What are your favorite instrumentals???

Good enough for Jake and Elwood, and good enough for me.

 

Who knew? King Curtis does Zeppelin.

 

You forgot The Look of Love.

As for some of my favorite instrumentals, they appear on this in excellent sound

 

Rush - Limbo
Wally Badarou - Mambo

 

Latest acquisition
Monaco-Shine (Someone Who Needs Me)- Instrumental version from the 4 track single, Hook bass galore!

 

Somebody Up There Likes You - Simple Minds
Astradyne - Ultravox
Arrogance Gave Him Up - The Associates
Honeymoon In New York - Heaven 17
Cacophony - Simple Minds
Ruckzuck - Kraftwerk
Speed Of Life - David Bowie
Canton - Japan
Timing X - Devo
Work That Skirt - The B-52's
First Impression - Mick Karn
Oscillate Wildly - The Smiths
Theme For Great Cities - Simple Minds
RERB - Shock
Tel Aviv - Duran Duran

 

That's a bloody good list sir!

 

McCartney - Rockestra & Heather

 

Wow, ten pages and no Captain Beefheart? Perhaps I missed it in my cursorily glancing.

 

Cry for a Shadow the Beatles
Walk Don't Run the Ventures
Sleepwalk Santo and Johnny
Squid Paul McCartney
Marwa Blues George Harrison
Pet Sounds, let's Go Away for Awhile Beach Boys

 

Some I forgot

Urban Clearway - Saint Etienne
Film One - John Foxx
Tom Baker - The Human League
ZX7 - The Reviles
Obscured By Clouds - Pink Floyd
Theme From 'Burn Warehouse Burn' - Baader Meinhof
Gordon's Gin - The Human League
Toyota City - The Human League
The Associate - The Associates
When The Machines Rock - Tubeway Army
Androgyny - Simple Minds
A Brass Band In Africa Chimes - Simple Minds
Simple Minds' instrumentals are usually pretty strong.

 

Syntax-Pray 2003

 

Thomas Dolby-Evil Twin Brother 2011

 

What are some of your favorite instrumental songs?

 

I'll start with the Ventures "Nutty."

A song the Bruins used as an opening song in the 70's.

 

I'd say probably half of all the songs I listen to are instrumental. A few current favourites in no particular order:

• Penguin Cafe Orchestra, "Perpetuum Mobile"
• Yasuaki Shimizu, "Semi Tori No Hi"
• Tim Hecker, "Castrati Stack"
• Duane Pitre, "Bayou Electric"
• Jlin, "Black Ballet"
• Earth, "The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull"
• Pye Corner Audio, "Electronic Rhythm Number Three"
• Fleetwood Mac, "Albatross"
• Belle and Sebastian, "F**k This S**t"
• John Surman, "Whistman's Wood"
• Blixa Bargeld, "Ouverture (from Dumpfe Stimmen)"
• Arvo Part, "Spiegel im Spiegel"

 

Moss Garden

 

Bowie and Eno. I never gave that many listens. I'll have to play that one now...

 

do you mean rock instrumentals? extending this into jazz and classical would be... difficult.

 

Telstar by the Tornadoes
Wipeout by the Surfaris
Love Theme by Barry White Love Unlimited Orchestra
Theme from Summer Place by Percy Faith
Walk Don't Run by The Ventures
Classical Gas by Mason Williams
Green Onions by Booker T and the MGs
Sleepwalk by Santo and Johnny

 

Do instrumental mixes of songs that have a vocal count? I believe they do.

I Just Can't Say Goodbye (Instrumental B-Side) - The Philly Devotions
Love's Theme - Love Unlimited Orchestra
Lonesome Tears - Denny Laine
I'm Looking For Someone To Love - Denny Laine
Cuff Link - Wings
Wipe Out - The Surfaris (I believe this counts)
Let's Groove (Instrumental B-side) - Earth, Wind and Fire
Sexual Healing (Instrumental B-side) - Marvin Gaye

 

Is This Music? teenage fanclub

 

Any form of instrumental music. Rock, Jazz, Classical...if it's a favorite of yours (or mine) it's worth noting. Though, Classical and Jazz have the upper hand in volume.