The Greatest Rock Instrumental Of All Time Is?
August 11th 2010 00:23
Is the rock instrumental dead?
From its halcyon days in the 60s, 70s and early 80s - it faded to obscurity - almost . . .
From the early days of Pipeline and The Chantays through to one of the great drum solo's of all time and Wipeout by the Surfari's through to Rebel Rouser by Duane Eddy, Rock And Roll Part 2 by the Glitter Band and Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield, the rock instrumental has indeed seen some pretty lean times of late.
Even the disco era had its fair share of hits with Van McCoy\'s The Hustle, The Rah Band and The Crunch and a little later even Eruption by Van Halen.
But what have been the best rock instrumentals of all time in your opinion?
Is there such a thing as a good rock instrumental or is the only good rock wailing guitars, heavy bass and drums accompanied by sweat fuelled band members belting out modern lyricisms?
Would love to hear what you've got to say.
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Comment by Anonymous
Let's see: From great rock instrumentals to not-so-great instrumentals that were popular:
Barbarian or Toccata by ELP (never got airplay on these puppies, though), or any of their instrumentals, they had bucketloads
Red or Larks Tongues in Aspic pt. 2, by King Crimson (never got airplay, but still, influenced Cobain and others)
Revolution #9 by the Beatles
Elegant Gypsy, Al di Meola
Feels so Good, Chuck Mangione (which I got sooooo tired of)
Morning Dance by Spyro Gyra (also very tiring after the first three listens), a rock cross over
A Taste of Honey or Rise by Herb Alpert
Starship Trooper by Yes (oops, has lyrics, but a great segueway into a phenomenal instrumental)
Any of Stevie Ray Vaughn's instrumentals
Dueling Banjos, by Flatt and Scruggs (stretches the limit of Rock, but certainly played on the pop stations for years after Deliverance)
Theme from a Summer's Place (again, wildly popular on the pop stations in the mid 70s)
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