Best instrumental songs

[gsb521]

No, not classical music. Just whatever genre you like without words. What are your faves?

Metallica - The Call of Ktulu, especially S&M version
Metallica - Orion
Everclear - El Distorto de Melodica

On the other end, I find Hendrix's "The star spangled banner" totally atrocious. And disgracing. I can't listen to 20 seconds of that and not wince.

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Trance definitely. In general there aren't any lyrics or just a couple of sentences meaning very little. Nevertheless, this type of electronic music really puts me into a state of mind that i can only, well... describe as being in a trance (sorry for the pun :skull:), which i really think is fantastic. I love when bits of classical music are incorporated into trance (c.f. Tiesto), especially with bits of Bach, the best and most genius of composers of all time.

[BALTY]

Joe Satriani - Summer Song :bandit:
Rock on~

[rorythedog]

Rush - La Villa Strangiato

Santana - Samba Pa Ti

Leftfield - Space Shanty

Little Death Orchestra - The Nothing Room

Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Southern Jukebox Music

[acushla]

On the other end, I find Hendrix's "The star spangled banner" totally atrocious. And disgracing. I can't listen to 20 seconds of that and not wince.

Ouch! This was going to be my pick...perhaps I should choose something by Karlhinz Stockhausen (Carre fur 4 Orchester und Chore) or John Cage (Ryoani) or Luigui Nono ((Post-Prae-Ludium Per Donau) or Iannis Xenakis (La legende d'Eer 8 channel electronic tape) or Tristan Murail (Ethers) or George Crumb (Piano) or Magnus Lindberg (Joy) or Pierre Boulez (Repons) or Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki (Trzy utwory dawnym...) or Rene Clemencie (Le Combat du Dragon [Drachenkampf]) or Wolfgang Rihm (Dunkles Spiel) and who can forget Volker David Kirchner's 'Bildnisse 1 fur Orchester'? (Did I miss anybody?) Of course no list like this would be complete without mentioning 'Ghost Riders In The Sky' by The Ventures. I might have included other titles as the best representations of the various composers works but these were the only ones I knew how to spell. I know...I know...some of you are looking up my profile muttering to yourselves '...but I thought he said he lived in North America. Well...yes I do...it's just that I have spent a lot of time in Europe. It doesn't show does it?

[gsb521]

well, acushla, that seems like a rather large list. i dont even have that many songs w/o words. but a song i do have that has some words in the background of 15 seconds only is
Metallica - To Live is to die.

Its some sort of unofficial tribute to cliff burton, and it he wrote the bass riffs before he died, so they decided to finish it. the lyrics it does have were some words he put together. Anyway, its a really good song, and ive actually tabbed it for drums. and that means i had patience to listen to it for hours and hours.

anyway, 3 metallicas, 1 non-metallica. im sure u can all tell what type of playlist i have going here.

[acushla]

well, acushla, that seems like a rather large list. i dont even have that many songs w/o words. but a song i do have that has some words in the background of 15 seconds only is
Metallica - To Live is to die.

Its some sort of unofficial tribute to cliff burton, and it he wrote the bass riffs before he died, so they decided to finish it. the lyrics it does have were some words he put together. Anyway, its a really good song, and ive actually tabbed it for drums. and that means i had patience to listen to it for hours and hours.

anyway, 3 metallicas, 1 non-metallica. im sure u can all tell what type of playlist i have going here.

Hey...if it's a long list you want I can give you that too. One thing I have noticed is that some band by the name of 'Metallica' gets mentioned in this forum a lot. Perhaps I need to go and check out some of their material. I understand they are featured in some documentary type movie. If I go and see the film ... am I going to come away having heard them play some of their music on stage? In other words...would this be a good introduction to the band? If not...then what would you recommend?

[gsb521]

i personally havent seen the movie, and i should, cuz i have all their music. i dont think that it would be a good introduction, because its about them as a band, not their music, and frankly, their recent band relations have been really wierd. over the last few years they totally fell apart, and they are a mess. if u try their stuff, start with the goodies - master of puppets or maybe the black album (called metallica). the earlier stuff is heavier (and better imo), and their newer (post 80's) is not nearly as good.

enjoy.

[Roj]

No, not classical music. Just whatever genre you like without words. What are your faves?

Metallica - The Call of Ktulu, especially S&M version
Metallica - Orion
Everclear - El Distorto de Melodica

On the other end, I find Hendrix's "The star spangled banner" totally atrocious. And disgracing. I can't listen to 20 seconds of that and not wince.

Some of my picks:

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Riviera Paradise
Kenny Barron - Clouds
Ronnie Earl - Indigo Burrell
Chuck Mangione - Chase the Clouds Away
Govi - Sails Of Joy
Santana - Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)
Third World - Journey To Addis
The Rippingtons - South Beach Mambo
Fluke - Goodnight Lover
Gene Page - All Our Dreams Are Coming True
Barry White - Satin Soul

[fatal error]

joe satriani - circles
meat puppets - flight of the fire weasel
rush - yyz
the police - the other way of stopping

not that many in my list

[acushla]

Third World - Journey To Addis

Gee...I have two of these on vinyl...one of which is in pristine condition. I was thinking...you have a turntable...I don't have a turntable...you live in Ottawa...I live in Toronto...you have a real job...

[Todd The Kiwi]

for those who like their drums QUICK
MORBID ANGELs - DRUM CHECK from their album HERETIC just rules
i'm squashing and zipping it right now for emailing if anyone has trouble finding it...
dark angel - cauterization.
joe satriani - surfing with the alien, although i'm still building my joe collection.
oh yeah and what's that led zeppelin tune? the one with the drumming...:cheeky:

acushla - s&m is a metallica album they recorded with the (have to google) orchestra, some songs REALLY work well, most however suck, any metallica album post "black" sucks, old stuff is much better especially "...justice" and "master"
their movie is "some kind of monster" it's a biography of sorts and i've not seen it either.
"star spangled banner" by hendrix is horrific :cry:
drunk stoned tired live jimi is the worst kind of jimi :cross-eye

[acushla]

"star spangled banner" by hendrix is horrific

Well..I attempted to address this by listing a number of 'New Music' composers and compositions...music created in ways that we have not heard before. That didn't seem to work so now I'll try Plan B.

Hendrix's reinvention of the 'Star Spangled Banner' is not only powerful , it is brilliant. To those of us living in the US at the height of Vietnam what we heard was a protest piece...Jimi had dispensed with the rhetoric and chose to voice/express his feeling for America and the war by taking the nations Anthem and making it immediate...a here and now reality that purposely incorporated discords and chaos to reflect an America involved in a war gone horribly wrong.

There is no Plan C.

[matty28carter]

what's that led zeppelin tune? the one with the drumming...:cheeky:.

I think its probably Kashmir. Great tune.
Edit: No, its could be Whole Lotta Love that has a load of drumming in the middle but its not really an instrumental then again Kashmir isn't a instrumental either :confused:.

I like
Dick Dale & His Del-Tones - Misirlou (Pulp fiction)
Rob D. - Clubbed To Death also good
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien
Thomas Newman - Any Other Name (American Beauty)
and loads more i can't think of at the moment :rolleyes:

[acushla]

.Dick Dale & His Del-Tones - Misirlou (Pulp fiction)
:rolleyes:

Your reference to Pulp Fiction reminded me of Nancy Sinatra singing '(These Boots) Are Made for Walking.'

I also like 'Broken English' by Marianne Faithful. It amazes me through an exercise such as this one just how many songs mean so much to me...I'm sure all of you experience the same reaction.

[matty28carter]

drunk stoned tired live jimi is the worst kind of jimi :cross-eye
Purple Haze Live isn't that bad. :ditsy:

[acushla]

Purple Haze Live isn't that bad. :ditsy:

I really like Hendrix...but I do think the live 'Band of Gypsies' album recorded at Bill Graham's Fillmore West could not be classified as being among his best work.

[Todd The Kiwi]

I think its probably Kashmir. Great tune.
Edit: No, its could be Whole Lotta Love that has a load of drumming in the middle but its not really an instrumental then again Kashmir isn't a instrumental eitheryou can't be serious mate :confused:

i am referring to MOBY DICK, the rolleyes is because we all should know this :ponder: ha ha ha

[bmc152003]

Rush - YYZ definately

[Todd The Kiwi]

Rush - YYZ definately
aah yes thanks fatal for opening the rush door.
i'd never heard them until the other day, i got the yyz live video.
wicked man, their drummer is an octopus!

To defy the laws of tradition, is a crusade only of the brave...
primus used yyz for the intro to this song aye

[matty28carter]

you can't be serious mate :confused:

i am referring to MOBY DICK, the rolleyes is because we all should know this :ponder: ha ha ha

slaps oneself :hurt:. ...stupid boy. :paranoid:

:silly: digs out the led zeppelin folder

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Moby (other Moby) brought out a new album, 'Hotel'. There's still the fair share of synthesisers and resembles his previous albums very closely ('Play' and '18'). It's not bad, but i cant help thinking that Moby just doesnt have the singing voice. He should take some lessons :)

[Inthewoods]

OK, here are my picks (in no particular order):

Crusaders - Rainbow Visions
Trashmen - Malaguena
Steve Vai - Blue Powder
Eric Johnson - Manhattan
George Benson - Breezin'
Joe Satriani -Surfin' with the Alien

Also Jimi's Star Spangled Banner, this one's already been discussed, you either get it or you don't. (hint: it ain't just about the music)

As for Metallica, I'm no longer a fan, due to their attitude towards the people who made them rich.

[cudelleirbag]

Many great titles. Here are a few more

Iron Maiden: Losfer Words (Big´Orra)
Any title from the Beck/Clapton/Page "Guitar Boogie"
Any title from the DeLucia/DiMeola/McLaughlin "Saturday night in SF" (or is it Friday?)
Emperor: Opus a satana
Yes: Mood for a day
Genesis: Wot gorilla?
Opeth: For absent friends
Van Halen: Sunday Afternoon In the Park

CL

[max77]

Dream Theater - Erotomania (Album Awake[1994])
Metallica - Orion

[Willow of Oz]

No votes for Faith No More's Woodpecker From Mars??

[fatal error]

willow added a good one^

shadowy men on a shadowy planet - having an average weekend
primus - tippi-toes
the cure - untitled (from Disintegration)
van halen - intruder (it loses context without being attached to Pretty Woman tho)
blue man group - synaesthetic
theme to Dilbert - a cartoon show
rush - limbo

and the last half of a live version of Primus - Tommy the Cat where they play a weird Master of Puppets sans vocals

didn't realize i had so many instrumentals...

[Todd The Kiwi]

No votes for Faith No More's Woodpecker From Mars??dang, i forgot all about that one, that tune rules.
the Seinfeld bass playing is pretty wicked too i reckon.

[hedge]

dang, i forgot all about that one, that tune rules.
the Seinfeld bass playing is pretty wicked too i reckon.
hehe I was the coolest kid in school when I worked out how to play that on me bass in yr 10 :cool:

[Todd The Kiwi]

hehe I was the coolest kid in school when I worked out how to play that on me bass in yr 10you're referring to woodpecker from mars or seinfelds theme music?
year ten would've made you, what, 15 ? they changed all the terminology the year i left school
(so i would call year ten fifth form i think) and added another term, making 4 per year
what a rip off :depressed

[max77]

Dream Theater - Steam of consciousness. :laugh:

[hedge]

you're referring to woodpecker from mars or seinfelds theme music?
year ten would've made you, what, 15 ? they changed all the terminology the year i left school
(so i would call year ten fifth form i think) and added another term, making 4 per year
what a rip off :depressed
Haha yeah the seinfeld theme, and yep I was 15.

[Protocol]

Midnight Oil - Wedding Cake Island

[Lich]

Dimmu Borgir - Perfection Or Vanity
Manowar - Today Is A Good Day To Die
Tristitia - Burn The Witch
Nightwish - Moondance
Dark Tranquillity - The Mind's Eye
Summoning - Wyrmvater Glaurung

Also there's a lot of my favourite ancient melodies performed by modern bands:
In Extremo - Hameln, Quant Je Suis Mis Au Retour
Dead Can Dance - Saltarello
and so on...

[hedge]

Dimmu Borgir - Perfection Or Vanity
Manowar - Today Is A Good Day To Die
Tristitia - Burn The Witch
Nightwish - Moondance
Dark Tranquillity - The Mind's Eye
Summoning - Wyrmvater Glaurung

Haha i really don't need to post my list now... its almost identical to that...
But yeah Moondance is the song i use to get everyone into Nightwish, just so damn catchy ;) I also love Crimson Tide Blue Sea by 'em.
But yeah some of the Pain of Salvation stuff is just awesome, the stuff off 12.5 is especially wicked.

[Inthewoods]

I nearly forgot Glenn Miller's String of Pearls

[Shadowraven]

Glenn Miller - In The Mood
Amethystium - Dreamdance
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones - The Sinister Minister
Delerium - Innocente (DJ Tiesto Remix) (Some Vocals)
Mike Oldfield - (Album) The Song's of Distant Earth (Vocals mixed into instrumentals)
The Rippingtons - Wednesday's Child
Afrocelts - Deep Channel
and too many others to list...

[max77]

Oh I have forget :

Dream Theater - Dance of eternity.

[gsb521]

Oh I have forget :

Dream Theater - Dance of eternity.
just for u max, overture 1928 is really good. and those drums are insane.

basically, my only complaint about the band (and id actually like u to comment on it) is that the guitar solos (and i notice that they are there, which bumps it up quite a bit) are too high and scratchy for me.

[BALTY]

1. Jimi Hendrix* - Jimi Hendrix Experience
2. Jimmy Page - Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, The Firm
3. Jeff Beck - Yardbirds, Jeff Beck Group, Solo
4. Eric Clapton - Yardbirds, Cream, Derek & The Dominos, Solo
5. Joe Satriani - Solo
6. Stevie Ray Vaughan* - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
7. Ritchie Blackmore - Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmores Night
8. David Gilmour - Pink Floyd, Solo
9. Eddie Van Halen - Van Halen
10. Allan Holdsworth - Solo
11. Paul Gilbert - Mr. Big, Racer X, Solo
12. Phil Keaggy - Glass Harp, Solo
13. Steve Vai - David Lee Roth, Whitesnake, Solo
14. John Petrucci - Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment
15. Randy Rhoads* - Quiet Riot, Ozzy
16. Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force, Solo
17. Jason Becker - Cacophony, David Lee Roth Band, Solo
18. Eric Johnson - Solo
19. John Mclaughlin- Mahavishnu Orchestra
20. Steve Howe - Yes, Solo
21. Neal Schon - Santana, Journey
22. Gary Moore - Thin Lizzy, Colosseum II, Skid Row, Solo
23. Brian May - Queen
24. Bo Diddley - Solo
25. Chuck Berry - Solo
26. Duane Allman* - Allman Brothers Band, Derek & Dominos
27. Uli Jon Roth - Scorpions
28. Terry Kath* - Chicago Transit Authority
29. Mark Knopfler - Dire Straits, Solo

Where's Michael Shanker? - UFO, some studio sit-ins for Scorpions, solo.
Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen are too far down!

[max77]

just for u max, overture 1928 is really good. and those drums are insane.

basically, my only complaint about the band (and id actually like u to comment on it) is that the guitar solos (and i notice that they are there, which bumps it up quite a bit) are too high and scratchy for me.
Yeah I know this song! :)
Is awesome.
I like all the Dream Theater song because I'm a drummer ... and all the song is very technical to play and I like a lot this kind of music.

[gsb521]

1. Jimi Hendrix* - Jimi Hendrix Experience
2. Jimmy Page - Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, The Firm
3. Jeff Beck - Yardbirds, Jeff Beck Group, Solo
4. Eric Clapton - Yardbirds, Cream, Derek & The Dominos, Solo
5. Joe Satriani - Solo
6. Stevie Ray Vaughan* - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
7. Ritchie Blackmore - Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmores Night
8. David Gilmour - Pink Floyd, Solo
9. Eddie Van Halen - Van Halen
10. Allan Holdsworth - Solo
11. Paul Gilbert - Mr. Big, Racer X, Solo
12. Phil Keaggy - Glass Harp, Solo
13. Steve Vai - David Lee Roth, Whitesnake, Solo
14. John Petrucci - Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment
15. Randy Rhoads* - Quiet Riot, Ozzy
16. Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force, Solo
17. Jason Becker - Cacophony, David Lee Roth Band, Solo
18. Eric Johnson - Solo
19. John Mclaughlin- Mahavishnu Orchestra
20. Steve Howe - Yes, Solo
21. Neal Schon - Santana, Journey
22. Gary Moore - Thin Lizzy, Colosseum II, Skid Row, Solo
23. Brian May - Queen
24. Bo Diddley - Solo
25. Chuck Berry - Solo
26. Duane Allman* - Allman Brothers Band, Derek & Dominos
27. Uli Jon Roth - Scorpions
28. Terry Kath* - Chicago Transit Authority
29. Mark Knopfler - Dire Straits, Solo

Where's Michael Shanker? - UFO, some studio sit-ins for Scorpions, solo.
Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen are too far down!

I'm going to have to ask where Kirk Hammett is. Where did u get this list? I've seen so many different versions of it. And where is Santana? He was on the top of a list I had.

[acushla]

And where is Santana?

You read my mind...where is Santana? Is it just me or is it a truism that in virtually any discussion of great guitarists you ALWAYS see Clapton and Hendrix but rarely Carlos. Why is that? I personally consider him to be the greatest living guitarest...although I admit I do not know what John McLaughlin is doing these days.

[Zombo]

Dream Theater - Dance of Eternity
Kamelot - New Allegiance
Sonata Arctica - Revontulet
Stratovarius - Stratofortress
Liquid Tension Experiment - Paradigm Shift
Nightwish - Moondance

[Willow of Oz]

Since LTE came up, I'd also like to throw in
Liquid Tension Experiment - Osmosis. Currently my fave off that first album, and got me all enthused about guitar rock again. And reminding me of another guy I want to listen to again:
Tommy Emmanual. It's been so long since I've heard anything of his that alas I can't list any songs, but I had an album of his on tape about a decade ago that rocked.

[cudelleirbag]

And where is Santana?

I would gladly take a Carlos Santana and give away that Yngwie Malmsteen...

CL

[Ferahgo]

Anything that exists from Vangelis:
Chariots of Fire
and so on. Don't know all titles.