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Tom Waites continues to be my personal piano idol.  favorite Waites quote: ""Your hands are like dogs, going to the same places they've been. You have to be careful when playing is no longer in the mind but in the fingers, going to happy places. You have to break them of their habits or you don't explore, you only play what is confident and pleasing. I'm learning to break those habits by playing instruments I know absolutely nothing about, like a bassoon or a waterphone."
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The Load Out by Jackson Brown ..."Now, roll them cases out and lift them amps Haul them trusses down and get 'em up them ramps 'Cause when it comes to moving me You know you guys are the champs But when that last guitar's been packed away You know that I still want to play So just make sure you've got it all set to go Before you come for my piano"... 
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excuse the rehashing of a really old thread
but can anyone on here play "Martha My Dear"?
highly impressive song and a great sounding one at that.
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Imagine - Lennon
I Am The Walrus - Lennon
A Natural Woman - Carol King
Hey Jude - McCartney
Let It Be - McCartney
Find 660 of Harry's solo piano arrangements for educational purposes and jazz tutorials at https://www.patreon.com/HarryLikas Harry was the Technical Editor of Mark Levine's "The Jazz Theory Book" and helped develop "The Jazz Piano Book."
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My list comprises more than just Piano but E-piano and other keyed instruments as well:
Running on empty - Jackson Browne
Say you love me - Fleetwood Mac
Babe - Styx
Nutrocker - Emerson, Lake, and Palmer (their version rocks!)
And they're all in love - The Who (I believe Nicky Hopkins played the piano in that tune - off of the Who by numbers album)
Breakfast in America - Supertramp (the whole album. Very nice playing on the keys throughout!)
Easy - The Commodores
And that's just the tip of the iceberg
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Piano Man - Billy Joel
Let It Be - Beatles
Levon - Elton John
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkle
There is no reality, only perception.
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Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen.
"Show people are doomed. Doomed to a lifestyle of booze and pills and heavy meals late at night." Ruthless! - The Musical.
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Originally posted by lungfish:
excuse the rehashing of a really old thread
but can anyone on here play "Martha My Dear"?
highly impressive song and a great sounding one at that. I've got a Beatles Keyboard Book that has that so yeah I can play that one.
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nice, i'd love to learn it.
still haven't tried yet but i will one day.
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As it has ben mentioned before, Muse make great use of the piano in their songs.
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A worthy effort on Layla. I've listened to loads of "Layla" videos on Youtube, and amazingly, as simple as the piano part is on the album, I still haven't heard it played in its entirety, note for note as originally recorded, except for the posted Derek and the Dominos submissions!
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Following on the path and style of the Moody Blues' "Knights in White Satin", here's the tune by 10cc that put poyphonic pad-synthesizers on the map, and a great piece of music, excellently arranged: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ3CtePvcD
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classic aussie rock:
Cold Chisel
- Choir Girl
- Ita
- Khe San
- When the War is over
and many many more (boring piano in most, but amazing songs)
Silverchair- After all These Years
Ben Folds/Ben Folds Five - most of their songs.-philosphy, brick(already said), Still Fighting It, Lullabye, Song for the Dumped(mediocre song amazing piano part)..
That's one Dandy Warhol-
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For a challenge, try these tunes on piano:
American Pie - Don McClean
Saturday Night's Alright - Elton
The Weight - The Band
Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys - Traffic
Glad - Traffic
Old Time Rock & Roll - Bob Seger
Rikki Don't Lose That Number - Steely Dan
Reelin' In The Years - Steely Dan
My Old School - Steely Dan
Infinite Space - ELP
Take A Pebble - ELP
Saturday In The Park - Chicago
Changes - David Bowie
After The Gold Rush - Neil Young
Southern Man - Neil Young
South Bound - Allman Bros.
Free Bird - Skynyrd
I Know A Little - Skynyrd
Martha My Dear - Beatles
Sympathy For The Devil - Rolling Stones
Angie - Rolling Stones
Runnin' On Empty - Jackson Browne
How Sweet It Is - James Taylor
Steam Roller Blues - James Taylor
Paradise By The Dashboard Light - Meatloaf
10th Avenue Freeze Out - Springsteen
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Layla has a nice piano section but it doesn't start from the beginning of the song.
Signatures are so overrated...
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It's already been mentioned, so consider this a double recommendation for Jackson Browne's "The Load-Out" -- one of my favorites. 
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