Instrumental songs in rock music: Good, Bad, Indifferent

I'm Ready · 07-07-2005, 04:08 PM

opinions? i think they serve their purpose but tend to get boring

u2popmofo · 07-07-2005, 06:08 PM

Like anything, it depends on the artist. If it wasnt for rock instrumentals, we wouldnt have a song called, "Judy is a Dick Slap". Obviously we are all better off because we do.

Angela Harlem · 07-07-2005, 06:13 PM

Local hero.

youtooellen · 07-07-2005, 06:32 PM

instrumental songs in rock music is good, depending on the artists.

I personally find Joe Satriani to be an unbelievabley great instrumental rock artist.

Lancemc · 07-07-2005, 06:41 PM

I'm pretty indifferent. Most of the time they can be rather boring, and tedious. But other times they are just fucking awesome like The Who's Quadrophenia and The Rock.

UnforgettableLemon · 07-07-2005, 06:43 PM

Some of them are absolutely wonderful. Take Placebo's "Bulletproof Cupid" that opens Sleeping With Ghosts...

And the hidden track "Evil Dildo" on Without You I'm Nothing.

JOFO · 07-07-2005, 07:06 PM

my 2 favorites are Rush's "YYZ" and Sting's "St. Agnes and the Burning Train"....oh and maybe U2's "Race Against Time".

anything else I'm not as keen on.

Flying FuManchu · 07-07-2005, 07:35 PM

Eric Johnson's Cliffs of Dover, Trademark, SRV, etc.

Satriani's You Saved My Life

Bunbury · 07-07-2005, 07:47 PM

Metallica - Orion/Call of Khulu

best instrumentals ever.

UnforgettableLemon · 07-07-2005, 08:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bunbury
Call of Khulu

It's funny-- I saw your name and knew this would be part of your post.

Bunbury · 07-07-2005, 08:38 PM

cool

BVS · 07-07-2005, 09:03 PM

I'm a singer/ lyricists so often I get bored by instumentals. But there are a few...but very few that I like.

JOFO · 07-07-2005, 09:12 PM

rock music just wasn't made for instrumentals.

indra · 07-07-2005, 10:36 PM

I'm a huge fan of The Church and Steve Kilbey, and out of several hundred songs Steve has written (solo, as part of The Church, or in collaborations with other artists), my favorites include several instrumentals

Film
The Temptation of St. Anthony
Gloriana
Loki (I named one of my cats after this song -- and after the norse god Loki)
Tragic Mandarin Love Story
Happy Hunting Ground

All right up there in my list of favorites.

If they are good songs, they are good songs. (And you don't have to worry about that plague of so many rock songs -- asinine lyrics!

)

u2popmofo · 07-07-2005, 10:41 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by indra
I'm a huge fan of The Church and Steve Kilbey

I had no idea.

00Kevin · 07-07-2005, 11:00 PM

I lot of the times i like them like in quadrophenia and 4th of july but bob dylan has a lot of instrumental songs i don't really like.

indra · 07-07-2005, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by u2popmofo

I had no idea.

I hide it so well.

Matt786 · 07-07-2005, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 00Kevin
bob dylan has a lot of instrumental songs i don't really like.

umm...Dylan has very few instrumental songs, with most of them being on his Self Portrait album (which is hardly his best work...). Besides that album, the only one I can think of by him is Nashville Skyline Rag which is actually a very good song.

00Kevin · 07-08-2005, 12:06 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Matt786

umm...Dylan has very few instrumental songs, with most of them being on his Self Portrait album (which is hardly his best work...). Besides that album, the only one I can think of by him is Nashville Skyline Rag which is actually a very good song.

Oh, well, i guess i was wrong about that.

Popmartijn · 07-08-2005, 12:17 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by JOFO
rock music just wasn't made for instrumentals.

Tell that to Dick Dale.
And oh, it seems many of you haven't heard Pet Sounds and Let's Go Away For Awhile by the Beach Boys.

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youtooellen New Yorker Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,580 Local Time: 12:36 AM	instrumental songs in rock music is good, depending on the artists. I personally find Joe Satriani to be an unbelievabley great instrumental rock artist.

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Lancemc Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ba Sing Se Posts: 17,688 Local Time: 01:36 AM	I'm pretty indifferent. Most of the time they can be rather boring, and tedious. But other times they are just fucking awesome like The Who's Quadrophenia and The Rock.

07-07-2005, 06:43 PM	#6
UnforgettableLemon Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Lansdale, PA Posts: 7,287 Local Time: 01:36 AM	Some of them are absolutely wonderful. Take Placebo's "Bulletproof Cupid" that opens Sleeping With Ghosts... And the hidden track "Evil Dildo" on Without You I'm Nothing.

07-07-2005, 07:06 PM	#7
JOFO Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 4,422 Local Time: 05:36 AM	my 2 favorites are Rush's "YYZ" and Sting's "St. Agnes and the Burning Train"....oh and maybe U2's "Race Against Time". anything else I'm not as keen on.

07-07-2005, 07:35 PM	#8
Flying FuManchu New Yorker Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Used to live in Chambana. For now the Mid-South. Posts: 3,177 Local Time: 12:36 AM	Eric Johnson's Cliffs of Dover, Trademark, SRV, etc. Satriani's You Saved My Life

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Bunbury Refugee Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Close yet far from home \m/ Posts: 1,580 Local Time: 09:36 PM	Metallica - Orion/Call of Khulu best instrumentals ever.

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Bunbury Refugee Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Close yet far from home \m/ Posts: 1,580 Local Time: 09:36 PM	cool

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BVS Blue Crack Supplier Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: between my head and heart Posts: 41,228 Local Time: 11:36 PM	I'm a singer/ lyricists so often I get bored by instumentals. But there are a few...but very few that I like.

07-07-2005, 09:12 PM	#13
JOFO Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 4,422 Local Time: 05:36 AM	rock music just wasn't made for instrumentals.

07-07-2005, 10:36 PM	#14
indra ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 12,689 Local Time: 01:36 AM	I'm a huge fan of The Church and Steve Kilbey, and out of several hundred songs Steve has written (solo, as part of The Church, or in collaborations with other artists), my favorites include several instrumentals Film The Temptation of St. Anthony Gloriana Loki (I named one of my cats after this song -- and after the norse god Loki) Tragic Mandarin Love Story Happy Hunting Ground All right up there in my list of favorites. If they are good songs, they are good songs. (And you don't have to worry about that plague of so many rock songs -- asinine lyrics! )

07-07-2005, 11:00 PM	#16
00Kevin War Child Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 707 Local Time: 11:36 PM	I lot of the times i like them like in quadrophenia and 4th of july but bob dylan has a lot of instrumental songs i don't really like.