I have some favorite instrumental parts in songs.

Debbie Gibson songs

Out Of The Blue. I like the instrumental thing after she says, 'Now with you". It sounds like, "Now with you(Clash) out of the blue". It sounds like someone banged cymbals together. Oh I love it!:D

Out Of The Blue. She says, "Here with you, then it goes into an instrumental part. I love it!

Staying Together

The thing at the end. She says,It's right before you, it's right before your eyes, then there is like one final loud note, then the song ends. Love it!

Fallen Angel
(She says this line)All your red hot love i've found (ah-ah, ah-ah), then it goes into an extended instrumental party. I say extended because some of this beat is played previously in the song, but now it has an additional added part

Paula Abdul

To You

One part goes into a great instrumental part.:D

Sraight Up

I love the flute sound! And I like the opening

Cyndui Lauper

She Bop. I love opening! It sounds like running. I don't know how to explain it, but it sounds as if someone is running. Daddadum-dum(Very fast)

The instrumental in Layla is incredible.

'She bops' is full of innuendo :p

I have some favorite instrumental parts in songs.


Jethro Tull songs:

the opening guitar riff of "Aqualung"

the flute intro of "Cross-Eyed Mary"

the guitar solo of "A New Day Yesterday"

the strings on "Reasons For Waiting"

Howard Jones - No One Is To Blame. I love the piano part

I was just gonna say that :D I think it's the best part of the song!

I also like the instrumental at the end of "November Rain" by Guns N' Roses



The instrumental in Layla is incredible.

Family:

Jim King's sax solo on "The Weaver's Answer"

Poli Palmer's overamplified flute on "Drowned In Wine"

Charlie Whitney's echoey guitar on "Stop For the Traffic (Through The Heart of Me")

Whitney's Southern-style banjo riff on "Song For Sinking Lovers"

Rob Townsend's drums on "A Song For Me"

John Weider's violin on the instrumental "Normans"

Whitney's searing guitar riff on "Between Blue And Me"

the marching band ensemble on "Save Some For Thee"

Korn/Evanesence-Thoughtless
Green Day-2,000 light years away. (the bass part)
Father Away- Evanesence

The saxophone solos in the songs "Miracles" by Jefferson Starship, and "Deacon Blues" by Steely Dan.

The beginning of Sheila E.'s "The Glamorous Life"

Eric Clapton solos: Cream/"Deserted Cities of the Heart," which is currently playing on my computer's CD player.
Derek and the Dominoes/"Why Does Love Got to be so Sad?"

One more Family moment - Charlie Whitney's guitar volley on "Good News Bad News" :guitar:

Raphael Ravenscroft's sax solo in Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty

I've always loved the sort of classical harpsichord sounding part in the middle of the Beatles In My Live.

I've always loved the sort of classical harpsichord sounding part in the middle of the Beatles In My Life.


It was a piano played by George Martin, recorded straight and played at double speed. :)

What Does It Take - Jr Walker & The All-Stars: The Intro
Champagne Supernova - Oasis: Guitar solos
Sun Goddess - EWF/Ramsey Lewis: Intro
Baba O'Riley - The Who - Intro

the thunderous riff that cones just before the second verse of Rush's "Tom Sawyer" :guitar: :drummer:

Raphael Ravenscroft's sax solo in Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty
:yeahthat Another favorite of mine is the fuzz guitar solo played by Tony Peluso in the Carpenters' Goodbye To Love. I also love the beginning keyboard/bass solo in the Roberta Flack/Donny Hathaway duet You Are My Heaven.

Then of course is the chicka chicka boom sound on Johnny Cash's great songs. :D

the horns on Earth, Wind and Fire's "September" :)

One more Family moment - Charlie Whitney's guitar volley on "Good News Bad News" :guitar:

Charlie's two guitar parts in "Second Generation Woman," and the violin during the song's coda.

the intro of the extended version of madonna's open your heart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaz69O7Rn6s&mode=related&search=

Charlie's two guitar parts in "Second Generation Woman," and the violin during the song's coda.

There's no violin in "Second Generation Woman," I think you're thinking of the violin at the end of "The Weaver's Answer" (played by the late Rick Grech).

The instrumental bridge in many Beatles songs, but esp. "A Hard Day's Night,"
"Let It Be," "Something" and the aforementioned "In My Life."

As a Sax player in highschool I a partial to the Sax solos in

Superfreak - Rick James
Careless Whisper - Wham

the thunderous riff that cones just before the second verse of Rush's "Tom Sawyer" :guitar: :drummer: :rock:

Same with the cool guitar solo by Alex Lifeson's "Alerxt In Wonderland" segment, after the main riff, in Rush's "La Villa Strangiato". :cool: :guitar: Where he fades in with the volume knobs. The whole solo's killer.

the slide guitar in Led Zeppelin's recording of "Travelling Riverside Blues" :guitar:

I have a ton but here are some:

John McVie's bass solo in Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain." Lindsay Buckingham's guitar solo is amazing as well, but the bass line gives me chills.

On "Eye in the Sky" from Alan Parsons Project, there is an opening called "Sirius" which is always cut off when the song is played on the radio. It's extremely eerie and sets the tone of the whole song.

The beginning to "Body Mechanic" from Quadrant Six, and the ghostly synth solos that are throughout the song.

The instrumental part after the chorus in Andy Gibb's "I Just Want to Be Your Everything."

The soundtrack to the 1980 horror film "Prom Night" has some great instrumental parts, but one of the best ones is the synth solo in "Love Me Til I Die." It's gorgeous and you really have to appreciate disco music to enjoy it.

The piano solo at the end of John Foxx's "Europe After the Rain."

the harmonica in John Mayall's "Room To Move"

Dire Straits- Saltuns of Swing
Intro to "Where the Streets Have No Name" by U2
The Piano at the beginning and end of Wildfire
Lynard Skynard Free Bird
Any guitar solo by Joe Bonamassa
Hearts Dreamboat Anne best Flut instrumental by Anne and Nancy's guitar solo was great too.
Charlie Daniels - Devil went down to Georgia
Alison Krauss and Union Station- Swing on the Strings
Keith Urban- Somebody like You
Nickel Creeks - Lighthouse Tale

the repetitive guitar riff in Nazareth's "Hair Of the Dog"

What a great thread! :) I'm still compiling my complete list, but a few songs that immediately come to mind are:

Guitar solo (by Joe Walsh) in In the City by the Eagles

The muted-string percussive chords in Heartbeat by Buddy Holly

Guitar power chords in Long Time and More than a Feeling, by Boston

Slow organ intro leading into the twangy guitar in Shiny Happy People by R.E.M.

Piano intro and instrumental bridges in Isn't it Time by the Babys

Slow, classical rhythms at the beginning and throughout No Sugar Tonight by the Guess Who

(I would also like to check out the songs others have posted in this thread)

the bass line on Family's "Part Of the Load" :)

I'm going to leave a lot out, but two that I like a lot are from Lush's Split album.

"Blackout" contains a ringing guitar "duel" between Miki Berenyi and Emma Anderson that puts Chryssie Hynde to shame.

The instrumental climax of "Starlust" also can't be ignored. I actually want the sheet music to that, and not just the guitar tabs.


Aside from that, the ending of "Anti" by The Vandals is something that has to be heard. I was listening to it with headphones on WUSB years ago, and it literally went through one ear and out the other.

There are too many others I'll have to add to my list later on.

I have sooooo many as well...

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Nice Harpsichord/Celeste Solo, nearly drowns the tamboura and electric violin.
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Similar to "Celeste", but has a beautiful english horn solo rather than a celeste.
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Great String arrangement on this.
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I like the flute solo on here...has an undertone like "California Dreaming".
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Flourishing brass in this.

the brass in Boz Scaggs's "Georgia" :)

Let me give you a few ideas of what I was talking about in my previous post on this thread:

Blackout:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=rtf1QNkEwA8

Starlust:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx3yIzeGbZw

Back to back in concert:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ztGg_1nfF8

Here's another interesting song with THREE solos...electric sitar, piano, and oboe! Then it comes to an interesting drum solo!
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This song has a great accordion solo....
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And who can remember the only marimba solo in a song?...
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Jeff Beck's guitar on "Heart Full of Soul" by the Yardbirds :guitar:

The section in Jackson 5's Dancing Machine. The part where Michael does the robot in sounds extremely great! It goes "babang, babang,babang.....:D

Randy Meisner's bass line on the Eagles's "Life In the Fast Lane", just before Don Henley sings the line, "Blowin' and burnin', blinded by thirst . . . "

Ray Manzerek's organ interlude in Riders On The Storm byThe Doors. It was criticized by some who thought it was too "jazzy" and "Lounge like". But I love it!



Also the long instrumental interlude of The Doors "Light My Fire" which is rarely /if ever played because of the length. It lengthens the song to around 7 minutes and back in the day AM radio didn't play anything that was over 3 or 4 minutes long. Even when I hear it on FM stations today it is never played the full length which is too bad because it highlights all three of the musicians talents.The interlude is severely chopped off and to me it is very noticeable and ruins the song!:(

The music in "Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" sends chills through me.
It is very haunting and sad.:( It works with the lyrics beautifully!

Jeff Beck's guitar on "Heart Full of Soul" by the Yardbirds :guitar:

Oh! Great song!:guitar:

With songs that are long...

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Interesting flute solo, when Phil Collins did this song in 1980 live...6 minutes were cut from it!
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What can I say? Hendrix guitar solo in a military-style then the 2nd part is basically instrumental.
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This is actually 4 songs, but there's good guitar solos in this song as well as a celesta solo.

The banjo in the Old Crow Medicine Show's "Wagon Wheel"

On "Eye in the Sky" from Alan Parsons Project, there is an opening called "Sirius" which is always cut off when the song is played on the radio. It's extremely eerie and sets the tone of the whole song.


You rarely here "Sirius" on the radio but there's at least one station here in NC that will play it. 2 other songs with great instrumental lead-in's are "Threshold"/"Jet Airliner" by The Steve Miller Band and "Foreplay"/Long Time" by Boston. Speaking of "Jet Airliner", if you don't hear "Threshold" first, it's a sure-fire bet you'll get the "Funky kicks going down in the city" version.

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-Andy Summer's guitar solo on "So Lonely" by The Police.
-The outro to "Layla" by Derek & the Dominos.
-Elliot Easton's guitar work on "Since I Held You" by The Cars.
-The trumpets and sax work on "Sir Duke" by Stevie Wonder.

The beginning and end of Guns N' Roses 'November Rain'


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Rod Clements' violin solo on Lindisfarne's "Fog On the Tyne"

the thunderous riff that cones just before the second verse of Rush's "Tom Sawyer"

Martin Barre's guitar solos on the alternate take of Jethro Tull's "Teacher"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjF_v_9nXXM

Smooth Jazz Insturmental solo sound during Tevin Campbell’s Tomorrow.

Imagination’s Just An Illusion - Piano Solo

Basia’s Promises - Morrocan Guitar Solo during the 2nd Chorus

Trombone - Buddy Morrow on "Night Train"
Guitar - George Harrison on "And I Love Her" and Zal Yanovsky on

It has to be that saxophone..https://youtu.be/Fo6aKnRnBxM

The saxophone in Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty

The intro and instrumental break in Darling Nikki by Prince