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Me so Horn-y.
Aug. 19th, 2008 09:17 pmThe theme this week over at Star Maker Machine is BRASS INSTRUMENTS. I am someone who's never taken a music appreciation class and never played an instrument herself, I can't even read music...so can I tell one horn from another? Not very well. Trumpets are fairly easy to recognize though, but then again there's tons of horns that are less common but very similar to them that would probably throw me off. Regardless, at least I know a horn when I hear one!
This theme was a bit more difficult than some since I don't exactly make note of what songs have horns and what do not, but some songs stick in your head because of their use of horns, especially modern songs, (namely rock and folk-rock type songs, which are my cup of tea) since they aren't so common. So here are some of my favorite songs that feature horns.
Katie Todd Band - "Tiger"
This is the first song that came to mind when I saw the theme was horns. It's one of those songs that's a nice song in general, but is MADE because of it's use of horns. They aren't the main instrument (piano), but the little tune they create in the chorus makes the song stand out.
Cake - "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps"
When I think of bands who use horns often, Cake is definitely the first band that comes to mind since they have a trumpet player in the band. But not all their songs feature the trumpet, nor do some others feature it prominently, but this cover of (what I know to be a) Doris Day's song uses them well, and her version doesn't use horns like that, so it's definitely a cool interpretation.
Squirrel Nut Zippers - "Put A Lid On It"
There's definitely a lot more older songs that use horn than more modern songs. The Squirrel Nut Zippers make oldtime music though, and this is my favorite song of theirs, and it has plenty of good horn usage. This is just a really fun song in that old big band type style.
Sarah Shannon - "Call Me On The Telephone"
She was the lead singer of the 90s band Velocity Girl, whom I loved. Her solo stuff has a very different feel though and her first album (I've not heard her 2nd) featured horns on a number of songs, but this one definitely gets the prize as far as horn usage. It's nice.
The Cat Empire - "Sly"
This song was on a Paste sampler a few months back and the only reason I even thought twice about it was because it was called "Sly" and it seemed to used the term like my friend Jeff does, to basically mean "cool". Since then it's definitely grown on me and I think it's a totally fun song...in part, because of HORNS.
This theme was a bit more difficult than some since I don't exactly make note of what songs have horns and what do not, but some songs stick in your head because of their use of horns, especially modern songs, (namely rock and folk-rock type songs, which are my cup of tea) since they aren't so common. So here are some of my favorite songs that feature horns.
This is the first song that came to mind when I saw the theme was horns. It's one of those songs that's a nice song in general, but is MADE because of it's use of horns. They aren't the main instrument (piano), but the little tune they create in the chorus makes the song stand out.
When I think of bands who use horns often, Cake is definitely the first band that comes to mind since they have a trumpet player in the band. But not all their songs feature the trumpet, nor do some others feature it prominently, but this cover of (what I know to be a) Doris Day's song uses them well, and her version doesn't use horns like that, so it's definitely a cool interpretation.
There's definitely a lot more older songs that use horn than more modern songs. The Squirrel Nut Zippers make oldtime music though, and this is my favorite song of theirs, and it has plenty of good horn usage. This is just a really fun song in that old big band type style.
She was the lead singer of the 90s band Velocity Girl, whom I loved. Her solo stuff has a very different feel though and her first album (I've not heard her 2nd) featured horns on a number of songs, but this one definitely gets the prize as far as horn usage. It's nice.
This song was on a Paste sampler a few months back and the only reason I even thought twice about it was because it was called "Sly" and it seemed to used the term like my friend Jeff does, to basically mean "cool". Since then it's definitely grown on me and I think it's a totally fun song...in part, because of HORNS.
