Kids Choir's Precious Indie Cred

492

Daniel Barnum-Swett

04/15/10 12:09PM

Filed to: Music

Continuing the trend of talented kids claiming songs for their own, New York City's PS22 chorus performs Beach House's indie hit "Zebra" to precocious perfection after one day's practice. Their emotion and, yes, soul, makes their unintentional hipness truly endearing.

Check out a gallery of PS22's hit parade here.

[via YouTube

televisionarie Daniel Barnum-Swett 04/15/10 01:20PM

I played violin in the orchestra and we played Colors of the Wind. We all thought it was pretty cool.

Daniel Barnum-Swett televisionarie 04/15/10 01:25PM

@televisionarie: oooh, we sang that in a disney medley, but i doubt we had the same power as ps22.

secretagentman Daniel Barnum-Swett 04/15/10 01:13PM

I first saw these guys do 'Landslide', thanks to a link from Richard Lawson. Now I've watched all of their Youtube videos and ended up a big crying mess. Like ugly crying. Worth it! I love these kids and their awesome teacher.

Daniel Barnum-Swett secretagentman 04/15/10 01:24PM

@secretagentman: they're so fantastic. their stuff always gets me, but this one was so emotional.

Kristina Lucarelli Daniel Barnum-Swett 04/15/10 12:28PM

I went to a PS school with an auditorium that looked JUST LIKE THAT. We used to sing we are the fucking world. WHY WASN'T MY CHORUS TEACHER THIS COOL.

smashisms Kristina Lucarelli 04/15/10 12:35PM

@Kristina Lucarelli: While we're sharing PS choral memories...I remember singing some lame song in 1st grade choir and this rebellious classmate of mine was all "come on teach! let's spice it up!" so the teacher let us sing "I Believe I Can Fly." Sigh.

Daniel Barnum-Swett smashisms 04/15/10 12:41PM

@Jessica Poolt: we sang 'one sweet day' in 5th grade and some kid stood up during class-time and said "this song's about AIDS, i didn't think any of us HAD AIDS!"

kids say the darndest... ugh....