Perhaps it is because my father is a trumpeter who raised me on a steady diet of Miles Davis and Blood, Sweat and Tears, but regardless of the cause, I do love a smidgen of trumpet in my music. Behold what I have found to be songs with delicious trumpet bits - some old, some new, most things I've forgotten or left out. Help!
Short Skirt Long Jacket - Cake: Now, there are several Cake songs that would qualify. In fact, maybe all of them. Perhaps this is why Cake is so dear to me.
Elephant Gun - Beirut: Dude, this kid's for real.
Does Anybody Really Kow What Time It Is? - Chicago: No.
Message to You - The Specials: Summer! Except it's winter.
Your Place - Zero 7: Hang in there till the end.
So What - Miles Davis: It simply does not get any better than this.
Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield: Good for dancing like an ass in cold garages.
The Underdog - Spoon: I'm contractually obligated to suggest a Spoon song every four posts.
While You Were Sleeping - Elvis Perkins: It's at the end. Comforting, somehow.
Fly Me To The Moon - Frank Sinatra: I've already talked about this one before, I think.
Spinning Wheel - Blood, Sweat and Tears: Holy baby Jesus! I'm having a personal Chicago and BS&T revival.
All You Need Is Love - The Beatles: Again, a few to choose from, but I like this best.
The Wrong Girl - Belle & Sebastian: I really love them more and more daily.
Alone Again Or - Love: I once knew this kid/man who thought he was Arthur Lee. He was pretty damn close.
The Henney Buggy Band - Sufjan Stevens: Marching band!
Grazing in the Grass - Hugh Masekela: I wish I had a convertible.
When It Don't Come Easy - Patty Griffin: Ouch. My heart.
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5 comments:
1. Sidewinder by Lee Morgan. The snappiest tune in the history of snappy tunes.
2. The Fool by Neutral Milk Hotel. I want this song played at my funeral. On a loop.
3. The rest of that album.
I was a HUGE Reel Big Fish fan when I was in high school. Their album "Turn The Radio Off" was pretty much the soundtrack of my Junior year, for better or worse. Anyway, their songs are always quite trumpet-y.
i was going to say neutral milk hotel also, but dan beat me to it.
damn you dan.
Me! Except it's crap. But whatever.
Patty Griffin is painfully good.
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