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Instrumental songs by rock bands
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Theme for Great Cities by Simple Minds.
If you happen to be a bit handy with a plectrum give it a go.
If you happen to be a bit handy with a plectrum give it a go.
Rush Leave that thing alone
Rush Malignant Narscisum
Black Sabbath Rat Salad
Pink Floyd One of these days
Rush Malignant Narscisum
Black Sabbath Rat Salad
Pink Floyd One of these days
The only two instrumental songs I could ever listen to all the way through (and still do):
Frankenstein--Edgar Winter Group
Europa--Santana
Frankenstein--Edgar Winter Group
Europa--Santana
Brother.. there are several hours of good listening here... I hope this thread expands your palette.
Rush - too many instrumentals to list them all. They could make a full multi-CD set of them.
Metallica - Orion.
Joe Satriani is the opposite of this thread. He's a mainly instrumental act that only ever did one song I know of with vocals, "Big Bad Moon", and he said it only proved why he shouldn't sing. LOL
But if you want something a little off the wall, try a thrash band covering a surf tune...
Metallica - Orion.
Joe Satriani is the opposite of this thread. He's a mainly instrumental act that only ever did one song I know of with vocals, "Big Bad Moon", and he said it only proved why he shouldn't sing. LOL
But if you want something a little off the wall, try a thrash band covering a surf tune...
Little Feat - Day at the Dog Races
RCHP - Police Helicopter
In general, I believe most modern music would benefit from leaving out vocals. Much music has suffered as a.result of adding lyrics. Music reduced to backup noise for poetry. A good deal of the lyrics out there are in opposition to the spirit of the.music. It's a good thing when they are complimentary, but that seems to be an exception. At best the voCal steals a line that an instrument could do so much more with, and not make all the other instruments become subservient to it. If the vocal is used as an instrument, like Alan Parsons Project's Eclipse, or Manhattan Transfer's version of A Night in Tunisia, I'm all for it. Or as Jon Anderson uses his in Yes. That, as much as the compositions and Chris's bass playing are why I love their music.
All.to often, especially in "popular music", the tune is just a vehicle for lame poetry. Remove the lyrics from these tunes and ask yourself if you would listen to it at all, or be bored to death with it.
RCHP - Police Helicopter
In general, I believe most modern music would benefit from leaving out vocals. Much music has suffered as a.result of adding lyrics. Music reduced to backup noise for poetry. A good deal of the lyrics out there are in opposition to the spirit of the.music. It's a good thing when they are complimentary, but that seems to be an exception. At best the voCal steals a line that an instrument could do so much more with, and not make all the other instruments become subservient to it. If the vocal is used as an instrument, like Alan Parsons Project's Eclipse, or Manhattan Transfer's version of A Night in Tunisia, I'm all for it. Or as Jon Anderson uses his in Yes. That, as much as the compositions and Chris's bass playing are why I love their music.
All.to often, especially in "popular music", the tune is just a vehicle for lame poetry. Remove the lyrics from these tunes and ask yourself if you would listen to it at all, or be bored to death with it.
I didn't read every post, so hope this isn't a repeat, but Chicago produced some fantastic instrumentals in their first few albums. Here's one of my favorites.