So what are some of your favorite rock/pop instrumentals of all time?

Here are mine,

One of the best B3 solos ever, from a fantastic show!

(Learned this sucker note by note, hitting rewind on my tape recorder 500 times while playing it on my old Korg CX-3 in the 80s.)

At 2:30

Good call on The Great Gig in the Sky Panzer

One of mine....

How about all Rush instrumentals, just a couple shown below.

Love RHCP jams....

La Villa Strangiato is fantastic!!

A couple from Maiden, Transylvania and Losfer Words (Big 'orra.) I wish there were some good quality live video!





Dream Theater, Erotomania.



A not-so-little something from the Motor City Madman.



And, when I think of instrumentals I think of self-indulgence and ostentatiousness, and it's hard to imagine any band being more of either than ELP.

Speaking of learning keyboard parts, I love this little gem
from Country Joe, and David Cohen's beautiful little solo
was one of the first things I learned on organ, actually
I worked it out on guitar first before I had an organ to
play it on.




The "organ" I had/have is actually a Roland Juno analog synth,
so I had to create the right matching organ tone. I had a lot of
fun copying organ tones on it, like this "clavioline" tone from
a classic from the golden age of rock instrumentals:

DOKKEN!

All from Yes, "Fragile."

Gary Moore: The Loner


Yngwie Malmsteen: Icarus Dream Suite Opus 4


The Shadows: Apache


Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells


Jean Michelle Jarre: Oxygene part 4


Jan Hammer: Crockett's theme


Genesis: The Brazillian


Genesis: Firth of Fifth:


Genesis: Los Endos

Oooh good call on the gary moore tune!

I'd include Parisienne Walkways, but it's got lyrics (same with Second Home by the Sea by Genesis).

Excellent choice with the Genesis songs Maddog!

Well since nobody else has stepped up with THIS classic, I guess that leaves it up to me



B�C

Animals As Leaders.






Chimaira

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