# Your Favourite Rock/Pop/Jazz numbers with prominent brass section **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [November 6, 2020, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888 "2020-11-06T08:38:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888/41 "2020-11-08T15:48:17Z")
Spirit’s “Morning Will Come,” of which there are actually a couple different versions. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888/42 "2020-11-08T18:46:20Z")
Hows about The Band - Rock of Ages. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888/43 "2020-11-08T19:44:21Z")
“Monday” by Wilco is a great stonesy rocker with brass that would’ve fit perfectly on Sticky Fingers or Exile. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwDzIwiTIbM) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888/44 "2020-11-10T18:52:57Z")
Dave Edmunds’ version of “From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)”: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nlqJc8qYU_o/hqdefault.jpg "Dave Edmunds - From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlqJc8qYU_o) Dishonorable mention to “Tubas In The Moonlight” by the Bonzo Dog Band. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888/45 "2020-11-10T19:06:37Z")
An old Count Basie classic, covered by Roomful of Blues: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/b6WTVz4OlSs/maxresdefault.jpg "Walkin' Slow Behind You") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6WTVz4OlSs) ---
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I have to mention “Army” by Ben Fold’s Five, just because I’m a big fan of Ben Folds in general. When he performs the song at concerts, since he doesn’t have horn players on stage with him, he has the audience sing the horn parts. The first time I saw him perform it live he explained what he wanted the audience to sing. The next time, he didn’t explain anything. He just pointed at the audience when the horn part came up, and there were enough fans there who knew the drill that most people already knew what they were supposed to sing. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Yr_s6-Q7f00/maxresdefault.jpg "Ben Folds Five - Army") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr_s6-Q7f00) ---
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888/47 "2020-11-11T00:23:00Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gweUVWUYYQ8/hqdefault.jpg "Aerosmith - Big Ten Inch Record") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gweUVWUYYQ8) ---
**Author:** ![Keith1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Keith1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keith1)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888/48 "2020-11-16T16:57:56Z")
Surprised Tower Of Power hasn’t been mentioned. Or maybe they have. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888/49 "2020-11-16T19:54:24Z")
5:15. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888/50 "2020-11-16T19:55:26Z")
Yes, out of my brain on the train! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888/51 "2020-11-16T20:12:31Z")
“Downtown” has a prominent brass section that gives it a very “'60s British” sound: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Zx06XNfDvk0/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-A4AC0AKKAgwIABABGGAgYChgMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBXYVd04a0X-huuKUnyTKBCfSbGDg "Petula Clark Downtown. original version") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx06XNfDvk0) “The Lonely Bull” is practically all brass; this is only natural, since it was recorded by Herb Alpert and the TB: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6uqPBZncL5Q/maxresdefault.jpg "The Lonely Bull. Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass. (1962)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uqPBZncL5Q) ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888/52 "2020-11-16T20:20:09Z")
Most anything by Morphine. How about playing 2 saxes at once? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/f1BEjGet8M8/maxresdefault.jpg "Morphine - Buena (Live on 2 Meter Sessions)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1BEjGet8M8) I saw the remnants of them touring as Morphine Orchestra after Mark Sandman died, and saw the double sax thing live. Another band I saw live: Fishbone. They played just outside of my dorm at UMaine in 1990. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34OLWhfrjW8) ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888/53 "2020-11-16T20:38:02Z")
Paul McCartney, with Wings, was particularly good at well-placed bursts of hard-hitting brass. The main melodic hook of “Jet”: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/M8V1nFCP058/hqdefault.jpg "Paul McCartney & Wings- Jet") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8V1nFCP058) The lead-in to the main section of “Band on the Run”: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RjlvdcBAKdg/maxresdefault.jpg "Band On The Run (2010 Remaster)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjlvdcBAKdg) And of course, “Live and Let Die”: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NR0UmZcf89E/maxresdefault.jpg "Live And Let Die (2018 Remaster)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR0UmZcf89E) Marc Bolan of T-Rex also made good use of horns, on “Bang A Gong”, “Telegram Sam”, and “The Motivator”, which as far as I’m concerned are basically just one song slightly modified three times, but I still love them. My very favorite rock song with horns though? The OP nailed it in the first post: the Stones’ “Bitch.” ---
**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:** [November 16, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888/54 "2020-11-16T20:57:36Z")
Reminds me - the Damned’s version retains that lovely Spanish-flavoured trumpet. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nYVDN27CrOo/hqdefault.jpg "The Damned - Alone Again Or (1987)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYVDN27CrOo) And they also had nice brass in Grimly Fiendish [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zIpv0fQW4YU/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGHIgSig9MA8=&rs=AOn4CLCTu9FOAaxOV6WcVAGxcMEBWm8JKg "The Damned - Grimly Fiendish (1985)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIpv0fQW4YU) ---
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The Clash, Rudie Can’t Fail [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uEK9oK02D1M/maxresdefault.jpg "The Clash - Rudie Can't Fail (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEK9oK02D1M) ---
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A favorite “oldie” by Gene McDaniels: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/HDH0djIqZS0/maxresdefault.jpg "Tower Of Strength") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDH0djIqZS0) ---
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Sun Ra’s Arkestra, with a pared-down version [here.](https://youtu.be/rmqe_v11q3U?list=RDguQUde8MOyc&t=138) ---
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[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8CTs8a7dVa0/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AHWBIAC4AOKAgwIABABGD0gTCh_MA8=&rs=AOn4CLB1Tdyg1j16J8Q4JsVK9ktrcLCMxg "Jackie Wilson - Reet petite") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CTs8a7dVa0) ---
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Likely unknown to anybody outside of Canada, but we had a band called The Powder Blues in the late 1970s/early 1980s, who fit the bill perfectly. This was just one of theirs: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/FGuQ7c45vdQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Powder Blues Band Doin' It Right on Vinyl with Lyrics in Description") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGuQ7c45vdQ) There were others, just as good. ---
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> [@Paintcharge](#): > > Most anything by Morphine. How about playing 2 saxes at once? I’m always up for a spot of double saxophony, so I watched the Morphine video - not a sign of it. Imagine my disappointment\*. Just to rectify the situation, here’s Davey Payne of the Blockheads doing his thing in a live rendition of [Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBIRj3JW3h0). Solo @ ~2.45. (Sorry - since youtube is now constantly demanding that you sign in, I can’t set up a video to run at a specific time any more - anyone know how to stop the sign-in nonsense?) (BTW: [His Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davey_Payne), with photo.) j (\*) - “Imagine my disappointment” is a UK trope for a rather condescending correspondent writing to a newspaper letters column and complaining in a superior sort of way. Just joking. PS - can you call it a solo if he’s playing two instruments at once? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888.md?page=4)