Best Piano Songs

robvam · 21-01-2009 5:20pm #1

I'm learning the piano and I know a good few great songs with amazing piano in them. But I would like to know more......
So I thought it would be fun to put together a thread dedicated to songs that had amazing piano parts. Throughout the whole song or even just part of it.
So if anyone has some good suggestions fire ahead.

Just to get it started here are some of mine...

*Something Corporate - Konstantine
*Counting Crows - Colourblind (Obviously)
*David Sides - Covers of Apologise & Umbrella (On YouTube)
*Sia - Breathe Me
*Moby - Rushing
*Some stuff from the 'Titanic Soundtrack'
*Mark Cohn - Walking in Memphis
And loads more, my mind has gone blank.

Anyway sure fire away .....

Rob

yevveh · 21-01-2009 6:13pm

Muse - Sunburn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbuNEBBAyl4

Just noticed Matt ducking down and then seeing his face in the mirror from 2:58 - 3:00. Ha!

Most Ben Folds stuff has pretty cool piano.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP8-1DIAY2o

Love the piano in the intro and bridge for Biffy's 'Mountains' - to cut down on the size of this post, here's the link instead. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGjDsVPV6VI

Sunset Rubdown's piano (well, keyboard) is cool, but I don't get the impression that's what you're looking for. That's all I can think off of the top of my head.

xOxSinéadxOx · 21-01-2009 8:06pm

david sides is like :eek: (in a good way)

alicia keys falling is always a good one

Insect Overlord · 22-01-2009 12:59am

"Piano Man" - Billy Joel

Nightwish · 22-01-2009 1:05am

Michael Nyman - The Heart Asks Pleasure First (Theme from The Piano)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dPS-EHl-FE

craiginireland · 22-01-2009 1:12am

Nightswimming by REM
Beatles - Martha My Dear

22-01-2009 1:13am

Death Cab for Cutie - Passenger seat and Transatlantism
Tom Waits - er.. lots of his stuff. Particularly like Martha
Love the tiny bit of piano at the end of Ryan Adam's version of wonderwall - just plays the little hook at the end...
Sigur Ros - Untitled #3 (a.k.a. "Samskeyti") on ()

Just a few that spring to mind

KateF · 22-01-2009 1:17am

A lot of Sia's music is good on piano

Kold · 22-01-2009 3:15am

You'll be wanting some Yann Tiersen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFLF-gh4C2M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wIbylO24gE

Thoms piano compositions have the benefit of being rather simple. There's a lot of beauty to them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0MI3gtaqfY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfFtIcQlpQk

Mmmm that's some good youtube right there.

Heisenberg. · 23-01-2009 1:32am

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Kold · 23-01-2009 2:13am

I forgot to mention Ludovico Einaudi. Fabulous stuff that isn't too complex either.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZKYUjv-nyM

And the talented Mr D James, although you may need to destroy your piano...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDIp9oyjO9s

grumpytrousers · 23-01-2009 10:47am

Life on Mars - David Bowie
You Never Can Tell - Chuck Berry
Good Thing - Fine Young Cannibals
Satellite of Love - Lou Reed

ArmCandyBaby · 23-01-2009 11:38am

Clocks by Coldplay. November Rain? Ultravox - Vienna... these aren't great i know. Hammer - Crokett's Theme (kinda...) Vangelis - Chariots of Fire. Robert Miles - Children

Everloving has my favourite piano bit by Moby but it's not really a piano song.

PhiliousPhogg · 24-01-2009 2:41am

Bohemian Rhapsody.

And A Day in the Life by the Beatles.

I tried to figure out a Richard D James piece before and failed miserably. Would sound nice though.

UncleBen · 24-01-2009 2:56am

I tried to figure out a Richard D James piece before and failed miserably. Would sound nice though.

Was it this one? It's a beauty.

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=MBFXJw7n-fU

Anima · 24-01-2009 3:24am

Silence and Motion FF8 piano OST

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur9xNeR7lSU

I love this piece, its so simple yet conveys a great deal. Its just perfect in my eyes.

Clair de lune

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CNV2eAc4zY

Its my favourite piece of all time, its just magical and timeless. Theres nothing I can see that you could take away or add, so therefore it is perfect.

Heisenberg. · 24-01-2009 3:26am

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Nolanger · 24-01-2009 3:17pm

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=eSKkyriwV_4

Call Me Jimmy · 24-01-2009 3:19pm

grumpytrousers wrote: »

Life on Mars - David Bowie

+1 dozen

dlofnep · 24-01-2009 3:20pm

Ludovico Einaudi - le onde

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr4FN_DOpSk&feature=related

Ludovico Einaudi - Fuori Dal Mondo

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=U8zXLQCx5gw&feature=related

Two of my favourites.

ArmCandyBaby · 24-01-2009 5:24pm

I heard Walking in Memphis last night - great piano song.

cautioner · 24-01-2009 7:52pm

robvam wrote: »

I'm learning the piano and I know a good few great songs with amazing piano in them. But I would like to know more......
So I thought it would be fun to put together a thread dedicated to songs that had amazing piano parts. Throughout the whole song or even just part of it.
So if anyone has some good suggestions fire ahead.

Just to get it started here are some of mine...

*Something Corporate - Konstantine
*Counting Crows - Colourblind (Obviously)
*David Sides - Covers of Apologise & Umbrella (On YouTube)
*Sia - Breathe Me
*Moby - Rushing
*Some stuff from the 'Titanic Soundtrack'
*Mark Cohn - Walking in Memphis
And loads more, my mind has gone blank.

Anyway sure fire away .....

Rob

Funny you should mention that, I came onto this thread with the intention of recommending Jimmy Eat World's "For Me This Is Heaven", the first line of which, coincidentally enough, is quoted by Something Corporate in that song.
Anyway:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rggoCNT-PFY

It can stand alone nicely without vocals as well, like EatMoreRamen's version.

PhiliousPhogg · 25-01-2009 7:35am

UncleBen wrote: »

Was it this one? It's a beauty.

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=MBFXJw7n-fU

No, this one, same album, I probably had a go at that one as well but I don't like it as much.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=7oGySic736I

keefg · 25-01-2009 12:33pm

That song that Tom Hanks and the Old Guy play on the giant piano in that film "Big"

Kold · 25-01-2009 4:03pm

keefg wrote: »

That song that Tom Hanks and the Old Guy play on the giant piano in that film "Big"

Chopsticks?

Photi · 25-01-2009 4:09pm

Red House Painters - Mistress

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfBQY4gFde8

Craig Armstrong - Romeo & Juliet Balcony Scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5038jSkjyIc

445279.ie · 25-01-2009 5:16pm

I love A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=pnkvhi1XOR8

keefg · 25-01-2009 7:38pm

Kold wrote: »

Chopsticks?

No, the other one. Don't know what it's called.

Thomas_S_Hunterson · 25-01-2009 7:47pm

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Into My Arms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG0-cncMpt8

deadhead13 · 25-01-2009 7:53pm

The Rolling stones - "Loving cup"

m83 · 25-01-2009 7:56pm

These haunt me to my very soul

Goldmund - Door of our home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPbcN_kfz4s

and

Goldmund - My neighbourhood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY_ezR5nz8w

Shonagh · 25-01-2009 8:20pm

evanescence - my immortal
anything from pirates of the caribbean
yiruma - river flows in you
vanessa carlton - a thousand miles
paramore - decode
onerepublic - apologise
pachelbel's canon in D
beethoven's fur elise

and like, songs like mgmt's kids, its not piano, but if you have a keyboard that has synth sounds, you can play stuff like thatm its a lot of fun =]

good luck with piano, its a great instrument =]

BaZmO* · 25-01-2009 8:32pm

Talk Talk - Life's What you Make It

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvMoRVrqx_I

Quint · 25-01-2009 8:40pm

Moonlight Sonata

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQVeaIHWWck

Muse - Starlight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgum6OT_VH8

robvam · 26-01-2009 9:41pm

Thanks a million everyone for the great response. You guys have posted some brilliant songs. Sure we might as well keep it going, it a very handy resource of great piano songs.
Here's a Guy playing a good version of one of the songs from the Titanic Soundtrack I was on about on my first post. I think he is playing it a little fast, still sounds good though.

Rose - Titanic (Piano Version)

Censorsh!t · 26-01-2009 11:57pm

(fork and knife) by brand new

We get on by Kate Nash

Hometown Glory by Adele

Quint · 27-01-2009 12:53am

Another few,
Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDxMQaMqsig

Sigur Ros - viðrar vel til loftárása

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akYuy2FMQk4

Beatles - Let It Be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67J_66hdN-I

How did this not get a mention?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEOkxRLzBf0

The piano bit from Layla!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfyIz3VMtzM

Coldplay - Trouble

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwGHQ6WyQFU

Coldplay - Clocks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9j_RZDqYc4

Pink Floyd - Great Gig in the Sky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBWY3bli92Y

Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYKJuDxYr3I

The Who - Baba O'Riley (this is worth a look!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PVlMTCG-BI

Elton John - Your Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTa8U0Wa0q8

Sútalún · 27-01-2009 1:35am

Quint wrote: »

Another few,

A lot of good ones there. I just learnt Hoppipolla the other day. Fairly simple but sounds amazing!
A few others -
Damien Rice - 9 Crimes
Coldplay - Amsterdam
Radiohead - Everything in its Right Place
Radiohead - Pyramid Song

Kevster · 27-01-2009 10:11am

craiginireland wrote: »

Nightswimming by REM

Excellent choice - really is. Here are my choices:

Elton John - I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
Elton John - Candle In The Wind

yerayeah · 27-01-2009 2:21pm

Love the thread!!

A few I can think of off the top of my head are:
Rocket Man by Elton John
Air on a G String by Bach
Jungleland by Bruce Springsteen

robvam · 27-01-2009 10:48pm

Quint wrote: »

The Who - Baba O'Riley (this is worth a look!)

The Guy playing in that video is a legend.

Kevster · 27-01-2009 11:13pm

yerayeah wrote: »

Air on a G String by Bach

Wait a second dude - There's absolutely no piano-use in this classial music piece. It's purely the violin.

bad2theboneB · 28-01-2009 12:07am

Muse - Butterflies and hurricanes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHKSrS8vJyI

The piano solo is unbelievable, starts at 2.48!
Can`t believe this wasn`t mentioned yet!

Sútalún · 28-01-2009 11:55am

bad2theboneB wrote: »

Muse - Butterflies and hurricanes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHKSrS8vJyI

The piano solo is unbelievable, starts at 2.48!
Can`t believe this wasn`t mentioned yet!

Yeah it's incredible alright. It's impossible to learn.

That and Sunburn.. Muse really have some immense piano based songs.
Songs are just created around them.

Heisenberg. · 28-01-2009 4:02pm

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Ian C · 28-01-2009 5:22pm

Radiohead's "How I Made My Millions":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLskmdOjroM

Very simple song, but I've always been fond of it. Even if the piano is a little out of tune! :pac:

Quint · 28-01-2009 6:43pm

This gets a bit mental!
Rick Wakeman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05k8DgEXZXM

yerayeah · 28-01-2009 6:43pm

Kevster wrote: »

Wait a second dude - There's absolutely no piano-use in this classial music piece. It's purely the violin.

Oops:o I just learned it on piano!! Sounds good on piano and not too hard to play!

Kevster · 28-01-2009 9:50pm

yerayeah wrote: »

Oops:o I just learned it on piano!! Sounds good on piano and not too hard to play!

Oh really? - That's very interesting. You don't have a copy of this do you? - I mean, your version of it on the piano.

Kevin

yerayeah · 29-01-2009 8:55pm

Kevster wrote: »

Oh really? - That's very interesting. You don't have a copy of this do you? - I mean, your version of it on the piano.

Kevin

I found it in a book at home that had a collection of classical pieces that had been in films. I'm in college at the moment though so I don't know the name of the book.

Kevster · 29-01-2009 10:00pm

yerayeah wrote: »

I found it in a book at home that had a collection of classical pieces that had been in films. I'm in college at the moment though so I don't know the name of the book.

That's okay - Don't worry about it dude.

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