Best rock song featuring piano

[motely36]

I don't know if the question makes sense

my top 2 (don't know which is #1) would be

Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
Benny and the Jets - Elton John

Suggest others!

[NightWatcher]

1. Epic by Faith No More

[no name no slogan]

2. I was going to say "Benny and the Jets"

but you've got that one covered :)

I saw Elton on a solo arena tour about 9-10 years ago, and he was amazing! Just him and a piano.

[motely36]

3. I've seen him 5 times

he is my favorite.

2x with billy Joel
2x with his band
1x just him and a piano

all of them excellent, but the one with him and the piano was awesome

[Danger Mouse]

4. 'Apocalypse Please' by Muse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofivZ0p-XLg

just cause i can say that.

[leeroysphitz]

5. The The, Uncertain Smile off of Soul Mining.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz50N2_tCCg

Or live around the 3 minute mark..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFZBOrl6J9Q&feature=related


I have spoken.

[motely36]

7. Heard that song as part of a theme tonight

on piano songs along with JJL. Inspiration for the thread. :hi:

[leeroysphitz]

8. What a co-inky-dink.

:)

[Arugula Latte]

11. I love Uncertain Smile

I've got you under my skin where the rain can't get in ...

:thumbsup:

[Fire Walk With Me]

41. My first thought as well, posted down-thread.

[bluethruandthru]

6. Layla n/t

[EastTennesseeDem]

16. Stole the keys right off my board.

[sarge43]

62. Second n/t

[LNM]

75. Third. nt

[BlueJazz]

9. Revolutionary Study XII By Frederick Francois Chopin

[AwakeAtLast]

10. I'm a Ben Folds Five nut

This one is one of my favorites. There's a live cut on YouTube somewhere that is amazing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pWB2N0_TxM


I think it has to do with the "Kiss my ass" part........



:D

[NightWatcher]

12. the "black tshirt" reference holds a special place for me

[nytemare]

13. "Tiny Dancer"

:D

[flvegan]

14. Since someone said Epic, I'll say "Estranged" by GnR.

The piano is really good in that song too.

[cynatnite]

15. Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen...

It's a great song and the first that comes to mind with a piano. It's probably not what you had in mind, though.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

99. Great choice!

:thumbsup:

[PaddyBlueEyes]

17. Home Sweet Home

Motley Crue.

[begin_within]

18. The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys

[Tuesday Afternoon]

43. ohhh yeah...nice

http://www.youtube.com/v/ZVlbgqmxXNY&hl=en&fs=1

[Sequoia]

67. You said it !!!!!

[begin_within]

74. This studio recording has better sound quality

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XGjHWsH1aI

[Tuesday Afternoon]

98. thanks. I think I just posted the first one I saw...

maybe. can't remember for sure.

[Radical Activist]

79. good one

but it only barely qualifies as a rock song.

[ogneopasno]

19. I think you are the first person I've ever known who says they like "Benny and the Jets."

Ish.

[abq e streeter]

20. The Chiffons-One Fine Day, Nutrocker-Bee Bumble and the Stingers, Moody Blues-Go Now

Kitty's back by Springsteen, and obviously anything by The Killer, Jerry Lee Lewis

[Dr Fate]

50. The Chiffons-One Fine Day- fantastic choice- wish I had thought of that one! n/t

n/t

[Oeditpus Rex]

21. 'Nut Rocker,' B. Bumble and the Stingers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4PP9erUx3A



As covered by Emerson, Lake and Palmer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX0vOYwHj30



And a nod to "Bumble Boogie" by B. Bumble and the Stingers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvGNBTosRAs

[abq e streeter]

22. That's pretty weird, I edited mine when I realized I'd forgotten Nutrocker

and by time I finished my brief edit, you'd posted it. great minds think alike, O.Rex

[Oeditpus Rex]

24. I can't take credit for a great mind

Not in this case, anyway. :)

Those were the first Rock 'n' Roll songs I remember hearing. My cousin played piano in a band that covered B. Bumble, and I well remember him playing them in our living room when I was 5. So they kind of mean a lot to me.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

23. Paul McCartney, "Maybe I'm Amazed."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vl2ss9ouVY

[MissMillie]

64. probably the best love song ever written

in my very humble opinion.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

73. Good melody, but the lyrics are, as almost all of McCartney's stuff goes, bad.

Guy could write a melody to beat out almost anyone, but he had a horrific sense of lyrics.

[RevolutionaryActs]

25. I don't know.

But I will submit that Whole Lotta Shakin' is a better song than Great Balls Fire (Not that it isn't a great song too!) ;) :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xraIf_cYRQE

[BeachBaby]

26. "Epic" by Faith No More....

and "I Would Do Anything for Love (but I won't do that)" by Meatloaf.

I've played both - not easy.

[Merrick]

27. Estranged - Guns N Roses

[av8rdave]

28. I'll probably get flamed for these, but here goes

"Backstreets" Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band

"Clocks" Coldplay

[av8rdave]

29. Oh, and how could I have forgotten the intro to Locomotive Breath (Jethro Tull)

[bluesbassman]

30. Going Down - The Jeff Beck Group

Max Middleton ponding the keys. Jeff ain't too bad on the guitar either.:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUHy_TfkN38&feature=related

[kwassa]

31. "Lady Madonna" by the Beatles

[Richardo]

34. That's what I was thinking of

[Alexander]

39. 30 years later that song became "What I Got" by Sublime...

God I hate that band, and the fact that they got famous by ripping off the Beatles note for note...

[SoxFan]

32. Another vote for "Great Balls of Fire"

Honorable Mention: The sparse, piano-and-vocals version of "Thunder Road" on Springsteen's live boxed set.

[kwassa]

33. Tutti Fruitti, Long Tall Sally, Lucille, all by Little Richard

[argyl]

38. Oh Hell yeah. Let me add "Slippin' and Slidin' " as well.

[kwassa]

35. All the Way from Memphis, by Mott the Hoople

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubBpu3MHmtM&feature=related

[BurtWorm]

65. That came to mind immediately.

I like you a lot better in the Lounge, kwassa. ;-)

[Orrex]

36. Music Box Dancer by Frank Mills

If that ain't hardcore, pulse-pounding rock, then nothing is.

[Richardo]

37. Your Gold Teeth II by Steely Dan

http://www.last.fm/music/Steely+Dan/_/Your+Gold+Teeth+II

[Fire Walk With Me]

40. "Uncertain Smile", -The The

[Tuesday Afternoon]

42. Nicky Hopkins with Quicksilver Messenger Service did some

excellent stuff...

[Doc_Technical]

45. "Edward the mad shirt grinder"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyN2KFattFE

[Dr Fate]

48. Good one. Dont forget Nicky on "No Expectations" by The Stones...n/t

n/t

[Dr Fate]

49. Hard to say. All Jerry Lee. "The Fat Man" by Fats Dominoe..."Hey Jude" mono version. n/t

n/t

[Shardik]

44. Best keyboard?

Mike Oldfield's Tubular bells.

Keith Emerson of ELP

and... I'll put my Rick Wakefield up against any keyboard player mentioned yet. Watch this but hold your jaw! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbdVvH_0rCs

[Systematic Chaos]

46. Did you ever watch that old Japanese import TV show, Banzai?

They had Rick Wakeman up against the keyboardist from Level 42, running all the way up the scales with the left hand, and Wakeman lost!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRRxgapzsU8

Either Wakeman isn't left handed but the Level 42 guy is, or Rick was having a bad day that day. I still can't believe the results of that every time I watch it. It cost me all my internet betting points the day that show aired. :rofl:

[Lucian]

47. "My Immortal" by Evanescence and "Bring Me To Life" by Evanescence.

Yeah, I mentioned Evanescence. So what. I like them.

[Skittles]

51. Wings - 1985

[Richardo]

60. Good call

:thumbsup:

[Skittles]

82. I didn't even realize that was Paul playing

is there anything musically that guy can't do? :o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceu6BWO4b84&feature=related

[chknltl]

52. Layla by Eric Clapton,

Is it the best??? Meh... but it does indeed deserve a place here.
(actually the only part I like OK is the second half of the song which features the piano.)

[SCantiGOP]

66. Layla and

Desperado by the Eagles were the first two I thought of. The guy who played the piano on Layla died last year.

[blogslut]

53. To me, there is no "best"

However, my personal favorite:

Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding - Elton John

As well, the piano chords in the song "I'll be Watching You" by the Police tear my heart out, every time.

[sakabatou]

54. "One Winged Angel" by the Black Mages

[Frank Cannon]

55. You could list a lot of Elton John songs

At the very least, "Saturday Night's All Right for Fighting", "Crocodile Rock", "Pinball Wizard", "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"... those are the ones off the top of my head.

I'm not a huge fan anymore, but Reg Dwight did get me interested in learning the piano.

[BOSSHOG]

88. Don't Forget

TEACHER I NEED YOU!!

[Epiales]

56. Kate Bush - "Love and Anger"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82G6UxbLH0Q

[JVS]

57. LMLP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5dnVlbKgoM

[taterguy]

59. D Minor is the saddest of all keys

:cry:

[mikeytherat]

61. It makes me weep. Instantly.

mikey_the_rat

[taterguy]

58. The Leon Russell Young Blood / Jumping Jack Flash medley from the Concert for Bangladesh

[PVnRT]

63. "Roll With The Changes" by REO Speedwagon

Yes, I said REO Speedwagon. They did do some good stuff back in the day, and the piano line to this song is awesome.

[Common Sense Party]

69. Many REO songs had great piano parts. "Keep On Loving You"

comes to mind. A pox on the haters. REO was a great band once.

[PVnRT]

80. Once, yes. They began sucking in the 1980s.

My uncle saw them in college in 1971 or 1972, back when they were just a local band from Champaign, Illinois.

[old mark]

68. Jerry Lee Lewis " Lewis's Boogie".

Several versions on YouTube.

The Killer is still one of the greatest rockers of all time.

mark

[jus_the_facts]

83. I concur...with Ray Charles tied for first place....

Drown In My Own Tears
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzkb7Y7QN5Y

[jus_the_facts]

89. This is THE best Ray.....

...What'd I Say! :applause:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04u6vLDmCiQ

[Bake]

70. "Jessica" - Allman Brothers!!!!!

Ol' Chuck Leavell really tickles the ivories on his solo. That one may well be the definitive rock piano solo.

Close second - "Layla." Which was probably Chuck again, too.

Bake

[WritingIsMyReligion]

71. Elton solo with his piano is some good shit.

Ephesus concert (circa 2001), which is up on YouTube, is some honestly great pop-rock stuff, very soulful.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

72. Dupe

[Taverner]

76. BURN DOWN THE MISSION BY ELTON!!!!

[CrownPrinceBandar]

81. "Love Lies Bleeding" by EJ

[Taverner]

84. Sheee-it there are a ton of Elton 'Jams'

I just love the piano solo at the end of "Mission"

[Roon]

77. Bat out of hell

[Radical Activist]

78. Stagger Lee

Done by many but I like the Fats Domino version best.

[LanternWaste]

85. Angry Young Man by Billy Joel

Angry Young Man by Billy Joel. He melodically yet viciously attacks the keys in the opening bars.

[zingaro]

108. *ding ding* Seconded! nt

[XNASA]

86. "Life On Mars?"

nt

[EndersDame]

91. Hunky Dory was a superb album

[Z_I_Peevey]

87. Nothing From Nothing

by Billy Preston.

[BurtWorm]

90. TVC15

Maybe not the greatest, but certainly one of the coolest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAspt_8IOE8&feature=related

So is Aladdin Sane for that matter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2y9inP4CqE&feature=related

[EndersDame]

92. Bowie wrote it after Iggy pop had a bad hallucination of the TV eating his girl

for TVC15. Just a tidbit I read somewhere. I love Station to Station. Good to see another Bowie fan

[EndersDame]

93. self delete

[BurtWorm]

95. There are a lot of us on DU.

Welcome, by the way!

:toast:

[EndersDame]

102. Thank you for the warm welcome

[EndersDame]

94. Starman by David Bowie

One of my favorite happy songs I could seriously use some hazy cosmic jive

[Bertha Venation]

96. Honky Cat

[kwassa]

97. "Watching the River Flow" Bob Dylan

Leon Russell on piano, of course.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nViPOfr1MeU

[fishwax]

101. My first thought was a Dylan song, too, but

it was Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPTRIUKljdY

[MrSlayer]

100. Sympathy for the Devil.

Anything by Little Richard.

[Rhythm]

103. Toto - "I Won't Hold You Back"

Positively haunting...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F58qX9pofXY

[Release The Hounds]

104. Pearl Jam- Black

[RagAss]

105. I Feel The Earth Move....Carole King

[blue_roses_lib]

106. November Rain-- n/t

[MadBadger]

107. Scenes From an Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel, Backstreets - Bruce Springsteen

[Drunken Girlfriend]

109. Re:Fave rock song feat the piano

Wow,what a very tough question!

The first song that comes to mind is Imagine by John Lennon,
that is,if you consider that rock.

[Kool Kitty]

110. "Go Now" by The Moody Blues.