Rockin', danceable, keyboard-oriented cover tunes

[Jon Silberman]

Watcha got (keyboardist friend is looking for more keyboard-oriented tunes)? Thanks.

[John H]

"Gimme Some Lovin'" Spencer Davis Group
"Cars" Gary Numan
"Green Onions" Booker T. & the MGs
"Tempted" Squeeze
"Old Time Rock 'n' Roll" Bob Seger

lots of great stuff by The Cars, Joe Jackson, Elvis Costello, Bruce Springsteen, etc.

[stevel]

Watcha got (keyboardist friend feels in a rut)? Thanks.


Good Love - the Rascals.
Warm California Sun
All She Wants to Do Is Dance.

Most any new wave tune - Blinded Me With Science, You Spin Me Right Round Baby Right Round Like A Record Baby Right Round Round Round, etc.

Mickey (Toni Basil), Our House (Madness), Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Lauper - her Time After Time is a great one - though I've heard *yet another* cover of it recently). Funkytown (Lipps Inc.), Relax (Frankie GOes to Hollywood), Der Kommisar (Falco), Don't You Want Me (Human League - that's one of the ultimate synth songs), and let's not forget, Tainted Love (soft cell)

I mean, almost every 80s new wave band was synth driven, so there's oodles of stuff there.

If he wants to try and cover horns and strings parts, most any 70s disco song will do - the KC catalog, Jackson 5, etc.

I personally think a keyboard player should be able to cover horn lines, string pads, organ, piano, and sound effects/samples. I mean, if they do, it opens up virtually every song to a band. We used to do Tone Loc and House of Pain and stuff like that with keyboard samples played live. It really adds to it.

HTH,
Steve

[Jon Silberman]

What great ideas these all are! Please keep 'em coming!

[offbeat]

"Only the Good Die Young" Billy Joel
"Summer in The City" Lovin' Spoonful
"Do You Know What I Mean" Lee Michaels
"I'm a Believer" Monkees (yeah, I know, but it's a great keyboard hook)
"Celebrate" 3 Dog Night
"Doctor My Eyes" Jackson Browne

Offbeat

[waxnsteel]

Killer Queen
Too Much Time On My Hands
Bon Jovi's Runaway
Never Been Any Reason (Head East)

[Teleplayer]

Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Right Place/Wrong Time - Dr. John

[bynt]

I mean, almost every 80s new wave band was synth driven, so there's oodles of stuff there.




That's exactly what I was thinking. Some really good stuff from the 80's dammit, I'm tired of being ashamed!!! :boxer

Seriously, there's a ton of that kind of stuff along with spaced out 70's (ala Pink Floyd etc) that I think could be a keyboardist's wet dream.

[Solomon]

Check out a current group named Electric Six.

They combine rock, funk, disco with 80's cheese.

[chrisgraff]

JUMP!

Gotta one of the best-worst lyrics ever!

[RL in Fla]

Nobody - 3 Dog live at the forum
Chest Fever - The Band
Rag Mama Rag - " "
Stage Fright " "
Never Been Rocked Enough - Delbert McClinton
On The Western Skyline - Bruce Hornsby
Roller Derby - Leon Russell
Hummingbird - " "
Roll Away The Stone - " "

[offbeat]

One more that's a guaranteed crowd pleaser:
"Let's Spend the Night Together"... Stones.
Great piano intro.

Offbeat

[JohnK24]

"Across the River" , "Jacob's Ladder", "Night on the Town" - B. Hornsby & the Range

"Ride Like the Wind" - Christopher Cross...yeah, it's a great rockin' tune if done right.

"Talkin' It to the Streets" - Doobies

"Evil Woman" & "Turn to Stone" - ELO

"Help Me Angel", "Higher Love", "Roll With It" & "Valerie" - Steve Winwood

"Roll with the Changes" - REO Speedwagon (edit...thnks NyteOwl !)

added:

"Bye Bye Love" & "Drive" - the Cars

"Superstition" - Stevie Clavinet City Wonder

[NyteOwl]

Foot Stompin Music - Grand Funk Railroad

Pump It Up - Elvis Costello

Ramblin' Gamblin' Man - Bob Seger

Green-Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf


PS...
Correct title on that REO tune is Roll With The Changes

[Mark Ray]

Call Me The Breeze-Skynyrd version

[jb1984]

Get into Missing Persons. Tons of good keyboard driven riffs, and they're fun to play.

"Walking in L.A."
"Destination Unknown"
"Mental Hopscotch"

[TB72]

Joy To The World...Three Dog Night
96 Tears.............? & the Mysterians


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