Whether it was just painfully obvious or blatantly overlooked (or both), the Captain has brought to my attention the fact that i have yet to cover this topic in a top 5. Since he in fact made the call, he reserved rights to a couple of songs that would have appeared on my list, but the fever is strong in this category. I did actually pinch one, but that's neither here nor there, so strap on your gold plated diapers and just say it, baby!
Disclaimer: No Blue Oyster Cult or Santana entries allowed; they are already in the Cowbell Hall of Fame.
Top 5 Songs That Feature the Cowbell
- Good Times Bad Times - Led Zeppelin. This song has a killer groove founded on a thunderous single bass drum pattern and of course the cowbell.
- Down on the Corner - CCR. A solid cowbell intro continues throughout the song, giving it the rock steady beat and party vibe that it possesses.
- Low Rider - War. Another party classic revived by the movie Dazed and Confused, with a cowbell intro that's instantly recognizable.
- The Streetbeater (Sanford & Son) - Quincy Jones. More often than not, i only watched the intro to the show just to groove out to Quincy and his ridiculously dirty track all lathered up with that dang cowbell!
- Honky Tonk Women - Rolling Stones. I used to love listening to the drum/cowbell intro to this song (of course i still do), but it became slightly tainted for me when i started jamming along to it only to realize that Charlie speeds up the song by like 10 bpm as it goes along! Ahh the beauty of the old live off the floor sessions with no click track. That's rock and roll, baby.
Honourable Mentions - Old School: Hey Ladies - Beastie Boys; New School: Poor Ol' Broken Hearted Me - The Trews.
Honourable Genre Mention - Cock Rock. The 80s metal scene carried on the fine tradition of the cowbell within the rock/metal drum track. Band such as G N'R, Poison, Skid Row and Motley Crue embraced the cowbell for ride patterns and unique drum fills. Kudos to all of those bands for encouraging me to add a LP Black Mambo cowbell to my arsenal and never look back!
Posted by scotty at March 28, 2006 12:08 AMHey kids: I heard on the radio this morning that on Tuesday next there is an album being released called "Monster Cowbell"--all the best of classic rock cowbell. Y'all be wearing gold-plated diapers by the time I'm done with you...
Posted by: The Captain on March 30, 2006 08:56 PM"What?... What?..cl.g... What? cld.gn... WHAT? cold Gin... WHAT??? COLD GIN!!!
"Cold Gin"
Oh, nd there's more AngelQuizQuestions if anyone's interested.
http://www.themusicalrevolution.com/weblog/index.html
Big Love.
impressive, rosa!
Posted by: scotty on March 29, 2006 08:22 PM1. Night Train - Guns- i had to be specific for this one
2. 99 problems - JayZ -oh it's there
3. Handle With Care - Wilburys
4. Lay Lady Lay - Dylan,Dylan,..Dylan,Dylan and Dylan
5. Casino Queen - Wilco
NICE amy!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: batman on March 29, 2006 09:31 AMLay Lady Lay - Dylan. Absolutely phenomenal use of cowbell.
I don't have 5. Get over it. :)
Posted by: amy on March 29, 2006 08:47 AM1.Tripping Billies - DMB
2.Too Much - DMB
3.Warehouse - DMB
4. Drive In Drive Out - DMB
5. Crash Into Me - DMB (It's there... listen close, near the end)
I'm seeing a pattern starting to form..........Carter Beauford baby!
Posted by: the bri man on March 28, 2006 07:52 PMlovin the Honourable Genre Mentions aka the TREWS-they put on yet another amazing show-looking forward 2 their london show april 6th!!peace
Posted by: batman on March 28, 2006 05:09 PMbeautiful top 5!
#1-Gold dust woman(Fleetwood)
#2-The Crunge(Zepp)
#3-American Band(GFR)
#4-Workin for the weekend(Loverboy)
#5-Pure&easy(Who)
as well ive included a site 2 checkout for some sweet grubs :) http://www.bustedtees.com/my fave being the "Big mistake"thumbs up!!
Cinderella - Shake Me
Led Zeppelin - Moby Dick
Bad Brains - Pay to Cum
Mountain - Mississippi Queen
Nazareth - Hair of the Dog
see, you think i would have, and it may have been discussed before, but if you look under the official top 5 category list (all 78 topics), it isn't there!! hit it and quit it, killer.
Posted by: scotty on March 28, 2006 07:29 AMScotty...you have indeed been drinkin too much as you have already covered this topic!!!!!!
Get a grip man...can you handle another beer?
\m/
BTW...Slaughter loved the cowbell!
Posted by: Killerov on March 28, 2006 12:30 AM