Top 10 Cowbell Songs

[Fallon]

<p>From the October 2005 issue of Sync Magazine.<br />
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Top 10 Most Downloaded Songs Featuring a Cowbell<br />
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1. Dance the Night Away - Van Halen<br />
2. (Don't Fear) the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult<br />
3. Hair of the Dog - Nazareth<br />
4. We're an American Band - Grand Funk Railroad<br />
5. Gold Dust Woman - Fleetwood Mac<br />
6. Missing - Everything but the Girl<br />
7. Well All Right - Blind Faith<br />
8. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson<br />
9. New Frontier - Donald Fagen<br />
10. September - Earth, Wind &amp; Fire</p><p>Sent that to the boys. </p>


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<font color=black>This message was edited by WWFallon on 9-20-05 @ 8:43 PM</font>

[Stankfoot]

<p>Almost a year go I sent the boys this:</p><p>SPIN MAGAZINE (MAY 2004)</p><p>FIFTEEN GREATEST COWBELL SONGS OF ALL TIME<br />1- MISSISSIPPI QUEEN - MOUNTAIN<br />2- FUNK #49 - JAMES GANG<br />3- (DON'T FEAR) THE REAPER - BOC<br />4- PHOTOGRAPH - DEF LEPPARD<br />5- HOUSE OF JEALOUS LOVERS - THE RAPTURE<br />6- HONKEY TONK WOMENN - STONES<br />7- SATURDAY NIGHT - SCHOOLY D<br />8- ELECTIONEERING - RADIOHEAD<br />9- SILENCE KIT - PAVEMENT<br />10- EVERYBODY'S GOT SOMETHING TO HIDE EXCEPT ME AND MY<br />MONKEY - BEATLES<br />11- HEY LADIES - BEASTIE BOYS<br />12- EVIL WOMAN - ELO<br />13- CALLING DOCTOR LOVE - KISS<br />14- LOW RIDER - WAR<br />15- PRIVATE WORLD - NEW YORK DOLLS</p><p>My vote is for #6 ...</p><p><br />&nbsp;</p>

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[torker]

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[Mike Teacher]

Van Halen also has a nice one in 'Hear About It Later' off of Fair Warning. Doesn't begin the song, but they break down to a hook after the second [first?] chorus.

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[Hottub]

<p>2nd chorus,&nbsp;during the &quot;Brown&quot; rhythm, then the finger-tap. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.silentpix.com/images/mysigs/hottub/rotate.php" align="right" border="0" /> so does that mean that it was &quot;THE ORANGE BOWL OF FAILURE?&quot; Staples <a href="http://www.silentpix.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Myalbums&file=thumbnails&album=41" target="_blank">See The Cruising Vessel</a> Check out silentpix.com.</p>

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[Mike Teacher]

<p>Hottub, in my opinion Eddie was never beter then Fair Warning, from the Mean Streets intro to the slide guitar on Dirty Movies to Sinner's Swing, never a Browner sound, and just fucking dazzling guitar abuse.</p><p>Women and Children First gets a nod for the Live sound for a studio abum, making up for the horrificlly overproduced 2 album, but man FW shows how ahead of the curve Eddie could get, the wannabes lining up to get 'that' sound.</p>

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[Hottub]

<p>To be honest, Fair Warning AND &quot;Women and Children First&quot; Are fucking LEGEND.</p><p>Some nights, when I can't fall asleep (like tonight) I will lay down and &quot;play&quot; Fair Warning in my head. I honest to God know that album note for note!</p><p>The intro on Mean Streets. forget about it! The ballsy Bluesy Hear About it Later and Push comes to shove?</p><p>Ted Templeton ROCKED those albums.</p><p>As a quick aside, after &quot;playing&quot; (too lazy to dig up the CD), I'm thinking the cowbell you mentioned is a Block, not a bell. Could be wrong. If you really play it, feel free to correct me.</p><p>Another opinion. &quot;Brown&quot; was perfected on &quot;5150&quot; - &quot;Summer Nights&quot;!! &quot;Play&quot; that opening riff!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><img src="http://www.silentpix.com/images/mysigs/hottub/rotate.php" align="right" border="0" /> so does that mean that it was &quot;THE ORANGE BOWL OF FAILURE?&quot; Staples <a href="http://www.silentpix.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Myalbums&file=thumbnails&album=41" target="_blank">See The Cruising Vessel</a> Check out silentpix.com.

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[Mike Teacher]

<p>As a quick aside, after &quot;playing&quot; (too lazy to dig up the CD), I'm thinking the cowbell you mentioned is a Block, not a bell. Could be wrong. If you really play it, feel free to correct me.</p><p>=</p><p>Yer probably right, I havent listened in quite a while; what makes it stand out is, as you know, how everything drops out right before it, so it's really prominent.</p><p>Saw them live Diver Down tour [amazing] and 1984 tour the Dave schtick was getting bad]. 5150 is about as far I go into the VHagar era; its very good, some of the ideas and broad strokes were from the old days if memory serves, but alex's drums are a bit too 'synthetic' ie. he's using a lot of electronic percussion on the toms, and the kicks sound almost triggered, compare the Hot For Teacher vs. Get Up drum kick intros, anyway there ya go...</p>

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[itr]

How is <font size="0" face="verdana" color="black">Don't Fear the Reaper NOT THEE cowbell song?<br />
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[A.J.]

<p>6- HONKY TONK WOMEN - STONES</p><p>I read something where Keith (I think) said that it's not a cowbell -- it's a glass.&nbsp; Sure sounds like a cowbell though.</p>

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[Shrimpcg]

what the fuck? how do you not put up &quot;Little Sister&quot; by Queens of the Stone Age&nbsp;

[Crippler]

<font style="font-size: 9px" face="Verdana">quote: </font><p>Hottub, in my opinion Eddie was never beter then Fair Warning, from the Mean Streets intro to the slide guitar on Dirty Movies to Sinner's Swing, never a Browner sound, and just fucking dazzling guitar abuse.</p>Eddie's always at his best when he's angry, and&nbsp;he was probably at his angriest on Fair Warning.&nbsp; That record came close to being &quot;the EVH Solo Project&quot; &amp; it naturally remains one of the greatest collections of&nbsp;music ever recorded.

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[stinkbud]

For a modern cowbell classic, check out 46 Days by Phish<br />

[Freakshow]

<font face="Verdana" style="font-size:9px;">quote:<hr color="cococo" align="left"></font>How is <font size="0" face="verdana" color="black">Don't Fear the Reaper NOT THEE cowbell song?<br />
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<font color=black>This message was edited by itr on 9-21-05 @ 12:27 AM</font><hr color="cococo" align="left"><br>

Just because it has the SNL sketch doesn't mean it's the greatest cowbell song of all time. Mississippi Queen has what almost has to be called a cowbell 'solo' in the middle of the song--parts where all the other instruments drop out and the cowbell is the only thing playing.

It's the first song I thought of when I saw this topic title.

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<font style="font-size: 9px" face="Verdana">quote: </font><font style="font-size: 9px" face="Verdana">quote: </font>How is <font face="verdana" color="#000000" size="0">Don't Fear the Reaper NOT THEE cowbell song?<br /></font><font color="#000000">This message was edited by itr on 9-21-05 @ 12:27 AM</font> <br />Just because it has the SNL sketch doesn't mean it's the greatest cowbell song of all time. Mississippi Queen has what almost has to be called a cowbell 'solo' in the middle of the song--parts where all the other instruments drop out and the cowbell is the only thing playing. It's the first song I thought of when I saw this topic title. <br /><p>Same thought here when I read the title:</p><p>Mississippi Queen = Cowbell<br /></p>

[torker]

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[FUNKMAN]

<p>all i know is about the one cowbell song that went number 1&nbsp; </p><p><strong>Out on the road for forty days<br />Last night in Little Rock, put me in a haze<br />Sweet, sweet Connie was doin' her act<br />She had the whole show and that's a natural fact</strong><br /></p><p>We're An American Band</p>

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