Last summer I e-mailed a friend to let him know that the write up we were working on just didn’t have enough juice in it. His reply was something along the lines of:
You’re right, it lacks cowbell.
Though I wasn’t familiar with the phrase, I knew exactly what he meant.
Fast forward to this week.
I was eating dinner with some friends here in the Bay Area, and one of them mentioned something “needing more cowbell”. I kind of laughed to myself remembering the reference, then asked where the phrase was from.
I got the full explanation from him, complete with as much re-enactment one can do while sitting in a restaurant, and later that night we found the clip online and everything came full circle to me. At least, as far as I know. 
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Andrew Savory adds this Comment:
Snakes on a plane!
January 13th, 2006 at 4:06 am
stephen ogrady adds this Comment:
i got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell
January 13th, 2006 at 11:07 am
freekable adds this Comment:
“explore the space!” Yes! and Will Ferrel appeared on SNL with Queens of the Stone Age performing cow bell on “Little Sister.”
January 13th, 2006 at 11:25 am
Narelle adds this Comment:
I know where you’re coming from, Alex. I’m the exact same. Actually, it was this post that finally gave me the answers i was looking for!
I went to a gig a few months ago, and some guy came on stage with a cowbell. Everyone was laughing, and I felt like a right numpty! I thought the guy was saying the band was ‘milking it’…!!
It’s taken your ridiculous picture of Walken to explain the cowbell reference, so I thank you!
January 13th, 2006 at 5:01 pm
jiffener adds this Comment:
Have you seen the “More Cowbell” collection at iTunes? Truly a must-have.
January 18th, 2006 at 5:56 am
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Short Sleeves with More Cowbell
My man Jason made my day.
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January 25th, 2006 at 2:08 pm
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March 23rd, 2006 at 7:09 am
biznes adds this Comment:
Thanks now I know what does it mean “needs more cowbell”
I’m not English.
February 13th, 2009 at 7:55 am