Instrumentals: Because lyrics are so overrated.

[bluesbassman]

:rofl:
First Up: Hoedown - Emerson Lake & Palmer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFCniNYZoFg

[Doc_Technical]

1. "Midnight in Moscow"

by Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbrXHMYAz-E

[Xipe Totec]

22. I prefer the Russian original

Подмосковные Вечера:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KairmsARpyo

[Gormy Cuss]

2. Jessica

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr6_erJ3tfk&feature=related
and

In Memory of Elizabeth Reed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXrcINvsREU&feature=related

[Xipe Totec]

24. I like this version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfM6nRVBvGs

[Iggo]

3. Two from Pelican

Dead Between The Walls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2HfFg-zyYM

City Of Echoes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TFcJ9NMVew

[Bicoastal]

4. They're also damn hard to remember the names of.

That's why bands don't do them anymore.

Here's an oldie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc8S35k-SJs

[gmoney]

5. Nick Lowe - Shake that Rat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV7T0rlY0E0

From his "Bowi" EP... his response to Bowie's "Low" album




Or Madness "One Step Beyond" -- close enough to instrumental, I'd say. Wonderfully fun video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-uyWAe0NhQ

[Archae]

6. How's this for a classic?

"Popcorn"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N4ckFN96-k

[gmoney]

8. Reminds me of "Joy" by Apollo 100

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S8jd8WhxoI

Somebody cut a very cool video of olympic athletes to this song... wish I could find it.

[MiddleFingerMom]

14. I had forgotten that one.

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Sounds like 'Pong' on crystal meth.
.

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[MiddleFingerMom]

7. Never a big fan of Zappa's instrumentals...

.
...being such a raving lunatic for the siknis of his lyrics.
.
That said, "The Grand Wazoo", with only one song containing
lyrics, is my all-time favorite of his works.
.

.

[Brickbat]

9. "I'm a Mindless Idiot" by the Meat Puppets.

Fucking awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlG0fR9m8ms

[AwakeAtLast]

10. Because someone has to

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


Disclaimer #1: The voice is an instrument

Disclaimer #2: There are no lyrics


:rofl:

[MiddleFingerMom]

15. I just KNEW it was going to be him!!!

.
Allow me to reiterate.
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Someone got some this morning!!!
.
.
You wanna talk about the voice as an instrument, check out some of
Phillip Glass' works.
.
Saw him on SNL and couldn't figure out which musicians were producing
the most ethereal sounds in the piece.
.
Turns out there were two "vocalists" sitting among the orchestra.
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BEAUTIFUL!!!
.

[AllenVanAllen]

11. Meaningful Moment Through a Meaning(less) Process

by Stars Of The Lid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PE50PZG5aw

[deutsey]

17. Nice. Thanks for posting. n/t

[Amerigo Vespucci]

12. Ronnie Montrose- Town Without Pity- Night Of The Guitars '91

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWUWjoEFa5A

:toast:

[bluesbassman]

31. One of my favorite Montrose tunes.

Although not his composition, he certainly made it his own. Montrose doesn't get the recognition he deserves. One of the "cleanest" of the rock heroes. His arpeggio mastery is phenomenal.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

40. If there's any truth in what Jeff Blazy once said about him...

...the reason he doesn't get the recognition is because he's...as Blazy described him..."Attila the Hun."

San Jose's KOME used to feature the "Blazy & Bob" show...they have recently reunited and are on mornings on a Santa Rosa FM "classic rock" station.

Anyway...on KOME, they used to have live morning broadcasts at local clubs. Ronnie played at one of them when "Open Fire" was released, and he did play "Town Without Pity" as it was getting heavy airplay at the time.

The next day, discussing the performance, Blazy basically said that he and all in attendance were in awe of the man's chops, and rightly so, but Ronnie the man was a different matter entirely. That's when he dropped the Atilla reference, although saying what he said about a guy who was gracious enough to come on his show was kind of low behavior.

It always amazed me, though, that he could have produced work as significant as the first two albums with Hagar, then "Open Fire," then Gamma, then "The Speed of Sound"...but he was never HUGE, outside of that early period. From what I can tell, his last major release was Gamma 4, the reunion CD, in 2001. He had a couple of CDs that were available from his Website only, and on New Year's Eve this year, played in a tiny little club about two miles from me.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

13. Joe Satriani - Flying In A Blue Dream

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOsgv_X_cV8

:toast:

[Dr. Strange]

16. The Main Monkey Business

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwyA1UXjOhg

[Fire Walk With Me]

18. "Red" by King Crimson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P58v0mRUWJo&feature=PlayList&p=D7C66283CC240CDF&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=17

[mcollins]

19. Yngwie rules.

http://www.yngwie.org/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT9DwBDPWpg

[MrSlayer]

27. +1000

[Lyric]

20. AM NOT!

x(

[bluesbassman]

29. No way! I said "lyrics".

You, as a Lyric, are just fine. :)

[Initech]

21. This thread is meaningless without Maggot Brain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVaY59cU6LI

[Tom_Foolery]

23. Glenn Miller's In The Mood...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJE-onnw2gM

[flvegan]

25. "Midnight Cowboy" - Faith No More

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwoCWNDcp3c

[Xipe Totec]

26. Asturias - Isaac Albeñiz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEfFbuT3I6A

[miscsoc]

28. couple of mogwai songs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opn8riUNygM&feature=related ('Tracy')

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj9ckk-Wxls&feature=related ('Summer')

[Sebastian Doyle]

30. The Beatles - Cry For A Shadow

Recorded in Hamburg Germany, 1961. The only Beatles song credited to Harrison/Lennon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9FacSNRBHk

[RainDog]

32. Jeff Beck: Cause We've Ended as Lovers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDgjBl86vq8

[Tom_Foolery]

33. The Rockford Files Theme...

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

I wonder if they'll use this in the new show.

[Forkboy]

34. Sir Richard Bishop - Esoterica of Abyssinia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eYQCsQyqGU

[BulletproofLandshark]

35. Rush "YYZ"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3hJ5-ngUow
:headbang:

[RainDog]

36. Hot Tuna: Water Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6giiYDlqRQs

[hippywife]

37. Yes...and Embryonic Journey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTgGBCn4e5E

[TheMightyFavog]

38. Fire On High by ELO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3Ufx7SmZ5E

[TheMightyFavog]

39. ELP's cover of Copeland's Fanfare for the Common Man

Olympic Stadium, Montreal, 1977

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we55QQcsvY4

[abq e streeter]

41. Paradise By The C------the E Street Band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xrem45-1QU

[RainDog]

42. M. Ward - Medley: Rag/Duet for Guitars #3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO2WFgNgcuo

[abq e streeter]

43. The Chantays, and the living legend: Dick Dale, with the Del-Tones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j09C8clJaXo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIU0RMV_II8

[livetohike]

44. Pali Gap _ Hendrix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgIaLL-iP0Y