Spaghetti Westernization: Songs that Cop the Morricone Vibe

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"Never Take Me Alive" by Spear of Destiny (replete with histrionic choir overkill ending, which I adore).

"Cornflake Girl' by Tori Amos (featuring subtle but deliberate signature Morricone whistle)

"No Name No Slogan" by Acid Horse (sampling the "hoo ha!" from "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"

Others?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 18:15 (twenty-two years ago)

"Westernize" by Avia

― Huck Everlasting (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 18:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Medicine Show - Big Audio Dynamite

― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 18:18 (twenty-two years ago)

"T.V. Man" by The Bolshoi - maybe "Do You Believe in the Westworld?" by Theatre of Hate and a few things by Wall of Voodoo.

― jazz odysseus, Tuesday, 27 January 2004 18:19 (twenty-two years ago)

lotsa songs by Savage Republic & Godspeed You Black Emperor remind me of Morricone. And one of my favorite b-sides of all time, "Looks Like We're Shy One Horse" by Colourbox is a great homage.(The a-side "Baby I Love You So" is my all-time favorite song to rip off "King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown" by Augustus Pablo)

― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 18:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I was going to say "Looks Like We're Shy One Horse" because of the title, but then couldn't remember what it actually sounded like! And I can still remember several versions of "Born To Be Wild", so my brain's a total ripoff.

― jazz odysseus, Tuesday, 27 January 2004 18:28 (twenty-two years ago)

madness "shut up".
20% of tortoise numbers

― bob snoom, Tuesday, 27 January 2004 18:36 (twenty-two years ago)

All of Calexico and Friends of Dean Martinez, basically.

Cracker - "Bicycle Spaniard"

Paula Frazer - "That You Know"

― Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 18:39 (twenty-two years ago)

alt. query:

songs that morricone copped his vibe from: the sandals - "theme from endless summer"

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 18:40 (twenty-two years ago)

"Cold Cold Water" by Mirah. Phil Elvrum produced.

― spastic dancing, Tuesday, 27 January 2004 18:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Early ZZ Top and early 70's Fleetwood Mac ..

― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 18:53 (twenty-two years ago)

The Dandy Warhols - Get Off. Well, at least they deliberately try.

― HRH Queen Kate (kate), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 19:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Fields of the Nephilim own this thread a little too well.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 19:43 (twenty-two years ago)

The slow, instrumental part of "Cowboy Dan" by Modest Mouse

― Ben Boyer (Ben Boyer), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 19:44 (twenty-two years ago)

The Damned's "Alone Again Or" cover - see also the video!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 19:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Metallica - The Unforgiven

― Siegbran (eofor), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 20:02 (twenty-two years ago)

"Never Take Me Alive" by Spear of Destiny (replete with histrionic choir overkill ending, which I adore).

Hah! I remember that video fondly.

also, the soundtrack to Straight To Hell. whatever that Pray For Rain song was called. or at least i remember it being Morricone-esque.

And how could i forget!! "Like Dust" by The Passion Puppets.

― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 20:16 (twenty-two years ago)

What was the video for "Never Take Me Alive"?

― jazz odysseus, Tuesday, 27 January 2004 20:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Marc Ribot to thread!!!

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 20:26 (twenty-two years ago)

'70S Brit-prog band Babe Ruth blow away everybody else at this, trust me.

― chuck, Tuesday, 27 January 2004 20:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Babe Ruth - good one!

― jazz odysseus, Tuesday, 27 January 2004 20:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Clint Eastwood by the Gorillaz

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 20:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Neon Judgement to thread!

― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 20:36 (twenty-two years ago)

The first half of Tortoise 'I Set My Face to the Hillside' off TNT.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 20:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Nouveau Western by MC Solaar

― a wyck, Tuesday, 27 January 2004 21:55 (twenty-two years ago)

hate to say it cause its a really awful song,but there's a bit of morricone in shut up by the black eyed peas...

― robin (robin), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 22:32 (twenty-two years ago)

word up

― wordy rappinghood, Tuesday, 27 January 2004 22:33 (twenty-two years ago)

godspeed was mentioned, but specifically the first song on f#a#oo. acutally that's what first turned me on to them.

― Elliot (Elliot), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 22:51 (twenty-two years ago)

can't believe no one's mentioned Babe Ruth's "The Mexican" yet, so I will

― M Matos (M Matos), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 22:59 (twenty-two years ago)

I did mention Babe Ruth, Michaelangelo (see above.) But they did it in other places than just "The Mexican" (which lots of artists have covered since, obviously, which means all of those belong on this thread, too); in fact, they covered a couple Morricone tunes outright.

― chuck, Tuesday, 27 January 2004 23:13 (twenty-two years ago)

missed that--searched on "mexican" not "babe ruth," whoops

― M Matos (M Matos), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 23:15 (twenty-two years ago)

"Personal Jesus"

― anode (anode), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 23:40 (twenty-two years ago)

The outro of F. Mac's "Oh Well"

― Ian Grey (Ian_G), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 03:58 (twenty-two years ago)

There're *several* bands on Leaf Label that quite earnestly, huh, vibrate with the Morricone vibe.

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 04:08 (twenty-two years ago)

sadat x - wild cowboys!
ying yang twinz - hanh!
lots of rza

― jeremy jordan (cruisy), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 04:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Calla's first album. (i'm crap at remembering song titles, but there are more songs on this (just rereleased!) grebt album)

― willem (willem), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 08:52 (twenty-two years ago)

When Can I see You Again - Babyface

― christhamrin (christhamrin), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 09:21 (twenty-two years ago)

"Obsessed" by 999 is SOOOOO Morricone! More so than all the others here, actually.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 16:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Ridiculous amounts of material in every project Mike Patton has ever been involved on, Faith No More, Bungle (especially on Disco Volante), Tomahawk's "Desastre Natural", etc. Fantomas did a fucking gnarly version of Morricone's "Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion" on their Director's Cut album.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 16:32 (twenty-two years ago)

The beginning of "Wild Wild West" by Kool Moe Dee, you new-school suckas!!!!!

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 16:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Erm, The Orb 'Little Fluffy Clouds,' obviously, Massive Attack, some early tracks of theirs... 'Dub Be Good to Me' (fact).

― Enrique (Enrique), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 16:37 (twenty-two years ago)

"Dub Be Good to Me" is Beats International, though, not Massive Attack. (fact)

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 16:38 (twenty-two years ago)

The Pride and the Pain - Roxy Music (Pyjamarama b-side)

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 16:49 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre700/e732/e73294zbst1.jpg

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 16:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Argh syntax -- I know Alex. MassiveAttack 'One Love' I meant (or something off Blue Lines, not sure which track.

― Enrique (Enrique), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 16:55 (twenty-two years ago)

There're *several* bands on Leaf Label that quite earnestly, huh, vibrate with the Morricone vibe.

A Small Good Thing do it almost religiously, and sadly without anyone much caring.

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 17:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey, I care. I even care twice!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 17:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Bless. Actually the thing I'm listening to right now, 'Post To Wire' by Richmond Fontaine, would fit the bill pretty well, if that means anything to anyone. This might have subliminally been why I clicked on the thread.

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 17:05 (twenty-two years ago)

How 'bout Robert Plant? ("Big Log")

― Scott, Wednesday, 28 January 2004 17:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Adam and the Ants

― Joe (Joe), Thursday, 29 January 2004 02:00 (twenty-two years ago)

INXS - "Never Tear Us Apart"

― Joe (Joe), Thursday, 29 January 2004 02:01 (twenty-two years ago)

"Dub Be Good to Me" is Beats International, though, not Massive Attack. (fact)
since the bassline comes from The Clash, The Clash also then? The Guns of Brixton

― a wyck, Thursday, 29 January 2004 07:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Enrique -- where do you hear it in "Little Fluffy Clouds"? Is it in the Reich sample, or something else? (I can hear an overall sense of spaciousness, maybe.)

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 29 January 2004 07:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Hungry Ghost - "Alone Alone" - all of it.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 29 January 2004 17:47 (twenty-two years ago)

theme to twin peaks/falling

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 29 January 2004 17:49 (twenty-two years ago)

the Sadies - several tunes, but especially "A #1"

― pauls00, Thursday, 29 January 2004 18:14 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

Here's a whole album full of 'em. Really good release -- they say upfront they know there's no way they can overtop the original recordings but the various takes all the bands bring to the source material each have their pleasures.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 17:15 (twenty-one years ago)

"Malpaso Man" by Visage.

― Diego Valladolid (dvalladt), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 17:30 (twenty-one years ago)

MC5-"Future/Now"

― Doobie Keebler (Charles McCain), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 18:26 (twenty-one years ago)

The Wizard - Black Sabbath. The harmonica at the beginning is very "Once Upon a Time in the West"

I also think that Clinic has sort of a Morricone vibe at times. I think it's supposed to be an Augustus-Pablo-melodica-meets-surf-guitar vibe but the combination also brings Morricone's western soundtracks to mind.

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 18:32 (twenty-one years ago)

the song 4 on the new mars volta album is a blatent morricone ripoff but its really good!

― charleston charge (chaki), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 18:42 (twenty-one years ago)

"The Seventh Seal" by Scott Walker
Music of El Topo - Alejandro Jodorowsky and Shades of Joy (this may be a matter of conscious homage)

― echoinggrove (echoinggrove), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 19:20 (twenty-one years ago)

ya know I always thought east-bay ray from dead kennedys had a lot of morricone influence in his playing style.

― tylero (tylero), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 19:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Isaac Hayes - Walk on by

― a banana (alanbanana), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 22:00 (twenty-one years ago)

seven years pass...

oh good, i was just about to start a 'fake morricone' thread

― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Thursday, 21 June 2012 20:11 (fourteen years ago)

Nobody mentioned Wall Of Voodoo? Actual Morricone covers here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Icepckw5Upk&feature=related

But much of Marc Moreland's playing is obviously inspired by this stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2T5W3dMt74

― Mafia-owned bar for transvestites (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 21 June 2012 20:21 (fourteen years ago)

R.E.M. - How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us

― Aglet, Thursday, 21 June 2012 20:26 (fourteen years ago)

any of the recent Earth or Grails albums.

― Jamie_ATP, Friday, 22 June 2012 03:09 (fourteen years ago)

DJANGO DJANGO

― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Friday, 22 June 2012 03:12 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTWxlm_7YRM

― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Friday, 22 June 2012 20:08 (fourteen years ago)

here's my old fake morricone track
http://chants.bandcamp.com/track/spaghetti-midwestern

― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Friday, 22 June 2012 20:21 (fourteen years ago)

man the first 34 seconds of that asian dub foundation track are great.

― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Friday, 22 June 2012 20:24 (fourteen years ago)

Amazed nobody ever mentioned this (unless my search missed it):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUOqTIaau3o

― xhuxk, Friday, 22 June 2012 20:45 (fourteen years ago)

Also, obviously -- parts of "Planet Rock," Afrika Bambaataa

― xhuxk, Friday, 22 June 2012 20:47 (fourteen years ago)

this is one of my favorite sounds

thing is though, a lot of elements to it were already floating around in 60s sacharine pop, psych pop, country etc... that twangy guitar/bass with the heavy tremolo, epic strings...

like the guitar sound in this one, obv, but even the chord changes have that mythic/epic 'riding into the sunset' feeling that a lot of Morricone's progression have:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQJi6_-PjHo

or check the Danelectro bass at 1:47

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTfwcLdP5Xk

see also a lot of garage, The Hollies, later Elvis, Neil Diamond, Lee Hazelwood, etc etc

― Chris S, Friday, 22 June 2012 21:15 (fourteen years ago)

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