Am I being really thick here..but none of these (apart from Coletrane) are instrumentals...or is my interpratation of an 'instrumental' different from everyone else's?
Am I being really thick ? What part of the Funk Brothers track I posted isnt an instrumental ? Anyway pedantry aside this guy Mike Post was just 21 years old and leading a sixty piece orchestra :cool: , he went on to do the theme from Hill Street Blues , Rockford Files and loads of others but this 100mph track is his finest hour for me. Unambiguously an instrumental . Forgive him the faintly duff ending. I always have.
Am I being really thick here..but none of these (apart from Coletrane) are instrumentals...or is my interpratation of an 'instrumental' different from everyone else's?
Glad i'm not the only one
I was going to post something sarky
Real instrumentals
I could be here all day posting guitar stuff from Satriani, Vai, Bensusan, Roche, classsical stuff etc.
It seems a whole generation has grown up not knowing what an instrumental is.
Sorry, but isn't it quite obvious that we're talking about songs where we like the music to them? You can call it a "beat" or a "backing track" or whatever.
A lot of pop songs today were originally just instrumental tracks, and then had vocals added on them later on.
Am I being really thick here..but none of these (apart from Coletrane) are instrumentals...or is my interpratation of an 'instrumental' different from everyone else's?
Sorry, but isn't it quite obvious that we're talking about songs where we like the music to them? You can call it a "beat" or a "backing track" or whatever.
A lot of pop songs today were originally just instrumental tracks, and then had vocals added on them later on.
A backing track isn't the same as an instrumental. A backing track is intended to have vocals over it. An instrumental isn't.
But as someone pointed out before.. what the producer makes in the first place before it's vocalised, isn't that an instrumental?
No, because it's not written with the intention of it being a stand alone piece of music.
If you want to split hairs, I suppose you could say it's an instrumental until vocals are added but as soon as they are, the music behind the vocals can't be regarded as an instrumental.
You can have an instrumental break in a song, where there aren't any vocals but that's not the same as an instrumental track in itself.
No, because it's not written with the intention of it being a stand alone piece of music.
If you want to split hairs, I suppose you could say it's an instrumental until vocals are added but as soon as they are, the music behind the vocals can't be regarded as an instrumental.
You can have an instrumental break in a song, where there aren't any vocals but that's not the same as an instrumental track in itself.
I agree with you. There are plenty of songs that I prefer the music to the lyrics but it doesn't make them an instrumental and I doubt i'd prefer the song without the lyrics as it would be a different piece of music.
Saying that, some backing/master tracks are perfectly fine to listen to.
My favourite instrumental that is actually an instrumental is probably something simple like Jimmy Page's Bron Y Aur or Black Mountain Side. That's not counting stuff like Eine Klein Nacht Musik or some other classical piece that is obviously instrumental too. My fav "almost instrumental" is Gary Moore's Parisienne Walkways, it only has 6 lines of lyrics and the rest is guitar god goodness. If we're just talking about our favourite music from a song then I'd plump for Led Zeppelin's Kashmir. Great strings and guitars but Bonham's machine gun drums towards the end are phenomenal.
My favourite instrumental that is actually an instrumental is probably something simple like Jimmy Page's Bron Y Aur or Black Mountain Side. That's not counting stuff like Eine Klein Nacht Musik or some other classical piece that is obviously instrumental too. My fav "almost instrumental" is Gary Moore's Parisienne Walkways, it only has 6 lines of lyrics and the rest is guitar god goodness. If we're just talking about our favourite music from a song then I'd plump for Led Zeppelin's Kashmir. Great strings and guitars but Bonham's machine gun drums towards the end are phenomenal.
I've got a live version of that where he holds the bend for about 20 seconds :cool:
Am I being really thick here..but none of these (apart from Coletrane) are instrumentals...or is my interpratation of an 'instrumental' different from everyone else's?
It seems a whole generation has grown up not knowing what an instrumental is.
Add me to the above! When it comes to singles/album tracks, I'm in the camp of an instrumental being a track that was released without any lyrics, intended to be a stand alone piece without lyrics - all of that applying to the ENTIRE track and not just instrumental breaks during a song that has lyrics.
To my mind, songs like Jean-Michael Jarre's 'Equinoxe Part 5,' are instrumentals. That particular song would be one of mine, as would 'Oxygene Part IV.'
Other favourite instrumentals:
A Guy Called Gerald - Eyes of Sorrow - the version in the clip has been sped up just a bit but it still sounds good. This is just as good as 808 State's 'Pacific State' (and of course Gerald Simpson had quite a bit to do with that track too). A pity it didn't do that well in the charts but nevertheless one of the best songs from that period in my opinion.
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktsKa6MIQ7U"]Spyro Gyra - The Morning Dance[/URL] - danced to by Legs & Co! This is one of those songs that just inspires me to want to learn the saxophone one day.
Some really good selections of proper instrumentals here, though. Can't argue with the immense "Astradyne" by Ultravox or by anything by Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky or Godspeed You Black Emperor.
Death in Vegas - Dirge - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXHjo826R2k
A possible cheat, if you count Dot Allison going "la la la" as a vocal...
And the video to the song remains acutely topical, listing all the gun deaths in a single day in the US
Fields of the Nephilim - Harmonica Man - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFBHI-Mj5vU
Their interpretation of the soundtrack to Once Upon a Time in the West by Ennio Morricone
F*** Buttons - Sweet Love for Planet Earth - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxVZDxK02QE
How far can you push electronic music? Answer: enough to make your ears bleed.
And yes, OK, there's some sort of screaming vocal in there but it's largely instrumental.
M83 - Unrecorded (from Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts)
Can't find on YouTube. You'll just have to go out and buy the damn album yourself. It's worth it.
Some good tracks on this thread, although I, like a few others on here, don't think of backing tracks to songs as 'proper instrumentals'. Here's a few of my favourites instrumentals:
Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dASqLXiuomY
I have good memories of learning to play this on a dinky Bontempi organ back in the 80's. Shame that bloody frog had to go and do that atrocious 'cover' of it.
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Holiday - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-RMTVT6iDo
Big Fat Spiritual - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNSsLSBQ9Fo
(you might just recognise these)
one you might not know
Henry Arland & Hans Bertram Orchestra- Wild Cat Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDDW08n_3tg
The Johnny Howard Band
- "Rinky Dink" + "Java" (1964) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VhPN5yIsSs
Enoch Light and the Light Brigade - "I Want To Be Happy" (1958) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmOeaZvzEY8 it does sound rather like Perez Prado
One by Acker Bilk - only issued in Czechoslovakia (1968)
"Margarite" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ4a_YnTKFU
Anybody remember
Syd Lawrence: "On the sunny side of the street" (1975)?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em2OjxRDUgs&feature=related
Finally
"Lonesome ( Si Tu Vois Ma Mere)" - Chris Barber and Monty Sunshine (1959) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSzeN8QLB6o - written by Sidney Bechet
Am I being really thick ? What part of the Funk Brothers track I posted isnt an instrumental ? Anyway pedantry aside this guy Mike Post was just 21 years old and leading a sixty piece orchestra :cool: , he went on to do the theme from Hill Street Blues , Rockford Files and loads of others but this 100mph track is his finest hour for me. Unambiguously an instrumental . Forgive him the faintly duff ending. I always have.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCG0aIP1AhA.
Im not him
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1R_5MQ9sjo
(she has some amazing instrumentals!)
Sven Vath - "L'Esperanza" (1993)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POk9Lp5rxNo
Eric Gale - "Sara Smile" (1977)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnJExnW9GXM
Culture Club - "Romance Beyond The Alphabet (Time Instrumental)" (1982)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdPUZUCHtQg
I was going to post something sarky
Real instrumentals
I could be here all day posting guitar stuff from Satriani, Vai, Bensusan, Roche, classsical stuff etc.
Here are a few though
Metallica - Orion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qYqi-EMErU
Eric Roche - While My Guitar Gentle Weeps (Guitar Instrumental version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk3a8nFl0Xg
Pierre Bensusan - L'Alchimiste
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58m9wDsdqQA
Gordon Giltrap - Nursery Chimes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8nuTSo2EUM
Joe Satriani - Midnight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGNj34GSjs4
Joe Satriani - Tears in the Rain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq1UFdiKuoM
Steve Vai - Tender Surrender
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw74sDWPH7U
Santana - Flor D'Luna
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5zbewcP_Jk
Santo and Johnny - Sleepwalk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogxTQXAgY3Q
Fleetwood Mac - Albatross
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Viqr6KHwJjc
Groove Armada - Edge Hill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsShRmkR7BU
The International End Titles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSKMVyTzJ3Y
That's without any classical music
Sorry, but isn't it quite obvious that we're talking about songs where we like the music to them? You can call it a "beat" or a "backing track" or whatever.
A lot of pop songs today were originally just instrumental tracks, and then had vocals added on them later on.
I'm with you guys. An instrumental is a complete track without any vocals, just instruments. Hence the name.
A backing track isn't the same as an instrumental. A backing track is intended to have vocals over it. An instrumental isn't.
Michael Jackson- Liberian Girl
Marvin Gaye- Sexual Healing
Aaliyah- Back and Forth
Rhianna ft Drake- What's My Name.
But as someone pointed out before.. what the producer makes in the first place before it's vocalised, isn't that an instrumental?
No, because it's not written with the intention of it being a stand alone piece of music.
If you want to split hairs, I suppose you could say it's an instrumental until vocals are added but as soon as they are, the music behind the vocals can't be regarded as an instrumental.
You can have an instrumental break in a song, where there aren't any vocals but that's not the same as an instrumental track in itself.
Saying that, some backing/master tracks are perfectly fine to listen to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7GuGF8Yvac
Add me to the above! When it comes to singles/album tracks, I'm in the camp of an instrumental being a track that was released without any lyrics, intended to be a stand alone piece without lyrics - all of that applying to the ENTIRE track and not just instrumental breaks during a song that has lyrics.
To my mind, songs like Jean-Michael Jarre's 'Equinoxe Part 5,' are instrumentals. That particular song would be one of mine, as would 'Oxygene Part IV.'
Other favourite instrumentals:
A Guy Called Gerald - Eyes of Sorrow - the version in the clip has been sped up just a bit but it still sounds good. This is just as good as 808 State's 'Pacific State' (and of course Gerald Simpson had quite a bit to do with that track too). A pity it didn't do that well in the charts but nevertheless one of the best songs from that period in my opinion.
Percy Faith - Theme from 'A Summer Place.'
Duane Eddy - Peter Gunn
Duane Eddy - Because They're Young
The Shadows - Atlantis - I had to pick at least one favourite from this classic bunch!
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktsKa6MIQ7U"]Spyro Gyra - The Morning Dance[/URL] - danced to by Legs & Co! This is one of those songs that just inspires me to want to learn the saxophone one day.
George Benson - Breezin' (live clip from OGWT)
Perez Prado - Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
Here's some more of my favourites:
Hope of the States - The Black Amnesias - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmNR15oIQj8
Absolutely f***ing immense. Play at full volume
Art of Noise - Beatbox - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxbXq_FLrRI
80s silliness but wonderful.
Teenage Fanclub - Is This Music? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu6MGmXyKig
You might recognise this tune...
Death in Vegas - Dirge - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXHjo826R2k
A possible cheat, if you count Dot Allison going "la la la" as a vocal...
And the video to the song remains acutely topical, listing all the gun deaths in a single day in the US
Felt - Red Indians - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VyetoB0ZyE
One of the most underrated bands of all time....
John Murphy - In the House in a Heartbeat - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSYYEDXaGo0
Awesome soundtrack to 28 Days Later. Gives me chills every time I hear this
Fields of the Nephilim - Harmonica Man - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFBHI-Mj5vU
Their interpretation of the soundtrack to Once Upon a Time in the West by Ennio Morricone
F*** Buttons - Sweet Love for Planet Earth - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxVZDxK02QE
How far can you push electronic music? Answer: enough to make your ears bleed.
And yes, OK, there's some sort of screaming vocal in there but it's largely instrumental.
Japan - A Foreign Place - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9EKHKMt5TQ
Serene...
Midge Ure - Mood Music - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJzRonJj_8U
B-side to "No Regrets". Great piano piece
M83 - Unrecorded (from Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts)
Can't find on YouTube. You'll just have to go out and buy the damn album yourself. It's worth it.
Nine Inch Nails - A Warm Place - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9kXx1J8C3I
Heartbreakingly beautiful
OMD - Distance Fades Between Us - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYqJNVf1rrg
Early instrumental from synth-pop pioneers
Pixies - Cecilia Ann - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOn_80y8Peg
Boston rockers cover surf classic. Brilliant.
Pink Floyd - One of These Days - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8lozMov0U4
A little bit of a vocal in this one
The Smiths - Oscillate Wildly - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiZ-S76ItdY
The genius of Johnny Marr
Spacemen 3 - Suicide - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60NQtVaVvD4
How to experience an acid trip just by listening to music
That'll do for now.
http://www.thecrimea.org.ua/content/view/123
Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dASqLXiuomY
I have good memories of learning to play this on a dinky Bontempi organ back in the 80's. Shame that bloody frog had to go and do that atrocious 'cover' of it.
David Bowie - Sense of Doubt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyVtLXMa9Jo
From "Heroes". One of the creepiest pieces of music I've heard.
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Little Wing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVVmsxR67ZE
Brilliant guitar instrumental of a cool little song.
Gary Moore - Blues for Narada http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMyqyOM2TBY
Lesser-known blues instrumental track from the late great Mr Moore.
Nine Inch Nails - Leaving Hope http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dJ3eKu75SA
Just a beautiful piece of music.
Royksopp - Alpha Male http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJoWn3Nq7qE
Standout track from their album The Understanding.
Massive Attack - One Thought at a Time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLgFqxMAyCM
From the Danny the Dog soundtrack.