Andrew W.K. Piano Solo Live @ Summer Sonic Tokyo 2006

[neverbackdown1983]

it's a sad world when someone like this gets almost no love, and Justin Bieber is world famous. just damn sad.

[thejoshuahicks]

history will be kind to AWK. he will become more well known and revered and legendary. its my prediction..and aliens will come to alabama

[studmeow]

Once again proving my point on another post, what a phenomenal, underrated, and multi-talented musician he is.

[RyJo]

not a solo.... clearly a duet.

[claudiamegustas]

Is this really 2006? I thought that after the infamous concert on NJ on 2005 AWK was all alone. Is there any more footage of this? Please someone answer!

[Sporadick]

@claudiamegustas not overseas, he was barred in America from using the band format

[ryukenosuke]

Really??? Why? what happaned?

[decker1215]

waaaa haaaappen?

[Szotyka]

finally somebody take a some classic music into the rock, as fine way what we need.

[shariotoflove]

1:20 nice rendition of the harsichord solo of bachs brandenburg conbcerto no.5.

[stickrpg23]

AWK

what a pimp

[gritnom]

I wish he could get an album out. Too bad his manager made it so hen can't release cd's in the U.S. That really pisses me off. He was suppose to release YoungLord last year. I heard the single. It's interesting.

[AWKGOJ]

Now he could release albums in the US on his own label, his solo piano "55 Cadillac" release in September 8 in the US.

[gritnom]

Well, that's really awesome news. The best I've heard in a while. Thanks. Sept.

8th, huh? Really cool, man. YEAH!!!

[szadun]

This is bloody brilliant

[frinal]

andrew WK...the matthew bellamy of party rock?

[BINGBONGGG]

NO. The andrew w.k. of all that is ROCK.

[xtothaz63]

It's the real AWK???Because some people says it's not Andrew but a fake after 2003...

Sorry for the english,i'm french...

[leeemo]

Sebastian A.W.K. anyone???

[megu824]

Who's the fat dude on the drums?I didn't know Donald Tardy is not playin with AWK?????

[jank1010]

D.T. is working with Obituary.

[LufthansaHeist]

This is awesome, he's such a great pianist

[Drocks0]

who wants to bet andrew has 9 pairs of the same clothing

[AtrumAethra]

i don't

i bet he has like 5 million

[firewireguy]

He clearly has only one set of those clothes that he washes once a month or so.

[mikenwr]

hahahaha

[themajorkey]

He does, it's gross. Awesome pianist though.

[jakeh0]

Haha this is amazing. It is fun and unexpected. A musical joke, so to speak.

[IHaveAFatDog]

It's freaking awesome. I just can't say enough about it. W-O-W

[thesisrevoked]

This man is physically frightening, but his music is great.

[Fullmetal132]

Extremely good. I'm envious.

[theozzman]

That last comment made me laugh so much (not because of the opinion im mutual) just the way they worded it. Pure Genius. You do the English tongue proud.

Ciao!

[jdmotor]

Andrew W.K. is a music god and a really nice guy to boot.

he's one of how many popular musicians who actually had a music degree? he composes every single part for every one of his songs on the piano and then Transcribes it by hand for all the other parts.

as far as i'm concerned the man's a musical genius well deserving of the praise he gets in the music world.

AWK is music that has heart, and that heart has a rythm. and that rhythm is life.

[IHaveAFatDog]

IT'S GOOD!

[moonroach6207]

1. bach is boring

2. nothing from the baroque period had anything to do with feeling...

[MonstermaniacBotB]

You sir don't know what you're on about.

[shariotoflove]

listen to adagio in g minor by albinoni and then get back to me....or listen to any italian opera....you sir havent got a clue! proven FACT!

[meak911]

this like the WWE of crappy music performance.

[OHEMamandaG]

THIS MAKES ME WANT TO

[stevie27988]

This is an insult for what J.S.Bach represent in history of music! Morover, Jazz came from a fusion of cultures and surely the european music traditons played a necessary role, Andrew isn't part of it..

But maybe you don't care of it 'cause you are, clearly, a pseudo-intellectual-alternativ­e-artist who tries to find a meaning in every madness he sees...

P.S. I'm graduate in classic piano and composition...

[Darcy4]

Whoop-dee friggin doo. I'm just saying, clearly this guy has some classical background. Give credit where credit is due. Never said anything about "feeling", Andrew W.K. is just all about being ridiculous and having a good time. Rocking out to Bach in the middle of a rock concert in Japan clearly is silly, unexpected, and a strange juxtaposition, but that's all Andrew wants to do - those who can't appreciate it don't.

[Darcy4]

Whoop-dee friggin doo. I'm just saying, clearly this guy has some classical background. Give credit where credit is due. Never said anything about "feeling", Andrew W.K. is just all about being ridiculous and having a good time. Rocking out to Bach in the middle of a rock concert in Japan clearly is silly, unexpected, and a strange juxtaposition, but that's all Andrew wants to do - those who can't appreciate it don't.

PS I'm a girl, and I'm by no means a pseudo-intellectual anything.

[stevie27988]

But Wtf is this?

Have you ever heard a piano or keyboard player? Andrew sucks like all metal stuff... go listen some jazz piano solo... Andrew rules in your fucked brains... open your hear...

[Darcy4]

Clearly, you don't have any classical chops at all if you discredit this. It's an excerpt from one of the most difficult piano/harpsichord solos out there (Bach's Brandenberg Symphony No.5, movement 1, if anyone's interested). Jazz came from this, idiot...

[stevie27988]

J.S.Bach was, surely, one of the most incredible composers in entire world... If you are a really music expert you should discern chocolate by shit... Bach is the former, Andrew W.K. is the latter... Besides, If u are a musician u should have a different perspective of music and recognize the technic difficoult in piano performances... If u think, instead, this piano solo(?) has an "incredible feeling" only because Andrew shakes his head for 3 minutes, u are a poor...

[Jack18689]

2 parole: che - schifo...

[felixkuhl]

i wanna go to tokyo... just to see awk

[JonnieZombie]

I take back anything negative I've ever said about him.

[carloskia]

hahaha what a legend!

[BleachGirl]

Amazing as always, Andrew is amazing...

[IHaveAFatDog]

I want to learn piano!

I want to play like a BEAST!

[crostskates]

Andrew rules!!