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Low Ri-der and the horn section

Posted at 11:45 AM on February 28, 2007 by Christina Schmitt (27 Comments)

DJ Barb Abney is playing War's Low Rider right now and it's making me laugh, taking me back to my parent's basement when I first rented Cheech and Chong movies.

But besides thinking of juvenile antics, Low Rider is also reminding me of the first times that I really started to appreciate horns in pop music. What would Low Rider be without its "ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba, ba-ba-ba-ba-ba"? What are your favorite horn moments in pop music?

Comments (27)

I think one of my uncles had a car with a horn that honked out "Lowrider."

Posted by Jacquie Fuller | February 28, 2007 12:16 PM

It's gotta be Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. I loved that as a kid, and still enjoy it now.

Low Rider is the quintessential "driving" song. You gotta roll the windows down, crank up the bass, and do the sideways head bob in time with the music as you try to look extra cool.

Posted by frick | February 28, 2007 1:07 PM

One of my all-time favorites are the lower horn stabs in the Rolling Stones' "Bitch" during the verse section

Y'know...where it goes

"Yeah, you got to mix it child
You got to fix it
Must be love - its a bitch"

And or course, there are many James Brown horn parts too numerous to mention.

Posted by Kevin | February 28, 2007 3:00 PM

This is an easy one! My favorite pop song with horns would be pretty much anything by Oingo Boingo.

I ♥ Danny Elfman!

Posted by Auntie Smedley | February 28, 2007 4:56 PM

Ooh, I forgot the Dandy Warhols. I just don't care if they're "derivative", the dudes really know how to insert horn into pop. The horn player got plenty of air time during the Odditorium concert at 1st Ave. last year with tunes like "All the Money (or the Simple Life Honey)".

Posted by auntie Smedley | February 28, 2007 5:06 PM

I would have to say that my love for horns was first realized with bands like The Specials and Adam and The Ants... In fact when I first read this post, the song I couldn't get out of my head was "Desperate But Not Serious" by Adam Ant, a completely underrated and brilliant song that has been essentially forgotten... The horn section in the single version of "Close To Me" by The Cure also really blows me away. It is essentially a totally different song than the album version (which I also love). The way Menomena incorporate the sax is really cool...

Posted by Wells T. | February 28, 2007 11:29 PM

great thread...

my all time fave song with horns (or maybe just my all time favorite song of all time) would have to be 'love and happiness'--al green.

also, the horns on 'heartbreaker' and the solitary french horn on 'can't always get what you want' from the rolling stones.

on the local tip, three minute hero also had a badass horn section. miss those crazy shows...

Posted by mninnm | March 1, 2007 9:30 AM

Ahhh..."Love and Happiness" what a song!!

Posted by Wells T. | March 1, 2007 9:58 AM

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