Re: Classical Rock Accordion Music

Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 04:09:48 GMT
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John`s_ NEWS wrote:
>
> Does anyone know what is a "Classical Rock Accordion Music"? ., If yes,
> Could you provide a few song names?
Half of the songs I did on the USO gig Friday would be considered
classic Rock, and I used Acoustic accordion the entire night,
plus Vocals, (left the Roland Ax at home after all)
so certainly one can do the genre successfully with Accordion...
but I do not think there IS such an animal as
"Classical Rock Accordion Music"
because there were no Rock bands led by Accordionists
which produced Billboard charting hits with songs whose music
relied upon the sounds and features of the Accordion
specifically for the primary tone. And frankly, if one
plays Rock music "like an accordionist" I just don't
think people accept it (except other accordionists)
"Can't hurry Love"
"Apache"
"How Sweet it Is"
"Rhythm of the Rain"
"Unchained Melody"
"Falling in Love with You"
"Tears of a Clown"
"Wild thing"
"Louie Louie"
"Gloria"
"96 tears"
"My Guy"
"Calendar Girl"
"Diana"
"Runaway"
"My Girl"
"da Doo Ron Ron"
"Save the Last Dance for Me"
"I Only have Eyes for You"
"Dream Lover"
"Wake up li'l Suzie"
"It's My party"
"Locomotion"
"Fun Fun Fun"
All the early Elvis and Beach Boys stuff...
All the "Doo-wop" songs
All the early Motown hits
Anything by Phil Spector
I feel the "Classics" are the songs with powerful hooks
you can clearly identify, and unique patterns which cause
the song to be recalled instantly by "the fans" merely
upon hearing the unique qualifiers in the intro or bridge.
The Supremes hit "Can't hurry Love" is a great
example... the hook is so darn good, they let
Diana ross sing exactly 4 bars and put her right into
the refrain. You can hear it a million times and it
will still sound great. Heck, the song produces
a religious type "Rapture" if you let it carry you away.
And all those great "Rock-a-billy" tunes like
"Memphis Tennessee" will work as Classics too.
Ciao Ventura