Good piano in rock songs

[SamQuint]

how about this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz61YQWZuYU

Once Bitten Twice Shy by Great White.

Oddest thing, as soon as I read the title thread this is the song that popped into my head. Not even that great of a song.

 

[nakedfrog]

Amanda Palmer - Astronaut

Since my brother was a legit child prodigy on the piano, I have heard a ridiculous number of piano rock songs. Some good ones that have not been mentioned include:

Ben Folds - The luckiest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9bRmuP-kQY

Ben Folds - Still fighting it - one of my all time favorite songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqPwR39VMh0

Ben folds - Zak and Sara - intro is probably the best pure piano riff in the list
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z7x0V5cm-A

Was going to mention Ben Folds... I don't know any of those songs, though.
Rockin' the Suburbs & Army are enjoyable.

 

[Ns1]

well here's a few that haven't been listed yet

NIN - The Frail / The Wretched
NIN - The Becoming
Pink Floyd - Great Gig in the Sky

 

[ImpulsE69]

none. Piano and Flutes dont belong in Rock.

Yea! And while we're at it, let's get those women and whites out of there too!

 

[OutHouse]

Yea! And while we're at it, let's get those women and whites out of there too!

STFU Donnie.

 

[dawp]

just about anything Billy Preston played on.

 

[CraKaJaX]

just about anything Billy Preston played on.

Hell yes.

RIP. :'(

 

[Iron Woode]

Why am I not thinking of any?

because you don't listen to the Doors?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww-qVcLm97c

 

[SSSnail]

Now to think about it, there aren't many great rock songs without pianos in them.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil, Loving Cup, Angie, Moonlight Mile

 

[Denly]

Queen - somebody to love, seven see of rhye

 

[MongGrel]

No Quarter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKOngTfTMs0

 

[Craig234]

because you don't listen to the Doors?

Wow, a jerky response.

 

[Craig234]

No Quarter

Amazing keyboards, but no piano.

 

[Craig234]

none. Piano and Flutes dont belong in Rock.

Ian Anderson will hurt you for that. Elton John, well, he's a madman across the water.

 

[Craig234]

Ah, don't know many songs by Ben Folds Five, but Brick has quite nice piano.

 

[LevelSea]

Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding - Elton John

 

[MongGrel]

Amazing keyboards, but no piano.

Yes there is, but not at the start.

Are both.

See 3:00 in.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Steven Wilson (synths/piano) (excluding synths, he plays piano in Porcupine Tree, Blackfield, and several of his solo albums, though he has Adam Holzman playing piano on a couple of his solo albums)

Daniel Cavanagh (synths/piano) & his brother Vincent Cavanagh (synths) from Anathema play some amazing amazing beautiful music.

Jordan Rudess (synths/keytar) Dream Theater makes liberal use of synths. I don't believe they make much use of pianos though I have seen him play a Keytar.

Tuomas Holopainen (synths) Nightwish relies on synths more even than guitars, not something very common among metal bands.

 

[nakedfrog]

Queen - somebody to love, seven see of rhye

How about All Dead?

 

[soulcougher73]

Once Bitten Twice Shy - Great White

 

[Schmide]

Night Ranger - Sister Christian

 

[TheSlamma]

The Doors

Most of their best songs have killer piano in them.

Most of those were Keyboard, Vox or Organ not piano. Keyboard and Synth was basically in everything 80's

anyway Tuesdays Gone and Thunder Road

 

[Loop2kil]

The Raconteurs - You Don't Understand

Though I think it's keyboard, but this song came to mind and it's Rock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHdvmblt948

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

just about anything Billy Preston played on.

Yea that nails it :thumbsup: