I'll start.
Post your favourite instrumental pieces here.
by Anonymous | reply 122 | November 26, 2020 1:12 PM |
"That Happy Feeling" - Bert Kaempfert
New York metro baby boomers remember what this was the theme song to?
by Anonymous | reply 2 | November 19, 2020 10:22 PM |
“Mr. Lucky” Henry Mancini, 1959
I don’t know if it’s a Wurlitzer or a Hammond organ, but it reminds me of being in a roller rink.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | November 19, 2020 10:26 PM |
There's a wonderful CD called The Golden Age of American Popular Music: Hits with Strings and Things - Hot 100 Instrumentals from 1956-1967. It's available at amazon. I posted this link because it includes the song listings, which amazon's page does not.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | November 19, 2020 10:28 PM |
Experiment in Terror - Henry Mancini
by Anonymous | reply 6 | November 19, 2020 10:29 PM |
Miles Davis Quintet - It Never Entered My Mind
by Anonymous | reply 7 | November 19, 2020 10:32 PM |
A very well-known one by Mancini. I included this clip because of the artistry in the music and in the animation. The bit where the Pink Panther is dancing in the spotlight is superb.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | November 19, 2020 10:34 PM |
No contest — I return to this frequently because of its lovely ambiance and the heartfelt performance.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | November 19, 2020 10:34 PM |
Everyone knows this one. I love the French horns.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | November 19, 2020 10:44 PM |
Oops! R10 is a 31-minute cover version of "Music Box Dancer" by Richard Clayderman. Here's Frank Mills' original. One of my favorite tunes from 1979.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | November 19, 2020 10:45 PM |
my favorite version of September Song is by Brubeck
by Anonymous | reply 13 | November 19, 2020 10:49 PM |
by Anonymous | reply 14 | November 20, 2020 12:56 AM |
Tubular Bells. It's a song for any occasion.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | November 20, 2020 3:51 AM |
Always loved this one. It was on an old Reader’s Digest album they had scores of in the den.
This and Percy Faith’s rendition of The Most Beautiful Girl are tied as being my personal favorite instrumental pieces.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | November 20, 2020 4:53 AM |
And here is Percy Faith/The Most Beautiful Girl.
This one particularly brings me back as the particular album this song was on had plenty of Ray Conniff Singers’ songs. And while they may be square and whatnot to most, I enjoyed their take on a fair few songs, despite being very young at the time.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | November 20, 2020 5:00 AM |
Rush - "YYZ" from the 1981 album Moving Pictures
by Anonymous | reply 22 | November 20, 2020 5:54 AM |
Faith No More - "Woodpecker from Mars" off the1989 album The Real Thing
by Anonymous | reply 23 | November 20, 2020 6:15 AM |
The Goldberg Variations
Jean Rondeau is so beautiful when he plays.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | November 20, 2020 8:48 AM |
Stevie Ray Vaughan, “Riviera Paradise”. The notes just flow like water.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | November 20, 2020 2:43 PM |
TSOP by MFSB.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | November 20, 2020 3:13 PM |
"Lollipops and Roses," by Herb Alpert, who may just be the coolest dude on the planet.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | November 20, 2020 3:22 PM |
Bluegrass is like pizza, even if it's not great it's still good.
But this' one's a shiner -- "Katmandu" from Bela Fleck off The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2
by Anonymous | reply 30 | November 20, 2020 9:46 PM |
"The Carioca" from "Flying Down to Rio," given the big band treatment by Artie Shaw and his orchestra.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | November 20, 2020 9:50 PM |
Mason Williams, "Classical Gas" 1968
You may not recognize the title but you've heard the song.
Williams was a standup comedian who used music in his comedy and had a comedy-music album a year before the release of Classical Gas. He wrote comedy for The Smothers Brothers, Glen Campbell's variety show, and SNL. But he'll always be more known for writing/performing one of the most recognizable American instrumental songs ever.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | November 20, 2020 10:09 PM |
I ❤️❤️❤️ this thread!
Thanks, OP and others.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | November 20, 2020 10:12 PM |
Floyd Cramer, "On the Rebound"
A huge hit back in the early 60s, and it was used as a memorable opening theme for the film "An Education."
by Anonymous | reply 34 | November 20, 2020 10:21 PM |
My favorite this week, anyway.
More Percy Faith Orchestra:
by Anonymous | reply 37 | November 21, 2020 12:13 AM |
Theme for Young Lovers by Percy Faith was a top 40 hit
by Anonymous | reply 39 | November 21, 2020 2:19 AM |
This was my mother's favorite in the late 60s.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | November 21, 2020 2:20 AM |
Another huge hit in its day. The video becomes very campy.
"Music Box Dancer"
by Anonymous | reply 42 | November 21, 2020 2:23 AM |
Instrumental pieces?
Such understanding of music, OP.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | November 21, 2020 2:39 AM |
R50 reminds me of how much I've always liked Chuck Mangione's "Consuela's Love Theme" from Children of Sanchez. It's *mostly* instrumental, going on for many minutes before we hear vocalization, then actual singing. Enjoy the instrumental part.
It's from 1978, so OurMillennialDouchebag will undoubtedly be along to make fun of it or of me.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | November 21, 2020 12:02 PM |
Well, if we're going to include some Bach, then Vivaldi has to follow.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | November 22, 2020 2:06 PM |
I know the synths sound so dated but I still love this song.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | November 22, 2020 2:06 PM |
Ravel was a very handsome man, wow. BDF.
by Anonymous | reply 61 | November 22, 2020 2:20 PM |
As a sentimental eldergay I always swoon to Percy Faith’s “theme from a summer place.”
It’s hard to sometimes figure out the title of an instrumental you like. How the hell do you look it up on the Internet?
by Anonymous | reply 62 | November 22, 2020 2:24 PM |
That’s gorgeous R60
by Anonymous | reply 63 | November 22, 2020 2:25 PM |
Simply Google whatever information you have about the piece -- the composer? was it a movie theme? where / when did you hear it? Is it classical, jazz, rock? Drill down through all your clues until you find some youtube samples. Hope this helps.
R62 There's a fun thread titled "You know you're an Eldergay". Your post would be most appreciated there!
by Anonymous | reply 64 | November 22, 2020 2:39 PM |
The instrumental version of "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" by The Smiths.
Also known as: the song that plays over the Art Institute sequence in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off."
It always makes me a little teary when I hear it.
by Anonymous | reply 82 | November 22, 2020 4:46 PM |
Lots of yesteryear stuff on this thread but that’s cool. Here’s something more recent. Ben Böhmer
by Anonymous | reply 86 | November 22, 2020 4:54 PM |
Thank you R64, I think? I see your point about all of the clues to an instrumental’s title. I just mean if you know a snippet of the melody - nothing you can really do with that.
by Anonymous | reply 87 | November 22, 2020 4:56 PM |
a piece by an older gent, perfect for the autumnal feel we elder gays dwell in
by Anonymous | reply 91 | November 22, 2020 5:11 PM |
Malcolm McClaren (Really it's Trevor Horn, Anne Dudley and Thomas Dolby)
by Anonymous | reply 93 | November 22, 2020 6:43 PM |
[Quote] Such understanding of music, OP.
It makes little sense when there are the whole worlds of jazz and classical "instrumental music to dip into. The term instrumental comes as a contradistinction, with the large scale commercialization of pop music which was largely vocal songs. Like the Ventures at the time of the Beatles.
by Anonymous | reply 99 | November 22, 2020 7:03 PM |
R87 My apologies. I misunderstood your question. There must be an app that can identify a melody when hummed. Maybe one of the young whippersnappers on this thread can help!
by Anonymous | reply 103 | November 22, 2020 8:35 PM |
R36, what is the song linked from Jobim's WAVE? That YouTube link doesn't appear to be the title song from the WAVE LP.
TIA!
by Anonymous | reply 104 | November 22, 2020 9:13 PM |
Herb Alpert's Rise -- It reminded me of Wave by Jobim
by Anonymous | reply 106 | November 22, 2020 10:54 PM |
R103 Shazam and Soundhound... I believe Spotify has such a feature as well.
by Anonymous | reply 107 | November 23, 2020 12:37 AM |
R87 Try R107 suggestions...maybe you can find the melody you're looking for!
by Anonymous | reply 108 | November 23, 2020 12:42 AM |
Thanks for the sleuthing suggestions. I do have Shazam and it really is magic, to just pull that info out of the air. I find myself using it in stores.
by Anonymous | reply 109 | November 24, 2020 8:16 AM |
Cavatina has always been my favorite. So simple...so haunting..
by Anonymous | reply 111 | November 24, 2020 9:32 AM |
1. "Sing, Sing, Sing"---Gene Krupa on drums.
by Anonymous | reply 112 | November 24, 2020 10:30 AM |
3. "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White"----Perez Prado.
Finding this song in my parents' stash opened a new world for me and made me a trumpet lover forever.
So I became later a major fan of Herb Albert ("Rise" is hardly him at his best! Try "A Taste of Honey" or "Zorba the Greek"!) and am somewhere in the 1966 crowd photo on the back cover of "S.R.O."
But that final crescendo by Perez......
by Anonymous | reply 114 | November 24, 2020 10:52 AM |
R112 here. Maybe this is the link to Benny Goodman and Gene:
by Anonymous | reply 115 | November 24, 2020 11:06 AM |
Love swing out Sister!
by Anonymous | reply 118 | November 25, 2020 11:44 PM |
What Does it Take - Junior Walker & the All Stars
by Anonymous | reply 119 | November 25, 2020 11:53 PM |
Yes, call me a Frau - but I have always loved this one.
by Anonymous | reply 120 | November 26, 2020 12:01 AM |
Girleen- but it is pretty
by Anonymous | reply 121 | November 26, 2020 1:09 PM |