# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-rock-pop-songs-with-an-accordion/618284/41 "2012-04-17T18:27:08Z")
[Vesna](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVyASt-Wdpc&context=C484b3bdADvjVQa1PpcFN5paqlJ1BXxdxAWbksSN_fURRQJxKTFNo=) by VV. Eastern European pop and rock make greater use of the accordian than American pop. As I recall from my years in Laredo TX, so does Mexican pop music. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-rock-pop-songs-with-an-accordion/618284/42 "2012-04-17T18:39:16Z")
Squeeze Box - The Who [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/a4Z3A53nY7Q/hqdefault.jpg "The Who - Squeeze Box") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4Z3A53nY7Q) ---
**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 18, 2012, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-rock-pop-songs-with-an-accordion/618284/43 "2012-04-18T04:43:18Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > I was struggling to remeber a certain song, and then I did - [Long December](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D5PtyrewSs) by Counting Crows Being a huge Counting Crows fan, I should have remembered this one. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-rock-pop-songs-with-an-accordion/618284/44 "2012-04-18T05:06:39Z")
I dunno if it’s pop _enough_ for you. but I heard of them (and him) before I ever heard the music – Buckwheat Zydeco songs are absolutely chock full of accordion music. ---
**Author:** ![OtisCampbellWasRight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d78d45/32.png) [@OtisCampbellWasRight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtisCampbellWasRight)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-rock-pop-songs-with-an-accordion/618284/45 "2012-04-18T16:00:28Z")
I think some of the aforementioned may actually contain concertina (which I guess is technically an accordian.) To wit: La Bamba; the version by Los Lobos ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-rock-pop-songs-with-an-accordion/618284/46 "2012-04-19T23:56:33Z")
**Jovanotti** , “Regazzo Fortunato”. Great early 90s Italian happy, dancey funk track with a concertina solo. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-rock-pop-songs-with-an-accordion/618284/47 "2012-04-20T10:34:44Z")
> [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](#): > > 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. Thank you, I wasn’t familiar with their work at all. They make a wonderful addition to my “high revs playlist”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-rock-pop-songs-with-an-accordion/618284.md?page=2)