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Title: Top 100 Cowbell Songs of All Time
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The Shark Guys
URL Source: http://www.thesharkguys.com/lists/top-100-cowbell-songs-of-all-time/
Published: May 4, 2010
Author: Shark Guys
Post Date: 2012-12-15 01:17:37 by Bill D Berger
Keywords: Music, Cowbell, Christopher Walken
Views: 2139
Comments: 3
May 4, 2010 | Lists,Music There are three musical instruments that require no ability whatsoever (if you’re an avid watcher of early episodes of American Idol, you’d be forgiven for thinking the vocal instrument is one of these as you can hear sounds resembling the later rounds of a warehouse dog-fight). These include the triangle, which can be mastered if you’ve already gotten counting to ten down pat, the harmonica, the instrument of choice if you’re doing hard-time that only requires wheezing into it like a CPAP machine and of course, the cowbell. A decade ago, SNL popularized the phrase ‘More cowbell’ with an excellent sketch featuring Christopher Walken. To commemorate this outstanding achievement in popular culture, we decided to honor one of Switzerland’s three major contributions to global culture (the others being fondue and shady banking) and give this maligned instrument its due in this our in no way definitive list of what we consider to be the Top 100 Cowbell Songs of All Time. 1. Low Rider / War 2. Stone Free / Jimi Hendrix 3. Mississippi Queen / Mountain 4. Drive My Car / Beatles 5. Nightrain / Guns ‘n’ Roses 6. Diamond Dogs / David Bowie 7. Stuck in the Middle with You / Stealer’s Wheel 8. Play that Funky Music / Wild Cherry 9. All Right Now / Free 10. Don’t Fear the Reaper / Blue Oyster Cult 11. Born on the Bayou / CCR 12. We’re an American Band / Grand Funk 13. Little Sister / Queens of the Stone Age 14. Live Wire / Motley Crue 15. A Passage to Bangkok / Rush 16. Down on the Corner / CCR 17. Calling Dr Love / Kiss 18. Honky Tonk Women / Rolling Stones 19. Backstabbers / O’Jays 20. One Nation Under a Groove / Parliament Funkadelic 21. Oye Como Va / Carlos Santana 22. Rappers Delight / Sugerhill Gang 23. Moby Dick / Led Zeppelin 24. Good Times Bad Times / Led Zeppelin 25. Pigs / Pink Floyd 26. Funk 49 / James Gang 27. Spoonman / Soundgarden 28. Don’t Stop til you Get Enough / Michael Jackson 29. Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet / Hey You BTO 30. Touch of Grey / Grateful Dead 31. Brass in Pocket / Pretenders 32. 99 Problems / Jay-Z 33. Big Pimpin’ / Jay-Z 34. Free Ride / Edgar Winter 35. Rock of Ages / Def Leppard 36. Photograph / Def Leppard 37. Hey Ladies / Beastie Boys 38. Hair of the Dog / Nazareth 39. Killing in the Name of / Rage Against the Machine 40. Faint of Heart / Coheed and Cambria 41. Casino Queen / Wilco 42. Groove is in the Heart / D-Lite 43. Life’s Been Good / Joe Walsh 44. Love Rollercoaster / Ohio Players 45. Vicious / Lou Reed 46. Wiser Time / Black Crowes 47. Freddie’s Dead / Curtis Mayfield 48. Suzie Q / Dale Hawkins 49. Clampdown / The Clash 50. Love Removal Machine / The Cult 51. Psychotic Reaction / Count Five 52. Walk this Way / Aerosmith 53. Mr Browstone / GNR 54. Raw Power / Iggy and the Stooges 55. Rock ‘n’ Roll All Nite / KISS 56. Roxanne / The Police 57. King of Rock / Run DMC 58. Funky Cold Medina / Tone Loc 59. For Your Love / The Yardbirds 60. Hard Day’s Night / The Beatles 61. Gimme Three Steps / Lynyrd Skynyrd 62. Spinning Wheel / Blood, Sweat & Tears 63. Time has Come Today / Chambers Brothers 64. Born to Run / Bruce Springsteen 65. Breakin’ the Law / Judas Priest 66. Rock Lobster / B 52s 67. The Distance / Cake 68. Taxman / The Beatles 69. The Reflex / Duran Duran 70. Once in a Lifetime / Talking Heads 71. I Predict a Riot / Kaiser Chiefs 72. Last Child / Aerosmith 73. Jive Talkin’ / Bee Gees 74. Leave your Hat On / Joe Cocker 75. Go your Own Way / Fleetwood Mac 76. Bungle in the Jungle / Jethro Tull 77. Purple Haze / Jimi Hendrix 78. Cherry Bomb / John Mellancamp 79. My Sharona / The Knack 80. Keep Yourself Alive / Queen 81. Pets / Porno for Pyros 82. Dance to the Music / Sly & the Family Stone 83. In the Mood / Rush 84. Evil Ways / Santana 85. You Wreck Me / Tom Petty 86. Jammin’ Me / Tom Petty 87. Sweet Jane / Velvet Underground 88. Gimme Some Lovin’ / Spencer Davis Group 89. Steal my Kisses / Ben Harper 90. Gold Dust Woman / Fleetwood Mac 91. Keep your Hands to Yourself / Georgia Satellites 92. Pastime Paradise / Stevie Wonder 93. Jamming / Bob Marley 94. A Little Less Conversation / Elvis 95. Can’t Get Enough of your Love / Barry White 96. Short Skirt Long Jacket / Cake 97. Welcome to the Jungle / GNR 98. Do it Again / Steely Dan 99. Dance the Night Away / Van Halen 100. Red Morning Light / I Want You Kings of Leon Poster Comment: Pretty comprehensive list, I do agree with the top 4 : 1. Low Rider / War 2. Stone Free / Jimi Hendrix 3. Mississippi Queen / Mountain 4. Drive My Car / Beatles I'd place "Honky Tonk Women", "Dance the Night Away", "Free Ride", "Don't Fear The Reaper", "For Your Love" and "Psychotic Reaction" in the top 10.
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#1. To: Bill D Berger (#0)
oh come on, what about 73. Jive Talkin’ / Bee Gees I'm actually surprised it made the list. The advantage of exercising every day is so when you die, they'll say, 'Well, he looks good doesn't he?'
The advantage of exercising every day is so when you die, they'll say, 'Well, he looks good doesn't he?'
Just checked the list again and noticed one glaring omission.
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
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