GLORIA!!!
No…wait -
So many to choose from.
“Sleepwalk” by Santo & Johnny
“Tommib” by Squarepusher
“Forgotten Panties” by Sylvain Sylvain
“The Lonely Man Theme” by Joe Harnell
“Angela” by Bob James
“Love Theme” by Joe Satriani
“I Wonder” by Mahavishnu Orchestra
“Sleep” by Slowdive
“Albatross” by Fleetwood Mac (the Peter Green - Danny Kirwan - Jeremy Spencer incarnation)
“Apostrophe” by Frank Zappa / Mothers of Invention
Winter, Winter, chicken dinner
Lots of great suggestions.
How about the bridge in “School” by Supertramp?
I’ll go with “Green Onions”.
Honorable mention to “Cliffs of Dover” by Eric Johnson.
How about my favorites?
“Listen,” The Clash
“Eruption,” Van Halen
“Reggatta de Blanc,” The Police
“The Draize Train,” The Smiths
“Radiation,” Electronic
“Incubation,” Joy Division
“Press Play,” Stone Temple Pilots
“Gresham Blues,” Level 42
“Oscillate Wildly,” The Smiths
“Sexy Boy,” Air
“A Forest,” The Cure
“Rotating Head,” The (English) Beat
“Little Wing,” Stevie Ray Vaughan
“Please Go To Sleep,” Kirsty MacColl (might not be rock, granted)
“Summer Madness,” Kool & The Gang (again, might not be rock, but I could list about twenty K&TG instrumental tracks that are hand dipped in awesome)
“Tour de France,” Kraftwerk
“Scream in Blue,” Midnight Oil
“The Perfect Kiss (Instrumental),” New Order (is this cheating?)
“Space Invader,” Pretenders
I know it’s got one spoken phrase in it but I like
One of These Days - Pink Floyd
plus
some Duane Eddy - Rebel Rouser and Peter Gunn Theme
and ahh yeah The Star Spangled Banner - Jimi Hendrix
Wishbone Ash did some tasty stuff on their instrumental album* Nouveau Calls*. I really like the opener, Tangible Evidence.
Some great choices above, which I’ll avoid "me too"ing. So:
Frank Zappa - Black Napkins
Wishbone Ash - FUBB
Wishbone Ash - Outward Bound
Jethro Tull - Bouree
Jethro Tull - Dharma for One
Pink Floyd - The Great Gig in the Sky
But I have to acknowledge that Hendrix’s Star-spangled Banner rips the guts out of anything else ever recorded, pretty much.
Alan Parsons Project — I, Robot
Alan Parsons Project — In the Lap of the Gods
Alan Parsons Project — Lucifer
Pink Floyd — Atom Heart Mother
Pink Floyd — Obscured By Clouds
“A fifth of Beethoven” by Walter Murphy
Also, if it counts as rock, most of Chip Davis’ Manheim Steamroller work.
SS
Didn’t Zappa have an entire album of instrumentals, called “Shut Up And Play Your Guitar”???
edit: yes, he did:
Another vote for “Green Onions”, but only for second place.
Number one goes to “The Supernatural” by the Bluesbreakers with Peter Green on lead guitar.
Forgot to add to the above; Chuck Mangione’s “Chase the clouds Away”.
For me, a toss-up between this and Jimi’s Star Spangled Banner
Bad version in previous post, so here’s a better one:
“Misirlou” by Bobby Fuller. I love Dick Dale, but ---- Bobby Fuller.
Aren’t they pretty much the same tune?