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George Winston — Riders on the Storm
Album: Night Divides the Day
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7

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Total ratings: 389









Released: 2002
Length: 7:24
Plays (last 30 days): 1
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George Winston? No shit?

very cool. 
Posted 2 weeks ago by BenHM3    [ Reply ]
Vraiment pas indispensable. The only fact that it is Winston playing doesn't make this tune better. I found it boring... and without any real artistic value. Gave it a 4.
Posted 5 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
I've always thought "Riders on the Storm" would be better without the vocals. Now I'm certain of it.
Posted 5 years ago by linden    [ Reply ]
"Is that Riders on the Storm"? "hmmm....". "Can you please press 12, thank you". (Thinking to self: Why do we have elevator music).


Posted 6 years ago by _Bruce_    [ Reply ]
Really     Noice     on this rainy Labor day Saturday.

have a great weekend Bill.
Posted 6 years ago by melzabutch    [ Reply ]
 dwhayslett wrote:

How do you know that's 'unintended'?

 
Exactly. George Winston is a master. I highly doubt it was unintended.
And I am a piano player for over 30+ years.
Thanks RP!
Posted 6 years ago by hindsightseer    [ Reply ]
 gedejong wrote:
I'm slightly disappointed by the technique. Unintended tempo changes, sometimes lagging slightly behind the beat.

 
How do you know that's 'unintended'?
Posted 6 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
 gedejong wrote:
I'm slightly disappointed by the technique. Unintended tempo changes, sometimes lagging slightly behind the beat. Also, for such a dark piece, it'd much nicer to play this on a Bechstein instead (Yamaha's forte is too sharp imho).

 
I'm not a piano player, but I hear that too. Overall it sounds a bit sloppy to me, like it's played by an advanced student.
Posted 6 years ago by user4176    [ Reply ]
 ojibwe wrote:
Technically, very good, but it misses all of the shadowy foreboding of the original, and it becomes another elevator music piece.

 


Posted 6 years ago by DriftingDave    [ Reply ]
I'm slightly disappointed by the technique. Unintended tempo changes, sometimes lagging slightly behind the beat. Also, for such a dark piece, it'd much nicer to play this on a Bechstein instead (Yamaha's forte is too sharp imho).
Posted 6 years ago by gedejong    [ Reply ]
I hear Piss Factory by Patti Smith not Riders of the storm.
Posted 7 years ago by number7    [ Reply ]
Technically, very good, but it misses all of the shadowy foreboding of the original, and it becomes another elevator music piece.
Posted 7 years ago by ojibwe    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:
I'd rather hear Ray Manzarek on his Rhodes piano.
 
Me too. Ray's solo is iconic.
I think there's a great cover out there somewhere but this ain't it.
Posted 7 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
This guy is in tune with the harmonious dimension of his body, interacting with his social and envoronmental context. (It ain't metaphysics, just embodied biology.)
Posted 7 years ago by Otomi    [ Reply ]
I'd rather hear Ray Manzarek on his Rhodes piano 
Posted 7 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
I always enjoy the great covers that RP plays. 7
Posted 7 years ago by jimtyrrell    [ Reply ]
When I saw George Winston after he performed some of the Doors pieces, he said he's asked quite often about doing Grateful Dead covers (this is the San Francisco Bay Area after all). And he replied that he was never a fan of the Grateful Dead but he loved the Doors.
Posted 7 years ago by poetdancer    [ Reply ]
Thank you,
BillG & GeorgeW!
Posted 7 years ago by Karmala    [ Reply ]
Bonjour Français de Bordeaux !
Un très bon morceau de piano qui me fait penser aux reprises de Génésis avec deux pianos. J'm !
Posted 7 years ago by moxa    [ Reply ]
So different from the original but nice all the same. 
Posted 7 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
I love these covers.
Posted 7 years ago by _Donna    [ Reply ]