# Your favorite instrumental music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 21, 2008, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-instrumental-music/460862 "2008-08-21T22:29:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-instrumental-music/460862/21 "2008-08-22T11:46:58Z")
The instrumental intro to this is really good (One Night In Bangkok). [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y-4I1JHJIE) ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-instrumental-music/460862/22 "2008-08-22T11:56:19Z")
[Gabriel Yared](http://www.gabrielyared.com/) satisfys all my instrumental needs. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-instrumental-music/460862/23 "2008-08-22T11:58:19Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] The 50’s and early 60’s were golden for instrumentals – **the Ventures** , Duane Eddy, and that surf music guy whose name I’ve forgotten. [/QUOTE] Here are two by The Ventures that are instantly recognizeable: [Walk Don’t Run](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ11y7pYl-8) - The Ventures [Wipeout](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkYSDYDc8mE) - The Ventures Another classic surf music instrumental is: [Pipeline](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j09C8clJaXo) - The Chantay’s (mentioned by **Octalcode** above) And of course, [Misirlou](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIU0RMV_II8&feature=related) - Dick Dale and the Del Tones ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-instrumental-music/460862/24 "2008-08-22T12:22:26Z")
[QUOTE=spoke-] Here are two by The Ventures that are instantly recognizeable: [Walk Don’t Run](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ11y7pYl-8) - The Ventures [Wipeout](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkYSDYDc8mE) - The Ventures Another classic surf music instrumental is: [Pipeline](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j09C8clJaXo) - The Chantay’s (mentioned by **Octalcode** above) And of course, [Misirlou](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIU0RMV_II8&feature=related) - Dick Dale and the Del Tones [/QUOTE] All excellent, though I prefer the original version of “Wipeout” by the Surfaris to the cover by the Ventures. w/re “Pipeline,” there’s a splendid cover of that on the soundtrack of a really crappy 1987 movie called “Back to the Beach” with Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello. The only redeeming thing about that turkey is Dick Dale and Stevie Ray Vaughan trading licks on “Pipeline.” Absolutely amazing! You can hear a little piece of it [here.](http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hifwxqr5ld6e) And then, there’s one of my all-time faves, [“Telstar”](http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:kxfqxxlaldte), by the Tornados - the first U.S. number one single by a British group. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-instrumental-music/460862/25 "2008-08-22T12:47:23Z")
[Depeche Mode - Sibeling](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tJITO13OrE) [VNV Nation - As it Fades](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geTjphxKsQI) ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-instrumental-music/460862/26 "2008-08-22T13:01:05Z")
Much better clip of Dick Dale and SRV doing “Pipeline” [here.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52FpuqD3W5M&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-instrumental-music/460862/27 "2008-08-22T15:19:20Z")
Ralph Vaughn Williams’ [Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis](http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=5y7nJL1hpUU) It’s the most beautiful piece of instrumental music ever written, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-instrumental-music/460862/28 "2008-08-22T15:25:32Z")
I’m partial to SRV’s Little Wing. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-instrumental-music/460862/29 "2008-08-22T18:26:22Z")
_Saltarello_ by **Dead Can Dance** _Oscillate Wildly_ by The Smiths ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-instrumental-music/460862/30 "2008-08-22T20:45:46Z")
[QUOTE=Labdad] All excellent, though I prefer the original version of “Wipeout” by the Surfaris to the cover by the Ventures. [/QUOTE] Right you are, and [here it is](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UofdWQG346k&feature=related). ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-instrumental-music/460862/31 "2008-08-22T21:20:36Z")
The soundtrack from “Edward Scissorhands.” “Sleepwalk,” done by The Ventures Anything by Tangerine Dream or October Project ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-instrumental-music/460862/32 "2008-08-22T21:32:13Z")
Dr Draw. Pretty much anything by him. Some of his music has singing, but not much. [You’re Not Going to be Forgotten](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZOWvGYZAMQ) [Alexandria](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8H31nO0IYg) [Rain](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHNeuwO5UOU) ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-instrumental-music/460862/33 "2008-08-22T21:49:02Z")
My sister, who lives in Honolulu, introduced me to Hawaiian slack key guitar. I love this stuff. You can hear some samples [here](http://www.slackkey.com/CDTreasures.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-instrumental-music/460862/34 "2008-08-23T00:33:34Z")
Outside of classical, the Vitamin String Quartet’s Tribute to Tool. Stunningly exotic-sounding stuff - always draws a crowd when I have it on speakers. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-instrumental-music/460862/35 "2008-08-23T01:40:39Z")
How about the theme to “Hawaii Five-O”? ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-instrumental-music/460862/36 "2008-08-23T04:54:42Z")
**Axel F** **A Fifth of Beethoven** (no not Beethoven’s fifth although that’s pretty good too.) **Chariots of Fire** ---
**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-instrumental-music/460862/37 "2008-08-23T08:38:47Z")
\*\*Rumble \*\*-- Link Wray \*\*Apache \*\*-- The Shadows **Black Napkins** – Frank Zappa **Friendly Little Finger** - FZ **Watermelon In Easter Hay** – FZ \*\*Frankenstein \*\*-- Edgar Winter **Green Onions** -Booker T & The MGs \*\*Moonshine Sonata \*\*-- Black Oak Arkansas \*\*Walk Don’t Run Pipeline Wipe Out \*\*-- Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers’ versions of these 3 ---
**Author:** ![SuntanTigerTamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@SuntanTigerTamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanTigerTamer)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-instrumental-music/460862/38 "2008-08-23T08:52:10Z")
I don’t know if you guys would count it becuase there are spoken word samples, but nothing quiets me like either of **The Books** ’s albums. I would classify them as instrumental however. Sublime. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanTigerTamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@SuntanTigerTamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanTigerTamer)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-instrumental-music/460862/39 "2008-08-23T08:53:13Z")
Oh, and Spencer Krug’s **Fifths of Seven**. Also wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-instrumental-music/460862/40 "2008-08-23T09:28:26Z")
The one band guaranteed to put a smile on my face featuring my all time favourite guitarist Tonino Baliardo. The Gipsy Kings with [Allegria](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klh_ZVpviD8) or [Duende](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEB6bX35aHk) or [Moorea](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTftSx1zTNQ&feature=related). I just love watching Baliardo play, he seems off in his own world. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-instrumental-music/460862.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-instrumental-music/460862.md?page=3)