Inspired by this thread
I’d always seen it blown on the large end, but farting around watching videos on YouTube I came across this TV theme medley wherein the artist (Fredde Gredde* - I’m not trying to trick you, heh) plays it from the skinny end. I did a :smack: when I...
Have their ever been any hit songs, (and I know that’s a relative term) or any other songs that have featured a kazoo?
I can’t recall any, but I’m pretty tone deaf. I may be hearing a kazoo and not know it.
I guess it doesn’t have to be a kazoo solo but one where the kazoo can be clearly heard
lieu
January 11, 2012, 4:57pm
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I’m pretty sure I’ve heard one in a song by Beck on Mellow Gold, Steal My Body Home perhaps?
Zeldar
January 11, 2012, 5:00pm
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DCnDC
January 11, 2012, 5:05pm
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San Francisco Bay Blues from Eric Clapton’s Unplugged .
Wheelz
January 11, 2012, 5:07pm
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The Beat Farmers’ Happy Boy features both a kazoo break and a gargling solo.
I certainly wouldn’t call it a “hit song” though… maybe a cult classic.
Jewish Princess by Frank Zappa
Love Rollercoaster by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The kazoo chorus is most noticeable coming in around 1.20 minutes.
You’re 16 (right title?) Ringo Starrs version.
AndyLee
January 11, 2012, 5:23pm
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Thanks, and how could I have missed Ringo Starr’s, You’re Sixteen.
Keep 'em coming
Hit song:
Country Joe & the Fish, “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die Rag”
Not so hit songs:
Pink Floyd, “Corporal Clegg”
Mothers of Invention, “Hungry Freaks, Daddy” and “Who Are the Brain Police” (the latter featuring the most chilling kazoo solo ever)
Not an actual kazoo, but the Beatles’ “Lovely Rita” features comb and paper.
bleach
January 11, 2012, 5:35pm
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“I’m the Urban Spaceman” by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band reached #5 on the UK charts.
Just about everything Weird Al did in his early days
Also this list is pretty good
campp
January 11, 2012, 5:40pm
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Jimi Hendrix Crosstown Traffic
How about one of my all time favourites?
Runaway by Del Shannon . Wait a minute; that is a kazoo, isn’t it?
The solo? That’s a Clavioline .
Thank you! Live and learn . . . (well, live).
Hit:
“Johnny Get Angry” Joanie Sommers, 1962
Non-Hit:
“You’re Probably Wondering Why I’m Here” Zappa/Mothers
njtt
January 11, 2012, 7:08pm
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Don’t forget the ineffable Temple City Kazoo Orchestra .
A thread from some years ago…