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Color My World. Yeah, hate me all you want. ;-)

I'm going to be checking out these simple pieces. My wife is beginning to tire of Moonlight Sonata (which also probably fits the topic, especially as I only play the first movement.)

That Sebastian Teller tune at least has a nice syncopation going on, and wouldn't be easy for a lot of beginners to play. I dig stuff like that. Another example might be Jeff Beck's Freeway Jam. The Teller tune seems to want a lead on it, though, and 14 minutes of it is a bit undulgent. Doesn't really make me miss my CP70 either. ;-)

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After reading this thread, I think I'll go over to GC tonight and play:
House of the Rising Son followed by Imagine on piano. Then hit a synth patch and play the intro to Jump.
After which I will stroll over to the Guitars, find a Fender Squire and play Stairway to Heaven and Tom Petty's 'Breakdown' through a Marshal stack.
Would they kick me out before I get to wipeout on the drums?

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Quote Originally Posted by kbeaumont View Post
After reading this thread, I think I'll go over to GC tonight and play:
House of the Rising Son followed by Imagine on piano. Then hit a synth patch and play the intro to Jump.
After which I will stroll over to the Guitars, find a Fender Squire and play Stairway to Heaven and Tom Petty's 'Breakdown' through a Marshal stack.
Would they kick me out before I get to wipeout on the drums?
Only if there really is a God. Don't forget to play Miami Vice, after Jump.

Actually, I play a meddly that includes Imagine, Let It Be, Layla ending, and Great Gig in the Sky among others. A veritable feast of simple but fun piano stuff. Please excuse any nausea you may experience as a result.
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Quote Originally Posted by learjeff View Post
Color My World. Yeah, hate me all you want. ;-)

I'm going to be checking out these simple pieces. My wife is beginning to tire of Moonlight Sonata (which also probably fits the topic, especially as I only play the first movement.)

That Sebastian Teller tune at least has a nice syncopation going on, and wouldn't be easy for a lot of beginners to play. I dig stuff like that. Another example might be Jeff Beck's Freeway Jam. The Teller tune seems to want a lead on it, though, and 14 minutes of it is a bit undulgent. Doesn't really make me miss my CP70 either. ;-)
No hate here; still one of my favs. First song I ever learned to play on piano, too.
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Quote Originally Posted by learjeff View Post
Color My World. Yeah, hate me all you want. ;-)
No hate here, either. And it's smack in the middle of one of the best album sides ever recorded.
I love the long version of Make Me Smile (Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon).

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRDm6ludz6s .


Dadgum Peter Cetera, messed up one of the best bands ever, grumble, grouse...

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Quote Originally Posted by learjeff View Post
Only if there really is a God. Don't forget to play Miami Vice, after Jump.

Actually, I play a meddly that includes Imagine, Let It Be, Layla ending, and Great Gig in the Sky among others. A veritable feast of simple but fun piano stuff. Please excuse any nausea you may experience as a result.
You have to also play Faltermeyer's Axel F, then you can properly get booted.
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Quote Originally Posted by learjeff View Post
That Sebastian Teller tune at least has a nice syncopation going on, and wouldn't be easy for a lot of beginners to play. I dig stuff like that. Another example might be Jeff Beck's Freeway Jam. The Teller tune seems to want a lead on it, though, and 14 minutes of it is a bit undulgent. Doesn't really make me miss my CP70 either. ;-)
Well, to his credit, Tellier plays two songs in that video. "La Ritournelle" takes up the first seven minutes or so. I also like the way the strings build as it progresses.

But yeah, it's not making me want a CP70 either. A close miked jazz acoustic piano sounds better to me when I play it.
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This forever and ever, amen. If I'm drunk or high enough I'll make you guys suffer through two recordings I did in 2009 of the first verse and a half of the song when I was playing with autotune features in Garageband.

 

Then I discovered SOFTSYNTHZ.

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Quote Originally Posted by 1001gear View Post
That, Moonlight I, Bach Prelude I WTC Book I, and no Rush. Zero. I refuse to try.

:snobrelief:
Moonlight III is also loads of fun, great for venting.

No Rush??~! Your loss, there's some mighty tearful stuff with Manhattan Project and Losing It... Piano and live vocals 'twere 'bout as evocative as guitar and vocals... You'll be hard-pressed to find more striking chord progressions than some of that thar Canuck stuff...
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