More than voices

[BDBoop]

What song had amazing *in your estimation* music, not just vocals?

I've always loved the sax, so this is one of my favorites.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo6aKnRnBxM&ob=av2n]Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street (UK) - YouTube[/ame]

Percussion is another biggie for me, so Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk" was IT for me.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrRVW-p8SJ8]Fleetwood Mac "the Dance" TUSK - YouTube[/ame]

 

[BDBoop]

This one is just beautiful.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RPVp2HPMdo]Ingrid Michaelson "Turn to Stone" (LYRICS) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[BDBoop]

This is my favorite version of one of my favorite songs ever. I get goosebumps every time, at the 8:15-17 mark.

 

[BDBoop]

It's just me? Nobody has a song where the musical instrument ability trumps the singing?

 

[bobcollum]

I have quite a few, but most probably have never heard of them. Rush is one example of an incredible group of musicians, but I'm into progressive-type rock/metal. Go check out Dream Theater on youtube...i'd listen to these guys without vocals.

 

[Ernie S.]

I named my daughter after this. On her 21st birthday, she was at a Great Southern concert and her friends got word to Dicky Betts that she was named for the song. Betts called her up on stage and faced her as he played it. She called me crying to thank me.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfM6nRVBvGs]Allman Brothers - Jessica - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Mr Natural]

One of my favs

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB3b1W6rEDw]Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing - YouTube[/ame]

 

[alan1]

No vocals in either of these,

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwCuFaq2L3U]Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique - March To The Scaffold - YouTube[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_FfAi68aW8]Sarah Chang Johann Sebastian Bach Air on the G string - YouTube[/ame]

 

[BDBoop]

I have quite a few, but most probably have never heard of them. Rush is one example of an incredible group of musicians, but I'm into progressive-type rock/metal. Go check out Dream Theater on youtube...i'd listen to these guys without vocals.

No, seriously! Bring your favorites here. I always like hearing what strongly affects someone else.

I can't believe I forgot my personal favorites. Major 'derp' moment, here.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JjQGt7WjK0]One - Apocalyptica - YouTube[/ame]

 

[BDBoop]

One of my favs

Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing - YouTube

I have read that Mark Knopfler is one of the best guitarists of all time.

 

[bobcollum]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3hJ5-ngUow]Rush- Yyz live in rio - YouTube[/ame]

At about 3:30 of the next one starts one of the best sequences of music I've ever heard.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkF4JD2rO3Q]Dream Theater - The Dark Eternal Night In-Studio - YouTube[/ame]

 

[BDBoop]

Whoa! They are playing so fast, actual blurring is involved.

I know that voice! Or does he just sound familiar? The guy actually singing.

 

[edthecynic]

Since you love sax, you might like this:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX_RXaZrduY]Black Box Ghost Box - YouTube[/ame]

Killer drums on this classic Jazz-Rock Fusion song from the 1970s:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj7yAFPNDRs]Passport - Ostinato (1976) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[BDBoop]

Awwwww .... love it. Thank you.

Very soothing/relaxing.

 

[bobcollum]

Whoa! They are playing so fast, actual blurring is involved.

I know that voice! Or does he just sound familiar? The guy actually singing.

Indeed, but I like it fast. The singer is James LaBrie, but he's best known for his work with DT, they've been around for a long time so maybe you've heard them in passing at some point.

Don't let their speed throw you off, it's the ability to play complex arrangements at high speeds in unison that makes them so incredible...it's like jazz/metal.

 

[Harry Dresden]

It's just me? Nobody has a song where the musical instrument ability trumps the singing?

try this Sax solo by Jr. Walker playing on this recording with Foreigner....

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA6id4--BDg]Urgent - Foreigner - YouTube[/ame]

 

[hortysir]

All of the above




[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkADj0TPrJA&ob=av3e]Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight (Official Video) - YouTube[/ame]