You know - as a fellow KZreadr, I’m watching for cuts (not seeing cuts), watching your eyes to see if you’re reading music (you’re not) and I’m floored. Great idea for a video and beautiful playing. What a celebration of the electric piano!! Congrats David❤

@DavidBennettPiano

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Aimee! 😊😊😊😊

@garycitro1674

Жыл бұрын

AND I assume changing sounds with a foot pedal!

@fatbobe1986

Жыл бұрын

@@garycitro1674 could have recorded midi and then edited the sound switching post recording. Either way, very impressive stuff

@Nocatsmusic

Жыл бұрын

Yea, he's good, ain't he...wow a comment from Aimee Nolte Music, I certainly can't add anything

@gregpepper6053

Жыл бұрын

@@garycitro1674 was wondering that too. I was thinking the change in sounds might have been done post production. Especially if MIDI connected.

Congratulations on making a list that isn't just Stevie Wonder and Steely Dan. I imagine that would not only be feasible, but tempting.

@delstanley1349

Жыл бұрын

Speaking of "tempting," The Temptations had a follow up track to their big hit "My Girl." It was called "It's Growing," and it charted fairly high also. The intro is a TOY piano! Yes, I really mean toy, like something you get in those days for $9.95 (US) at Toys R Us or K-Mart. I think in the demo a kid actually played the toy piano but in the studio the house musician Earl Van Dyke (Funk Brothers) played it, but he still used the same toy piano. They all liked the novelty of the effect. The original young player may have had some labor/union issues or labor laws I don't know. The intro is kool. Of course it indeed SOUNDS like a toy, but that was what was so funky then about the intro, and what is a piano under $10 going to sound like, ha ha! Vladir Horowitz was probably already booked up for any additional studio work!😬

@ukatofarticus9046

Жыл бұрын

And supertramp!

@happypapi1903

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't object if you made that list tho

@extremadrummer

Жыл бұрын

Quite normal since Steely Dan and Stevie Wonder have pianists as leaders. Lot of their songs start with electric piano.

@joethompson369

Жыл бұрын

So into you by Atlanta rhythm section

Damn, nice job nailing that descending scale from "Riders On the Storm" flawlessly!

@lupcokotevski2907

Жыл бұрын

Influenced by Advice to Medics (1957) by jazz genius Sun Ra.

@garycitro1674

Жыл бұрын

@@lupcokotevski2907 or maybe Hanon basic exercises that classical piano students have been doing for over a century? I'm not looking to be insulting, Ray Mazarek was a great creative keyboardist. But as far as that one descending phrase goes, I was doing it cleanly when I was nine. A side note to your post --- I saw Sun Ra twice in NYC. Once as a solo piano guest artist playing brilliant improvisations on "somewhere over the rainbow" at Radio City Music Hall, The other was with his whole Arkestra in a small space called Soundscape. There was one break where his two or three saxophone players played as loud as they could with as high pitches as they could, that pretty much seemed too rearrange my eardrums. It was all I could do not to cover my ears and embarrass them, and I should have because it may have caused permanent ear damage. Louder than any rock and roll arena show I've ever been to.

Supertramp's "The Logical Song" would be my first suggestion - absolute classic. A bit more obscure would be "The Holy Drinker" by Steven Wilson, which I think is also a Wurlitzer. PS: "How Deep Is Your Love?" - Bee Gees

@yeezak5660

Жыл бұрын

Perfect, good choices

@MomLAU

Жыл бұрын

That was absolutely MY first suggestion also.

@ronricherson6685

Жыл бұрын

As a keyboardist, I've played "How Deep is Your Love" as a solo keyboard player many times (in the past) and never even thought of it...great catch, that one.

When I think of Fender Rhodes, “Just the way you are” always comes to mind.

Did that guy seriously do the whole thing in a single take, and nail every single one of those bad boys?!?! Nice work, DB

@NormanPeterson

5 ай бұрын

Of course he didn't .. Any video with different sounds and songs require editing..

@rmiraflor

3 ай бұрын

He may have done a cut after the Mii theme but I don’t think it’s much more than two takes. Just recorded MIDI and changed the patches in post, or had the patches lined up and switched them with a foot switch. Pretty impressive playing.

@patricklewis7636

2 ай бұрын

DB is legit. If he didn't, he could.

That jump from 1981 to 1994 really shows how much digital keyboards made the electric ones obsolete for such a long time

@pmberry

Жыл бұрын

The sound very much lived on in most of the synths, especially the Electric Piano patch on the DX7. That alone drove most of the decade's power ballads!

@sydneydyens325

Жыл бұрын

@@pmberry True, those Whitney ballads always get me

@ischmidt

Жыл бұрын

@@sydneydyens325 Also "Live To Tell", Madonna's most underrated song.

@fuckcensorship69

Жыл бұрын

​@ghost mall it's the main reason stuff from the 80s sounds sooooo CHEESY

@fordmavericksosx3569

11 күн бұрын

​@pmberry Exactly! The DX-7 really took over in the mid 80s.

I've been impressed by David in the past, but this takes the cake. Such a great performance and inspiring to re-listen to all these songs. Thanks for all the work you put into this!

Supertramp comes to mind every time.

Killing me Softly by Roberta Flack. Dreamer by Supertramp. L.A Woman by the Doors. Boppin’ the Blues by Blackfeather. Babe by Styx The Logical Song by Supertramp. Anything! by Three Dog Night. Ahh what the heck we could go on forever. Great video great selection all the same.

Riders on the Storm brought tears to my eyes

The giggle you gave me when you played the Mii Channel theme and the editing you did with it

You have it all - the memorization, perfect sounds, the playing, the encyclopedic knowledge of music, the personable presence, and probably a hundred other positive qualities I didn't think of.

A few honorable mentions: 1) Brandy by Looking Glass 2) Dream Weaver by Gary Wright 3) Summer Madness by Kool & The Gang 4) In The Name of Love by Bill Withers/Ralph McDonald 5) Mr. Magic by Grover Washington/Bob James 6) Angela's Theme by Bob James 7) Brazilian Rhyme by EWF 8) One Hundred Ways by Qunicy Jones/James Ingram

@jdredman

Жыл бұрын

Definitely #5 and #8

@peterlewis6214

Жыл бұрын

I thought David’s list was great, but the comments have come up with so many more. Thanks for your list - I was glad to see theme from ‘Taxi’

@abc456f

6 ай бұрын

Great job! The Fender Rhodes is an iconic keyboard instrument. And even though I don't own one, my Korg M50 does a very good job at emulating it. Has a good Wurly as well. It's not the latest and greatest, but it's still an excellent synthesizer, (the 88 key version).

@fordmavericksosx3569

11 күн бұрын

And Never Gonna Let You Go by Sergio Mendes.

@1mespud

10 күн бұрын

@@fordmavericksosx3569 Good call!

Riders on the Storm ia definitely the song that comes to mind for "Electric Piano Intro", so thanks for including that. :D

You played a few other Supertramp songs, but I was waiting to hear "Logical Song".

Absolutely nailed it, once again! After your and Paul's performances, I really can't wait for Adam Neely's take on the 55 (or even 80?) greatest bass intros of all time.

@StarQueenEstrella

Жыл бұрын

Rick Beato has one on that

@janm3529

Жыл бұрын

@@StarQueenEstrella Uh, you're absolutely right! What I was actually aiming at was one of those chronological one-take medleys, just like David did above, or Paul Davids with his medley on guitar intros. But thanks for your recommendation!

@fuckcensorship69

Жыл бұрын

​@@StarQueenEstrella name 2 guys more insufferable than neely and beato.....i cant

i was not at all expecting the mii channel theme but it works so well. i'll be having this on repeat now, thank you amazing job!

Excellent! I didn't realize just how essential the electric piano was to that classic rock sound until you laid out all these intros back-to-back. It just sounds so smooth and instantly nostalgic.

@sillymandavejohn

Жыл бұрын

True dat! Neither did I!

It's criminal to stop at the intro for some of these, we need full versions

I'm a huge fan of the Wurlitzer electric piano. A song I would include is one that a young Brit might not be aware of: "So Into You" by Atlanta Rhythm Section. It was a hit in the USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand (but not the UK).

@jspihlman

Жыл бұрын

That makes me think of Spooky too.

Wow! That was amazing, I like to add: Supertramp - 'Logical Song', Alan Parsons Project 'Eye in the sky', and a lot of Vulfpeck's songs like 'Sauna', '1612', I love 'Smile Meditation' chords and crescendo, and 'Soft Parade' among others.

Found it interesting to see the almost 15 year gap from early 80's to mid 90's when synths were king! Awesome playing as always!

Great list! The 70s was definitely the heyday of the EP, since then it's been a conscious decision by a musician to evoke that particular sound, rather than the default keyboard instrument.

Two minutes in, and I'm already loving this video. David, it's really nice to just hear you play. I know that you're a great music educator, but the encyclopedia of your musical knowledge really shines in your playing. Let's do this all day.

In the last year, this has become my favourite channel on KZread! Well done David! Great performance.

Such talent! I can't imagine how much prep went into this vid. Well done again, David!

Another great video, thanks! I’ve been playing the piano for 50 years, love the electric piano sound, and the 70s were my formative years so great to hear so many classics from that era. Your videos always make me happy!

I'd never given much thought to the electric piano as an instrument, much less how it works or how ubiquitous it is. Cheers for expanding my appreciation. Great playing as well!

Awesome list! lml, if you ever did a part 2, I'd include "Dreamer" by Supertramp, that was the song that made me fall in love with the electric piano

@sourisvoleur4854

Жыл бұрын

And made me fall in love with Supertramp!

@tim40gabby25

4 ай бұрын

Gosh.. takes me back. Thanks :)

A testament to the range of your musical knowledge. Thanks, David, wonderful.

I’ve enjoyed all your videos for some time now, David, but this is by far my all time favorite!

I love how the same instrument can sound bright and optimistic, dark and mysterious, or just downright funky. I love several of the tracks the Charlatans used the Wurlitzer on, and I'm a big fan of both Zero 7 and Air that make great use of electric piano.

Oh this is truly exceptional! Absolutely sublime. Thank you David!

Just got my Rhodes working last week and the thing that stood out in this video was that you didn’t stop at the 70’s! All the other compilations end so soon and I never knew all these recent tracks were on a tine machine! Cheers

The inclusion on Zep's No Quarter was spot on. I wouldn't have guessed it would be on the list (though it certainly deserves to be). However, you did miss Light My Fire which should be on there with the properly identified Riders.

@victorwilburn8588

Жыл бұрын

I just looked it up -- it wasn't played on an electric piano, but rather on a Vox organ, which uses oscillators to produce tones. As David explains here, electric pianos still produce sounds acoustically/mechanically, but it's just amplified, analogous to how an electric guitar works.

@sirB0nes

Жыл бұрын

You do make a good point: it's weird on its face that there are two Led Zeppelin songs on this list and only _one_ Doors song. But, as Victor points out, maybe there are technicalities at play.

@FairfaxJack

Жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: David plays it in C#m because that's how it sounds on the album, but Led Zeppelin actually recorded it in Dm but decided that it was too fast so they slowed it down before it was mastered. That change brought the key down to C#m. If you listen to any of the live versions it's in the original Dm

@cuebj

Жыл бұрын

Didn't Ray Manzarenk use elecyric organ rather than electric piano most of the time?

@zimmejoc

Жыл бұрын

@@sirB0nes as others have pointed out, Light My Fire's melody was played on an organ, not electric piano. As recognizable is that intro is, it shouldn't be on the list because of that technicality.

An interesting one that comes to mind is Van Halen’s “and the cradle will rock”. It’s a Wurli through EVH’s Marshall Plexi. Pretty hard to replicate the sound but it is unusual.

Awesome compilation! I appreciated showing what keyboard was used on the tracks you covered. Also, love the inclision of Snarky Puppy! :)

Great list and playing. Love the transition between You are the sunshine of my life and Livin' in the city!

The intro to the Carpenters version of "Can't Smile Without You" comes to mind as one that you've missed.

I've always liked David's work for the theory stuff. But this one, musically, I love it, he's just great.

Nothing gives me frisson like the sound of a Rhodes or Wurli. Great job David! Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

Many thanks, David, this means that you listened to all that music despite your youth. Congratulations.

Amazing, thank you so much. I’m starting to recognise the various electric pianos after watching this. I think I can now describe the difference in words of the Fender Rhodes. To me it has more kind of bright attack noise to the sound. I’m guessing that must be the sound of the hammers hitting the metal, but it almost sounds string like.

You've inspired me to check out the electric piano voices on my Yamaha. Grazie!

Presetting all those presets and nailing every riff is impressive well done

What an excellent selection. The best ‘best of’ of this genre so far.

Nice selection. Though not here, "With A Little Luck" by Paul McCartney and Wings is a personal favorite of mine that I thought of immediately.

@MatiuPirihimana

Жыл бұрын

And Waterfalls of McCartney 2.

@jcarty123

Жыл бұрын

@@MatiuPirihimana _Waterfalls_ - agree. _With A Little Luck_ - um, that quickly gets drowned in synth, so it's just barely an electric piano intro, actually I wouldn't call it one.

@jamesdignanmusic2765

Жыл бұрын

Or "London Town" for that matter.

@moozartney

Жыл бұрын

She's My Baby is also a great one.

Wurlitzer and Rhodes having such recognizable sounds (for the most part) that they are part of what makes the songs sound so good. But I never thought that, especially in the 60s, electric pianos from Hohner were a thing. I only knew the Hohner Clavinet and the Hohner Strings Ensemble. That‘s where the next challenge comes in: Please do a 55 greatest Clavinet Intros (and not only Bach) 😊 (Or 55 greatest Strings Intros 😉)

The tremolo of the white noise in the background of No Quarter really compliments the song!

Very Impressive list of songs. Great job, as usual David.

Not only superb job playing, but cueing the midi patches as well! Seamless! Two songs come to mind: “Babe”, by Dennis DeYoung (Styx), and “ Midas Shadow”, by Peter Wood (Al Stewart’s “Year of the Cat” LP).

@philmckenna5709

Жыл бұрын

YOTC! Absolutely! Yeah baby!

I'm so happy you included Sheep!! One of my favorite Pink Floyd songs

The Wurlitzer EP was my first keyboard in 1973. I went out and bought the sheet music for "Joy to the World" and my band played it. It always gave me a rush to play it; and the crowd loved it, it was a big hit. It's not in the intro, but the Wurlitzer EP break on the intro "Stay with me" by Rod Stewart and the Faces was really fun to play as well.

F-n awesome! Great job, I am so satisfied with that sound right now, thank you! PS panoram is everything :)

Great video! Thanks for explaining how the electric piano works!

I now know that I have loved the sound of the Wurlitzer for years without knowing what it is.

@philmckenna5709

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I think I prefer Wurly to FR

Great stuff,so effective and evocative, who would have thought that with so relatively few notes SO many iconic ( & different) tunes coukd be written.

What a walk down Memory Lane! Great idea and excellent execution. Thanks for the trip.

Also, I really liked the stereo tremolo effect for the Rhodes playback. I used to own one of these keyboards, but I sold it a few years back. I just love the sound.

@richo8767

Жыл бұрын

It's pretty cool with headphones on, the way it sounds like it's rotating around your head

@tmoto272

Жыл бұрын

What keyboard is it?

@MikeShawaluk

Жыл бұрын

@@tmoto272 A Fender Rhodes 73 stage piano, bought in 1971

@Bluman2

Жыл бұрын

Are you talking about the phaser effect?

@markthomas6794

7 ай бұрын

​@@Bluman2 It's the stereo tremolo on the Rhodes Suitcase. The suitcase has two amps and four speakers, so the 'tremolo' is really a stereo pan effect. Used in stereo on Still Crazy After All These Years. Side note, despite having two speakers the Wurlitzer only has one amp so the tremolo is actually just tremolo, not a pan.

Supertramp is the essential electric piano band

It’s interesting to see how there was a massive leap from the early 80s to the mid 90s. I was wondering what more modern songs would have an electric piano intro and I was stumped - until I heard them! (except the Beck track, which I was waiting for) Really great to be able to play them all one after the other like a recital. Respect!

This is so great, David. Brilliant playing 👏👏👏

@DavidBennettPiano

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Wow! 'Sheep' is my first Pink Floyd memory, and I think the reason is its tendency to feel constantly wandering, specially those tiny chords at the intro, with no full resolution in sight...you need to enjoy the rest of the song 'til Gilmour's final phenomenal progression to find out where was it all going! PF's rocking at its finest. Great selection, David.

Great songs. Great playing. Great video. Maybe a part 2?

Love these videos! Hoping to see even more in the future!

That was such a great song list, I actually listened to the ad about HD piano. And I’m a drummer 😂. Keep up the good work. 👍 Had no idea the Wurlitzer was used in so many songs.

It's changed my understanding of electric piano, differentiating between the Rhodes and the Wurlitzer. I like the Wurly more than I realise - it's a bit more grunty.

You should do a medley of songs with organ/harpischord/other keyboard intros

@jspihlman

Жыл бұрын

Good idea. "Megalomaniac" by Muse comes to mind for organ. Could include celesta in there with songs like "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" and "Hedwig's Theme" coming to mind.

@BooToadstool

Жыл бұрын

@@jspihlman Megalomania* and samee

@BlueManIan

20 күн бұрын

The Beatles "Because"

@jackthesmoltangerine

20 күн бұрын

@@BlueManIan yes

Delighted you included No Quarter and enjoyed the whole video.

Amazing how many great songs were written with the use of these classic keyboards

Loved this. Savoy Truffle! Haven't listened to that in years...

@STMRecords1

Жыл бұрын

The Ella Fitzgerald version has a great intro too and is probably the best cover of it I've heard.

For me Crystal Silence by Chick Corea is my immediate go to for what it sounds like. Electric piano has this almost soporific quality, it's so soothing to listen to many of the timbres of several iconic ones.

@BlueManIan

20 күн бұрын

You would love Steven Halpern's album "Spectrum Suite"!

11:27 A BECK SONG. Beck: one of my idols of all time. A real genius.

This is a really really good job, What keyboard are you using to produce the different sounds? Thanks so much for taking the time to produce this. It is wonderful!

great vid as always man! always make my day!

@gyrobyte626

Жыл бұрын

MAYBE WATCH IT FIRST

@penguinguy1814

Жыл бұрын

@@gyrobyte626 you really think he’s a bot just said he said great vid?💀

You can’t just make the whole thing Supertramp but I would include Child of Vision.

@sourisvoleur4854

Жыл бұрын

Yes!

@multi-purposebiped7419

Жыл бұрын

Rick Davies absolutely made the electric piano his own instrument.

@tedbyrne

Жыл бұрын

@@multi-purposebiped7419 Roger Hodgson was no slouch either. He played the wurly on the aforementioned Child of Vision.

@MKPiatkowski

Жыл бұрын

OMG, Child of Vision blew my mind the first time I heard it.

This, David, is the definition of a 'tour de force' -- the piano is apparently an extension of your soul.❤

I own a Casio WK 200 and my two favorite sounds on it are the Dyno EP ( Fender Rhodes emulator ) and 60s EP ( Wurlitzer emulator ) . The former I'd work with quite a bit. But after watching this I'm encouraged to work the latter a little bit more. I didn't realize just how widespread the use of the Wurlitzer has been down through the years

That’s all by genesis always sticks out to me, one of there more iconic beats

@garycitro1674

Жыл бұрын

Good call!

@nick326697

Жыл бұрын

Yamaha electric piano...as featured on a lot of Tony Banks/Genesis/Phil Collins stuff as well as Peter Gabriel, Simple Minds stuff

@garycitro1674

Жыл бұрын

@@nick326697 UK also. Indeed, in its time it was the closest thing to an actual piano.

A great selection. I note the density of songs from the early seventies. And great to see Supertramp - it's their trademark sound. Would have been great to hear something by the late Christine McVie who has just passed. For example, You Make Loving Fun from the Rumours album. Would have been good to hear something from Keane too. As they are a keyboard based rock band, I'm surprised to not see them featured more on your channel. And Good Enough by Dodgy would have been a great Britpop addition from the 90s

This was amazing! Loved it.

Inspirational stuff yet again; thank you.😊

The Mii Channel Theme ohmydayssssss

Another instant gem, DBP.

@DavidBennettPiano

Жыл бұрын

😊😊

That you can list 55 great Electric Piano Intros is a feat in itself 🔥and then you have them memorized! More of these please.

Loved seeing Snarky Puppy and Vulfpeck in there! I also love the simple, yet effective intro to Smile Meditation by Vulfpeck too! Fantastic medley and video!

Interesting to see the emergence of the Fender Rhodes, led by Stevie, in the 1970s.

A bit of an EP desert in the 1980s! I guess that was the synthesiser taking over. Apart from artists like Supertramp and Stevie Wonder, who are strongly associated with the instrument, EP flies a bit under the radar; a lot of the tracks I knew but wouldn't have instantly remembered that they have an EP intro.

Loved this, thanks David ❤️

Yes!!!!!! I have waited for this!!!!

The intro to Animals by Muse is a personal fave of mine

I realize they might not be the most popular pick, but Opeth used the electric piano to great effect on the intros to a couple of songs from their 2014 album Pale Communion, most notably on "Eternal Rains Will Come" and "Goblin".

Жыл бұрын

I love that album

@davidferguson7144

Жыл бұрын

That's just the way it is..... Bruce Hornsby and the Range

@nick326697

Жыл бұрын

Yes they did. Good call

Great medley!!! Hearing all those one after the other created for a rather dreamy experience.

One song that immediately comes to mind for me is "Diamond Dust" by Jeff Beck. An absolutely amazing song with one of the strongest yet functional chord progressions I've ever heard.

As someone who loves electric pianos, this video is excellent. One thing I would like to know is how did you identify the electric piano used in each of these songs David? I spend a lot of time trying to find the instrument used on some songs. Is there a database I don't know about? Or maybe your ear is just that good?

@grahamreece519

Жыл бұрын

you can just look it up, all of these songs are very well known and well documented

Kudos for including "Eat That Question" by Frank Zappa.

@nick326697

Жыл бұрын

Love that song. A great but very welcome surprise to the list. George Duke was so good on electric piano

I think that's one of your best ever vids. I love it. Tks.

Great list! Would’ve been nice to have seen some early Roxy Music make it’s way in there, particularly from the first couple of albums. Editions of You, Beauty Queen and 2HB spring to mind. Keep up the good work, very impressive!

@philmckenna5709

Жыл бұрын

I second that!

Magneto & Titanium! Deep cut 😄

@TheGerkuman

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately Dave Bennett was involved in a robbery that was due to happen at a quarter to three in the Main Street.