Piano Rock Songs?

[Melon Hunter]

You will leave a mark and most other songs by A Silent Film. They're a very good piano rock band.

 

[Starnerf]

Van Halen has some pretty good keyboard parts. I especially like Right Now's intro.

 

[AgentNein]

Piano is by far my favorite instrument in rock and roll. Love that classic jerry lee lewis style. I'm actually currently trying to find a pianist, get this whole rock and roll/surf rock/punk thing going, it's tough though.

 

[ctrl-alt-postal]

Why limit yourself? I taught myself to play pink floyds "is there anybody out there?" instrumental on piano and it sounds real sweat (ok, not exactly rock...). Arlo Guthrie's "coming into Los Angeles" works quite well if you get the bassline going on. Violent Femmes "Blister in the Sun" is fun to play on the keys. "Stray Cat Strut", the Stray Cats, is also a great tune.

Have you a band/crew you are playing with or solo? I find sometimes, A song has a real nice piano section but remove the rest of the song and it goes no-where without the rhythm section.

Thx for the castlevania link.

 

[Yumi_and_Erea]

This is going to be really obscure but what the hell...

I can't exactly call it rock, but I've found that the works of Jochem Meyjer are the only piano-works that I can actually dance to. The guy's incredible.

 

[Link_to_Future]

They were a little emo-ish, but Waking Ashland used to have some really decent piano rock.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKWcQqKsT6g

 

[scnj]

I Belong To You by Muse is quite a fun piano song. And Bliss has awesome arpeggios.

 

[crob]

chuck berry's johnny b. goode has a rocking piano, um. lets see. starlight by muse, and the band "The Crash Kings"'s first album (self titled) is full of great piano. check out mountain man, 1985, and its only wednesday

 

[zen5887]

Woah, blast from the past.

Ben Folds and The Whitlams. Soo goood!

 

[Ultress]

The Replacement's [url http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfHrIkftZzA]Androgynous[/url] has key board/piano. So does Blue Oyster Cult's [url http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHzIG_iZRWY] Joan Crawford[/url] has a cool piano part as well.


Though I don't know if either of them is what you're looking.


EDIT: My links don't appear to be working and I honestly don't know why so just look them up on youtube.

 

[zbollen]

I've been playing for about 13-14 years now and I have to agree with the piano rock sound... I think it adds alot to a good rock song. A lot of great artists/songs with good piano parts... would be almost any song by elton john... "faithfully" and "don't stop believin" by journey... "right now" and "not enough" by van halen... and def. billy joel... Jerry Lee Lewis... Ummm another one of my favorites would be "on the dark side" by John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band... if you're into female rock, evanesence(sp?) is also a good artist for piano. Another great one is "Bohemiam Rhapsody" by Queen... Well anyway that's what I can think of off the top of my head... happy hunting. good luck and rock on...

 

[styxrox69]

AOR Rock, you may not like the choices, but it is some of my favorite music to hear

Journey: Open Arms, Don't Stop believin, Who's Cryin Now, Faithfully, When You Love A Woman
Foreigner: Cold As Ice, Blue Morning Blue Day
REO Speedwagon: Keep On Loving You

Bob Seger: Most of his songs including Old Time Rock And Roll, Night Moves, Fire Inside, Against The Wind, Sunspot Baby

Boston: A Man I'll Never Be
Def Leppard: Miss You In A Heartbeat
Beatles: Let It be, Hey Jude, Yesterday
Motley Crue: Home Sweet Home
Heart: Alone
Sir Elton John: Just About Anything
Bryan Adams: Everything I Do (I Do It For You), Straight From The Heart
Billy Joel: Just about anything
Kiss: Beth
STYX: Lady, Babe, Come Sail Away, Pieces Of Eight (Beautiful song)
Cinderella: Don't Know What Ya Got Til It's Gone
Bon Jovi: Bed Of Roses

 

[Snarky Username]

What necromancer keeps on bringing this thread back up? It seems like every few months, someone creates a new account just to bump his thread...

Oh well, piano and rock goes together like peanut butter and chocolate for me.

Baba O'Riley seems like a good example.

 

[Madkaw900]

As long as we are including keyboard, it would be a shame not to mention Question Mark & The Misterians "96 Tears"

 

[Kif]

Why limit yourself? I taught myself to play pink floyds "is there anybody out there?" instrumental on piano and it sounds real sweat (ok, not exactly rock...). Arlo Guthrie's "coming into Los Angeles" works quite well if you get the bassline going on. Violent Femmes "Blister in the Sun" is fun to play on the keys. "Stray Cat Strut", the Stray Cats, is also a great tune.

Have you a band/crew you are playing with or solo? I find sometimes, A song has a real nice piano section but remove the rest of the song and it goes no-where without the rhythm section.

Thx for the castlevania link.

That's not necessarily true, most songs involving piano are incredibly basic (excluding Muse from that as he is classically trained and you can tell) and as such a decent pianist can fill in the rhythm. Practice arpeggios and you'll get there, I would suggest Radiohead as they were written on piano originally so are easy to transpose in their entirity back to piano.

Anywho, OT: The Who have some nice keyboard interludes, Silverchair have the odd piano moment I believe and I'd stear clear of NIN for piano, it's the kind of basic piano sound someone thunking their head on the keys could achieve.

Also, as a side note... you may want to listen to some ELO (electronic light orchestra) you'll probably be familiar with the song Mr Blue Sky.

 

[Scott Zeller]

One of my favorite rock songs with piano is Right now by Van Halen its got a good classic sound and alot of bass guitar and guitar harmonics that complement it.

 

[Patrick Curran]

Well, there is a trio of great piano songs by Guns n' Roses (only 2 songs with piano)

Don't Cry (NO PIANO)
November Rain
Estranged

These songs together tell a story, and if played in a row by a cover band, really sounds great!

 

[Ambi]

I just realised that this is what a lot of the music I listened to when I was 11-maybe 14 had in common. I'm not sure this or any of what I'm about to suggest is classic piano, but Chariot by Gavin DeGraw, Drops of Jupiter by Train, Don't Look Back in Anger by Oasis, Beni Accident and Oliver Under the Moon by Pistolita, As You Sleep and I Woke Up In A Car and In The End by Linkin Park were some of my favourite songs.

I like piano covers of old In Flames songs.

Spoiler

Don't listen to the following one with headphones unless you can tolerate hearing with only one ear.

Spoiler: Also, if you're okay with something heavier, they incorporate piano at 1:46

Spoiler: Theme for a Jackal - Misfits

Some of Relient K's songs have piano.

Be My Escape [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb1CKXvA31Q] for one
Also the acoustic [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_IWjtSpUCs] version

I liked Reliant K as well. That song brings back memories.

 

[Vryyk]

Billy Joel would be the man you are seeking OP.

 

[Michael Salazar]

I don't think anybody has said Evanescence. Amy Lee is a genius with the piano. Some songs like My Immortal, Lithium, Bring Me To Life, and Good Enough.
Abandon has a song, really simple, Hero. Check it out, it's pretty good.
An unsigned band, Weeknight Remedy has a song Dearly Missed, it's really amazing.
Skillet, a band that is recently getting more fans, has some songs with piano. Songs including, The Last Night, Lucy, and Looking For Angels. They recently came out with a remix EP, consisting of their songs remixes with piano. It's pretty cool.
Fireflighg, a Christian band has this really sad song, Name and Recovery Begins. It's so sad but really good.
Another unsigned band, Resident Hero, and their songs Throwing Knives, and Title Witheld are awesome with the piano.
Finally, 78Violet, fromerly known as Aly&AJ, uses piano, and they're are really sweet. My favorite songs are Blush, Tears, I'm Here and they have a new song not just released, Suspended.

Hope I helped.