Cowbell Appreciation Thread

[oaksy]

Without a doubt the best musical instrument in the world.

Favourite songs that contain the cowbell:
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the reaper
Kings of Leon - Red morning light
Radiohead - Electioneering
Cake - Short Skirt long jacket

Share your favourite cowbell songs and stories....

 

[Roddy]

Rush: In the Mood

 

[Carlos]

Steven Adler who was Guns n Roses' drummer up til Appetite For Destruction was the master of the cowbell! That whole album is like a cowbell clinic!

Tommy was pretty keen on it too. Dr Feelgood is a sweet example.

 

[Milkman]

Steven Adler who was Guns n Roses' drummer up til Appetite For Destruction was the master of the cowbell! That whole album is like a cowbell clinic!

I think 'Night Train' was the cream of his cowbell work.

 

[Carlos]

Skid Row's "Monkey Business" (absolute corker of a tune!) features a nice little snare-cowbell paradiddle in the middle 8 before the solo as well.

 

[the_big_sav]

has anyone seen matt stone and trey parkers 'cannibal the musical'? if they have they will get it

 

[-VC-]

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"I got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell."

 

[linger_isgod]

Hot Hot Heat - Talk To Me, Dance With Me

 

[Truck Rutten]

Steven Adler who was Guns n Roses' drummer up til Appetite For Destruction was the master of the cowbell! That whole album is like a cowbell clinic!

Tommy was pretty keen on it too. Dr Feelgood is a sweet example.

They're the 2 guys that I immediately thought of as well.

Nicko from Iron Maiden lets loose on the cowbell on Can I play with madness.

 

[The_Eagles]

Loaded like a freight train!
flyin like an aeroplane!
feelin like a spaceplane..one more time tonight...

 

[krisholio14]

ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE!!! or should that be cowbell?

 

[The_Eagles]

she's a hoooOOonky tonk woman...

 

[Roddy]

Hey Oaksy, and other cowbell lovers.
You may have already, but check out Rush's drummer Neil Peart, especially when he solos. He doesn't just have a SINGLE poxy cowbell, he has an entire 'cowbell tree' on his kit, with about 12 of the b*stards on it. He goes off on it during his solos. Check out his solo on their 1982 live album 'Exit Stage Left'. Killer cowbell mayhem!!!!

 

[krisholio14]

Loaded like a freight train!
flyin like an aeroplane!
feelin like a spaceplane..one more time tonight...

great misquoted lyric there eagle

 

[boora]

Without a doubt the best musical instrument in the world.

Favourite songs that contain the cowbell:
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the reaper
Kings of Leon - Red morning light
Radiohead - Electioneering
Cake - Short Skirt long jacket

Share your favourite cowbell songs and stories....

i think the cake song was a jam block used from memory..but i could be wrong.

 

[Carlos]

i think the cake song was a jam block used from memory..but i could be wrong.

Respect to you for knowing the difference dude.

Obviously a drummer or percussionist?

 

[oaksy]

Respect to you for knowing the difference dude.

Obviously a drummer or percussionist?

mind if i ask what the difference is, as i am a drumming novice of the highest order.

 

[Carlos]

mind if i ask what the difference is, as i am a drumming novice of the highest order.

I consider a drummer to be an actual drum kit player like:

as opposed to someone who plays percussion instruments like:

or

Now as much as the drum kit is technically considered a percussion instrument, i dont consider myself a percussionist, i'm a drummer.

But there are thousands of different percussion instruments (look at all the stuff on the table in the 3rd pic for example), but i dont think you could call the musician who plays them a drummer. I personally wouldnt ever claim to be able to get close to playing them all.

Similarly, i'm sure there are many percussionists who wouldn't be able to play a conventional drum kit, although they'd certainly have a much better chance of learning it than someone who hasn't ever played a percussive instrument.

Basically the definition of a percussion instrument is "any object which produces a sound by being struck with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration".

Bongos, congas, timbales, tambourines, castanets, maracas, shakers, whistles, chimes, glockenspiels, vibraphones, xylophones, and of course the humble cowbell are just a few examples of literally thousands of different percussion instruments.

 

[Adrian Shelton]

Beastie Boys-Hey ladies!!

 

[wang]

Rock Lobster

 

[oaksy]

I consider a drummer to be an actual drum kit player like:

as opposed to someone who plays percussion instruments like:

or

Now as much as the drum kit is technically considered a percussion instrument, i dont consider myself a percussionist, i'm a drummer.

But there are thousands of different percussion instruments (look at all the stuff on the table in the 3rd pic for example), but i dont think you could call the musician who plays them a drummer. I personally wouldnt ever claim to be able to get close to playing them all.

Similarly, i'm sure there are many percussionists who wouldn't be able to play a conventional drum kit, although they'd certainly have a much better chance of learning it than someone who hasn't ever played a percussive instrument.

Basically the definition of a percussion instrument is "any object which produces a sound by being struck with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration".

Bongos, congas, timbales, tambourines, castanets, maracas, shakers, whistles, chimes, glockenspiels, vibraphones, xylophones, and of course the humble cowbell are just a few examples of literally thousands of different percussion instruments.

haha sorry mate, i didnt make myself clear enough. i meant to say the difference between the cowbell and the jam block.

thanks for the effort you put into your reply though

 

[Carlos]

haha sorry mate, i didnt make myself clear enough. i meant to say the difference between the cowbell and the jam block.

thanks for the effort you put into your reply though

Ha! Oh well. I had fun writing it.

Oh, and a jam block is basically a plastic woodblock, like so:

As opposed to a cowbell:

 

[Shane Hird]

Skid Row's "Monkey Business" (absolute corker of a tune!) features a nice little snare-cowbell paradiddle in the middle 8 before the solo as well.

great song Monkey Business


Guns&Roses "Anything Go's"

Tommy Lee >Motley Crue..love the cowbell is on Crue's "Public Enemy No1"

 

[Shane Hird]

Beastie Boys-Hey ladies!!:D

Of course....The ultimate cowbell song

 

[billybrownless16]

The Donnas - You Wanna Get Me High