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Popular Classic Rock Songs With Extended Keyboard/Organ Solos


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I was listening to the radio the other day with my wife, and Won't Get Fooled Again by The Who was playing, and I commented that I loved classic rock because so often you'd hear these extended keyboard/organ solos at the start or in the middle (or even at the end) of a song, and that was actually cool and in vogue back then.

 

What are some great popular classic rock songs from the 60's or 70's (or whenever) that contained long keyboard / organ solos somewhere in the song? I know there's all kinds of prog rock keyboard goodness, but let's keep this thread to songs that were minor or major hits of some kind.

 

Here are some that spring to mind for me:

 

The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

The Who - Baba O'Riley

Joe Walsh - Life's Been Good

The Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle

Deep Purple - Highway Star

The Doors - Riders on the Storm

The Doors - Light My Fire

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - From the Beginning

Elton John - Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding

Deep Purple - Burn

Argent - Hold Your Head Up

Genesis - Abacab

 

I know I'm not thinking of dozens of great songs, so help me out here!

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Ina-Godda-Davida - Iron Butterflies

Dreams - Van Halen

Right Now - Van Halen

Foreplay/LongTime - Boston

Come Sail Away - Styx

Grand Illusion - Styx

Angry Yoiung Man - Styx

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A little out of left field, but I was listening to Heart's Magic Man the other day, and was delighted by that tune's awesome moog breakdown. Heart was a little proggy on Dreamboat Annie! It's an example of how prog really was influencing popular rock and roll in strange, unexpected, and often-satisfying ways.
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Fanfare for the Common Man (full version)- Emerson, Lake, and Palmer

Karn Evil 9- Emerson, Lake, and Palmer

 

Now that I think about it, pretty much anything by ELP.

 

Soul Sacrifice- Santana (at least on the Woodstock version)

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A little out of left field, but I was listening to Heart's Magic Man the other day, and was delighted by that tune's awesome moog breakdown. Heart was a little proggy on Dreamboat Annie! It's an example of how prog really was influencing popular rock and roll in strange, unexpected, and often-satisfying ways.

Great call!
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Deep Purple - Lazy

Supertramp - Fool's overture

Procal Harem - Whiter shade of pale

Doors - Riders on the storm

Uriah Heep - Gypsy

Pink Floyd - Shine on you crazy diamond

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Deep Purple - Lazy

Supertramp - Fool's overture

Procal Harem - Whiter shade of pale

Doors - Riders on the storm

Uriah Heep - Gypsy

Pink Floyd - Shine on you crazy diamond

 

I've got a few albums I need to listen to again after reading that list.

 

Let's see if I can add anything

 

Right Now- Van Hagar Halen

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