"The Best Instrumental of the Rock Era" Tourney

[The Feral Slasher]

I'll start with some:

"Jessica" - The Allman Brothers Band
"Pick Up the Pieces" - Average White Band
"Soulfinger" - The Bar-Kays
"Outa-Space" - Billy Preston
"Peter Gunn Theme" - The Blues Brothers
"Green Onions" - Booker T & the MGs
"Foreplay" - Boston
"Feels So Good" - Chuck Mangione
"Machine Gun" - The Commodores
"Also Sprach Zarathrusta" - Deodato
"Fire on High" - Electric Light Orchestra
"Funeral for a Friend" - Elton John
"Music Box Dancer" - Frank Mills
"Grazing in the Grass" - Hugh Masekela
"Rock & Roll, Pt 2" - Gary Glitter
"Chase" - Giorgio Moroder
"Popcorn" - Hot Butter
"Theme from Shaft" - Isaac Hayes
"Theme from Miami Vice" - Jan Hammer
"The Star Spangled Banner" - Jimi Hendrix
"Love theme from St. Elmo's Fire" - John Foster
"Shotgun" - Jr. Walker & the All Stars
"The Entertainer" - Marvin Hamlisch
"Classical Gas" - Mason Williams
"Cissy Strut" - The Meters
"Tubular Bells" - Mike Oldfield
"Theme from 'The Rockford Files'" - Mike Post
"Love is Blue" - Paul Mauriat
"Rockestra Theme" - Paul McCartney & Wings
"Another Brick in the Wall, Pt 1" - Pink Floyd
"YYZ" - Rush
"Fly Robin Fly" - Silver Convention
"The Girl from Ipanema" - Stan Getz
"Fingertips" - Stevie Wonder
"Glad" - Traffic
"Theme from Chariots of Fire" - Vangelis
"Theme from Hawaii Five-O" - The Ventures
"Walk Don't Run" - The Ventures
"Linus and Lucy" - Vince Guaraldi Trio
"A Fifth of Beethoven" - Walter Murphy
"Oh Yeah" - Yello

theme for Monday Night Football !!
"the Brazilian" - Genesis

[Gregg]

[Gregg]

[The Feral Slasher]

theme for Monday Night Football !!
"the Brazilian" - Genesis

ok,maybe just the Theme from Monday Night Football

[Gregg]

[Gregg]

This might stretch the rules but...no singing lyrics so... one of the best of all time.

[Gregg]

[swampdragon]

ONe of the few indie hipster bands that is instrumental - check them out - give it a whole listen

Explosions in the Sky - Your Hand in Mine

[Gregg]

A contribution from Mrs. Gregg:

[Gregg]

[revo]

Oh man, how did I forget Frankenstein???

[Gregg]

Oh man, how did I forget Frankenstein???

I checked your list twice.

[revo]

Some more:
“Miserlou” - Dick Dale
“Tijuana Brass” - Herb Alpert
“Theme from SWAT” - Rhythm Heritage
“Tequila” - The Champs
“Eruption” - Van Halen
“Walk, Don’t Run” - The Ventures
“Telstar” - The Tornadoes
“Maggot Brain” - Funkadelic
“Star Wars Theme” - Meco
“Axel F” - Harold Faltermeyer
“Theme from Mission Impossible”
“Theme from Hill Street Blues” - Mike Post
“Nadia’s Theme” - Barry DeVorzen
“The Hustle” - Van McCoy
“Love’s Theme” - Love Unlimited Orchestra (Barry White)
“Hocus Pocus” - Focus
“TSOP” - MFSB
“Dueling Banjos” - Eric Weissberg
“The Horse” - Cliff Nobles & co.
“The Good, The Bad & The Ugly” - Hugo Montenegro
“A Taste of Honey” - Herb Alpert

[Bene Futuis]

Good stuff. I was leaving The Call of Ktulu for Bene Futuis since I think he's a big Metallica fan.

Definitely! Although I think "Orion" is Metallica's best instrumental. "To Live is to Die" is another good one by them.


For those more prog-oriented, check out Russian Circles who are entirely instrumental. Also amazing is another instrumental band, Animals as Leaders. This one is more mainstream:

[Bene Futuis]

Here's another one none of you will like, lol. This one was in a Carl's Jr. commercial not too long ago: