what are your favorite rock instrumentals?

[tdfwiner]

I find that a lot of the songs that move me the most are instrumentals and was just wondering if anyone else had any favorites. Here are two that I'm listening to a lot at the moment...

Happy Hunting Ground by The Church

http://www.sendspace.com/file/xk68yx

Wipe Me I'm Lucky by The Clean

http://www.sendspace.com/file/u8cpil

[SpyNote]

Hinterland - Strange Cargo (William Orbit)
Follow Your Bliss - B-52s
Sunny Side of Heaven - Fleetwood Mac

[shackin'up]

Albatross - FM

Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers.

Theme From Great Cities - Simple Minds

Peter Gunn - ELP

Teen Beat - FM

Wipe Out - the Ventures (originally by the Surfaris, but this version rocks like h*ll. Look at this incredibly fabulous clip; the frames are all modern graphics..)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkYSDYDc8mE


wow.

[gldstwmn]

Funeral For A Friend - Elton John

[chiliD]

Just off the top of my head:

"In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed" - Allman Brothers Band
"Hot 'Lanta" - Allman Brothers Band
"Les Brers In A Minor" - Allman Brothers Band
"Mountain Jam" - Allman Brothers Band (based on Donovan's tune "There Is A Mountain")
"Little Martha" - Allman Brothers Band
"Jessica" - Allman Brothers Band
"High Falls" - Allman Brothers Band
"Pegasus" - Allman Brothers Band
"Madness Of The West" - Allman Brothers Band
"True Gravity" - Allman Brothers Band
"Kind Of Bird" - Allman Brothers Band
"Instrumental Illness" - Allman Brothers Band

"Long Hard Ride" - The Marshall Tucker Band

"Asleep In The Desert" - ZZ Top

"A Day At The Dog Races" - Little Feat

"Hideaway" - Freddie King (but I like John Mayall's Bluesbreakers w/Eric Clapton's version better)
"The Stumble" - Freddie King (but I like John Mayall's Bluesbreakers w/Peter Green's version better; and the Peter Green Splinter Group's 1996 cover the best)
"San Ho-Zay" - Freddie King (but I like Rick Vito's live cover better)
"The Supernatural" - John Mayall's Bluesbreakers w/Peter Green

"Fleetwood Mac" - Fleetwood Mac
"Albatross" - Fleetwood Mac
"Jigsaw Puzzle Blues" - Fleetwood Mac
"Underway" - Fleetwood Mac
"Searching For Madge" - Fleetwood Mac
"Fighting For Madge" - Fleetwood Mac
"Oh Well, Part 2" - Fleetwood Mac
"Sunny Side Of Heaven" - Fleetwood Mac

"Burnt Foot" - Peter Green
"Apostle" - Peter Green
"Little Dreamer" - Peter Green
"Tribal Dance" - Peter Green Splinter Group
"Man Of The World" - Peter Green Splinter Group
"Hiding In Shadows" - Peter Green Splinter Group

"Midnight In San Juan" - Danny Kirwan

"Walkin' With The Deco Man" - Rick Vito
"Streamliner" - Rick Vito
"Exotica By Night" - Rick Vito
"Rhumba Diablo" - Rick Vito
"A Change Is Gonna Come" - Rick Vito (an instrumental version of a Sam Cooke song)

"Peaches & Diesel" - Eric Clapton

"Cat's Squirrel" - Cream (also done very well by Jethro Tull)
"Toad" - Cream

"Got To Hurry" - The Yardbirds (b-side of the "For Your Love" single)
"Beck's Bolero" - The Yardbirds
"Jeff's Boogie" - The Yardbirds
"White Summer" - The Yardbirds

"Black Mountain Side" - Led Zeppelin
"Moby Dick" - Led Zeppelin

"Star Spangled Banner" - Jimi Hendrix
"Pali Gap" - Jimi Hendrix

"Glad" - Traffic

"Cobwebs & Strange" - The Who

"Little Wing" - Stevie Ray Vaughan

"Sleepwalk" - Santo & Jonny

"Walk Don't Run" - The Ventures
"Hawaii Five-O" - The Ventures
"Sleigh Ride" - The Ventures

"Pipeline" - The Chantays

"Miserlou" - Dick Dale & The Del-Tones

"Mr. Moto" - The Challengers
"Red River Rock" - The Challengers
"Penetration" - The Challengers

"Pet Sounds" - The Beach Boys

"Green Onions" - Booker T & The MG's
"Time Is Tight" - Booker T & The MG's

"Flying" - The Beatles

And a few more I can't think of off the top of my head.

[David]

I don't think I have any rock instrumental favorites. But if you stripped the vocals off some of my favorite rock songs, like Rainbow Blues or Mama's Pearl, you'd have excellent rock instrumentals.

[gretchen]

More darkwavish type instrumentals than rock, but hauntingly wonderful:
Devils Lake - Patrick O'Hearn
Upon The Wings of the Night - P. O'Hearn
Coba - P. O'Hearn

[chiliD]

More darkwavish type instrumentals than rock, but hauntingly wonderful:
Devils Lake - Patrick O'Hearn
Upon The Wings of the Night - P. O'Hearn
Coba - P. O'Hearn

Patrick O'Hearn...wasn't he the bass player for Missing Persons? :shrug:

[tuigirl]

oh hooray ChiliD...I'm glad you put "green onions" coz I was going to do the same earlier, but thought it might not qualify as "rock". It is quite tame, but one of my alltime favs :thumbsup: (oh oh, are we showing our age now??:lol:)

[chiliD]

(oh oh, are we showing our age now??:lol:)

I don't know about you, but I've been showing my age for a heckuva long time. :laugh:

[gretchen]

Patrick O'Hearn...wasn't he the bass player for Missing Persons? :shrug:

Yes, he was! Go get his CD 'Indigo', it's brilliant!!!!!!:nod:

[Moz]

YYZ by Rush.

[Chilly Willy]

Actually, I prefer Dave Edmunds' version of The Stumble. Also by D.E.- Sabre Dance and Bizet's Farandole.

Also-

Astradyne by Ultravox

The Messiah Will Come Again by Gary Moore

God Bird Change by The Tubes

[chiliD]

A few more:

"Freeway Jam" - Jeff Beck
"Cause We Ended As Lovers - Jeff Beck
"Blue Wind" - Jeff Beck
"Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - Jeff Beck

Well, acutally all of Jeff's Blow By Blow and Wired albums.

Oh, yeah...

"Stephanie" - Lindsey Buckingham
"Django" - Lindsey Buckingham
"This Nearly Was Mine" - Lindsey Buckingham