Top 100 ACCORDION tracks

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I love accordions. It's my new fiddle.

Mr. Tony Plow (Leee), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:14 (nineteen years ago) link

100. Mirah - "Light the Match"

Mr. Tony Plow (Leee), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:19 (nineteen years ago) link

99. richard/linda thompson - "when i get to the border"

peter smith (plsmith), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:20 (nineteen years ago) link

98. They Might Be Giants "Kiss Me Son of God"

nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:30 (nineteen years ago) link

97. Madvillain "Accordion"

nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:30 (nineteen years ago) link

98. cub - magic 8 ball

jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:31 (nineteen years ago) link

95. Tom Waits "Anywhere I Lay My Head"

nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:31 (nineteen years ago) link

94. David Byrne "Finite"

nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:31 (nineteen years ago) link

93. Mr. Bungle "Ars Moriendi"

nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:31 (nineteen years ago) link

95. Random Neutral Milk Hotel songs

jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:31 (nineteen years ago) link

91(?). "Midnight Cowboy" theme

nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:33 (nineteen years ago) link

God I love the accordion.

nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:34 (nineteen years ago) link

what's that Paul Simon track?

sexyDancer, Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:38 (nineteen years ago) link

90) "The Initiative" tM3

Huck, Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:42 (nineteen years ago) link

89) random Hawk and a Hacksaw song

Space Is the Place (Space Is the Place), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:43 (nineteen years ago) link

"That Paul Simon Track" = Boy in a Bubble?

Sean Witzman (trip maker), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:44 (nineteen years ago) link

also "that was your mother" and a lot of graceland

peter smith (plsmith), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:45 (nineteen years ago) link

88) "Violenzia Domestica" - Mr. Bungle

Wooden (Wooden), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:45 (nineteen years ago) link

87. Pauline Oliveros-The Wanderer (actually this should be number 1. Kickass music scored for Accordian Symphony.

Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:47 (nineteen years ago) link

(The overwhelming shit-ton of piano in "Violenzia Domestica" always makes me forget it has an accordion up in there.)

nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:50 (nineteen years ago) link

86. Pere Ubu, "Busman's Honeymoon"

Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 18:30 (nineteen years ago) link

85. Siouxsie & The Banshees - "Peek-a-boo"

Seb (Seb), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 19:31 (nineteen years ago) link

84. Rockin' Sidney - My Toot Toot

mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 22:10 (nineteen years ago) link

83. Vic Godard & Subway Sect - Stop That Girl

Tom May (Tom May), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 23:47 (nineteen years ago) link

much of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions first two albums

plus a good chunk of the Band's first two albums

newamsterdam (newamsterdam), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 23:49 (nineteen years ago) link

82. Focus - "Hocus Pocus"

Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 18 August 2004 00:23 (nineteen years ago) link

81. k.d.lang, "Constant Craving" (even though AC played it to death)

Joseph McCombs, Wednesday, 18 August 2004 00:46 (nineteen years ago) link

80. Digital Undrground - "Humpty Dance" (Pretty sure that's an accordian lunging to and fro in the background.)

Treechewer, Wednesday, 18 August 2004 04:10 (nineteen years ago) link

79. Jesus Don't Want Me for a Sunbeam - Nirvana unplugged version

Robin Goad (rgoad), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 07:52 (nineteen years ago) link

I love accordions too!

78. Coba - After Dinner (Plaid Mix)
77. Tom Waits - Just Another Sucker On The Vine

dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 08:00 (nineteen years ago) link

Can we still say Gotan Project?

Nope, thought not.

mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 09:57 (nineteen years ago) link

76. Johnny Allen - Promised Land

Adam Faithless (Adam Faithless), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 21:04 (nineteen years ago) link

75. Barnacled - Cloud Pump

autovac (autovac), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 21:19 (nineteen years ago) link

astor piazzolla to thread

frankE (frankE), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 21:38 (nineteen years ago) link

74. Scott Walker - The Girls from the Streets

75. Sofia Gubaidulina - De Profundis

76. Barbara - Septembre

Captain Sleep (Captain Sleep), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 21:41 (nineteen years ago) link

Or rather: 74, 73, 72.

Captain Sleep (Captain Sleep), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 21:42 (nineteen years ago) link

71. 16 Horsepower - "American Wheeze"

I'm tempted to vote for the Unplugged version of 'Like A Hurricane' which has a pump organ on it - that's just a big accordian in principle, right?

aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Thursday, 19 August 2004 08:09 (nineteen years ago) link

70. Grace Jones - "I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)"

...and isn't there an accordion on Chuck Berry - "You Never Can Tell"?

If so, then that's #69.

mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Thursday, 19 August 2004 08:53 (nineteen years ago) link

seven months pass...
68. The Creatures - Speeding

and why can't you say Gotan Project? Una Musica Brutal is great.

Actually:

67. Gotan Project - Una Musica Brutal

and

66. Camper Van Beethoven - Interlude

rentboy (rentboy), Saturday, 26 March 2005 12:55 (nineteen years ago) link

65. Julieta Venegas, "Casa Abandonada"

Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Saturday, 26 March 2005 14:30 (nineteen years ago) link

and why can't you say Gotan Project? Una Musica Brutal is great

the usual accordion-vs-bandoneon contravery-non-contraversy raising its little buttoned-down head, no?

t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Saturday, 26 March 2005 14:43 (nineteen years ago) link

64. The Band - "Ain't No More Cain"

Keith C (kcraw916), Saturday, 26 March 2005 14:45 (nineteen years ago) link

The Pogues - Sick Bed of Cuchulainn

zeus, Saturday, 26 March 2005 14:51 (nineteen years ago) link

This is insanely short of Cajun music, so:
63. Jo-El Sonnier - Tear-Stained Letter
62. Lesa Cormier and the Sundown Playboys - Saturday Night Special
61. Eddie Lejeune - Lovebridge Waltz

Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 26 March 2005 14:52 (nineteen years ago) link

so:
60. The Pogues - Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn

zeus, Saturday, 26 March 2005 14:52 (nineteen years ago) link

59. Jimmy Shand - The Bluebell Polka

ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 26 March 2005 14:53 (nineteen years ago) link

58: Elvis Costello: The Long Honeymoon
57: R.E.M: Drive

Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 26 March 2005 18:38 (nineteen years ago) link

56. Tom Waits - 'Cold Cold Ground'

tremendoid (tremendoid), Saturday, 26 March 2005 21:13 (nineteen years ago) link

55: boeves psalm: lars hollmer from the Accordion tribe album

Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 26 March 2005 21:34 (nineteen years ago) link

54. Weird Al Yankovich, "Another One Rides the Bus"

j.lu (j.lu), Saturday, 26 March 2005 21:38 (nineteen years ago) link

97. Madvillain "Accordion"

does anyone know what song this was sampled from? i heard it was a Daedalus track, but i don't know any of his work

The JaXoN 5 (JasonD), Saturday, 26 March 2005 22:08 (nineteen years ago) link

53. Anyone know a French band called "Dedale" they have an awesomely beautiful tune on one of their albums. But have no idea of the name.

phil jones (interstar), Saturday, 26 March 2005 22:12 (nineteen years ago) link

52. Weird Al Yankovic: All of his polka medleys

Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 26 March 2005 22:36 (nineteen years ago) link

51. Kimmo Pohjonen - Kielo

Sample Here : http://www.kimmopohjonen.com/media/kimmo%20pohjonen%20-%20kielo%20-%2002.mp3

50. Astor Piazzolla - Conciertio Para Quinteto

Sample: http://www.piazzolla.org/sounds/own.html (Track 3 on Tango: Zero Hour)

49. Jason Webley - Dance While the Sky Crashes Down

Again, sample here: http://www.jasonwebley.com/music_against.html

I just bought an accordian last week. Can't...get..enough...musical...distractions....

John Justen (johnjusten), Saturday, 26 March 2005 23:17 (nineteen years ago) link

Decemberists to thread!

sibsi (sibsi), Sunday, 27 March 2005 12:01 (nineteen years ago) link

laurence welk's 'zero zero' from 1962.
it's ace. accordions, kazoo's, whistling. mayhem.

frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Sunday, 27 March 2005 13:21 (nineteen years ago) link

48. "Café de Flore" by Doctor Rockit

And why isn't there a legitimate difference between a bandoneon and an accordion?

Viola v. violin to thread.

sneekycheeks (nader), Sunday, 27 March 2005 13:55 (nineteen years ago) link

teodoro anzellotti performing luciano berio's sequenza xiii

you will be shot (you will be shot), Sunday, 27 March 2005 14:33 (nineteen years ago) link

47. R.E.M: Find The River

Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 27 March 2005 15:47 (nineteen years ago) link

46. Yann Tiersen: "La Valse d'Amélie" (aka the theme from the film Amélie)
45. Flora Purim: "Uri (The Wind)"

Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 27 March 2005 16:12 (nineteen years ago) link

44. Weird Al Yankovic - Alternative Polka

Bryan Moore (Bryan Moore), Monday, 28 March 2005 01:31 (nineteen years ago) link

We should just reserve the last 56 spaces for the Wierd Al disography and be done with it...

Jimmy Mod Has Returned With Spices And Silks (ModJ), Monday, 28 March 2005 01:41 (nineteen years ago) link

43. Bandidos - Bandido

zappi (joni), Monday, 28 March 2005 02:03 (nineteen years ago) link

42 magnetic fields 'my sentimental melody'

keith m (keithmcl), Monday, 28 March 2005 02:36 (nineteen years ago) link

41 La Cumparsita - any version

Honorable mention, pending creation or bump to New Answers page of bandoneon thread:
Bandoneon Arrabalero - Carlos Gardel

Ken L (Ken L), Monday, 28 March 2005 02:55 (nineteen years ago) link

40 Madness - Waltz Into Mischief
39 Les Negresses Vertes - Il
38 Squeeze - Tough Love

zeus, Monday, 28 March 2005 08:52 (nineteen years ago) link

37. The The - This is the day

theme from Midnight Cowboy is harmonica not accordion surely?

Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Monday, 28 March 2005 09:41 (nineteen years ago) link

36. The Cure - Homesick

BlastsOfStatic (BlastsofStatic), Monday, 28 March 2005 18:34 (nineteen years ago) link

seven years pass...

35. Jacques Brel - Vesoul (with the incomparable Marcel Azzola)

Love Max Ophüls of us all (Michael White), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 14:44 (eleven years ago) link

34. Neutral Milk Hotel - The King of Carrot Flowers, part 1

nicky lo-fi, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 15:12 (eleven years ago) link

33. Fairport Convention - "No Man's Land"

Trip Maker, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 15:30 (eleven years ago) link

32. piazzolla's complete discography (i know bandoneons aren't technically accordions but hey close enough, right)

40oz of tears (Jordan), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 15:38 (eleven years ago) link

31. Counting Crows - A Long December (if you listen, it's there)

LimbsKing, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 16:43 (eleven years ago) link

30. Michael Salgado - Palomita Blanca (this song shows up regularly on my community radio station's Tex/Mex program, and I loved it so much I had to track it down.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB9oCg6WLNk

David Allan Cow (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 17:57 (eleven years ago) link

29. Shirim Klezmer Orchestra - Black Wedding (watch for the accordion/clock solo about 1:30 in; take that, Flavor Flav!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epr0UJxeb-U

David Allan Cow (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 18:25 (eleven years ago) link

28. Those Darn Accordions - The Story of Lawrence Welk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPtjPfgXRMA

David Allan Cow (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 18:29 (eleven years ago) link

27. The Wallets - (I Wanna Go To) Hollywood (not the best example of why I loved these guys, but there's not much on youtube)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTQr1Fi7tXU&feature=related

David Allan Cow (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 20:39 (eleven years ago) link

26. Brave Combo - Hosa Dyna

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT-NaSJ15uU

David Allan Cow (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 22:03 (eleven years ago) link

25. Grant Lee Buffalo - Mockingbirds (a gorgeous song -- accordion right at the beginning)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVnWAkOGxK0

LimbsKing, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 22:56 (eleven years ago) link

That's nice, thanks.

24. Machinery Hill - Saint Marie of the Trailers

This Twin Cities band has been playing their off-kilter Americana at sporadic, under-the-radar gigs for years. (Next show 7/17!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1qxtt1R1z0&feature=related

David Allan Cow (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:17 (eleven years ago) link

Surely Scan Tester owns this thread, but I wouldn't want to pick a single track - the cumulative effect is magnificent tho. Just listen to I Never Played So Many Posh Dances.

If you live in Thanet and fancy doing some creative knitting (Fizzles), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 19:55 (eleven years ago) link

concertina, fuck it.

If you live in Thanet and fancy doing some creative knitting (Fizzles), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 19:57 (eleven years ago) link

23. Teddy Randazzo and the Three Chuckles - Sinnamon Sinner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyO-nJe-cdQ&feature=related

From The Girl Can't Help It, one of my favorite movies ever.

David Allan Cow (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 20:50 (eleven years ago) link

Cinnamon, dammit.

David Allan Cow (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 20:54 (eleven years ago) link

22. Bruce Springsteen - 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)

o. nate, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 20:59 (eleven years ago) link

ten months pass...

Aki Peltonen - Radio Banana - specifically track #3

random brainwave, Sunday, 26 May 2013 06:56 (ten years ago) link

Geoff Berner, y'all...

21. Geoff Berner - Whiskey Rabbi

m0stlyClean, Sunday, 26 May 2013 14:26 (ten years ago) link

20. Angeles Azules - Como te voy a olvidar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeiZif1uXU8

Moka, Sunday, 26 May 2013 18:26 (ten years ago) link

oops ethat was the wrong link

i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Sunday, 26 May 2013 18:28 (ten years ago) link

19 . Celso Piña - Cumbia Campanera

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWES25xP_Bg

Moka, Sunday, 26 May 2013 18:32 (ten years ago) link

18. Los Tigrillos - Mira Oye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTblmzqR-Ok

Moka, Sunday, 26 May 2013 18:35 (ten years ago) link

17. Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina - Stereo Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-Z3YrHJ1sU

Moka, Sunday, 26 May 2013 18:40 (ten years ago) link

16. Luis Enrique Martinez - Jardin de Fundacion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU4c45d3ZZo

Moka, Sunday, 26 May 2013 18:48 (ten years ago) link

15. Diomedes Diaz - Las Notas de Juancho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqogtGedn8Q

Moka, Sunday, 26 May 2013 18:49 (ten years ago) link

14. Viljo Vesterinen & Dallapé-orkesteri: Säkkijärven Polkka (1939)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZx1zl_sVTI

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A4kkij%C3%A4rven_polkka

"During the Continuation War, the Finnish Army discovered that the retreating Soviets had scattered radio-controlled mines throughout the re-captured city of Viipuri. These mines were set off when a three-note chord was played on the frequency the radio was tuned to, causing three tuning forks (of which each mine had a unique combination) to vibrate at once. Once the Army and Yleisradio experts discovered how the mines worked, a Yleisradio mobile transmitter was brought to Viipuri, and Vesterinen's polka was played on the same frequencies the mines used. They played the song continuously from August 1941 until 2.February 1942, 1 500 times. It had been calculated that it would take at least three months for the batteries of the mines to be empty."

kokokeho, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 12:19 (ten years ago) link


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