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Greatest instrumentals

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There are some great instrumentals out there but I feel they often don't get the attention they deserve for some reason or another, anyway, I thought we could make a list of the best here. Here's a start:

Otis Spann - Otis in the Dark
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Little Wing
Jeff Beck - Brush With the Blues
 
First that spring to mind..
Anything by Red Sparowes
The majority of Sunn O)))'s output.
Ghosts I-IV - NIN
 
Great thread! I look forward to reading these! My 2¢:

Jessica by The Allman Bros. Band
The Call of Ktulu by Metallica (not the "greatest", but worthy of mention).
'Cause We've Ended as Lovers by Jeff Beck
Dragon's Kiss (the whole album) by Marty Friedman

... and I'm sure a whole bunch of others I'm forgetting. :D
 
Dream Theater - The Dance of Eternity, Ytse Jam, and Overture 1928.
Rush - YYZ
Pink Floyd - The Great Gig in the Sky (although technically there is a vocalist in that one, but no lyrics)
 
Bfat567 said:
Metallica - All of em:D
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Mr. Giver '94 said:
You're gonna hate me ;)


LoveGame >
Just Dance > Lady Gaga
Poker Face >
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^^^^Um, guys..... this is a thread about INSTRUMENTALS.



Here's the first one I thought of:

Frank Zappa - Peaches En Regalia

and another:

Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien
and I always loved 'Always With Me, Always With You' from the same album

Mountain Jam, Jessica, Little Wing, Samba Pa Ti, The Great Gig In the Sky (her voice is being used as an instrument, so it counts)........... all awesome.
 
Surely said:
^^^^Um, guys..... this is a thread about INSTRUMENTALS.



Here's the first one I thought of:

Frank Zappa - Peaches En Regalia

and another:

Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien
and I always loved 'Always With Me, Always With You' from the same album

Mountain Jam, Jessica, Little Wing, Samba Pa Ti, The Great Gig In the Sky (her voice is being used as an instrument, so it counts)........... all awesome.
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I'm aware as well.... Are you aware that lyrics can be removed from songs?
 
Mr. Giver '94 said:
I'm aware as well.... Are you aware that lyrics can be removed from songs?
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That would destroy the song as the artist intend you to experience it. Musicians use or don't use lyrics for a reason, I don't think you can just make a song instrumental by removing the lyrics and then call it a fantastic instrumental, if it wasn't composed as an instrumental then its not a real instrumental, you just liked the way the instruments in a non-instrumental sounded. Of course we are all able to add meaning to a song, but I doub removing the lyrics is what most artists had in mind.

I would add Any Colour You Like by Pink Floyd.
 
rhsgolfer33 said:
That would destroy the song as the artist intend you to experience it. Musicians use or don't use lyrics for a reason, I don't think you can just make a song instrumental by removing the lyrics and then call it a fantastic instrumental, if it wasn't composed as an instrumental then its not a real instrumental, you just liked the way the instruments in a non-instrumental sounded. Of course we are all able to add meaning to a song, but I doub removing the lyrics is what most artists had in mind.

I would add Any Colour You Like by Pink Floyd.
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Generally i agree with this statement but i have ONE exception.....LilWayne - A milli. I cant stand him but i have the instrumental version just to bump in the car. Its a great bass song.
 
rhsgolfer33 said:
That would destroy the song as the artist intend you to experience it. Musicians use or don't use lyrics for a reason, I don't think you can just make a song instrumental by removing the lyrics and then call it a fantastic instrumental, if it wasn't composed as an instrumental then its not a real instrumental, you just liked the way the instruments in a non-instrumental sounded. Of course we are all able to add meaning to a song, but I doub removing the lyrics is what most artists had in mind.
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^^^ What he said.

rhsgolfer33 said:
I would add Any Colour You Like by Pink Floyd.
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Good call.


How about jazz?

This thread caused me to look for my old Joe Satriani CD (couldn't find it? :confused:), and in flipping through the hundreds of CDs I've collected since 1989, I came across an old favorite of mine: Thelonius Monk Quartet: At the Blackhawk

I always loved the first track on the album: 'Let's Call This'
 
Bfat567 said:
Generally i agree with this statement but i have ONE exception.....LilWayne - A milli. I cant stand him but i have the instrumental version just to bump in the car. Its a great bass song.
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I, as the overarching music God, who determines what is proper when it comes to what you can do to/with/for the music you enjoy, grant you permission to do that (I'll make a lot of exceptions on the popular rap frontier). :p

I mean really, do what you want with your music, there are certainly some songs that I think have poor lyrics but great instruments, but when you're specifically talking about an instrumental, its pretty hard to argue that removing the lyrics from a song the artist intended to be listened to with lyrics is an instrumental.
 
I'll add a few:

Metallica - "Orion" and "(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth"
Rush - "Rhythm Method"
NIN - "La Mer" and "Complication"
Changelings - "Tannhauser Gate"
Buddy Rich - "Beaulah Witch"
Chris Adler - "he Near Dominance of 4 Against 5"


Lethal
 
Mono - Everlasting Light
John Murphy - In the House, In a Heartbeat
Explosions in the Sky - The Only Moment We Were Alone
 
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