Famous pan flute solos in pop
April 10, 2012 4:31 PM   Subscribe

I'm looking for famous pan-flute solos in pop music.

The boundaries of "pop" in this case can be pretty wide.
posted by svenni to Media & Arts (12 answers total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
 
Toto 'Africa'- that's a pan flute, right?
posted by jojobobo at 4:40 PM on April 10, 2012


Shakira - Whenever, Wherever
posted by thirteenkiller at 4:48 PM on April 10, 2012 [2 favorites]


The boundaries of "pop" in this case can be pretty wide.

How flexible are the boundaries of "pan-flute solos?" There's Love and Rockets' No New Tales to Tell. It falls squarely under pop music, and the video is famous for the monkey playing a pan-flute solo, but the actual recording is of a regular flute.
posted by Balonious Assault at 4:51 PM on April 10, 2012


I believe Simon and Garfunkel had one...
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 4:56 PM on April 10, 2012 [2 favorites]


Duran Duran - "Save a Prayer"
posted by rhizome at 5:22 PM on April 10, 2012


Men at Work - Down Under (...or is that just a flute-flute? I'm not good with flutes. Great song, though!)
posted by phunniemee at 5:32 PM on April 10, 2012


it's probably not pop, although at least one pop band, the lovin' spoonful, covered it - but quills are a sort of pan pipe and henry thomas' fishing blues is pretty famous
posted by pyramid termite at 6:05 PM on April 10, 2012


Walking In Your Shoes - Sting


And Marilyn Manson is listed as playing the pan flute on the Antichrist Superstar CD.
posted by vagabond at 6:37 PM on April 10, 2012


Jethro Tull count?
posted by oceanjesse at 6:57 PM on April 10, 2012


Duran Duran's "The Chauffeur," too! (godilovethatsong)
posted by argonauta at 7:19 PM on April 10, 2012


@phunimee--it's a flute flute, I'm sure. But thanks for the link to the video--lots of nice Aussie touches like how the man in Brussels gives the sandwich.
posted by Logophiliac at 11:23 PM on April 10, 2012


Circle of Life from The Lion King.
posted by mkb at 7:20 AM on April 11, 2012


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