Great Tracks Featuring the Flute

[Alex_UK]

Not the first choice for Rock or Pop, but the flute is very underrated in my opinion.

Here are 5 to get you started: (I'm steering clear of Prog, that's Andre's prerogative! :lol:)

I'll make it into an AoS Spotify playlist if we get enough interest (and I can find them!)

Men at Work - Down Under
The Mamas & The Papas - California Dreamin'
Van Morrison - Moondance
The Beautiful South - You Keep it All In
Boz Scaggs - Lowdown

[Techno Commander]

Was just about to say, almost anything from Jethro Tull would likely feature a flute somewhere.

[webby]

Norwegian Wood

[DSJR]

One for us... :D

Jethro Tull - Living In The Past

Not forgetting "Thick as a Brick."

[John]

One of my fav Prog metal bands Psychotic Waltz use flute in some songs

[The Grand Wazoo]

Manfred Mann - Pretty Flamingo
Manfred Mann - The Mighty Quinn
Focus - Hocus Pocus
Blodwyn Pig - Dear Jill
Blodwyn Pig - Up & Coming
Traffic - (Roamin' Thro' The Gloaming With) 40,000 Headmen - actually, there's loads of Traffic with a flute on it.
Canned Heat - Going Up the Country

[Pierre De Grenoble]

Surprised that Andre hasn't nominated this:-

Gravy Train:- Ballad Of A Peaceful Man.

Dessert Island Disc in this house ( OK it's my desert Island :D)

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[Pierre De Grenoble]

to be honest I'm struggling, apart from the obvious such as Tull & Traffic most things I have with flute, are where the flute is texture rather than a major Instrument


Here's Another:-Tonton Macoute : Just Like Stone. nice proggy flute work out in this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kQ6a7Jvmss&feature=related

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[John]

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[Beechwoods]

Gil Scott-Heron - The Bottle

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[The Grand Wazoo]

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The Troggs - Wild Thing

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Albert Hammond - It Never Rains In Southern California
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[The Grand Wazoo]

A couple more.........

Genesis - 'Firth of Fifth'

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Love - 'She Comes in Colours'

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[Spectral Morn]

Oily Way by Gong (the Radio 1 session version recorded live)



Regards D S D L

[Grez]

How could you forget this one:

Lieutenant Pigeon: Mouldy Old Dough

[Alex_UK]

Are you sure that isn't a piccolo? Just guessing, but sounds a bit too high pitched to me for a flute. Good choice though! :)

[Grez]

Could be a piccolo... but is a piccolo a member of the flute family?

[Alex_UK]

Sure is!

[colinB]

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This is a great flute work out. No river dance shite here , just good modern celtic music.
Surprised no one mentioned the first King Crimson album.

[Alex_UK]

Check out the flute (Graeme Blevins) on this track - Live in the Mix - Flow Dynamics (http://open.spotify.com/track/3EomLjGMqDiN7SkQRpFb4S) (The whole album (http://open.spotify.com/album/3i9lNdywsCZ9UsbgXurAX5) is worth a spin if you like 70s funk. Done by Australians. 40 years too late! :lol:)

(Also available on We7 (http://www.we7.com/#/album/Flow-Dynamics/Flow-Dynamics) if you are not a Spotify user.)

[shane]

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The Troggs - Wild Thing

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Sorry, but no. That was an ocarina.

[Alex_UK]

How could I have forgot this one - A Man Called Adam - Estelle (also features some great xylophone/glokenspiel - another thread I thought about but then saved you from! :lol:)

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[Edward 1]

Well, I'm pretty sure that you guys never heard of this band before, but give it a shot:

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The song is great, and with 2 flute solos...

[Alex_UK]

You're right, Edward - never heard of them, but a jolly tune and the flute is great!

[Edward 1]

Glad you like it! I've listen to that album a lot back in '82. when it was released.

Maybe you'll like this one too:

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That's an oldie, issued back in '78. You can hear a lot of Jethro Tull in that song...

[Edward 1]

I almost forgot - they had TWO flutes on their debut from '75:

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[DanJennings]

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[Alex_UK]

Some frenzied flortation on Afterlife (feat. No Logo) - Bacalao - Not on You Tube, but is on We7 - http://www.we7.com/song/No-Logo/Bacalao?m=0

[Beechwoods]

How could I forget this... Rosebud's French-disco cover version of Pink Floyd's 'Interstellar Overdrive' from 1978... the main riff is performed on a flute and it's a bloody fantastic version. No YouTube goodness, but it's available on Amazon for very little money, and I guarantee that if you want an authentic collection of early Pink Floyd covers this is your thing. Probably one of the first Floyd 'tribute' albums.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Discoballs-Tribute-Pink-Floyd/dp/B001AVUAI0/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1288380666&sr=8-3

Here's Have A Cigar as a bit of an intro. No flute on this one unfortunately.

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[Beechwoods]

And Alex, make sure you've got your safety pants on, 'cos this link looks a little bit exciting:

http://www.discomusic.com/forums/showthread.php/3660-best-use-of-flutes-on-a-disco-song

I can't believe that The Hustle hasn't already been mentioned in this thread! C'mon guys!

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[Alex_UK]

Oh god, I've messed myself! St Germain, So Flute - how the flip could I have forgot that one - love that album! (Tourist)

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I'll have to stop there, not sure I have enough bodily fluids left to leak! :)

[Alex_UK]

Well it has been a fair old while since we added any flute tracks, but I was listening to Selling England By The Pound (Chris The Grand Wazoo Suggested Firth of Fifth in this thread) and then found myself for some reason listening to this:

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You have to wait until about 5.15 for the flute solo, though! (And there's also a double-whammy of xylophone in there too (http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=14345)!)

[Bazil]

This is my favorite ever track, it may not cut it today but back in the early 70's a masterpiece .

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[lurcher]

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[Rare Bird]

Nice one Nick

[Border Riever]

Herbaliser -- Sensual Woman

http://youtu.be/qKAGBY8oIrs

[Rare Bird]

I could list hundreds of flute players within Prog circles :eyebrows:

[RSC]

Here's one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK2xQBsOvrY ...

Focus - "House of the King"

[Roy S]

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[bkgengwe]

herbie mann plays the flute in all his albums, but I think his best performance is herbie mann in reggae

[Sand Dancin Donkey Walker]

How about Dave Valentine;

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[oceanobsession]

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[oceanobsession]

Well it has been a fair old while since we added any flute tracks, but I was listening to Selling England By The Pound (Chris The Grand Wazoo Suggested Firth of Fifth in this thread) and then found myself for some reason listening to this:

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You have to wait until about 5.15 for the flute solo, though! (And there's also a double-whammy of xylophone in there too (http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=14345)!)

I must say, i do like this tune.