tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post6313936023968566927..comments2024-03-28T11:03:53.842+00:00Comments on My Top Ten: January #10 - Everybody Loves Billy NowRolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-16052674156310227752017-01-04T12:32:25.412+00:002017-01-04T12:32:25.412+00:00You know, C, I never did learn Chopsticks!
Amanda...You know, C, I never did learn Chopsticks!<br /><br />Amanda Palmer is a great example of a contemporary artist who uses the piano to terrific dramatic effect. Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-88792970640014527512017-01-04T12:31:18.615+00:002017-01-04T12:31:18.615+00:00Oh, I had the upright too, Swede... they couldn...Oh, I had the upright too, Swede... they couldn't squeeze it into my bedroom though so it was in the front room. <br /><br />I think Pinball Wizard is a good example of what Billy was talking about - trying to recreate a guitar riff on the piano. Elton was obviously faced with the same challenge when he chose to cover The Who. Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-14084684862460025882017-01-04T11:49:56.626+00:002017-01-04T11:49:56.626+00:00As long as you could play Chopsticks...
I used to ...As long as you could play Chopsticks...<br />I used to have quite an aversion to piano in rock/pop songs, but I think that was some kind of subconscious close-mindedness to anything that wasn't guitar-based, the idea that it was somehow 'dated'. I no longer feel like that though, and agree about its dramatic impact; it can be so evocative, so emotive, and looks incredibly difficult to play! Amanda Palmer is probably the musician who has helped me the most to understand its power. Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-34297884031001076682017-01-04T09:44:25.855+00:002017-01-04T09:44:25.855+00:00My history with the piano is uncannily similar to ...My history with the piano is uncannily similar to yours Rol, except that my folks went a step further and somehow acquired me an old upright, which stood, largely untouched, in my room for 3 or 4 years. Today I'm truly gutted that I never took advantage of that great opportunity to learn an instrument, but as you say, there are so many other distractions at that age. <br />The piano motif in 'Everybody Loves You Now' reminds me of the one employed by Elton John a few years later in his version of 'Pinball Wizard'.The Swedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237251779370596904noreply@blogger.com