"The Best Instrumental of the Rock Era" Tourney

[revo]

So like the One Hit Wonder and Most Iconic Song of the 80s, how about an instrumental tourney?

The rules are:
- song must be 'considered' to be an instrumental, so songs with *some* lyrics in it are OK (i.e. "Gonna Fly Now" & "Theme from Shaft")
- the "rock era" will be considered to be 1955 to the present, so we're not going to include all those composers from the 1700s
- theme songs are ok
- some instrumentals were connected to other songs - they will stand separately
- votes will be in the Google thread which I will set up.

Feel free to post some songs, and we'll include them.

[revo]

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
“Gonna Fly Now” - Bill Conti
"Samba Pa Ti" - Santana
"White Summer/Black Mountainside" - Led Zeppelin
"Moby Dick" - Led Zeppelin
"The Call of Ktulu" - Metallica
"The Great Gig in the Sky" - Pink Floyd
"Always With Me, Always With You" - Joe Satriani
"Little Wing" - Stevie Ray Vaughan
"YYZ" - Rush
"La Villa Strangiato" - Rush
"Song for Junior" - Beastie Boys
"Rock It" -Herbie Hancock
"Rise" -Herb Alpert
Steve Vai - For The Love of God
ELO - Fire On High
Alan Parsons Project - Sirius, The Gold Bug
Joe Satriani - Flying In a Blue Dream
Gary Moore - Still Got The Blues
Iron Maiden - Genghis Khan
Yngwie Malmsteen - Icarus Dream Suite Opus 4
Van Halen - Eruption
Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover
"Freeway Jam" - Jeff Beck
Let Their Be Drums - Sandy Nelson
Rebel Rouser - Duane Eddy
theme for Monday Night Football
"the Brazilian" - Genesis
Bouree - Jethro Tull
Overture - The Who
Any Colour You Like - Pink Floyd
The Great Gig in the Sky - Pink Floyd
Beck's Bolero - Jeff Beck Group
Los Endos - Genesis
Frankenstein -Edgar Winter Group
“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
Laguna Sunrise - Black Sabbath
In Memory of Elizabeth Reed - Allman Brothers
The Supernatural - John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
Red - King Crimson

[Pauly]

"Samba Pa Ti" - Santana
"White Summer/Black Mountainside" - Led Zeppelin
"Moby Dick" - Led Zeppelin
"The Call of Ktulu" - Metallica
"The Great Gig in the Sky" - Pink Floyd
"Always With Me, Always With You" - Joe Satriani
"Little Wing" - Stevie Ray Vaughan
"YYZ" - Rush
"La Villa Strangiato" - Rush
"Song for Junior" - Beastie Boys

[madducks]

[chancellor]

Steve Vai - For The Love of God
ELO - Fire On High
Alan Parsons Project - Sirius, The Gold Bug
Joe Satriani - Flying In a Blue Dream
Gary Moore - Still Got The Blues
Iron Maiden - Genghis Khan
Yngwie Malmsteen - Icarus Dream Suite Opus 4
Van Halen - Eruption

Yeah, I like instrumental guitar music.

[Pauly]

Yeah, I like instrumental guitar music.

Me too! Check out my list lol

Cant believe I forgot Eruption.

[umjewman]

Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover

I'd put virtually anything by Rodrigo y Gabriela on there, but I'll just go with Tamacun. Love that song.

[madducks]

[revo]

I was considering "Little Wing" but listening to it again, are there too many lyrical parts?

Can't believe I forgot "Rise," which was actually the reason why I thought of doing this, because I just heard it yesterday on XM.

[Mithrandir]

"samba pa ti" - santana
"white summer/black mountainside" - led zeppelin
"moby dick" - led zeppelin
"the call of ktulu" - metallica
"the great gig in the sky" - pink floyd
"always with me, always with you" - joe satriani
"little wing" - stevie ray vaughan
"yyz" - rush
"la villa strangiato" - rush
"song for junior" - beastie boys

game over!!

[Pauly]

I was considering "Little Wing" but listening to it again, are there too many lyrical parts?

Can't believe I forgot "Rise," which was actually the reason why I thought of doing this, because I just heard it yesterday on XM.

SRV's Little Wing is 100% instrumental. And 100% awesome.

[revo]

"Freeway Jam" - Jeff Beck

[chancellor]

Me too! Check out my list lol

Cant believe I forgot Eruption.

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

And I didn't even dive into Bonamassa, Keaggy, Jorgenson (who just teamed with Bonamassa), Jeff Beck, or Di Meola.

[Gregg]

[Gregg]