Yes, my aleatoric Asian sidewoman and I are off to a Balinese temple somewhere to hear those gongs gonging.
But in our absence, here's a fun and obviously relevant little project for you faithful readers to wile away the time until our return:
BEST OR WORST POST-ELVIS SONGS REFERENCING MUSICAL INSTUMENTS IN THEIR TITLE OR LYRICS!
And my totally Top of My Head Top Six is:
6. Cheap Trick -- Mandocello
I'm, as they say, classically trained, but I gotta admit -- until I heard this record I was unfamiliar with the titular axe. In any case, a great song.
5. The Blues Project -- Flute Thing
Without question, the greatest lyric-less record of the hippie-rock era, and god bless Andy Kulberg, who performed it along with the rest of the Jewish Beatles.
4. Tommy Emmanuel -- Guitar Boogie
I forget who did this originally, but Emmanuel's version totally rocks.
3. Roy Montrell--That Mellow Saxophone
Without question, the greatest use of the proper name Davy Crockett in the history of popular music.
2. The Floor Models -- Chimes of Freedom
Stolen from The Byrds, who stole it from Bob Dylan, but still pretty good.
And the numero uno greatest song about somethng you play music on obviously is...
1. The Beatles -- While My Guitar Gently Weeps
C'mon -- you knew that was gonna be it, right?
Alrighty then -- what would YOUR choices be?
Have a great weekend, everybody!!!
11 comments:
The Piano Has Been Drinking - Tom Waits
Yakety Sax - Boots Randolph
Drums a Go-Go - The Hollywood Persuaders
Guitarzan - Ray Stevens
Too many songs with Bells in the title to sort out.
Squeeze Box, The Who
Mr. Bass Man - John Entwhistle
Free Form Guitar - Chicago
Drums - Grateful Dead
I wouldn't Lay My Guitar Down - Eddie "The Chief" Clearwater
Guitar - Cake
Guitar Man - Elvis
Guitars, Cadillacs - Dwight Yoakum
Guitar Town - Steve Earle
Vince
Anyone Can Play Guitar - Radiohead
The Happy Organ - Dave "Baby" Cortez
Blues Project were a band that " if you were in the know " you turned onto friends only familiar with DC5. :-)
Perfectly Good Guitar - John Hiatt
Bongo Bong - Manu Chao
Call Me Up In Dreamland (saxophone ) -Van Morrison
Wagon Wheel (banjo & guitar) - Old Crow Medicine Show
Didn't Marshall Chapman have a song about a Telecaster?
Electric Guitar - Talking Heads
Black Tambourine - Beck
Bread: Guitar Man (don't laugh- the guitar is by the great piano man Larry Knechtel)
Billy Joel: Piano Man
Roy Wood: When Grandma Plays the Banjo
Wizzard: Saxmaniax
Jonathan Richman: Fender Stratocaster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sgNOCLuGjE
Eminem: Bagpipes from Baghdad
Chris Spedding: Guitar Jamboree https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsqfy8UcHrQ. The Rich Little of Guitar
Lemon Pipers: Green Tambourine
Bob Dylan: Mr. Tambourine Man
The Arrows: Bongo Party
Sparks: Gratuitous Sax and Senseless Violins
Meghan Trainer: All About that Bass
Donovan: Hurdy Gurdy Man
Todd Rundgren: Bang On the Drum All Day
The Who: “Won’t Get Fooled Again”
Springsteen: “Rosalita”
Sly & The Family Stone: “Dance to the Music”
Talking Heads: "Sax and Violins", written for my all-time favorite film, Wim Wenders' "Until the End of the World"
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