Top 5 songs with a xylophone

1.     Born To Run, Bruce

2.     Hungry Heart, Bruce

3.     Gone Daddy Gone, Violent Femmes

4.     Cynical Girl, Marshall Crenshaw

5.     Moonlight Feels Right, Starbuck (Ok, ok; a little cavity inducing, but we needed a 5^th xylophone song! Find me a better one!)

 

Springsteen’s use of xylophone adds a subliminal marching band/high school joyous feel to his songs. As much as high school mostly sucked, we still feel the need to keep it in some sort of romanticized amber, a time capsule of our youth.

Comments

[Michael Bogg]

If I'm not mistaken, it's a glockenspiel on most of Born to Run (and many other Springsteen numbers) rather than a xylophone. Tho there ain't a lot of difference twixt the two.

[Bizzy]

actually there is a huge difference between glockenspiel and xylophone. Xylophone is wood. Glockenspiel is metal. Although it may be only one difference, it's pretty significant.

[Coach Accessories]

*This winter, see if you can hear how the season transforms sound, as well as the scenery.