A history of rock and roll played on a keyboard
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- Опубліковано 2 сер 2024
- A medley of keyboard parts from famous songs from the 1950's through today, played straight through in one take. About 70 songs in all. Touching on all popular styles from fun 50s boppin' rock, to the breakthrough 60s, the transitional 70s, the synthesized 80s, the grungy 90s, and polished aughts. This is a single performance, but I edited the sounds to try to more closely reflect the original recordings.
Fun Medley! I'm a keyboardist myself, and a few of these tunes, particularly the prog rock ones, are not easy to play! Also a good job at finding patches that approximate the original sound. Thanks for sharing; it gave me some ideas for songs to learn.
Thank you very much.
Loved it. Nice job. I was sad to see it end. Could have listened to it for longer. Billy Joel wrote some real good stuff.
Thanks so much. Yes, Billy wrote some great songs. I completely agree.
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So did Donald Fagan
Absolutely incredible! Beautifully arranged, composed, performed. Well done! Thank you for taking the time to share... 🙏
Thank you very much. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I would've really loved to see Pink Floyd's Echoes or The Great Gig in the Sky. Must say though, your work is incredible. I'm particularly glad that there was Karn Evil 9 and Long Distance Runaround, but the whole thing was great. Very well done!
It wouldn't be Rock n Roll without a rocking keyboard stand!! great job!!
Thanks. Um, yeah, that was totally what I was going for. 🤔
@@MVWDave Hhahaha I thought so!
This video deserves more views
Sum Yuet Lau Thank you.
I have a Reid Orcoa Organ by Esty and I wanted to hear some old stuff. Thanks for 71 Years of it ........... LOL, " Love Out Loud "! Your ONE CUT covered My entire Life from 1-23-50... Thank you for a Birthday song
Glad I could add something to the occasion.
Not complaining, because obviously you had so much music to choose from, but was kind of surprised that you didn't have Deep Purple in here considering the incredible organ riffs Jon Lord created. Great playing overall, very impressed!
Thank you. Yeah, I realized some real head-slapping omissions once I had posted it. Deep Purple is definitely one of them.
Great repertoire and very enjoyable..👏
Thank you.
As a keyboardist myself (playing since the 60's), I can't tell you how much I appreciated this video. Just so incredibly well done. Note for note plus all the voiceings. And you covered such a wide variety. I have a PC3 myself, and you gave me some great ideas. Man, thank you ssooo much, it was a sheer blast. Great job!!
+davekeys Thank you so much. Yeah, PC3's a great gigging keyboard. The banks make so much easier.
Absolutely stunning!
You play so good... I am an amateur playing in cover bands so I know what I mean.
Only few of my heroes missing.
Nothing from Genesis (Tony Banks), Firth of fifth is mandatory...
Lots of omissions, unfortunately. As soon as I posted, I realized there were a lot of other artists I could have included.
@@MVWDave Every choice you make, someone could complain... Don't worry
simply awesome. Fluid arrangement and song selections were perfect!
Thanks so much.
How could anyone one give this a thumbs down ... shame on them. Nice job!!!
Thank you very much. I appreciate the positive feedback (and accept the negative). Goes with the territory.
Could have been someone trying to shape the UA-cam algorithm to stop bombarding them with this particular kind of stuff. I've found it works but, it shows as a thumbs down to the creator.
Bravo, great sounds!
Brought back good memories...Thank You! Nice choice of songs. :)
+Jeffrey Grant Sr You're welcome. Thank you for watching.
Excellent...well done. Very entertaining.
Haha, love the little humorous comments you do as well as your playing. Great job!
Thank you so much.
great video. i watched the whole vid without skipping any of it. i never do that. great playing and i like that you didn't spend too much time on any of the songs.
Thanks. It was a fun little project where I hoped to give a little taste of a range of songs.
Order:
1) "Blueberry Hill" - Fats Domino
2) "Whole Lotta Shakin'" - Jerry Lee Lewis (1957)
3) "Good Golly Miss Molly" - Little Richard (1958)
4) "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" - Lloyd Price (1958)
5) "What I'd Say" - Ray Charles
6) "Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie-Woogie Flu" - Huey Smith
7) "Great Balls of Fire" - Jerry Lee Lewis (1957)
8) "Oye Como Va" - Carlos Santana (1969)
9) Peanuts Theme
10) "Lady Madonna" - The Beatles (1968)
11) "Sympathy For The Devil" - Rolling Stones (1969)
12) "Light My Fire" - The Doors (1967)
13) "96 Tears" - Question Mark And The Mysterians
14) "Let It Be" - The Beatles (1970)
15) "Workin' In A Coal Mine" - Allen Toussaint
16) "House Of The Rising Sun" - The Animals (1964)
17) "December 1963 (Oh What A Night)" - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons (1975)
18) "Let's Spend The Night Together" - Rolling Stones (1966)
19) "Strawberry Fields Forever" - The Beatles (1967)
20) "Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Simon & Garfunkel (1970)
21) "Get Back" - The Beatles (1969)
22) "Won't Get Fooled Again" - The Who (1971)
23) "Baba O'Riley" - The Who (1971)
24) "Feelin' Alright" - Joe Cocker
25) "Nothing From Nothing" - Billy Preston
26) "Karn Evil 9" - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
27) "Long Distance Runaround" - Yes
28) "Prelude/Angry Young Man" - Billy Joel
29) "Ballad Of Billy The Kid" - Billy Joel
30) "Your Song" - Elton John (1970)
31) "Jessica" - The Allman Brothers Band (1973) - The theme to "Top Gear" (BBC, 2002-)
32) "Locomotive Breath" - Jethro Tull
33) "Lovin' Cup" - Rolling Stones
34) "Say You Love Me" - Fleetwood Mac (1977)
35) "Saturday In The Park" - Chicago
36) "Takin' It To The Streets" - Doobie Brothers
37) "Desperado" - The Eagles (1973)
38) "I Feel The Earth Move" - Carole King (1971)
39) "Reelin' In The Years" - Steely Dan
40) "Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" - Elton John (1973)
41) "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant" - Billy Joel
42) "Superstition" - Stevie Wonder (1972)
43) "Higher Ground" - Stevie Wonder (1973)
44) "Foreplay/Long Time" - Boston
45) "Jump" - Van Halen (1984)
46) "Billie Jean" - Michael Jackson (1982)
47) "Don't Stop Believin'" - Journey (1981)
48) Cheers Theme
49) "The Way It Is" - Bruce Hornsby & The Range (1986)
50) "Take On Me" - a-ha (1985)
51) "Where The Streets Have No Name" - U2 (1987)
52) "The Final Countdown" - Europe (1986)
53) "Pressure" - Billy Joel (1982)
54) "Runaway" - Bon Jovi (1988)
55) "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" - Journey (1983)
56) "Virtual Insanity" - Jamiroquai (1996)
57) "November Rain" - Guns 'N Roses (1991)
58) "Where It's At" - Beck
59) "Trouble" - Coldplay (2000)
60) "Narcotic" - Liquido
61) "Yeah" - Usher (2004)
62) "Brick" - Ben Folds Five
63) "Someone Like You" - Adele (2011)
64) "Superman" - Five For Fighting (2006)
65) "Bad Day" - Daniel Powter (2005)
66) "Forget You" - Cee-Lo Green (2010)
67) "Uprising" - Muse (2009)
Wow. Nicely done. Thank you.
WhyNotDave You should do a second part, It would be awesome!
Thanks Migue. I'm working on something now. It's a little different. I hope everyone likes it.
WhyNotDave Different like what? I cannot wait. Thanks for the Karn Evil 9 tutorial!
I'm gonna keep it a surprise for now. I've been working on it. Ready to record soon. I hope you like it.
Great job enjoyed the heck out of it
Very well done! I loved it! I will be sharing.
Thank you.
Nice. I was sharing various classic tunes with a talented young keyboardist one link at a time until I found this. Not complaining but you could easily have done 100.
Thank you. I think I would have dropped dead if I did 100. 😉 I was stressing the entire time that I would forget which song was next.
I love that. You are capable to play in many different styles.
This a great example of what a keyboard purchase is all about. Paying $999 for an 88 key Korg, great buy, but it doesn't allow seemless switching from one patch to another like your Kurzweil. People wanting to go beyond a piano to a workstation need to be asked this question, if they are gigging and need something that flows, then it's going to cost $. Great playing very awesome!
Agreed. I've had other keyboards that specialized in this and that, but for gigging, flow is so important. The "banks" feature on the Kurzweil has been invaluable. Thanks for the comment.
Like to hear them played on a Kronos 2 88key someday.
Kronos is a beast.
What a great player you are. Impressive. Thank you. I particularly like your 16th note staccato playing. Bet you could do some nifty stuff on an acoustic instrument too. Maybe a big old grand piano.
Outstanding! Fantastic playing, you sir are a great musician. Great song choices, I bet we all can think of one or two songs that could've been added and for me it's "The Year of the Cat" which is arguably one of the greatest piano tunes of all times. Again this was a real treat.
Thank you so much. Listening to "The Year of the Cat" right now. Great piano tune, no doubt.
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Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.
@@MVWDave Why no time stamps so we can go to our favorite covers or at least know what ones will show!
@@kylehill3643 Sorry about that. I was a newbie to UA-cam when I posted this. It didn't occur to me.
Brilliant!
True talent,awesome! Brought back memories all good,thank you!
kenneth arlen Thank you much.
WhyNotDave Your welcome Dave!
Looking forward to it!!!
Excellent, I really enjoyed this.
Thank you.
This is Brilliant!!!
Just wondering. Did anyone notice how simplistic and almost boring the compositions and parts became as the the songs got closer to the times we live in today? The 50's, 60's, 70's and arguably the 80's were magical for those who practiced and loved their craft. This is a testament to what so many have been saying throughout the years. I'm glad I grew up when I did.
Brilliant!
Muziq4tune In my opinion I think it was the 70s and 90s that were boring
Sure but I was specifically referring to the musicianship but okay
Glad to see the Pc3Le8 used in all those songs. I think it is a great keyboard. Great playing too bro
Thank you. Yeah, I've gotten a lot of good use out of that keyboard.
A history of rock & roll without Queen or Led Zeppelin.. what a tragedy. Haha
Seriously though
Your a phenomenal musician.
Keep up the good work
You're right. Total oversight. I promise if I do another one, there'll be Zeppelin and Queen. I even have a few songs in mind. Thanks for the kind words.
bobbypyn77
don't forget pink floyd
bobbypyn77 and also usher is a rocknroll artist? lol.
What happened to Yes also in here?
Outstanding dude . U put a big ole smile on my face further more the Jessica solo was great it took me for ever to learn and I still mess it up at times there's absolutely not time to catch your breath it's the best piano solo of all time that's my opinion
+Smarciante Thank you so much. Yeah, that one took me a while to learn too.
Nicely done! The only glaring omission I can think of is Whiter Shade of Pale. That organ intro is about as iconic as it gets.
Excellent suggestion. Not sure how I missed that one.
That was 20 mins. well spent! Great job.
well done sir.. I've been entertaining my friend like this for many years too being an ear player and having too short an attention span/ more likely self-discipline (lol) to correctly learn the "b" parts that no one ever cares about anyway. I really enjoyed your compilation. (and quite frankly touch-up some mis-inverted chords in my own spin on these) Thanks for an excellent job of balancing educational with entertaining.
Great musician and historian. Thank you for this.
Thank you so much. And you're welcome.
That was great!. Quite enjoyable. And you're not a jerk, which gives you bonus points. :)
Thank you.
WOW..... you're a great Keyboarder !!!!!!!! Big Thumbs up Kind Regards, Rosi :-)))
TyRosi thank you
Thank you so much.
Great Vid. Keep em' coming
Tiff Jimber
Indie Musician and ewok lover
I'm totally fascinated with your "A History of Rock and Roll Played on a Keyboard!" Keeps leaving with "NOOOOO" don't stop there, but continue!!!!
Thank you.
Great video. I play the same keyboard. Love it.
Thanks. Yeah, love the keyboard. Very versatile.
Glad Boston made the cut. You're an awesome musician.
Thank you so much.
great musician. Would love to here longer pieces.
+Aad OntheWeb Thank you. I'm working on a bunch of new material I hope to have up soon, including some different formats.
Amazing! Wish i could play like that... You great Sir!
Thank you so much!
Gees he's got the songs and their sounds nailed! So many of us peons out here wish we could play just one of them anywhere close to what he's doing! Great job!
Thank you so much.
Linus and Lucy has that blusey swing vibe to it, it counts in my book.
I'll take it. 😉
I'm quite surprised there aren't any Queen songs on here. Anyway, great playing! I aspire to be like you someday!
Thank you. Yeah, I'm a Queen fan. That was an oversight.
Yeah, good idea, that would have been nice,...maybe next time?
Nice playing Dave!
Very nice playing.
Thank you.
all songs played great..
Amazing!
Thank you!
Some damn good song choices. I would have liked to hear some Iron Butterfly and Deep Purple, but I enjoyed this nonetheless.
Thanks Michal. I'll write those down for a future video. If you have any song suggestions, I'll try to fit them in. Gotta be something with a keyboard part.
Jolie compilation, le tout bien interprété ! J' ai joué plusieurs de ces morceaux d'anthologie avec divers groupes, ça rappelle un bon vieux temps ! ^_
Merci beaucoup.
Dude, your Billy Joel and Hornsby stuff was wicked!
Thanks man.
I use to have the very first PC88, I think Kurzweil has the best string sounds.
Love this i can play sweet dreams are made of this and all of me on piano but im still in lessons
NICE!!
man nailed that Bridge over Troubled water so well.
Nice! !! 👍👍👍
Pretty Amazing!
Thank you.
The rock and roll keyboard compilation I NEEDED :-) Excellent work man!
New frend here, hope you can visit too!
the last song from Muse! perfekt :D made me smile for 1minute
Cool. Glad you enjoyed it.
Well done 👍
Very good song of The Bealtes !
Wow amazing !
Thank you.
Most welcome.
Grande trabalho valeu pela postagem !
You're welcome. Thank you for your comment. I don't know the proper Portuguese reply, but if you understand this message and would like to teach me, I'd love to learn. Thanks again.
Excelente amigo, felicitaciones!!
Thank you very much.
Thank you everyone for the nice comments.
You got some skill
WhyNotDave no prob when I grow up I want to play the keyboard
Oh, don't ever grow up. ;)
How long did it take you to learn it all?
EXCELLANT JOB, WND !!
Thank you.
Your Saturday in the Park is amazing!!! If you made a tutorial that would be awesome!!
Thank you. I will definitely consider doing a tutorial.
I just added a video for the intro for Saturday in the Park. I don't know that I'll get to the rest of the song, but I hope this is helpful. ua-cam.com/video/ScOMpYzCMcg/v-deo.html Cheers.
Nice job. Needs Cars by Gary Numan, Tom Sawyer by Rush, Lamb Lies Down on Broadway by Genesis, Custard Pie... oh so many more songs come to mind; but hey, I would have you playing for another hour at that rate. I can't fault any of the songs you did include :-)
Look forward to part two.
Thank you. Great suggestions. If I do a second one, I'll have a good list.
That keyboard is awesome!
It's pretty versatile. Kurzweil PC3LE8. Great for gigging.
Cool!
I got a question, but the person took it down (or there was a glitch). Just in case, I change sounds with a foot pedal. I have banks on the keyboard with 10 sounds each. Then I change from bank to bank with a switch on the keyboard (you can see my hand jump up every so often). Thanks for the question.
Great job..brought back many memories a nd feeling of when i was young and in love...now im old and alone i rarly listen to that music and as a musician myself only play and perform newer or music with little or no memories attached to it..do any Oscar..Bill...or Gonzalo pieces??
Thank you Christian. I'm sorry to hear you're alone. I hope you have some friends you can reach out to when you feel that way.
I do play some Oscar and Bill. I'm a Gonzalo fan but haven't tried my hand at any of his tunes yet. I don't think I can do any of them justice enough to record and share my take, so I'll probably just keep playing that music for fun, but you never know. I'm always trying to get better.
@@MVWDave gonzalo does a really kool arrangment of "imagine"...in one of his music books..i keep busy gigin..i play steel pan with my left hand and kronos with right hand..kokomochris.com..please check out jazz samba."the Devine Demention"..thanks..Chris..
Thanks Chris. I'll check it out.
Great job, but, yeah, you'll have to do Part 2.
there aren't enough dedicated rock keyboardists good work
Thank you.
WhyNotDave you're welcome :)
You are outstanding man! Spot on with everything. That is a very good looking keyboard too.
Thank you so much. I'll pass along your compliment to my keyboard. ;)
nice job
Thank you.
No Genesis? No Pink Floyd? No Deep Purple? That is "HISTORY"
+Cesare Orlando Thanks for the suggestions. I put those on the list for some of the videos I have coming up.
You left out Pink Floyd (Great Gig in the Sky) and Layla - Derek & the Dominoes and you put Usher u.u...
In the other hand I'm really impressed that you could play the organo solo for Karn Evil 9, soooooo impressive.
Thanks. Yeah, I know. A lot of omissions. Where were all you guys when I was putting my list together? lol.
unbelievable..u stole my dream setlist! left out steppin out joe jackson... swingtown..SMB..an give me some lovin...spencer davis...also totos hold the line.. rosanna and africa..but f!@#in awsome dude. wish u had a kawaii mp 8 so i could copy sounds from u. ( so time consuming!)
Thank you so much. The sounds weren't all internal. I recorded audio and MIDI, so I replaced some of the sounds with samples from my computer. I used Native Instruments a lot, some of the logic Pro X sounds, Ivory II for some of the piano sounds. Yes, time consuming indeed. Glad you enjoyed it.
Rascals would be good too.
Great video! I will say that your killer playing still can't hide the fact that this keyboard doesn't sound that great. The tambre of the Kurzweil is OK but it sounds so digital I was surprised.
I can't really argue with that. I got the keyboard a few years back for gigging. It's lightweight and has a lot of sounds, but the sounds are dated. Planning an upgrade soon. (Thank you for the comment on my playing)
I can't believe there are some prog artists
My drummer would have killed me if I didn't include a few.
Your drummer has my respect
Im new to keyboard and I want to ask whoever is more experienced in this to help me with tabs. Is there any app/website like there is ultimate guitar tabs for guitar where you can search for a song and get instructions how to play it? I'm willing to learn some specific songs and simply by watching someone play it I ofc can't catch it all. Any help is welcome, thanks :)
I'm not aware of any website like that, though I'm sure there are some. Depending on your goals, I think it's good practice to try to learn a song or part of a song by ear. To help me with this, I sometimes use a software tool called "Song Surgeon" which can slow down the audio without changing the key. It also has an equalizer which can help isolate the tone of the instrument you're trying to learn. It's not perfect, but it can help if you're having trouble with a piece. The speed doesn't usually give me as much trouble as the fact that the part is buried in a mix. In that case, an equalizer can sometimes help, though sometimes not. Otherwise, I think a search for something like "(your song here) chart" or "(your song here) chords" would probably pull up some useful results. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.
WhyNotDave Well that's helpful enough ! Thanks man and btw. I love your work, keep it up ! 👍👍
Thanks so much.
great
Thank you much.
Very good job, very fun and instrutive to watch! Two things call my attention right away: First, the immense and diversified arsenal of organs, acoustic pianos and synthesizers, once distributed over a large number of keyboard instruments, became ready-made presets and immigrated to a single platform. (You may agree or disagree with the quality of the timbres, but that's another matter); Second, the great decline in the quality of performance techniques and the impoverishment of the harmonies used are visible (and audible) after few decades. The rich rhythmic and harmonic heritage of jazz and blues, which comes from pioneers like Charles and Peterson, and will enrich the experimental or pop strand of Manzarek, Emerson, Joel or John, is now abandoned. It gives way to that "silly minimalism" of Coldplay and other groups, which uses and abuses those bland, musically short-sighted ostinatos that today serve as fun and challenge to 10 year-old piano students. Thanks for sharing!!
Agreed on many fronts.
As far as the quality of the timbres, they varied quite a bit for the internal keyboard sounds. I replaced some of the stock sounds with external samples. Some worked better than others, but undoubtedly someone who is more skilled and knowledgable of sampling could do better. Even though my keyboard isn't that old, it's a couple (at least) generations behind. These days they come with multi-gig sample libraries, and I'm sure it will only go more in that direction. I'm never completely satisfied with keyboards (especially for reproducing the piano playing experience - both in feel and sound), but having the ability (especially during a gig) to call up a hundred or more different instruments at the touch of a button is pretty cool.
Thanks so much for your input. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
A few you missed:
Bohemian Rhapsody
Cold as Ice
Arthur's Theme
Hard to Say I'm Sorry
Can't Fight This Feeling
Hero (Mariah Carey)
Walking in Memphis
My Immortal
If I Ain't Got You
And many others.
This is still great though!
Thanks Alex. Some great suggestions for the next one.
How do you change the keyboard from voice to voice without touching the controls?
I have several banks of sounds that I preset on my keyboard. I use a foot-pedal (my left foot) to change between sounds within the bank. Every so often you may notice I reach up with my left hand and quickly hit a button on the keyboard. That's to change between banks. I think I had to do that 2 or 3 times.
What about in a gadda da vida? (The greatest song of all time) but still, great video!
I will not talk much , just wanna say , gold connection , brain - fingers !
Nice turn of phrase. Thank you so much.
seeeeenssaaaacionaaaallll!!!! show
Tks
Very good!some suggestions
Peg, my old School , don't take me alive: Steely DanMaxine, New frontier, The nightfly : Donald Fagen Don't stop me now, Spread your wings, Radio Gaga : QueenSummer highland falls, Zanzibar, my life : Billy Joel What a fool believes , sweet freedom : Michael McDonald Lido shuffle: Boz ScaggsPamela, Stranger in town, We can make it tonight: TotoTake the long way home, Goodbye stranger: SupertrampVoices " Russ Ballard Kiss on my List, Out of touch : Hall and OatesBlack cars, love of my life, i don't wanna stop: Gino VannelliTurn IT on again, Abacab, Invisible touch: Genesis
+andrea costantini Great suggestions. I used to play a few of these in some of the bands I've played in, and I'm going to add these to my list for future videos.
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amazing :-)
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Thank you.
I was going to mention the stability of the keyboard stand, but I noticed you added an annotation about it to the video. Besides, as long as you're comfortable with it, it's not really my problem. ;-)
+macsnafu Thanks. I didn't even realize it was that bad when playing. I thought it was kind of funny looking back at it, but for future videos I will use a sturdier stand.