Weird Instruments in Rock Songs
 

Best Use of the Maracas:

Rolling Stones---"You Can't Always Get What You Want"

Best use of a Lowrey Organ:

Question Mark and the Mysterians---"96 Tears"

Best Flautist: Jethro Tull, any song.


Your turn.

theramin - Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
mellotron - Moody Blues - almost everything

jazz violin - Stephane Grapellli - on Paul Simon's Hobo's Blues

Peter Frampton & the jaw harp

Didgeridoo - Kate Bush, The Dreaming

*** Supertramp had an actual band member listed as woodwinds.

*** Usage of chromatic harmonica on Sting's "Ten Summoner's Tales."

Your basic living room furniture and objects - Paul Simon - Cecilia

Simon says the rhythm track for Cecilia came from him and a bunch of friends banging on stuff in his living room. He recorded it on your basic cassette recorder.

Paiste gong - Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

Terry Bozzio, usage of this thing:

B52s (Fred Schneider) - toy piano (Dance this mess around) and walkie-talkie

oh, and smoke alarm

Hammered dulcimer - New Radicals, You Get What You Give

Breaking glass - there are many examples but obviously, I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass, Nick Lowe.

George Harrison ruined it all for us.

Bass clarinet - Shoehorn With Teeth, They Might Be Giants. Probably on other TMBG songs as well.

Rock violin: When I Was Young, the Animals.

Bagpipes: Its a long way to the top (if you wanna rocknroll), ACDC

Wobbleboard: Stairway to heaven, Rolf Harris