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You are here: Home / Balloon Juice / Bleg / A Bleg and a Reward

A Bleg and a Reward

by Tom Levenson|  April 16, 20112:07 pm| 107 Comments

This post is in: Bleg, Music, Open Threads, WTF?

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Update:  If folks would post links to online versions of their suggestions as available, we’d have a pretty good afternoon concert going, don’t you think?

Bleg first…gotta sing for your supper, folks, more or less literally.

Here’s the story:  I received a note from my younger brother today, another one of my siblings with all the musical talent I lack.*  His mid-life crisis is manifesting itself:

I’ve just started playing keyboard with a rock band through Bandworks (they put together bands, help them practice for 8 weeks and set up a chance to perform for friends).

All well and good.  But there is already trouble in paradise:

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The coordinator for our group had already selected several songs with good guitar and percussion but not great keyboard parts (at least not in their original version), and, they also all seem to have uninteresting melodies– designed for people with a vocal range of about three notes.

My bro voiced his desire for something a little meatier in the keyboard department than “When the Weight Comes Down,” and maybe with a tune a former SF Boys Chorister would enjoy singing.

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My first idea  was an old, old favorite, from the irreplaceable and much missed Warren Zevon:

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But then I thought, what are the intertubes for?

So what say you:  give me your poor, your lonely, your rock or rock-ish tunes, good piano/keyboard part, something happening in the melody, yearning to be covered by middle aged guys in Berkeley, CA.

But, “Hey!” I hear you say.  What about that reward?

Oh, that.

This is a couple of years old now, maybe more — but I hadn’t seen it until another brother forwarded it to me this a.m.  It is beyond surreal, perhaps NSFW, not exactly sensitive to more or less anyone’s sensibilities, (if Vegas showmanship, complete with quadrapedal lap dances, offend you, don’t watch)…

…and proof, if any were needed, that the French are different:

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To which, what can one say, except that “Naturellement Pulpeuse” would make a great rotating tag for this blog.

 

*I’m considering suing them for my share.  In an idle kind of way it would be fascinating to see if I could find a lawyer willing to take the case.  Make for a great decline and fall story, wouldn’t you say?

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  1. 1.

    Yutsano

    April 16, 2011 at 2:15 pm

    (if Vegas showmanship, complete with quadrapedal lap dances, offend you, don’t watch)

    It was the bear going all Riverdance with the zebras that got me into cheesy territory. Otherwise the commercial is a homage to several famous erotic (but not overtly sexual) images over the past several decades. Amazingly enough, it tried too hard to be creative, and ended up just kinda meh.

  2. 2.

    Warren Terra

    April 16, 2011 at 2:15 pm

    That Orangina commercial is really very disturbing. Between the Furry angle, the Uncanny Valley angle, and just the general bad taste of it all … very, very weird.

  3. 3.

    Villago Delenda Est

    April 16, 2011 at 2:17 pm

    Bruce Hornsby. Elton John. Heck, there are some Beatles tunes with plenty of keyboard.

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    Josie

    April 16, 2011 at 2:19 pm

    Tom – listen to Dream Theatre. They have a dynamite keyboardist in addition to the other superior musicians, so anything by them would probably have good keyboard parts.

  5. 5.

    SiubhanDuinne

    April 16, 2011 at 2:23 pm

    Tom, big congrats on the “This week in science” shoutout this morning over at GOS.

    Edit. On your Einstein post.

  6. 6.

    Yutsano

    April 16, 2011 at 2:23 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est: You could go for the ultimate keyboard (and a decent tune to boot) by doing Marc Cohn with the extra bennie of paying tribute to a great American city.

  7. 7.

    TheOtherWA

    April 16, 2011 at 2:26 pm

    Um, that video. A bear wearing a speedo, a deer doing a scene from Flashdance, various other animals doing suggestive things with orange juice… was a REWARD?

    Hookay.

    eta- You did warn us. I just didn’t think it could be that weird. Good thing you posted this in the am when we’re all more likely to be sober.

  8. 8.

    Linda Featheringill

    April 16, 2011 at 2:26 pm

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-V4ytkl2p0

    If your bro could do something with this one, he might actually get some attention.

    [God, I love this silly song!]

  9. 9.

    S. cerevisiae

    April 16, 2011 at 2:27 pm

    Let It Be. Light My Fire. Karn Evil #9. Maybe some Deep Purple or Uriah Heep. Call Me the Breeze by Skynyrd has a killer piano lead.

    Just a few off the top of my head.

  10. 10.

    joe from Lowell

    April 16, 2011 at 2:27 pm

    Naive Melody (This Must Be the Place) by Talking Heads. It even has a keyboard solo.

  11. 11.

    Tom Levenson

    April 16, 2011 at 2:29 pm

    1S1111111111111111111111111111111111111
    YHUY><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< [actual comment, typed by my cat whilst chasing a moth across my keyboard]

  12. 12.

    Wolfdaughter

    April 16, 2011 at 2:29 pm

    I probably shouldn’t weigh in here, since I’m not a rock fan. I LOLed at the singers with a 3-note range. I sing operatic arias, and have a 3-octave range, tho not all fit for public consumption. I also have perfect pitch, and rock singers, for the most part, ride slightly under the pitch, because of the way they produce the tone. Chalk on the blackboard for me.

    Back to the original question. Not strictly rock, but Burt Bacharach songs have terrific keyboarding.

  13. 13.

    arguingwithsignposts

    April 16, 2011 at 2:30 pm

    has nobody heard of jerry lewis?

  14. 14.

    some other guy

    April 16, 2011 at 2:32 pm

    How about some Hall and Oates?

  15. 15.

    Hermione Granger-Weasley

    April 16, 2011 at 2:33 pm

    @TheOtherWA: furries, featheries and tentacle hentai mashed with burlesque fan dance, pole dance, riverdance and flashdance.
    superawesome sauce.
    im ravished.

  16. 16.

    mrami

    April 16, 2011 at 2:33 pm

    Foreplay/Long Time… trite but solid.

  17. 17.

    Yutsano

    April 16, 2011 at 2:34 pm

    @arguingwithsignposts: Jerry Lewis the comedian? Or are you thinking of Jerry Lee Lewis, the pedophilic 50’s rocker?

  18. 18.

    Redshift

    April 16, 2011 at 2:38 pm

    Lots of stuff by Jim Steinman (the ones he recorded himself, and that he wrote for Meat Loaf and Bonnie Tyler.) Lots of good keyboard, lots of range.

  19. 19.

    PeakVT

    April 16, 2011 at 2:39 pm

    Hot Hot Heat and Coldplay are the only newish bands where I’ve really noticed the keyboards. I think the grunge revolution reduced the role of keyboards in rock to occasional studio fill.

  20. 20.

    joe from Lowell

    April 16, 2011 at 2:42 pm

    Keyboards, huh?

    Now doesn’t it make you feel better?

  21. 21.

    Linkmeister

    April 16, 2011 at 2:43 pm

    Lots of Rolling Stones songs have great keyboards. Just ask Billy Preston!

  22. 22.

    S. cerevisiae

    April 16, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    I just thought of another one – Head East’s There’s Never Been Any Reason. Fun song.

  23. 23.

    bemused

    April 16, 2011 at 2:45 pm

    I love the juicy French ad. It’s a little weird but beats any ad seen on American tv even late night. What a dull, boring country this is to live in a lot of the time.

  24. 24.

    Sam

    April 16, 2011 at 2:47 pm

    Springsteen For You.

  25. 25.

    arguingwithsignposts

    April 16, 2011 at 2:47 pm

    @Yutsano: jerry lee – sorry for the confusion.

    ETA: Although Jerry Lewis is big in France, so I hear, so maybe there’s a connection.

  26. 26.

    Hermione Granger-Weasley

    April 16, 2011 at 2:47 pm

    @Yutsano: besides that its a dance tribute. fandance, burlesque, riverdance, flashdance, poledance, flamenco and ballet…the theme is a tango beat. The peacock chorus line with the flamenco solo is from Don Quixote i think….and the pas de deux from many ballets….could be Swan Lake.
    No street dance, dubstep or hiphop.
    Saving those for the next commercial?

  27. 27.

    Bill Murray

    April 16, 2011 at 2:50 pm

    If you want to go obscure, Suddenly, Tammy and The Origin made some good piano/keyboard ng music

  28. 28.

    Hermione Granger-Weasley

    April 16, 2011 at 2:51 pm

    @bemused:

    It’s a little weird but beats any ad seen on American tv even late night.

    It would deeply offend Jesusland, and the wingnuts would boycott orange juice.
    The Market rules.

  29. 29.

    Tom Levenson

    April 16, 2011 at 2:52 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: Thanks for the heads up — I hadn’t checked out GOS’s front page this a.m.

    Nice to see.

    And thanks to all for the suggestions; being passed on they are.

  30. 30.

    Tom Levenson

    April 16, 2011 at 2:53 pm

    @Sam: The band is/may try Radio Nowhere, which, though I like it (and saw Springsteen on the tour supporting that album) is not exactly a melodically fascinating piece of work.

  31. 31.

    Polish the Guillotines

    April 16, 2011 at 2:56 pm

    Pretty much the entire Tom Petty catalog features piano and organ. Blondie, The Cars, Cheap Trick (Dream Police). Someone already mentioned Deep Purple up thread. Elvis Costello & The Attractions. Joe Jackson’s first couple of albums.

  32. 32.

    arguingwithsignposts

    April 16, 2011 at 2:57 pm

    @Tom Levenson:
    BTW, TL, what genres would a middle-aged person want to play so we can have something to aim at?

    I was just thinking Manfred Mann’s “blinded by the light,” for instance.

    ETA: Bohemian Rhapsody, anyone?

  33. 33.

    Svensker

    April 16, 2011 at 2:57 pm

    Irma Thomas’s River is Waiting

    Any of Joe Cocker’s songs which Leon Russell produced (see Mad Dogs & Englishmen, etc.)

  34. 34.

    James E Powell

    April 16, 2011 at 3:03 pm

    Andy Pratt – Avengin Annie

  35. 35.

    bemused

    April 16, 2011 at 3:07 pm

    @Hermione Granger-Weasley:

    In a museum in Stockholm, we saw a video, no sound, of a woman stroking a horse’s neck, head. It was very sensual and it’s times like that you know instantly you are not in Kansas.

    It’s already too stodgy here. If the wingnuts can”t kill us by eliminating health care, food, drug, product or environmental safety, their backup plan is to bore us to death.

  36. 36.

    MikeJ

    April 16, 2011 at 3:14 pm

    One of the greatest pop songs ever written, 3 minutes of pure pop goodness. The dB’s Bad Reputation. (Did Don Dixon write this? It’s on his If I’m a Ham, You’re a Sausage).

    Anyway, great keyboard break in the middle on the studio version. The live version I found on youtube doesn’t have it.

  37. 37.

    Hermione Granger-Weasley

    April 16, 2011 at 3:14 pm

    @bemused:

    their backup plan is to bore us to death.

    sad but true. its that Puritan thang.
    :(

  38. 38.

    MikeF

    April 16, 2011 at 3:18 pm

    @Linkmeister:

    Lots of Rolling Stones songs have great keyboards. Just ask Billy Preston!

    \

    Good call – Exile in particular is fertile keyboard ground.

  39. 39.

    transmaniacon

    April 16, 2011 at 3:19 pm

    Anything with a Hammond organ solo.

  40. 40.

    Suffern ACE

    April 16, 2011 at 3:22 pm

    I think half the songs from exile on mainstreet would work for you. Just on drink from your loving cup and I’ll fall down drunk…or something like that.

    Hard to Handle doesn’t seem like it would be too hard to cover.

  41. 41.

    dobrojutro

    April 16, 2011 at 3:22 pm

    Little Feat – Oh Atlanta.

    You’re welcome.

  42. 42.

    Cassidy

    April 16, 2011 at 3:23 pm

    @Josie: I don’t think most casual musicians are up for playing Dream Theater. Those guys have few peers.

  43. 43.

    Cassidy

    April 16, 2011 at 3:26 pm

    Coldplay is garbage. Any asshole can whine for a full album. Start poring through Wallflowers records, Better than Ezra, or some Cowboy Mouth.

  44. 44.

    sven

    April 16, 2011 at 3:27 pm

    Well, this song has one of the more (achem) memorable keyboard parts that comes to mind.

  45. 45.

    PTirebiter

    April 16, 2011 at 3:32 pm

    Randy Newman. Great melodies suited for those with limited vocal range.

  46. 46.

    Sam

    April 16, 2011 at 3:33 pm

    Zevon’s eponymous album and EB are track after track of classic piano hooks. My favorite, by far, is The French Inhaler.

  47. 47.

    ErikdaRed

    April 16, 2011 at 3:36 pm

    How about “Kayleigh” by Marillion?

  48. 48.

    transmaniacon

    April 16, 2011 at 3:36 pm

    @Cassidy:

    Liquid Tension Experiment was mostly casual.

  49. 49.

    Tom Levenson

    April 16, 2011 at 3:39 pm

    @PTirebiter: Apropos of very little — I studied radio production with David Ossman, aka Porgy Tirebiter, back when we would have killed for something as modern as a chisel to mark our slates.

  50. 50.

    lovable liberal

    April 16, 2011 at 3:39 pm

    L.L. (the other one) may have musical talent, but you can turn the amplifier up to 11 with your bare foot. Deep Purple, man!

  51. 51.

    Sam

    April 16, 2011 at 3:40 pm

    Link for For You

  52. 52.

    Cassidy

    April 16, 2011 at 3:43 pm

    Cowboy Mouth

    Wallflowers. I like Three Marlenas.

    Better than Ezra

  53. 53.

    Josh

    April 16, 2011 at 3:48 pm

    “Blind Willie McTell.” Indeed, there’s probably a number of songs The Band performed that could work.

  54. 54.

    Tom Levenson

    April 16, 2011 at 3:51 pm

    @lovable liberal: Sadly, you know the truth of my self assessment, LL.

    @Sam: Good one. The version on the Hammersmith Odeon live album/DVD is amazing too.

    @Sam: French Inhaler is great, but so are any number of Zevon’s. I’ve always had a thing for Mohammed’s Radio, though.

    @sven: Cruel. Just cruel.

    @transmaniacon: Oh, you mean like this.

    And so on — thanks to everyone, and keep ’em coming (with links).

  55. 55.

    piratedan

    April 16, 2011 at 3:54 pm

    well, a lot of it is dependent on style….

    here’s one from my lads in England… Squeeze: Messed Around. Nice piano piece in the middle about the 1:20 mark.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7OEk6aRdy4

    something a bit kickier is this classic from Sir Douglas Quintet:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XboE3_7KZ3Y

    simple but fun

  56. 56.

    scav

    April 16, 2011 at 4:01 pm

    @PTirebiter: RN should have the piano part down cold too.

  57. 57.

    Cassidy

    April 16, 2011 at 4:07 pm

    Music snobbery may be fun, but people want to rock out at shows. And they like to sing along. If they can’t do that, it doesn’t matter how good you are.

  58. 58.

    S. cerevisiae

    April 16, 2011 at 4:10 pm

    How about something from the Great White North? The Guess Who.

  59. 59.

    transmaniacon

    April 16, 2011 at 4:14 pm

    @Tom Levenson:

    back when we would have killed for something as modern as a chisel to mark our slates

    It’s a shame, really. Late night radio used to be the cutting edge of commentary.

    Now it’s just the crazy house.

  60. 60.

    R-Jud

    April 16, 2011 at 4:16 pm

    This is probably too twee, but Belle and Sebastian have plenty of songs with keyboard/piano bits. And Stuart Murdoch can’t sing all that well, so:

    There’s Too Much Love

  61. 61.

    Josie

    April 16, 2011 at 4:17 pm

    @Cassidy: You may be right. My youngest son covers the lead guitar solos; that’s how I knew about them. He’s not a casual musician, however. He’s 27 and has been playing guitar parts from Ozzy’s music since junior high. Dream Theatre is his favorite group.

  62. 62.

    arguingwithsignposts

    April 16, 2011 at 4:17 pm

    @piratedan: As long as we’re talking Squeeze, pretty much anything with Jools Holland.

  63. 63.

    PTirebiter

    April 16, 2011 at 4:20 pm

    @Tom Levenson: I met the boys a couple of times while I was working at KHJ/RKO and attending Moore Science High School at night. Until yesterday I didn’t realize you’d written Newton, it was my favorite birthday gift last year. As I mentioned on the Einstein thread, I was a bit surprised by what a terrific read it was and on a number of levels. I knew Don Herbert, and you’re no Don Herbert but you sure as hell know how to tell a great story.

  64. 64.

    Amir_Khalid

    April 16, 2011 at 4:21 pm

    @arguingwithsignposts:

    Manfred Mann’s “blinded by the light”

    Actually, that’s a Springsteen cover. There are plenty of keyboard-heavy Springsteen songs — after all, how many other bands have two keyboardists in their permanent line-up?

    Some of Elton John’s earlier, more rocking stuff — Benny and the Jets, stuff like that, might be worth investigating.

  65. 65.

    Tom Levenson

    April 16, 2011 at 4:23 pm

    @PTirebiter: Thanks for the props — much appreciated. Moore Science High, eh…Shoes For Industry!

  66. 66.

    Cassidy

    April 16, 2011 at 4:24 pm

    @Josie: My wife listens to them. I’m not a huge fan; just not my cup of tea. But god those guys are outstanding musicians. Just brilliant, intellectual music.

  67. 67.

    piratedan

    April 16, 2011 at 4:24 pm

    @arguingwithsignposts: agreed, those lads were nicely melodic, still surprised they didn’t end up bigger.

  68. 68.

    MaxxLange

    April 16, 2011 at 4:39 pm

    RIGHT ON

    I had never heard this Zevon performance. He looks so young!

  69. 69.

    PTirebiter

    April 16, 2011 at 4:40 pm

    @Tom Levenson: Maybe I should have said Don Herbert, aka Mr. Wizard. It was a wonderful time to be a production apprentice, chisels and smpte time code were just over the horizon.

  70. 70.

    cbear

    April 16, 2011 at 4:42 pm

    Wow, so Scooter Libby and Liz Cheney are now producing French music videos?
    No one could have predicted that one.

  71. 71.

    JGabriel

    April 16, 2011 at 4:44 pm

    Pretty much anything from Ben Folds will be heavy on the keyboard.

    .

  72. 72.

    MaxxLange

    April 16, 2011 at 4:47 pm

    If I ever get married, or, if I ever play in a wedding band again, I will call to the dance floor Zevon’s brilliant song “Looking For The Next Best Thing”:

    I worked hard, but not for the money
    I did my best to please
    I used to think was funny
    Until I realized it was all a tease

    Don Quixote had his windmills
    Ponce de Leon took his cruise
    It took Sinbad seven voyages
    To see that it was all a ruse

    [chorus]
    That’s why I’m looking for the next best thing
    Looking for the next best thing
    I appreciate the best
    But I’m settling for less
    Still looking for the next best thing

    [guitar solo]

    All alone on the road to perfection
    At the inspection booth they tried to discourage me
    You can believe what you want, that’ll never change it
    You’ll have to come around, eventually

    [repeat chorus]

  73. 73.

    JGabriel

    April 16, 2011 at 4:56 pm

    Seconding the Squeeze recommendation from piratedan, specifically these tunes:

    Tempted
    Up The Junction

    .

  74. 74.

    cg

    April 16, 2011 at 4:56 pm

    Our local radio station, WTIP, actually plays “Mohammed’s Radio.” The song has been a favorite of mine for years, also. I like the version on Zevon’s ’76 album: “Warren Zevon,” because it includes backup harmony from Lindsey Buckingham and Stephanie Nicks. Zevon sings, “hopin’ that the righteous, might just, might just come.”

    And they harmonize, “Just be right.”

  75. 75.

    PanurgeATL

    April 16, 2011 at 4:56 pm

    @transmaniacon:

    True. But that’s what you get when you have very un-casual musicians acting casually.

    I saw them in ’08 or ’09 at NEARfest in Bethlehem, PA (sadly cancelled this year). They brought the house down with an arrangement of “Rhapsody in Blue”.

  76. 76.

    NobodySpecial

    April 16, 2011 at 4:59 pm

    Two words: More Styx.

  77. 77.

    PanurgeATL

    April 16, 2011 at 5:02 pm

    The French ad really speaks to the way even Creative Types are reflexively influenced by the dominance of conservative currents of thought. Are there no male deer? (*) No female bears? (Heck, think of the way we conceive of just cats and dogs, for that matter.)
    —
    (*) A proposal for a quiz:
    1. Have you seen or read Bambi?
    2. If no, what sex is Bambi?

  78. 78.

    Hermione Granger-Weasley

    April 16, 2011 at 5:08 pm

    @transmaniacon: false. that is only true if you hate alternative and techno. Me, i really hate hipster muslik. It sukks all the energy out of the room.

    sry, Dr. Levenson, im not useful on this thread. I only liek musik you can dance do.
    Is that the difference? Older ppl liek sit-down musik, and younger ppl liek dance muslik?

  79. 79.

    ThresherK

    April 16, 2011 at 5:12 pm

    The title track off Del Shannon’s would-be comeback album, with some talented friends. Range, keyboards, singalong chorus.

  80. 80.

    Svensker

    April 16, 2011 at 5:16 pm

    @piratedan:

    something a bit kickier is this classic from Sir Douglas Quintet:

    Wow. That was buried way deep in my brain.

  81. 81.

    JGabriel

    April 16, 2011 at 5:19 pm

    Air (French Band) has some very nice keyboard work too:

    All I Need
    Dead Bodies
    La Femme D’Argent

    Note how I combine both the top post’s themes of France and keyboards? I’m cool that way.

    .

  82. 82.

    Jim, Once

    April 16, 2011 at 5:25 pm

    @PTirebiter: Perfect choice. And weird: I was listening to Randy as I read this.

  83. 83.

    PTirebiter

    April 16, 2011 at 5:43 pm

    @Jim, Once: That’s funny. I was listening to Land of Dreams when I suggested him.

  84. 84.

    The Bobs

    April 16, 2011 at 5:44 pm

    Sometimes an Orangina is just an Orangina.

  85. 85.

    carsick

    April 16, 2011 at 5:56 pm

    Leon Russell “Shoot Out on the Plantation”:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RZiZ7T1GSQ
    Kickin’ guitar, rockin’ piano, swampy vocals…’nuff said.

  86. 86.

    Paul

    April 16, 2011 at 6:00 pm

    In a nod to the house of Cole, let’s not forget Little Feat, Dixie Chicken. Great guitar and keyboard parts nice melody and you can dance to it.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FekVR_SC5M

  87. 87.

    Waratah

    April 16, 2011 at 6:40 pm

    Friend sent me this last night. We do have some exports!
    Sing Sing Sing a classic Benny goodman played by some young Japanese musicians.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7N6slVrQeY

  88. 88.

    Bill Murray

    April 16, 2011 at 6:51 pm

    Videos as requested by Tom’s update

    The Origin

    “Growing Old” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGR84pp9ah8

    “Set Sails Free” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH8oWWkqzdM&feature=related

    Suddenly Tammy

    “Not That Dumb” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otksx9IHPpM

    “Mt. Rushmore” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18Uldsm55mM&feature=related

    “Lamp” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuLfRiyy5S4&feature=related

    Joy Division
    “Love Will Tear Us Apart” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ii8m1jgn_M

  89. 89.

    Hawes

    April 16, 2011 at 6:57 pm

    Elton John/Bernie Taupin Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tRgYfQ48A0

    Tom Waits Tom Traubert’s Blues:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGpwgHqlfWo&feature=related

    Little Feat Dixie Chicken (solos for everyone!):
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FekVR_SC5M

  90. 90.

    Linda Featheringill

    April 16, 2011 at 7:13 pm

    @Waratah:
    Wow! Those girls rock!

    [and I loved the toy mouse!]

  91. 91.

    polyorchnid octopunch

    April 16, 2011 at 7:31 pm

    I have a really good one for you. Death Valley Nights, by Blue Oyster Cult.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEBhCIPeTxU

  92. 92.

    Bill Murray

    April 16, 2011 at 7:37 pm

    Crikey, I forgot the 3 link limit on posts, so will make the post count higher while waiting for moderation

    The Origin

    “Growing Old” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGR84pp9ah8

    “Set Sails Free” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH8oWWkqzdM

  93. 93.

    Bill Murray

    April 16, 2011 at 7:38 pm

    Suddenly Tammy

    “Not That Dumb” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otksx9IHPpM

    “Mt. Rushmore” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18Uldsm55mM

    with the others to await moderation

  94. 94.

    debbie

    April 16, 2011 at 7:46 pm

    This may be too far in the way back machine for your brother, but I saw the Allman Brothers in Boston just after Dwayne died. They added a piano player to play all of Dwayne’s bits, and I must say, it really sounded pretty good.

  95. 95.

    elmertfudd

    April 16, 2011 at 10:01 pm

    Genesis has lots of keys. Peter Gabriel era: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdD6L4cKKU8 Phil Collins era: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN0jJcCqVqg

  96. 96.

    ed_finnerty

    April 16, 2011 at 10:49 pm

    amir @ 64

    It’s is funny to hear someone refer to songs off ‘Good Bye Yellow Brick Road’ as Elton Johns earlier stuff.

    Try ‘Madman Across the Water’ or something

  97. 97.

    Nellcote

    April 16, 2011 at 11:56 pm

    Boomer alert! Stones do Dylan!

    A track off the forthcoming tribute album to the Stones’ first pianoman Ian Stewart, “Watching the River Flow”. It’s a hoot!

    http://soundcloud.com/eagle-rock/08-watching-the-river-flow

  98. 98.

    pjcamp

    April 17, 2011 at 12:09 am

    Dr. John, Goin’ Back to New Orleans:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdvzfeIKHTE

    I’d say Mac’s Boogie

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6awYoJv6jY

    But that requires actual talent. As does John Boutte’s Treme Song:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M1Iagf3GSs

  99. 99.

    MaxxLange

    April 17, 2011 at 12:13 am

    Wait….what? Why, again are the Ayn Rand people and the Christians allied? Please explain it to me slowly, as if I were stupid.

    I can’t think of any thing LESS Christian than the Rand/Ron or Rand Paul/Serious Sacrifice philosophy:

    Ayn Rand says, hey, if you do not have loaves, and if you do not have fishes, that’s because you are weak. Loaves and fishes are for closers!

    Jesus Christ said, if you want to be perfect, take all your money and give it to the poor. Follow me.

  100. 100.

    Nellcote

    April 17, 2011 at 1:36 am

    Because there’s never enough Peace, Love and Understanding

  101. 101.

    RosiesDad

    April 17, 2011 at 5:55 am

    Wow. 100 comments and no one mentioned Billy Joel? (apologies if I missed it)
    There’s a whole catalog of piano-heavy pop-rock there to pick from but I always really liked “big Man On Mulberry Street.”

  102. 102.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    April 17, 2011 at 9:31 am

    Keyboards parts needed and nobody has mentioned Supertramp? If you want good keyboard action, how about Dreamer? Bloody Well Right? Give A Little Bit? Take The Long Way Home? The Logical Song? Crime Of The Century?

    Great music! I saw them in concert back in the day, fucking righteous music.

  103. 103.

    Bob

    April 17, 2011 at 10:33 am

    Haha, looks like it started from The Swing and the moves onto American Beauty and Flashdance among others.

    Tom, I’m surprised you didn’t mention it.

  104. 104.

    Bob

    April 17, 2011 at 10:38 am

    http://www.paintinghere.com/uploadpic/Jean-Honore%20Fragonard/big/The%20Swing.jpg

    errr

  105. 105.

    Mark Haag

    April 17, 2011 at 5:17 pm

    Are there two decent singers who can do harmony? I would go with Chest Fever …good .lots of opportunities for keyboards and guitar to ham it up.

  106. 106.

    polyorchnid octopunch

    April 18, 2011 at 2:39 am

    @Hermione Granger-Weasley: But the rhythms in techno are so rudimentary. Straight sixteenths, most of the time. I like something that swings if I’m going to dance, and dance and house and techno most definitely don’t swing.

  107. 107.

    Herman Newticks

    April 18, 2011 at 9:57 am

    Anything by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer/Powell ought to fit the bill…

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