Re: Best instrumental parts to songs?
 

Requim for a dream
Most music composed(sp) by Hans Zimmer
Jan Hammer - Crockett`s theme

Instrumental parts of:
Dire straits - Brothers in arms
Animal - The house of the rising sun


Intro of:
Survivor - Eye of the tiger
Phil Collins - In the air tonight
Jon Bon Jovi - Blaze of glory
Guns N` Roses - November rain (+slash solo)
Metallica - One
Metallica - Nothing else matters

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The middle of "Fool in the Rain" by Zeppelin.

Also towards the end of "When the Levee breaks" by Zeppelin when it's just a big hodgepodge of music to get lost in.

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keyboards- Deep Purple - Lazy

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Oh and Alvin Lee- Ten Years After- I'm Going Home- Woodstock.

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The first thing that came to my mind was the part about 2/3 through "Light My Fire" by The Doors.

I also really like the intro of Elliott Smith's "Shooting Star." It sounds so chaotic, yet every note fits perfectly.

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and the guitar solo at the end of 'Dani California' by RHCP

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Frusciante also has an awesome guitar solo near the end of "Otherside".

Also, if we're talking purely instrumental tracks, I vote for "Going Home" (Local Hero theme) by Mark Knopfler, and "Classical Gas" by Mason Williams.

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The first 3 movements of beethoven's 9th FTW

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I am a sucker for the Layla instrumental by Derek and the Dominos, but that's likely because it brought together a perfect scene in a great movie.

A personal fav that never gets any love is the guitar finale to Soulshine by The Allman Brothers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3WuSBo-lIE
This song is full of great guitar work by two of the best of all time. Main guitar solo starts at 4:40, and the 2nd guitar joins at 5:30 where it really takes off.

And Tom Morello has too many good instrumentals to list, but one of his best is from Audioslave's "Doesn't Remind Me":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOMSB7s15C8
Starts at 2:55.

If you are a Pearl Jam fan, you have to love Mike McCready's guitar solo in Yellow Ledbetter.

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break/bass solo from 'The Chain' Fleetwood Mac, 3:04 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csatmi34YEk

guitar solo, 'Comfortably Numb' - Pink Floyd 2:05 to 2:40 especially 4:31 to ending http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkJNyQfAprY

really love the music to 'Soul to Squeeze' by RHCP check the intro and solo at 2:37 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqJeWhtpVek

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I don't think guitar solos should count here since they are a different subject altogether, but I have always thought the outro to Boston's Peace of Mind http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaR2JeqxQDY was a masterpiece of multiple guitar harmonizing. It still gives me goose bumps if I haven't heard it in a while.

Funeral for a Friend (kind of the intro to Love Lies Bleeding), by Elton John is also killer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GYI6XJH9Ss