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Offline usedbustickets

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Greatest pop or rock instrumental
« on: September 24, 2012, 16:10:17 PM »
Been giving this some thought over the last day or so, what is the greatest pop or rock instrumental ever (no voice at all please) and I got this down to these five:

Atlantis - The shadows (could of been any of a dozen of their hits!!)

Funeral for a friend - Elton John

Groovin with Mr Bloe - Mr Bloe

Stranger on the shore - Acker Bilk

Albatross - Peter green and Fleetwood Mac

what are your nominations?   ;)



Offline Steve A

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Re: Greatest pop or rock instrumental
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2012, 16:52:17 PM »
Fanfare for the common man -ELP

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Re: Greatest pop or rock instrumental
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2012, 17:51:30 PM »
Walk dont run.  The Ventures.

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Re: Greatest pop or rock instrumental
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2012, 20:43:50 PM »
Funeral for a Friend is certainly number one for me but how about

Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield

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Re: Greatest pop or rock instrumental
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2012, 08:27:51 AM »
Funeral for a Friend is certainly number one for me but how about

Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield
A musical masterpiece, but unfortunately it contains a voice, so it is not a complete instrumental.  Even if that voice is that of the great Vivian Stanshall

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Re: Greatest pop or rock instrumental
« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2012, 12:42:18 PM »
Classical gas - Mason Williams
Superb tar work  :)

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Re: Greatest pop or rock instrumental
« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2012, 12:43:42 PM »
Or 'guitar 'work even (keep up keyboard !!!!!!) :(

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Re: Greatest pop or rock instrumental
« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2012, 18:24:33 PM »
You aint lived if you never heard McArthur park by Donna Summer or an even better instrumental version by Maynard Ferguson!

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Re: Greatest pop or rock instrumental
« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2012, 19:14:21 PM »
If we are talking albums then it has to be "The Snow Goose" by Camel  :)

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Re: Greatest pop or rock instrumental
« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2012, 19:18:18 PM »
"Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" is the opening track on the double album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John. The first part, "Funeral for a Friend", is an instrumental created by John while thinking of what kind of music he would like at his funeral. This first half segues into "Love Lies Bleeding." In the Eagle Vision documentary, "Classic Albums: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", John said the two songs weren't written as one piece, but fit together since "Funeral For A Friend" ends in the key of A, and "Love Lies Bleeding" opens in A, and the two were played as one elongated piece when recorded.

Absolutely fantastic when the two are played together ;D




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