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Posted October 23, 2009 by
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We admit it: we love an accordion! Put an accordion on just about any song and we swoon. Apparently, you do too judging by the responses we’re getting in the FUV question of the day, in honor of “Weird” Al Yankovic’s 50th birthday!
Frankie’s Gun! by the Felice Bros.
Love them accordions! Bang bang bang: Frankie’s Gun!
Great question. Accordian easily overlooked, but great in every song it’s heard in. I needed google for this morning’s list and was surprised by some of the suggestions.
http://www.letspolka.com/2008/08/top-5-accordion-rock-songs/
My own suggestion was immediately: “4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)” The off-beat suggestion from the same album (and more pronounced accordian) is “Wild Billy’s Circus Story”
From the link above…. I particularly like “When I Paint My Masterpiece” by Bob Dylan and as done by the Band.
Someone says “How Can I Be Sure” by the Rascals. Not so sure about that one. Have to check it out.
How about the Felice Bros or Old Crow Medicine Show?
Looking forward to a great set later this morning.
Good morning! I hear accordian and I think Gorgol Bordello.. My fav is probably ” Not a Crime”
This is just too exciting to pass up. Do you have the Planet Squeezebox set of 3 Compact Discs and 56 page book on the best accordion music all over the world?
HERE is where you will find interesting music.
Disc 2 Tracks 10 thru14 and 17 and 18. Also track 3 track 2.
Want only one? Disc 2 Track 11 (Dominican musician Siano Arias)….passed away.
Oh. I took accordion lessons in the 60’s. I put down the accordion for 40 years and picked it up about 5 years ago to use it in my classroom with my ESL students. I’m so excited to rekindle my love for this instrument and in my wild vision of retirement (very soon) I intend to brighten up my next career…………………………..Look up AAA (American Accordionist Association). I attended the Lifetime Achievement Awards dinner in Sept. for Faithe Deffner. Some of the greatest accordion players gave a concert and I was just 6 feet from the stage. OK, yes, I’m the same person who called in the song yesterday.
okay, so you have to play something from “Graceland” because it was listening to “Accordion Jive Hits” that inspired paul simon to make the album. also bruce hornsby who makes accordion playing part of his live shows. rounding it out with something from the subdudes an los lobos would work nicely. here are my suggestions.
The Boy in the Bubble (Paul Simon)
Jacob’s Ladder (Bruce Hornsby) from “Here Come the Noisemakers”
Need Somebody (The Subdudes)
All I Wanted to Do Was Dance (Los Lobos)
adam
Hey, how about:
Sandy (4th of July) – Springsteen
one of Federici’s best, RIP Danny
great music, great station.
No better accordion riff than “Frankie’s Gun” by the Felice Brothers.
The Band When I paint My Masterpiece
After thinking of 50 or so incredible accordion songs from Louisiana, I decided to go in a completely different direction…rock &/or folk songs.
Arguably, the greatest contemporary band utilizing the accordion is Los Lobos. Two great examples are “Serenata Nortena” and “Corrido #1”.
Other worthy examples include:
The Beach Boys “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”.
Bruce Springsteen “4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)”.
Talking Heads “Road To Nowhere”.
The Beatles “All You Need Is Love”.
The Who “Squeeze Box”.
They Might Be Giants “Istanbul, Not Constantinople”.
Have a great weekend!
Good Morning you Rock and Rooters:
Well I cannot say that I know many song that have an accordian in them but the one that is playing in my head right now is a song by the Mavericks…Dance the Night Away….I believe there is a very good accordian player playing along with that great band and of course that unmistakable soulful, swoony voice of one of my favs…Raul Malo..
Any They Might Be Giants song, esp Triangle Man or Istanbul, Not Constantinople.
Hi, I hope you’ll play a couple of my acordian favorites-
“Omaha”- Counting Crows
“When I Paint my Masterpiece”- The Band
Ahhh…. Friday! At last!
Accordion choices? Hmmmm….
Buckwheat Zydeco – Hot Tamale Baby or Hey Good Lookin’ r
Bruce Springsteen – 4th of July, Asbury Park
Am sure these are not unusual choices but some days, gotta leave it at the obvious.
Have a great weekend!
Powder hand done by the cowboy junkies
request: don’t think twice it’s all right
artist: bob dylan
dedication: Just seems like a song that needs to be heard today….
Although I can not think of a song in particular,how about anything by Buckwheat Zydeco.
Have a great day.
I don’t know how you’re going to get through this morning without play the Felice Brothers!
Free Mexican Air Force by Peter Rowan.
how about “rockin chair” by the band?
Hello, and thank you for providing my morning music geek-out.
My according picks are:
“Omaha” by Counting Crows (the accordion lead in the intro puts the instrument front and center for the song, and besides, it’s a good song from a classic album)
“That Was Your Mother” by Paul Simon (Zydeco ‘cordion)
“Start Wearing Purple” by Gogol Bordello (if only because the time I’ve heard them on the radio is for a Terry Gross interview, and we all know she’s no match for Claudia!)
Have a great weekend
That was your mother, from Graceland. Gotta love Rockin Dopsie!
Cut to the chase–
There’s that great Hooters song (?)And We Danced, but on to other issues.
Today would be a good day to play Do the Mouse as a tribute to Soupy
And if you need an Al Yankovic suggestion, please consider Albequerque, which is such a great nod to Dan Bern
Be well
Frankie’s gun – felice bros
Boy in the bubble – paul simon
Girl I want to lay you down – jack johnson
Back street girl, Stones!
Great hearing Brendan Benson, where else could you hear that on the radio? Every song on that album that ive heard has been on FUV. Thanks!
Gotta get the album now.
“Who were you thinking of” by the Texas Tornados so that Flaco can take it away.
or some They Might be Giants
I can’t believe this…it’s like heaven on earth…airtime devoted to the accordion…
2 covers by Those Darned Accordions!:
Baba O’Riley
The Devil Went Down to Georgia
Otherwise,
Tangocide by Accordion Tribe.
Thank you!
Boy in the Bubble (Paul Simon)
Valse Milieu (from Broadway musical version of Irma La Douce)
Will everyone say this?
Are you tired of playing it? [I never get sick of hearing it!]
Is it really an accordion, or a concertina?
Frankie’s Gun! by Felice Bros.
My favorite accordion players are in no particular order
FLACO JIMINEZ
CARL FINCH from Brave Combo
BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO
BOOZOO CHAVIS
BEAU JOCQUE
I was lucky enough to be at the “Zydeco Showdown – Boo vs Beau” one night at Mid City Lanes…..what a party that was.
Accordian Songs –
“Do You Know the Way to San Antione?” (The Texas Tornados)
“Backstreet Girl” (The Rolling Stones (off of FLOWERS))
“C’est La Vie” (Emerson, Lake & Palmer (from WORKS Vol 1))
“Squeeze Box” (The Who)
Anything by Buckwheat Zydeco, Clifton Chenier, etc.
I love the felice brother’s song Wonderful Life, James Felice plays the accordion.
There’s always Franie’s gun….
Have a nice weekend.
accordion song (tasty accordion part): Vienna Teng, I Don’t Feel So Well, from Dreaming Through the Noise
comment: Sometimes a cover sounds like a bad idea but turns out great. More often, not. Don’t get me wrong, I love Dylan, I love early Dylan, and I love (not strong enough word) Lucinda Williams, BUT her cover of Positively 4th Street is an example of the second kind. It’s so bad, I would sooner hear Scarlett Johansson sing Tom Waits (no, don’t do it!).
Have a great day!
“Cherry Bomb” by John Mellencamp from The Lonesome Jubilee.
Frankie’s Gun by the Felice Brothers is a shoe-in.
so how about the Italian version of polka, a folk song called Che La Luna that was featured in The Godfather.
Have a lovely day :)
One my favorite tracks on any of your City Folk Live CDs is Rick Danko’s Twilight on IV. Less prominent accordion, but perhaps my favorite Lucinda Williams song, Still I Long for Your Kiss. The Professor, Roy Bittan on accordion on both I believe. A bit melancholy for a Friday morning, but a couple of really great songs, nonetheless.
Here are two classic accordion songs.
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Galway Girl Steve Earle w/ Sharon Shannon
Is anybody Going to San Antone Doug Sham
Please please please play Rockin’ Dopsie’s cover of Come Together from Rockin’ Zydeco Party!!!
“I miss you” Bjork
I’m off today, so can even listen to the set! I’m of Polish descent — did
you get any polka requests? My favorite polka is the “She’s Too Fat
Polka” — if you can even find it to play it, I’d be very impressed.
Accordian songs? Has to be something from the Texas Tornados. One of my personal favorites is “Who were you thinking of” You just have to love those lyrics: “Ah squeeze it baby” The accordian that is.
‘course you could go for the Who’s “Squeeze Box”.
Happy Friday and have a great weekend…
I sent you an email before but forgot to tell you where i’m from.
My name is Don fron KIngs Park New York.
Buckwheat Zydeco music is accordian based, and is so awsome.
If you can play anything from him it would be great.
Wow these accordian songs just come out like a flood.
I just wanted to add Emmylou and Flaco Jimenez on “West Texas Waltz.
Something .. anything by Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience! The 1st band to win the Cajun/Zydeco category!!!
Only when you’re ready to dance..
Beau Jocque and the Zydeco Hi Rollers
Just One Kiss
Billy Joel’s Vienna
Of course Squeeze box from the Who
The entire Zydaco genre is all accordion How About some Buckwheat Zydaco
For the real Weird Al completists (you know who you are), Al contributes a rare non-comedic accordion part to a song called “Pua Pi Anuhea,” the sixth track on Ried Kapo Ku’s “Here Comes The Sun.” It’s a lovely song.
It surprises me how little the accordion is used for other types of music; jazz, rock, classical, country. It has the capability to play anything and sound like a band with just one guy doing it.
You don’t always have to put on your polka face when you think of accordions.
Regards,
Rob
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