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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-12-05 08:10 PM
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The best instrumental piece in the world is:
"I Did it Otway", by John Otway and Wild Willie Barrett.

It's a simple four chord accoustic guitar piece (played by Barrett), but as the piece progresses, Otway can be heard slowly dismantling the guitar with a saw and a hammer for about five minutes, until it's literally unplayable.


Fuck all other music. This is IT!
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BornaDem Donating Member (225 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-12-05 08:13 PM
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1. Just about anything by Bach.
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-12-05 08:14 PM
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2. The Lark Ascending by Vaughan Williams
that is beautiful music!
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-12-05 08:14 PM
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3. Instrumental how? Classical, rock, jazz?
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alwynsw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-12-05 08:15 PM
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4. Anything Hovhaness, unless
I'm in the mood for Coltrane.
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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-12-05 08:28 PM
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5. I love almost all classical
but one of my favorite pieces is "Reverie" by Claude deBussy.

As far as pop/rock, I think my favorite is "Love is Blue" (I know it's a bit schmaltzy to some people!), followed by "Classical Gas" and "Music Box Dancer." "Tubular Bells" is also cool.
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-12-05 08:33 PM
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9. Classical Gas was my answer!
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El Fuego Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-12-05 08:29 PM
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6. "Cliffs of Dover" by Eric Johnson
Pure musical ecstasy, every time I hear it.
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-..__... Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-12-05 08:31 PM
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7. "Flight of the Bumble Bee"
By the Polish Armpit Trio.
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Karenina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-12-05 08:31 PM
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8. "Ode to a Toad"
Ray Pizzi, bassoon.
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-12-05 08:42 PM
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10. Jeff Beck doing "Cause We've Ended s Lovers"
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Karenina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-12-05 08:48 PM
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11. THAT is SUCH an incredibly
beautiful piece. Stevie Wonder penned it...
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-12-05 08:56 PM
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12. "Pictures at an Exhibition"
by Mussorgsky. Gustav Holst, "The Planets" is another chart topper.
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