The Ultimate St. Patrick's Day Cowbell Songs
March 24, 2016 2:11 am CST
Better late than never!
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The Ultimate International Women’s Day Cowbell Songs
March 9, 2016 4:20 am CST
The Ultimate Leap Year Cowbell Songs
March 1, 2016 1:39 am CST
OK, most of these playlists we make here at the #UCDb are pretty straightforward—either the song name or artist/band name has a term that was at least vaguely related to the theme of the playlist.
On this one, however, we had to take some liberties. We really wanted to make one for such a unique day. We did some research and found 12 songs on the #UCDb that we could construe as being related to the story of Leap Day/Leap Year.
Therefore, we believe this playlist warrants some explanation. Thankfully, this day only comes around (pretty much) once every 4 years. Here you go:
- Colonel Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade
“Pigs (Three Different Ones) (Live)” [Pink Floyd]
This one was pretty easy. This is song #366 in the #UCDb. There are 366 days in a Leap Year. Plus, frog is in the band name and frogs are associated with Leap Day/Year due to their leaping abilities. Unfortunately, this song is not on Spotify for whatever reason. But, the next 11 that comprise this playlist are. - Fireball Ministry
“Maidens of Venus”
Another easy easy one. This is song #229. In the states, we write the date in the MM/DD/YYYY format, much to the dismay of the rest of the world. The date for Leap Day (February 29th) in America is 02/29. - The Dirtbombs
“Sugar on Top”
This one is for much of Europe, Latin America, North Africa, the Middle East, Australia, etc. that write the date in the DD/MM/YYYY format. This is song #2902 (29/02/2016). - The Egyptian Lover
“Freak-a-Holic”
This is where the history begins. It was the Egyptians who first had the idea of incorporating a Leap Day into the calendar in order to keep it in sync with the solar year. (link) - STRFKR
“Reginald Gregory Erickson the Second”
The modern calendar currently in use by much of the world was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582. (link) It fixed the “Leap Year error” in the Julian Calendar. (link) - Julian Casablancas
“The 11th Dimension”
Julius Caesar introduced the Leap Day as part of his “reforms” in the 1st century BCE. (link) - Van Halen
“Drop Dead Legs”
This is song #1461 on the #UCDb. You have a 1 in 1461 chance of being born on Leap Day (365 x 4 + 1). (link) And as a happy coincidence, this song comes from Van Halen’s album, 1984, released in, you guessed it, 1984—a Leap Year! - The Monkees
“Circle Sky”
This one has been included in our Chinese New Year: Year of the Monkey playlist, but this one is on here because Davy Jones died on February 29, 2012. (link) - Marc Anthony
“I Need to Know”
Anthony, Texas, is the Leap Year Capital of the World. Why? Just ‘cus no one else had proclaimed it. It shares the celebration with its neighbor just across the border in Anthony, New Mexico. (link) - Toad the Wet Sprocket
“Come Down”
As mentioned above, frogs are the animal generally associated with Leap Day/Year. We couldn’t come up with another frog song, so here’s a toad song. - Mariachi El Bronx
“Revolution Girls”
A Leap Year is caused by the time it takes the earth to revolve around the sun, which is approximately 365 ¼ days. Everyone knows that. But, this song is pretty kick ass, though. - Everything But the Girl
“Corcovado (Knee Deep Classic Club Mix)”
An easy one. This is #2016 on the #UCDb.
…And, finally, here’s the playlist:
ultimate cowbell update: #731,#3750 - #3796
February 27, 2016 8:33 am CST
The #UCDb is a living, breathing organism. We are constantly updating entries as new info comes available. It is with a heavy heart that we must remove “Revolution” by The Beatles. It was included originally due to its inclusion on the Geek Speak Weekly list. However, after much deliberation and research, it has been determined that there is no cowbell in any version of “Revolution,” whether it’s version 0, 1, 2, 9, or take 20.
Therefore, there is a new #731 in the #UCDb: Red Shape: “Moods & Mice”
The latest update to the #UCDb has been posted:
http://ultimatecowbell.com/songs.php?display=freshest
3750 KC & The Sunshine Band - “Dreams” [The Allman Brothers Band]
3751 KC & The Sunshine Band - “You Really Got Me” [The Kinks]
3752 Paperdeer - “Time”
3753 Local Artist - “Mr. Kiwi's”
3754 Local Artist - “Zero Zero Four”
3755 Joe - “Level Crossing”
3756 Maurice - “This Is Acid”
3757 Palm Highway Chase - “Escape from New York”
3758 Factory Floor - “Turn It Up”
3759 Hieroglyphic Being - “The Man With the Red Rhythm”
3760 Martyn - ‘Popgun”
3761 The Time and Space Machine - “More Cowbell”
3762 Graphics - “There’s a Way Back”
3763 Artifact - “Archaic Line”
3764 Jeremiah Jae featuring Beastie Boys - “Chck”
3765 James Blake - “Buzzard and Kestrel”
3766 Black Dice - “Rodriguez”
3767 Braiden - “The Alps”
3768 Passion Pit - “Little Secrets”
3769 YACHT - “Summer Song”
3770 Ali Renault - “Melloch”
3771 Hercules and Love Affair - “My House (Stopmakingme Remix)”
3772 Mala - “Tribal”
3773 Raime - “The Walker in Blast and Bottle”
3774 Boddika & Joy Orbison - “Swims”
3775 The Men - “A Minor”
3776 The String Cheese Incident - “Rock the Casbah (Live)” [The Clash]
3777 Girl Authority - “Get the Party Started” [P!nk]
3778 Pat Green & Cory Morrow - “Stuck in the Middle with You” [Stealers Wheel]
3779 Jackie Allen
- “Stuck in the Middle with You” [Stealers Wheel]
3780 James Burton - “Fools Rush In” [Bob Crosby and His Orchestra]
3781 Stephen Collins - "Hello, Mary Lou” [Ricky Nelson]
3782 Stephen Collins - “Fools Rush In” [Bob Crosby and His Orchestra]
3783 The James Byrd Group - “Dolly Dagger” [Jimi Hendrix]
3784 Marty Monte’s Magazine
- “Dolly Dagger (Live)” [Jimi Hendrix]
3785 Altamont - “Ezy Rider” [Jimi Hendrix]
3786 Pat Travers
- “Ezy Rider” [Jimi Hendrix]
3787 Yūya Uchida & the Flowers (内田裕也とザ・フラワーズ) - “Stone Free” [The Jimi Hendrix Experience]
3788 Guðmundur Pétursson
- “Stone Free” [The Jimi Hendrix Experience]
3789 Gil Evans Orchestra
- “Stone Free” [The Jimi Hendrix Experience]
3790 Mark Doyle
- “Stone Free” [The Jimi Hendrix Experience]
3791 Gary Moore
- “Stone Free (Live)” [The Jimi Hendrix Experience]
3792 D'Swooners
- “Stone Free” [The Jimi Hendrix Experience]
3793 The Love Depression
- “Stone Free” [The Jimi Hendrix Experience]
3794 Eric Sands
- “Stone Free” [The Jimi Hendrix Experience]
3795 CHIC featuring Steve Winwood & Slash
- “Stone Free (Live)” [The Jimi Hendrix Experience]
3796 The Hamsters
- “Stone Free (Live)” [The Jimi Hendrix Experience]
ultimate cowbell update: #3708 - #3749
February 19, 2016 7:05 am CST
The latest update to the #UCDb has been posted:
http://ultimatecowbell.com/songs.php?display=freshest
3708 Nylon 66'ers - “Oye Cómo Va?” [Tito Puente]
3709 Acker Bilk - “Lay Lady Lay” [Bob Dylan]
3710 Pete Drake
- “Lay Lady Lay” [Bob Dylan]
3711 Either/Orchestra
- “Lay Lady Lay” [Bob Dylan]
3712 Fleetwood Mac - “Go Your Own Way (Live)”
3713 Boy Girl Boy Girl
- “Lay Lady Lay” [Bob Dylan]
3714 Bryan Adams - “Down on the Corner” [Creedence Clearwater Revival]
3715 Shamir - “On the Regular”
3716 Jeanette “Lady” Day - “Come Let Me Love You”
3717 The Fatback Band - “Gotta Get My Hands On Some (Money)”
3718 Local H - “Some Weird Sin” [Iggy Pop]
3719 Taylor Swift - “Shake It Off”
3720 Brownout - “Fairies Wear Boots (Bootleg)” [Black Sabbath]
3721 DeVotchKa - “The Enemy Guns”
3722 Iron and Wine - “The Trapeze Swinger”
3723 Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - “Little Boys With Shiny Toys”
3724 Kris Kristofferson - “Hellacious Acres”
3725 Elvis Presley - “Put Your Hand in the Hand” [Anne Murray]
3726 Lauryn Hill - “Superstar”
3727 Lauryn Hill - “Every Ghetto, Every City”
3728 Rare Earth - “What’d I Say” [Ray Charles]
3729 Johnny Mathis - “Summer Breeze” [Seals & Crofts]
3730 Percy Faith
- “Summer Breeze” [Seals & Crofts]
3731 The Main Ingredient
- “Summer Breeze” [Seals & Crofts]
3732 Peter Bjorn and John
- “Summer Breeze” [Seals & Crofts]
3733 Revolting Cocks - “We Shall Cleanse the World”
3734 Aphex Twin - “0035 1-Audio”
3735 Aphex Twin - “DISKPREPT4″
3736 Motion City Soundtrack - “Her Words Destroyed My Planet”
3737 Insane Clown Posse - “Posse on Broadway” [Sir Mix-A-Lot]
3738 Glee Cast - “Control” [Janet Jackson]
3739 Don Covay - “Take This Hurt Off Me”
3740 Omar Rodríguez-López - “Private Fortunes”
3741 Danny Elfman - “Wonka’s Welcome Song”
3742 Vita featuring Ashanti - “Justify My Love” [Madonna]
3743 Ministry - “Hizbollah”
3744 Friendly Fires - “Paris”
3745 Big Data featuring Jamie Lidell - “Clean”
3746 Buddy Holly - “Heartbeat”
3747 Speedy Sparks - “Heartbeat” [Buddy Holly]
3748 Pat DiNizio
- "Heartbeat” [Buddy Holly]
3749 Keld Heick
- "Heartbeat” [Buddy Holly]
The Ultimate Presidential Cowbell Songs
February 16, 2016 2:45 am CST
The Ultimate Love Cowbell Songs - Pop/R&B Edition
February 15, 2016 3:16 am CST
The Ultimate Love Cowbell Songs - Rock Edition
February 15, 2016 3:16 am CST
The Ultimate Love Cowbell Songs - Hard Rock/Metal Edition
February 15, 2016 3:16 am CST
ultimate cowbell update: #3660 - #3707
February 12, 2016 2:42 am CST
The latest update to the #UCDb has been posted:
http://ultimatecowbell.com/songs.php?display=freshest
3660 Camel - “Another Night”
3661 Fireball Ministry - “Death Dealer”
3662 Fireball Ministry - “The Man”
3663 The Atomic Bitchwax - “Dishing Out a Heavy Dose of Tough Love”
3664 Bertine Zetlitz - “Rollerskating”
3665 Deerhoof - “Believe E.S.P.”
3666 Acrimony - “Second Wind”
3667 Acrimony - “Spaced Cat #6″
3668 Bedemon - “Child of Darkness”
3669 Blowback - “ Autumn Leaf”
3670 Blowback - “Holy Skies”
3671 Ridge - “ Silver Dragon”
3672 Internal Void - “Thoughts of Misconception”
3673 Internal Void - “ Pint of Love”
3674 The Atomic Bitchwax - “Crazed Fandango” [Tommy Bolin]
3675 Cathedral - “Black Robed Avenger”
3676 Pentagram - “Prayer for an Exit Before the Dead End”
3677 Stacy Lattisaw - “Jump to the Beat”
3678 Bedemon - “Enslaver of Humanity”
3679 Thulsa Doom - “Sins of the Next Man”
3680 Fireball Ministry - “Muscle of Love” [Alice Cooper]
3681 Gluecifer - “Put Me on a Plate”
3682 The Atomic Bitchwax - “Shit Kicker”
3683 The Atomic Bitchwax - “You Can’t Win”
3684 Falcon - “Redman” [Bang]
3685 Cathedral - “Heavy Load”
3686 Cathedral - “Utopian Blaster”
3687 Church of Misery (チャーチ・オブ・ミザリ) - “Soul Discharge (Mark Essex)”
3688 The Gates of Slumber - “Slay the Weak”
3689 Saint Etienne - “Split Screen”
3690 Eddie Floyd - “Don’t Tell Your Mama (Where You’ve Been)”
3691 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - “Oh Well (Live)” [Fleetwood Mac]
3692 HAIM - “Oh Well (Bootleg)” [Fleetwood Mac]
3693 Eels - “Oh Well (Live KCRW)” [Fleetwood Mac]
3694 Juluka - “Scatterlings of Africa”
3695 Bilge Pump - “Up the Nest”
3696 Bilge Pump - “Bastard Scaffolder”
3697 Bilge Pump - “Budda”
3698 Schenker-Pattison Summit - "Rock Steady” [Bad Company]
3699 All Saints - “Lady Marmalade” [The Eleventh Hour]
3700 Lady Soul
- “Lady Marmalade” [The Eleventh Hour]
3701 Christy Love
- “Lady Marmalade” [The Eleventh Hour]
3702 Herbie Mann
- “Lady Marmalade” [The Eleventh Hour]
3703 Pride & Joy
- “Lady Marmalade (Live)” [The Eleventh Hour]
3704 Mongo Santamaría
- “Lady Marmalade” [The Eleventh Hour]
3705 Taliesin Orchestra - “Lady Marmalade” [The Eleventh Hour]
3706 Sabrina - “Lady Marmalade” [The Eleventh Hour]
3707 P!nk -
“Lady Marmalade (Live)” [The Eleventh Hour]
The Ultimate Mardi Gras Cowbell Songs
February 10, 2016 3:22 am CST
The Ultimate Chinese New Year: Year of the Monkey Cowbell Songs
February 9, 2016 5:57 am CST
The Ultimate Chinese New Year: Year of the Monkey Cowbell Songs
April 29, 2015 4:37 pm CST
Happy birthday to the red-headed stranger, Will Nelson. Now, we haven’t tracked down any cowbell songs for Willie just yet. Instead, we present to you Clutch’s “Willie Nelson” and two cover versions of one of Willie’s signature tunes, “Always on My Mind.” Enjoy!
Clutch - “Willie Nelson”
http://www.ultimatecowbell.com/songview.php?idsongperm=978
Pet Shop Boys - “Always on My Mind”
http://www.ultimatecowbell.com/songview.php?idsongperm=583
The Shadows - “Always on My Mind”
http://www.ultimatecowbell.com/songview.php?idsongperm=1384
April 23, 2015 4:00 pm CST
After all we came undone
A pair of sluts with hosts that fall
One day we will pay your debt
Our centipedes will pick the deadPOACHERS IN UR HOOOME
ultimate cowbell: The Mars Volta - “Day of the Baphomets”
April 22, 2015 4:00 pm CST
Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was. Time isn’t holding us, time isn’t after us.
ultimate cowbell: Talking Heads - “Once in a Lifetime”
April 21, 2015 6:02 pm CST
A hearty happy birthday to James Newell Osterberg, Jr., otherwise known as Iggy Pop to you and I. Iggy has a number of entires in the #UCDb. Here they are:
“Gimme Danger” (with The Stooges)
http://www.ultimatecowbell.com/songview.php?idsongperm=1976
“The Passenger”
http://www.ultimatecowbell.com/songview.php?idsongperm=2809
“Sixteen”
http://www.ultimatecowbell.com/songview.php?idsongperm=2068
“Some Weird Sin”
http://www.ultimatecowbell.com/songview.php?idsongperm=2810
“Success”
http://www.ultimatecowbell.com/songview.php?idsongperm=2443
The Ultimate 420 Cowbell Songs
April 20, 2015 4:00 pm CST
April 19, 2015 4:00 pm CST
The year is 2087, I am on my in the hospital just moments away from death. My daughter comes up to me and holds my hand and says “mom. I know there’s not much I can do for you now. But if you need anything… Just tell me.” I look her in the eyes and say “I need… More cowbell” the opening guitar solo from “(dont fear) the reaper” by öyster blasts from the heavens and my guardian angel descends in a cloud of smoke just totally jamming on the cow bell and throws me a cowbell to join in and so my angel and I ( I have left my body at this point and am now just a soul) we’re just fuckin jamming together and then we cowbell our way to heaven
Nice!
That’s how I wanna go…cowbelling my way to heaven.