16251 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 The Elvis Costello thread made me think of this thread. My favorite CP song is undoubtably... [video:youtube] Quote AvantGrand N2 | ES520 | Gallien-Krueger MK & MP | https://soundcloud.com/pete36251 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EscapeRocks Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Speaking of Stepping Out... I found this a year ago and it's really cool [video:youtube] Quote David Gig Rig:Depends on the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoken6 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 I've played with Gary Sanford from the Joe Jackson band - Gary has a lot of interesting stories and a great deal of admiration for Joe. (Gary himself has one hell of a CV - he's worked with Aztec Camera, Joan Armatrading, Kirsty MacColl...) Cheers, Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykhailo Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Tom Waits on acoustic, George Duke on the CP80. ' Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis' [video:youtube] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16251 Posted September 2, 2020 Author Share Posted September 2, 2020 Just thought of another. [video:youtube] Quote AvantGrand N2 | ES520 | Gallien-Krueger MK & MP | https://soundcloud.com/pete36251 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16251 Posted September 2, 2020 Author Share Posted September 2, 2020 I don't know if this is a best song, but I remember how much I loved the CP intro. [video:youtube] Quote AvantGrand N2 | ES520 | Gallien-Krueger MK & MP | https://soundcloud.com/pete36251 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 [video:youtube] Quote Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CEB Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 No matter how good these songs are .... they would sound even better on real piano. ð Quote "It doesn't have to be difficult to be cool" - Mitch Towne "A great musician can bring tears to your eyes!!! So can a auto Mechanic." - Stokes Hunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillearning Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 No matter how good these songs are .... they would sound even better on real piano. ð Most of them maybe. But I like In Your Eyes as is. Love the sound of the CP there. Fits just right to my ears. Quote I would like to apologize to anyone I have not yet offended. Please be patient and I will get to you shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
area51recording Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 No matter how good these songs are .... they would sound even better on real piano. ð Yepper. This is my feeling as well. Never owned a CP, but played 'em many times over the years, and ALWAYS hated the sound. I think though the reason for me is that I always thought it to be a crappy sounding replacement for a real piano, instead of embracing it it as it's own unique instrument..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoken6 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Is Throwing It All Away (Genesis) CP80? It's a bit low in the mix for me to be sure. Cheers, Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherScott Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Eddie Jobson used it extensively with U.K. and Jethro Tull... worked for me. Quote Maybe this is the best place for a shameless plug! Our now not-so-new new video at https://youtu.be/3ZRC3b4p4EI is a 40 minute adaptation of T. S. Eliot's "Prufrock" - check it out! And hopefully I'll have something new here this year. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16251 Posted September 2, 2020 Author Share Posted September 2, 2020 No matter how good these songs are .... they would sound even better on real piano. ð Yepper. This is my feeling as well. Never owned a CP, but played 'em many times over the years, and ALWAYS hated the sound. I think though the reason for me is that I always thought it to be a crappy sounding replacement for a real piano, instead of embracing it it as it's own unique instrument..... I respect your opinion but I think the CP was (is) a unique keyboard voice worthy of the hits they're heard in. At the time, IMO, it made the song sound modern. ie. If you replaced Hold the line chords with a regular acoustic piano it might sound like a 50's doo-wop sound and certainly Toto could of used acoustic piano but they didn't. On the other hand... Weather Report 8:30 or Herbie's 1977 VSOP, might of sounded better if they toured with a real acoustic, but again I like that they choose the CP as giving those albums a uniqueness to their catalogs. Quote AvantGrand N2 | ES520 | Gallien-Krueger MK & MP | https://soundcloud.com/pete36251 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykhailo Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 I always dug playing a CP 80 for the very reason that I could 'lean into it' in during rock n roll. I get that not everyone loves it, but I"m sure glad I held onto mine. The first time I ever played to a huge crowd on a big, outdoor stage, I was a last minute sub to accompany an opera singer. The back line for the gig was a CP80. Can"t get more trad than that! Sentimentality I guess...but I l still love playing mine every once and a while. Here is a master playing it very traditionally, seems to fit in nice with the 'new grass' once they take the stage: . [video:youtube] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwave Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 In Australia, the sound of the Yamaha CP70 is associated with the band Cold Chisel, e.g. [video:youtube] Quote Kurzweil PC4, Expressive E Osmose, UNO Synth Pro, Hammond B-3X on iPad, Rhodes Mark II Stage 73, ART 710-A MK4s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dongna Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 [video:youtube] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill H. Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 I don't know if I would call it a Yamaha Electric Grand best song, but it's featuring one: [video:youtube] Buried in there is a chorused CP70. I remember it because I used to have to cover the part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CEB Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 No matter how good these songs are .... they would sound even better on real piano. ð Yepper. This is my feeling as well. Never owned a CP, but played 'em many times over the years, and ALWAYS hated the sound. I think though the reason for me is that I always thought it to be a crappy sounding replacement for a real piano, instead of embracing it it as it's own unique instrument..... I respect your opinion but I think the CP was (is) a unique keyboard voice worthy of the hits they're heard in. At the time, IMO, it made the song sound modern. ie. If you replaced Hold the line chords with a regular acoustic piano it might sound like a 50's doo-wop sound and certainly Toto could of used acoustic piano but they didn't. On the other hand... Weather Report 8:30 or Herbie's 1977 VSOP, might of sounded better if they toured with a real acoustic, but again I like that they choose the CP as giving those albums a uniqueness to their catalogs. And I don"t like Melotrons either. Those were terribly out of date Lo-Fi samplers. An original Ensoniq EPS smokes them. ðð Quote "It doesn't have to be difficult to be cool" - Mitch Towne "A great musician can bring tears to your eyes!!! So can a auto Mechanic." - Stokes Hunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjazz Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 [video:youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqN7lq4NQB0 Quote Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonglow Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 [video:youtube] Quote "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillearning Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 No matter how good these songs are .... they would sound even better on real piano. ð Yepper. This is my feeling as well. Never owned a CP, but played 'em many times over the years, and ALWAYS hated the sound. I think though the reason for me is that I always thought it to be a crappy sounding replacement for a real piano, instead of embracing it it as it's own unique instrument..... I respect your opinion but I think the CP was (is) a unique keyboard voice worthy of the hits they're heard in. At the time, IMO, it made the song sound modern. ie. If you replaced Hold the line chords with a regular acoustic piano it might sound like a 50's doo-wop sound and certainly Toto could of used acoustic piano but they didn't. On the other hand... Weather Report 8:30 or Herbie's 1977 VSOP, might of sounded better if they toured with a real acoustic, but again I like that they choose the CP as giving those albums a uniqueness to their catalogs. And I don"t like Melotrons either. Those were terribly out of date Lo-Fi samplers. An original Ensoniq EPS smokes them. ðð I don"t think Watcher of the Skies would sound good on anything other than a Mellotron, as crappy as they can be. I hated when people tried to use them in place of actual strings or flutes. But Genesis, Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, et al, used them creatively as musical instruments on their own. Quote I would like to apologize to anyone I have not yet offended. Please be patient and I will get to you shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Zeger Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 [video:youtube] Reminds me of spring of senior year high school [video:youtube] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motif88 Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Wait a minute... besides the more esoteric Tony Banks album 'A Curious Feeling' which is all CP80...what about George Duke! This is the keyboard forum, correct? [video:youtube] Quote Using: Yamaha: Montage M8x| Spectrasonics: Omnisphere, Keyscape | uhe: Diva, Hive2, Zebra2| Roland: Cloud Pro | Arturia: V Collection | NI: Komplete 14 | VPS: Avenger | Cherry: GX80 | G-Force: OB-E | Korg: Triton, MS-20 Sold/Traded: Yamaha: Motif XS8, Motif ES8, Motif8, KX-88, TX7 | ASM: Hydrasynth Deluxe| Roland: RD-2000, D50, MKS-20| Korg: Kronos 88, T3, MS-20 | Oberheim: OB8, OBXa, Modular 8 Voice | Rhodes: Dyno-My-Piano| Crumar: T2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteinwayB Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Force MDs. As a longtime owner of a CP70 I can attest to the great action and unique sound of this great instrument. I used to singlehandedly haul it to gigs until musicians stopped calling me because they knew I would ask their help setting it up! It is infinitely more enjoyable to play than any digital piano on the planet,, even if it does not sound as "authentic ". BTW, I was amused to see this post and instantly knew it was a response to the Elvis Costello post; beat me to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jyrkik Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 With attitude from europe: U2 - New Years Day Jyrki Quote Nord Stage 3 88, Prophet 6, Moog Voyager OS, Moog Little Phatty TE, Crumar Mojo Classic Suitacase, Kawai US-50 upright, Beltuna Studio 3 and Fantini cassotto accordions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omvibes Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Have to mention the English band Keane. Liberal doses of CP piano all over their songs, from 'Somewhere only we know' onwards. Great band, fantastic songwriting imho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoken6 Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Have to mention the English band Keane. Liberal doses of CP piano all over their songs, from 'Somewhere only we know' onwards. Great band, fantastic songwriting imho.Good shout - "Bend And Break" is worth a listen. Cheers, Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jverghese Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 I would say that music often sounds best when played on the instrument that it was written on. There are lots of good CP70-driven songs around, many of which have been mentioned here. My personal favourites are those by Genesis, Gabriel, Collins, Vangelis ... honourable mention goes to Keane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoken6 Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Force MDs. I just gave that a listen and you're right. It's the kind of part that is so often found played on a DX7 FM EP patch, I always assumed it was DX7 Cheers, Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jverghese Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Kawai had an electric grand too, let's not forget. [video:youtube] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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