Keyboard Intros and/or Solos in Songs - Album or Live

[UHF]

Keyboardist = Rick Wakeman.
Group = Yes.
Song = Awaken.
Album = Going For The One.
Year = 1977.

Keyboard solo in the middle of the song. Wakeman also plays a piano intro to the song.

 

[UHF]

Keyboardist = Jon Lord.
Group = Deep Purple.
Song = Highway Star.
Album = Machine Head.
Year = 1972.

Hammond Organ with a Leslie Speaker was such a huge part of Classic Rock.

 

[UHF]

Funeral For A Friend.
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

ARP Synthesizer played by the album's engineer David Hentschel.

 

[Waquoit]

When this song first hit the airways, the long piano solo at the start sounded like nothing else on the radio. And the reason for solo's existence is that the music's composer wouldn't let Al record it with his lyrics unless he put the solo on the track.

 

[Centerstream]

The ultimate intro...(but very short)

 

[64Zcode]

Could have picked a number of Boston cuts, 'Foreplay' would have worked, but this has more keyboards.

 

[meyers7]

A piano intro. Piano through first verse. Then a synth interlude towards the end.

Come Sail Away - Styx

 

[MdStang]

Here's a beauty.

 

[Beemer]

Another one from Deep Purple

 

[Beemer]

And another one from Styx, definitely my favorite song by them

 

[Scud49]

One of the great keyboardists - Brian Auger:

 

[Aluminny69]

50 second piano intro

 

[meyers7]

Might have a couple from these guys.

Bloody Well Right - Supertramp

 

[meyers7]

Steve Winwood on the Hammond (through a fuzzbox) and piano - at about 6 minutes in.

Low Spark of High Heeled Boys - Traffic

 

[CTBballfan243]

U2 October/ Bullet the Blue Sky in Paris

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

One of my favorites, it may not be on YouTube - on one of Bruce Springsteen's live albums (the only one I have) he opens with Thunder Road accompanied only by Roy Bittan on piano.

Several of the Meatloaf songs on his first album - Bat out of Hell - also featuring Bittan - have excellent piano parts.

 

[MSGRET]

The ultimate intro...(but very short)

You should watch Sina's cover of this. I posted it to the Guitar thread that is now on the entertainment portion of the BY.

 

[TerpWomenFan]

 

[64Zcode]

One of my favorites, it may not be on YouTube - on one of Bruce Springsteen's live albums (the only one I have) he opens with Thunder Road accompanied only by Roy Bittan on piano.

Several of the Meatloaf songs on his first album - Bat out of Hell - also featuring Bittan - have excellent piano parts.

More than one choice on YT. Maybe this is the one? I have the live from NYC set.

 

[Monte]

 

[TerpWomenFan]

 

[TerpWomenFan]

 

[Bigboote]

Ach! Terp got to Stevie before I did. But this one's totally different. Stevie's clavinet is one of the most recognizable sounds in music, and this is the most recognizable of his clavinet riffs:

 

[64Zcode]

Iconic keys intro.

 

[Bigboote]

This is John Tout of Renaissance. This one has piano and harpsichord, and features Jon Camp's "bass as lead guitar" sound too. The same album has "At the Harbour," which has a prolonged piano intro that consists entirely of a Debussy piece, played very well.

 

[TerpWomenFan]

 

[64Zcode]

 

[cancontent]

I know guitars take over early, but something about the opening riff gets me every time.

 

[rvwsleep]

Rick Beato has been mentioned in the music threads before. Here's his list of the top 20 keyboard intros. A number of the songs already posted here appear on his list.




#10 is a catchy tune:

Van Halen - Jump (Official Music Video)

 

[Centerstream]

You should watch Sina's cover of this. I posted it to the Guitar thread that is now on the entertainment portion of the BY.

I have seen it on YT. I have watched quite a few of her covers on YT.