Random music thought

Posted on 05/10/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Having listened to 70s music for the past twenty minutes, it astonishes me that the cowbell ever went out of fashion.

We should hope for a comeback.

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8 Responses to Random music thought

  1. John M. says:
    05/10/2008 at 11:19 pm

    Hmmm… Not remembering the cowbell from my ‘tween years. I do remember going to sleep listening to “Mystery Theater” and the Carpenters on my AM radio.

  2. Gary Rosen says:
    05/11/2008 at 3:24 am

    All you need to do is listen to the intro to “Honky Tonk Women” over and over again …

  3. Little Jezebel says:
    05/11/2008 at 4:06 am

    But it is back! Sort off…

    Ask Kate Moss.

  4. Soccerdad says:
    05/11/2008 at 7:27 am

    For a while Target had an anthology “More Cowbell” (based on the SNL BOC skit) with 17 such songs. Alas it’s no longer on sale.

    (May I say that I couldn’t always identify the cowbell. I can’t even hear it in “Don’t fear the reaper.” It’s certainly not the most distinctive sound in “Reaper.”)

  5. Meryl Yourish says:
    05/11/2008 at 8:25 am

    And it’s in Mississippi Queen by Mountain, too. Sixties.

    It was a pervasive little sound, wasn’t it?

    I say we start an internet petition. Those always do loads of good.

  6. Patty says:
    05/11/2008 at 3:14 pm

    Being 10 years older than Meryl, I’m going to petition for the mid-60′s Hammond organ.

  7. Long_rifle says:
    05/11/2008 at 9:23 pm

    Oh mannnnn…..

    Nothing like the FULL version of Iron Butterfly’s hit song to just make me want to play again..

  8. soccer dad says:
    05/13/2008 at 1:07 pm

    This is the album I was referring to. And yes it has Mississippi Queen. It also has Dr. Love, and the main reason I got it Radar Love. And would you believe that the lead guitarist of BOC reads Powerline?