Good piano in rock songs

[Thump553]

Haven't read the entire thread, but I'm assuming this guy is before your time for 99% of you anyway-here is the ultimate answer:

Any song where Nicky Hopkins played piano in it. He did a lot of work for Quicksilver, the Rolling Stones, etc. In fact, any song you can think of that has great piano from the 70'd is almost certainly Nicky Hopkins.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Roxy Music - "End of the Line" - https://youtu.be/qWmrgekvMec

Concrete Blonde does a good cover of it, but with James Mankey's guitar replacing the piano - https://youtu.be/_AEpf2yEgOY

 

[zinfamous]

You beat me to that one.

Keyboards at any rate.

*organ.

A keyboard is just a part of a piano or an organ.

But a piano and an organ are not the same, exactly. Manzerick played an organ.

 

[TechBoyJK]

The most difficult piano rock song you'll ever hear.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13XGnfaqMOY

 

[Brian Stirling]

Other than the obvious piano guys like Elton John and Billy Joel the band that I think of with piano's in mind is the 70's Progrock band Renaissance with the angelic Annie Haslam as lead singer and John Tout on keyboards. They were very classical in sound and with a notably Russian feel. They never made it to the top of the charts, but then when you play pieces or 10 minutes you tend not to be all that radio friendly.

Here's one of many piano fronted pieces from them...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41H8smI0dJI

and another

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1XdWJ-N51c


Brian

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Haven't read the entire thread, but I'm assuming this guy is before your time for 99% of you anyway-here is the ultimate answer:

Any song where Nicky Hopkins played piano in it. He did a lot of work for Quicksilver, the Rolling Stones, etc. In fact, any song you can think of that has great piano from the 70'd is almost certainly Nicky Hopkins.

:thumbsup: Nicky was a great gun for hire in the 60's and 70's.
per Wiki:
Associated acts:
Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages, Cyril Davies All Stars, Jerry Garcia Band, the Kinks, the Rolling Stones, the Jeff Beck Group, Sweet Thursday, the Beatles, Steve Miller Band, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, the Who

That's one hellava resume