It wasn’t until we came to record our first album, Showbiz, that I got back into piano. We were working on a song called “Sunburn,” which is kind of a strummy guitar song. It sounded a bit weak, and since it was one of my favorite songs, I wanted to make it sound good. So that was when John Leckie, our producer, had this idea to work out the guitar part on the piano.
That was the first time I played piano in years it seems, and I had to spend two or three days just practicing “Sunburn,” which is a pretty simple part. When we recorded it, it sounded a bit like a Philip Glass film soundtrack. I think at that point I decided I’d get back into piano again.
From that point on, I went in the opposite direction and started intensively working on piano and the guitar became more just for the live thing. I’d say 70 to 80 percent of the songs I’ve written since then have been written on piano. Even though live, I play some of them on guitar. Even a song like “Stockholm Syndrome” was written on piano.
I find it easy to find interesting chords on the piano. Especially because on a lot of stuff we do, the guitar and bass are harmonising; I’m not just playing power chords and Chris [Wolstenholme, bassist] isn’t just playing root notes.
Matt Bellamy, on recording Sunburn, and Muse falling outside the standard rock songwriting mould | "Innocence And Absolution", Keyboard Magazine, June 2005
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for when you're tired 💤🫂💙
gentle songs i've been listening to lately 🐦 they've been helping me get through it 🐟 i hope they can help you too 🙏
i'm not going to tell you the titles outright because it's more fun that way, but if you really want the non-obfuscated version, it's under the cut ⬇️
when you have things to do 🚶♀️
🎒📚 romanticizing a textbook (campus quad ver)
🌼🎧 commuting among a sea of people
❤️🌹 i would fold laundry with you
📘🖌️ creating with calm hobbit energy
🌛🌜 as the water slips down the drain
winding down after a long day 🧘♀️
🥺😌 you're the lead in a simple, cozy drama
🎺🕶️ everything is better when you walk slowly
🛌🥲 in your feels from the safety of your bed
📱🌌 stargazing from the bottom of your heart
🌅🎑 we begin and end with love
when you have things to do
jazz (rain ver) (spring ver)
not alone (ひとりじゃない)
love is stronger than pride
simple piano playlist
tonight (이 밤)
winding down after a long day
exclusive fairytale osts (独家童话)
lean on me (기대)
unbreakable love (永不失联的爱)
tell me that you love me (사랑한다고 말해줘)
darling // ya'aburnee
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Piano Man by Billy Joel
Released in 1973, this cool and chill song is largely inspired by Billy Joel's personal experience as a bar pianist.
(Lyrics under the cut)
[Verse 1]
It's nine o'clock on a Saturday
The regular crowd shuffles in
There's an old man sittin' next to me
Makin' love to his tonic and gin
He says, "Son, can you play me a memory?
I'm not really sure how it goes
But it's sad, and it's sweet, and I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man's clothes"
[Refrain]
La, la-la, di-dee-da
La-la, di-dee-da da-dum
[Chorus]
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feelin' alright
[Verse 2]
Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a joke, or to light up your smoke
But there's someplace that he'd rather be
He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me"
As the smile ran away from his face
"Well, I'm sure that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place"
[Refrain]
Oh, la, la-la, di-dee-da
La-la, di-dee-da da-dum
[Verse 3]
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
And he's talkin' with Davy, who's still in the navy
And probably will be for life
And the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it's better than drinkin' alone
[Piano Solo]
[Chorus]
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feelin' alright
[Verse 4]
It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday
And the manager gives me a smile
'Cause he knows that it's me they've been comin' to see
To forget about life for a while
And the piano, it sounds like a carnival
And the microphone smells like a beer
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
And say, "Man, what are you doin' here?"
[Refrain]
Oh, la, la-la, di-dee-da
La-la, di-dee-da da-dum
[Chorus]
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feelin' alright
Lyrics by Genius: Billy Joel – Piano Man Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
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🎸PREORDERS OPEN: BULLET'S CRESCENDO🎸
I'm so, so, so excited to be a part of Bullet's Crescendo: Trigun Music Zine! Here's a preview of my piece :D Preorders are open now (until Feb. 26), and the second stretch goal was just unlocked!!! You can actually vote on what you want to get for it over on Twitter.
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