Favorite instrumentals

[wondergirl9847]

What are some of your favorite non-lyrical compositions?

Wings of the Wind - Michael W. Smith (on his debut album, it's just a fun, interesting, early 80's instrumental)

Ashton - Michael W. Smith (My fave Smitty instrumental...it's spectacular!)

Sunny Side of Heaven (Couldn't leave FM out of this..hehe. Danny rules! :thumbsup: )

Albatross (Beautiful.)

Wish Lindsey would do more instrumentals...and a friggin soundtrack!!!!

[amber]

I love the soundtrack to "The last of the Mohicans" LOVE IT!!!! that's all i can think of now, although i do like Lindsey's NGBA instrumental on the reissue, and it's amazingly...something...when heard through headphones.

[tuigirl]

perhaps my all time fav has got to be "Green onions" by Booker T and the MG's..anyone remember that one?
FM related..there's one on the Tusk re-release, thats cool, actually any of them really (I know most of them are just backing tracks before lyrics added, right?..not instrumentals as such)

[madformac]

This Nearly Was Mine by Lindsey Buckingham.. Very emotive version of the Rodgers/Hammerstein song.

Barbers Adagio For Strings... Again very powerful yet understated piece..

Intermezzo sinfonico from Cavalleria Rusticana.. Brilliant and moving, nothing can compare to it IMHO.. :nod:

:wavey:

[GypsySorcerer]

Albatross -- FM
Stephanie -- BN
Mermaid -- Sade
Autumn Leaves
Canon in D
The Wedding Song -- Kenny G

[Sugar]

Book of Miracles

[estranged4life]

"Eruption"-Van Halen
"Cathedral"-Van Halen
"Erotomania"-Dream Theater
"Orion"-Metallica
"The Launch"-Boston
"Over The Rainbow"-Impellitteri

[GateandGarden]

The two that come into my mind are "Sunny Side of Heaven" and the instrumental versions of "Never Going Back Again" on the Rumours re-issue.

Hillary

[face of glass]

"Albatross"
"Caught In The Rain" (yes, I like it a lot)
"Stephanie"
The little snippet at the end of "Slow Dancing"

Then the non-FM ones:

The Beach Boys: "Let's Go Away For A While", "Pet Sounds"
Frank Zappa: "Aybe Sea"
King Crimson: "Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Parts 1&2), "Talking Drum", "Red", "The Sheltering Sky"... (they have a plenty)
Genesis: "After The Ordeal"
Nick Drake: "Horn"
The Pixies: "Cecilia Ann" (haven't heard the Surftones' original)
Link Wray: "Rumble" (of course)
Dick Dale: "Misirlou" (immortalized in Pulp Fiction)
Joy Division: "Incubation"
New Order: "Let's Go" (before they added vocals to it)

Uh, memory loss has struck now, it seems.

[DrummerDeanna]

Not a huge fan of instrumentals really - because I like to sing along to things.....so none really come to mind...

Though I did like Paul McCartney's Working Classical and Standing Stones...two great instrumental albums that I love....very relaxing...

[Hawkeye]

LOVE instrumentals. My favorites are Searchign for Madge, My Dream, and Underway all from Then Play On.

[DeadliestPoison]

Kittie - Immortal
My Ruin - Stage Fright
The White Stripes - Aluminum (weird, but neat)
Albatross, etc.

[estranged4life]

"For The Love Of God"-Steve Vai

"Fire Garden Suite: Bull Whip, Pusa Road, Angel Food, Taurus Bulba"-Steve Vai

"Christmas Time Is Here"-Steve Vai (Damn you Mr.Vai...Yer instrumentals are just too damn catchy!!!)

"Woodpecker From Mars"-Faith No More

"Strawberrie Oceans Ships Forest"-The Fireman

"Rushes"-The Fireman (Btw, the Fireman is one cool dude for some 60 yr.old, who has probably hundred of millions of $$$$, Is British, From Liverpool and was rumored to have played in a certain band from Liverpool!!! His name escapes at this moment)

Brian j.

[Johnny Stew]

One of my favorites is the instrumental version of Paul McCartney's "Junk."

[estranged4life]

One of my favorites is the instrumental version of Paul McCartney's "Junk."

Macca has a few instrumental versions of songs that sound quite interesting (ie-"No More Lonely Nights (Instrumental Version)" )

Btw, Macca does looks nearly identical to the Fireman...I wonder why????

Brian j.

[Holly]

I have always loved - Jessica by the Allman Bros

[½ ¡Ñ§ÅñË ®]

I doubt if this qualifies as instrumental because its all computer generated but have you seen the “Animusic” things on PBS? They’re interesting to watch. Reminds me of old pinball machines for some reason. http://www.animusic.com/downloads.html :thumbsup:

[Imagine80]

I've always liked Sparks by The Who

[wondergirl9847]

I have the soundtrack (thank you for ordering it for me, Musicland!!) and I love it soooo much! My fave instrumental is The House Rising (makes me cry) because it's very powerful. The main character (Mrs. Brisby) is running all gamut of emotions. Her house has to be moved and the rats of NIMH are trying to move it, and her kids are trapped inside. She feels relief, then, the stone starts to sink in the mud, then panic sets in, then defeat when the stone completely sinks. She's lost hope...then, she uses the necklace that Nicodemus gave her to give her strength and courage to lift the stone up from the mud and it floats to the safe place. I've seen this cartoon so many times in my life, I can listen to the soundtrack and see the movie in my head. LOL

One of my fave movies of all time. :)

[Nixxxed]

I've seen "Stephanie" mentioned a few times in this thread, but I'm surprised no one has yet mentioned "Django". It's short, but I love it. Especially the way it perfectly sets up (and bleeds into) "Races Are Run".

Also, there's a Prince instrumental that I used to loooooove. It's at the end of the "Under the Cherry Moon" soundtrack. Can't think of the name right now -- must go look it up...

[Serrart]

I Love instrumentals, some of my favourites (not only rock and in a random order):

Albatross
The Morrow - Michael Nyman
Stephanie
Asturias - Andres Segovia
Die To Live - Steve Vai
Entre Dos Aguas - Paco De Lucia
Quadrophenia - The Who
Yumeji's Theme - Umebayashi Shigeru :angel:
Oscillate Wildly- The Smiths
Dead Things - Philip Glass

Romy

[hayley]

Ooh, I love Oscillate Wildly, too.

My favorite instrumental is Is That Your Zebra? by Sam Phillips off Fan Dance. At least I consider it an instrumental.

My favorite FM instrumental is Sunny Side of Heaven.