Top 10 Greatest Keyboard Riffs!

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    This is a pretty good top 10 and some great old video coverage!

     
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    Is Jordan Ruddess from Dream Theater in there? He should be!

    Amazing keyboard solo by the Wizard himself. (Starts at 10 seconds in the video).



     
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    You have to watch it to find out :p
     
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    Certainly not the greatest, but one of the most memorable for me since the first time I heard it as a kid in the late 80's:

     
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    I was a little skeptical when the Hammond Organ and
    ELP's Keith Emerson
    were so early in the list, but it recovered nicely with
    Deep Purple's Jon Lord
    in the top 3.
     
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    Loves me some Jimmy Smith Hammond Organ!

     
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    Hmmmm....so many for rock

    Child in Time - Deep Purple

    Abacab - Genesis

    For The Love of You - Isley Brothers

    Everything in its Right Place - Radiohead

    Whip it - Devo

    Wouldn't It Be Nice - Beach Boys

    Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - Beatles

    Tiny Dancer - Elton John
     
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    Badass

     
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    F**k! Can't leave these folks out..





     
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    Zappa:
    the solo starting around 40 second. its a ARP synth iirc.



    4:54. the solo that made me fall in love with Zappa.


    solo starts 1:43


    Hancock:
    well, everything he did between 69 to 1974
     
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    No synth riff list would be complete without Jump:
     
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    <This space reserved for something featuring Tony Banks>
     
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    This belongs in the bottom 10 of keyboard riffs. To say it is Fisher-Price level is to insult the toy maker. The lyrics are no bargain either. This song will f**k your whole head up, like that thing Khan put in Chekov's head. I hate this song.

     
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    @bazelio , your profile post made me think of this song. I remember not knowing what to make of it when it came out, but looking back, it was a groundbreaker.

     

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