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By *bitofaslutWoman 17 weeks ago

Cannock

"light my fire" has to be up there

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By *ildmanYorksMan 17 weeks ago

Doncaster

Awaken by Yes from the Going For The One album

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man 17 weeks ago

BRIDPORT

A Whiter Shade Of Pale

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By *uckboy786Man 17 weeks ago

London

Seven Seas of Rhye has an amazing intro.

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By (user no longer on site) 17 weeks ago

Take 5 - dave brubeck quartet

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man 17 weeks ago

BRIDPORT

Life On Mars, not particularly because it’s great keyboard, but as soon as you hear the intro you know what’s coming and it is a cracking track.

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man 17 weeks ago

BRIDPORT

Carly Simon, Nobody Does It Better.

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By (user no longer on site) 17 weeks ago

Rach 3 piano concerto

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By *eoBloomsMan 17 weeks ago

Springfield

Won't Get Fooled Again, The Who

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By *ellicateMan 17 weeks ago

Forfar

"Carly Simon, Nobody Does It Better. "

This

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man 17 weeks ago

BRIDPORT

Carol King, I Feel The Earth Move

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By (user no longer on site) 17 weeks ago

"Tonight" by elton john

Has a good keyboard/ piano into. Very long, before the vocals start.

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man 17 weeks ago

BRIDPORT

"Won't Get Fooled Again, The Who"

If we’re going Who, I would put Baba Oreily slightly ahead.

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By *ildbillkidMan 17 weeks ago

where the road goes on forever

"take 5 " bob bruebeck

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By *ildbillkidMan 17 weeks ago

where the road goes on forever

"Take 5 - dave brubeck quartet "
didn't read yours till I put mine in

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By *issolvedOrdersMan 17 weeks ago

Bristol

Toto - Hold the Line

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By (user no longer on site) 17 weeks ago

"Rach 3 piano concerto"

Ah, not a song is it. Bruce Hornsby 'Way it is'.

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By (user no longer on site) 17 weeks ago

Blue In Green - Miles Davis

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By *outhernC0mfortMan 17 weeks ago

Cumbria

Keyboard Cat - Youtube

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By *eoBloomsMan 17 weeks ago

Springfield

Lose Yourself, Eminem

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man 17 weeks ago

BRIDPORT

Lou Reed, Perfect Day

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By *ch16Man 17 weeks ago

West hull

One 2 many-downtown 12 inch version

Duel-propaganda

80s classics

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By *bi HaiveMan 17 weeks ago
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Cheeseville, Somerset

Dr Dre - Still Dre

Van Halen - Jump

Queen - Seven Seas of Rhye

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By *alcolm XtraMan 17 weeks ago

Northfleet

I'm with Fidlesticks, Hornsby all day long.

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By *ildbillkidMan 17 weeks ago

where the road goes on forever

Al Stewart - year of the cat

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By *hief ScoutMan 17 weeks ago

Wild Border Country of Herts & Middx !

"Won't Get Fooled Again, The Who

If we’re going Who, I would put Baba Oreily slightly ahead. "

Fantastic track

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By *ouble-SidedCouple 17 weeks ago

Voldsøy

Songbird - Fleetwood Mac.

Dying in LA - Panic at the Disco.

Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush.

A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton.

Clocks - Coldplay.

Still Dre, good shout! 👌

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By *andadbodMan 17 weeks ago

Liverpool

"Won't Get Fooled Again, The Who

If we’re going Who, I would put Baba Oreily slightly ahead. "

Seconded 👍🏻😃

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By *ermite12ukMan 17 weeks ago

Solihull and Romford

Yazoo - Nobody's Diary.

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man 17 weeks ago

BRIDPORT

Eagles, Desperado

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By *hrill CollinsMan 17 weeks ago

The Outer Rim

Golden Brown by the str@nglers

then also that remix of golden brown that cleverly cuts up Take 5 by Dave Brubeck

check it out ....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qs1J612nZs

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By *ouble-SidedCouple 17 weeks ago

Voldsøy

"Songbird - Fleetwood Mac.

Dying in LA - Panic at the Disco.

Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush.

A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton.

Clocks - Coldplay.

Still Dre, good shout! 👌"

I must've been half asleep when I answered 🙈

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By *isurreyguy2019Man 17 weeks ago

surrey

Ren-For joe

https://youtu.be/ebX5ZvrT6-o?

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By (user no longer on site) 17 weeks ago

Riders on the Storm

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By *abtastic Mr FoxMan 17 weeks ago

A den in the Glen

"Riders on the Storm "

Great shout. Also with Baba O Reilly too.

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By *ildTimes.Man 17 weeks ago

Wherever I May Roam

""light my fire" has to be up there"

You win! 🙌

Trail of Broken Hearts by DragonForce is short but decent so I'll nominate that 🥪

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By *otlovefun42Couple 17 weeks ago

Costa Blanca Spain...

"A Whiter Shade Of Pale"

This.

I would also give a vote to Child in Time (Deep Purple) Jon Lord king of the Hammond.

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By *odgerMooreMan 17 weeks ago

Rummage Up The Jumper

Rockin All over the world - Quo - pretty decent

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By *9younggent69Man 17 weeks ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

Firth of Fifth (Genesis)

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By *mateur100Man 17 weeks ago

nr faversham

Runaway - bon Jovi

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By *ooBulMan 17 weeks ago

SNottingham

Ozzy Osbourne - "Mr Crowley"

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By (user no longer on site) 17 weeks ago

I wouldn’t say the best ever in terms of musical difficulty, but instantly recognisable -

Mandy - Barry Manilow

The Model - Kraftwerk

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By *atnSolCouple 17 weeks ago

Selby

Jump, Van Halen, iconic intro

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By (user no longer on site) 17 weeks ago

The Way It Is - Bruce Hornby & the Range

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By *ooBulMan 17 weeks ago

SNottingham

The Who - Barbara O'Riely

Procal Harum _ Whiter Shade Of Pale

Journey - Separate Ways

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By *ackformore100Man 17 weeks ago

Tin town

Baba o'reilly

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By (user no longer on site) 17 weeks ago

Christopher Cross - Best that you can do /arthur's theme

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By *idnight47Man 17 weeks ago

Sheffield

Communards - Smalltown Boy

Yazoo - Don’t Go

Just throwing those two in there.

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By *ark.aitkenMan 17 weeks ago

Newcastle

Sunburn (Muse)

Actually quite a lot of muse to consider 🤔

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By (user no longer on site) 17 weeks ago

Almaz- Randy Crawford

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By *ark.aitkenMan 17 weeks ago

Newcastle

"Communards - Smalltown Boy

Yazoo - Don’t Go

Just throwing those two in there. "

I'll second both of those...Good choices

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By *rthur30Man 17 weeks ago

Warrington

Jackson Browne - Fountain of Sorrow

Randy Newman - Jolly Coppers on Parade, Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear

Joni Mitchell - Woodstock

Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive

Human League - Don’t You Want Me

Prince - Controversy

Yahoo - Don’t Go

OMD - Enola Gay

Marvin Gaye- Heard It Through the Grapevine

Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne

But The Doors - Light My Fire is the one to rule them all.

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By *ooBulMan 17 weeks ago

SNottingham

Eagles - I cant Tell You Why

Todd Rundgren - Can We Still Be friends? - sort of....

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By *rthur30Man 17 weeks ago

Warrington

"Christopher Cross - Best that you can do /arthur's theme"

I had no part in this song.

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By *ev257Man 17 weeks ago

cardiff

Curtain call - the Damned

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By *oodoodMan 17 weeks ago

Suffolkish

The Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays

I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor (those 2 are very similar)

Great Gig in the Sky - Pink Floyd

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By *ertcamembertMan 17 weeks ago

Reading area

She's a rainbow - Rolling Stones

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By *abluesbabyMan 17 weeks ago

Gibraltar/Cheshire/London

Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd

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By (user no longer on site) 17 weeks ago

Where Love Lives - Alison Limerick, Frankie Knuckles❤️

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By *he Old School RockersCouple 17 weeks ago

Gloucester

Final Countdown - Europe

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By (user no longer on site) 17 weeks ago

Everything in it's right place - Radiohead!

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By *ack NewhouseMan 17 weeks ago

Sheffield

Save a Prayer - Duran Duran

Don't Go - Yazoo

Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode

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By *olinOfBathMan 17 weeks ago

Corsham

"Take 5 - dave brubeck quartet "

Except that it doesn't have a piano introduction...

Brubeck only joins in after the opening four bars from drummer Joe Morello.

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By (user no longer on site) 17 weeks ago

"Take 5 - dave brubeck quartet

Except that it doesn't have a piano introduction...

Brubeck only joins in after the opening four bars from drummer Joe Morello."

I'll go with 'koto song' then

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By *olinOfBathMan 17 weeks ago

Corsham

Can't believe that nobody has yet mentioned...

Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd

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By *olinOfBathMan 17 weeks ago

Corsham

"Take 5 - dave brubeck quartet

Except that it doesn't have a piano introduction...

Brubeck only joins in after the opening four bars from drummer Joe Morello.

I'll go with 'koto song' then

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By *ric-shawnMan 17 weeks ago

North Devon

"Sunburn (Muse)

Actually quite a lot of muse to consider 🤔 "

Starlight.....tuuuuuuune!

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By *attledogMan 17 weeks ago

Hull

Life is what you make it

Talk Talk

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By *ildbillkidMan 17 weeks ago

where the road goes on forever

Just posted on what song I'm listening to, "let the wind carry me" Joni Mitchell, the lp for the roses was almost all piano driven

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By *ynamite500Man 17 weeks ago

Angus

Pink Floyd, shine on you crazy diamond!😁

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By *ai Hard 2 - Dai HarderMan 17 weeks ago

Manchester / Cardiff

am I going to get the QI klaxon alarm for the obvious but wrong answer if I say, Billy Joel 'Piano Man'?!!

my actual choice goes to the simplicity of Cinematic Orchestra's 'To find a home' 😍🎵🎶

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By *eoBloomsMan 17 weeks ago

Springfield

Happy Mondays, Step On

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By *alm_one4Man 17 weeks ago

RM16

"Awaken by Yes from the Going For The One album

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By *eoBloomsMan 17 weeks ago

Springfield

Ray Charles, What'd I Say

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By *ildbillkidMan 17 weeks ago

where the road goes on forever

"judgement of the moon and stars" joni

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By *lynJMan 17 weeks ago

Morden

"Firth of Fifth (Genesis)"

Absolutely. Brilliant piano playing by Tony Banks.

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By *lynJMan 17 weeks ago

Morden

"Firth of Fifth (Genesis)

Absolutely. Brilliant piano playing by Tony Banks."

https://youtu.be/Rz-tHZEr37I?feature=shared

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By (user no longer on site) 17 weeks ago

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By (user no longer on site) 17 weeks ago

"Firth of Fifth (Genesis)

Absolutely. Brilliant piano playing by Tony Banks.

https://youtu.be/Rz-tHZEr37I?feature=shared"

There's a great blind musician, called pete jones, that does a version of this and mixes it with his own song.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gKq7xKiEndk&pp=ygUacGV0ZXIgam9uZXMgZmlydGggb2YgZm9ydGg%3D

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By (user no longer on site) 17 weeks ago

The Who Baba O'riley

Only due to Pete griffin from Family Guy though.

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By *orksRockerMan 17 weeks ago

Bradford

Foreplay / Longtime - Boston

Essentially Foreplay is the keyboard intro to Longtime and it's a beauty.

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By (user no longer on site) 17 weeks ago

Shake a tail feather (feat. Ray Charles)

Brief but memorable

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By *rickie-dickieMan 17 weeks ago

South Durham

"Green Onions" Booker T and the MGs.

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By *lynJMan 17 weeks ago

Morden

"Firth of Fifth (Genesis)

Absolutely. Brilliant piano playing by Tony Banks.

https://youtu.be/Rz-tHZEr37I?feature=shared

There's a great blind musician, called pete jones, that does a version of this and mixes it with his own song.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gKq7xKiEndk&pp=ygUacGV0ZXIgam9uZXMgZmlydGggb2YgZm9ydGg%3D"

That's a great piece of music

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By *uckie and CreamCouple 17 weeks ago

Manchester

Huge Rick Wakeman fan here, so......

Awaken - Yes

Parallels - Yes

Madrigal - Yes

Life on Mars - David Bowie

Morning has broken - Cat Stevens

And just for a bit of variety...

Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield

Tocatta - Sky

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By *romley boy49Man 17 weeks ago

Essex

Hotel Calafornia Eagles

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By (user no longer on site) 17 weeks ago

Life on Mars

Still miss you David Bowie RIP

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By *ulfilthmentMan 17 weeks ago

Here and there

"I'm with Fidlesticks, Hornsby all day long."

Seconded.

Pink Floyd - Great gig in the sky. Richard Wight at his very best.

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By *d59michelleTV/TS 17 weeks ago

walsall

Tarot Woman Rainbow

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By *0ng0 furyMan 17 weeks ago

Birkenhead

status quo - rockin' all over the world

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By *_Doe2024Man 17 weeks ago

Middle of nowhere, the centre of everywhere

Don't stop believin' - Journey

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By *erkshire8299Man 17 weeks ago

slough

Van Halen ' Jump'.

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By *_Doe2024Man 17 weeks ago

Middle of nowhere, the centre of everywhere

"Don't stop believin' - Journey"

Don't get me wrong, song is awful but...!

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By *aul DeUther-OneMan 17 weeks ago

Sussex

The Doors had some great memorable keyboard openings.- Riders on the Storm and C'mon Baby Light My Fire immediately come to mind

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By *lynJMan 17 weeks ago

Morden

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

Many Too Many

Both by Genesis

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By (user no longer on site) 17 weeks ago

Set You Free - N Trance

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By *oeBeansMan 17 weeks ago

Derby

Welcome to the Black Parade - My Chemical Romance

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By (user no longer on site) 17 weeks ago

Take on me. Aha

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By *WANDTGCouple 17 weeks ago

Borough of Greenwich

Depeche mode just can't get enough

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By *en_Dover79Man 17 weeks ago

Oswaldtwistle

A flock of seagulls - wishing

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By *omRachCouple 17 weeks ago

Wirral

Firth of Fifth - Genesis

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By *0ng0 furyMan 16 weeks ago

Birkenhead

cars - gary numan

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By *ithintemptationsCouple 16 weeks ago

plymouth

queen- the show must go on

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By (user no longer on site) 16 weeks ago

Most of the Doors/Elton John too many to list

Piano man - Billy Joel

Bat out of hell - meatloaf

Oh and Jerry Lee Lewis. Nuff said!

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By *uziTV69TV/TS 16 weeks ago

Newcastle

Rainbow - Tarot woman

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By *tr8MrEMan 16 weeks ago

somewhere near Sheffield

Clocks by Coldplay

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By *uddy laneMan 16 weeks ago

dudley

Toccata in D minor by Johann sebastian bach.

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By *a LunaWoman 16 weeks ago

o o OO o o

Harold Faltermyer - Axel F

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By *BWmetalcouple666Couple 16 weeks ago

houghton

Eric Clapton : behind the mask

Faith no more : everything’s ruined

Mr bungle : stubb a dub

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By *olden PoleMan 16 weeks ago

Bromley

When the musics over - The Doors

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By (user no longer on site) 16 weeks ago

Keyboard ? The Model.. Kraft work

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By *ohndisney04Man 16 weeks ago

NEWCASTLE

Melody Lee, from Machine Gun Etiquette by The Damned,

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By *etitesaraTV/TS 16 weeks ago

rochdale

Copperhead Road - Steve Earle

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By *ecky and justCouple 16 weeks ago

Godalming

Lots of above on my list, especially Floyd.

Going to throw in a left field choice for consideration.

The Cure and Sanctuary.

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