The fact you did that all in one take is even more insane

@DavidBennettPiano

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

@allenpaley

8 ай бұрын

@@DavidBennettPiano One take, WITH a mid-roll ad read! Was the ad read disruptive to your performance flow, or was it a welcome break?

👏Wonderfully done! Might need to pickup some piano lessons now.

@DavidBennettPiano

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Paul! Mad respect to you too!

@yokeshhsekoy

Жыл бұрын

Funny I came straight from Paul's one-take video into this only to find Paul's comment here. You two gents have been killing it!

@andercert70

Жыл бұрын

Music analysis youtube channel synergy! I love all you folks out there doing these music channels. And mad props to the chops on both of you. You both set a yourselves massive difficult task and executed it wonderfully.

@jguerrerocam

Жыл бұрын

Masters both!!

@blackparadiize2373

Жыл бұрын

radiohead-ben folds it’s amazing too

That’s how you include an ad. Brief, relevant, and not forced on the audience before they even know if this video holds the content they were looking for.

As a piano player I can say that it might not be so hard to play these tunes however it is extremely rare and impressive that you nail each one perfectly.

The Entertainer 0:13 Take the A Train 0:20 Mess Around 0:27 Hallelujah I Love Her So 0:32 Just a Gigolo 0:40 My Baby Just Cares For Me 0:45 Blue Rondo a la Turk 0:55 Money (That's What I Want) 1:02 Cantaloupe Island 1:09 Linus and Lucy 1:19 She's a Rainbow 1:25 Lady Madonna 1:39 Martha My Dear 1:48 Sexy Sadie 2:07 Hey Bulldog 2:20 Bridge Over Troubled Water 2:29 Let It Be 2:44 Close To You 2:58 Your Song 3:07 Maybe I'm Amazed 3:17 Imagine 3:30 Oh! You Pretty Things 3:42 Without You 4:00 Morning Has Broken 4:09 Lean On Me 4:20 The Great Gig in the Sky 4:32 Piano Man 4:49 Desperado 4:57 Firth of Fifth 5:15 Tubular Bells 5:24 Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me 5:34 Seven Seas of Rhye 5:49 December, 1963 5:58 Mamma Mia 6:10 Year of the Cat 6:18 Money, Money, Money 6:28 Cold As Ice 6:37 Nobody Does It Better 6:46 *** Easy - Commodores 6:55 Vienna - Billy Joel 7:09 Hold the Line - Toto 7:24 Wuthering Heights 7:35 Because the Night 7:43 I Don't Like Mondays 7:53 It Must Be Love 8:26 Don't Stop Believin' 8:35 Head over Heals - Tears For Fear 8:44 The Way It Is 8:54 *** Walking in Memphis 9:03 (Everything I Do) I Do It For You 9:12 Children - Robert Miles 9:27 *** You Do Something To Me 9:45 Don't Look Back In Anger 9:56 Sunburn - Muse 10:09 Still D.R.E. 10:20 In The End - Linkin Park 10:27 *** Pyramid Song 10:37 The Luckiest - Ben Folds 10:57 Hallelujah 11:18 Clocks 11:26 A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton 11:35 Feel - Robbie Williams 11:47 Mad World 11:57 If I Ain't Got You - Alicia Keys 12:07 Everytime - Britney Spears 12:22 Bring Me To Life - Evanescence 12:34 This Love - Maroon 5 12:45 Breathe Me - Sia 12:57 Bad Day - Daniel Powter 13:06 Welcome To the Black Parade - My Chemical Romance 13:14 How To Save a Life - The Fray 13:29 Unfaithful - Rihanna 13:39 Starlight - Muse 13:53 Love Song - Sara Bareilles 14:03 To Build a Home - The Cinematic Orchestra 14:13 Halo - Beyonce 14:33 Someone Like You 14:47 Another Love - Tom Odell 15:04 All Of Me - John Legend 15:23 7 Years - Lucas Graham 15:32

@goodtimeswerehad

Жыл бұрын

Links please lol!!!

@orazzak

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the effort. I was using the video as a basis for a playlist and found I had 79 not 80 songs. Would have had to go back and zip through the whole thing if it weren't for this list!

@dylanjones3497

Жыл бұрын

Because The Night is 7:43 not 7:34

@striverfor7628

Жыл бұрын

@@dylanjones3497 thanks

@michaellangridge7679

Жыл бұрын

oooh how like

I love that you have credited the piano player of each song. You have essentially done a piano replay of my life in music. How you chose exactly the tunes that I used to play was amazing to me since some of these are not so mainstream.

@nickharvey7233

Жыл бұрын

Just what I was thinking. Although my "life" only picks up post 6-minute mark, all of the music has been part of my experience. Well done indeed.

@kennethben-boulo7127

Жыл бұрын

Anyone knows a song that goes like Dun dun Dundun dun Dun Dun dun Dun Dun Dun Dun Dundun dun Dun Please help me find it 🙏

"Let it Be" always gets me. That was my uncle's favorite Beatles song for sure, maybe his favorite song overall. Just a great, great song.

@CrowClouds

Сағат бұрын

I feel cheated out of appreciating Let It Be because it's so overplayed that I never got a chance to enjoy it if that makes sense.

Thank you for including BOTH Martha My Dear & Hey Bulldog - both songs are criminally underrated hidden gems 🤩

@CanumVenaticorum

5 ай бұрын

But where "You Never Give Me Your Money"???

@maxthornton9500

5 ай бұрын

didn't even think of that, great shout@@CanumVenaticorum

@SnoopyReads

4 ай бұрын

I think he might be a Beatles fan

@plue159

3 ай бұрын

@@SnoopyReads he definitely a beatles fan mate xDD he made a lots beatles vids.

@SnoopyReads

3 ай бұрын

@@plue159 I Knew IT! I am very observant

Billy Joel could fill an entire top 20 with his piano intros, Prelude, Miami 2017, Summer Highland Falls, Goodnight Saigon, Scenes From an Italian Restaurant, etc. But also missing are Karma Police, Coldplay’s The Scientist and Everglow, Damian Rice’s 9 Crimes and Dire Straits’ Love Over Gold.

@jeff0125

Жыл бұрын

Yes, Piano Man is iconic, but I'd put those and quite a few others on this type of list. In addition to those: Captain Jack, Only the Good Die Young, Ain't No Crime, NY State of Mind, Baby Grand.

@justind5726

Жыл бұрын

Yeah but Elton will always be better mate.

@seanscanlon9067

4 ай бұрын

@@justind5726 Better how?

@brucetowell3432

3 ай бұрын

@@justind5726 Have to disagree, Billy is tops;-)

@herrp8765

Ай бұрын

Love Over Gold is a great tune

Delighted that you included "Martha My Dear" along with McCartney's better known gems. What a wonderful tune, and I particularly like the orchestral bridge built off that opening theme too (courtesy of George Martin).

@gabrielmarinho8232

Жыл бұрын

Every time I hear this song, it gets better and better. One of those I can't get enough of

@spindriftdrinker

Жыл бұрын

"Martha" is surely less well-known than "Hey Jude" or "Let it Be" but I would imagine that any Beatles fan would know it. There are some great Beatles songs that are a lot less well-known than "Martha" - "the Inner Light" comes to mind...

@davidbstang116

Жыл бұрын

I've always loved "Martha" too, now I'm inspired to sit down and learn it!

@martifingers

Жыл бұрын

Yes indeed. It's very complex in quite subtle ways.

@yobculture

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree. I was surprised that it was included. This is an often-overlooked Beatles gem and the piano intro astounded me when I was a child and still astounds me to this day. Pure genius.

This is one of the greatest combinations of piano intros I've ever heard. I'm so glad you included a wide variety of musical styles too. Fascinating!

This guy is some amazing musician. He excels at keyboard and music theory, of course, but also at a music skill I've never thought of, i.e. music research. To find examples of his various topics is impressive. Bravo, young man.

Good to see Pink Floyd's "Great Gig........" made the list. I find it just as satisfying to play on the guitar

This is great. Weirdly enough, I think there isn't enough piano love in the community

@typebpositive2180

Жыл бұрын

from my perspective, 6h later, there is, and this is the perfect place to show it. Hi five! NO! high 10!

@MarshallMathers3000

Жыл бұрын

I think this video just confirmed that piano is the most beautiful instrument

@gorgolyt

Жыл бұрын

...which community?

Woah this is insane! I’m a violinist so I know how difficult it can be to memorize music, but to memorize so many different pieces, and then to play them all in order??! That’s crazy, this must have taken a lot of work. Amazing job, you’re very talented!!

@spaghettisauce445

3 ай бұрын

its way easier to memorize songs on any instrument compared to violin since its the hardest instrument

@crazypenguin3512

Ай бұрын

@@spaghettisauce445 violin is not the hardests lmao

Just amazing😮 And all in one take. Flowing from one style to another like that is just jaw-dropping

Keane - Somewhere only we know , definitely deserves to be in a volume 2

@jjrc7424

Жыл бұрын

pretty much any Keane song from the first two albums tbh

@23max232323232323

2 ай бұрын

And more so Everybody's Changing!

@terrancekawles7693

Ай бұрын

Two for volume 2: Billy Joel 1. Miami 2017 2. New York State of Mind

Note perfect, beautifully done. Nice inclusion of Weller. Rd 2: "Werewolves of London", "Editions Of You", Lou Reed's "Berlin"

@johnpaullennon

Жыл бұрын

Also: Radiohead - "Daydreaming"; The Who - "Love, Reign O'er Me"; Jerry Lee Lewis - "Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On".

Sad that piano intros seem to be less and less popular these days. You played multiple intros for each year from the 70s, but the past few years they seem to be hard to find. PS You're a genius!

@nato.8169

4 ай бұрын

Steal my girl by one direction has a great riff in terms of modern pop

I think "light my fire"-1967 Should be on the list My favourite intro ever

@blcksmth

3 ай бұрын

That is a keyboard intro, NOT piano. Maybe Electric Piano, but that is NOT the topic of this video.

I don’t know why but this (and Paul Davids’ which I subsequently watched) made me really emotional. LOVED IT! I hope to see other creators do this for drum intros, vocal intros, whatever else there is!

@typebpositive2180

Жыл бұрын

i know why. They touched all of our different nostalgia points.

@danteshydratshirt2360

Жыл бұрын

Rick Beato ( even though I dont like his limited tastes ) has done quite a few videos of various intros

@WayneKitching

Жыл бұрын

@@danteshydratshirt2360 Limited tastes? Just a few days ago he mentioned that he likes Baby Shark! 😂

@danteshydratshirt2360

Жыл бұрын

@@WayneKitching Beato is largely 99% classic rock fan which rarely strays from tha and 90s grunge era stuff

@WayneKitching

Жыл бұрын

@@danteshydratshirt2360 I suppose that's true for "What makes this song great." He also loves jazz, film scores, Animals as Leaders and Tool, among others.

Great Collection! I would add: Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen Love of my Life - Queen Lavender - Marillion Summer ‘68 - Pink Floyd Fool’s Overture - Supertramp Come Sail Away - Styx Ammonia Avenue - Alan Parson’s Project Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins Right Now - Van Halen November Rain - Guns N’ Roses

@cakemartyr5794

Жыл бұрын

I'd second Lavender

@jbennymusic4181

Жыл бұрын

Supertramp and Styx lets go!! 💪

@yamannazli7449

Жыл бұрын

yea right now has one of the best tones

@YusukeTV21

Жыл бұрын

also the "Bohemian Rhapsody" of Queen

@ustedtubo

Жыл бұрын

Thought of some more good piano intros: Love Reign O'er Me - The Who Heaven Can Wait - Meat Loaf Bloody Well Right - Supertramp The Turn of a Friendly Card - Alan Parsons Project On the Dark Side - John Cafferty Faithfully - Journey Sister Christian - Night Ranger Lovers in the Wind - Roger Hodgson The Search is Over - Survivor The Promise - When in Rome And finally a deep cut: Variaciones Sobre Música del Alma (Live) - Charly García

To play 80 amazing piano intros so faultlessly is an incredible achievement in its own right….but to nail the “feel and mood” of each piece is simply outstanding. True musicianship at its very best.

@davyiseatingasandwich

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, this had to have been REALLY hard to do! Big kudos to you, David!

I had the piano part from "December 1963" (5:58) in my head. Knew no other lyrics, just the piano. Took a shot in the dark with this video, found by searching "famous piano intros" and you saved me! Thank you for posting!

Those were great selections. The only ones I would have added were "Tiny Dancer" by Elton John, "100 Years" by Five For Fighting, and "The Scientist" by Coldplay.

@AlexPies1

Жыл бұрын

reading this before i finished the video and i am now very disappointed that 100 Years isn't on the list. especially considering that Oasis song sounded exactly like Imagine

@arunashamal

Жыл бұрын

The reason by Hobbastank should've been there

@MysteryMommy1

Жыл бұрын

And Head Over Heels by the Go-Gos

@JANEWtyh

Жыл бұрын

Come Sail Away should have been on there too

@oscarsimpson8973

Жыл бұрын

bohemian rhapsody shouldve been there too

Amazing! I can only imagine the practice required to nail all those intros note perfectly! And it doesn't matter how many times I hear the opening chords from Great Gig in the Sky, I get goosebumps!

Wow! I can’t believe that you did that all in one take! Super impressive and a heck of a memory!

I just love the fact that you put so much feeling in every little piece you play.

It's great to see such a wide variety of genres getting recognition, one next to the other, without elitist pretenses

Love this. Wish there were full length versions of many of these songs. Your brief clips of these Piano lines [intros] are all so spot on.

Ok this video took me three hours to watch because of all the side streets off memory lane that had me adding songs to a new playlist. Thank you SO MUCH for doing this. You're an inspiration and a kind soul.

Seriously I can't even comprehend how much practice and how difficult it would have been to nail this. I wonder how many takes it would have taken to get it to a stage where you were happy with each track. Good job bud!

It made me realise that "Don't Look Back in Anger" is just about the same as "Imagine", only louder!

@danteshydratshirt2360

Жыл бұрын

Oasis lifting from The Beatles...I'm shocked :)

My favorite of these is "Morning is Broken", as my mom used to sing that song to wake me up for school growing up, and I just think the piano work is incredible. This was wonderful, very impressed by the "Firth of Fifth" one too!

@danielblack2790

Жыл бұрын

yes morning has broken is one of my favorites as well :)

@mrbassman7184

Жыл бұрын

Oddly enough I use to sing that as a goodnight song to my kids. But we're not English speaking so it works kinda well anyway. 🙂

@Gottenhimfella

Жыл бұрын

He credits Rick Wakeman with performing it, but he actually composed and arranged the piano throughout. And didn't get credited, or even paid. At least not at the time.

That was mesmerizing, David. Thanks so much!

Thank you for including Hey Bulldog!!! Such an overlooked gem of a song!

80 really amazing picks! Thank you. The way you performed Bridge over Troubled Water and Let it Be hit right in the feels...

Great list!! I would definitely add "Nobody Home" by Pink Floyd, and maybe "Somebody to Love" by Queen and John Lennon's "Love", though I have no clue which of the 80 I would take out to make room for those

@GizzyDillespee

Жыл бұрын

He already did Lennon, so Oasis could be skipped. Oh snap

@sawcrab2249

Жыл бұрын

I 100% agree on Nobody Home, and was wondering if anyone else in here felt the way I do.

@felins2294

Жыл бұрын

the great gig in the sky is awesome too

@brixenlang3207

Жыл бұрын

Didn’t “Somebody to Love” had a vocal intro?

@andriealinsangao613

Жыл бұрын

Well, take out the boring "jazz" intros at the beginning, slip on those three songs!

That was just excellent. Amazing how all those intros/songs are imbedded into the world and the public's psyche. "Music is the Best" - Frank Zappa

Effen love it. That was so good. Thank you so much David!

I don't know how you managed to do all that in one take so kudos for that and I'm so glad you did Firth of Fifth. There seemed to be a massive gap in the 80s and 90s. A few off the top of my head: Marillion - Lavender REM - Nightswimming Tori Amos - Winter / Precious Things / Silent All These Years Annie Lennox - Walking on Broken Glass

@bigmac2499

Жыл бұрын

Nightswimming is magic. Walking on broken glass is also fantastic.

@NYChica23

Жыл бұрын

All good choices, and also add November Rain to that list

@oscarestrada5594

Жыл бұрын

Good choices, but don't forget Home Sweet Home.

@charlie172011

Жыл бұрын

Also "New Born" and "Exogenesis: Part II" by Muse.

@jim122

Жыл бұрын

All of these are amazing choices, he also missed Keane - Somewhere Only We Know

Very happy to see so many of my favorites on here (especially Queen and Billy Joel)! There were a TON of piano intros in the 70s, apparently!

whoa!!! What a truckload of memories that was!!!!! BRAVO!!!!!

I enjoyed it so much! It's amazing how everything changes over some decades.

Great work including Firth of Fifth on the list! For a future second part, you could also add the intro from The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway. Another iconic Tony Banks piece, who deserves to be twice (or more) on the list

@aron-new9391

Жыл бұрын

Though I would say that intro goes on just a little longer than the part that David played ;)

@lucabloor1086

Жыл бұрын

Was super happy to see it made the list! 😅

@MikeB04

Жыл бұрын

Other than the Beatles, I didn't hear any other artists repeated. Tony Banks could take up half this list with his piano intros alone!

@supertuscans9512

Жыл бұрын

Billy Joel *2, Elton John*2

@KlausSgroi

Жыл бұрын

The guy is a freaking genius of the keys. David could do a whole video about Tony Banks.

So many good intros but Firth of Fifth is ❤️

@roccoholmes5540

Жыл бұрын

Genesis is a brilliant band That album was brilliant

@ucantfuckwithenrry5827

11 ай бұрын

Facts

My favourite piano intro is from Giulietta (Жулиета, Juliet), a song by the Bulgarian progressive rock/ new wave band Tangra. It's performed by Yordan "Danny" Ganchev, whom I have the honour to know personally as well. On concerts he usually preceeds the song with an impression that also serves as a lengthy keyboard/piano solo as an instrumental break during the show. This song has some of the greatest keyboards in rock ever.

as a die hard muse fan im so glad you put sunburn but it does feel weird not to mention new born's intro when it comes to iconic/great piano intros. Amazing video

David, truly a herculean performance - simply amazing. It must be gratifying to know many, many people are just as appreciative. Kudos to you my man.

I must say you are rather talented old boy! I always loved "Martha My Dear". It was my favourite song on the White album when I first heard it when I was four in 1976

Wow - all that by ear in one take - amazing stuff.

I come back every now and then for my fix! Well worth watching more than once

I love the chronological order and the large variety. Thank you for sharing your talent with us.

@vincentstruxiano7109

Жыл бұрын

I don't think it is a large variety, it's quite the opposite actually, and it's precisely what I regret in this video. It's a 100% brit-american, pop-rock set (except fot a little bit of jazz at the beginning). There are lots of cool piano tunes coming from the rest of the world.

Great choices and killer playing! Made it look effortless. Also great pick with oh you pretty things

@DavidBennettPiano

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I hope these songs be included in your next feature intros: Oh my love - John Lennon Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen Georgy Peorgy - Toto Somebody - Depeche Mode Beauty & Madness - Fra Lippo Lippi I will do anything for love - Meatloaf Everglow - Coldplay Great performance & video!

@tumourwizard

9 ай бұрын

bohemian rhapsody intro is acapella

@owenkelly4902

9 ай бұрын

Drops of Jupiter as well

@alejandrocanalesgonzalez2851

7 ай бұрын

November rain - Guns 'n' Roses.

@damonmoon436

7 ай бұрын

"oh my love" give me chills

You can really feel the music evolving though the years

Lovely musical tour! Thank you for this melodic treat, David!

Wonderful! Wonderful! I got most (without looking) but not all. What struck me was how similar many were but also how many stood out after just a few notes - remarkable songwriting. You are a genii, Mr Bennett, and no mistake 😊

Great selection of intros....brings back some great memories like on a nostalgic journey.

I believe Some of you are looking for the ‘Literally Every Piano Intro Ever Written’ video. There you will find the songs you’re looking for.

Great selection and great playing! Cool to hear those Bowie and Genesis songs included, as well as Billy Joel's beautiful Vienna. One I feel was missed was Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - not a super complicated intro but instantly recognizable.

@jeffisrael3773

11 ай бұрын

I don’t get doing Vienna, but not doing the best rock song of all time, Only the Good Die Young.

@ColeCareyisnotabutthole

5 ай бұрын

@@jeffisrael3773idk who else says that’s the best rock song of all time, but I think Vienna is considerably more popular lol

Wow David, this was freaking awesome! My favorite is Firth of Fifth, I’m learning it right now, sooo much fun with all those odd meters

Absolutely superb,. Made me dig into my music collection to play these great classic pieces of music!

I play about half of these tunes on my channel but you do it so much better, David. Bravo!

Amazing job David, this compilation really hit me in the feels!

Fantastic job! It's absolutely amazing that you were able to play all these 80 songs (let alone remembering them all) in one take and without flinching. Not to mention a commercial break for flowkey right in the middle. Only obvious omission I can think of was Tiny Dancer by Elton John. I'd personally put it above his other two.

@OlieSlagerMusic

Жыл бұрын

Actually, a lot of Elton John songs could have been added. Like "Song for guy"

@potato-whiz

9 ай бұрын

Yes I thought that one as well as Bohemian Rhapsody

Wonderful, well done and thank you! Quite notable how the quality and originality of the song-writing deteriorated with time, with so many more great ear-catchers in the earlier material.

really well put together. thought i might have seen riders on the storm, but every song here is so deserving. great video dude

That was quite impressive!!! Those intros all hit just like the first time I heard each one of these songs!!! Well done!

Loved it, watched Paul David's when it came out. Yours was just as impressive. In graduate school and every Thanksgiving I put on George Winston December. Love Carol of the Bells. Thanks for the smile David.

watching this video probably took me about 4 times longer than the length of this video. Every time one of the intros you played gave me goosebumps I had to go listen to the song. Thanks

I'm surprised you didn't have "Bohemian Rhapsody" on here, but I will never argue with "Seven Seas of Rhye." Great job doing all of these in a long take.

@bourbon2242

Жыл бұрын

Bohemian Rhapsody doesn’t begin with the piano

@Chigger

Жыл бұрын

@@bourbon2242 You're right, but it marks the beginning of the two sections after the real intro. Also, in several live performances, "Bohemian Rhapsody" is started with the piano riff.

@griffinconaway732

Жыл бұрын

@@Chigger so its not the intro

@jmnmsapo1

Жыл бұрын

I missed it too, but in fact isn't the intro.

@pluplume29

Жыл бұрын

ça m'as telement surpris aussi!

fantastic list! my additions would be: • Queen - Love Of My Life • Billy Joel - Prelude (Angry Young Man) [though I understand why you wouldn't want to try to play this in a one-take video haha] • Train - Drops of Jupiter • Five For Fighting - 100 Years • Michael Bublé - Haven't Met You Yet • Adele - Set Fire To The Rain

@jdemrick

Жыл бұрын

foreplay longtime -Boston if organs count..

Wow. Just...wow. Fantastic selection, incredibly well performed! Seven Seas Of Rhye and The Luckiest are two of my all-time favorite songs, although with Ben Folds just about any song might fit in (Still comes to mind). This was also educational: I never knew Gary "Dreamweaver" Wright played piano on Harry Nilsson's Without You, Rick Wakeman on Cat Stevens' Morning Has Broken, and Little Feat's Bill Payne on Bryan Adams' (Everything I Do) I Do It For You!

That was totally awesome on many levels !! Thank you

Really brilliant!! I was only slightly sad that you didn't do "You Never Give Me Your Money", but I guess the Beatles can easily get overrepresented.

@brixenlang3207

Жыл бұрын

ikr? it was shown 5 times in this video :0

@DavidBennettPiano

Жыл бұрын

I’ll make sure to have it in the next video 😊

@travelservices1200

Жыл бұрын

@@DavidBennettPiano You're the King, David. (Sorry)

@mamymimma

Жыл бұрын

@@DavidBennettPiano oh yes, a second video 👏

@you_tubeslonelyheartsclubband

Жыл бұрын

@@brixenlang3207 I think they deserve it. With *Paul McCartney* on piano, who has a natural gift for melody, those songs better be on there!

Amazing work. A couple great Elton John intros I might suggest: "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues" From Billy Joel, I'd suggest "New York State of Mind", and "Night Is Still Young" if you wanted to get a little more obscure. "Kissing A Fool" by George Michael has a great, short piano intro too.

@jordimandujanoramos

Жыл бұрын

In Elton John intros i would suggest Honky Cat. I think is awesome

7:17 OMG thanks for including Vienna!! I love it so much.

Absolutely fantastic job! I think some early to mid 90s female piano players were left out. Tori Amos (Silent All These Years, Winter), Natalie Merchant (Verdi Cries, My Skin), and Sarah McLachlan (Angel, Adia, though maybe not technically a piano only intro). I was surprised Bohemian Rhapsody didn't make it. Others for another list may be: My Immortal, Listen To Your Heart, Tiny Dancer.

@mori1bund

11 ай бұрын

I guess he left out Bohemian Rhapsody because it has an acapella intro before the piano part.

@derekcazel899

11 ай бұрын

@@mori1bund Very good point.

Nice inclusion of a couple of ABBA tunes! Benny doesn't get enough love for his piano skills. Though I'm a bit surprised "SOS" didn't make the cut... what a great piano part that is. "Vienna" was a great choice for Billy Joel -- "Root Beer Rag" and the prelude to "Angry Young Man" are also both awesome. Some Styx also would not go amiss -- "Come Sail Away" and "Lady" both have great intros.

@fs55261

Жыл бұрын

I was hoping Prelude would be there too 😥😥

@jayneubauer3401

Жыл бұрын

Styx was my first thought as well! And Kansas as well!

@GoddessPallasAthena

Жыл бұрын

Very true. I was definitely thinking of "Come Sail Away" but yes, agree with "Lady" as well!

@gregsullivan7408

Жыл бұрын

Yep SOS is excellent, partly due to the wonderful Flanger effect used on the piano.

Some great choices - here's a few more: "She's always a woman" (Billy Joel), "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (Elton John), "Real Men" (Joe Jackson), "Brilliant Corners" (Thelonious Monk), "I Feel the Earth Move" (Carole King)", "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" (Jim Croce), "Saturday in the Park" (Chicago), "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" (Warren Zevon), "Think" (Aretha Franklin)...

@robertberman6692

2 ай бұрын

Good choices. "I Feel the Earth Move" was the first "shoulda been included" that I thought of. And Joe Jackson "Steppin' Out." Dan Fogelberg "Heartbreak Hotels." Imogen Heap "You Know Where to Find Me." Keith Green "Rushing Wind." Chicago "Hard to Say I'm Sorry." Journey "Who's Crying Now." Survivor "The Search Is Over." In general, more early 20th century songs would be good as well.

I am beyond delighted that I have stumbled on your videos! Fantastic. Thank you

I had to stop at "Nobody does it better" which should have been the title of this video. Really , truly amazing stuff!

That was really amazing I can't imagine how much time and effort you put into this not to talk about recording over and over. I play piano too and I know what it feels like when you want it to be perfect. Subscribed and liked

@DavidBennettPiano

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Genuinely shocked you didn’t include Karma Police, given how much Radiohead feature in your videos. One of the most iconic piano intros of all time.

@samp4184

Жыл бұрын

I think Sexy Sadie might have disqualified it

I take it all back about the 70s', great to hear all those intro's well done

Thank you for the impressive and informative video. A few other piano intros that are distinctive and set the mood for their songs: Tiny Dancer (Elton John), Roll with the Changes (REO Speedwagon), Manic Monday (The Bangles, Prince), Brick (Ben Folds), Ashes to Ashes (David Bowie)

Lovely to hear 'David Bennett Piano' play some actual piano! You're playing the Nord Grand, right? It sounds great! How does it feel compared to a real piano?

@DavidBennettPiano

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! The Nord Grand feels amazing! My reaction when I played it for the first time was literally "this is the Elder Wand of digital pianos!!"

@olivercowan8719

Жыл бұрын

@@DavidBennettPiano do you prefer the Nord piano or the Nord grand?

@DavidBennettPiano

Жыл бұрын

@@olivercowan8719 Nord Piano is the 2nd best digital piano I’ve tried… Nord Grand is the best 😊

@envyyou1979

Жыл бұрын

@@DavidBennettPiano However, no electric piano makes you part of the resonance / sound box like any acoustic piano. Actually an upright piano moreso than any grand piano.

@SpitfireRoad

Жыл бұрын

@@envyyou1979Played a fully reconditioned upright grand a while back. Over 100 years old. The sound resonated like you suggested. Through every fiber of my being. The restorer referred to it as Sir.

Awesome!!! One of my favourites is Supertramp´s Bloody Well Right…love that piano intro…Many thanks David for all your videos!!

@gerardscimeca2487

Жыл бұрын

What, no Sister Christian?!? Great electric piano intro on Supertramp, same with London Town, I think all of these were acoustic. Could do a video like this with just a handful of artists, McCartney (would have liked Maybe I'm Amazed), Elton John, Billy Joel, Springsteen (Jungleland would have been nice here, song literally has 2 piano intros to start).

@BenWeeks-ca

Жыл бұрын

We could add "Take The Long Way Home" and the EPIC meatloaf "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I won't do that)"

@chaplainmattsanders4884

Жыл бұрын

I second that! Bloody well right has a great intro!

@bobinscotland

Жыл бұрын

@@chaplainmattsanders4884 Would probably need half the video just for that... lol

This is just brilliant.... Loved every one..

Awesome, thank you for doing this.

Really missing ABBA's "The Winner Takes It All" (1980), it has one of the most beautiful piano intros imho. Joni Mitchell's "River" and Tori Amos's "Silent All These Years" deserve a place in this wonderful video too.

@griffinconaway732

Жыл бұрын

Make your own video

Seamless and instantly recognisable...great job!!!

Awesome job!!!!! I think it felt a tiny bit weird not having these: Donny Hathaway - A Song for You (1971) Black Sabbath - Changes (1972) Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (1975) Guns n' Roses - November Rain (1991) Either way, congratulations. Not an easy feat and it was great!

@johnyg30518

Жыл бұрын

Probably a likely demonization take down for each of those bands. Same for Van Halen - "Right Now"

@dindinea

3 ай бұрын

Bohemian Rhapsody doesn't starts with piano, it starts with "Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?"

So well played and so many great songs! It often sounded like I was listening to the original recordings. Wish I could play the piano!

@DavidBennettPiano

8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Very nicely done - it's hard to switch between that many songs that quickly for that long. Nice work!

Part 2 coming soon!!

@thesovietunion9542

Жыл бұрын

I feel like you underestimated some of Billy Joel’s and some of David Brubeck’s intros…..

@aliyaf9869

Жыл бұрын

@@thesovietunion9542 it’s a personal taste for some, like David he really likes the Beatles and appreciates their musicianship more than other artists. I think he found some great tunes and whilst other artists might have better intros sometimes it’s up to the listener to decide.

@brain-thomas

Жыл бұрын

Kudos for playing all in one take, extra kudos for good taste and an extra award for not only playing it right, but also getting the feel and the essence of each song across!

@DavidBennettPiano

Жыл бұрын

@@brain-thomas thank you!

@nimnone

Жыл бұрын

Can you make one 10 ten piano tunes/parts in video games? With To Zanarkand, FFX on 1st place 🥇

"That was difficult" - it did not look or sound it!! Just marvellous. X

Fantastic job! One that definitely needs to be included in round 2 is Come Sail Away by Styx.

1:48 I'm glad you played so much of Martha My Dear. Such a beautiful piece. And then that transition into Sexy Sadie! Bravo!