Full Version: best rock songs without guitars
That's tough but I'll bet you find them on a Little Richard or Jerry Lee Lewis album.
would Nick Cave's version of BlackBetty count as rock?
"Just a Gigolo" DLR
The Faint- "Let the Poison Spill from Your Throat"
I don't think it has any guitar but I may be wrong
I don't think it has any guitar but I may be wrong
Big Bottom
QUOTE(benhamean @ Jan 13 2009, 08:58 AM) 
Big Bottom
anything from these guys
QUOTE(tinnitus_photo @ Jan 13 2009, 10:35 AM)
anything from these guys
screamers, good call
i was gonna say The Blow Jobs - just for their amazing rendition of 'eye of the tiger' on recorders...
also, "frankie teardrop"
oxymoron
Ted Leo's Ballad of the Sin Eaters.
NIN-Maybe Just Once
NIN covering Queen's Get Down Make Love
New Order-Blue Monday (although I think there is some electric bass towards the end)
NIN covering Queen's Get Down Make Love
New Order-Blue Monday (although I think there is some electric bass towards the end)
QUOTE(sellmememories @ Jan 13 2009, 11:14 AM)
NIN-Maybe Just Once
NIN covering Queen's Get Down Make Love
New Order-Blue Monday (although I think there is some electric bass towards the end)
THATS NOT ROCK!
*BONK*
"low rock"
QUOTE(afinemess @ Jan 13 2009, 10:16 AM)
THATS NOT ROCK!
*BONK*
INDUSTRIAL ROCK!
QUOTE(sellmememories @ Jan 13 2009, 10:20 AM)
INDUSTRIAL ROCK!
Its not rock 'til I piss you pants
QUOTE(tinnitus_photo @ Jan 13 2009, 10:35 AM)
anything from these guys
Agreed! Beat me to it.
anything by the screamers.
anything by suicide.
anything by suicide.
emerson lake & palmer: the barbarian
misfits "cough cool".
QUOTE(sugar daddy @ Jan 13 2009, 10:19 AM)
"low rock"
agreed
Warm Leatherette-The Normal
"Love Is Alive" by Gary Wright
Also by Gary Wright: "Dream Weaver"
Also by Gary Wright: "Dream Weaver"
Call me old fashioned, but rock is guitar and drums.
QUOTE(Charlemagne @ Jan 13 2009, 04:21 PM)
Call me old fashioned, but rock is guitar and drums.
ELP and Morphine are... what?
QUOTE(AckAckAckAck @ Jan 13 2009, 12:00 PM)
anything by the screamers.
anything by suicide.
QUOTE(MERZ @ Jan 13 2009, 04:06 PM)
Warm Leatherette-The Normal
yes.
also:
The Model - Kraftwerk
Cannibals - the Units
I Just Wanna See His Face - Rolling Stones
Caucasion Guilt - Moh Mercy
QUOTE(fake guest @ Jan 13 2009, 06:40 PM)
ELP and Morphine are... what?
Well, ELP ain't rock (to me at least).
Does bass guitar count as guitar?
QUOTE(Charlemagne @ Jan 13 2009, 04:21 PM)
Call me old fashioned, but rock is guitar and drums.
wrong.
QUOTE(bobkonk @ Jan 13 2009, 08:58 PM)
wrong.
Maybe so...but I doubt this list gets too long (I think the EEE's Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard one was probably the best of the lot here).
QUOTE(Charlemagne @ Jan 13 2009, 07:15 PM)
Well, ELP ain't rock (to me at least).
No, they're rock.
QUOTE(Charlemagne @ Jan 13 2009, 08:16 PM)
(I think the EEE's Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard one was probably the best of the lot here).
No, I don't think so. I'll take Kraftwerk over both of them any day.
QUOTE(smcd @ Jan 13 2009, 10:23 PM)
No, they're rock.
No, I don't think so. I'll take Kraftwerk over both of them any day.
Over Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard....their 50's recordings? Come on.
QUOTE(Charlemagne @ Jan 13 2009, 07:15 PM)
Well, ELP ain't rock (to me at least).
Well, it certainly ain't jazz.
QUOTE(smcd @ Jan 13 2009, 10:23 PM)
No, they're rock.
No, I don't think so. I'll take Kraftwerk over both of them any day.
I realize you're a Teuton-o-phile but choosing Kraftwerk over either of those ( even L'l Richard ) might make folks suspicious you are a butt-nazi.
Just sayin'.
QUOTE(Charlemagne @ Jan 13 2009, 08:16 PM)
Maybe so...but I doubt this list gets too long (I think the EEE's Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard one was probably the best of the lot here).
Wrong again. This list is just getting started.
QUOTE(EEE @ Jan 14 2009, 01:01 AM)
I realize you're a Teuton-o-phile but choosing Kraftwerk over either of those ( even L'l Richard ) might make folks suspicious you are a butt-nazi.
Just sayin'.
The Model is an awesome tune, bro.
QUOTE(AckAckAckAck @ Jan 13 2009, 12:00 PM)
anything by the screamers.
anything by suicide.
It still surpises me how astute "young guys" like you and Swid are about this stuff.
QUOTE(bobkonk @ Jan 14 2009, 02:20 AM)
The Model is an awesome tune, bro.
Oh I agree, I stole Trans Europe Express from a neighbor when i was a teenager and never looked back, but in terms of rock n' roll... c'mon we're talkin' about Little Richard and The killer.
Besides, I thought it was funny to call him a "Butt-Nazi"
QUOTE(bobkonk @ Jan 14 2009, 02:19 AM)
Wrong again. This list is just getting started.
Ok, keep it going. What's the next one?
QUOTE(SLIMEDOG @ Jan 14 2009, 03:33 AM)
It still surpises me how astute "young guys" like you and Swid are about this stuff.
esp since i mentioned them in posts 9 and 12.
edit - this is not to suggest that swid or ack had no knowledge of those bands.
Cars by Gary Newman...I don't remember any guitar on that gem.
Lee Michaels' "Do You Know What I Mean"
QUOTE(bmo @ Jan 14 2009, 09:13 AM)
Lee Michaels' "Do You Know What I Mean"
That's a good one. Is it just me or does seem like most of the choices for "best rock songs without guitar" fall into the realm of gospel/soul type stuff (like this tune) or new wave stuff.
QUOTE(EEE @ Jan 14 2009, 01:01 AM)
I realize you're a Teuton-o-phile but choosing Kraftwerk over either of those ( even L'l Richard ) might make folks suspicious you are a butt-nazi.
Just sayin'.
You say "butt-Nazi" like it's a bad thing...
QUOTE(Charlemagne @ Jan 13 2009, 09:25 PM)
Over Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard....their 50's recordings? Come on.
I listen to Kraftwerk often and always. I haven't pulled out a JLLewis or LRichard record in, shit... 10 years... maybe 15. I may never again.
"Black Crow Blues" by Bob Dylan, where Dylan accompanies himself on piano.
Incidentally, the Specialty sides Little Richard recorded all had guitar on them (though often barely audible), courtesy of either Edgar Blanchard or Justin Adams.
Incidentally, the Specialty sides Little Richard recorded all had guitar on them (though often barely audible), courtesy of either Edgar Blanchard or Justin Adams.
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