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100. Chi-Lites "Oh Girl"
99. The Byrds "Pale Blue"

― Joe (Joe), Thursday, 9 March 2006 12:56 (eighteen years ago) link

98. Carpenters "Rainy Days And Mondays"

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 9 March 2006 13:28 (eighteen years ago) link

97. Prefab Sprout "Nightingales"

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 9 March 2006 13:58 (eighteen years ago) link

Do Groovin' with Mr Bloe & Midnight Cowboy count?

― Jez (Jez), Thursday, 9 March 2006 14:22 (eighteen years ago) link

96.War, "Low Rider"

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Thursday, 9 March 2006 14:40 (eighteen years ago) link

95. The The - Dogs of Lust

― gspm (gspm), Thursday, 9 March 2006 15:06 (eighteen years ago) link

94. David Bowie - A New Career In A New Town

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 9 March 2006 15:13 (eighteen years ago) link

93. "That Was Only Yesterday" - Spooky Tooth

― Joe (Joe), Thursday, 9 March 2006 16:23 (eighteen years ago) link

92. TVPs - Three Wishes (Actually, since starting to write this, I've realised it's not played on harmonica, but bloody well should have been).

― Jez (Jez), Thursday, 9 March 2006 16:27 (eighteen years ago) link

91. The Misundserstood - I Unseen
90. The Beatles - There's a Place ... simple but effective.

― Jez (Jez), Thursday, 9 March 2006 16:36 (eighteen years ago) link

89. Nick Cave - well of misery

― per se, Thursday, 9 March 2006 16:38 (eighteen years ago) link

88. Rolling Stones-Midnight Rambler

― Chairman Doinel (Charles McCain), Thursday, 9 March 2006 17:20 (eighteen years ago) link

87. The Hollies - "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 9 March 2006 17:27 (eighteen years ago) link

86; John Barry - Midnight Cowboy theme

― snowballing (snowballing), Thursday, 9 March 2006 18:04 (eighteen years ago) link

85. Black Sabbath - The Wizard

― darin (darin), Thursday, 9 March 2006 18:05 (eighteen years ago) link

84. Stevie Wonder - I Was Made to Love Her

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 9 March 2006 18:08 (eighteen years ago) link

83. The Doors - Roadhouse Blues

― p.j. (Henry), Thursday, 9 March 2006 18:10 (eighteen years ago) link

82. The Beatles - Love Me Do

― Mike W (caek), Thursday, 9 March 2006 18:11 (eighteen years ago) link

Do full-on harmonica solos count? If so...

81. Outkast, "Rosa Parks"
80. Stevie Wonder, "Boogie On Reggae Woman"

― A Licky Boom Boom Down (R. J. Greene), Thursday, 9 March 2006 18:52 (eighteen years ago) link

79. Captain Beefheart - "Owed T'Alex"
specifically the part at the end in unison with the guitar solo

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 9 March 2006 18:54 (eighteen years ago) link

78. "I Know I'm Not Wrong" Fleetwood Mac

― methanie tanner (methanie tanner), Thursday, 9 March 2006 20:49 (eighteen years ago) link

77. The Pretenders - the Middle of the Road (makes the song)

― JB Young (JB Young), Friday, 10 March 2006 00:05 (eighteen years ago) link

76. Alanis Morissette - All I Really Want

― edward o (edwardo), Friday, 10 March 2006 00:12 (eighteen years ago) link

75. The Beach Boys - I Know There's An Answer (bass harmonica!)

― phil d. (Phil D.), Friday, 10 March 2006 00:14 (eighteen years ago) link

74. Peter Hammill - "Solitude"

― Raw, Uncompromising, and Noodly (noodle vague), Friday, 10 March 2006 00:22 (eighteen years ago) link

"I Know I'm Not Wrong" Fleetwood Mac

can't remember any harmonica in the song..

― fwrd, Friday, 10 March 2006 00:23 (eighteen years ago) link

it comes in near the end

― Chairman Doinel (Charles McCain), Friday, 10 March 2006 00:27 (eighteen years ago) link

73. Talk Talk - Living In Another World

― blunt (blunt), Friday, 10 March 2006 00:39 (eighteen years ago) link

72. another Beefheart--"Click Clack"

― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Friday, 10 March 2006 04:12 (eighteen years ago) link

What about Dylan?: harmonica in "Shelter from the storm"

― antonio, Friday, 10 March 2006 07:19 (eighteen years ago) link

71.

― antonio, Friday, 10 March 2006 07:20 (eighteen years ago) link

70. talk talk, "living in another world"

― the, Friday, 10 March 2006 13:25 (eighteen years ago) link

69. Pete Townshend, "The Sea Refuses No River"

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 10 March 2006 13:27 (eighteen years ago) link

69. The Orb- Little Fluffy Clouds, or the Morricone original which it samples if you prefer.

― Neil Stewart (Neil Stewart), Friday, 10 March 2006 13:29 (eighteen years ago) link

Little Walter "Just One Chance With You"

― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Friday, 10 March 2006 15:34 (eighteen years ago) link

Dylan - Moonshiner
Sonny Boy Willianmson - Trust My Baby

― christoff (christoff), Friday, 10 March 2006 15:48 (eighteen years ago) link

Keep numbering, next up is 65. Neil was just paying attention re: 73 vs. 70. Jeez

― blunt (blunt), Friday, 10 March 2006 17:38 (eighteen years ago) link

65. Beatles "I Should Have Known Better" == Miranda Lambert "Kerosene" (same line; counts as one)

― Sang Freud (jeff_s), Friday, 10 March 2006 17:42 (eighteen years ago) link

64. Neil Young "Heart Of Gold"

― geekears (geekears), Friday, 10 March 2006 18:22 (eighteen years ago) link

63. Culture Club - "Church of the Poison Mind"

― Raw, Uncompromising, and Noodly (noodle vague), Friday, 10 March 2006 18:25 (eighteen years ago) link

62. George Harrison "Apple Scruffs"

― phil d. (Phil D.), Friday, 10 March 2006 20:20 (eighteen years ago) link

harmonica that kicks off sfa's slow life is great, but I don't feel comfortable placing it ahead of a lot of the stuff that's been posted.

― enjoy bell woods, Friday, 10 March 2006 22:00 (eighteen years ago) link

61. Eurythmics: "There Must Be An Angel"
60. Dionne Warwick & Friends: "That's What Friends Are For"

(Like #97 these are both Stevie Wonder playing the harmonica)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 10 March 2006 22:53 (eighteen years ago) link

59. Culture Club: Karma Chameleon

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 10 March 2006 22:54 (eighteen years ago) link

Come on G. "Poison Mind" should be above "Karma Chameleon", innit? ;)

― Raw, Uncompromising, and Noodly (noodle vague), Friday, 10 March 2006 22:58 (eighteen years ago) link

58. Chaka Khan "Feel For You". another Stevie one.

― oops (Oops), Friday, 10 March 2006 23:04 (eighteen years ago) link

57. The Beatles: "From Me To You"

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 10 March 2006 23:56 (eighteen years ago) link

56. The Cure: "Mr. Pink eyes"
55. The Cure: "Subway Song"
54. Ramoncín: "Litros de Alcohol"
53. The House Martins: "The Mighty Ship"

― antonio, Saturday, 11 March 2006 16:35 (eighteen years ago) link

52. Another Beefheart--that namechecks the instrument..."Gimme Dat Harp, Boy" (it ain't no fatman's toy)

― J Arthur Rank (Quin Tillian), Saturday, 11 March 2006 16:43 (eighteen years ago) link

51. Migthy Mighty - "Is There Anyone Out There"

― antonio, Saturday, 11 March 2006 17:08 (eighteen years ago) link

50. The Celibate Rifles - Invisible Man

― blunt (blunt), Saturday, 11 March 2006 18:34 (eighteen years ago) link

49. The Housemartins - "Sheep"

― Raw, Uncompromising, and Noodly (noodle vague), Saturday, 11 March 2006 19:51 (eighteen years ago) link

48. "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" - The Fabulous Thunderbirds

― Cisco Heckler, Sunday, 12 March 2006 03:18 (eighteen years ago) link

47. "Hey! Baby" - Bruce Channel

― Rev. Hoodoo (Rev. Hoodoo), Sunday, 12 March 2006 04:42 (eighteen years ago) link

stevie wonder guesting on eurythmics "there must be a angel playing with my heart".
end of thread,thankyou and goodnight.

― retrogurl, Sunday, 12 March 2006 06:32 (eighteen years ago) link

45. Little Walter - "Juke"

― Earl Nash (earlnash), Sunday, 12 March 2006 06:37 (eighteen years ago) link

44. Eric Clapton - San Francisco Bay Blues
43. Neil Young - Long May You Run

― Bryan Moore (Bryan Moore), Sunday, 12 March 2006 07:00 (eighteen years ago) link

42. Captain Beefheart - i love you,u big dummy.

― sam puller, Tuesday, 21 March 2006 09:03 (eighteen years ago) link

41. The Smiths: Wonderful Woman
40. The Housemartins: Everyday's The Same.
39. The Housemartins: Flag Day
"Sheep" has not any harmonica
line, if i'm not in mistake.

― antonio, Tuesday, 21 March 2006 23:07 (eighteen years ago) link

38. Canned Heat: On The Road Again

― Chairman Doinel (Charles McCain), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 00:21 (eighteen years ago) link

37. Butterfield Blues Band - Screamin'

― James Ball (James Ball), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 00:30 (eighteen years ago) link

How about some Blues Traveler, people?! Blues Fucking Traveler!!!

― Sexy MFA (Hexy M.F.), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 01:02 (eighteen years ago) link

86; John Barry - Midnight Cowboy theme

-- snowballing

Is that not a melodica?

― jimnaseum (jimnaseum), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 01:03 (eighteen years ago) link

I haven't heard Midnight Cowboy in so long but I'm leaning toward melodica too. So while the judges deliberate I'll give a mention to the Standell's Dirty Water for either #86 or #36.

― jim wentworth (wench), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 03:00 (eighteen years ago) link

35. Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone

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...

― Doctor Casino (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 07:31 (eighteen years ago) link

three months pass...

34. "Love is going out of the fashion" by BIFF BANG POW!

― el buen vigia (elbuenvigia), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 18:14 (seventeen years ago) link

33. Zapp - Do Wa Ditty (Do You Wanna Blow)

― Rev. PappaWheelie (PappaWheelie 2), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 18:25 (seventeen years ago) link

32. Bubba Sparxxx - "Jimmy Mathis"
31. Blackfoot - "Train, Train"
30. J. Geils Band - "Whammer Jammer"

― hank (hank s), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 19:00 (seventeen years ago) link

two years pass...

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

― Sickamous Mouthall (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 23 March 2009 20:12 (fifteen years ago) link

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

― Sickamous Mouthall (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 09:23 (fifteen years ago) link

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.

― Eephin' Pageant (kingkongvsgodzilla), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 15:00 (fifteen years ago) link

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

― 2 ears + 1 ❤ (Pillbox), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 15:04 (fifteen years ago) link

<3 Spiritualized

― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 15:05 (fifteen years ago) link

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

Harmonica... obviously!

― Sacco, Vanzetti, Passantino... (Tom D.), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 15:06 (fifteen years ago) link

28. Ennio Morricone, The Man With the Harmonica

― Sacco, Vanzetti, Passantino... (Tom D.), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 15:07 (fifteen years ago) link

Dylan: "Absolutely Sweet Marie"

― Jazzbo, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 15:08 (fifteen years ago) link

six years pass...

27. piano man?

― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 06:08 (eight years ago) link

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.

― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 06:09 (eight years ago) link

25. Jane's Addiction - My Time

― how's life, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 14:30 (eight years ago) link

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?

― niels, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 14:42 (eight years ago) link

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.

― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 8 October 2015 05:37 (eight years ago) link

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

― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 8 October 2015 05:39 (eight years ago) link

cool stuff!

hehe, Zepparella...

― niels, Thursday, 8 October 2015 16:37 (eight years ago) link

two years pass...

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

― zaxxon25, Friday, 29 June 2018 13:58 (five years ago) link

moka absolutely otm

― Jang Mo Jib (Ross), Saturday, 30 June 2018 19:28 (five years ago) link

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

― i want to get cancer (map), Saturday, 30 June 2018 21:51 (five years ago) link

Goddam "

― brimstead, Sunday, 1 July 2018 19:28 (five years ago) link

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

― brimstead, Sunday, 1 July 2018 19:44 (five years ago) link

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