# Pop songs with kick-ass horns **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 5, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065 "2013-03-05T03:46:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![indyvet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b77776/32.png) [@indyvet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indyvet)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/61 "2013-03-07T20:28:14Z")
[Our House](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwIe_sjKeAY) - Madness ---
**Author:** ![bunyupp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@bunyupp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunyupp)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/62 "2013-03-08T16:36:18Z")
My Wife - The Who Who’s Next ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/63 "2013-03-08T18:00:52Z")
Just about anything by the Brian Setzer Orchestra, but especially BSO’s version of [Rock This Town](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfOm2teZiks). ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/64 "2013-03-09T05:41:58Z")
Some Australian classics: The Saints - [Know Your Product](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLbyaNbhHdU) (1978) - sneering snotty first generation punk rock with a great horn section part. The Saints’ guitarist, Ed Kuepper, went on to lead the Laughing Clowns, who had a cult hit with this post punk classic featuring a magnificent sax part from Louise Elliot: Laughing Clowns - [Eternally Yours](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PeGHeF2AHc) (1984) ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/65 "2013-03-09T07:07:24Z")
Robert Cray, [Nothing But A Woman](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNz_t-wE5VQ) has some nice saxy parts and a good horny section. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/66 "2013-03-09T14:54:32Z")
I wouldn’t call it a pop song, but the Supersuckers’ “My Victim” lifts the horns from Otis Redding’s “Try A Little Tenderness”, and that song rocks! [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/window/media/page/0,,213605-2683609,00.html](http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/window/media/page/0,,213605-2683609,00.html) (that’s not a full version, and it’s not the part with the horns. Jeez, that’s a tough song to find. No you tube of it, either. A live version will not feature any horns, by the way.) ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/67 "2013-03-09T15:09:56Z")
I’ve always loved the rising horns in the theme to “Jonny Quest.” (Part of why I loved the ending theme to “The Incredibles” so much). The trumpet bit in “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore really makes the song, at least for me. That, and the line “Damn, that’s a cold-ass honky!” ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/68 "2013-03-09T21:49:03Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > The trumpet bit in “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore really makes the song, at least for me. That, and the line “Damn, that’s a cold-ass honky!” I also love that song, but more because of the line “this is fucking awesome.” ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/69 "2013-03-09T22:47:22Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Can’t believe I left out the Big Man. The late, great Clarence Clemons on “Jungleland” by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. This is my number 1 pick. Nothing else even compares. No point in even listing a 2nd pick. ---
**Author:** ![James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Otto_Sweet_Heart)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/70 "2013-03-09T23:08:45Z")
Go [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRhBHflc1M0) for Kenny Chesney’s cover of “Tush” by ZZ Top from their tribute album named Sharp Dressed Men. 🙂 🙂 🙂 God bless you and Kenny and ZZ Top always!!! Holly ---
**Author:** ![OneOfOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8797f3/32.png) [@OneOfOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneOfOne)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/71 "2013-03-10T03:39:39Z")
Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness Rolling Stones - Rocks Off/ Rip This Joint from Exile On Main St ---
**Author:** ![Weedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/weedy/32/301_2.png) [@Weedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weedy)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/72 "2013-03-10T12:11:37Z")
Violent Femmes - [I Held Her in My Arms](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2JE9KqZ47M) US3 sampled Herb Alpert in [Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwBjhBL9G6U) ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/73 "2013-03-10T16:16:19Z")
Ignorant Mob [Jackson’s Jam](http://www.myspace.com/ignorantmob/music/songs/jackson-rsquo-s-jam-24988830) From Marquette Michigan ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/74 "2013-03-10T16:33:48Z")
> [@Weedy](#): > > Violent Femmes - [I Held Her in My Arms](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2JE9KqZ47M) > > US3 sampled Herb Alpert in [Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwBjhBL9G6U) Are you sure it’s Herb Alpert? “Cantaloupe Island” is by Herbie Hancock, and the cornet player doing the main riff is Freddie Hubbard. ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/75 "2013-03-10T16:49:26Z")
Candy Dulfer - [Lily Was Here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhSx8uKdD5o) (saxomophone) ---
**Author:** ![ghostman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a3d4f5/32.png) [@ghostman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ghostman)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/76 "2013-03-12T19:25:39Z")
Everything by Cake… specifically [War Pigs](http://bit.ly/ZjDsZ0) ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/77 "2013-03-12T19:54:50Z")
Live album: [Little Feat Waiting for Columbus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiting_for_Columbus) backed by the [Tower of Power](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Power) horn section. If you don’t own this album… well you should get it! Asap! Play it loud and often and thank me later. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/78 "2013-03-12T19:59:35Z")
I like the horns in “Spinning Wheel” by Blood, Sweat & Tears. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/79 "2013-03-12T20:17:33Z")
[Brick House](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrBx6mAWYPU), The Commodores [That’s The Way (I Like It)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3svW8PM_jc), KC & The Sunshine Band ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/80 "2013-03-12T23:08:23Z")
> [@JerseySwamps](#): > > I Can’t Turn You Loose by Otis Redding The Blues Brothers lifted the horn part from this song and made it their intro music. A great riff. Other nominees… “I Got the Blues”-- Stones, on Sticky Fingers Possibly my favorite all-time horn part is technically just the background during the piano solo in Lynyrd Skynrd, “Call Me the Breeze”. But it’s awesome. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065.md?page=5)