Top 100 Harmonica Lines

-- snowballing

Is that not a melodica?

Or is that more of a harmonica solo? I admit I'm as a loss as to how Bob hasn't shown up more on this list...

29. That Will Young single with Mark Feltham on it.

Give give give me more more more, people. I am making another playlist; here's what I have so far:

I Know There's An Answer The Beach Boys
Love Me Do The Beatles
Me And The Major Belle & Sebastian
Jimmy Mathis Bubba Sparxxx
Train in Vain (Stand by Me) The Clash
A New Career In A New Town David Bowie
Wish Em All Away Embrace
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother The Hollies
Rosa Parks Outkast
Medication Spiritualized
All Of My Thoughts Spiritualized
Electricity Spiritualized
The Twelve Steps Spiritualized
Too High Stevie Wonder
Slow Life Super Furry Animals
Living In Another World Talk Talk
The Rainbow Talk Talk
The Beat(en) Generation The The
Twilight The Verve
Switch it on Will Young

I'm not in any way a fan of XTC, but harmonica line from "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" is stuck in my head right now.

xpost: you hit on a lot of Spiritualized, but my favorite is "These Blues"

<3 Spiritualized

I haven't heard Midnight Cowboy in so long but I'm leaning toward melodica too.

Harmonica... obviously!

28. Ennio Morricone, The Man With the Harmonica

Dylan: "Absolutely Sweet Marie"

27. piano man?

oh shit how come noone has mentione When the levee breaks by led zep. It's not that memorable of an harmonica line but paired with the massive drums and the guitar riffs it's probably the rockiest an harmonica has ever sounded.

25. Jane's Addiction - My Time

2nd Talk Talk "Rainbow" and Led Zep "Levee Breaks" - are you also sometimes confused as to weather a distorted harmonica is a guitar? how can they sound so similar?

I think it's because in those two songs it's made to sound like a string instrument, long steady lines instead of huffing around several notes. It sounds like guitar feedback.

I can't find a live video of Led Zep to see how it sounds live without the studio trickery hiding the harmonica behind the wall of noise, I think the 'guitar' sound is partly the production. I found these ladies doing a great cover, makes the harmonica sounds more distinctive.:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH-_9cwdLug

cool stuff!

hehe, Zepparella...

24. The Ropers - Revolver
23. Jellyfish - The Man I Used To Be
22. Damien Jurado - Ohio
21. Too Much Joy - Song For A Girl Who Has One
20. Holiday - Prostitutes In Town
19. Mazzy Star - Flowers In December
18. White Hassle - Life Is Still Sweet
17. XTC - Reign of Blows

moka absolutely otm

16. Tom Petty - You Don't Know How It Feels

Goddam "

Whoops meant to say "goddam I love 'boogie on reggae woman'"