I'd love to hear a band do a medley of covers about musicians' specific instruments. In other words:
Guitar Man (by Bread)
Piano Man (by Billy Joel)
Mr. Bassman (by Johnny Cymbal) Okay, so the song was actually about a low-end Doo Wop singer, not bass guitar...
Little Drummer Boy (traditional)
Can you think of some other song titles that fit (hopefully some with females, too)?
Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds/Bob Dylan
The Saxophone Song - Kate Bush
Teardrops On My Guitar - Taylor Swift
Mandolin Rain - Bruce Hornsby & The Range
Me And My Guitar - James Taylor
I'm The Ukulele Man - George Formby
Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan
Different Drum - Linda Ronstadt
Concertina - Tori Amos
"Frozen flaking fish raw nerve...In a cup of silver liquid fire" - Jethro Tull
My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama ~ Frank Zappa
While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles
Violin - Kate Bush
Cello Song - Nick Drake
Boss Drum - The Shamen
The Talking Drum - King Crimson
Big Muff - John Martyn (possibly the only song named after a guitar effects pedal)
All About that Bass
My Ding-A-Ling - Chuck Berry
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF STUPID PEOPLE IN LARGE GROUPS!
I'm Gonna Play That Trumpet - Little Larry (from the Gong Show)
Bang a Gong - T-Rex
Kicking the Gong Around - Cab Calloway (okay, so it's about dope)
Conga - Gloria Estefan
Bass Strings - Country Joe and the Fish
Yakety Sax - Boots Randolph
Lou
Looking forward to my day in court.
Zappa/Beefheart-Sam With The Showing-Scalp Flat-Top - Bongos
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
Quiet Sun - "Trumpets With Motherhood"
David Thomas - Crush This Horn, Part Two
Tubular Bells - Mike O.
Also from Mike Oldfield: "The Wind Chimes".
Chris Rea: "Guitar Street"
Nik Kershaw: "Drum Talk"
"Different Drum" was also a Peter Gabriel song, though I don't think it's about the instrument as such.
Rush: "Discovery"
My Brother Makes the Noises for the Talkies - Bonzo Dog Band
One Man Band - Leo Sayer / Roger Daltrey
Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan / Eartha Kitt / Steve Hillage
Ahem! Sultans Of Swing, anyone?
Guitarzan - Ray Stevens
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Wait, what?!Originally Posted by jake
Udo Lindenberg - Cello
Pe Werner / Palastorchester (Max Raabe) - Mein Bruder macht im Tonfilm die Geräusche (might be the same song as the Bonzo Dog Band)
Comedian Harmonists - Kannst du pfeifen, Johanna?
Comedian Harmonists - Hein spielt Abends so schön auf dem Schifferklavier
Die Prinzen - Alles mit'm Mund
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Banjo Man - Genesis
(arguably not one of their most exciting songs though)
Eartha Kitt made an album in 1970 that included three Donovan covers. The other two were "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" and "Catch the Wind."
Hurtleturtled Out of Heaven - an electronic music composition, on CD and vinyl
https://michaelpdawson.bandcamp.com
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Pr...MCD-spc-7.aspx
I'll have to look for that. I love Ella Fitzgerald's version of Sunshine Of Your Love.
The Good Rats-Tasty
Another song about a violinist:
Confirmed Bachelors: the dramedy hit of 1883...
Completely forgot about that one. A Novalis-album with a Hipgnosis cover.
"Jazzman" - Carole King
"I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" - Moody Blues
"Normal is just the average of extremes" - Gary Lessor
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