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Apart form the Young Ones with the Vivian's great line 'OK, Cliff, which instrument do you want me to break?' - what are your favourite instrumental breaks in songs?

Here are some of mine :

The sax break in Hazel O'Connor's 'Will You'.
The mouth organ opening of Supertramp's 'School'
Clarence Clemmons' sax on 'Born To Run' / 'Jungleland'

Joe

Originally posted by JoePritchard
Apart form the Young Ones with the Vivian's great line 'OK, Cliff, which instrument do you want me to break?' - what are your favourite instrumental breaks in songs?

In the Only Ones "Another Girl Another Planet" John Perry's guitar just soars. I can listen to it again and again. Exhilarating!

If you want to hear a guitar genuinely sing, John Perry's your man. (I've heard Johnny Marr learnt from him, but this may just be a legend, who knows)

StarSparkle

The Bonzo dog band always had wonderful instrumental breaks. The one from Hello Mabel" is particularly notewothy, with instruments like childs glokenspiel, chicken noises, spoons and various wind instruments. Always perfectly in tune and thoroughly musical.
RIP Vivian Stanshall, we all miss you every day . . .

I love the instrumental break in "whiskey in the jar" by Thin lizzy.

and, I don't know if a whole song can be called an instrumental break... ( ;) ) but I like "Swingin' Safari", by Bert Kaempfert....

well.. it is an instrumental.. lol!!

and the breaks in T-rex's "Ride a White Swan" and "Telegram Sam"

...okay, I admit it... I love almost anything by Marc Bolan...

PT

i like the intro to telegram sam by t rex the intro to get it on by POWERSTATION is one of my faves :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Originally posted by muddycoffee
The Bonzo dog band always had wonderful instrumental breaks. The one from Hello Mabel" is particularly notewothy, with instruments like childs glokenspiel, chicken noises, spoons and various wind instruments. Always perfectly in tune and thoroughly musical.
RIP Vivian Stanshall, we all miss you every day . . .

Don't forget the wonderfully out-of-tune guitar solo on "The Canyons Of Your Mind".

I agree Viv was a genius. The recent BBC3 documentary about him was really well done and a fitting tribute.

It's a bit schmaltzy, but the one that I always turn up loud when it's on the car radio is Henry McCullough's guitar solo in My Love by Wings/Paul McCartney. It's short and sweet, but beautifully phrased.

Henry of course was a former member of Joe Cocker's Grease Band, so there's your Sheffield connection

Panda and Plaintalker mention T.Rex. I recall being so genuinely excited by their music as a small kid in the early seventies that my heart started thumping when they were introduced on Top of the Pops by Jimmy Saville. This was the occasion when Telegram Sam was first performed/mimed by Bolan and co on TV. I can still remember that wonderful feeling, part physical, part mental, of sheer joy at their music. The very young Timo began to believe in the possibility of a human soul through the experience of listening to that, very special and quite underrated music, because he genuinely felt "something" being uplifted. It may sound plain daft to some, but that was my genuine reaction to T.Rex as a child. The hymns I was supposed to find moving, about "green hills far away", and babes in stables had little effect, but "Hot Love", "Jeepster" etc had the effect of transforming time, and affording a glimpse [even if it was an illusion] of something beyond.

Originally posted by timo
Panda and Plaintalker mention T.Rex. I recall being so genuinely excited by their music as a small kid in the early seventies that my heart started thumping when they were introduced on Top of the Pops by Jimmy Saville. This was the occasion when Telegram Sam was first performed/mimed by Bolan and co on TV. I can still remember that wonderful feeling, part physical, part mental, of sheer joy at their music. The very young Timo began to believe in the possibility of a human soul through the experience of listening to that, very special and quite underrated music, because he genuinely felt "something" being uplifted. It may sound plain daft to some, but that was my genuine reaction to T.Rex as a child. The hymns I was supposed to find moving, about "green hills far away", and babes in stables had little effect, but "Hot Love", "Jeepster" etc had the effect of transforming time, and affording a glimpse [even if it was an illusion] of something beyond.

That's so moving, Timo.

That's the effect that special music has on me - but I don't think I could find the words to express it so beautifully.

Music as pure joy.

StarSparkle :)

Starsparkle,
Thankyou, gorgeous creature, for your kind words. There are people who think that Timo is a sadistic, "intellectual bully", who delights in ridiculing, mocking and humiliating fellow posters who dare to dissent from his opinions. You, gentle and perceptive Starsparkle, see much further than they. Let it be known henceforth that anyone who offends Starsparkle in any way shall face the wrath of Timo....
xx

Originally posted by timo
Starsparkle,
Thankyou, gorgeous creature, for your kind words. There are people who think that Timo is a sadistic, "intellectual bully", who delights in ridiculing, mocking and humiliating fellow posters who dare to dissent from his opinions. You, gentle and perceptive Starsparkle, see much further than they. Let it be known henceforth that anyone who offends Starsparkle in any way shall face the wrath of Timo....
xx


Well, what can I say except "Cheers, Timo!"

You're clearly a man of rare refinement

StarSparkle :thumbsup: :)

Not quite an instrumental break but the end of the full version of Derek and the Dominos' Layla sends me to a very happy place when I hear it.

Hi Limpetboy,

That coda is amazing - I rmember hearing the full version before hearing the single and was well disappointed that the single had it chopped off.

There are a couple of excellent guitar solos in various versions of Neil Young's 'Like a Hurricane' - I say 'various versions' because some of the best ones are on his various live recordings.

Joe

My favourite guitar solos at present

Just about any Page solos

All Along the Watchtower- Hendrix (Dylan song originally)

Hysteria- Muse

Scar Tissue- Red Hot Chili Peppers

New Years Day- U2

Many more but I can't remember them

Originally posted by JoePritchard
Hi Limpetboy,

That coda is amazing - I rmember hearing the full version before hearing the single and was well disappointed that the single had it chopped off.

There are a couple of excellent guitar solos in various versions of Neil Young's 'Like a Hurricane' - I say 'various versions' because some of the best ones are on his various live recordings.

Joe

Exactly, I bought a CD purely cos that was on it then discovered it was the edited version, was gutted :cry:

Originally posted by limpetboy
Not quite an instrumental break but the end of the full version of Derek and the Dominos' Layla sends me to a very happy place when I hear it.

Funnily enough the piano coda you speak of was written not by Clapton, but by the band's drummer Jim Gordon. Eric heard him playing it during a break in rehearsals and thought it would fit the end of Layla perfectly.

Gordon later went off the rails is currently serving life in a secure mental hospital for murdering his mother!

Originally posted by mojoworking
Funnily enough the piano coda you speak of was written not by Clapton, but by the band's drummer Jim Gordon. Eric heard him playing it during a break in rehearsals and thought it would fit the end of Layla perfectly.

Gordon later went off the rails is currently serving life in a secure mental hospital for murdering his mother!

Blimey, you learn something new everyday and that post has taught me two things,

1. The word 'coda'

and

2. Jim Gordon was a talented, if deranged, man

:)

The piano solo in "cool for cats" by Squeeze is really good.

Originally posted by Yodameister
The piano solo in "cool for cats" by Squeeze is really good.

That'll be Jools Holland, then?

Instrumental breaks -

There's a couple of mind blowing ones in Bowie's "Width of a Circle".

Re........ T.Rex - the guitar solo at the end of "Raw Ramp" is pretty spectacular !!!!