Magic 8 Ball by Cub
That’s not an accordion. It’s a harmonium, played by John Lennon.
Got to mention the Dropkick Murphys, with “I’m Shipping Up To Boston.”
Two Bottles of Wine - 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.
Brian Wilson- Wouldn’t It Be Nice
Not really a rock song, more of a Euro-folk-pop song: “Scenic World” 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” "and “Not a Crime”. And “60 Revolutions” is freaking insane - the accordion riff in that makes me want to break stuff.
Liza Radley by The Jam. Cigarette by the Smithereens.
That may be, but there’s certainly no accordion on the original studio recording of “Rock Around the Clock”.
Just about every Pogues song ever recorded.
Billy Joel’s Downeaster Alexa.
Yes, Garth Hudson played it sometimes. You can also hear it on “Acadian Driftwood,” to name another example.
Richard Thompson uses the accordion a lot. See this song list. My favorite is “Two Left Feet.”
Not pop, but Windir’s 1184, from the album of the same name, is a viking metal song that features a totally rocking accordion solo, no less.
Don’t several songs on that album have an accordion?
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.
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.
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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.
I was struggling to remeber a certain song, and then I did - Long December by Counting Crows