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Other music forums => Various Artists, Lyrics, Discographies => Topic started by: lennonlemon on March 01, 2005, 09:43:43 PM
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I was wondering what people with some good taste in music thought about what their favorite instrumentals are?
mine would probably have to be frankenstein by edgar winter and glass onion by booker t and the mgs (when i first heard glass onion i thought it was a doors song because of the keyboards)
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i like a lot, but 2 that stand out are eruption and cathedral, both by van halen
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Classical Gas - by Mason Williams
YYZ - Rush
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Rockestra Theme (okay, there's one line in it)
Trilogy Suite - Yngwie Malmsteen
Red - King Crimson
Watermelon In Easter Hay - Frank Zappa
Modoc - Steve Morse
All The Things You Are - Richard Berman
La Villa Strangiato/YYZ - Rush
Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd (just kidding)
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Easily my favorite: Jessica by the Allman Brothers
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Jessica- Allman Brothers Band
Flying- Beatles
Beethoven- 5th Symphony
anything by Jeff beck
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Any instrumental song by Pink Floyd, Yes, and King Crimson.
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Only 1 really- Fleetwood Macs albatross.
And Beethovens Moonlight Sonata
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for me i would have to say ..shine on by the Floyd..
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SOYCD is not instrumental.
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At the moment The Theme from Pink Panther.....Or Addagio for Strings...theme from ending of Platoon.
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Flying is wordless, not instrumental.
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Love is Blue - Paul Mauriat
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Flying is wordless, not instrumental.
well, you can still say it's an instrumental...
http://beatles.murashev.com/song.php?id=71
anyways in my book wordless = instrumental... shine on you crazy diamond would be considered an instrumental, but they sing at some moment so it isn't..
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I was wondering what people with some good taste in music thought about what their favorite instrumentals are?
mine would probably have to be frankenstein by edgar winter and glass onion by booker t and the mgs (when i first heard glass onion i thought it was a doors song because of the keyboards)
The song you thinking of by Booker T and the MGs is "Green Onions".
My favorite instrumental is "Walk dont run" by The Ventures and "Out of limits" by The Mar-kets. I really love the old Surf instrumentals. If you have'nt heard these songs check them out, its worth your time.
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Frankenstein-Edgar Winter
Grazing In The Grass-Hugh Masacela
Moby Dick-Led Zeppelin
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anything by Jeff beck
i agree. beck made experimentation work and some of his guitar work doesn't even sound like it was done with a guitar.
how could you not like songs such as freeway jam, blue wind and cause we've ended as lovers?
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anyways in my book wordless = instrumental...
"Our Prayer" by The Beach Boys is wordless and instrumental. So that would be an a capella instrumental? :)
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In my book instrumental = just instruments, no voices.
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i agree. beck made experimentation work and some of his guitar work doesn't even sound like it was done with a guitar.
how could you not like songs such as freeway jam, blue wind and cause we've ended as lovers?
Thank you. There is a live version of "Cause We've Ended As Lovers" on the 'Secret Policeman's Other Ball' with him and Clapton and it is incredible and needs to be added to my list. That's actually a Stevie Wonder song believe it or not, I'd like to see what the original version sounded like.
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Need to add:
Riviera Paradise -Stevie Ray Vaughn
'Cause We've Ended as Lovers' - Live version Jeff Beck/Clapton
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Stevie Ray Vaughan's cover of "Little wing" and "Pipeline" The Chantays,
and as juniorsfarm stated "Riviera Paradise" also by SRV.
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The song you thinking of by Booker T and the MGs is "Green Onions".
My favorite instrumental is "Walk dont run" by The Ventures and "Out of limits" by The Mar-kets. I really love the old Surf instrumentals. If you have'nt heard these songs check them out, its worth your time.
i always get confused. i was lookiig through my playlist and accidentally typed in glass onions. those darn beatles. thanks for noticing.
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Thank you. There is a live version of "Cause We've Ended As Lovers" on the 'Secret Policeman's Other Ball' with him and Clapton and it is incredible and needs to be added to my list. That's actually a Stevie Wonder song believe it or not, I'd like to see what the original version sounded like.
thanks for the info. i'll try to get a copy if i can find it. a stevie wonder song? wow, never knew that, but i guess it's like beck to make everything new and original.
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anything by ventures with nokie edwards on lead
anything by dick dale
cry for a shadow--beatles
telstar--joe meek
in memory of eliz. reed--allmans
almost anything by chet atkins, ry cooder or django reinhardt
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Telstar? Really? It has a decent melody, but I've never been a fan of Joe Meek's work. I don't think it aged very well.
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anything by ventures with nokie edwards on lead
anything by dick dale
cry for a shadow--beatles
telstar--joe meek
in memory of eliz. reed--allmans
almost anything by chet atkins, ry cooder or django reinhardt
All excellent choices!!!!
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How about, Apache- Jorgen Ingman.....not the shadows
Bridge of sighs-Robin Trower
Wild weekend-The rebels
I heard Telstar by The Tornadoes and by The Ventures.........but never heard of Joe Meek. In fact The Tornadoes had the big hit here in the States back in the ealry sixties.
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Was'nt Joe Meek a sound engineer/inventor?....Tone deaf aswell apparantly.
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Let's Go Away For A While - Beach Boys
Pet Sounds - Beach Boys
The Nearest Faraway Place - Beach Boys
Ce Matin La - Air
Playground Love [vibraphone version] - Air
Op. 9 No. 2 [Andante] by Chopin - Maria Joao Peres
Freak - Belle and Sebastian
Interstellar Overdrive - Pink Floyd
Any Colour You Like - Pink Floyd
One Of These Days - Pink Floyd
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sparks is the best who instrumental, imo.
another great floyd one is atom heart mother.
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yeah sparks is great. and jessica
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Peaches and Diesel by Clapton is nice too. And the second half of Layla (it isnt instrumental, sue me.) thats very nice
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I love the Joe Meek sound. He really paved the way for the experimentalism of the Beatles, et al.
Here's some of my favorite instrumental albums:
1) Chet Atkins "In Three Dimensions (he plays "Blues in the Night" and "Londonderry Air" and somehow they aren't cheesy);
2) The Ventures "Knock Me Out"--the album where Nokie really started to kick ass and bend strings;
3) Richard Thompson's "Strict Tempo" (better than Fairport--with Dave Mattacks, one of the greatest drummers of all time);
4) Eddie Lang/Carl Kress/Dick McDonough: Pioneers of Jazz--this is way before Charlie Christian but some of this stuff really rocks--the interchange in the guitar duets is amazing--"Feeling My Way" is one of the great 20th C melodies.
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^Is there any more info on Meek? He invented artificial reverb did'nt he?