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Best horn parts in songs

drakepress [Edit] [Delete] 77 replies 17:56 November 13th, 2012

I'm talking 'Crazy In Love' standards here folks.

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Puds | 13 Nov '12, 18:05 | X | ^ This | Reply

politelydeclined, pieces_of_reece, badmanreturns, and hitsville this'd this
- Bit of Stevie, nice
  
  drakepress @Puds | 13 Nov '12, 18:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
- if we're talking massive stevie hits
  
  surely it's do i do
  
  georgiabeth @Puds | 13 Nov '12, 20:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
Girls - Thee Oh So Protective One

Solo near the end is majestic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYe7ScrAKBU

orangejuice | 13 Nov '12, 18:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
- really? the mute trombone from 3:37 on Broken Dreams Club is far better
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU1KcKNuG1I&feature=related
  
  politelydeclined @orangejuice | 13 Nov '12, 21:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  emmettcruddas this'd this
my favourite:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGFsdJ2OtCY

around 4:00 . distortion and horns just sound glorious together.

Tindersticks and M83 have had superb horn lines recently;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qWJ6iOzrYY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX3k_QDnzHE

Jordan_229_2 | 13 Nov '12, 18:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
- A Marriage Made in Heaven
  
  Tindersticks
  
  Ex Con by Smog too... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmsMvra1WR8
  
  But that might because it's one of my favourite songs of all time.
  
  johnwiddop @Jordan_229_2 | 13 Nov '12, 22:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
Bit different from some of the other suggestions

I've always loved the Flugelhorn on Billy Bragg's The Saturday Boy

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2CBWDp71UPM

bornin69 | 13 Nov '12, 18:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
Holland, 1945

guntrip | 13 Nov '12, 18:56 | X | ^ This | Reply

mute-branches and Oissin_ this'd this
- I love the horns on 'Communist Daughter', as well
  
  loads of wicked horns on 'Aeroplane...' -- 'Song Against Sex' from 'On Avery Island' is probably worth a mention, too.
  
  mute-branches @guntrip | 13 Nov '12, 21:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
james taylor - suite for 20g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=EI7XO7dzkII#t=185s

ithica | 13 Nov '12, 19:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
WELLLLLLL IIIIIIIIIII

colon_closed_bracket | 13 Nov '12, 19:37 | X | ^ This | Reply

Antelope and badmanreturns this'd this
- DOOOOOOOOON'T
  
  xheathenx @colon_closed_bracket | 13 Nov '12, 20:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
YAY!

!!!: Dear Can. Full song. http://youtu.be/NhvPXo3o-kQ
'horns' http://youtu.be/NhvPXo3o-kQ?t=2m46s

Acoustic Ladyland: Iggy http://youtu.be/bDfui9FHhSM

Red Prysock: Hand Clappin' http://youtu.be/I4Kkf-NUDNU

xheathenx | 13 Nov '12, 20:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Oh yeah...
  
  Aretha Franklin: Think (Blues Brothers version) http://youtu.be/qE41YPdPuis
  From the horns: http://youtu.be/qE41YPdPuis?t=46s
  
  I'm not entirely sure I understand what this thread was about.
  
  Fuck it though...
  
  Haggis Horns: The Traveller (Pt 2): http://youtu.be/jfH-HwH8M0o It's got some trumpets in there somewhere.
  
  xheathenx @xheathenx | 13 Nov '12, 20:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XY3AvVgDns

georgiabeth | 13 Nov '12, 20:31 | X | ^ This | Reply

Severed799, Blackjack_Bauer, and JaguarPirate this'd this
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ9BWndKEgs
  
  georgiabeth @georgiabeth | 13 Nov '12, 20:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArDXxTsJJoo
    
    georgiabeth @georgiabeth | 13 Nov '12, 20:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - airhorn edition
      
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_mrU8MPfI
      
      georgiabeth @georgiabeth | 13 Nov '12, 20:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
- end thread
  
  Severed799 @georgiabeth | 14 Nov '12, 00:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
I've always really liked it when the horns appear in Spitting Venom

by Modest Mouse.

iizcallum | 13 Nov '12, 20:47 | X | ^ This | Reply

Icarus-Smicarus, sparkysdream, MarwoodW, and JaguarPirate this'd this
Outkast

Spottieottiedopaliscious

right answer like

subbero | 13 Nov '12, 21:03 | X | ^ This | Reply

littlebirds, Rhymenocerous, coolerthantv, anal_schwarzenegger, theShipment, incandenza_, cheeseandbaconturnov, badmanreturns, harman_kardon, emmettcruddas, and JaguarPirate this'd this
Anything by RFTC.

especially Carne Voodoo.

shucks | 13 Nov '12, 21:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Microphones - 'The Moon'

mute-branches | 13 Nov '12, 21:15 | X | ^ This | Reply

Severed799 and bruised_blood this'd this
Mary Hampton - Honey In The Rock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw-xPhdc0wI

Sublime

danielp | 13 Nov '12, 21:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
Destroyer - Kaputt

Jordan_229_2 | 13 Nov '12, 21:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
Communist Daughter

wilbur | 13 Nov '12, 21:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
All about the Canucks

Do Make Say Think - Ontario Plates
Broken Social Scene - 7/4 Shoreline
Godspeed - Gathering Storm

TheNo | 13 Nov '12, 22:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Loads of good
  
  Broken Social Scene ones. I used to be particualarly fond of ibi dreams of pavement.
  
  The_Groke @TheNo | 14 Nov '12, 12:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - The outro of
    
    It's All Gonna Break is pretty euphoric.
    
    But yeah came in here to post Shoreline.
    
    oenso @The_Groke | 14 Nov '12, 13:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
Elbow- Powder Blue

Lovely:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJgXcaU7aA0

Murder | 13 Nov '12, 22:38 | X | ^ This | Reply

pieces_of_reece, oldshitnewshit, and MarwoodW this'd this
Youthmovies - If You'd Seen A Battlefield.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toOcoiIPW_I

sweetverbs | 14 Nov '12, 00:34 | X | ^ This | Reply

badmanreturns, Vian, Oissin_, and red_weather this'd this
- Basically any of Sam's parts from Good Nature
  
  badmanreturns @sweetverbs | 14 Nov '12, 14:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  red_weather this'd this
  - Absolutely, but I'll take any chance I get to post my favourite Youthmovies song.
    
    sweetverbs @badmanreturns | 14 Nov '12, 17:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
from this year(ish), Holy State - Brain Caves

http://shop.holy-state.co.uk/track/brain-caves-2

Severed799 | 14 Nov '12, 00:36 | X | ^ This | Reply

Caesurob this'd this
- Very nice
  
  This was actually the first thing that popped into my head when I saw this thread...
  
  Caesurob @Severed799 | 14 Nov '12, 14:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - given the original ep version
    
    the horns on the album version took it to a whole other level
    
    Severed799 @Caesurob | 14 Nov '12, 20:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
the horns in 'Stranded' by The Walkmen

...

they make me all woozy with happiness just thinking about them. not even imagining the song, just the abstract thought of the song.

it's such a simple part, but the horns are so beautifully played and recorded, it just kills me. I struggle to raise a smile most of the time these days, but I'm listening now, and it's utter bliss.

incandenza_ | 14 Nov '12, 01:44 | X | ^ This | Reply

Jordan_229_2 and badmanreturns this'd this
- BA DA DAA DAA
  
  :( so melancholy but so lovely.
  
  badmanreturns @incandenza_ | 14 Nov '12, 14:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
Fela Kuti records

James Brown records
Pete Rock/90s boom-bap records

gaborszabo | 14 Nov '12, 03:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
My three answers, from fairly divergent points on the musical spectrum...

Half Man Half Biscuit - Gubba Look-A-Likes

Sunn O))) - Alice

Foetus - How To Vibrate

Cardiacs and VdGG (and Colin Stetson, and 20th Century Schizoid Man, and about 900 others) would be here but I'm trying to avoid
saxophones because they basically fall under a different category (woodwind innit)

Loui_Tacceh | 14 Nov '12, 07:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Oh and we must not forget Ulver's Blood Inside album
  
  Killer horn parts all the way through, but probably best of all in the final track, Operator. A thoroughly incredible, intense and unusual record.
  
  Loui_Tacceh @Loui_Tacceh | 14 Nov '12, 07:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
No competition for me...beautiful

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJc7H_kko3g

JGJug | 14 Nov '12, 07:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
- :')
  
  badmanreturns @JGJug | 14 Nov '12, 14:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  littlebirds this'd this
- <3
  
  littlebirds @JGJug | 14 Nov '12, 17:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
Cows

Everything by Cows.

Bugles count, right?

moshymoshy | 14 Nov '12, 08:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
Elbow Starlings, obvs

Radiohead Bloom & Codex
Bjork Vertebrae by Vertebrae

oldshitnewshit | 14 Nov '12, 08:32 | X | ^ This | Reply

MarwoodW this'd this
Most things that Terry Edwards honks on sounds good to me:

Tindersticks, Gallon Drunk, Jimi Tenor etc. And of course The Sccapegoats. For example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7TlrU6EWck

This is a less concise clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tdGNN-2JFY&feature=relmfu

I mainly link to because it was filmed directly behind me. Any idea how bizarre it is to find the back of your head on Youtube (from 2001) whilst having breakfast?

prob500 | 14 Nov '12, 08:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
THERE ARE NONE!

robluvsnic | 14 Nov '12, 08:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
...

I've always liked the horns in 'The Underdog' by Spoon.

jimmy_nouveau | 14 Nov '12, 10:40 | X | ^ This | Reply

hitsville this'd this
Fake Empire?

seedler | 14 Nov '12, 11:22 | X | ^ This | Reply

iizcallum, MarwoodW, danski, and oldshitnewshit this'd this
If I can dream

Gives me the horn.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XZZA6ELINBc
Or fela kuti with a ginger baker bonus!
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YrXGwnYuUus

crosseyedsniper | 14 Nov '12, 11:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite

meths | 14 Nov '12, 12:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
Its all gonna break..

Broken Social Scene, what a song.

Blair56 | 14 Nov '12, 12:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
No mention of early '70s Stones yet?

Come on, people.

Brown Sugar, Bitch, Rocks Off, etc.

Raanraals | 14 Nov '12, 12:28 | X | ^ This | Reply

Elfrim and JaguarPirate this'd this
The Man In The Jar by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed3vh4Zxyg4

This surely the correct answer?

theblowbacks | 14 Nov '12, 12:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland

That's one hell of a sax solo.

sparkysdream | 14 Nov '12, 12:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
- always liked the trumpet solo in Kevin Carter by Manic Street Preachers too.
  
  sparkysdream @sparkysdream | 14 Nov '12, 12:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - good call. didn't see that. well done
    
    jimouthargyle @sparkysdream | 14 Nov '12, 13:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
Camp Lo - Luchini AKA This is it

harman_kardon | 14 Nov '12, 13:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
Kevin Cartee-eer

jimouthargyle | 14 Nov '12, 13:29 | X | ^ This | Reply

hitsville this'd this
TV On The Radio - The Wrong Way

Such a good intro.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga6ZAbRXR3Q

AfraidOfOwls | 14 Nov '12, 13:41 | X | ^ This | Reply

Blackjack_Bauer this'd this
- Was just about to post this. Always my first thought when it comes to horns
  
  Blackjack_Bauer @AfraidOfOwls | 14 Nov '12, 13:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
Ghostwriter

by RJD2. On here around 1:32 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVqAdIMQZlk

Also samples Elliott Smith, which is pretty amazing.

I've also always been very fond of the horn part in 'You Only Move Twice' by Jeniferever. Starts around 4:10, goes supernova at 4:26.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5iXSu3MSPc

Caesurob | 14 Nov '12, 13:55 | X | ^ This | Reply

littlebirds this'd this
Not my favourite by a long shot, but I really like the brass section

In these new puritans - we want war.

LOLpop | 14 Nov '12, 14:43 | X | ^ This | Reply

MarwoodW and andyvine this'd this
I love the two trumpet(?) notes

in 'Waitin' For A Superman'.

Raanraals | 14 Nov '12, 14:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
I could choose any number of Jaga Jazzist tunes.

But the solo in Airborne is superb.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh0mcbZd64o

petec | 14 Nov '12, 16:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
French horn solo in After The Gold Rush

Half amazing/half hilarious.

badmanreturns | 14 Nov '12, 17:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
Oh my TVC-15

uh-oh TVC-15

*repeat*

oceanRain | 14 Nov '12, 17:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
at the end of the battle of hampton roads

by titus andronicus

krankenhaus | 14 Nov '12, 17:47 | X | ^ This | Reply

Severed799 and larrikinlloyd this'd this
- that's bag pipes
  
  Severed799 @krankenhaus | 14 Nov '12, 19:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
Ben Folds Five - Army

kolombia | 14 Nov '12, 17:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
Dinosaur Jr

I'm insane - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USXvbr6SER4

Sarlacc | 14 Nov '12, 18:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
Portishead - Magic Doors

Deranged and marvelous.

The_Living_Year | 14 Nov '12, 18:41 | X | ^ This | Reply

Oissin_ this'd this
Close To Me?

Raanraals | 14 Nov '12, 19:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
Dexys Midnight Runners

All of Young Soul Rebels - but especially this:

http://youtu.be/3ZwWnXuB_eg

sartana | 14 Nov '12, 20:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
Dry The Rain

thetaxidriver | 14 Nov '12, 21:27 | X | ^ This | Reply

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