# Great Rock/Pop Songs With An Accordion **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 9, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-rock-pop-songs-with-an-accordion/618284 "2012-04-09T18:26:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-rock-pop-songs-with-an-accordion/618284/21 "2012-04-10T06:47:43Z")
[Magic 8 Ball](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDBa07wBZ7E) by Cub ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-rock-pop-songs-with-an-accordion/618284/22 "2012-04-10T14:43:10Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > The Beatles’ “We Can Work It Out” That’s not an accordion. It’s a harmonium, played by John Lennon. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-rock-pop-songs-with-an-accordion/618284/23 "2012-04-10T15:39:27Z")
Got to mention the Dropkick Murphys, with “I’m Shipping Up To Boston.” ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-rock-pop-songs-with-an-accordion/618284/24 "2012-04-10T15:52:35Z")
_[Two Bottles of Wine](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhKgEYzRqRA)_ - The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band with Jason Webley. If you find a band rocking harder than that, nuke it from orbit…it’s the only way to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-rock-pop-songs-with-an-accordion/618284/25 "2012-04-11T01:59:25Z")
Brian Wilson- Wouldn’t It Be Nice ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-rock-pop-songs-with-an-accordion/618284/26 "2012-04-12T05:25:43Z")
Not really a rock song, more of a Euro-folk-pop song: “[Scenic World](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaHp8EBbklA)” by Beirut. Also, trumpet, and what sounds like a pump organ. Lovely song. Half of Gogol Bordello’s songs, it seems like. I think my favorites are “[American Wedding](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o76YbAfFfJ8)” "and “[Not a Crime](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFL2SXGdrVA)”. And “[60 Revolutions](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx-HvPXIuVs)” is freaking insane - the accordion riff in that makes me want to break stuff. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-rock-pop-songs-with-an-accordion/618284/27 "2012-04-12T10:19:39Z")
_Liza Radley_ by **The Jam**. _Cigarette_ by the **Smithereens**. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-rock-pop-songs-with-an-accordion/618284/28 "2012-04-12T11:25:01Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Rock Around the Clock. Bill Haley and the Comets featured an accordion. That may be, but there’s certainly no accordion on the original studio recording of “Rock Around the Clock”. ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ian_D.Bergkamp)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-rock-pop-songs-with-an-accordion/618284/29 "2012-04-12T11:55:28Z")
Just about every Pogues song ever recorded. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-rock-pop-songs-with-an-accordion/618284/30 "2012-04-12T16:23:51Z")
Billy Joel’s [Downeaster Alexa](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8nO3hftMEE). ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-rock-pop-songs-with-an-accordion/618284/31 "2012-04-12T19:02:02Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I think the Band used an accordion from time to time. “When I Paint my Masterpiece” seems to have it. Yes, Garth Hudson played it sometimes. You can also hear it on “Acadian Driftwood,” to name another example. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-rock-pop-songs-with-an-accordion/618284/32 "2012-04-12T19:27:28Z")
Richard Thompson uses the accordion a lot. See [this song list](http://www.richardthompson-music.com/album.asp?id=39). My favorite is “Two Left Feet.” ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-rock-pop-songs-with-an-accordion/618284/33 "2012-04-12T19:31:57Z")
Not pop, but Windir’s [1184](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDr_G8-q6T8), from the album of the same name, is a viking metal song that features a totally rocking accordion _ **solo** _, no less. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-rock-pop-songs-with-an-accordion/618284/34 "2012-04-12T19:34:59Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Jethro Tull: “Queen and Country” Don’t several songs on that album have an accordion? ---
**Author:** ![Haunted\_Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@Haunted\_Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haunted_Pasta)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-rock-pop-songs-with-an-accordion/618284/35 "2012-04-12T20:54:46Z")
There’s something that sounds like an accordion in Bruce Hornsby & the Range’s _Mandolin Rain_. This would probably be better posted in the “At Best, Marginally Better Than Average Rock/Pop Songs With An Accordion” thread, though. ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-rock-pop-songs-with-an-accordion/618284/36 "2012-04-13T00:48:26Z")
I will be watching this thread, as a friend of mine just told me that she is giving me an old accordion that she has at her house. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-rock-pop-songs-with-an-accordion/618284/37 "2012-04-13T02:27:34Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-rock-pop-songs-with-an-accordion/618284/38 "2012-04-13T04:50:05Z")
[ABBA - The Way Old Friends Do](http://youtu.be/92gCuVFeuMk) ---
**Author:** ![azraiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@azraiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/azraiel)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-rock-pop-songs-with-an-accordion/618284/39 "2012-04-13T04:56:06Z")
Will the OP accept a concertina in lieu of accordion? If so, then may I point out the Chemnitzer concertina play of _16 Horsepower_? It doesn’t fit neatly into rock or pop, but if you like yourself some great music with Old Testament theology, fire, and brimstone (with a pop sensibility), then this is the stuff for you. _[American Wheeze](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THlgU-8dMYg)_ ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-rock-pop-songs-with-an-accordion/618284/40 "2012-04-17T18:13:58Z")
I was struggling to remeber a certain song, and then I did - [Long December](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D5PtyrewSs) by Counting Crows [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-rock-pop-songs-with-an-accordion/618284.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-rock-pop-songs-with-an-accordion/618284.md?page=3)