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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 (twenty-two years ago)

100. Mirah - "Light the Match"

― Mr. Tony Plow (Leee), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:19 (twenty-two years ago)

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

― peter smith (plsmith), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:20 (twenty-two years ago)

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

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:30 (twenty-two years ago)

97. Madvillain "Accordion"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:30 (twenty-two years ago)

98. cub - magic 8 ball

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:31 (twenty-two years ago)

95. Tom Waits "Anywhere I Lay My Head"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:31 (twenty-two years ago)

94. David Byrne "Finite"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:31 (twenty-two years ago)

93. Mr. Bungle "Ars Moriendi"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:31 (twenty-two years ago)

95. Random Neutral Milk Hotel songs

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:31 (twenty-two years ago)

91(?). "Midnight Cowboy" theme

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:33 (twenty-two years ago)

God I love the accordion.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:34 (twenty-two years ago)

what's that Paul Simon track?

― sexyDancer, Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:38 (twenty-two years ago)

90) "The Initiative" tM3

― Huck, Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:42 (twenty-two years ago)

89) random Hawk and a Hacksaw song

― Space Is the Place (Space Is the Place), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:43 (twenty-two years ago)

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

― Sean Witzman (trip maker), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:44 (twenty-two years ago)

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

― peter smith (plsmith), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:45 (twenty-two years ago)

88) "Violenzia Domestica" - Mr. Bungle

― Wooden (Wooden), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 17:45 (twenty-two years ago)

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 (twenty-two years ago)

(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 (twenty-two years ago)

86. Pere Ubu, "Busman's Honeymoon"

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 18:30 (twenty-two years ago)

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

― Seb (Seb), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 19:31 (twenty-two years ago)

84. Rockin' Sidney - My Toot Toot

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 22:10 (twenty-two years ago)

83. Vic Godard & Subway Sect - Stop That Girl

― Tom May (Tom May), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 23:47 (twenty-two years ago)

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 (twenty-two years ago)

82. Focus - "Hocus Pocus"

― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 18 August 2004 00:23 (twenty-two years ago)

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

― Joseph McCombs, Wednesday, 18 August 2004 00:46 (twenty-two years ago)

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 (twenty-two years ago)

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

― Robin Goad (rgoad), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 07:52 (twenty-two years ago)

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 (twenty-two years ago)

Can we still say Gotan Project?

Nope, thought not.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 09:57 (twenty-two years ago)

76. Johnny Allen - Promised Land

― Adam Faithless (Adam Faithless), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 21:04 (twenty-two years ago)

75. Barnacled - Cloud Pump

― autovac (autovac), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 21:19 (twenty-two years ago)

astor piazzolla to thread

― frankE (frankE), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 21:38 (twenty-two years ago)

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 (twenty-two years ago)

Or rather: 74, 73, 72.

― Captain Sleep (Captain Sleep), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 21:42 (twenty-two years ago)

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 (twenty-two years ago)

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 (twenty-two years ago)

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 (twenty-one years ago)

65. Julieta Venegas, "Casa Abandonada"

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Saturday, 26 March 2005 14:30 (twenty-one years ago)

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 (twenty-one years ago)

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

― Keith C (kcraw916), Saturday, 26 March 2005 14:45 (twenty-one years ago)

The Pogues - Sick Bed of Cuchulainn

― zeus, Saturday, 26 March 2005 14:51 (twenty-one years ago)

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 (twenty-one years ago)

so:
60. The Pogues - Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn

― zeus, Saturday, 26 March 2005 14:52 (twenty-one years ago)

59. Jimmy Shand - The Bluebell Polka

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 26 March 2005 14:53 (twenty-one years ago)

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

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 26 March 2005 18:38 (twenty-one years ago)

56. Tom Waits - 'Cold Cold Ground'

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Saturday, 26 March 2005 21:13 (twenty-one years ago)

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

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 26 March 2005 21:34 (twenty-one years ago)

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

― j.lu (j.lu), Saturday, 26 March 2005 21:38 (twenty-one years ago)

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 (twenty-one years ago)

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 (twenty-one years ago)

52. Weird Al Yankovic: All of his polka medleys

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 26 March 2005 22:36 (twenty-one years ago)

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 (twenty-one years ago)

Decemberists to thread!

― sibsi (sibsi), Sunday, 27 March 2005 12:01 (twenty-one years ago)

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

― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Sunday, 27 March 2005 13:21 (twenty-one years ago)

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 (twenty-one years ago)

teodoro anzellotti performing luciano berio's sequenza xiii

― you will be shot (you will be shot), Sunday, 27 March 2005 14:33 (twenty-one years ago)

47. R.E.M: Find The River

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 27 March 2005 15:47 (twenty-one years ago)

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 (twenty-one years ago)

44. Weird Al Yankovic - Alternative Polka

― Bryan Moore (Bryan Moore), Monday, 28 March 2005 01:31 (twenty-one years ago)

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 (twenty-one years ago)

43. Bandidos - Bandido

― zappi (joni), Monday, 28 March 2005 02:03 (twenty-one years ago)

42 magnetic fields 'my sentimental melody'

― keith m (keithmcl), Monday, 28 March 2005 02:36 (twenty-one years ago)

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 (twenty-one years ago)

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

― zeus, Monday, 28 March 2005 08:52 (twenty-one years ago)

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 (twenty-one years ago)

36. The Cure - Homesick

― BlastsOfStatic (BlastsofStatic), Monday, 28 March 2005 18:34 (twenty-one years ago)

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 (fourteen years ago)

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

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

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

― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 15:30 (fourteen years ago)

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 (fourteen years ago)

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

― LimbsKing, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 16:43 (fourteen years ago)

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 (fourteen years ago)

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 (fourteen years ago)

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 (fourteen years ago)

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 (fourteen years ago)

26. Brave Combo - Hosa Dyna

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

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

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 (fourteen years ago)

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 (fourteen years ago)

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 (fourteen years ago)

concertina, fuck it.

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

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 (fourteen years ago)

Cinnamon, dammit.

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

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

― o. nate, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 20:59 (fourteen years ago)

ten months pass...

Aki Peltonen - Radio Banana - specifically track #3

― random brainwave, Sunday, 26 May 2013 06:56 (thirteen years ago)

Geoff Berner, y'all...

21. Geoff Berner - Whiskey Rabbi

― m0stlyClean, Sunday, 26 May 2013 14:26 (thirteen years ago)

20. Angeles Azules - Como te voy a olvidar

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

― Moka, Sunday, 26 May 2013 18:26 (thirteen years ago)

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

― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Sunday, 26 May 2013 18:27 (thirteen years ago)

oops ethat was the wrong link

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

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

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

19 . Celso Piña - Cumbia Campanera

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

― Moka, Sunday, 26 May 2013 18:32 (thirteen years ago)

18. Los Tigrillos - Mira Oye

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

― Moka, Sunday, 26 May 2013 18:35 (thirteen years ago)

17. Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina - Stereo Love

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

― Moka, Sunday, 26 May 2013 18:40 (thirteen years ago)

16. Luis Enrique Martinez - Jardin de Fundacion

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

― Moka, Sunday, 26 May 2013 18:48 (thirteen years ago)

15. Diomedes Diaz - Las Notas de Juancho

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

― Moka, Sunday, 26 May 2013 18:49 (thirteen years ago)

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 (thirteen years ago)


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