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
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
24. The Ropers - Revolver23. Jellyfish - The Man I Used To Be22. Damien Jurado - Ohio21. Too Much Joy - Song For A Girl Who Has One20. Holiday - Prostitutes In Town19. Mazzy Star - Flowers In December18. White Hassle - Life Is Still Sweet17. 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