(via CultureSonar) BY JOHN SMISTAD
This conversation could’ve been between two 16-year-old boys:
Owen: “I’d like to join your rock band.”
Lance: “What do ya play?”
Owen: “Accordion.”
Lance: “No.”
Bummer for Owen. However, young Lance has a lot to learn. For the accordion does indeed rock. Here are a handful of examples.
“We Can Work It Out” (1965), The Beatles
Okay, so it’s technically a harmonium pump organ and not an accordion we hear in this #1 smash from 1965. “But how many of us took the fake? Still another instance of The Beatles’ inclination to leave it to individual interpretation.
“God Only Knows” (1966), The Beach Boys
Can you imagine this touching expression of unwavering love without the sweet, yet somber, accordion? God forbid.
“How Can I Be Sure” (1967), the Young Rascals
The accordion, while decidedly whimsical in nature, more than pulls its weight in this tune about a guy who’s in love and in need of confidence reinforcement…
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