Markyboard Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 "When The Music's Over" - Doors "Sheep" Pink Floyd "Won't Get Fooled Again" - Who "Baba ORiely" - Who "Bat Out Of Hell" - Meatloaf "The Load Out" - Jackson Brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joegerardi Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Most of what everone's listed here, and the intro to "Gimme, Gimme Some Lovin' By the Spencer Davis Group. Man, you can just tell that the Hammond has smoke pouring out the back of it... Funny, and at the same time sad, that everything is older. It speaks to the sorry state of keyboards in music today. ..Joe Setup: Korg Kronos 61, Roland XV-88, Korg Triton-Rack, Motif-Rack, Korg N1r, Alesis QSR, Roland M-GS64 Yamaha KX-88, KX76, Roland Super-JX, E-Mu Longboard 61, Kawai K1II, Kawai K4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jode Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 It's not rock, but I always thought that the intro to Weather Report's "Elegant People" features the three loveliest chords ever played on a Rhodes piano. Don't know what it is, but just those three chords always make me think, "Damn, Joe Zawinul, how did you get to be so cool?" Jeff: Damn right we don't talk about John Paul Jones in here enough. How about "In The Light"? And to whoever said "The Barbarian," I must take issue. The coolest thing about that intro is not Emerson's organ, but Greg Lake's mighty Jazz-Bass-through-distorted-Marshall. Gotta represent for my four string brothas. "I had to have something, and it wasn't there. I couldn't go down the street and buy it, so I built it." Les Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krakit Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 No one mentioned Tull's Locomotive Breath? I would think it would at least get mentioned once! Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Hooper Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 ELP: The Barbarian (from Emerson, Lake, and Palmer) - this one might not be remarkable by ELP's later standards, but as soon as I heard the opening strain, I knew that music would be my career Eruption (from Tarkus) Hoedown (from Trilogy) Karn Evil 9 (Brain Salad Surgery) etc., etc., etc.... Roger Composer/Performer at Roger Hooper Music Product Trainer at CASIO www.rogerhooper.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Originally posted by Sir Basil: Oh btw, the synth intro to Elton's Funeral For A Friend was done on one of the early Arp Omnis. The string synth chords were a clue of it. I think the 2600 was only doing the wind sounds but I could be wrong. It was a very basic synth but was capable of some big sounds.Hmmm... I'm fairly certain that the original Omni didn't come into production until 1975...Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was released in 1973. dB ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Originally posted by Dave Bryce: Originally posted by Sir Basil: Oh btw, the synth intro to Elton's Funeral For A Friend was done on one of the early Arp Omnis. The string synth chords were a clue of it. I think the 2600 was only doing the wind sounds but I could be wrong. It was a very basic synth but was capable of some big sounds.Hmmm... I'm fairly certain that the original Omni didn't come into production until 1975...Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was released in 1973. dBIt has been fairly well documented that Funeral For a Friend was Arp 2500, not 2600 or Omni. Moe Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coyote Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Tony Carey's Minimoog intro to Rainbow's "Tarot Woman". I used to think I was Libertarian. Until I saw their platform; now I know I'm no more Libertarian than I am RepubliCrat or neoCON or Liberal or Socialist. This ain't no track meet; this is football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Originally posted by mate_stubb: It has been fairly well documented that Funeral For a Friend was Arp 2500, not 2600 or Omni. Yeah, that sounds right. It probably says that on the record, yes? I should've just looked... I knew they used an Arp for Funeral, and (I believe) for the crowd noise on Bennie and the Jets as well.... What's the difference between a 2500 and a 2600? I've never been clear on that... dB ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABid Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Trying to mention some different songs on my list. Everybodys Everything Santana. My favorite organ riff intro. When the Levee Breaks Led Zeppelin Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd New Years Day U2 Hot For Teacher Van Halen. Any drummer has to like this intro. Politics of Dancing Reflex. (Long version) Robert This post edited for speling. My Sweetwater Gear Exchange Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Zeger Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Originally posted by Dave Bryce: Originally posted by mate_stubb: It has been fairly well documented that Funeral For a Friend was Arp 2500, not 2600 or Omni. Yeah, that sounds right. It probably says that on the record, yes? I should've just looked... I checked the album. It reads: David Henschel - Nord What's the difference between a 2500 and a 2600? I've never been clear on that... The difference is 100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Klopmeyer Posted November 18, 2003 Author Share Posted November 18, 2003 Originally posted by Mark Zeger: I checked the album. It reads: David Henschel - Nord Damnit, you beat me to it. - Jeff Marketing Communications for MI/Pro Audio My solo music and stuff They Stole My Crayon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Klopmeyer Posted November 18, 2003 Author Share Posted November 18, 2003 Oh, here's another that I'm not quite sure qualifies as a rock song...I suppose it does. T. Lavitz's great piano intro on "I'm Freaking Out" by the Dregs. I love every bit of that tune, but cool intro particularly. - Jeff Marketing Communications for MI/Pro Audio My solo music and stuff They Stole My Crayon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffinator Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Originally posted by Krakit: No one mentioned Tull's Locomotive Breath? I would think it would at least get mentioned once! CarlGood one - completely forgot about that! A bunch of loud, obnoxious music I USED to make with friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpel Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Tom Waits, Tango 'Till They're Sore. If you've never heard this intro, then you never heard what an out of tune saloon upright sounds like falling down a flight of stairs drunk. It's pretty special. I dunno, something by Billy Payne. Oh Atlanta comes to mind but that's not one of my favorite Feat tunes. Maybe the staccato intro to Day or Night. Billy Joel's sweet little Chopin-esque intro to Vienna. Even I can play it, so it's dead simple, but it's really cool. I'm sure I'm forgetting amy actual favorites, but this will have to do. Check out the Sweet Clementines CD at bandcamp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¾ Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 btw ~ Funeral For A Friend was recorded using the ARP 2500. Layer by layer. The 2500 also had (like some of the 2600's) the ability to route the keyboard into a "duophonic" mode where you could play two notes. Two notes was a lot back in 1973. I would have to listen again, but I don't think there is any ARP String Ensemble (forerunner of the ARP Omni) in there. Maybe. John Paul Jones indeed. Very underrated as both keyboardist and bassist. He was the musical glue of Led Zep. Among the many of favorite keyboard intros: 1. There is actually some great keyboard stuff all over Madonna's Ray of Light CD. Was that William Orbit? Very good keyboard work and sounds. 2. Hell with the intro, Green Onions is among my all time favorite keyboard songs. 3. Chest Fever with Garth Hudson at the helm of his might organ. 4. Does Tangerine Dream count? Ah, everything they did had great intros. 5. Does Baba O'Riley or Won't Get Fooled Again count? How about Who Are You with the Rod Argent fueled intro and break. Hhmmmmm. Gonna Half to think about this one a lot http://www.vcrclock.com/images/vcr-clock-flash.gif the only good signature is the one on a cheque or a confession Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammondhack Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 When I saw this, I immediately thought of the honky tonk piano intro to "Goin Down" - Jeff Beck Group. Also, has anybody mentioned "With a little help from my friends", the Joe Cocker B3 version? Great build up to drums and screaming guitar - love the dynamics! Hacker "He who draws the most amps wins" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Originally posted by [ ¾ ]: The 2500 also had (like some of the 2600's) the ability to route the keyboard into a "duophonic" mode where you could play two notes. Two notes was a lot back in 1973..Yeah, I seem to remember the Odyssey could do that, but I didn't know the 2500/2600 could too...I don't have a lot of experience with those... dB ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve LeBlanc Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Originally posted by Sir Basil: Well, since all of the good ones are taken already, how about some Eddie Jobson? Alaska, great roaring CS80, especially on UK Live, going into Time To Kill Presto Vivace, also on UK Live, which is actually the third "movement" in In The Dead Of Night, one of their best songs Danger Money, with the huge organ-like CS80 chords clashing wonderfully with the bass. Or maybe it was CS80 doubled with Hammond Heck, most of Eddie's songs should be in here, he was a monster. I would put Jordan Rudess in here too, but his beginnings are usually so odd or understated. Oh btw, the synth intro to Elton's Funeral For A Friend was done on one of the early Arp Omnis. The string synth chords were a clue of it. I think the 2600 was only doing the wind sounds but I could be wrong. It was a very basic synth but was capable of some big sounds. Time for this mouse to crawl under the covers, as I'm supposed to be working on a music project today...Yes Eddie Jobson was GREAT...my favorite keyboard intro by him is off his solo album "Zinc (Green Album)"...the tune "Who My Friends..." has a kick ass intro and then goes into that really cool synth bass line...man, I've gotta pull out that record tonight. http://www.youtube.com/notesleb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Ohhhhhh - another one that I can't believe none of us have mentioned would probably need to be "Foreplay" off of the Boston record, huh? dB ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Originally posted by Dave Bryce: QUOTE]What's the difference between a 2500 and a 2600? I've never been clear on that... Well, the 2600 is a fixed configuration normalized semimodular machine. The 2500 is Arp's first synth, fully modular and with those unique patch matrix sliders above and below the modules. Think "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" - that's the most famous 2500 ever, even though it was placed in futuristic sloping aluminum cabs for the flick. Moe Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve LeBlanc Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Originally posted by Dave Bryce: Ohhhhhh - another one that I can't believe none of us have mentioned would probably need to be "Foreplay" off of the Boston record, huh? dBer, actually it was mentioned http://www.youtube.com/notesleb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABid Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Originally posted by Dave Bryce: Ohhhhhh - another one that I can't believe none of us have mentioned would probably need to be "Foreplay" off of the Boston record, huh? dBI actually had that on the list and took it off. I would have remained if I had paid attention to the title of the thread .... "Your favorite rock tune KEYBOARD intros." Robert This post edited for speling. My Sweetwater Gear Exchange Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¾ Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 The 2600 really was ARP's answer to the Minimoog, and the 2500 was the original ARP flagship "Modular" synth ~ that featured matrix jacks to arrive at your sound (like the EMS VCS3 synths). But I digress. ARP 2500: http://home.swipnet.se/~w-48502/synthesizers/arp/2500.jpg I was lucky enough to play one at the local university. They had one for their composition courses. Later I bought my own ARP 2600. Without using any patchcords you were set up like a Minimoog. If you added patch cords, you could do a lot of cool "modular" synth sounds. http://www.synthfool.com/images/arp2600.jpg The ARP Odyssey really was a scaled down Minimoog. It did not have three oscillators. It had two oscillators plus the LFO. It still sounded great, but was not really an equal to the Minimoog ~ electronically. Great machine though, if a little flimsy. the only good signature is the one on a cheque or a confession Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synthetic Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 "Maxine" Donald Fagen. Greg Phillenganes played it. In the Keyboard interview, he says that he wanted to intentionally keep screwing it up so he could play it again and again. If anyone knows where I can get the music for this, please let me know. Maybe this one stretches the "rock" category a bit. "West End Girls" Pet Shop Boys. I just bought this on iTunes. Does that make me a Metrosexual? "Budapest By Blimp" Thomas Dolby (from Aliens Ate My Buick). I still want a PPG, mostly because of this intro. (Please -- someone tell me it was a MKS-70 so I can save a grand or so.) "Hearts" Yes (from 90125). If I had to pick my favorite arrangement ever, this would probably be it. It's got a little thing called dynamics. Without soft there is no loud. And the ending, where the vocal reverb drops to nothing after being drenched through the whole album... oh I guess that's for the thread about favorite keyboard endings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Got it...thanks for the clarification. I've played with a 2600 a few times before - don't think I've ever even seen a 2500... dB ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan South Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Sesame Street Doot doot Doot doot Doot doot doo-dee-doot The Black Knight always triumphs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¾ Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 When I did get time booked on the 2500 at university, while I was supposed to be working on my composition project, I just had to dabble with the sounds and did get that huge "Angry Sawtooth" sound so famous in Funeral For A Friend. Very buzzy. Nostalgia Alert: In those days you also had to book time to use the university " Main Frame " if you had any computer needs. Ha! Seems so crude now. Does anyone remember that? I think we originally had some sort of crude card readers. Later it was a very big deal to learn Basic Programming Language. I forget what we were doing. Oh yeah, we spent whole weekends programming code on the Main Frame just so we could get maybe two seconds or two notes out of the computer synthesis box. Man. Talk about primitive. But the ARP 2500 was very, very awesome. Later on at another university we had access to a Moog 55 modular. And that blew the doors off everything. One single Moog 55 oscillator is enough to curl the veneer off the ARP 2500 cabinets. Good times. the only good signature is the one on a cheque or a confession Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABid Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Originally posted by [ ¾ ]: ...Nostalgia Alert: In those days you also had to book time to use the university " Main Frame " if you had any computer needs. Ha! Seems so crude now. Does anyone remember that? I think we originally had some sort of crude card readers. Later it was a very big deal to learn Basic Programming Language. ....And if you turned your back someone would swipe yor stack of cards out of the reader and you would have to start over punching your cards. Robert This post edited for speling. My Sweetwater Gear Exchange Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Originally posted by Stephen LeBlanc: Originally posted by Dave Bryce: Ohhhhhh - another one that I can't believe none of us have mentioned would probably need to be "Foreplay" off of the Boston record, huh? dBer, actually it was mentioned D'oh! So it was - Sruly nailed it. Dopey me... dB ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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