¾ Posted November 20, 2003 Share Posted November 20, 2003 Amorena I was so proud when I learned that intro ... the only good signature is the one on a cheque or a confession Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan South Posted November 20, 2003 Share Posted November 20, 2003 Originally posted by Rabid: Originally posted by Dan South: Wow! You keyboard guys like a lot of crappy stuff just because it has a keyboard in it! Sister Christian? Pet Shop Boys? Gary Numan? That's where I draw the line! And I suppose you only listen to good music, like "I Write the Song" and "Mandy". RobertOoh, Rab, pulling the Barry Manilow card! You should be ashamed of yourself! Everybody knows that only Keyboard players like Barry. The Black Knight always triumphs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyb Posted November 20, 2003 Share Posted November 20, 2003 Originally posted by dementia13: uh . . did I just confess my Captain and Tenille record out loud? Hey, the Monkees had some pretty cool keyboard lines, too.As I recall Mickey Dolenz was a very early purchaser of a Moog modular. Strange but true! There are no stupid questions but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botch. Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 Geez, I'd forgotten my own favorite, we actually started our show with it: "Never Been Any Reason", by Head East! Loved that intro even before I became a keyboard player. Botch "Eccentric language often is symptomatic of peculiar thinking" - George Will www.puddlestone.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dementia13 Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 Anybody remember Gamma? "Cat on a Leash" Surprised no one called this: UFO, "Love to Love". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¾ Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 I can't remember off hand, but didn't Talking Heads version of Take me to the River start out with a Vox Continental or Hammondesque percusion sound? Maybe a Vox Jaguar? the only good signature is the one on a cheque or a confession Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jode Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 Everyone's saying Steve Miller's "Jet Airliner," but no one's mentioned "Space Intro," from Fly Like An Eagle? Tighten up, guys, it's even got the word 'intro' in the title! Jeeez... "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...
Erlic Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 Toto: Girl Goodbye Billy Joel: Summer, Highland Falls Kansas: Portrait Kansas: Song for America Kansas: The Wall Ambrosia: Nice, Nice, Very Nice Play Some Music: Original Journey Glass Moon: Blue Windows Manheim Steamroller: Toccata (Fresh Aire III) Talk about showing one's age LOL. _____________ Erlic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PianoJazz1951 Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 ...obscure Emerson/Nice intro-probably a "lift" from something Classical;"Diary of an Empty Day"-no doubt played on an L-100 Hammond in the '60's. We will not waiver; we will not tire; we will not falter; and we will not fail! George W. Bush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dementia13 Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 Kansas, I forgot about "Journey from Mariabronn". Glass Moon, I bought that album because of that song, and it was the only good one on that album by far. I thought they were a local band in Miami, I didn't know anybody else ever heard them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermanrulez Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 So many great things have been mentioned adn I didn't have a chance to read the whole list. Growing up in the late 70's and through the 80's my influences come from here. Europe - Final Countdown ( Catchy and grabs you right away. It trancends most styles of music and is liked by most people. Led Zeppelin - Kashmir, No quarter and all of my love. Just hits me in the spot. ELO - Fire on High - probably the biggest part of why I wanted to play. Just weird, catchy, different. Every time I hear it, it still sends chills up my spine Who - Won't get fooled again, baba o reily- Classics. Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Touch and Go, simple yet catchy. Fantasy - Aldo Nova - This guy was a programming guru. Its long been rumored he was the man behing the keyboard sound of the first 3 Bon Jovi Albums. He definately was involved with most of the programming. Mr Crowley - Ozzy. Don Airey played this and it was a very dramatic moving piece. Its so simple to play but it sounds like so much more. I know I'll think of others later. Admittedly I haven't heard everything mentioned, but coming from this group they all carry weight with me. What a great idea for a thread! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Pierce Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 Originally posted by Dave Bryce: It was definitely Scholz. I saw him play it live.Ah yes, me too. Really good show. I'm only halfway through this thread, but I can't believe nobody's mentioned "Black Magic Woman". Or are we all just too cool and musically hip to like the simple stuff? --Dave Make my funk the P-funk. I wants to get funked up. My Funk/Jam originals project: http://www.thefunkery.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moj Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 Whoa! I thought these "Braddahs" would get some! Stevie Wonder: Superstition, Higherground, Boogie On Reggae Wonder (still trying to learn that bad-ass bass line) and much more. Sly and the Family Stone: Hot Fun In the Summertime Billy Preston: Nothing From Nothing Will It Go Round In Circles Outa-Space Billy Cobham: Quardrant 4 with Jan Hammer's burning mini-moog intro. Chick Corea: Ok it's a jazz classic, but I think "Spain" has one of the greatest keyboard intro's ever recorded - Chick plays a beautiful solo based on Rodrigo's"Concierto de Aranjuez" then plays the well-known riff that brings the band in. Neil Larsen: Sudden Samba - a fusion classic with great organ solos and Buzz Feiten's great guitar solo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erlic Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 Posted by Dementia13: I didn't know anybody else ever heard them.I bought it on a whim, just because of the title. Don't ask why but I did, and like you, I was pleased with the one and only tune that was fairly good on the album. _____________ Erlic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jode Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 Originally posted by MoJazz: Billy Cobham: Quardrant 4 with Jan Hammer's burning mini-moog intro. **Beavis voice on** Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Huh huh huh huh huh... Jan Hammer is cool. Billy Cobham rules! Huh huh huh huh huh... "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...
David R Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 I stayed away from mentioning Stevie and Sly because I don't really consider them "rock." They're "funk." I'm so stupid for neglecting all of Billy and Elton's stuff, ESPECIALLY "Funeral". Time for me to start listening to all that again. Elton's piano playing (and music, in general), really nosedived after Blue Moves. I can't believe I forgot about Bruce Hornsby too. "Spider Fingers," "Harbor Lights" and "King of the Hill" have awesome piano intros. Bah. David My Site Nord Electro 5D, Novation Launchkey 61, Logic Pro X, Mainstage 3, lots of plugins, fingers, pencil, paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dementia13 Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 Hmm...."Veteran of the Psychic Wars" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dementia13 Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 Sorry if I'm not letting a thread die its natural death, but I keep remembering songs that remind me of this thread, make me smack my forehead, and think, "how did this get left out?" U2- Where the Streets Have No Name and...when you think of piano intros, what comes to mind? That's right, the all-time great: "Joan Crawford has risen from the grave". Or were y'all just waiting for the Oct. 31, 2006 Allen Lanier appreciation day (refreshments include Blue Öysters on the half-shell) to bring that one up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Cobelas Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 Mike Garson´s intros in Bowie´s Aladdin Sane (Time, Let´s Spend the Night Together, Lady Grinning Soul...) I recently bought the Ziggy Stardust DVD and was really upset because there is not a single glimpse of Garson, even though there are shots of his piano being tuned at the beginning of the film. Well, actually the director shows little else than Bowie and some Ronson, with a couple of seconds each for Bolder and Woodmansey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botch. Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 I guess we'll keep resurrecting this thread as we have these "D'Oh!", forehead-slapping moments: BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER Botch "Eccentric language often is symptomatic of peculiar thinking" - George Will www.puddlestone.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP3 Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 Happy The Man - "Service With A Smile" Jeff Beck - "Led Boots", "Starcycle" Robert Palmer (Gary Numan) - "I Dream Of Wires" Sting - "Seven Days" John Lennon - "Imagine" David Bowie - "Be My Wife" and others to be named later............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dementia13 Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 Star Cycle! (Smacks head so hard you can hear rattling) I knew there was another song on "There and Back" with a killer intro, and all I could think of was the drum intro on "Space Boogie". It doesn't get much better than "Star Cycle". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canoehead Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 Here I Go Again - Whitesnake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dementia13 Posted November 27, 2003 Share Posted November 27, 2003 My iPod just spit out Genesis' "Watcher of the Skies". I love its moody build. "The Knife" is another real exciting one. (Waking up from having knocked self out cold) How was "Carouselambra" not the first thing off the top of my head? (Along with "Watcher" and "Joan Crawford")? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DafDuc Posted November 27, 2003 Share Posted November 27, 2003 Nice - Hang on to a Dream Zep - Your Time is Gonna Come Tempts - Can't Get Next to You (YES IT ROCKS!) Boz Scaggs - Loan Me a Dime (remember that piano lick?) Tull - Locomotive Breath Dr. John - Mama Roux Procol Harum - Whiter Shade Les McCann & Eddie Harris - Compared to What (YES AGAIN!) P-Funk - Flashlight (YES...!) Quiicksilver Messenger Service - Edward The Mad Shirt Grinder Savage Grace - All Along the Watchtower (harpsichord!) Deep Purple - Hush (B3 paradiddles!) Prince - Let's Go Crazy (YES!!!!) and some James Gang tune whose name I forget, but it reminds me of Spooky Tooth's Waiting for the Wind. I probably went over my quota - sorry. Not. I played in an 8 piece horn band. We would often get bored. So...three words: "Tower of Polka." - Calumet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben One Posted November 27, 2003 Share Posted November 27, 2003 Lots of great stuff has been mentioned. Here are a few of my picks: Moody Blues-The Voice, Wildest Dreams, River of Endless Love, and lots of other Patrick Moraz era songs Bon Jovi-Livin' on a Prayer (suspended chords sound great on an Oberheim!) Ozzy Osbourne-Perry Mason (I was going to mention "No More Tears," but it's really more of a multi-instrumental thing going on) ELPowell-The Score Eddie Jobson Tribute Projects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben One Posted November 27, 2003 Share Posted November 27, 2003 Forgot to mention a couple: Asia-The Heat Goes On (Nice, dramatic, stark, piano intro) Asia-Open Your Eyes (wonderful use of Fairlight) Eddie Jobson Tribute Projects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben One Posted November 27, 2003 Share Posted November 27, 2003 Sorry to keep forgetting some others. This is my last post for now, I promise! ELP-Pirates ELP-One By One (great song on "In the Hot Seat," a largely weak album, with excellent intro and good outro) ELP-Hand of Truth (very good 2 minute intro, it starts off "In the Hot Seat"; this intro, their cover of "Man in a Long Black Coat," "One by One," and "Daddy" are the highlights of this last ELP studio album to date) Eddie Jobson Tribute Projects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELP71 Posted November 27, 2003 Share Posted November 27, 2003 These are from PianoJazz1951: Break On Through - Doors What Did I Say - Ray Charles And one from me: Stevie Wonder You Are The sunshine of My Life Don't You Worry Bout a Thang Here's a great one I forgot: The Band - Chest Fever Weasels ripped my flesh. Rzzzzzzz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EinTon Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 Several Intros of the 70s art rock band "Gentle Giant", for example the song "Just the same", which opens the album "Free Hand" waves with varying frequency and tones with different pitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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