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Mel Belli Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,298	Introducing the Mel Belli piano series! Mar 16^th, 2010 at 2:29pm All right ... I wouldn't dare call myself a piano player, but I can get an idea across, if it's easy enough. Per Throwaway's request, "Short and Curlies": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kTycySCQnQ
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Re: Introducing the Mel Belli piano series!
Reply #1 - Mar 17^th, 2010 at 7:18am

You're very talented Mel, piano is one thing I never gotten into, but love it, I'd love to hear "Let's Spend the Night Together" I always thought of that as a great piano rocking sound, how about doing a video on that? I think it's in the key of G, at least that's what I played on guitar, to mimic that piano sound.

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Re: Introducing the Mel Belli piano series!
Reply #2 - Mar 17^th, 2010 at 11:53am

Heart Of Stone wrote on Mar 17^th, 2010 at 7:18am:

You're very talented Mel, piano is one thing I never gotten into, but love it, I'd love to hear "Let's Spend the Night Together" I always thought of that as a great piano rocking sound, how about doing a video on that? I think it's in the key of G, at least that's what I played on guitar, to mimic that piano sound.

Well, thanks ... LSTNT is in D, if I recall. I'll serve it up soon as I can!

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Re: Introducing the Mel Belli piano series!
Reply #3 - Mar 17^th, 2010 at 8:51pm

Mel Belli wrote on Mar 16^th, 2010 at 2:29pm:

All right ... I wouldn't dare call myself a piano player, but I can get an idea across, if it's easy enough.

Per Throwaway's request, "Short and Curlies":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kTycySCQnQ

Well-done! Always loved this lick and tune. Soundin' good with the piano vibrato at the end, too Cool

Maybe this belongs in the guitar thread, but does Taylor play on S&C? I hear all Keith on this tune (not that the guitars are nearly as importnt as the piano lick, which Mel captured beautifully).

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Mel Belli Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,298	Re: Introducing the Mel Belli piano series! Reply #4 - Mar 18^th, 2010 at 7:26am MT plays slide, along with the descending piano lick, right?
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Mel Belli Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,298	Re: Introducing the Mel Belli piano series! Reply #5 - Mar 18^th, 2010 at 10:53am Okay, Heart of Stone, here's LSTNT—the right hand, anyway. For the left, just pump octaves of the root and the fifths of each chord (D, G, Bm, C). Was it Keith who played on the studio recording? Surely someone here knows this! http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=MrMelBelli#p/u/0/eIDrYqEVTPo
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Re: Introducing the Mel Belli piano series!
Reply #7 - Mar 18^th, 2010 at 2:45pm

Mel Belli wrote on Mar 18^th, 2010 at 10:53am:

Okay, Heart of Stone, here's LSTNT—the right hand, anyway. For the left, just pump octaves of the root and the fifths of each chord (D, G, Bm, C). Was it Keith who played on the studio recording? Surely someone here knows this!

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=MrMelBelli#p/u/0/eIDrYqEVTPo

Thanks Mel, next time I'm around a piano, I'll make note of this, I think it might have been Brian who played on this, or Nicky Hopkins, thanks again.

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Mel Belli Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,298	Re: Introducing the Mel Belli piano series! Reply #8 - Mar 18^th, 2010 at 6:59pm Nicky wasn't quite in the picture yet—"She's a Rainbow" was his first appearance, I believe ... According to the TIOOS website, it was Keith and Jack Nietzsche. Brian played organ. http://www.timeisonourside.com/SOLetsSpend.html
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Re: Introducing the Mel Belli piano series!
Reply #9 - Mar 18^th, 2010 at 8:50pm

Mel Belli wrote on Mar 18^th, 2010 at 6:59pm:

Nicky wasn't quite in the picture yet—"She's a Rainbow" was his first appearance, I believe ... According to the TIOOS website, it was Keith and Jack Nietzsche. Brian played organ.

http://www.timeisonourside.com/SOLetsSpend.html

Thanks for the information Mel, Brian was the one who played it on the T.V. appearances, probably to a recorded track, one thing I do know about "she's A Rainbow" it was arranged by future Led Zep John Paul Jones.

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Re: Introducing the Mel Belli piano series!
Reply #10 - Mar 19^th, 2010 at 6:37am

Heart Of Stone wrote on Mar 18^th, 2010 at 8:50pm:

Mel Belli wrote on Mar 18^th, 2010 at 6:59pm:

Nicky wasn't quite in the picture yet—"She's a Rainbow" was his first appearance, I believe ... According to the TIOOS website, it was Keith and Jack Nietzsche. Brian played organ.

http://www.timeisonourside.com/SOLetsSpend.html

one thing I do know about "she's A Rainbow" it was arranged by future Led Zep John Paul Jones.

The strings were, yes ...

JPJ and Page were both fixtures of the London studio scene. Consequently, you never hear Keith badmouth those two. But Plant and Bonham? "Know-nothing herberts from the Midlands"!

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fuman Ex Member Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Gender:	Re: Introducing the Mel Belli piano series! Reply #11 - Mar 19^th, 2010 at 8:37am Hey, nice job !! Fun stuff.
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