Insturmental rock songs

jwink3101jwink3101
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in AppleOutsider edited January 2014
I am trying to create a huge playlist of insturmental rock songs. I have a few rules to my list.



1) No more Allman Brothers becuase i already have a lot from them

2) nothing too head-banging. I have a few harder ones (YYZ) but i prefer smoothing sounds



Here is my current list (in no particular order)



1. Flying - Beatles

2. Jessica - Allman Brothers

3. True Gravity - Allman Brothers

4. Fire on High - ELO (see me sig)

5. Classical Gas - Manson Williams

6. High Falls - Allman Brothers

7. YYZ - Rush (a bit too hard sounding for my taste but i like this one)

8. Marooned - Pink Floyd

9. Now I've Got a Witness - Rolling Stones

10. Soul Sacrifice - Santana

11. Popcorn - Hot Butter (a but too techno sounding but not too bad)



Does anybody else have any suggestions?



Thanks
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Comments

  • Reply 1 of 21
    hassan i sabbahhassan i sabbah Posts: 3,987member
    Maggot Brain by Funkadelic. Essential.
  • Reply 2 of 21
    flounderflounder Posts: 2,674member
    Indian Love Song, by the Dirty Three.



    It's on the iTMS
  • Reply 3 of 21
    the cool gutthe cool gut Posts: 1,714member
    Training Montage - Vince DiCola



    - on the Rocky IV soundtrack
  • Reply 4 of 21
    soulcrushersoulcrusher Posts: 587member
    the album "Vertigo" by John 5
  • Reply 5 of 21
    rageousrageous Posts: 2,170member
    Artist: Metallica

    Title: The Call of Ktulu

    Album: S&M
  • Reply 6 of 21
    jwink3101jwink3101 Posts: 739member
    Thanks everyone. I have to now preview them and then i will see which ones i like



    I appreciate the suggestions!!
  • Reply 7 of 21
    709709 Posts: 2,016member
    Are you just looking for artists that don't usually do instrumentals (as your list suggests)?



    If not, what about Dick Dale? Ventures? Awesome stuff.



    Or the more modern bands like Tortoise, Explosions In The Sky, maybe even From Monument To Masses.



    My all-time favourite instrumental album is The Dust Brother's 'Fight Club' Soundtrack. It's truly amazing.
  • Reply 8 of 21
    carson o'geniccarson o'genic Posts: 1,279member
    Embryonic Journey - Jefferson Airplane/Jorma Kaukonen



    Water Song- Hot Tuna/more Jorma
  • Reply 9 of 21
    danosaurdanosaur Posts: 258member
    Hunting Bears - Radiohead
  • Reply 10 of 21
    gene cleangene clean Posts: 3,481member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by 709



    If not, what about Dick Dale?



    Ooh, I like Misirlou.



    *starts searching for Pulp Fiction OST*
  • Reply 11 of 21
    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
    "Hells Kitchen" by Dream Theater. They are responsible for quite a few very well arranged rock instrumentals (a la YYZ), but many of them are harder than you might like. You can listen to all of them, as far as I know, through iTunes.
  • Reply 12 of 21
    hardheadhardhead Posts: 644member
    Heh,



    "East/West" Paul Butterfield Blues Band.



    "Albatross" Fleetwood Mac.



    "Uncle Harry's Last Freak Out" Pink Faeries.



    "Blue Wind" Jeff Beck.



    "Samba Pa Ti" Santana live off the Lotus album.



    "Cliffs Of Dover" Eric Johnson.



    "Beck's Bolero" Jeff Beck.



    "Dune" Jade Warrior.



    Ps. Oops, almost forgot;

    "SleepWalk" Santo and Johnny.
  • Reply 13 of 21
    carson o'geniccarson o'genic Posts: 1,279member
    Cozy Powell had a solo album years ago that had some cool instrumentals, including his version of teh 1812 overture.
  • Reply 14 of 21
    rara Posts: 623member
    Orion by Metallica
  • Reply 15 of 21
    dmzdmz Posts: 5,775member
    **you have reached this synapse in error, please try agian later**



    Lenny -- Stevie Ray Vaughan -- from Texas Flood
  • Reply 16 of 21
    jwink3101jwink3101 Posts: 739member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by dmz

    Siberian Khatru -- Yes -- from Close to the Edge



    Lenny -- Stevie Ray Vaughan -- from Texas Flood



    That Yes song has words
  • Reply 17 of 21
    dmzdmz Posts: 5,775member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Jwink3101

    That Yes song has words



    damn, wrong braincell
  • Reply 18 of 21
    jwink3101jwink3101 Posts: 739member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by dmz

    damn, wrong braincell



    its okay. It seems like a cool song. Maybe i will get it from limewire and if i like it i will buy it from itms (i know it isn;t technically legal but i like to hear the whole thing before i buy if i am not convinced by the preview)
  • Reply 19 of 21
    dmzdmz Posts: 5,775member
    Also, there's "the Clap" from The Yes Album and then if you can find a Steve Howe album called Turbulence it's all instrumental -- and fairly good.
  • Reply 20 of 21
    jwink3101jwink3101 Posts: 739member
    Once agian. Thanks everybody. I am still checking out some of the songs on the list you guys made. Those which aren;t iTMS, i have to wait until i have more time to find them "in other reaches of the internet"



    Thanks agian
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