I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river and it made me complete
Oh simple thing where have you gone?
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin
I came across a fallen tree
I felt the branches of it looking at me
Is this the place we used to love?
Is this the place that I've been dreaming of?
Oh simple thing where have you gone?
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin
And if you have a minute why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know?
Somewhere only we know?
Oh simple thing where have you gone?
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin
And if you have a minute why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
So why don't we go
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know?
Somewhere only we know?
Somewhere only we know?
Keane are an English alternative rock band from Battle, East Sussex, formed in 1995. They met while at Tonbridge School together. The band currently comprises Tom Chaplin (lead vocals, guitar, piano), Tim Rice-Oxley (piano, synthesisers, bass guitar, backing vocals), Richard Hughes (drums, percussion, backing vocals), and Jesse Quin (bass guitar, guitar, backing vocals). Their original line-up included founder and guitarist Dominic Scott, who left in 2001.
Keane achieved mainstream international success with the release of their debut album Hopes and Fears in 2004. Topping the UK chart, the album won the 2005 Brit Award for Best British Album and was the UK's second best-selling album of 2004. It is one of the best-selling albums in UK chart history. Their second album, Under the Iron Sea, released in 2006, topped the UK Albums Chart and debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200. Their third album Perfect Symmetry was released in October 2008 and their EP Night Train was released in May 2010. Their fourth studio album Strangeland was released in May 2012 and peaked at number one on the UK Albums Chart.
After the release of their best album The Best of Keane in 2013, the band took a hiatus, lasting nearly five years. The band returned after the hiatus with new music, announcing their fifth studio album titled Cause and Effect on 6 June 2019 and releasing the lead single from the album "The Way I Feel". A collection of the songs were written by Tim Rice-Oxley during his divorce, and after discussions with Tom who had visited Tim the previous year, decided to proceed with recording the songs for the album. Cause and Effect was released on 20 September 2019. After the release of the album, the band embarked on the Cause and Effect Tour, visiting Europe and Latin America, before the remainder of the tour was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In May 2008, both Hopes and Fears (number 13) and Under the Iron Sea (number 8) were voted by readers of Q magazine as among the best British albums ever, with Keane, the Beatles, Oasis and Radiohead the only artists having two albums in the top 20. In 2009, Hopes and Fears was listed as the ninth best-selling album of the 2000s decade in the UK. Keane are known for using keyboards as the lead instrument instead of guitar, differentiating them from most other rock bands. The inclusion of a distorted piano effect in 2006 and various synthesisers were a common feature in their music which developed on the second and third albums. Keane have sold over 13 million records worldwide.
As a pianist, the thing that annoys me about this is that he used the Yamaha CP-70B (a stage version of a grand piano, which was portable and used strings and hammers, but had no soundboard) which sounds thin and inadequate. I'm sure they could have used a decent piano (a Bosendorfer Imperial would be my choice, or a Fazioli).
The amount of actual typing this required...lol...I'm dying here...
As a pianist, the thing that annoys me about this is that he used the Yamaha CP-70B (a stage version of a grand piano, which was portable and used strings and hammers, but had no soundboard) which sounds thin and inadequate. I'm sure they could have used a decent piano (a Bosendorfer Imperial would be my choice, or a Fazioli).
Now that's a way to critique a song instead of the usual "WHY ARE YOU PLAYING TOP 40 SCHLOCK" and a thousand Emojis
But we cant rewind we've gone too far.
People have been playing piano like that for hundreds of years. People loved it when The Beatles did it.
Martin Luther, Phil and Don
Brother Michael, Auntie Gin
Open the door and let 'em in
I worked with a band that toured with Yamaha CP-80 (more keys). It was a real pain in the ass. You had to re-tune it for every gig! This was in the early 80s, before modern electronic pianos, and nothing else that was portable at the time, sounded anywhere near as good!
When I was a touring musician (in the 1980s) I had a CP70B and it's true, it can go out of tune. I made sure that my road crew handled the top half with care and it had a padded flight case and so it only needed tuning every week or so (though I do remember doing five nights at a London venue and they paid for it to be tuned every night). Now I have a Nord Stage 2 - amazing piece of kit!
As a pianist, the thing that annoys me about this is that he used the Yamaha CP-70B (a stage version of a grand piano, which was portable and used strings and hammers, but had no soundboard) which sounds thin and inadequate. I'm sure they could have used a decent piano (a Bosendorfer Imperial would be my choice, or a Fazioli).
I worked with a band that toured with Yamaha CP-80 (more keys). It was a real pain in the ass. You had to re-tune it for every gig! This was in the early 80s, before modern electronic pianos, and nothing else that was portable at the time, sounded anywhere near as good!
Excellent piano taste I can only agree with! As an Austrian, Bösendorfer is anyway a given, but Fazioli is another dimension and such a heavenly joy to play!
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