It's "Classical Gas" for us keyboardists. In fact, those two tunes are so very much in the same league that I had to compare dates: Mason Williams wins! Classical Gas came out in 1968!!! Foreplay came out in 1976. I wouldn't want to live in a world without either one of those tunes though. They are both SO INSPIRED!! I also put "Dust In the Wind" in that same category-1977!! Rockers always think they're so ahead of their time. They're actually always lagging by at least 8 years-usually by centuries. In fact, rappers are slow too. They should know that John Skelton was rapping in England back in the 1500s. Rappers' ancestors in the sub-Sahara back then hadn't yet been taught what a wheel was and what it was good for.
Hi, I'm a 71 age guy and I'm happy that you took the time and uploaded this piece for the whole world to see and hear. Keep up the good work....Mickbow
Incredible. You sound just like the original. Whenever I see something like this, isolated from the mix, I think Man, whoever played that on the recording is an excellent musician. ...and you sound every bit as good!! I didn't even know it was that elaborate.
Woooooowww!!! I have been listening to your music for hours and it is impressive how majestic your music sounds, thanks for sharing, greetings from CHILE
Matt great the playing is totally awesome. My neck skull is now permanently at a 45 degree angle from this great video! this has always been the ultimate challenge for me to figure out. I May have to settle for my best rendition time will tell. Thanks for the video!
he went wrong in a lot of places here. It's certainly not close to the actual transcribed version but it's very well done, nonetheless. ;-) . ruclips.net/video/bCaoffl55tU/видео.html
Matt - you just rocked me to the core .. I think I had an eargasm !! I just brought home my dream, a pristine Hammond A102 .. and this was the first song I searched for and yours the first hit. I'm turning 54 and haven't touched a keyboard or read any music for that matter since 1980 but its always been the Hammond sound all these years my ears yearn for - from Santana to ELP .. all the heavy-hammond prog bands .. then discovering Jimmy Smith about 15 years ago and following that whole route .. Your MOST EXCELLENT Video is like Mana from Heaven. Seriously .. thank you for this and all your vids. I'm watching (about the 10th time) - and actually PLAYING AGAIN !! Thanks to you Alan W
to Christian: Matt's Hammond, IIRC, is a BC to which he added percussion and performed his own chop job. He has plenty of clav sounds in his Vintage Keys module as well, I think. He has a tour of his rig if you search for YES tribute bands or Going For The One which is the name of his tribute group. He has a 70's vintage Mini Moog D as well. Nice rig. Combination of analog and digital. Great keyboardist. That's coming from a fellow pro player. :-)
Looking at the location Power Switches, the Organ is earlier than a B-3, either a B/C-2 (could distinguish if Vibrato Tabs were visible on Left Side) or B/C-V (Lone Vibrato Knob/Chorus Toggle, Left Side) or even Something Pre-WWII (Tremulant Rheostat, Left Side).
I was trying to find a different song, but found this. I've heard it a million times, but you did a very good job with it. I am so glad. Nice job, dude
Ah!!👍👍 thanx for sorting this out!! My brain is’nt fast enough to figure out what he’s playing in the end of the fast runs. It’s sound unlogic to my brain. Now i can hear and understand!😅👍👍
just watched in .5 speed to help my learn it myself and wow your timing is spot on. great job. trying slightly different fingering for the intro for myself
Matt... Great to "see" you!!! I heard about the "Going for the One" gig from Amber. I will be out of the country... Please keep me posted of other events! Thanks! Dianne
Well put. It's a 'version'. It's certainly not a transcription version. He plays the 'chords' but not the proper notes in the progression. To an untrained ear, it sounds fine. But if you simply slow down the original album version to .25 speed here on YT, you can hear clearly the actual notes TOM is hitting, versus this "version" provided herein.
Just got the sheet music for this but watching your video as a companion guide will be a great help for me as I take on this one. Thank you! I'm more than a little nervous about this tune....
Tom Scholz is an absolute musical genius.
That's my favorite part of the entire song. It's so beautiful, I'm crying right now and I don't even cry at funerals
It's "Classical Gas" for us keyboardists. In fact, those two tunes are so very much in the same league that I had to compare dates: Mason Williams wins! Classical Gas came out in 1968!!! Foreplay came out in 1976. I wouldn't want to live in a world without either one of those tunes though. They are both SO INSPIRED!! I also put "Dust In the Wind" in that same category-1977!! Rockers always think they're so ahead of their time. They're actually always lagging by at least 8 years-usually by centuries. In fact, rappers are slow too. They should know that John Skelton was rapping in England back in the 1500s. Rappers' ancestors in the sub-Sahara back then hadn't yet been taught what a wheel was and what it was good for.
I would love to play this ,sounds like there was some classical training involved im just a self-taught RUclipsr having fun but this is great stuff
Favorite part of the complete album
@@ginopini8503 Tom Scholz was a classicly trained pianist as a child. He's just a brilliant, brilliant man.
@@bwdrums1 Hey did you ever hear Easy Livin by early 70's band Uriah Heep,every time I hear it it reminds me of Smokin
My favorite song from Boston....played flawlessly to perfection. Nice finger work on the Hammond, Matt.....Excellent.
you scared the piss out of me in the beginning popping up suddenly xD AMAZING playing i wish i could play this good haha
2:00 ahhhhh that note sounds just like the record. Great timing on your playing.
U must hear Lexington Lab Band's cover of "Longtime" to hear it all put 2gether - Pro!
Team up and make a cover already :)
Best note of the band's entire discography
Love this
Jump scared me when you popped up in the beginning lol
Thanks Matt that was one of the greatest Organ songs I have ever heard
I can't even play "Chopsticks" and found this utterly fascinating. Phenomenal!
Hi, I'm a 71 age guy and I'm happy that you took the time and uploaded this piece for the whole world to see and hear. Keep up the good work....Mickbow
Tom must have had some special sauce for that lower register piano stuff. I've never heard it duplicated perfectly.
An incredible and flawless performance.
Incredible. You sound just like the original. Whenever I see something like this, isolated from the mix, I think Man, whoever played that on the recording is an excellent musician. ...and you sound every bit as good!! I didn't even know it was that elaborate.
In fact, musician & writer Tom Scholz played this and all guitar tracks on the recording. Phenomenally talented artist, indeed!
Coupydog Barry Goudreau played the guitar solos on this one, one of very few Tom didn’t do...
I always thought it was Tom on guitar during “Foreplay” and Barry on guitar during “Long Time”.
Tom actually wrote the whole album and then hired singer then the rest followed
0:52 completely overlooked the arpeggio
Listened to this several times. Nicely done. In my head still waiting for the drums.
Woooooowww!!! I have been listening to your music for hours and it is impressive how majestic your music sounds, thanks for sharing, greetings from CHILE
Thank you 🙏
whew.... im back in the 70s.... and loving and missing it... thanks Matt!!!!!!
Wellp...now that I've finally learned the keyboard solo to "The Cinema Show", I guess this will be my next lesson!
Karn evil 9 is next
Mellifluous sounds of the organ, it's just full of universal buzz!!!... Thank you, wizard!!!...
many many thanks. I love this song since ive heard it in 1977 but at this time it was impossible for me to find all notes. Now i ll work on it. Great
Blows me away still Matt, so glad to watch this again and to meet you thru RUclips and Facebook. Cheers, Robert
That was FANTASTIC! Absolutely spot on! As if Tom Scholz himself was performing it. Well done!
I'm going to try learning this so i can play it for my dad. We both love Boston. Thank you Matt, you're amazing.
An incredible cover of the coolest organ intro.
Great Job Matt. I found myself adding all the other tracks down in my head when I listened.
Great job and nice to see it slowed down. Thanks.
Pure talent
Wow, Matt! So well played!!❤
I started learning piano because of this video of few years back
Good!
beautiful piece of music. Thanks for showing us how to play it.
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watchin this 8 months later...still impresses the fk outa me Matt ;)
Thanks John!
Matt great the playing is totally awesome. My neck skull is now permanently at a 45 degree angle from this great video! this has always been the ultimate challenge for me to figure out. I May have to settle for my best rendition time will tell. Thanks for the video!
I smiled throughout the whole video but at 2:00... That note hits me in the heart. Great playing man! Congratulations! ❤
love it..! used to play this live in one of my club bands, VERY fun song to play on the drums..!
it's the best Foreplay cover I ever heard
Wow Matt! I really enjoyed this immensely.
Love that !!! Mesmerizing to watch you perform this amazing song. You are a master !
You play that very well. So many cannot even hear where they go wrong. Great job! Thx!!!
he went wrong in a lot of places here. It's certainly not close to the actual transcribed version but it's very well done, nonetheless. ;-) . ruclips.net/video/bCaoffl55tU/видео.html
Amazing job Matt. Your sound, your technique. Masterfully done! Bravo!
Absolutely Fantastic
this is great hearing you play and kind of you to teach it to everyone else. thank you!
2:37 Sounds awesome Matt. Incredible dexterity! Timing is spot on.
Off the chart Matt !! Great job my friend. 😎
That’s some tricky piece, played brilliantly, both hands doing different timings... nice!
Beautiful, thanks for sharing!
This was outstanding!!!!!!!!
Matt - you just rocked me to the core .. I think I had an eargasm !!
I just brought home my dream, a pristine Hammond A102 .. and this was the first song I searched for and yours the first hit. I'm turning 54 and haven't touched a keyboard or read any music for that matter since 1980 but its always been the Hammond sound all these years my ears yearn for - from Santana to ELP .. all the heavy-hammond prog bands .. then discovering Jimmy Smith about 15 years ago and following that whole route ..
Your MOST EXCELLENT Video is like Mana from Heaven. Seriously .. thank you for this and all your vids. I'm watching (about the 10th time) - and actually PLAYING AGAIN !!
Thanks to you
Alan W
to Christian:
Matt's Hammond, IIRC, is a BC to which he added percussion and performed his own chop job. He has plenty of clav sounds in his Vintage Keys module as well, I think. He has a tour of his rig if you search for YES tribute bands or Going For The One which is the name of his tribute group. He has a 70's vintage Mini Moog D as well. Nice rig. Combination of analog and digital. Great keyboardist. That's coming from a fellow pro player. :-)
Beautifully done, sir.
I really enjoy how Procol Harum-like your work at the end of the vid sounds.
wow. tom scholtz is a genius!
I used to play that back in the 80's. And this being a 10 performance, mine was about a 4. Great job, thanks for the video!
Wow, you are playing it spot on😀👍👍
Fantastic. Very helpful.
Very nice sounding, and well recorded rig.
I can almost smell generator oil, and vacuum tubes.
Thanks.
Nothing like a B3
Looking at the location Power Switches, the Organ is earlier than a B-3, either a B/C-2 (could distinguish if Vibrato Tabs were visible on Left Side) or B/C-V (Lone Vibrato Knob/Chorus Toggle, Left Side) or even Something Pre-WWII (Tremulant Rheostat, Left Side).
Beautiful.
Very well done sir! Amazing!
great job Matt, because of you I will be playing this with my band :) Thank you!
This is very, very cool!!! Great playing and awesome sound!!!
I was trying to find a different song, but found this. I've heard it a million times, but you did a very good job with it. I am so glad. Nice job, dude
Nice work awesome tone and playing. Sounds like the original 😎👍
This amazes the hell out of me!!! So perfectly executed! Thank you!!!
Those camera zooms were epic XD Great playing
Man the slow part sounds like a whole new song itself its amazing! good video thanks for it!
Holy moses!!!! Thats effin awsum to say the least!!!
That lone held C @ 2:00 kills me every time. Awesome job. Do you know what gear Tom used to record this? Yours sounds spot on.
Tom created his own stuff to record and play
Egg ('69-'72 british prog organ bass drum 3 piece) did similar suspensions in "Visit to Newport Hospital" around 2:08 in, but in D
Excellent, leslie sounds modified and binaural, almost like one speaker doing two different things. Great sound and video
Iirc, you can get the upper and lower horns at different speeds on some models
Wish I was in s band with you Matt!! Terrific! !
Ah!!👍👍 thanx for sorting this out!! My brain is’nt fast enough to figure out what he’s playing in the end of the fast runs. It’s sound unlogic to my brain. Now i can hear and understand!😅👍👍
just watched in .5 speed to help my learn it myself and wow your timing is spot on. great job. trying slightly different fingering for the intro for myself
Thanks for this!
Any chance of you doing a tutorial on the solo from Smokin'? (pretty please)
Excellent job.
The song is truly a masterpiece
This is so cool! You got it down dude!!!
over the top awesomeness!
Awesome.
Nailed it! Bravo bravo! thank you for this video dude! Added to the list of epic shit to learn!
I've played this for over 30 years. You are better. *nod of respect*
Fantastic playing man. Awesome precision.
Spectacular!
It's even more beautiful at 1/2 tempo! You are indeed an impressive player!
That was a thing of beauty. Thanks.
Awesome job!!!
Whoa! Thanks for this, I was just trying to figure this one out the other day, after watching a Tome Scholz video, and gave up hopelessly...
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Thank you sooooo much! Still learning it but this was a great help!
So Matt, where can I sell my soul to play like you?
In your soul. If you truly have the desire, you will sacrifice part of your life to accomplish a professional level of skill in a difficult medium.
@@JLowry-dm3qw I think he will have to go to the "CROSSROADS"
Practice
@@jmack619 And fall down on your knees!
Perfect. Someday maybe I'll be able to play this.
Wow just incredible, so damn good 👍👏👏👍
Man this is awesome
Matt... Great to "see" you!!! I heard about the "Going for the One" gig from Amber. I will be out of the country... Please keep me posted of other events! Thanks! Dianne
Thank you for this
Great playing and your organ sounds fantastic!
still watchin this....when i think of this track
Wow Matt awesome
Good version, congratulatios (Temuco, Chile)
Well put. It's a 'version'. It's certainly not a transcription version. He plays the 'chords' but not the proper notes in the progression. To an untrained ear, it sounds fine. But if you simply slow down the original album version to .25 speed here on YT, you can hear clearly the actual notes TOM is hitting, versus this "version" provided herein.
Just got the sheet music for this but watching your video as a companion guide will be a great help for me as I take on this one. Thank you! I'm more than a little nervous about this tune....
Wow, this is great. Thanks for breaking it down so well!
I would love to hear this on a large pipe organ!
Here you go ruclips.net/video/04-EatBQAu0/видео.html
I love it! You rock! I wish I hadn't sold my Korg all those years ago....damn!
Love this so much!
Before being a pro wrestler MAtt Riddle was a sick organ player
Good God man fantastic!