Top 100 Harmonica Lines

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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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