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Do You Know What Instruments Were Used In THESE Songs??

By: Dave Tymo

14/9/2024

Tymo's Top 20

I’ll be honest…I had to look up what some of these were and I had to research out how some of these sounds in these songs were even made!!
By the way…with the videos that I posted for some of these songs…most of the sounds or odd instruments were hard to use or duplicate in a live show so they had to…improvise! Can you see where these bands did just that here? Or did they just leave it all out??
~Tymo

Song 20: RUNNIN’ WITH THE DEVIL – VAN HALEN (CAR HORNS)

Song 19: WILD THING – THE TROGGS (OCARINA)
Song 18: HURDY GURDY MAN – DONOVAN (HURDY GURDY)

Song 17: OOWATANITE – APRIL WINE (TRAIN CROSSING)
Song 16: SPILL THE WINE – WAR (FLUTE)
Song 15: HEART OF GOLD – NEIL YOUNG (HARMONICA)
Song 14: I WILL FOLLOW – U2 (GLOCKENSPIEL)

Song 13: CHEST FEVER – THE BAND (ORGAN)
Song 12: WHEREVER I MAY ROAM – METALLICA (ELECTRIC SITAR)
Song 11: URGENT – FOREIGNER (SAXOPHONE)

Song 10: BABA O’RILEY – THE WHO (ELECTRIC VIOLIN)
Song 9: DON’T COME AROUND HERE NO MORE – TOM PETTY (SYNTHESIZER/SITAR)

Song 8: LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS – THE BEATLES (TAMBURA)
Song 7: CROSSTOWN TRAFFIC – JIMI HENDRIX (KAZOO)
Song 6: WHOLE LOTTA LOVE – LED ZEPPELIN (THEREMIN)

Song 5: YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT – ROLLING STONES (MARACAS)
Song 4: DREAMER – SUPERTRAMP (CARDBOARD BOXES)
Song 3: SPOONMAN – SOUNDGARDEN (SPOONS)

Song 2: DON’T FEAR (THE REAPER) – BLUE OYSTER CULT (COWBELL)
Song 1: IT’S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP (IF YOU WANT TO ROCK N ROLL) – AC/DC (BAGPIPES)

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