What instrument does the Internet absolutely love -- aside from ukuleles? The accordion, of course! Everyone's favorite old-timey squeezebox looks simple to operate, but can prove to be a difficult beast to master. That's why we just love to hear others operate the accordion -- especially when they're playing the familiar songs we love to hear.
In case you've forgotten how to spell accordion (it's -on, not -en, FYI) or you're just not in the mood to wade through the scores of squeezebox performances online, we're collected some of your favorite accordion covers. How do we know they're your favorites? We just do. Enjoy!
- Via BoingBoing, the incredible Oleg Sharov does 'Flight of the Bumblebees.'
- Duran Duran like you've never heard it before!
- This one-man-band does 'Billie Jean,' in a version that would make MJ proud.
- "Old world" Britney Spears on accordion get laughs, but I'm impressed.
- OMG! It's 'Chocolate Rain' on accordion. Man, you know what the Internet likes.
- The Stones' 'Paint It Black' comes out hauntingly on the squeezebox.
- Although he messes up a bit, Brian's rendition of 'Here Comes Your Man' makes everyone smile.
- Black Sabbath was actually written for accordion, FYI.
- Awesome, indeed.






















comments
Unfortunately this blog does little to restore the much maligned image of the accordion because most of these performances SUCK.
But the kitty playing squeezebox is cute.
by:// sam adler - Aug 14th 2009
hey! what about Shlanda Ramone?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRtUj8Z9Sro
www.myspace.com/shlandaramone
by:// zalupa - Aug 15th 2009
WTF? What about Buckwheat Zydeco doing Hendrix's "Hey Joe"..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceWWbq7mR5w
by:// michael - Aug 18th 2009