Pop Quiz!

[4haverstocks]

OK, everybody, pop quiz:

For each instrument listed, give at least one TJB tune that uses it:

1. Tubular bells (chimes)
2. Sleighbells
3. Taxi horn
4. Claves
5. Slapstick
6. Vibraslap
7. Tuba
8. Baritone sax
9. Alto sax
10. Police whistle
11. Castinets
12. Gong
13. Finger cymbals
14. Xylophone
15. Banjo
16. Temple blocks
17. Flute
18. Orchestral crash cymbals
19. Cowbell
20. Tambourine
21. Person whistling
22. Guiro
23. Steel drum
24. Triangle
25. Train whistle
26. Siren whistle

 

[Mr Bill]

For each instrument listed, give at least one TJB tune that uses it:

1. Tubular bells (chimes) "Monday Monday"
2. Sleighbells most of the Christmas Album
3. Taxi horn I have no idea! (just kidding, duh, "Tijuana Taxi"!!!)
8. Baritone sax "Love Potion #9"
14. Xylophone "Magic Trumpet"
15. Banjo "Up Cherry Street" (1974 version off LOST TREASURES)
21. Person whistling "Acapulco 1922"
23. Steel drum Most tunes from the 70's TJB (where Vince Charles was the steel drummer/percussionist)
25. Train whistle "Freight Train Joe"

You forgot to include:

27. Anvil "The Work Song"

 

[Harry]

3. Taxi horn I have no idea! (just kidding, duh, "Tijuana Taxi"!!!)

Gee, for "Taxi horn" I was going to say "Carmen."

Harry

 

[4haverstocks]

Anvil??!! I've got to go check that out.

My guess is that the anvil did not make it onto the road tours.

Dan

 

[Mike Blakesley]

There area few instruments in here I have no idea what they are ("vibraslap?") but here are some entries that I can think of off the top of my head...

2. Sleighbells also "Flamingo"

9. Alto sax "Slick""
10. Police whistle "Magic Trumpet" (I think)
11. Castinets I know they're used in "Aranjuez" but that isn't a TJB song....
12. Gong "Panama""

15. Banjo "Freckles"" (among others)

17. Flute "The Robin," "Mexican Corn""
18. Orchestral crash cymbals "Carmen""

20. Tambourine "Flamingo""
21. Person whistling "So What's New" "

23. Steel drum "El Bimbo" and lots of others as Mr. Bill said
24. Triangle "The Charmer"

26. Siren whistle "Mame"
27. Anvil There is also an anvil in "Jerusalem"

 

[4haverstocks]

Mike, here's info on vibraslaps:

http://www.lpmusic.com/Product_Showcase/Sound_Effects/lp_vibraslaps_II.html

Dan

 

[Mike Blakesley]

Thanks Dan! Then I would say "Panama" (during the vibe solo at the end) for the vibraslap.

Another semi-mystery for me is claves. I don't know what it looks like, but we had a Hammond organ at home with a claves sound built in, and I'm sure I've heard that sound on TJB tunes but can't bring any to mind at the moment.

 

[4haverstocks]

Claves:

http://www.lpmusic.com/Product_Showcase/Claves/lp_grenadilla_wood.html

hint about my answer for the vibraslap: original title of the tune in German is Eine Schwarzwaldfahrt

 

[audiofile]

What a great topic!! I'll leave the ones blank that I can't get for now.

 

[audiofile]

What a great topic!! I'll leave the ones blank that I can't get right now.

1. Tubular bells (chimes) "Monday Monday"
2. Sleighbells "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You"
3. Taxi horn "Tijuana Taxi"
4. Claves
5. Slapstick
6. Vibraslap
7. Tuba
8. Baritone sax
9. Alto sax- "Let It Snow"
10. Police whistle "Third Man Theme"
11. Castinets
12. Gong "Panama"
13. Finger cymbals "My Home Town"
14. Xylophone
15. Banjo "Freckles"
16. Temple blocks
17. Flute "The Robin"
18. Orchestral crash cymbals
19. Cowbell "Trolley Song"
20. Tambourine "Little Help From My Friends"
21. Person whistling "So What's New"
22. Guiro "A Beautiful Friend"
23. Steel drum "Popcorn"
24. Triangle
25. Train whistle "Freight Train Joe"
26. Siren whistle "Third Man Theme"

 

[audiofile]

9. Alto sax "Slick""
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It's a tenor sax for sure in Slick, not an alto.

 

[bob knack]

I like my Guiro served on Pita bread with onion and tzatziki sauce.

 

[John-NJ]

Banjo: Freckles, The Brass Are Comin', I'm An Old Cowhand

 

[bob]

for the tuba that song would be tijuana saurkraut
bob

 

[Captain Bacardi]

1. Tubular bells (chimes) - Monday, Monday
2. Sleighbells - Lollipops & Roses, Flamingo
3. Taxi horn - Tijuana Taxi
4. Claves -
5. Slapstick -
6. Vibraslap - Panama
7. Tuba - Tijuana Sauerkraut
8. Baritone sax - Love Potion #9
9. Alto sax - Peanuts
10. Police whistle -
11. Castinets - Fox Hunt
12. Gong - Panama
13. Finger cymbals -
14. Xylophone - Talk To The Animals, Magic Trumpet
15. Banjo - Lady Godiva, Freckles, Mame
16. Temple blocks - Acapulco 1922
17. Flute - A Beautiful Friend
18. Orchestral crash cymbals - Carmen
19. Cowbell - Legend Of The One-Eyed Sailor
20. Tambourine - Town Without Pity
21. Person whistling - Mexico, Acapulco 1922, Whistlestar
22. Guiro -
23. Steel drum - The Continental
24. Triangle - The Charmer, The Sea Is My Soil
25. Train whistle - Freight Train Joe
26. Siren whistle - Mame

These are off the top of my head. The ones I'm missing I'm going to have to think through, as some of these may not necessarily be out in front of the recordings.


Capt. Bacardi

 

[Mike Blakesley]

It's a tenor sax for sure in Slick, not an alto.

I had to flip a coin on that one and took the wrong guess....dagnabbit!

 

[audiofile]

Also, it's not a xylophone on Magic Trumpet and Talk To The Animals. It's just a plain old marimba with Julius using mallets with tiny wooden tips.

 

[Captain Bacardi]

That's totally wrong. It's a xylophone without a doubt.



Capt. Bacardi

 

[Mike]

Not only is there a banjo in Mame, it’s also a word in the lyrics.

You've got the banjoes strummin'
And plunkin' out a tune to beat the band

Mike

 

[DAN BOLTON]

Anybody mention LET IT SNOW for the alto sax?


Dan

 

[DAN BOLTON]

Claves:

http://www.lpmusic.com/Product_Showcase/Claves/lp_grenadilla_wood.html

hint about my answer for the vibraslap: original title of the tune in German is Eine Schwarzwaldfahrt

A WALK IN THE BLACK FOREST?


Dan

 

[DAN BOLTON]

Anybody mention LET IT SNOW for the alto sax?


Dan

I see now that somebody did...so how about MEXICAN CORN...or is that a tenor?



Dan

 

[DAN BOLTON]

I THINK there is a guiro featured in a couple of songs from BOTB...namely CABARET and PANAMA. As I understand, a guiro is a gourd that's been hollowed out and has serrations carved into the inside(which must be a trick...), and is played with a stick to form a "scraping" sound. There is definitely a scraping sound in the left channel of my stereo every 4 bars or so on each verse. And, there's a scraping sound at the very end of PANAMA, as the song fades out.


Dan

 

[DAN BOLTON]

MONDAY MONDAY has sleighbells, too; also a tambourine: also, there's a xylophone in I'M GETTING SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU, a baritone sax in LOLLIPOPS AND ROSES, chimes in EL PRESIDENTE, and a banjo in PLUCKY.


Dan

 

[audiofile]

That's totally wrong. It's a xylophone without a doubt.



Capt. Bacardi

Maybe.