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RE: Great keyboard solos from popular music - 10/10/2008 8:14:11 AM
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uncabeeil
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I dug out an old Springsteen bootleg yesterday. I'd forgotten how good Roy Bitten's intro to Jungleland actually was. Not to mention Badlands.
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RE: Great keyboard solos from popular music - 10/10/2008 9:08:49 PM
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RE: Great keyboard solos from popular music - 10/12/2008 2:58:38 PM
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I dug out an old Springsteen bootleg yesterday. I'd forgotten how good Roy Bitten's intro to Jungleland actually was. Not to mention Badlands.
And Racing In The Streets, and Thunder Road, and Candy's Room and, and, and ...
He's amazing!
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RE: Great keyboard solos from popular music - 10/12/2008 7:47:11 PM
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Steve Miller Band "Fly like an eagle" I consider that I have really only heard that song once, and there was no keyboard at all.
Are you kidding me? The whole song is keyboard and bass. It's got that weird psychedelic synth.
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RE: Great keyboard solos from popular music - 10/12/2008 7:51:41 PM
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Maybe he heard a different version instead?
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RE: Great keyboard solos from popular music - 10/13/2008 9:51:13 AM
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I think he means the synth piece that's sometimes used as an intro. I think that may be a separate song, but I'm not sure. There's another little synth run at the end that barely qualifies as a solo.
There's some amazing piano work on Steely Dan's Aja album. Actually, that whole album's pretty amazing.
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RE: Great keyboard solos from popular music - 10/13/2008 9:49:05 PM
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While it doesn't really qualify as solo piano, The Weight by The Band has some awesome piano fills.
All the ones I thought of have already been posted. 
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RE: Great keyboard solos from popular music - 10/15/2008 7:11:20 PM
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absolutely awesome all the way around...
The 10 piece version of REO's Roll with the changes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUYjDQhO1Us
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RE: Great keyboard solos from popular music - 10/15/2008 9:10:39 PM
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There's some amazing piano work on Steely Dan's Aja album. Actually, that whole album's pretty amazing.[/font][/color]
Ahh, Michael Omartian. Wonderful player and producer, and a great example of a Christian who happens to be in the music business, not just someone in the Christian music business (although he's been successful in both). And his playing on the title track from Aja is simply impeccable.
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RE: Great keyboard solos from popular music - 10/16/2008 8:31:29 AM
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uncabeeil
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That's Michael O'Martian?? From the Jesus Music era Michael O'Martian??? I never knew that!!
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RE: Great keyboard solos from popular music - 10/16/2008 10:09:19 AM
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How about "Foreplay" by Boston?
"Only Time Will Tell" and "The Heat Goes On" by Asia
Nobody has mentioned much from Christian music, but I always enjoyed John Lawry's "Jesus Loves You" keyboard bit during PETRA concerts....
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RE: Great keyboard solos from popular music - 10/16/2008 10:47:48 AM
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uncabeeil
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Nobody has mentioned much from Christian music I tried to think of some, but came up blank. Most of the popular Christian music I've heard doesn't have much in the way of solos regardless of the instrument. Other than some Phil Keaggy and a few Third Day tunes I can't think of a decent guitar solo. And I'm completely blank on keys, drums, and horns.
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RE: Great keyboard solos from popular music - 10/16/2008 11:21:34 AM
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Nobody has mentioned much from Christian music I tried to think of some, but came up blank. Most of the popular Christian music I've heard doesn't have much in the way of solos regardless of the instrument. Other than some Phil Keaggy and a few Third Day tunes I can't think of a decent guitar solo. And I'm completely blank on keys, drums, and horns.
You've got a point there.
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RE: Great keyboard solos from popular music - 10/20/2008 8:58:37 PM
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That's Michael O'Martian?? From the Jesus Music era Michael O'Martian??? I never knew that!!
Yep - same guy. He played on several Steely Dan albums if I remember correctly. He had quite a run in the late 70s through the mid 80s as a producer - Christopher Cross (won a Grammy for the first album), Rod Stewart, Donna Summer and I can't remember who all else. I wonder what he's doing now. His wife Stormie is a very successful author (but I'm sure you knew that already).
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RE: Great keyboard solos from popular music - 10/21/2008 3:00:25 AM
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Jouney
Kansas
Chicago- where'd they go?
Beach Boys
Did ol' Elton John get mentioned?
the music is not so popular... yet Humble may have heard some of Jean Michael Jarre's synthesizer stuff? Really lengthy 'operas' almost.
Have to mention VANGELIS and their Chariots of Fire Theme Song
Bruce Hornsby has a lot of piano in it
Toto
Asia
Yes
Eric Clapton
James Taylor
Phil Collins
I cant' think of the individual songs... just firing away at artists that might have solos
Alright, folks... how bout that earlier rock 'n roll golden classic oldies stuff?
Harry Connick Jr. plays some of it
Liberace
Emmanuel Ax
You never close your eyes... Eisley Bros?
Pointer Sisters?
Mariah Carey's background folks?
Dino
Dire Straits
artists from England- pub scene stuff?
This is not easy, the keyboard is more for BKG sound than to leap out for a solo, usually.
Anyone mentioned any jazz piano solos?
So... what's the end result for keeping track of all these? Do they make you want to applaud, or woo-hoo, or just stop in your tracks and bask in happy memories of the past?
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RE: Great keyboard solos from popular music - 10/21/2008 6:42:46 AM
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Here are a couple I thought of:
Marshall Tucker Band "Heard it in a Love Song"
Zombies "She's Not There"
(going way back now) Elvis "Heartbreak Hotel"...Floyd Cramer's beautiful work made that song for me.
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RE: Great keyboard solos from popular music - 10/23/2008 10:37:34 AM
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Have to mention VANGELIS and their Chariots of Fire Theme Song Actually that would be HIS tune. Vangelis is a guy. A friend tried to buy an orchestral score for that back in the day and it turned out it had only been scored for piano, 2 synths and percussion. He whipped out his own full orchestra arrangement in a couple of days.
Off Topic: Has anyone ever heard the muzak version using a pedal steel guitar as the lead instrument? It is painful.....
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RE: Great keyboard solos from popular music - 10/23/2008 6:42:25 PM
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I was listening to Meatloaf - Bat out of H3ll today...
Never paid attention to Steinman's piano playing until today for some reason...
Give it another listen...it's AWESOME!!!!
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