Your favourite non-classical instrumentals.

[Tramp The Dirt Down]

Apologies if this thread has been done before, but what are your favourite (predominantly) instrumentals?

Summer Madness - Kool and The Gang

An Ending (Ascent) - Brian Eno

Small Hours - John Martyn

Les Nuits - Nightmares On Wax

A Grand Love Theme - Kid Loco

Que Bonito - Jose Padilla

Savoir Faire - Chic

The Whale - E.L.O.

Past - Sub Sub

Walk In The Night - Jnr Walker & The All Stars

[Geoffrey de Ste. Croix]

Your favourite non-classical instrumentals.

I'd only just noticed this recently, but Isi by Neu! appears to be a direct influence on Aphex Twin's Flim.

[Nurse Duckett]

Your favourite non-classical instrumentals.

The Teams that Meet in Caffs - Dexys Midnight Runners

Impressions of Oliver - The Herd

Rockit - Herbie Hancock

[strike]Blue Monday - New Order[/strike]
OK, maybe stretching "predominantly" a little too far...

[Bored Of Education]

Your favourite non-classical instrumentals.

Blue Monday?!

I love instrumental music and it is an area where I really appreciate the appearance of an organ

Cissy Strut - The Meters

Green Onions, Soul Limbo - Booker T and the MGs

Wipe-out - the Surfaris

Pipeline - Hanoi Rocks (and tons of others, of course)

Go for it - Stiff LIttle Fingers

Public Enemy Number One - Sid Presley Experience

YYZ - Rush

Apache - The Shadows.

[Come along, Min]

Your favourite non-classical instrumentals.

As an avid jazz, house, techno etc lover. The question is too hard to answer.

[Reed John]

Your favourite non-classical instrumentals.

I like surf guitar music.

[Toby Gymshorts]

Your favourite non-classical instrumentals.

Oh god, there's loads.

Rush - YYZ, La Villa Strangiato

Joe Satriani - Flying in a Blue Dream, Satch Boogie

Steve Vai - The Audience is Listening, For the Love of God

The Ventures - Pipeline (yes, I know it's a cover. I also like the Anthrax version)

Link Wray - Rumble

Y Niwl - Undegpedwar

Plus loads more I'll think of as soon as I hit 'submit'.

[gjw100]

Your favourite non-classical instrumentals.

Rather like Luke R., as a lover of jazz and electronica there’s no way that I could really do this question justice. However, in a genre where instrumentals are less common, I’d nominate ‘Frankenstein’ by the Edgar Winter Group. As a 13 year-old when it first came out in 1973 I was completely blown away by it and for the first time my eyes and ears were opened to the fact that there were alternatives to the three minute pop song out there. Not better, I hasten to add, just different. Within a year or so via prog rock and the ‘Canterbury’ bands I arrived at ‘Bitches Brew’. And after that nothing was the same.

[treibeis]

Your favourite non-classical instrumentals.

I'm with Bored regarding Green Onions and Pipeline.

Also:

L.A. - The Fall

Oscillate Wildly - The Smiths

Paint Your Wagon - Red Lorry Yellow Lorry

(I orginally had Wide Receiver by The Sisters Of Mercy on the list, but there's too much singing in it for it to qualify.)

[Toby Gymshorts]

Your favourite non-classical instrumentals.

Reed John wrote: I like surf guitar music.

You should check out Y Niwl, Reed. Surf guitar music all the way from the spiritual home of surfing, North Wales.

[Stumpy Pepys]

Your favourite non-classical instrumentals.

Far too many to mention. But off the top of my head:

Liquidator — Harry J
Double Barrel — Dave and Ansell Collins
Cecilia Ann — The Surftones
Green Onions, of course (throw in Soul Limbo and Hang Em High for good measure)
Blow Up a Go-Go — James Taylor Quartet
Wonderful Life — The Shadows

[Borracho]

Your favourite non-classical instrumentals.

Wonderful Land.

[Borracho]

Your favourite non-classical instrumentals.

A few more:

REM -- New Orleans Instrumental No 1
The Beach Boys -- Let's Go Away For Awhile
Bachman Turner Overdrive -- Free Wheelin'
Martin Denny -- Quiet Village
James Brown -- Night Train
Fleetwood Mac -- Albatross
Herb Alpert -- Tijuana Taxi

[KGR]

Your favourite non-classical instrumentals.

Ace thread, will explore fully when less busy in life.

I am very fond of 'Theme from Great Cities' by Simple Minds.

[tee rex]

Your favourite non-classical instrumentals.

Was The Horse once of this parish named after The Horse by Dexy's/Bureau (and/or slower versions before that)?

Anyway, that's my pick.

[Hugh Fatbastard]

Your favourite non-classical instrumentals.

Astradyne - Ultravox

Having an average weekend - SMoaSP

Not sure that these two qualify :

Swan lake & In the Hall of the Mountain King - Madness

[Reed John]

Your favourite non-classical instrumentals.

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[Reed John]

Your favourite non-classical instrumentals.

Toby Gymshorts wrote:

I like surf guitar music.

You should check out Y Niwl, Reed. Surf guitar music all the way from the spiritual home of surfing, North Wales.

I shall.

I believe that on some other thread I explained my idea for a bar/venue that would only play surf music, except Fridays would be rockabilly night and Sundays would be bachelor pad brunch!

The decor would be a mishmash of 50s and 60s contemporary style and pop-culture and the staff would wear whatever they want, as long as it's appropriate to that period.

[WOM]

Your favourite non-classical instrumentals.

Toby Gymshorts wrote:

I like surf guitar music.

You should check out Y Niwl, Reed. Surf guitar music all the way from the spiritual home of surfing, North Wales.

If this is your bag, I strongly recommend To Ride A White Horse, the soundtrack to the surf movie. Sample and purchase here.

http://trunkrecords.greedbag.com/buy/to-ride-a-white-horse-original-m-1/

[MsD]

Your favourite non-classical instrumentals.

Reed John wrote:

I like surf guitar music.

You should check out Y Niwl, Reed. Surf guitar music all the way from the spiritual home of surfing, North Wales.

I shall.

I believe that on some other thread I explained my idea for a bar/venue that would only play surf music, except Fridays would be rockabilly night and Sundays would be bachelor pad brunch!

The decor would be a mishmash of 50s and 60s contemporary style and pop-culture and the staff would wear whatever they want, as long as it's appropriate to that period.

You've just described the Aces and Eights in Tufnell Park!

I had a go at playing Give Me Back My Man (B52s) today. That's a great track, instrumental and vocal versions. Not my version, though.

[Calvert]

Your favourite non-classical instrumentals.

Orion by Metallica from Master of Puppets is a thing of great beauty.

Not so beautiful that it'd make you forget that they're a bunch of wildlife-murdering,Napster-closing, right-wing, military fetishising scumbags, though.

[Bored Of Education]

Your favourite non-classical instrumentals.

Reed John wrote:

I like surf guitar music.

You should check out Y Niwl, Reed. Surf guitar music all the way from the spiritual home of surfing, North Wales.

I shall.

I believe that on some other thread I explained my idea for a bar/venue that would only play surf music, except Fridays would be rockabilly night and Sundays would be bachelor pad brunch!

The decor would be a mishmash of 50s and 60s contemporary style and pop-culture and the staff would wear whatever they want, as long as it's appropriate to that period.

Sounds like my second local except there is regular-ish folk nights (it's ok, it's in the week) and the decor is 'crumbling' chic.

[Freestyling buck wilding Stijn Stijnen]

Your favourite non-classical instrumentals.

What this thread needs is some jaunty swing-beat and jazz from the 40's and 50's, I was thinking to myself.
GUYS, this music is so joyous it could bring somebody out of a coma, and they'll be doing the charleston when they come around.

Allan Gray - Swing doors

Billy Munn - Jazzy interlude

Sid Phillips - Boogie man

Eddie Christiani and Frans Poptie - Rhythm for you

Gerhard Trede - Jolly days

Gerhard Trede - Fox boogie

[Freestyling buck wilding Stijn Stijnen]

Your favourite non-classical instrumentals.

Calvert wrote: Orion by Metallica from Master of Puppets is a thing of great beauty

DJ Shadow - Number song - samples orion with TLC.

[Muzz Lightyear]

Your favourite non-classical instrumentals.

Casanova Dub by King Tubby
The Supernatural by Peter Green
Off the Bone by Robert Palmer