Best Rock Instrumentals [Archive]

Matt Wynn

January 22nd, 2010, 17:03

need i mention these classics... if you can call it rock.... i suppose you can...
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remembered thes songs as i'm listening to 'The Shadows' and 'Hank Marvin' as i type.... good music

PRB

January 22nd, 2010, 17:06

PRB I'm sorry but that is catastrophically awful! Do you know the original version of that theme/song?

Anyway, this thread would be incomplete without;

I'm stunned! :icon_lol: Oh well, I like it! No, I don't know the origininal version... Details? Here's another from the same Rainbow album. BTW, I do like that Topgun theme too.

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stiz

January 22nd, 2010, 17:21

nuther one ... allthough not rock :mixedsmi:

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TheOptimist

January 22nd, 2010, 17:22

I'm stunned! :icon_lol: Oh well, I like it! No, I don't know the origininal version... Details?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubeVUnGQOIk&feature=fvst

It's a song from a short animated film, made years and years ago but an integral part of English Christmas tradition! The song starts about 18 seconds in.

djscoo

January 22nd, 2010, 17:23

Mogwai "Glasgow Megasnake":

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Explosions in The Sky "The Birth and Death of the Day":

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Explosions in the Sky is one of my favorite bands ever, to many great songs to embed...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0o8JCxjjpM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd9F_liFXGM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P57uOGxKtcU

Willy

January 22nd, 2010, 17:27

Apache by the Shadows is one I listen to quite often while flying FS9.

PRB

January 22nd, 2010, 17:31

It's a song from a short animated film, made years and years ago but an integral part of English Christmas tradition! The song starts about 18 seconds in.

That's outstanding. Still like the Rainbow version as well, though...

Henry

January 22nd, 2010, 17:50

the shadows love them
thats how i got into playing guitar
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love frank too
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Henry

January 22nd, 2010, 18:22

a classic
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Matt Wynn

January 22nd, 2010, 18:26

a classic
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i'd have to agree Jessica is one of my top 10, others will know it as the theme to Top Gear

Henry

January 22nd, 2010, 18:27

another
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Joe P

January 22nd, 2010, 18:46

Gotta have some Rush!

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And Zappa's "Sexual Harassment" is an awesome bluesy tune

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Henry

January 22nd, 2010, 19:04

Dave edmonds love sculpture
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and larry
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Brian_Gladden

January 22nd, 2010, 19:19

Gotta have some Rush!

A man after my own heart... Seen Rush (In Canada, Montreal to be precise) three times.

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But if you want rockin instrumentals.... Gotta go with the Sachman!!!

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Brian

viking3

January 22nd, 2010, 21:47

Gotta love Booker T and the MGs.

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Regards, Rob:ernae:

hews500d

January 23rd, 2010, 04:31

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I would have to say TSO is what got me REALLY into playing guitar.

Great choices everyone!

Darrell

Bjoern

January 23rd, 2010, 10:16

Not much into lyrics-less music, but...

Oceansize - I Am The Morning
(From one of the most perfect albums ever)
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Riverside - Reality Dream III
(Don't like them much but this one is excellent!)
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Amplifier - Gustav's Arrival
(Just to bring my favourite band into the game :d)
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Anberlin - A Heavy-Hearted Work Of Staggering Genius
(Perfect, but way too short)
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Porcupine Tree - Burning Sky
(No such thing as a Prog-/Post-/Psychedelic thread without Steven Wilson!)
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Navy Chief

January 23rd, 2010, 10:38

My vote goes to Loggins and Messina for their song, "Be Free".

Listen to this. As the song progresses, they really get into it.....the mandolin playing is amazing......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itDf4JIZni8&feature=related

aeronca1

January 23rd, 2010, 11:25

Wow! Nice PRB! I really like that as well! The girl is very pretty! http://freesmileyface.net/smiley/Happy/happy-093.gif (http://freesmileyface.net/Free-Happy-Smileys.html)

I'll echo those sentiments! Redheads are awesome. I'd say this even if my wife wasn't reading this over my shoulder.

Gramps

January 23rd, 2010, 12:01

I'm kinda fond of this one myself. Best drum solo I've ever heard

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Mathias

January 23rd, 2010, 12:04

Ahhh, so much great stuff to choose from!
Not necessarly the best but amongst my all time favorites is quite a bit of Joe Satriani's instrumentals.
Magnificent technician who is at the same time able to play very melodic and with an intense feel.
This one for instance:

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strega13

January 23rd, 2010, 12:29

Joe satriani was the guitar teacher for another prodigy ... steve vai
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his whole "passion and warfare" album is just phenomenal .

Quixoticish

January 23rd, 2010, 13:11

Okay so, clearly not the best but never before has an instrumental been so cheekily uplifting and delightful:

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MaddogK

January 23rd, 2010, 13:40

Overshoe

January 23rd, 2010, 16:19

Railrunner130

January 23rd, 2010, 18:24

I've seen Satch twice with Chickenfoot and can't stop playing the Chickenfoot album! I can't believe he can get so much sound out of one guitar.

Steve Vai is incredible as well. Ya-Yo Cakk is one of my favorite tunes and one of the first I plan on playing for the little RR130 when she comes home. He's a very humble guy too.

You can't forget Dick Dale. Tribal Thunder is a great album.

Another great instrumental is Mountain Jam by the Allman Brothers. The 33 minute version I first heard while driving home in the middle of the night during an ugly thunderstorm. It was incredible.

Cazzie

January 24th, 2010, 02:58

Wow, the drum solo in Inagatadavita man! :icon_lol:

Overshoe, I thought I was the only human in the USA to have that Mick Ronson album, certainly Slaughter on 10th Ave. is a rave of mine.

Since so many of my real favorites have been shown, I'll go with yet another genre and instrumental.

This is Karunesh, it makes me at peace with my world. A Russian modeling friend sent me the first music I ever heard by Karunesh, nee Bruno Reuter, in Colonge, Germany.

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TomSteber

January 24th, 2010, 04:30

For all you "Prog Rockers out there.
Liquid Tension Experiment featuring members from Dream Theater and Tony Levin on Stick/bass

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6297J

January 24th, 2010, 04:36

A Fender promo video with my favourite instrumental track by Stevie Ray Vaughan

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Eoraptor1

January 26th, 2010, 11:23

My pick is Dick Dale and the Del-Tones "Miserlou" - although contributing at guitar forums has led me to use the word "favorite" instead of "best". An old joke will explain why:

Q: How many guitar players does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

A: Ten. One the screw in the bulb, and nine others to watch the screwing in of the bulb very closely, and then claim they could have done it better.

ATTN djscoo,

If you like Explosions in the Sky, you may also want to check out some Daniel Lanois. A lot of his clips are up on YouTube. When I first saw Friday Night Lights I thought Explosions in the Sky were Daniel Lanois, but in the Director's Commentary, Peter Berg says who they were. It was the first time I'd heard of them. Anyway, the pop music critic at one of our local newspapers calls this type of ambient playing and production "Noir".

ATTN strega13,

I've seen Vai live playing with Billy Sheehan (who's from my part of the world). This was the concert event that persuaded me to always carry ear filters with me. My ears were ringing for days afterwards...

JAMES

INTERNET MUSIC ARGUMENTS I WILL NO LONGER HAVE:

1) Fender vs. Gibson

2) Vinyl vs. digital

3) What sound frequencies the human ear and brain can and can not perceive.

Oh, the net RAGE over these things...

Henry

January 26th, 2010, 11:45

well if ya like les pauls
this is the greatest Paul
in my opinion
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viking3

January 26th, 2010, 12:02

One guy I thought would be mentioned by now is Jeff Beck. Here's a performance from the Royal Albert Hall in 2004.

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Regards,Rob:ernae:

GT182

January 26th, 2010, 12:13

Yep, I gotta go with TSO and the Safari's Wipe Out. Also, Iron Butterfly's Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida drum solo.

Plus.... [I saw these guys back in 1968 in Potsdam, NY's Civic Center for a Potsdam State College concert]

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And pretend you don't hear the words. ;)

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6297J

January 26th, 2010, 12:16

Anyone remember this?

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One of my guilty little secrets is that I still love that film :kilroy:

Snuffy

January 26th, 2010, 12:36

Sorry guys! The absolute best has to be my favorite ...

Iron Butterfly ... Its almost 18 minutes long, had to be done in two parts in youtube.

Yeah yeah there is some singing in it but not much. Still got this on vinyl. :)

Part 1

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Part 2

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GT182

January 26th, 2010, 12:45

Ditto Snuffy, and I still have the vinyl LP too. :d

Henry

January 26th, 2010, 12:57

if ya wanna go back there
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strega13

January 26th, 2010, 13:44

patrick rondat : barbarians at the gate
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cheezyflier

January 26th, 2010, 14:04

evidently, i must be a freak of nature because none of the stuff i intended to post is available on youtube.
i was going to reccomend ron thal's "ick"
and
george benson's "windsong"

however, because they are not available, i'll post this instead:

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and also this one, used in my favorite movie, during my 2nd favorite fight scene.

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middle

January 26th, 2010, 14:17

"Rumble" by Link Wray

"The Fool" by Quicksilver Messenger Service

dogknot

January 26th, 2010, 14:21

If you ever picked up a guitar in the 60's, you had to have knocked out a lick or two from this one:

The Ventures_Pipeline
(original by The Chantays...their one and only hit)

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and of course their Wipe Out

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Eoraptor1

January 26th, 2010, 15:18

dogknot,

My favorite version of "Pipeline" is by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Dick Dale. It appeared in the Frankie and Annette movie "Back to the Beach". I think there's a clip of it on YouTube.

JAMES

dogknot

January 26th, 2010, 16:11

dogknot,

My favorite version of "Pipeline" is by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Dick Dale. It appeared in the Frankie and Annette movie "Back to the Beach". I think there's a clip of it on YouTube.

JAMES

Yes, it is a good version....I remember going to town on Saturdays and seeing all those Frankie and Annette flicks, LOL!....I had to post the Ventures version since I remembered having that album as a kid. Once I finally got it down on the guitar, I really thought I was master of the universe. LOL!!

Oops! Here's the Vaughan and Dale version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWw55XhTehg

Whitehawk

January 26th, 2010, 16:21

I'll also concur with Henry, Allman Brothers "Jessica" is great!

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harleyman

January 26th, 2010, 18:52

LOVE QuickSilver messenger S.....:applause::applause::applause:

TomSteber

January 27th, 2010, 07:24

One of my ALL TIME favorite bands The Dixie Dregs.

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And this one from early in their career. By far the best country picking instrumental!

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Tom Clayton

January 27th, 2010, 08:13

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And a few more I don't think have been mentioned...

Eruption
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GT182

March 16th, 2010, 10:36

I've resurected this thread only because...... I've found one of the greatest guitar instrumentals, if not number one, ever played. I'm surprised no one has posted this......

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I have listened to this and other videos and am awed by his talent with a guitar. To me it's pure music at it's finest. Truely amazing just to watch him and the band play.

And from 1992..........

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Tom Clayton

March 16th, 2010, 10:50

No doubt Mark Knopfler is a guitar genius! One of my favorites is Telegraph Road.

Overshoe

March 16th, 2010, 11:19

I'll have to nominate this then:
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Rami

March 16th, 2010, 11:23

I agree with Henry...I love the Allman Brother's "Jessica," and especially "In memory of Elizabeth Reed."

GT182

March 16th, 2010, 11:41

For you Tom.......

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Part 2

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And something not seen too often...

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