_loco_avs · « **Reply #13 on:** 20 Apr 2009, 01:45 »

Quote from: Zombiedude on 19 Apr 2009, 20:36

Quote from: Avec on 19 Apr 2009, 20:35
I really didn't want that song to be brought up.
seconded

DE-seconded! ha!

Also. Thom Yorke on PJ Harvey's Stories from the city, stories from the sea.

KickThatBathProf · « **Reply #14 on:** 20 Apr 2009, 06:32 »

oh yeah

rynne · « **Reply #15 on:** 20 Apr 2009, 07:13 »

Quote from: Dark Flame on 19 Apr 2009, 20:00

Current 93's album Black Ships Ate The Sky also has a lot of great guest appearances, by Will Oldham, Antony Hegarty, Shirley Collins and others.

Have you seen the performer list for the C93's next album? Andrew WK and porn-star Sasha Grey are on it. I'd say that's the biggest musical WTF ever except that Tibet, WK and Grey were all Lee "Scratch" Perry's last album, making *that* the planet's most head-scratching guest-list.

McTaggart · « **Reply #16 on:** 20 Apr 2009, 08:02 »

Aesop Rock's None Shall Pass features John Darnielle on it's last track. One of my favourite tracks off the album and a great video too.

Thrillho · « **Reply #17 on:** 20 Apr 2009, 09:46 »

Quote from: MrBlu on 19 Apr 2009, 20:20

I'm not entirely sure what you're saying.

Sure, I'm annoyed with what rap music has become now, seeing that the only thing Hip-Hop has to offer nowadays is Lil' Wayne, Kanye West and T-Pain, apparently, but I don't get what you're getting at or asking.

I wasn't trying to make a point, just making an observation. I think if any genre needs more 'b-sides and rarities' compilations, it's rap music, because a rapper's greatest hits will rarely feature his appearances on other people's records, even if they are a great song.

Dazed · « **Reply #18 on:** 20 Apr 2009, 11:23 »

The guest vocalists on the new Decemberists album were pretty fantastic. Also, Sandy Denny on The Battle of Evermore by Led Zeppelin. And Flea/John Frusciante on Hard Life Easy by Satellite Party.

skydivingninja · « **Reply #19 on:** 20 Apr 2009, 12:25 »

Well, the classic example would be Eric Clapton on "Happiness is a Warm Gun."

A favorite of mine is the guest solo by Alex Lifeson on Porcupine Tree's "Anesthetize."

JayJayD · « **Reply #20 on:** 20 Apr 2009, 13:01 »

Quote from: KickThatBathProf on 20 Apr 2009, 06:32

oh yeah
Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall

How's that a guest appearance? Trane was a regular member of Monk's quartet at the time!
And he hadn't - or just barely - started to record as a leader.

Same with his appearances on Miles' records mentioned above.

october1983 · « **Reply #21 on:** 20 Apr 2009, 14:48 »

That time when JohnnyC did some shouty singing with some other people on that one Polymath's song. That was pretty good.

Ballard · « **Reply #22 on:** 20 Apr 2009, 17:10 »

This song occasionally gets old but the solo never does. Thanks EVH.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqxo1SKB0z8

This song is alright, kind of repetitive, but Jay-Z makes it fucking gold.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8SIZR7fYbI

squawk · « **Reply #23 on:** 20 Apr 2009, 17:18 »

Jeff Mangum suddenly appearing on "I Have Been Floated" on the Olivia Tremor Control's Black Foliage Animation Music Volume One!!!!

Chad K. · « **Reply #24 on:** 20 Apr 2009, 17:24 »

Rodleen Getsic on the Deftone's "Knife Party" was a helluva strange combination; what she did was SOOOOO bizarre and interesting. Last Deftones album I liked.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #25 on:** 21 Apr 2009, 01:52 »

Linda Perry and Grace Slick on 'Knock Me Out' from the Crow II soundtrack. That song is brilliant and it might just be one of the best things ever.

altered_carbon · « **Reply #26 on:** 21 Apr 2009, 16:15 »

Quote from: skydivingninja on 20 Apr 2009, 12:25

Well, the classic example would be Eric Clapton on "Happiness is a Warm Gun."

As much as I hate to be a nitpicking asshole, I'm a Beatles fanatic, so nitpick I will. Clapton played on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." Same album though...and apparently, lost in the vaults of Apple, there is a version of "Happiness..." with Jim Morrison singing the "Bang Bang Shoot Shoot" part...but we don't talk about that.
Anyway, one of my favorites is David Bowie's "Fame", with John Lennon doing the steadily descending "Fame" part.

Nuance · « **Reply #27 on:** 21 Apr 2009, 17:30 »

I actually have always loved the guest appearances on rock albums, for whatever reason, they're frequently my favorite part of the album. Some of my favorites would be Maynard James Keenan on the song "Passenger" off of Deftones' White Pony, James Mercer on about a quarter of Modest Mouse's We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank, Jeremy Engick on Mewithoutyou's "O'Porcupine."

I'm not certain what it is, but I almost always enjoy the tracks that are partial collaborations.

KickThatBathProf · « **Reply #28 on:** 21 Apr 2009, 18:59 »

Quote from: JayJayD on 20 Apr 2009, 13:01

Quote from: KickThatBathProf on 20 Apr 2009, 06:32
oh yeah
Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall
How's that a guest appearance? Trane was a regular member of Monk's quartet at the time!
And he hadn't - or just barely - started to record as a leader.

Same with his appearances on Miles' records mentioned above.

Sorry, it seemed the conversation moved more toward collaborations than guest appearances.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #29 on:** 21 Apr 2009, 19:33 »

Why has no one mentioned "Under Pressure," yet? Queen and Bowie?

Also, J Mascis showin' his chops on a Kevin Drew song on Spirit If...

skydivingninja · « **Reply #30 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 15:47 »

Quote from: altered_carbon on 21 Apr 2009, 16:15

Quote from: skydivingninja on 20 Apr 2009, 12:25
Well, the classic example would be Eric Clapton on "Happiness is a Warm Gun."
As much as I hate to be a nitpicking asshole, I'm a Beatles fanatic, so nitpick I will. Clapton played on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." Same album though...and apparently, lost in the vaults of Apple, there is a version of "Happiness..." with Jim Morrison singing the "Bang Bang Shoot Shoot" part...but we don't talk about that.
Anyway, one of my favorites is David Bowie's "Fame", with John Lennon doing the steadily descending "Fame" part.

Wow, I suck *facepalm* Can't believe I got those confused

pwhodges · « **Reply #31 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 16:21 »

Lose five points and miss the next round....

Gridgm · « **Reply #32 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 17:40 »

kylie minogue on murder ballads was pretty fantastic

Tehz · « **Reply #33 on:** 22 Apr 2009, 20:47 »

Quote from: imapiratearg on 21 Apr 2009, 19:33

Also, J Mascis showin' his chops on a Kevin Drew song on Spirit If...

fuck yeaaaahhhhhh

Cadeonehalf · « **Reply #34 on:** 23 Apr 2009, 22:17 »

Quote from: altered_carbon on 21 Apr 2009, 16:15

Quote from: skydivingninja on 20 Apr 2009, 12:25
Well, the classic example would be Eric Clapton on "Happiness is a Warm Gun."
As much as I hate to be a nitpicking asshole, I'm a Beatles fanatic, so nitpick I will. Clapton played on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." Same album though...and apparently, lost in the vaults of Apple, there is a version of "Happiness..." with Jim Morrison singing the "Bang Bang Shoot Shoot" part...but we don't talk about that.
Anyway, one of my favorites is David Bowie's "Fame", with John Lennon doing the steadily descending "Fame" part.

Along those lines, my personal favorite is George Harrison on BADGE by Cream.
Comes outta nowhere and when I realized who it was I freaked out.

Radical AC · « **Reply #35 on:** 23 Apr 2009, 23:09 »

I'm pretty happy Brian Eno showed up to help with Lodger.

spoon_of_grimbo · « **Reply #36 on:** 24 Apr 2009, 02:17 »

Quote from: Nuance on 21 Apr 2009, 17:30

Maynard James Keenan on the song "Passenger" off of Deftones' White Pony

^THIS.

also, Walter Schriefels (of Quicksand/Rival Schools) produced Hot Water Music's "No Division" and did some guest vocals on a coupla tracks, notably the doubly-awesome "Gainesville Free Radio."

apparently Alex Chilton did some guest guitar parts on The Replacements' "Can't Hardly Wait" and that is a TUNE.

oh and also, that Dillinger Escape Plan E.P. with Mike Patton on vocals.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #37 on:** 24 Apr 2009, 04:17 »

Tom Petty + George Harrison.

Actually anything George guested on.

Thrillho · « **Reply #38 on:** 24 Apr 2009, 07:01 »

Quote from: spoon_of_grimbo on 24 Apr 2009, 02:17

oh and also, that Dillinger Escape Plan E.P. with Mike Patton on vocals.

WIN.

JayJayD · « **Reply #39 on:** 28 Apr 2009, 12:56 »

Quote from: Gridgm on 22 Apr 2009, 17:40

kylie minogue on murder ballads was pretty fantastic

Yeah, but I like Polly Jean Harvey on Murder Ballads (Henry Lee) even better.
And esp. all of them plus Shane McGowan on that Dylan cover on there!

billiumbean · « **Reply #40 on:** 29 Apr 2009, 00:10 »

The Raconteurs all the way.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #41 on:** 29 Apr 2009, 02:12 »

Quote from: David_Dovey on 24 Apr 2009, 04:17

Tom Petty + George Harrison.

Actually anything George guested on.

You know what's odd?

I like Dylan. I like Harrison. I like Petty. I like Roy Orbison. I like Jeff Lynne.

But I cannot, for the life of me, get into the Traveling Wilburies.

KickThatBathProf · « **Reply #42 on:** 29 Apr 2009, 06:02 »

Shame.

fish across face · « **Reply #43 on:** 30 Apr 2009, 14:46 »

I hate that guitar all over My Guitar Gently Weeps, but then I love Jay-Z's bit on Beyonce's Crazy In Love which may not be in sync with many regulars on here...

David Sylvian suddenly busting out a song in the middle of Fennesz's otherwise instrumental 'Venice' made me a very happy man. Especially as I love David Sylvian's voice and hadn't looked at the liner notes before playing the CD.

Sam Prekop from the Sea and Cake showing up on Last Night off Prefuse 73's first album was pretty much the greatest. Who would've thought his soft croony vox would withstand being chopped and reversed and somehow come out still so smooth? Again, a stand-out track on that album.

I don't like Röyksopp generally, but that Remind Me tune was a goodie basically because of Erlend Øye.

It's a slightly different case, but there're a lot of Dntel tracks I like with guest vocalists I otherwise don't care about - Mia Doi Todd (Rock My Boat), Ben Gibbard (The Dream of Evan And Chan - oh how disappointed I was when I first heard The Postal Service after this...), Jenny Lewis (Roll On), even Conor Oberst (Breakfast In Bed) - but they're not exactly the exceptions cos on his two "proper" albums almost every track has collaborators of some kind. Actually Erlend Øye re-doing Gibbard's vocals on the Safety Scissors remix of the above is awesome too.

Kyros · « **Reply #44 on:** 30 Apr 2009, 16:15 »

Quote from: imapiratearg on 21 Apr 2009, 19:33

Why has no one mentioned "Under Pressure," yet? Queen and Bowie?

Also, J Mascis showin' his chops on a Kevin Drew song on Spirit If...

J. Mascis was also pretty awesome on Thurston Moore's Trees Outside the Academy

Joseph · « **Reply #45 on:** 30 Apr 2009, 16:18 »

Oh man I completely forgot about Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker from Low doing vocals on the Pan-American album 360 Business/360 Bypass. So so so good.

Cadeonehalf · « **Reply #46 on:** 01 May 2009, 20:39 »

Quote from: spoon_of_grimbo on 24 Apr 2009, 02:17

Quote from: Nuance on 21 Apr 2009, 17:30
Maynard James Keenan on the song "Passenger" off of Deftones' White Pony

^THIS.

That and Maynard on "Know Your Enemy".
OH MAN IT IS SOO GOOD!

Thrillho · « **Reply #47 on:** 02 May 2009, 06:05 »

So THAT'S who that was. I've always wondered.

spoon_of_grimbo · « **Reply #48 on:** 02 May 2009, 06:15 »

holly golightly's backing vocals on "eye on you" and "turkish revenge" by rocket from the crypt are really cool.

sean · « **Reply #49 on:** 02 May 2009, 12:30 »

man i get really sad whenever i read this thread cause i flip though it, see a picture of north star deserter and go fuck yeah somebody else knows whats up! and then i remember i posted it.

:c

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