Topic: Instrumentals (Read 21250 times)

Zingoleb · « **on:** 26 Aug 2008, 20:08 »

I'm wondering what people's favourite instrumentals would be...quick list, off the top of my head

Pink Floyd - Marooned
Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover
Allman Brothers - Little Martha
Brian Keane & Omar Faruk Tekbilek - The Story of Süleyman (Also, Saint Sophia)
Anoushka Shankar - Sinister Grains
Enya - Aldebaran
Bob Dylan - Suze (If only because he starts coughing in the middle of it and has to stop playing)
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Peter Gunn
Jefferson Airplane - Embryonic Journey

aaaaand

The Moody Blues - Procession

That's all I can think of off-hand. I'll probably keep remembering more afterwards. Oh!

Alasdair Fraser - The Spirit of the Gael

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #1 on:** 26 Aug 2008, 20:11 »

Some of my answers are probably in here: http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,20889.0.html

Be My Head · « **Reply #2 on:** 26 Aug 2008, 20:16 »

Godspeed You! Black Emperor (all of it, the random rants don't count as vocals)

As well as most Post-Rock, as most of it doesn't include vocals

Miles Davis, particularly the "Bitches Brew" album
Jeff Beck's "Blow By Blow" album
Everything by The Mahavishnu Orchestra

Other Jazz Fusion as well

Some soundtracks, particularly anything by Joe Hisaishi.

Most electronica as well, like Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Venetian Snares.

Edit: Oh, I forgot, another one is pretty much all of Karl Sanders' (of Nile fame) solo album Saurian Meditation, all of it is awesome instrumental music based on traditional Egyptian styles. All is instrumental except for a bit of background growls (sound like tortured spirits) and some spoken word verses on one song.

Xaris3514 · « **Reply #3 on:** 26 Aug 2008, 20:29 »

"Leave that Thing Alone" by Rush and "YYZ" by Rush are two of my personal favorite instrumentals as well as anything by Liquid Tension Experiment.

Harun · « **Reply #4 on:** 26 Aug 2008, 22:40 »

Darkest Hour - Veritas, Aequitas

Beyond the Embrace - The Riddle of Steel

imapiratearg · « **Reply #5 on:** 27 Aug 2008, 07:00 »

"Gone" by My Friend the Chocolate Cake. It's probably the most beautiful minute and a half of all time. Listen here.

Also: A majority of the tracks Jon Brion does for the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Soundtrack. Namely, "Peer Pressure," "Row," and "Elephant Parade."

Thrillho · « **Reply #6 on:** 27 Aug 2008, 08:26 »

Pink Floyd - Careful With That Axe, Eugene
Hope Of The States - The Black Amnesias
Beastie Boys - Off The Grid
Beastie Boys - Eugene's Lament
Black Light Burns - Iodine Sky
Bonebox - Return To St. Jay's Infirmary
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme, Part One (Acknowledgement)
Divine Comedy - Threesome
DJ Shadow - Midnight In A Perfect World
Fony - Circles
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Motherfucker = Redeemer (Parts I-II)

IronOxide · « **Reply #7 on:** 27 Aug 2008, 09:56 »

sean · « **Reply #8 on:** 27 Aug 2008, 13:46 »

Quote from: Ptommydski on 27 Aug 2008, 09:46

I like that Mogwai song with no vocals.

sig quote, right there.

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #9 on:** 27 Aug 2008, 14:14 »

But...but several Mogwai songs do have vocals. Or am I missing another joke here?

sean · « **Reply #10 on:** 27 Aug 2008, 14:18 »

The majority don't though. I'd say at least 75% of their songs have no vocals. I have no idea if it was a joke though. That makes it so much better,

Be My Head · « **Reply #11 on:** 27 Aug 2008, 14:20 »

Quote from: Ptommydski on 27 Aug 2008, 09:46

I like that Explosions In The Sky song with no vocals.

fix'd

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #12 on:** 27 Aug 2008, 14:23 »

I mean that works better. Although, while not technically vocals, they do have a song with film dialog samples and a song with wordless vocals. I'm being a nit-picky and obnoxious though, so I'll stop.

suitupletsgo · « **Reply #13 on:** 27 Aug 2008, 15:05 »

Zingoleb · « **Reply #14 on:** 27 Aug 2008, 17:33 »

Ooooh, I forgot to mention a couple.

Georghe Zamfir - The Lonely Shepherd

He does panflute music, really lovely stuff.

and

Karunesh - Morning Celebration

Very Indian sounding.

Nodaisho · « **Reply #15 on:** 27 Aug 2008, 18:11 »

The Misshapen Steed - Agalloch
The Wolves of Timberline - Agalloch
A Celebration For the Death of Man - Agalloch
Just about all of The White - Agalloch
Bescreen'd - How Like A Winter
The Great Gig In the Sky - Pink Floyd
Marche Funebre - Candlemass
Lux Aeterna - Clint Mansell (the one that is in about half the movie trailers made, also known by Requiem for a Dream)

imapiratearg · « **Reply #16 on:** 27 Aug 2008, 18:43 »

I also forgot maybe one or two:

"Pitter Patter Goes My Heart" by Broken Social Scene and "Instrumental Died in the Bathtub and Took the Daydreams With It" by K.C. Accidental. Also, "40 Rods to the Hog's Head" by Tera Melos. They are probably the most schizophrenic band ever.

Chad K. · « **Reply #17 on:** 27 Aug 2008, 19:40 »

Russian Circles - all of it.

sean · « **Reply #18 on:** 27 Aug 2008, 19:46 »

I've actually been on a bit of a Russian Circles binge recently. I've always liked them, but I never realized how fucking good they are until recently. Their combination of math rock and metal is really quite excellent. I maintain that their self titled demo is their best recorded material, though their other works are good as well. Excellent stuff.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #19 on:** 27 Aug 2008, 20:08 »

Dammit, I want to take PARTS of songs. "Oh, I like about 3:23 to 7:40, then it gets good again around 32:30."

Nodaisho · « **Reply #20 on:** 27 Aug 2008, 21:35 »

Dopesmoker? But that isn't all instrumental.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #21 on:** 27 Aug 2008, 22:37 »

This is a perfect song. Echoes, by Pink Floyd. 2:57-4:57 (wow, exactly) is vocals, then from 19:12-19:57 (what's with 57 seconds?) is vocals again. But the other 20 minutes is all...jamming. So, it's mostly instrumental, that's why I say, I want to take parts of a song.

BlahBlah · « **Reply #22 on:** 28 Aug 2008, 09:02 »

Neutral Milk Hotel's Untitled.
All of Lindstrøm's new album, Zappa's Shut Up N Play Yer Guitar, and Kind of Blue are probably my favourites.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #23 on:** 28 Aug 2008, 20:54 »

Listening to a bunch of Apocalyptica lately...perhaps, I dunno, anything by them.

Oh, and Foreplay, by Boston.

RedLion · « **Reply #24 on:** 29 Aug 2008, 01:33 »

Freddy Freeloader by Miles Davis, naturale

Shadows Collide · « **Reply #25 on:** 29 Aug 2008, 02:03 »

Cynic - Textures
David Crosby - Song with no words (tree with no leaves)
Madvillain - Sickfit
Kaki King - Close your eyes and you'll burst into flames
Charles Mingus - Black Saint C - Group Dancers

I can't believe I was the first to mention Textures!

Funk Thompson · « **Reply #26 on:** 29 Aug 2008, 07:01 »

Madahoochi - Neptune Squeegie aka Eargasm

Pretty much every song Jazz Mandolin Project does.

Every song MMW does

Most of the others I'd mention already have been.

VanHorneDog · « **Reply #27 on:** 05 Sep 2008, 01:17 »

Bele Fleck and the Flecktones - Scratch and Sniff (funky shit i tell you what, victor wooten and jeff coffin are gods)

Nickel Creek - Smoothie Song

Dave Matthews Band - Kit Kat Jam

Gov't Mule - Sco-Mule

Calaveth · « **Reply #28 on:** 06 Sep 2008, 21:05 »

Anything and everything by Detektivbyrån.

De_El · « **Reply #29 on:** 07 Sep 2008, 00:10 »

Duuuudes. "My Kimono." Polvo. Do it up.

Jackie Blue · « **Reply #30 on:** 07 Sep 2008, 00:12 »

The version of "Careful With That Axe, Eugene" on Live at Pompeii.

Duuuuuuude.

fuck i wish i had that dvd now

Harun · « **Reply #31 on:** 07 Sep 2008, 13:01 »

Morbid Angel - Desolate Ways

Be My Head · « **Reply #32 on:** 07 Sep 2008, 15:59 »

Quote from: zerodrone on 07 Sep 2008, 00:12

The version of "Careful With That Axe, Eugene" on Live at Pompeii.

Duuuuuuude.

fuck i wish i had that dvd now

I have the Director's cut, it's pretty nice.

Touch Me Im Sick · « **Reply #33 on:** 07 Sep 2008, 16:31 »

Interstellar Overdrive - Pink Floyd
Electric - Boris

Those songs come to mind.

Thrillho · « **Reply #34 on:** 07 Sep 2008, 18:32 »

Quote from: Be My Head on 07 Sep 2008, 15:59

Quote from: zerodrone on 07 Sep 2008, 00:12
The version of "Careful With That Axe, Eugene" on Live at Pompeii.

Duuuuuuude.

fuck i wish i had that dvd now

I have the Director's cut, it's pretty nice.

Doesn't that have a couple of embryonic Dark Side... songs on it?

overtone · « **Reply #35 on:** 11 Sep 2008, 19:58 »

My favorite instrumental sequence ever was on a mix I made this year. I can't get over this shit.

Saul - Song One (here)

followed by...

Do Make Say Think - It's Gonna Rain (here)
Album: Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn

followed by...

The Books - If Never Changes to Stop (here)
Album: Lost and Safe

imapiratearg · « **Reply #36 on:** 11 Sep 2008, 20:06 »

Quote from: overtone on 11 Sep 2008, 19:58

The Books - Motherless Bastard

Fixed for you, man. But dang, man. That one you linked is gorgeous.

CarrionMan · « **Reply #37 on:** 11 Sep 2008, 20:08 »

Moby Dick- Led Zepplin

Seriously. In one version, there's a ten minute drum solo. Friggin amazing.

overtone · « **Reply #38 on:** 11 Sep 2008, 20:15 »

I don't have Thought for Food and I refuse to steal it... they are too goddamn rad.

Pay day is tomorrow though.

Touch Me Im Sick · « **Reply #39 on:** 11 Sep 2008, 20:18 »

Pretty much everything by Lightning Bolt really. The vocals are distorted and buried, so it just becomes an instrument really.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #40 on:** 11 Sep 2008, 20:18 »

I'm trying to find a link for "Motherless Bastard" but I am coming up with nothing.

PECOAE · « **Reply #41 on:** 12 Sep 2008, 12:58 »

biblical violence - hella
crazy and melodic.
to russia my homeland - ...and you will know us by the trail of dead
romantic and russian.
race in - battles
rocking and electronic and spacey and who knows what else... without discernable words..
helps both ways - mogwai
one of the most beautiful, slow, lurching songs ever.
any colour you like - pink floyd
just a beautiful display of melodic interplay, spacedoutness, and organnnnn - also a great segway song.

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #42 on:** 12 Sep 2008, 13:27 »

magixburg by hella
koko b. ware by hella
hi/lo by Battles
The Moon Under Water by A Hawk and a Hacksaw
Those Who Stayed by Murder by Death

plus, lot's and lot's of post-rock that i won't bother naming.

Thrillho · « **Reply #43 on:** 12 Sep 2008, 15:22 »

Quote from: CarrionMan on 11 Sep 2008, 20:08

In one version, there's a ten minute drum solo.

I find it amusing that you, and indeed, Led Zeppelin, consider this to be a good thing.

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #44 on:** 12 Sep 2008, 15:43 »

what's wrong with that?

i have tape of a Greatful Dead show where they brought out another drummer and both drummers just jammed with each other for a good thirty minutes (both drummers had HUGE sets that contained weird shit from all over the world) and it's fuckign amazing.

hehe and to hear the whole thing, you have to actually flip the tape over because it's too long. good stuff.

bbqrocks · « **Reply #45 on:** 12 Sep 2008, 15:54 »

Because they had wierd shit, and there were two of them.

I'm fairly sure one drummer becomes slightly boring after 10 minutes, and I can't image led zep wapping out tons of wierd shit.

CarrionMan · « **Reply #46 on:** 12 Sep 2008, 16:04 »

I'm a drummer. Banging for ten minutes is absolute insanity, but, if you can pull if off(like they did), it sounds awesome.

Be My Head · « **Reply #47 on:** 12 Sep 2008, 18:03 »

Gordian Knot because who DOESN'T love technical masturbation?

Mr. Y · « **Reply #48 on:** 12 Sep 2008, 19:34 »

Going To Your Funeral, Pt 2 by Eels. It's under two minutes, but somehow conveys a beauty that is near impossible to describe in that short time.

Also, The Birth and Death of the day, Explosions In The Sky
A Tear For Eddie, Ween
Robot Theme Song, The Aquabats!
and
For All The Pretty People, by Ben Folds Five (The Idle Banter In the Beginning Does Not Count)

Zingoleb · « **Reply #49 on:** 12 Sep 2008, 19:38 »

Live at Pompeii...oh, fuck you. Now I have to find my DVD's (assuming my father didn't throw them out AGAIN. Bastard.).

I have a live version where Bonham is just drumming for 15 minutes. It's BORING. BORING. BOOOORING.

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Shadows Collide

VanHorneDog

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bbqrocks

Mr. Y

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