Why is the accordion the awesomest instrument ever invented?

[phissionkorps]

I don't know either, but it FKN ROCKS
Discsuss./

 

[Evets]

As I understand it, the best sound an accordion makes, is when you throw it in a dumpster and it lands on a banjo!

btw, I play the banjo.

 

[Fingers]

Well, it's pretty awesome because part of it looks like a piano. Doesn't sound much like one so that's a minus.....

 

[Revvy]

It's Awesome 'cause of this!!!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=810638fCvrQ&feature=related]YouTube - Yoda - Weird Al Live Video[/ame]


If it weren't for the accordian, geeks like me wouldn't have our very own rockstar!!!

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

The accordion is bagpipes for people with ears. Not much of a recommendation really.

 

[Evan!]

A drunk post about the awesomeness of the accordion. Welcome to the New HBT.

 

[Chriso]

I love accordions. I want to learn to play one. They make for handy instruments when covering Flogging Molly.

I also want to learn to play bagpipes, banjo, and also to finish learning guitar someday.

 

[phissionkorps]

I can't be the only one that listens to accordion music when I'm druck sometimes. Guess no one likes some traditional folk music every once in a while? Even you UK folk have the button box.

The accordion is bagpipes for people with ears.

LOL

 

[Hammy71]

I'm half-lit and the accordian rocks.... Revvy beat me to it....Wierd Al rules and is the new-king of the accordian....

 

[shecky]

I'm half-lit and the accordian rocks.... Revvy beat me to it....Wierd Al rules and is the new-king of the accordian....

Was there an old king of the accordian? Like being head ass wiper.

 

[phissionkorps]

The old king of the accordion was Frank Yankovic. He sold 30 million records and won a Grammy. Apparently at his peak he was on the road playing 325 shows a year.

 

[BigKahuna]

I would say the banjo ROCKS like no other...but Drew Carey...BUZZ BEER...Did a fine Job of inducing a Sex Appeal to the Accordion!

 

[blacklab]

+1 on on the banjo.

Bagpipes, too. When they are well played, there's nothing like it.

 

[Revvy]

The old king of the accordion was Frank Yankovic. He sold 30 million records and won a Grammy. Apparently at his peak he was on the road playing 325 shows a year.

*high Fives phissonkprs*

and iirc from the old 70's tv commercials..."He sold more records than Elvis, and the Beatles.....COmbined!"

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3MZ4txLXnI&feature=related]YouTube - Frank Yankovic on the Johnny Carson Show[/ame]

 

[Bernie Brewer]

My gramma used to play a squeezebox. That was kinda cool.



She really did, but I just brought it up for a little friendly post-whoring.......

 

[StunnedMonkey]

No man. The awesomest instrument is the Juice harp. Really.

[Youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAXdzSYvpqs&feature=related[/Youtube]

 

[zac]

I listen to bagpipes when I'm down, Guess it has something to do with my line of work. They always bring me down.

 

[Zymurgrafi]

If you have to ask then, well, you just aren't in the know.



squeeze it!

 

[gplutt]

I see your accordion and raise you a kazookelele!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pQVIvNwp6Y]YouTube - ROCK VERSION! KazooKeylele - Ukulele - The final countdown - ROCK VERSION![/ame]

 

[Revvy]

I see your accordion and raise you a kazookelele!

Nah if we're talking awesome instruments, it has to be the Ontario Science Center's Hydraulaphone.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgU0OZkGhGI&feature=related]YouTube - Hydraulophone (water pipe-organ flute), Pachelbel's canon[/ame]

 

[Beerthoven]

The old king of the accordion was Frank Yankovic. He sold 30 million records and won a Grammy. Apparently at his peak he was on the road playing 325 shows a year.

Are Frank Yankovic and Weird Al Yankovic related?

EDIT: No, it appears they are not related.

 

[phissionkorps]

Nope

123456

 

[Homercidal]

Quick Fact: Went to see Weird Al on a Thursday, and on Sat morning found out his parents had accidentally dies due to Carbon Monoxide poisoning when they lit the heater for the first time that year. Apparently the flue wasn't opened properly or something. I always thought it was cool that he would have them on his shows.

Remind everyone to double check your furnace and heaters this season! A friend nearly died once while running a portable generator. It can very easily sneak up on you.

 

[BigKahuna]

Quick Fact: Went to see Weird Al on a Thursday, and on Sat morning found out his parents had accidentally dies due to Carbon Monoxide poisoning when they lit the heater for the first time that year. Apparently the flue wasn't opened properly or something. I always thought it was cool that he would have them on his shows.

Remind everyone to double check your furnace and heaters this season! A friend nearly died once while running a portable generator. It can very easily sneak up on you.

buzz kill!

 

[Revvy]

Quick Fact: Went to see Weird Al on a Thursday, and on Sat morning found out his parents had accidentally dies due to Carbon Monoxide poisoning when they lit the heater for the first time that year. Apparently the flue wasn't opened properly or something. I always thought it was cool that he would have them on his shows.

Remind everyone to double check your furnace and heaters this season! A friend nearly died once while running a portable generator. It can very easily sneak up on you.

I had never heard that before...wow, back in 2004...

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

I much prefer the mandoline. Love that sound.

 

[Homercidal]

buzz kill!

Sorry, just a quick public service announcement. I've got all of his albums and have been listening since days of 3D. I used to tune in on the Doctor Demento show on my all-band radio. I guess you all know what kind of humour I enjoy.

On a more positive note, Al kept on recording and is working on his latest, which has a single video released on you tube. I've never heard the original song, and don't care much for hip-hop/whatever they call it, but hopefully his new one is out soon!

Check out "Lasagna" for a showcase of some of his accordion talents.

 

[Revvy]

buzz kill!

Then we'll just need to ressurrect yer buzz with some of the master hizzelf!!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsfVw9xxoNY]YouTube - Weird Al' Amish Paradise[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-gi4Nt_xxg&feature=related]YouTube - Weird Al- Saga Begins[/ame]

 

[Homercidal]

An Amish with a 'tude.

 

[Lil' Sparky]

My gramma used to play a squeezebox. That was kinda cool.

So did mine. I was mezmerized as a little boy when she played. When she was done, I'd grab it and make a bunch of cool noise with it.

 

[Jester369]

Wow - I actually have one somewhere (I'd forgotten about it!). No clue how to play it though. It was 'left' to me by a friend of my grandparents.

 

[HBHoss]

I love accordions. I want to learn to play one. They make for handy instruments when covering Flogging Molly.

I also want to learn to play bagpipes, banjo, and also to finish learning guitar someday.

All this while sitting on his couch on the front porch.

 

[david_42]

I attended a workshop/performance by Weird Al, where he had two identical accordions; one with the American tuning, one with the European tuning. He said the difference was the American tuning tries to get all three reeds at the same frequency, whereas the European tuning sets them slightly off to broaden the tone. Certainly sounded better.

 

[GroovePuppy]

The accordion is bagpipes for people with ears. Not much of a recommendation really.

Cajun and Zydeco would be nothing without the accordion. It's an awesome instrument in the right hands. (Not those of Wierd Al.)

Bagpipes in the hands of a true maestro still sound like someone killing a cat!