accordion albums
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Topic: accordion albums
Posted By: greenback
Subject: accordion albums
Date Posted: February 07 2005 at 22:04
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this instrument is so good! most of the kayak albums camel - stationary traveller devil doll - sacrilege of fatal arms roger waters - pros & cons... liquid tension experiment 2 - another dimension one of the best non prog track: a rare multi track of accordions: james last - biscaya
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Posted By: aqualung28
Date Posted: February 07 2005 at 22:34
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If you like metal you could try out the band Finntroll, which is a combination of polka and metal. It sounds like a bad idea but they are really awesome
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 01:40
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I haven't heard Finntroll (even when I know a couple of trolls here), but you're right Aqualung, the combination of Polka and Metal sounds terribly wrong.
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Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 07:14
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More jazz than prog, but there have been a couple of ECM releases which feature the accordion prominently recently: Anouar Brahem - Le Pas Du Chat Noir - oud, piano and accordion play haunting, Eno like pieces. Tomas Sztanko - From The Green Hill - another masterpiece from the veteran Polish jazz trumpeter. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 07:17
Metal-Polka !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: Manunkind
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 07:20
Check out Motion Trio. Not prog, but great nevertheless. Three guys on accordions, playing jazz, klezmer music and many other styles
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greenback wrote:Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 07:22
IRON ACCORDION ??????????? 
------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 09:58
Hey, Metal Polka rules dude!  ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: Man Overboard
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 10:41
Just a pre-emptive notice: If any of you mention The Arcade Fire, I'm punching you in the face. That album blows.  ------------- https://soundcloud.com/erin-susan-jennings" rel="nofollow - Bedroom guitarist". Composer, Arranger, Producer. Perfection may not exist, but I may still choose to serve Perfection. Commissions considered. |
Posted By: Manunkind
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 10:54
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Got my helmet on, so here goes: The Arcade Fire Now waiting for the Transatlantic punch ------------- "In war there is no time to teach or learn Zen. Carry a strong stick. Bash your attackers." - Zen Master Ikkyu Sojun |
Posted By: Man Overboard
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 11:04
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------------- https://soundcloud.com/erin-susan-jennings" rel="nofollow - Bedroom guitarist". Composer, Arranger, Producer. Perfection may not exist, but I may still choose to serve Perfection. Commissions considered. |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 11:38
| Focus...........and Weird Al Yankovic (his Smoke On The Water is triumph) |
Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 13:15
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remind me on which focus album? ------------- [HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!> |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 13:19
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Hey, Metal Polka rules dude! ------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 13:22
 Yaaaaaaaaah ------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 14:02
Thys certainly played the piano accordion on Hocus Pocus when I saw them here in the early 70's - did you catch any of those gigs? |
Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 14:04
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John Evans played one on Skating Away off the War Child and Bursting Out albums by JT>
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Posted By: mirco
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 14:07
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You can hear accordion on the Fabrizo de Andre with PFM albums, mainly in the song "un giudice". ------------- Please forgive me for my crappy english! |
Posted By: Eemu Ranta
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 14:16
Fintroll sure are hilarious  It's relaxing to sometimes listen to a bit
less demanding music. |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 14:24
| I believe Keith Emerson plays accordion on "C'est la vie", on Greg Lake's side of "Works vol 1". He certainly did so when they performed it live. |
Posted By: the musical box
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 14:26
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This makes me want to play accordion:
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Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 14:45
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I'm pretty sure GL used someone else on the studio cut. It kinda pissed Emo off because he suggested it to Greg and then Greg got someone else to play it. Emo did play it live. -------------
"What are you going to do when that damn thing rusts?" |
Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 22:33
Yeah, it is true! ------------- [HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!> |
Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 22:36
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and what is the accordion song from the soubdtrack of Trainspotting? ------------- [HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!> |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 22:38
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Not exactly progressive, but Styx used accordion in a couple of songs from Cornerstone, can remember clearly that it was used in Boat on a River. Iván |
Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 22:55
Did they use it on Hanna(sing for the day) from Pieces of Eight too? I think they did
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Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: February 08 2005 at 22:57
Actually, It's Polka-Prog... 
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Posted By: Manunkind
Date Posted: February 09 2005 at 05:58
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Right now I'm listening to an mp3 by Knight Area (Beyond/The Gate of Eternity) and there's some accordion in there, too. ------------- "In war there is no time to teach or learn Zen. Carry a strong stick. Bash your attackers." - Zen Master Ikkyu Sojun |
Posted By: Mategra
Date Posted: February 09 2005 at 09:25
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Katzen Kapell - S/t (1994)
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Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: February 09 2005 at 09:41
Well, Metal Polka was crap after 1973....  ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: February 09 2005 at 12:24
| Finntroll are horrible! It's generic mixture mixed with generic polka, and so despite the odd mixture still sounds generic! There is the odd decent folky bit in metal songs, but mostly it just sounds stuck on top as a gimmick. |
Posted By: Manunkind
Date Posted: February 09 2005 at 15:47
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------------- "In war there is no time to teach or learn Zen. Carry a strong stick. Bash your attackers." - Zen Master Ikkyu Sojun |
Posted By: Cesar Inca
Date Posted: February 09 2005 at 16:12
No, the keyboard parts for 'Sing for the Day' are totally played on synth, an Oberheim Polyphonic.
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Posted By: Cesar Inca
Date Posted: February 09 2005 at 16:13
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Scadinavian masters Samla Mammas Manna used a lot of accordion in their records. Nice stuff!!
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Posted By: Mategra
Date Posted: February 09 2005 at 16:24
Oh yeah ... and Lars Hollmer of Samla Mammas Manna fame has recorded several accordion-heavy solo albums. Hamster Theatre is an American RIO band apparently inspired by Samla Mammas Manna. They use a lot of accordion as well. |