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Fast paced instrumental guitar ballad? Know which one I'm talking about?

Asked by pallen123 (1519points) March 16th, 2010

Okay here goes nothing. There’s this faster paced electric guitar ballad that I think goes back to the early ‘80’s or late ‘70’s. It’s been used in a promo commercial for news stations in Los Angeles in the past, I’ve heard it on the radio, and I’ve seen it used for montages on television. There’s a lot of fast fingerwork, and a mix of pacing, starting slower, then speeding up with more strumming—a cascading, crescendoing, driving rhythm that culminates in some slower fingerwork. Sounds a bit like the old HBO commercial theme from the early ‘80’s. I thought it might be Satriani but I can’t seem to identify the song. Feel like using the word “anthemic” to describe it.

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pallen123's avatar

Oh, good guess @lucillelucillelucille but that’s not it. Similar sound but the other one is much more energetic and fast paced.

St.George's avatar

Is it a Dick Dale tune?

DeanV's avatar

Are you sure it’s not Miserlou by Dick Dale?

JeanPaulSartre's avatar

@filmfann I love this in general.

DeanV's avatar

@JeanPaulSartre Thanks. Too lazy to get a link…

jaytkay's avatar

lol just reading the title of the question I immediately thought Classical Gas or Dick Dale lol

JeanPaulSartre's avatar

I don’t know what song you’re looking for, but I’m enjoying all the stuff that’s getting posted!

pallen123's avatar

@filmfann you nailed it! Thank you all for playing! Man I didn’t actually think someone would be able to determine this from my question. This is way up there in terms of Web forum achievements I’ve witnessed in the past 15 years.

filmfann's avatar

(blushes)

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