Top 15 Keyboard/Piano Riffs

[OzzyVanHalen]

Name Your Top 15 Synth/Keyboard/Piano Riffs Can You Do It??

 

[The Beatles]

The Beatles- Hey Bulldog x 15

 

[architect]

off the top of my head....

I love the opening piano to Billy Joel's Miami 2017 (Seen the lights go out on Broadway)

 

[METALPRIEST]

There are SOOO many that I don't think I could just hit 15 right now, but this is a fun thread and I can add them little by little as they come to me for sure...I can make it to 15 that way (and then some)

 

[Kuaizi]

A few of my favorites:





Ben Folds Five - Philosophy
Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels
John Lennon - Imagine
The Commodores - Easy
ELP - Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression pt 2
Styx - Come Sail Away
Genesis - That's All
Billy Joel - Miami 2017 (I've Seen the Lights Go Down on Broadway)
Elton John - Funeral for a Friend
Elton John - Tiny Dancer
Tori Amos - Blood Roses
Van Halen - Right Now
Rick Wakeman - The Battle

 

[METALPRIEST]

 

[conan23]

great piano riffs

I'm not coming up with any specific riffs, but I think any discussion on rock piano has to include Jim Steinman, a great piano man.

 

[Khor1255]

Excerpts from Six Wives of Henry VIII - Live Rick Wakeman from Yes
Take a Pebble - Kieth Emmerson - ELP
No Opportunity Necessary No Experience Required - Tony Kaye - Yes
The Gates of Delirium - Patrick Moraz - Yes
Foreplay - Long Time - Tom Scholz
Awaken - Rick Wakeman - Yes
Parallels - Rick Wakeman - Yes
The Barbarian - Keith Emmerson - ELP
Frankenstein - Edgar Winter - Edgar Winter Group
Cat Food - Ian McDonald - King Crimson
Invaders From Mars - John Palumbo - Crack the Sky
Gimme Some Lovin - Spencer Davis Group (Winwood?)
No Quarter - John Paul Jones - Led Zeppelton
In the Light - John Paul Jones - Led Zep
The Crystal Ship - Ray Manzerak - The Doors
Echoes - Rick Wright - Pink Floyd
....ooops

I know I'm leaving a lot out.

 

[Hydrazoic Acid]

The Show Must Go On - Queen
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
You Take My Breath Away - Queen
Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) - Journey
Open Arms - Journey
Love Walks In - Van Halen
Only Time Will Tell - Asia
Root Beer Rag - Billy Joel
Rainbow In The Dark - DIO
The Final Countdown - Europe
Carrie - Europe
Sign Of The Times - Europe
Tomorrow - Europe
Money Money Money - ABBA
Hold The Line - Toto

 

[Vehicle]

There are SOOO many that I don't think I could just hit 15 right now, but this is a fun thread and I can add them little by little as they come to me for sure.

This is my plan of attack as well.

That being said, of the thousands of keyboard songs I know, believe it or not, this is the first one that popped into my head:




I've never known a time when this wasn't cool.