Crazy & Surreal Instrumental Masterpiece Songs
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Topic: Crazy & Surreal Instrumental Masterpiece Songs
Posted By: ankhora
Subject: Crazy & Surreal Instrumental Masterpiece Songs
Date Posted: May 18 2022 at 18:31
| Zero vocals... pure music |
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Posted By: ankhora
Date Posted: May 18 2022 at 19:04
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Here are 3 to start this off: Anglagard - Jordrök Shylock - Île de Fièvre Colosseum - Valyntine Suite |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: May 18 2022 at 19:26
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The Aristocrats - Culture Clash Lyle Workman - North Star Hiromi - Spark Helmet of Gnats - Afternoon T |
Posted By: wiz_d_kidd
Date Posted: May 19 2022 at 09:30
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King Crimson -- The Talking Drum & Larks' Tongues in Aspic pt II Tangerine Dream - Ricochet Ozric Tentacles - Psychic Chasm SONAR - Orbit 5.7 The Psychedelic Ensemble - The Battle With time, I can probably come up with more. A lot depends on what you consider "crazy and surreal". |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: May 19 2022 at 10:07
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^Can't you discern that from the examples @ankhora provided?  BTW, That Anglagard tune Jordrök is one of my favs. ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: May 20 2022 at 00:45
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tangerine Dream - Birth Of Liquid Pleiades ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Ronstein
Date Posted: May 20 2022 at 05:09
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Soft Machine - Slightly, All The Time Clearlight - Clearlight Symphony Camel - The Snow Goose Not sure about crazy, but definately surreal masterpieces!
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Posted By: yogev
Date Posted: May 20 2022 at 08:01
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I agree with Valentyne Suite, and also would add Nine Feet Underground by Caravan (have vocals tho). The Canterbury Scene at it finest. *Anthony Phillips - Portraits From Tudor Times *Plini - Selenium Forest and on the other side: Mono - Pure as Snow, I urge anyone who hasn't listened to it yet to give it a listen. |
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: May 20 2022 at 08:40
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Frank Zappa - The Black Page ------------- http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - Metal Music Archives https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: May 21 2022 at 07:27
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Hi, The one I like, but is a tough one for many folks on PA is Alan Stivell's bits in "SYMPHONIE CELTIQUE" when the last part in 2 sides of the four end up with an incredible cacophony of everything seemingly just ripping it all apart. It's a tough listen, but in reality one of my favorites, When the music of the classics, meets the music of the present ... you have ... a total marriage of value, idea and above all ... music! BTW, seeing FZ mentioned so many times, just tells you how little people have heard and appreciate 200 MOTELS. It is by far, the most surreal, and crazy thing ever done, that rock folks will never learn to appreciate. The satires are incredible, and right on the money. And the ending is something to die for and hope to hear once in your life ... even if all you can get is the UCLA revival many years later, with a choir showing us how it is done ... it is totally outstanding and far out ... but too many folks here are just married to the cheap popular music out there and shown in so many examples.
------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: May 21 2022 at 08:22
| Slow Dance, by Anthony Phillips. |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: May 21 2022 at 08:29
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An Invocation and Ritual Dance of the Young Pumpkin should qualify this Astromonster too, but it's not like I'm trying to come up with the most crazy & surreal tunes I got. I find them wildly creative and fun - I just enjoy them a lot This is actually genuinely surreal |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: May 21 2022 at 08:48
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^ah... there's some ghostly worldess vocals in the SC3-track - it didn't really register as vocals while I was listening. Just think of it as a theremin or a saw:) |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: May 21 2022 at 09:48
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: May 21 2022 at 10:22
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One of my favorites...crazy and surreal..? perhaps...certainly exquisite. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: RockHound
Date Posted: May 21 2022 at 21:51
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Red Queen to Gryphon Three The Waiting Room Most Tangerine Dream Igor's Boogie Lark's Tongues in Aspic, all parts Dangerous Curves Level 5 Fracture FraKCtured The Heavenly Music Corporation Swastika Girls The Devil's Danceschool Skeletons at the Feast Sysiphus The Grand Vizier's Garden Party Five Percent for Nothing
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: May 21 2022 at 23:26
| Perhaps no so crazy, but the four Mike Oldfield 70's albums are really magical. Also Histoires Sans Paroles from Harmonium. And perhaps a little bit crazier (just a little bit), Hamburger Concerto by Focus. Also, Judas Iscarios by Rick Wakeman. And a bit of Floyd, like Great Gig in the Sky, Careful with that Axe, Eugene, and Saucerful of Secrets. |
Posted By: Ronstein
Date Posted: May 23 2022 at 03:40
Absolutely with you on Strictly Genteel, it's genius!!
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moshkito wrote:Posted By: Nosebone
Date Posted: June 05 2022 at 09:02
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Emanations ~ Univers Zero |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: June 05 2022 at 12:17
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What, no Residents? I would agree with Fripp & Eno's "No Pussyfooting,' particularly "Swastika Girls"! ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: June 05 2022 at 13:52
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: June 05 2022 at 17:20
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Anglagard - Jordrok King Crimson - Larks Tongues in Aspic Part 2Steve Hackett - A Tower Struck Down Ozric Tentacles - Jurassic Shift (the track and the album in general) Genesis - The Waiting Room Gentle Giant - The Boys In The Band Camel - Earthrise King Crimson - The Devil's Triangle PFM- Generale The Flower Kings - Retropolis (title track) Mahavishnu Orchestra - One Word (since others are listing fusion) The first two were already mentioned but I agree with them. |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: June 05 2022 at 19:09
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Focus-3 entire album + Eruption + Hamburger Concerto Gryphon-Red Queen Gryphon Three Ant Phillips-Slow Dance ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |