Last week’s post about the phenomenal ‘Horse Outside‘ (naturally the world’s media followed our lead a couple of days later) got me to thinking – what other great songs have been written about horses?
Horses play an important role in western cultural mythology – think everything from the cowboys to Black Beauty – and it’s no less pronounced in music. Horses are hugely symbolic creatures: strong, graceful and difficult to tame. In other words, the very qualities that most (male) musicians would like to see in themselves.
I’ve decided to limit the countdown to actual horse-related songs, which unfortunately means no euphemisms. That means no ‘Horse it Into Ya, Cynthia‘ and no Band of Horses. It also excludes every song ever written about heroin, which rules out 90% of rock songs written between 1968 and 1995.
#5: Metallica – ‘Four Horsemen’ (from Kill ‘Em All)
#4: Aerosmith – – ‘Back in the Saddle’ (from Rocks)
#3: Rolling Stones – ‘Wild Horses’ (from Sticky Fingers)
#2: Iron Maiden – ‘The Trooper’ (from Piece of Mind)
#1: Father Ted – ‘My Lovely Horse’ (from Song for Europe)
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And no you don't. You love it.
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horses-patti smith.
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the horse - a wilhelm scream
duh
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No but seriously Patti Smith.
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fairly sure half his love songs are even about horses
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I like the one from Gino Vannelli
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much respect for #1
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Dillinger Escape Plan - Horse Hunter
Goldfrapp - Ride a White Horse
HORSE the Band - HORSE the song
Ellie Goulding - Guns and Horses
The Microphones - Headless Horseman
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Exactly what I was thinking when I opened this.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUl9_5kK9ts
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then i saw it was #1 and suddenly became incredibly happy. genius.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUl9_5kK9ts"
Truth
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IS needed.
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bat for lashes - horse and I
pig destroyer - crippled horses
king diamond - black horsemen
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nah youre thinking of Michael Johnson Dave
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Running through the field
Where are you going, with your fetlocks blowing in the wind?
I want to shower you with sugarlumps
And ride you over fences
Polish your hooves every single day
And bring you to the horse dentist