Robbie G Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 As we put the final touches on the Heavy Issue, I thought it would be a great idea to ask you all what you think are the most iconic keyboard moments in "Heavy" rock or metal. Of course, the term "heavy" is subjective, but we're looking for sonically heavy stuff, not necessarily the deepest subject matter. So what have you got, Forum Peeps? Time is of the essence so start listing! Thanks for all you do~ RG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Great to see you here, brother Rob! Heaviest? Hmmmm...keyboards heavy, Song heavy? Both? Heavy keyboard line or sound? A few off the top of my head would be Space Truckin', Kashmir, Won't Get Fooled Again, Hold Your Head Up, Tarkus, Chest Fever, Gimme Some Lovin', Green Eyed Lady, Cars, Back Door Man.... dB ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonysounds Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 In absolutely no particular order: Highway Star-Deep PurplePerfect Strangers Deep Purple Tarot Woman RainbowSubdivisions RushBetween The Wheels Rush Deeper and Deeper The FixxReach The Beach The FixxSunshine In The Shade The Fixx Watcher of the Skies Genesis Alaska U.K.Carrying No Cross U.K. Echoes Pink FloydTime Again Asia Gates of Babylon Rainbow*Kasmir Zeppelin* *Unfair as the real orchestral stuff adds serious girth to already heavy music. I went heavy in terms of the sound of the songs, not the subject matter, not the songwriting, and certainly not necessarily the playing itself, although there is some heavy playing on a few of these cuts. Hitting "Play" does NOT constitute live performance. -Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonysounds Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 I have to add "Take Me To The Top" by Loverboy. Honestly. Hitting "Play" does NOT constitute live performance. -Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana. Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELP71 Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 The Barbarian - ELP Knife Edge - ELP Hold Your Head Up - Argent Magical Dog - Jan Hammer Group Highway Star - Deep Purple Tom Sawyer - Rush Weasels ripped my flesh. Rzzzzzzz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Oh, NOT that one again, D-bon! When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammondDave Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Shades of Deep Purple. Such great Hammond heavies as Hush, River Deep Mountain High, Help, and many others on this album. '55 and '59 B3's; Leslies 147, 122, 21H; MODX 7+; NUMA Piano X 88; Motif XS7; Mellotrons M300 and M400’s; Wurlitzer 206; Gibson G101; Vox Continental; Mojo 61; Launchkey 88 Mk III; Korg Module; B3X; Model D6; Moog Model D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Golly Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Smokin' & Foreplay/Long Time - (Boston), Carry On Wayward Son (Kansas), Mr. Crowley & No More Tears (Ozzy Osbourne), Blue Collar Man (Styx), In The Dead Of Night (UK)... Those came to me immediately... I'm sure you'll get hundreds of suggestions, and I'll post more when I think of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Two songs from Spooky Tooth: Waitin' for the Wind and Evil Woman. The organ sound that Gary Wright got on those tunes still gives me shivers. Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Benhamou Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Some good suggestions already. I'd add: Astronomy DomineOne OF These DaysNo Quarter (live version from Song Remains The Same)Misty Mountain HopCustard PieTrampled UnderfootHope Your Feeling BetterCheap SunglassesFrankensteinAnd The Cradle Will RockRight NowFly On A WindshieldIn The CageSquonkDance On A VolcanoLocomotive BreathTom SawyerNew World ManDistant Early Warning Ian Benhamou Keyboards/Guitar/Vocals [url:https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTheMusicalBox/]The Musical Box[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adan Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Zeppelin of course comes to mind I would nominate In Through the Out Door as being arguably the most keyboard heavy Zep album and Carouselambra as a standout heavy keyboard cut from that album. This topic has high school-afternoon-hangout-debate written all over it. I'm getting a residual buzz just from typing this post. Gigging: Crumar Mojo 61, Hammond SKPro Home: Vintage Vibe 64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanS Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 The March To The Eternal City - Triumvirat What we record in life, echoes in eternity. MOXF8, Electro 6D, XK1c, Motif XSr, PEKPER, Voyager, Univox MiniKorg. https://www.abandoned-film.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reidmc Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 two classics from a little farther back in the day. . . "In A Gadda da Vida" by Iron Butterfly"Fire" by Arthur Brown "The Doomer allows the player to do things beyond which are possible without the accessory." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu McHopton Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 The unrepentent old hippy vote: Procol Harum Outside the Gates of Cerdes :great heavy blend of piano organ and guitar. Small Faces Tin Soldier: hammond and wurly drive this most rocking soul enfused song. Jimi Hendrix Voodoo Chile, though Winwood deserves credit for his own work this is probably his heaviest, Low Spark worth a mention of course! Hammond XK3, Rhodes 73 Mk1, Wurlitzer 140B, Kurzweil Pc2R,Kurzweil K2000, Wurlitzer 7300 combo organ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drawback Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Gino Vannelli - People Gotta Move. ____________________________________ Rod Here for the gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Benhamou Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Stay With Me by the Faces Ian Benhamou Keyboards/Guitar/Vocals [url:https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTheMusicalBox/]The Musical Box[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffinator Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 For just straight heavy, how about "Simon the Bullet Freak" by Uriah Heep? A bunch of loud, obnoxious music I USED to make with friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahZark Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 No mention of anything by Dream Theater yet, arguably the hardest of the bands that actually features keyboard as an instrument (at least in the last 10 years or so). This probably says more about the age and musical tastes of people on this Forum than it does about Dream Theater, but still.... Also, I didn't see mention of Rainbow in the Dark by Dio. That song is heavy as hell, although frankly the lead keyboard line sounds cheesily awful today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Break Song by Vanilla Fudge is one heavy mama jama. Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drawback Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Frankenstein - Edgar Winter ____________________________________ Rod Here for the gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drawback Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Ooops... missed it buried in your post, Ian. ____________________________________ Rod Here for the gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 The March To The Eternal City - Triumvirat Good one, Dan! Spartacus rawks... We're such old guys - no NIN, nothing industrial....here, watch. Radar Love. Old guy. dB ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahZark Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 ...no NIN, nothing industrial.... Ministry probably deserves a mention to break the trend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoodyBluesKeys Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 OK, I'm old enough to remember (and still play them), all the keyboard heavy songs on the first seven Moody Blues albums. (added): and what better for post #1,000 than a Moody Blues reference??? Howard Grand|Hamm SK1-73|Kurz PC2|PC2X|PC3|PC3X|PC361; QSC K10's HP DAW|Epi Les Paul & LP 5-str bass|iPad mini2 "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonysounds Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 Since I agree this has that high school hangout/debate all over it, Ill kick it into gear: Wow...I just can't think of In Through The OutDoor as Heavy. I love the other Zep stuff too, but I disqualified Tom Sawyer and Squonk from my list cuz it's actually bass pedals/triggers that make them heavy. +1 on the Spooky Tooth! Cheap Sunglasses??? Two chords on a Wurli (maybe!?!...I cant be sure its still not guitar), and a theremin (again, is it theremin or guitar?) part.I love the song, but heaviest keyboard tunes in rock? That synth on Rainbow in the Dark sounded awfully cheesy when it came out, time has nothing to do with it! Regarding the lack of industrial or modern prog.the fact is, I dont find that stuff nearly as heavy as most of what was listed here. We lived/experienced a serious artistic peak with rock in the 60s/70s. Let the fray begin.continue.er Hitting "Play" does NOT constitute live performance. -Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rod76 Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 possibly the 'eaviest keyboard riff in a 3min song commited to vinyl (1970). [video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxnvus67YNQ&feature=player_embedded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timwat Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers - Van Der Graaf Generator .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedKey Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 A little Rammstein??? [video:youtube] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanS Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 The March To The Eternal City - Triumvirat Good one, Dan! Spartacus rawks... We're such old guys - no NIN, nothing industrial....here, watch. Radar Love. Old guy. dB Still have the vinyl, and just put March on my iPod. My brother's band used to play it in high school!!! Aaaaah the good old daze.... What we record in life, echoes in eternity. MOXF8, Electro 6D, XK1c, Motif XSr, PEKPER, Voyager, Univox MiniKorg. https://www.abandoned-film.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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