It's "Classical Gas" for us keyboardists. In fact, those two tunes are so very much in the same league that I had to compare dates: Mason Williams wins! Classical Gas came out in 1968!!! Foreplay came out in 1976. I wouldn't want to live in a world without either one of those tunes though. They are both SO INSPIRED!! I also put "Dust In the Wind" in that same category-1977!! Rockers always think they're so ahead of their time. They're actually always lagging by at least 8 years-usually by centuries. In fact, rappers are slow too. They should know that John Skelton was rapping in England back in the 1500s. Rappers' ancestors in the sub-Sahara back then hadn't yet been taught what a wheel was and what it was good for.
Hi, I'm a 71 age guy and I'm happy that you took the time and uploaded this piece for the whole world to see and hear. Keep up the good work....Mickbow
Woooooowww!!! I have been listening to your music for hours and it is impressive how majestic your music sounds, thanks for sharing, greetings from CHILE
Incredible. You sound just like the original. Whenever I see something like this, isolated from the mix, I think Man, whoever played that on the recording is an excellent musician. ...and you sound every bit as good!! I didn't even know it was that elaborate.
Looking at the location Power Switches, the Organ is earlier than a B-3, either a B/C-2 (could distinguish if Vibrato Tabs were visible on Left Side) or B/C-V (Lone Vibrato Knob/Chorus Toggle, Left Side) or even Something Pre-WWII (Tremulant Rheostat, Left Side).
Matt great the playing is totally awesome. My neck skull is now permanently at a 45 degree angle from this great video! this has always been the ultimate challenge for me to figure out. I May have to settle for my best rendition time will tell. Thanks for the video!
he went wrong in a lot of places here. It's certainly not close to the actual transcribed version but it's very well done, nonetheless. ;-) . ua-cam.com/video/bCaoffl55tU/v-deo.html
Matt - you just rocked me to the core .. I think I had an eargasm !! I just brought home my dream, a pristine Hammond A102 .. and this was the first song I searched for and yours the first hit. I'm turning 54 and haven't touched a keyboard or read any music for that matter since 1980 but its always been the Hammond sound all these years my ears yearn for - from Santana to ELP .. all the heavy-hammond prog bands .. then discovering Jimmy Smith about 15 years ago and following that whole route .. Your MOST EXCELLENT Video is like Mana from Heaven. Seriously .. thank you for this and all your vids. I'm watching (about the 10th time) - and actually PLAYING AGAIN !! Thanks to you Alan W
I was trying to find a different song, but found this. I've heard it a million times, but you did a very good job with it. I am so glad. Nice job, dude
to Christian: Matt's Hammond, IIRC, is a BC to which he added percussion and performed his own chop job. He has plenty of clav sounds in his Vintage Keys module as well, I think. He has a tour of his rig if you search for YES tribute bands or Going For The One which is the name of his tribute group. He has a 70's vintage Mini Moog D as well. Nice rig. Combination of analog and digital. Great keyboardist. That's coming from a fellow pro player. :-)
just watched in .5 speed to help my learn it myself and wow your timing is spot on. great job. trying slightly different fingering for the intro for myself
Well put. It's a 'version'. It's certainly not a transcription version. He plays the 'chords' but not the proper notes in the progression. To an untrained ear, it sounds fine. But if you simply slow down the original album version to .25 speed here on YT, you can hear clearly the actual notes TOM is hitting, versus this "version" provided herein.
I have been trying to learn this for about a year. Finally got it going 3/4 of the speed. May take some time. If I get it I will be singing. It's been such a long time ......learning how to play this.
Well time to oil up the A100, thank’s for inspiring me to get back up on that thing! My new goal is to have this mastered before December, wish me luck!
@@jmack619 For the better in this case but often for worse, I play by ear. If someone can slow something down enough for me to hear it, it's only a matter of patience and time before I can master it. This guy did that so away I go! I have the most critical part: a 1959 Hammond A100 in near mint condition just begging me to play it.
Matt... Great to "see" you!!! I heard about the "Going for the One" gig from Amber. I will be out of the country... Please keep me posted of other events! Thanks! Dianne
Ah!!👍👍 thanx for sorting this out!! My brain is’nt fast enough to figure out what he’s playing in the end of the fast runs. It’s sound unlogic to my brain. Now i can hear and understand!😅👍👍
No, that's right. Lots of time and will must be sacrificed to master a difficult discipline. You must sacrifice your arms and everything else, to a degree.
Perfect! Perfect tempo and perfect well, everything! You even matched up the volume of how the bass drowns out the keys a little at 1:03 haha. Thanks for the slow portion. I worked on it last night and plan to until perfected, though speed is a battle playing on my 88 weighted Kronos. I have a Triton synth I need to get from my storage but the weighted practice should give me better training. I think the hard part for me is currently going down with the arpeggios at 0:20 . Lots of practice ahead to try and do it just half as good as you have! Great job and thanks for posting!
Danhoven Did you ever get this song worked out? Been working on it for six months, but wow. I'm a classically trained rock keyboardist, but this was difficult. If you ever want to sell that Kronos, let me know.
Just got the sheet music for this but watching your video as a companion guide will be a great help for me as I take on this one. Thank you! I'm more than a little nervous about this tune....
That’s insanely well played! I too play piano and keyboards and I’m almost ashamed to say that. Lol Well done Brother and Merry Christmas to you and yours! 🙏
Tom Scholz is an absolute musical genius.
That's my favorite part of the entire song. It's so beautiful, I'm crying right now and I don't even cry at funerals
It's "Classical Gas" for us keyboardists. In fact, those two tunes are so very much in the same league that I had to compare dates: Mason Williams wins! Classical Gas came out in 1968!!! Foreplay came out in 1976. I wouldn't want to live in a world without either one of those tunes though. They are both SO INSPIRED!! I also put "Dust In the Wind" in that same category-1977!! Rockers always think they're so ahead of their time. They're actually always lagging by at least 8 years-usually by centuries. In fact, rappers are slow too. They should know that John Skelton was rapping in England back in the 1500s. Rappers' ancestors in the sub-Sahara back then hadn't yet been taught what a wheel was and what it was good for.
I would love to play this ,sounds like there was some classical training involved im just a self-taught UA-camr having fun but this is great stuff
Favorite part of the complete album
@@ginopini8503 Tom Scholz was a classicly trained pianist as a child. He's just a brilliant, brilliant man.
@@bwdrums1 Hey did you ever hear Easy Livin by early 70's band Uriah Heep,every time I hear it it reminds me of Smokin
My favorite song from Boston....played flawlessly to perfection. Nice finger work on the Hammond, Matt.....Excellent.
2:00 ahhhhh that note sounds just like the record. Great timing on your playing.
U must hear Lexington Lab Band's cover of "Longtime" to hear it all put 2gether - Pro!
Team up and make a cover already :)
Best note of the band's entire discography
you scared the piss out of me in the beginning popping up suddenly xD AMAZING playing i wish i could play this good haha
2:37 Sounds awesome Matt. Incredible dexterity! Timing is spot on.
Hi, I'm a 71 age guy and I'm happy that you took the time and uploaded this piece for the whole world to see and hear. Keep up the good work....Mickbow
Jump scared me when you popped up in the beginning lol
I can't even play "Chopsticks" and found this utterly fascinating. Phenomenal!
Mellifluous sounds of the organ, it's just full of universal buzz!!!... Thank you, wizard!!!...
Thanks Matt that was one of the greatest Organ songs I have ever heard
Woooooowww!!! I have been listening to your music for hours and it is impressive how majestic your music sounds, thanks for sharing, greetings from CHILE
Thank you 🙏
Listened to this several times. Nicely done. In my head still waiting for the drums.
many many thanks. I love this song since ive heard it in 1977 but at this time it was impossible for me to find all notes. Now i ll work on it. Great
Incredible. You sound just like the original. Whenever I see something like this, isolated from the mix, I think Man, whoever played that on the recording is an excellent musician. ...and you sound every bit as good!! I didn't even know it was that elaborate.
In fact, musician & writer Tom Scholz played this and all guitar tracks on the recording. Phenomenally talented artist, indeed!
Coupydog Barry Goudreau played the guitar solos on this one, one of very few Tom didn’t do...
I always thought it was Tom on guitar during “Foreplay” and Barry on guitar during “Long Time”.
Tom actually wrote the whole album and then hired singer then the rest followed
0:52 completely overlooked the arpeggio
Great Job Matt. I found myself adding all the other tracks down in my head when I listened.
Love this
I'm going to try learning this so i can play it for my dad. We both love Boston. Thank you Matt, you're amazing.
Blows me away still Matt, so glad to watch this again and to meet you thru UA-cam and Facebook. Cheers, Robert
Very well done sir! Amazing!
An incredible and flawless performance.
Wellp...now that I've finally learned the keyboard solo to "The Cinema Show", I guess this will be my next lesson!
Karn evil 9 is next
Love that !!! Mesmerizing to watch you perform this amazing song. You are a master !
Tom must have had some special sauce for that lower register piano stuff. I've never heard it duplicated perfectly.
whew.... im back in the 70s.... and loving and missing it... thanks Matt!!!!!!
watchin this 8 months later...still impresses the fk outa me Matt ;)
Thanks John!
I started learning piano because of this video of few years back
Good!
love it..! used to play this live in one of my club bands, VERY fun song to play on the drums..!
Fantastic. Very helpful.
Very nice sounding, and well recorded rig.
I can almost smell generator oil, and vacuum tubes.
Thanks.
Nothing like a B3
Looking at the location Power Switches, the Organ is earlier than a B-3, either a B/C-2 (could distinguish if Vibrato Tabs were visible on Left Side) or B/C-V (Lone Vibrato Knob/Chorus Toggle, Left Side) or even Something Pre-WWII (Tremulant Rheostat, Left Side).
That was FANTASTIC! Absolutely spot on! As if Tom Scholz himself was performing it. Well done!
beautiful piece of music. Thanks for showing us how to play it.
ua-cam.com/video/bCaoffl55tU/v-deo.html
I smiled throughout the whole video but at 2:00... That note hits me in the heart. Great playing man! Congratulations! ❤
Matt great the playing is totally awesome. My neck skull is now permanently at a 45 degree angle from this great video! this has always been the ultimate challenge for me to figure out. I May have to settle for my best rendition time will tell. Thanks for the video!
You play that very well. So many cannot even hear where they go wrong. Great job! Thx!!!
he went wrong in a lot of places here. It's certainly not close to the actual transcribed version but it's very well done, nonetheless. ;-) . ua-cam.com/video/bCaoffl55tU/v-deo.html
great job Matt, because of you I will be playing this with my band :) Thank you!
I used to play that back in the 80's. And this being a 10 performance, mine was about a 4. Great job, thanks for the video!
An incredible cover of the coolest organ intro.
Amazing job Matt. Your sound, your technique. Masterfully done! Bravo!
That’s some tricky piece, played brilliantly, both hands doing different timings... nice!
Matt - you just rocked me to the core .. I think I had an eargasm !!
I just brought home my dream, a pristine Hammond A102 .. and this was the first song I searched for and yours the first hit. I'm turning 54 and haven't touched a keyboard or read any music for that matter since 1980 but its always been the Hammond sound all these years my ears yearn for - from Santana to ELP .. all the heavy-hammond prog bands .. then discovering Jimmy Smith about 15 years ago and following that whole route ..
Your MOST EXCELLENT Video is like Mana from Heaven. Seriously .. thank you for this and all your vids. I'm watching (about the 10th time) - and actually PLAYING AGAIN !!
Thanks to you
Alan W
Excellent, leslie sounds modified and binaural, almost like one speaker doing two different things. Great sound and video
Iirc, you can get the upper and lower horns at different speeds on some models
Wow Matt! I really enjoyed this immensely.
this is great hearing you play and kind of you to teach it to everyone else. thank you!
Wow, Matt! So well played!!❤
I was trying to find a different song, but found this. I've heard it a million times, but you did a very good job with it. I am so glad. Nice job, dude
Wish I was in s band with you Matt!! Terrific! !
Great job and nice to see it slowed down. Thanks.
to Christian:
Matt's Hammond, IIRC, is a BC to which he added percussion and performed his own chop job. He has plenty of clav sounds in his Vintage Keys module as well, I think. He has a tour of his rig if you search for YES tribute bands or Going For The One which is the name of his tribute group. He has a 70's vintage Mini Moog D as well. Nice rig. Combination of analog and digital. Great keyboardist. That's coming from a fellow pro player. :-)
Whoa! Thanks for this, I was just trying to figure this one out the other day, after watching a Tome Scholz video, and gave up hopelessly...
ua-cam.com/video/bCaoffl55tU/v-deo.html
just watched in .5 speed to help my learn it myself and wow your timing is spot on. great job. trying slightly different fingering for the intro for myself
Off the chart Matt !! Great job my friend. 😎
Absolutely Fantastic
Good version, congratulatios (Temuco, Chile)
Well put. It's a 'version'. It's certainly not a transcription version. He plays the 'chords' but not the proper notes in the progression. To an untrained ear, it sounds fine. But if you simply slow down the original album version to .25 speed here on YT, you can hear clearly the actual notes TOM is hitting, versus this "version" provided herein.
Wow, you are playing it spot on😀👍👍
This is very, very cool!!! Great playing and awesome sound!!!
I really enjoy how Procol Harum-like your work at the end of the vid sounds.
Nice work awesome tone and playing. Sounds like the original 😎👍
Pure talent
it's the best Foreplay cover I ever heard
Man the slow part sounds like a whole new song itself its amazing! good video thanks for it!
I have been trying to learn this for about a year. Finally got it going 3/4 of the speed. May take some time. If I get it I will be singing. It's been such a long time ......learning how to play this.
This amazes the hell out of me!!! So perfectly executed! Thank you!!!
wow. tom scholtz is a genius!
still watchin this....when i think of this track
Well time to oil up the A100, thank’s for inspiring me to get back up on that thing! My new goal is to have this mastered before December, wish me luck!
is there sheet music somewhere?? good luck!!
@@jmack619 For the better in this case but often for worse, I play by ear. If someone can slow something down enough for me to hear it, it's only a matter of patience and time before I can master it. This guy did that so away I go! I have the most critical part: a 1959 Hammond A100 in near mint condition just begging me to play it.
Beautiful.
It's even more beautiful at 1/2 tempo! You are indeed an impressive player!
I love it! You rock! I wish I hadn't sold my Korg all those years ago....damn!
Beautiful, thanks for sharing!
This was outstanding!!!!!!!!
Holy moses!!!! Thats effin awsum to say the least!!!
I've played this for over 30 years. You are better. *nod of respect*
Beautifully done, sir.
The song is truly a masterpiece
Excellent job.
Those camera zooms were epic XD Great playing
his right hand reminds me of the facehugger off the 'alien' movies'....love this guy
Didn't miss a beat. Great, It's been such a long time, since I never played that. Yeaah.
Thank you sooooo much! Still learning it but this was a great help!
Matt... Great to "see" you!!! I heard about the "Going for the One" gig from Amber. I will be out of the country... Please keep me posted of other events! Thanks! Dianne
Perfect. Someday maybe I'll be able to play this.
Ah!!👍👍 thanx for sorting this out!! My brain is’nt fast enough to figure out what he’s playing in the end of the fast runs. It’s sound unlogic to my brain. Now i can hear and understand!😅👍👍
So Matt, where can I sell my soul to play like you?
In your soul. If you truly have the desire, you will sacrifice part of your life to accomplish a professional level of skill in a difficult medium.
@@JLowry-dm3qw I think he will have to go to the "CROSSROADS"
Practice
@@jmack619 And fall down on your knees!
I would love to hear this on a large pipe organ!
Here you go ua-cam.com/video/04-EatBQAu0/v-deo.html
Fantastic playing man. Awesome precision.
Awesome job!!!
Wow just incredible, so damn good 👍👏👏👍
I'd give my right arm to be able to play like that!!!!! .....wait a minute!!
No, that's right. Lots of time and will must be sacrificed to master a difficult discipline. You must sacrifice your arms and everything else, to a degree.
Perfect! Perfect tempo and perfect well, everything! You even matched up the volume of how the bass drowns out the keys a little at 1:03 haha. Thanks for the slow portion. I worked on it last night and plan to until perfected, though speed is a battle playing on my 88 weighted Kronos. I have a Triton synth I need to get from my storage but the weighted practice should give me better training. I think the hard part for me is currently going down with the arpeggios at 0:20 . Lots of practice ahead to try and do it just half as good as you have! Great job and thanks for posting!
Danhoven Did you ever get this song worked out? Been working on it for six months, but wow. I'm a classically trained rock keyboardist, but this was difficult. If you ever want to sell that Kronos, let me know.
ua-cam.com/video/bCaoffl55tU/v-deo.html
Just got the sheet music for this but watching your video as a companion guide will be a great help for me as I take on this one. Thank you! I'm more than a little nervous about this tune....
i can't help goin back to watchin this an i don't even play keys........hats off Matt
thanks John!
This is so cool! You got it down dude!!!
Nailed it! Bravo bravo! thank you for this video dude! Added to the list of epic shit to learn!
Great playing and your organ sounds fantastic!
over the top awesomeness!
Awesome.
Excellent playing. Clean, precise technique.
That’s insanely well played!
I too play piano and keyboards and I’m almost ashamed to say that. Lol
Well done Brother and Merry Christmas to you and yours! 🙏
lol I love "insanely well played"! I'm still looking for adjectives to describe what I just got blown away with! :)
dancing hands. awesome
Very nice sound!!!!