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  • Favorite "non-guitar" song

    Obviously, we all love the songs where the guitar and guitar player is a dominant force in the song. But what about the songs you guys love where the guitar is on the back burner? Where the whole band/vocalist carries the tune? Kinda thought about this after the Kings X thread a while ago. Probably one of the most solid bands ever, where everyone compliments each other and creates a solid song.
    Anyway, here is mine:
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    Yeah, the video is lame, but I think it's such a great song. Brings back lots of memories too.
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    No guitar at all:

    ELP- Knife Edge
    from "Emerson, Lake and Palmer"(1970)- Keith Emerson / keyboards - Greg Lake / vocals, bass, electric & acoustic guitar - Carl Palmer / drums, percussion


    Morphine- Buena
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    Back Burner:
    Stevie Wonder- Superstition (Sesame Street version. Kickass!)
    It doesn't get much better than this.... I can't imagine a better feel good song than this one! Check out the REST OF THE VIDEOS in this collection! ...

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    • #3
      Peter Gabriel - Red Rain
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      belongs to my all time TOP 3, the guitar is very subtle
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      • #4
        Anything by Jethro Tull, like "The Whistler", or "Songs From The Wood", or "The Witch's Promise" etc etc.


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        Of course, it helps that the entire band are incredible musicians, and Ian Anderson is a master of both the acoustic guitar and flute (as well as sax, harmonica and anything else he feels like, the bastard).
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        • #5
          I love older Delta Goodrem songs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTMAsn7Tkyw

          I also love Jpop. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE3kebSkKZQ
          "I hate these filthy neutrals! With enemies, you know where they stand. But with neutrals... who knows? It sickens me!"

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          • #6
            Van Halen - I'll Wait. Though, I guess the really great guitar solo in the middle of it maybe disqualifies it as "non-guitar".
            I feel my soul go cold... only the dead are smiling.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by toejam View Post
              Van Halen - I'll Wait. Though, I guess the really great guitar solo in the middle of it maybe disqualifies it as "non-guitar".
              Haha that cracked me up, "non-guitar" on the JCF apparently means "only one great EVH solo in it"
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              • #8
                Journey - When You Love A Woman

                mind you, the song does have a BADASS guitar solo, the guitar has no affect of the rest of the song
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Axewielder View Post
                  Haha that cracked me up, "non-guitar" on the JCF apparently means "only one great EVH solo in it"
                  :ROTF: The rest of the song is bass, drums and keyboard/synth, so it's sort of a non-guitar song, except for the solo.
                  I feel my soul go cold... only the dead are smiling.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by dg
                    Stevie Wonder- Superstition
                    I love that song as well! I also really enjoy Shock the Monkey by Peter Gabriel, and lots of 80's stuff like Depeche Mode, New Order, Tears for Fears (especially Shout)

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                    • #11
                      OK this is my favorite non-guitar song, as well as my favorite non-English song:



                      It's a great video, too. Any JCF bros from Finland out there? What's the deal with this band, they are soooo kickass. That song really builds and builds, and by the time the drums kick in I am totally blown away. What is that chick singing about, anyway? Wow.
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                      • #12
                        I never listened to Christina Aguilera before this record, but I really like this non-guitar-oriented song a LOT.
                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Cy3B2M7S70

                        I like some Eminem too.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by dg View Post
                          Stevie Wonder- Superstition
                          That's an interesting one cause the original was very guitar oriented cause he wrote it for Jeff Beck and Beck Bogert and Appice recorded it first
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by CharvelRocker View Post
                            I love that song as well! I also really enjoy Shock the Monkey by Peter Gabriel, and lots of 80's stuff like Depeche Mode, New Order, Tears for Fears (especially Shout)
                            Tears for Fears was first on my list, until I realised the understated guitar (but NOT non-existent) was one of the things I liked about this band. So I failed to jump in. I just went through a four hour bout of Pink Floyd, so my non-guitar brain isn't really active right now.

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                            • #15
                              Lots of stuff by Bowie and Peter Gabriel also.
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