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StarcasterMan
Got Rhythm
Joined: 05 Feb 2008
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 Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:00 pm Post subject: Weirdest instrumental songs |
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| If it's arleady been done, how about wierdest instrumental songs? My vote's for "Ya Yo Gak" by Steve Vai |
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1bassleft
Lowdown Cack-hander
Joined: 16 Feb 2005
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Location: "Hit The North"
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:58 pm Post subject: |
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Now that, Starcaster, is a good idea for a thread. I go for "Music for a Found Harmonium" by Penguin Cafe Orchestra. Gets used for TV sometimes. Weird instrumental tracks thread, anyone? I say yes - let's split off a new thread if there're enough takers.
And (I know this is really anal) it's batten down the hatches, Lee. I come from a naval family, perhaps even a navel-gazing family but, anyhoo, a conductor's wiggly-stick doesn't feature in the phrase. |
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Michael
Lead Virtuoso
Joined: 02 Feb 2005
Posts: 1897
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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| Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:10 am Post subject: |
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| Good idea, split as requested. |
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vitaminE
Got Rhythm
Joined: 25 May 2005
Posts: 95
Location: Gilbert Minnesota
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Although not strictly instrumental - it does contain some yodeling, vocalized gibberish, and......whistling - Hocus Pocus by Focus is a really weird mostly instrumental song:
Warning: this video my cause seizures!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpV5InLw52U
My college-days band did an extended version of this tune; and I fondly remember playing long, angry solos in the Phrygian mode. Actually, the main chord progression is the Phryian mode.
My same university-town band also did a 10 minute version of Pink Floyd's Interstellar Overdrive, but I'm not sure if that song is really weird or not. Our interpretation probably came across as being fairly strange. |
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glw
Lover of Fine Antigua
Joined: 18 Jul 2005
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Location: Oxfordshire, Uk
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"Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict" by Pink Floyd gets my vote.
(Oh, and if I'm allowed to join 1BL in being anal, then can I point out that it is spelt weirdest with the E before the I. All that "I before E except after C" stuff they taught at school was a pile of crap because it only works in 50% of cases.) |
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StarcasterMan
Got Rhythm
Joined: 05 Feb 2008
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| Sorry 'bout that, I'm a straight A student, yet I can't spell worth a damn |
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Tim
Low Frequency Out
Joined: 14 Aug 2005
Posts: 1184
Location: Probably at the bar.
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Hmm...have to start digging for the really weird stuff but:
'Moon Turn the Tides...gently gently away' by the Jimi Hendrix Experience is a good start, although it is really the 'ending' of 1983.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD7DEYgLxdM
And I won't mention all the Trip-hop stuff I've got, cos it's all samples but the Beastie Boys play all their own instruments (with a friend on Violin)...so:
'Eugene's Lament' by the Beastie Boys.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IITuTnKD8po |
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lee_UK
Rolling Stone No.8
Joined: 04 Feb 2005
Posts: 3386
Location: London, UK
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1 name, 1 word, Oldfield and Bells, and the 'i' is before the 'e' that album was so good he had to make it 3 times.
but seriously if you want expert musicians without the egos ( i still think of 'The egos have landed') then follow this link:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ju88tqHtZ1o&feature=related |
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acoustica1
Jammin' Hot
Joined: 05 May 2006
Posts: 254
Location: Paris-FRANCE
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1bassleft
Lowdown Cack-hander
Joined: 16 Feb 2005
Posts: 3951
Location: "Hit The North"
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Ah, good to see MMM move in and split this good idea (TY, Mike). Here's a YooToob link to Penguin Cafe Orchestra's "Music for a Found Harmonium":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJg1NNyke2E
I'm going to check out Hocus-Pocus-Focus-Yodellus right now, although I do remember it. I suggest all links are worth clicking on; this could be a fun thread.
(PS: "I have some wierd friends" has always bothered me, but I thought I was the only one. Weird is spelt how it sounds, if anyone's interested, and the "i before e" rule means squat  ) |
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