Best Instrumental Songs?
 

I'm listening to one of my favorite instrumental songs of all time, Death Angel's "The Ultra-Violence" and wondering what some of the favorite instrumentals of the GFY faithful are


My Top 5:

Death Angel - "The Ultra-Violence"
Motley Crue - "God Bless The Children Of The Beast"
Metallica - "Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth)"
Quiet Riot - "Bass Case"
Joe Satriani - "Satch Boogie"

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Just about anything by Steve Vai :thumbsup

Dazed and Confused Instrumental version - Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin

shit, I forgot Metallica "Orion"

and good call on Steve Vai :)
some of the stuff he did with Zappa was intense and his solo stuff was amazing...

All songs from Marty Friedman's Dragon's Kiss :thumbsup

Jethro TULL on Bursting out - on the second CD - can not mention the name of that great instument song now - great drums solo in:thumbsup

Edit... no wait, I was thinking of WarPigs. WoodPecker from Mars is pretty bad ass.

I also like Wounded Knee by Primus (Pork Soda Album... song #8)

hmmm, I'll have to check that one out....I loved the stuff he did with Jason Becker as Cacaphony......

anything by kenny g

Great couple, Jason and Marty!

Freedom of speech and Acid Rain -Liquid tension experiment
Hocus Pocus - Gary Hoey

dude, "The Ventures" hands down:thumbsup :thumbsup

YES!! Someone on GFY has good taste in music! LTE is incredible and Acid Rain is one of my absolute favorite instrumentals EVER. You've gotta love the 7 string in the main riff! I also love the Dance of Eternity by Dream Theater. It's truly insane, but once you get to know it you'll love it forever :)

Cassie

When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide
Where I stop and I turn and I go for a ride
Get to the bottom and I see you again

Fuck yeah LTE is awesome, Portnoy has always been my main influence, that guy is a fuckin amazing drummer.
I'm not good with Dream theater song titles though i was thinking of a few but couldn't remember the names, on what album is Dance of Eternity again?

Dance of Eternity is on Scenes From a Memory. If you don't have it, buy it immediately :) It's a fucking masterpiece! Although Images & Words is my all-time favorite DT album, Scenes is a close second. Yeah, Portnoy is incredible, the stuff he (and the rest of DT) can play and write is just about unbelievable. My boyfriend is a guitarist, and Petrucci is his main influence too.

Joe Stariani is pretty bad ass but my Favorite...

Edgar Winter - Frankenstein

Moonlight Sonata: Beethoven

Danse Macbre: Camille Saint-Saëns

As Falls Witchita So Falls Witchita Falls:Pat Metheny

Fanfare for the Common Man: Emerson, Lake and Palmer

In the Mood: Glenn Miller

"Non-Brewed Condiment" by Alan Holdsworth

Music of the 22nd Century.

Bruce Hornsby & Branford Marsalis - Twenty Nine-five
New Order - Confusion (Pump Panel Reconstruction mix)
Edgar Winter - Frankenstein
Great Kat, the - Funeral March
Pachelbel - Canon In D
Grieg - In The Hall Of The Mountain King
Impelliteri - Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Mötley Crüe - Bittersuite
Robert Miles - Children
Mason Williams - Classical Gas
Beethoven - Sonata No. 14 In C Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, First Movement

I don't know any of these songs (well okay robert miles)

I bet you've heard most of them, and just never knew the name..

of course i'm an idiot, and i forgot the best one of all..

ELO - Fire On High.

Isaac Hayes - Ike's Mood

search for this in kazaa, really complex acoustic guitar playing along w/ a symphony. i play guitar (so i like it atleast, heh)
yngwie malmesteen - classical guitar solo

Oh HELL YEAH !!

How could I have forgotten that one.



Meaningless story no one will care about :
Back in my hometown, there was a small amusement park with only a few rides and a rollercoaster. Well, my favorite ride was the Gyrosphere (most of you must be familiar with it) which was in a big tent like building. Anyway, the coolest part of the ride was the lights and the music which was BLASTED !! .. and it was always ELO Fire on High.

That song Rocks !!

I like Vanessa Mae's stuff. And who could forget wipeout by the surfaris? hehe.

Instrumentals by Pig are really great and atmospheric. Inspired by the modern composer Arvo Përt who makes amazing use of silence.

Rush - YYZ from the Exit Stage Left Album

Warpigs is by Black Sabbath....covered by Faith No More....and not
instrumental.....but a DAMN GOOD SONG/COVER!

Here some of my favorites artists/groups that have phenominal instumental tracks:
Jimmy Hendrix
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Pink Floyd
Santana
Steve Vai
Jean Michelle Jarre
Paco de Lucia

DynaMite :thumbsup

Alex F
Rainman

:321GFY TRASH METAL :)

I'm actually going togo one step further and mention the other fantastic instrumentals Rush has. Though YYZ rocks (especially live) they also have:

La Villa Strangiato

Leave That Thing Alone

Where's My Thing

Limbo


Awesome stuff. Also King Crimson has great instrumentals. The song Red is fantastic.

Helter Skelter...great song!!!!

Jeff Beck and Jan Hammer put out a colabrative live album back in the late 70's.

Some sweet instrumental songs on that .

hell yeah i have that one it's my favourite with Images and words coming close second. Then it's change of season
after Scenes, their new album didn't seem so good though.

How could i forget RUSH??? Leave that thing alone and Villa are my favourite and i gotta say i LOVE the rythm method as well