Favorite Keyboard Solo?
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Topic: Favorite Keyboard Solo?
Posted By: TheLamb
Subject: Favorite Keyboard Solo?
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 15:44
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Which one is your favorite? Mine would have to be: 1. Genesis - Cinema Show - The best of all time 2. Yes - Close to the Edge - Not the church organ one, the one around 14:55, sortof jazz organish... 3. Dream Theater - Stream of Consciousness - Around the 9th minute... WOW 4. ELP - From the Beginning - I'm not a big fan of the technical and wild solos of Emerson, I find them a bit too insane... On the other hand some of his melodic solos like From the Beginning are far more influential and alot cuter too.... 5. Yes - Siberian Khatru - It's really short and a bit unsatisfying for that reason but It's a GREAT solo, around the 3:05 of the song. I see it as a hugely influential solo.... I think the solo from Stream of Consciousness resembles it in many ways.... ------------- 
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Posted By: Ed_The_Dead
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 15:51
Kevin Moore - Learning to Live ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ed_the_dead/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5"> 
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Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 15:52
Your favs are great, mine depend of my feelings and hence varies from times to times. I am presently enjoying EL&P version for Prokofiev's 'Romeo and Juliet' and I also cannot forget the majestic intro of Genesis's 'Firth of Fifth' and the soft and sad piano suite of VdGG's 'House of no doors'. 
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Posted By: TheLamb
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 16:06
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Also I forgot to mention the solo from Supper's Ready, in the 9/8 Apocalypse thingie.... yahhh that ownz... -------------
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Posted By: Hemulen
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 16:11
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Yes - Close to the Edge! ------------- Guss |
Posted By: R_DeNIRO
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 16:19
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Jordan Rudess - Octavarium Pete Bardens - Nimrodel Caravan - nine feet underground (don't know the name of the keyboard player) Kevin Moore - The killing hand Neal Morse - Love beyond words ------------- We were always be much human than we whish to be. |
Posted By: horza
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 16:38
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Peter Bardens - Skylines (Live) is up there - not as obvious as some ------------- Originally posted by darkshade: Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot. |
Posted By: lunaticviolist
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 16:54
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Time of the Season - The Zombies has a great hammond solo!
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 17:02
Three piano solos out of 5? I think I have to change my ID to "Pianotron III" |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 17:02
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Guter Werno section on Beyond daylight were for 4 minutes hes about the only band member playing while Andy Kuntz sings, brilliant. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Mumakil
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 17:12
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"In the Cage" from Genesis' TLLDOB has got an awesome kb solo as well...
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Posted By: Prog-man
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 17:22
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GENESIS: "FIRTH OF FIFTH" & "IN THE CAGE", OF COURSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted By: Pseud0
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 17:30
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the 4 minute cinema show keyboard solo blows EVERY other solo out of the water (besides the apocalypse in 9/8 one of course) |
Posted By: agaric
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 17:59
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In descending order of awesomeness: Apocolypse in 9/8 The solo towards the end of Revealing Science of God Firth of Fifth A bunch of places on Tarkus In the Cage The middle/end part of Can-Utility and the Coastliners |
Posted By: Cygnus X-1
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 18:02
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Burn by Deep Purple Fantastic ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Bodins/?chartstyle=DarkSide5Big"> 
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Posted By: Xanadu
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 18:17
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thats easy: cloudbrust flight ------------- "Oh, yes, sitting-the great leveler. From the mightiest pharaoh to the lowliest peasant, who doesn't enjoy a good sit?" |
Posted By: Viajero Astral
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 19:32
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Close To The Edge and Suppers Ready ------------- 
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 19:49
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two solos by Dave Stewart are my favorite ones: the solo at the
beginning of "Dreams Wide Awake" from National Health's album "Of
Queues and Cures" and the solo at the beginning of the episode "Hiram
Aftaglid Meets the Dervish" in "Solar Musick Suite" from Steve
Hillage's album "Fish Rising"
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 19:52
I was loving his work on Hatfield and the North earlier today.. My favorite keyboard solo..... comes down to two... Genesis - The Cinema Show Traffic - Glad different as night and day... but both are something else. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
BaldJean wrote:Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 19:55
I just love it when a keyboarder goes really mad  , and no-one does that better than Dave Stewart------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Karn Evil 9
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 20:00
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Anne Boleyn 'The Day Thou Gavest Lord Hath Ended' by Rick Wakeman a close second would be Karn Evil 9 Second movement ------------- Watch out where the huskies go,dont you eat that yellow snow |
Posted By: Rust
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 20:01
Roundabout the organ solo at 5:50, I sometimes "head bang" to the solo.  ------------- We got to pump the stuff to make us tough from the heart Its astart What we need is awareness we cant get careless Mental self defensive fitness Make everybody see in order to fight the powers that be |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 20:04
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Posted By: barbarossa
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 20:28
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Guys please... all respect for your choices, but it seems you all have forgotten one of the very best. listen to Rick van der Linden on the original Trace album - track one after ca. 2 minutes the most awesome solo kicks in. maybe not for technical skills but this is pure ENERGY! to me one of the (if not THE) most wicked and energized hammond organ solo ever recorded on to a studio album. Especially since Rick went from this earth recently, i encourage you to pull this album out once again and play it LOUD. may Rick v. d. Linden be blessed in eternity. What a gift of inspiration he left behind... greetings, barbarossa |
Posted By: Harry Hood
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 22:02
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Page McConnel of Phish. I love the solo on "Maze", and the solos at the end of "The Squirming Coil" are always beautiful. ------------- 
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Posted By: frippertronik
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 22:03
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1.tony banks "firth of fifth" ------------- a plague of lighthouse keepers |
Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 22:10
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Toccata and Fugue in D minor (not from ELP) - JS Bach
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 22:18
talk about... announcing your presence with authority hahahha. I'll be honest and say if I had it... I'd play it LOUD hahah. Sounds like something I'd enjoy however. I'll see about putting that on my list.. I have 3 loves in my life.... my family, Rickenbacker basses, and the sound of a Hammond organ being abused with energy ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: transend
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 23:16
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Too many to name really.... Obviously Banks 'The cinema show' + 'Robbery assault and battery' and 'Down and out' Moraz - End of 'Soundchaser' Wakeman - 'Chamber of horrors' Emerson - 'Aquatarkus' - live Premoli (PFM) - End of 'Four holes in the ground' - live |
Posted By: Thyme Traveler
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 23:23
| All my favorites have been mentioned already, but I have to say the best of the best is from Cinema Show. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 23:25
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The way the keyboards leap out at you in the keys solo of the song Closet Chronicles by Kansas has always been my favorite ! second is the solo in the Yes song Close to the edge. Tony Banks does many short solos on The Lamb that are fantastic not to forget Firth of Fifth that is brilliant stuff It all depends on what you are looking for and what mood you are in, sometimes I like keys to create an ambiance and paint a nice background, other times I like the keys to rise up to the aggression and take control |
Posted By: arnold stirrup
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 23:39
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A few that immediately come to mind: Banks - Firth Of Fifth (how original of me) Banks - Riding The Scree from The Lamb Wakeman - organ solo on Awaken Joe Zawinul - A Remark You Made on Weather Report's Heavy Weather album. Most recently: Peter Bardens - La Princesse Perdue, from the live version of Snow Goose on Camel's A Live Record.
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Posted By: kev2307
Date Posted: February 26 2006 at 03:43
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It so difficult to decide on ones fav keyboard solo.
Emerson - Aquatarkus on WELCOME BACK - need quad speakers (and loads more) Wakeman - Judas and the whole of Six Wives (have you spotted Richard Nixon on sleeve yet?) Banks - Firth and Ripples Yes - Finally someone mentioned 'Awaken' and parts of 'Close to the edge' I love the whole keyboard theme to House of the Holy - Zep |
Posted By: Gary the Ghoul
Date Posted: February 26 2006 at 14:59
| a whole lot by Ray Manzarek(Doors),especially when the music's over |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: February 26 2006 at 15:53
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mmm...Patrick Moraz solos in Gates and Sound Chaser are my favorites!!! And Jon Lord´s Highway star solo...great stuff! ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: February 26 2006 at 16:24
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Let's get the obvious out of the way... Tony Banks; The Cinema Show, Entangled, Robbery Assault and Battery, In The Cage Rick Wakeman; Awaken (church organ climax is probably my fave prog moment ever), Revealing Science Of God, Merlin The Magician Keith Emerson; Trilogy, Aquatarkus (live version), Karn Evil 9 1st and 3rd Impression, Rondo Jon Lord; Fireball, Burn, Highway Star, Child In Time Less obvious ones... Dave Sinclair; Winter Wine, Nine Feet Underground,The Dog The Dog He's At It Again, Dabsong Concerto Eddie Jobson; Metamorphosis Chick Corea; Duel of The Jester and the Tyrant Joe Zawinul; Cannon Ball, Black Market Pete Bardens; Earth Rise, White Rider, First Light, Echoes, Lunar Sea, Rhayader Mike Ratledge; Song For Insane Times (Kevin Ayers), No Good Trying (Syd Barrett), Out Bloody Rageous, Moon In June Ken Hensley; Gypsy (live '73 version), Midnight, Paradise/The Spell Vincent Crane; Gershatzer, V.U.G. (two of the very best Hammond showcases ever!) Mark Stanway (Magnum); Sacred Hour, Reborn, Just Like An Arrow Dave Stewart; Little Fugue In G, The Yes No Interlude Dave Greenslade; Bedside Manners Are Extra, Pilgrim's Progress, Drum Folk, Spirit Of The Dance, Valentyne Suite (Colosseum) Graham Field/ Mark Ashton (Rare Bird); Iceberg, God Of War |
Posted By: valravennz
Date Posted: February 26 2006 at 18:26
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Posted By: Chicapah
Date Posted: February 27 2006 at 11:59
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The intro to Firth of Fifth- Banks The intro to Awaken- Wakeman The entire album Brain Salad Surgery- Emerson ------------- "Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain |
Posted By: kev2307
Date Posted: February 27 2006 at 15:21
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SALMACIS
What great choices - VINCENT CRANE - JON LORD - KEN HENSLEY
All great rock keyboard players and do I love those solo's.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 27 2006 at 17:09
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No Tony Banks,Keith Emerson or Rick Wakeman in mine (too obvious!): Further Away - IQ State Of Mine - IQ Royal Bed Bouncer - Kayak Hold Your Head Up - Argent Incommunicado - Marillion Playing The Game - Gentle Giant
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: February 27 2006 at 19:32
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Don't know if this is on topic here... but what about the entire Tomita Album "Snowflakes are dancing"? |
Posted By: tanis573
Date Posted: February 27 2006 at 19:49
| I love the small keyboard solo in IQ's Headlong. I know I have other favorites, but I can't think of them right now. |
Posted By: sbrushfan
Date Posted: February 27 2006 at 20:00
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Actually, I have a few. Geddy Lee's synth leads on COUNTDOWN and SUBDIVISIONS and Tony Banks' leadwork on THAT'S ALL.
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Posted By: Dr Know
Date Posted: February 27 2006 at 20:06
| Jon Lord in Child of Time |
Posted By: Dr Know
Date Posted: February 27 2006 at 20:07
Sorry Child in time
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Posted By: Gianthogweed
Date Posted: February 27 2006 at 20:51
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I think Tony Banks had the best solos in the context of what the rest of the band was playing, particularly when Steve Hackett was providing his incredible atmosphere. Damn, those two sounded so good together, it's a shame they only worked together for a short period of time. For example, the keyboard part in Cinema Show by itself isn't particularly great or impressive, but what made it sound so good was the bass, the drums, and the guitar. I do think Genesis had the best keyboard parts, up until the point Hackett left, then it unfortunately changed for the worse. Wakeman and Emerson were more flashy, and technically more proficient. On their own, I think they had better keyboard solos. Wakeman shines in Awaken, Close to the Edge, and Siberian Khatru. Emerson destroys in Tarkus, Karn Evil 9, and Toccata, but I love his piano work in Take a Pebble best for some reason. |
Posted By: Pneubauer
Date Posted: February 27 2006 at 20:57
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I dunno if anyone mentioned it... (dont think they did) but the one in
'the raven' part of 'the colony of slippermen' on disc 2 LLDOB... i love it. also firth of fifth... in the cage.... etc. that short little one in Siberian Khatru that sounds like... a harpsicord setting i think? right? well anyway, i keep listening to it over and over, its so great! So short though, it saddens me... that whole part kinda reminds me of... pirates.. and oceanic voyages. Dunno why. Kinda wierd. Some other songs do that to me and I cant stop listening to them over and over and over. I guess its like when I first listened to 'lookin out my back door' by CCR... oh man, I mustve listened to the song 30 times over in one night ... its so happy, makes me wish I lived on a farm and I spent every single day just sitting on the porch, drinking pepsi and eating sandwiches with barbecue chips. mmm mm... BBQ ... err... anyways.. ill just make a list of the songs I was supposed to mention.. hee hee
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Posted By: Publius84
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 03:26
It's David Sinclair. Great solo ------------- I know what I like and I like what I know... Prog is in my heart, in my mind, in my soul... |