Whatever happened to instrumentals?

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C R

Guru
Location
Worcester
Animals as Leaders are instrumental all the way

View: https://youtu.be/Vrbt14uej08

Just an example.

Maiden have a couple, Losfer Words, for instance, though not recent

View: https://youtu.be/7mMqOmeyzPU


And Metallica, before they became a pop band, had some decent instrumentals too, like Orion


View: https://youtu.be/c8qrwON1-zE
 

presta

Guru
This isn't just Santana, it's M&S Santana:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=timZoOs9ozo


I saw this lass in York city centre in 2014, a cut above your average busker:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaVPQe8Zf9o



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAlYGL5KnGI



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqNCc4wIYOQ


Dave Edmunds (originally credited to Love Sculpture, in 1970, the band he was in when he originally recorded it)
Sabre Dance

The only record that makes you feel breathless sitting still.
 

AndyRM

XOXO
Location
North Shields
I'm sure there is still plenty out there but it doesn't have the universal appeal it once had. It's been pushed to a erosteric corner of the music scene. Whereas the kids and also older generations could appreciate it it's really much more specialised.
The music you mentioned although being very listenable is mostly not memorable and not humable or sticks in your head.

Hm, not sure I agree with you about it being on some kind of musical fringe. Classical, film scores and all manner of lyric free music remain popular.

Even the niche stuff that I've mentioned has a large following.
 

winjim

Smash the cistern
Hm, not sure I agree with you about it being on some kind of musical fringe. Classical, film scores and all manner of lyric free music remain popular.

Even the niche stuff that I've mentioned has a large following.

Get on YouTube and follow the reaction channels down some rabbitholes. That's where I get all my new music recommendations from. Read the comments and engage with the artists, musicians are more accessible than ever with social media. Again it's subculture stuff and not chart pop but these days does anyone care about that?

I'm not the only one listening to Serbian progressive djent powerpop.
 
Easy Listening is chock full of them.


View: https://youtu.be/LGmQXuySF28
 

wafter

I like steel bikes and I cannot lie..
Location
Oxford
I assume we're talking more traditional instrument-based stuff as opposed to electronica; since much of the latter is devoid of lyrics..

A few off't top of head:












Think that'll do for now :smile:

EDIT: Forgot all about the lyrics in the chain; evidently because the insturmental is so epic :tongue:
 
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