100 songs featuring sitar

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Songs from India, Pakistan or Bangladesh don't count or we'd have billions of candidates.

1. Norwegian Wood - The Beatles
2. Love You To - The Beatles
3. Within You Without You - The Beatles
4. The Inner Light - The Beatles
5. Try It - The Hollies
6. Paint It, Black - The Rolling Stones
7. Tomb Of Memories - Paul Young
8. Bonita Applebum - A Tribe Called Quest
9. Killing Me Softly - The Fugees
10.Green Tambourine - The Lemon Pipers

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 15:22 (nineteen years ago)

11. Fancy - The Kinks (the first rock sitar tune?)

― hank (hank s), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 15:47 (nineteen years ago)

v/a - electric sitar psychedelic headswirlers 1-5

DONE

― GOD PUNCH TO HAWKWIND (yournullfame), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 15:48 (nineteen years ago)

12. "Black Satin" - Miles Davis (the first jazz sitar tune?)
13. "Lebanese Blonde" - Thievery Corporation

― Hoosteen (Hoosteen), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 15:49 (nineteen years ago)

is this for acoustic sitars only or are we including electric/coral "sitar guitars?"

― GOD PUNCH TO HAWKWIND (yournullfame), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 15:51 (nineteen years ago)

10,000 songs featuring sitar.

― Keywords: revenge, knife, granddaughter, demonic-possession, rock-star, eel (Aus, Wednesday, 31 May 2006 16:01 (nineteen years ago)

Hence "songs from India, Pakistan or Bangladesh don't count or we'd have billions of candidates," brainiac.

― pleased to mitya (mitya), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 16:10 (nineteen years ago)

The Avalanches - Information, iirc.

― scnnr drkly (scnnr drkly), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 16:20 (nineteen years ago)

The Bevis Frond - Artillery Row

re #11: The Smell of Incense's cover of "Fancy" is even more sitartastic, thus beating the original.

― Ghost Bear Junior High Attendance Party (echoinggrove), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 16:26 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, you wanted me to read the thread. Where's the fun in that?

Also, I consider myself more of a Mr. Myzptlk, or possibly Metallo: the Man with the Kryptonite Heart.

― Keywords: revenge, knife, granddaughter, demonic-possession, rock-star, eel (Aus, Wednesday, 31 May 2006 17:02 (nineteen years ago)

sorry, Mxyzptlk

(worst typo correction ever)

― Keywords: revenge, knife, granddaughter, demonic-possession, rock-star, eel (Aus, Wednesday, 31 May 2006 17:05 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.last.fm/tag/sitar

― Ned Beauman (NedBeauman), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 17:21 (nineteen years ago)

14. Hot Sand – Shocking Blue

― Mats Blomqvist (Blomqvist), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 17:31 (nineteen years ago)

15. "I Can See For Miles" - Lord Sitar (from the Sound Gallery Vol. 2 comp)

― William Selman (William Selman), Thursday, 1 June 2006 01:01 (nineteen years ago)

16. Paper Sun and
17. Hole in My Shoe
both by Traffic.

― Mats Blomqvist (Blomqvist), Thursday, 1 June 2006 07:39 (nineteen years ago)

The Beatles, "Tomorrow Never Knows"
The Beatles, "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds"
The Beatles, "Getting Better"
John Fred and His Playboy Band, "Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)"

If we're counting electric sitar:

The Box Tops, "Cry Like a Baby"
Elvis Presley, "Stranger in My Own Home Town"

No sitar on "Fancy," BTW.

― Dan Heilman (The Deacon), Thursday, 1 June 2006 13:07 (nineteen years ago)

Joan Baez - "Love Is Just A Four Letter Word"

― nickn (nickn), Thursday, 1 June 2006 15:26 (nineteen years ago)

(Listen To The) Flower People - Spinal Tap

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 1 June 2006 15:43 (nineteen years ago)

The Green Pajamas - "Doctor Dragonfly" (and probably a dozen others by them)

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Thursday, 1 June 2006 16:38 (nineteen years ago)

28. The Poppy Family - "Free From The City"

― LOL Thomas (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 1 June 2006 16:52 (nineteen years ago)

"Our Time is Coming Soon" - High Dials
"Things Are Getting Better" - High Dials

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 1 June 2006 16:53 (nineteen years ago)

31. Cornelius - 'How Do You Feel'
32. 10 Cents - 'Yup'
33. Beck - 'Derelict'
34. The Dust Brothers - 'Commisioner Castration' (a trifekta)
35. Janet Jackson - 'Runaway'

― Hal! Jordan! HAL! JORDAN! (Barima), Thursday, 1 June 2006 18:38 (nineteen years ago)

is this for acoustic sitars only or are we including electric/coral "sitar guitars?"

A question that bears repeating.

― LC (Damian), Thursday, 1 June 2006 18:44 (nineteen years ago)

if we are including the sitar-guitar, then i must mention

'Tsunami' by the Manic Street Preachers

as LC menioned, the sitar-guitar question needs to be resolved (the floodgates could potentially open)

― J. Grizzle (trainsmoke), Thursday, 1 June 2006 19:39 (nineteen years ago)

Electric sitars are also sitars

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 1 June 2006 20:04 (nineteen years ago)

And sitar samples also count.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 1 June 2006 20:05 (nineteen years ago)

My original 10 selections included both btw.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 1 June 2006 20:07 (nineteen years ago)

37. The Cure - "If Only Tonight We Could Sleep"

― LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Thursday, 1 June 2006 20:12 (nineteen years ago)

Electric sitars are also sitars

In that case, how did you forget Genesis' "Back In NYC"? Not to mention Yes' "Close To The Edge" and "Ritual". :)

― LC (Damian), Thursday, 1 June 2006 20:21 (nineteen years ago)

The Beatles, "Tomorrow Never Knows"
The Beatles, "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds"
The Beatles, "Getting Better"
John Fred and His Playboy Band, "Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)"
If we're counting electric sitar:
The Box Tops, "Cry Like a Baby"
Elvis Presley, "Stranger in My Own Home Town"
No sitar on "Fancy," BTW.

-- Dan Heilman (da...), Today 7:07 AM. (The Deacon)

Not to nitpick your nitpicking but:

Tommorrow Never Knows & Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds = tambura, not sitar

"Listen To The Flower People" - Spinal Tap

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 1 June 2006 20:22 (nineteen years ago)

Take your pick from Elephant sound : Indian Ropeman, but I seeem to recall Dog In The Piano being one that i really liked.

― mark e (mark e), Thursday, 1 June 2006 20:26 (nineteen years ago)

In that case, how did you forget Genesis' "Back In NYC"? Not to mention Yes' "Close To The Edge" and "Ritual". :)

I decided to stop at 10. :)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 1 June 2006 20:32 (nineteen years ago)

I can't believe no one's yet said...

39. Dave Pike Set - Mathar

― Treblekicker (treblekicker), Thursday, 1 June 2006 20:33 (nineteen years ago)

40. Cornershop: "Brimful of Asha"
41. Asiandubfoundation: "Rebel Warrior"
42. 310: "Takamous"

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 1 June 2006 20:37 (nineteen years ago)

OK, Cornershop accepted since they are now living outside India. :)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 1 June 2006 20:39 (nineteen years ago)

Btw, I have this 1966 album of sitar versions of pop hits on vinyl, and it's great campy fun.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 1 June 2006 20:41 (nineteen years ago)

43. Monsoon - Ever so Lonely

― JTS (JTS), Thursday, 1 June 2006 20:42 (nineteen years ago)

BTW : just in case you thought i didn't read rules !

Indian Ropeman = Brighton (well used to when involved with all the Skint gang)

― mark e (mark e), Thursday, 1 June 2006 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

Chemical Brothers - Star Sitar.
i know, but it sounds way better.

― scnnr drkly (scnnr drkly), Thursday, 1 June 2006 20:47 (nineteen years ago)

Chocolate Watchband - Gone & Passes By.

― eyesteel (eyesteel), Thursday, 1 June 2006 20:51 (nineteen years ago)

46. Pet Shop Boys - "Footsteps"

― LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Thursday, 1 June 2006 21:09 (nineteen years ago)

Chocolate Watchband reminded me of the First Edition, whose "Just Drooped In (To See...)" had a sitar.

Also didn't the Lemon Pipers' "Green Tambourine" have one?

― nickn (nickn), Thursday, 1 June 2006 21:21 (nineteen years ago)

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