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-one years ago)

100. Mirah - "Light the Match"

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

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

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

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

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

97. Madvillain "Accordion"

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

98. cub - magic 8 ball

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

95. Tom Waits "Anywhere I Lay My Head"

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

94. David Byrne "Finite"

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

93. Mr. Bungle "Ars Moriendi"

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

95. Random Neutral Milk Hotel songs

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

91(?). "Midnight Cowboy" theme

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

God I love the accordion.

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

what's that Paul Simon track?

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

90) "The Initiative" tM3

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

89) random Hawk and a Hacksaw song

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

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

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

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

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

88) "Violenzia Domestica" - Mr. Bungle

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

86. Pere Ubu, "Busman's Honeymoon"

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

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

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

84. Rockin' Sidney - My Toot Toot

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

83. Vic Godard & Subway Sect - Stop That Girl

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

82. Focus - "Hocus Pocus"

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

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

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

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

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

Can we still say Gotan Project?

Nope, thought not.

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

76. Johnny Allen - Promised Land

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

75. Barnacled - Cloud Pump

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

astor piazzolla to thread

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

Or rather: 74, 73, 72.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

concertina, fuck it.

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

Cinnamon, dammit.

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

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

o. nate, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 20:59 (thirteen 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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