Bruce Hornsby - The Way It Is with Solo

[EndlessMagic]

this is greaaaat. :)

[snowpickles]

That is awesome. You are definitely one of the best!

[Skateclark]

way overated cover of this song, your not very good atall

[mitzaida100]

amaziiiinnnggg!!!



[cindy001200]

Man. Unreal. Please do, "The Valley Road". No where on YouTube. Excellent!!!

[100110100]

Can i have the sheet?

Thanks in advance!

[100110100]

Do you have the sheet?

Could you send it to me? Thanks in advance

[naskeen]

great hands dude youre great.

[matt080483]

You are fucking brilliant! I love it! ( sorry I had to swear, but that's just how good it is)

[FairlyGrrl]

Fucking idiot.

[cindy001200]

Wish he would do the "Valley Road" . Remarkable Talant!!! Thanks for sharing with us...Not so talanted : )

[andalandia]

bravo!

[ilseez]

I always come back to this version, really great job! I love the song en your playing a lot

[blade7ism]

absolutly fucking ace mate!!! you should try the ludlows, from legends of, the fall godd free hands. nice one.

[RamonaFromPomona]

A classic ....nice to hear and see him perform...

[sweetytweety300196]

AMAZING!

[annkus3]

I evny your neighbours....:)

[SKirsten08]

great job ! 5*

[skypjuh]

good one :P

[dinkism1]

Tou and me both. I cant find it. This is real good though.

[mpassissilva]

you did a gret job... but I still looking for the studio version... that is I like most

[giazro]

nn 6 bono a fa er solo ...200 mistakes in the solo

[dr3vgn2]

great copy

[adayinthelife54]

Beautiful!

[reefric]

great job.

[Vichingo2977]

Complimenti!!! ma i video originali che fine hanno fatto?

[itsmesmithy12]

i feel the old times listening to way it is .all nostalgia.catching a bus to woodford going to hall behind church ,listen to disco or someone playing records.american pie or buddy holly

[ss491a]

makes that shit look easy....bruce couldnt do any better...bravo!

[54spiritedwill54]

nice work! brilliant...one of the best on youtube of this version..

[ThaGfromHH]

oh men, du nooob

[XDunlop]

Respect.

[420TheBARON]

Damn! Play like that, & chew gum @ the same time. Nice job Bruce... I kno its u! I can tell. U thot it'd b pretty nerdy to do your own song again. Ta bring it back to relevancy huh? I think u can do it. Come back & do Mandolin Rain next sesion.

[patfromozZ]

fantastic!

[Gordieiati]

Very Very good!!!

[MikeJMcGhee]

Great job. The Way It Is was the song that inspired me to start learning piano, and you can hear why.

[BigRichx]

That is not a bad effort!! By that i mean that was brilliant lol.

[Ashwing777]

Holy Crap. I was just nonchalantly googling to find this song for my daughter to listen to . . . expecting a Hornsby vid or somthing . . . and I was blown away. Dude. I was moved.

[klarvis]

did you by any chance find the original on youtube?

[keefbeef76]

fairplay ! good call

[djbean08]

I am impressed.

[cindy001200]

Very good job...You are talented. added to favorites. Thanks again for sharing your talent.

[mrconveen]

Love it!! Got a couple of glimpses of your face too - looks like your'e really enjoying yourself bud!

Fabulous!!

[guharanha]

great job!!

you still need a bit of practice but all in all you really suprised me (i tried it successless)!!

[willo1061]

thats pretty good i enjoyed that one

[guitarfreak529]

nice:)

[tonrock1981]

GOOD!

[netguru1973]

Amazing job! I wish I could this song justice, you nail it right on. Very impressive. thank you for posting.

[pippin254]

By the gods, nice work. This is well beyond what I can do, thats for sure XD

[djeneru]

davvero da brividi eccezionale very good

[koennetje]

the most of the time it's nice ... but wow you gotta practice a bit more on the fast pieces. I'm goin to learn this to. Allready have sheet music extracted from midi file. But I think that the fast part will be kinda hard indeed ;).

Still ... a nice try with a fair enough result. =)

[daz6546]

i agree with the comment on the fast bits requiring a bit of practice. still far far better than i could do though!

[Hiawatha132]

can you either do a lesson or tell me where i can find sheet music? i really want to learn how to play this song

[P41N92]

i'ts wonderful i love this song is my favourite you'r great!!!

[P41N92]

but this isn't one of soundtrack of city hunter??

[odiopuro666]

Exactly.

I love that times.

[laurenceww]

nice work!

[heyscary]

Hey babe. What do you think of this? Jane

[charleylownoise]

brilliant...one of the best on youtube of this version..

[mistavalentino]

very nice

[kristianjoneid]

well done mate that was an awesome piece of playing your a genius ur family should feel proud of you brilliant

[smashmint9]

nice played

[CampbellW98765]

it was nice but the solos didnt sound right.

check out my vid ( Campbell98765 ), its almost exactly like the original.

[CharmedPinkk]

ah man this is great!! wel done!:)

But does any1 know how to get the sheet music? i can play the first part but I can't find the rest..:(

[gpafrank]

wow that was nice

:]

[gamzaaa]

i just hate it when people say that Tupac stole bruces song.Pac just took the beat and sang a comletley differnet song.people who think pac stole the song dont even listen to the words.

R.I.P pac

Thnx bruce hornsby

[tysonyamanaka]

holy sh*t i just realized

your not looking at your piano while you play

thats awesome!!!!

[markmcd69]

you my friend are a fucking loser.

[tysonyamanaka]

what the heck did i do?

[denton908]

hahahahahahahahahahah

i just burst out laughing when i read that comment, thumbs up!

[IURunner]

I did the best sync I could with your video and the real song... Dude if you figured out this song by ear... MAD PROPS!!! You didn't play the full ending but shit you nailed the solo as best as I have seen on YouTube... Dude ur good, mad props!!

[nadeauabc]

Well done!! Your timing with the background music Great! I love this song by Bruce.

[musicluver789]

beautiful song... and beautifully played!

[MNMLALIEN]

2

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[52daveg]

fuck off his a prick/ was a prick

[mike3lock]

are you calling 2Pac a prick? if so, you are a complete dumbass

[52daveg]

how does that make me a dumbass?

[mike3lock]

because Pac was not a prick.

[wolfieXD]

nice 1 if i could play like dat i would me a millionare

lol anyway cool playin

frm wolfie XD

[pianoman74]

Nicely played pal. (Yes I'm a soulmate o' yours :))

Been trying same thing back in 1997, when there was no YT :(

Only thing I absolutely do not like is the bright string backing, sorry!! This should be much more filtered and less bright. ABSOLUTELY NO RESONANCE! Otherwise it interferes musically with the piano.

Technically: A++.

[Ivehkc]

hmm...sometimes a little timing problem... a heard a few wrong notes here and there. But other than that very well done!! keep it up!!

[pianoman74]

Oh yes those "wrong" notes. Hornsby plays a VERY odd part in the third solo, letting some notes sound twice in sequence, which makes the cadence a bit illogical. (to play)

3rd solo WITH accompaniment is the toughest of all. You have to concentrate on the difficult cadences as well as set the chords right.

BTW, to sound like Hornsby, 4th and seventh chord MUST be a Cadd9!

[tysonyamanaka]

dude forget the other stuff

but the there isnt a third solo

[tysonyamanaka]

dude forget the other stuff

but the there isnt a third solo

[pianoman74]

I did count three solos. I gladly have this on score and I had to TRANSCRIBE the third one because it was missing!

[tysonyamanaka]

ok the first solo is after two choruses i think and the second solo is after another one and the original only had two

[tysonyamanaka]

i see what u mean i tried to play the song with this on my computer but the timing was way off like about 3 seconds

but anyway this rocks and the other songs you play rock too

[tysonyamanaka]

what kind of piano is that and how did you make your auto accompaniment fit so well

[FuturePrez665]

they played the piano to the beat of the music in the background thing.

[tysonyamanaka]

no i mean the backing sounded perfectly in sync

[0sebas00]

dude, where can i find the notes for the piano on internet?

btw you're awsome!

[pazwild]

Very Good Version..

Instant foot tapper

[LennertG]

wow, nice played!

[MNMLALIEN]

We gotta make a change...

It's time for us as a people to start makin' some changes.

Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live

and let's change the way we treat each other.

You see the old way wasn't working so it's on us to do

what we gotta do, to survive...

R.I.P PAC!!!

[tysonyamanaka]

god i hope you realize this is a different tupac basically stole this music

[tysonyamanaka]

god i hope you realize this is a different tupac basically stole this music

[FIREandSOUL]

um... Bruce Hornsby.... look him up. This is NOT tupac's song... thanks

[beauty552]

its amazing

[tomaso101]

Wow!!! That's incredible. Well done!!!

[lcarmjer]

Great Job

[stokes2626]

One of the better posts. A little sped up, but not a bad job. Thanks.

[vega912700]

Great job. You did Bruce justice. I am downloading your rendition to my ipod.

[canefan17]

best version I've heard of it so far

[Dennhz7]

i agree with provo

[provo4]

2pac's 7million plus views says it all. 2pac put the soul into this music.

[vcwsmit]

Naa he rips off a briljant piece of music.

[doubledollar]

absolutely right!

[108377]

But bruce rite it !

[lucianoleoi]

Man....great song!!! Congratulations!!! Nice Work!!!

[um6xr]

cool i realy how you play this thank you you realy good

[LiliaSammer78]

*crying* I think it's time to go home....

[Rikk303]

you wanna leave or just give up? Great that old tunes like this are still liked bum notes and all.Love it...wd friend

[LiliaSammer78]

I made a movie and this song is included.

And when this song plays it's about time to go home...

[Rikk303]

I understand now...I was in a movie concerning revolting peasants or "The Peasants Revolt"...either way the casting director came to my college to look for likely types and being a long-hair I was chosen...I went home at the end of the day too although Hornesby was still in diapers at the time!

[15willow15]

WTF :O

[timfooster]

very very nice....

just the last solo bit is slightly inaccurate but hey.. you made it your own... nice work

tim

[salahazzouz]

one of the best songs ever

salah Morocco

[Eligoliveira]

Cool!!

[oxfords1]

One of my favorite songs. Thanks for sharing

[No1uKnOwOriginal]

Excellent :)

[geadrian2007]

muy buen tema

[leotio]

Exelente!!!! Muchas gracias por el buen momento.

[purpleplzr]

Excellent!

[porkochik]

one word. WOW!!!!

[tikkibakka]

how to get sheet music for this song? help appreciated plz

[strela]

nice...reminds me of my old friend

[shmuck990]

i got goosebumps from this

[AllUrUtubeRbelong2me]

2Pac had nothing to do with this song kids. It's by a man called "Bruce Hornsby". Say it with me one time...Bruce....Hornsby.

[jaycw92]

actually 2pac did use the background music of this song for his song called Changes.

[224clb22]

Totally cool!!!!

[Mogpiano]

This is great. But I think you should do your own solos in the improv. sections to put your own stamp on it. After all Hornsby never plays the same thing twice. Still a great job though.

[BenWallaceKevinGa]

2pac changes tha best ever how not to love it

[moose4ug]

that is freakin amazing

[Akrowdya64]

This song gives me goose bumbs everytime I hear this song, its always remindin of tupac.

[yoyotips]

luv it, luv the 2pac version so meaningful 2 the young generation. 2pac-changes rip.

[trkka]

I cant find the actual version of this song anywhere on youtube, but thats ok, because this one is every bit as good, if not better because of the added bits.

[pchaffi1]

great song, wonderful playing

[trkka]

This is such a good song... you managed to make it even better! It's awesome how you add in your own bits and pieces like the tune and bass in the intro! Seriously, you did a great job on this one!!!

[stewboz83]

Definitely one of the best on youtube. The only thing that needs work is your acuracy on the solos. They were the hardest for me, too. From what I've seen, your interpretation of the solos is the strongest. If you're interested, check out my verson. Keep it up, man.

[rayp5]

I have seen so many on you tube, you did it right. you hade the correct tempo, and played it how it should be. thank god!!!!!!

[funvidsbyus101]

Hey amazing piano sheets or tutorial

[backpacker905]

Really amazing job!

[121agency121]

Great job man!

[gordo39432]

hey, this is cool: on the G/F/C riff, on the G chord instead of playing an A for the first note, play a Bb. jazz it up a bit. then the C chord, make it a C7 chord.

[shokimusic]

ive done this song live.. I just want you all to know that I appreciate what it takes to do the solos correctly for this song. It may sound simple but it is a real pain in the a*%! to play the solos correctly. Even though I heard several mistakes, the funny thing is that they are they same mistakes that I made when I tried to play the solos! Keep up the good work man youll be able to play it correctly soon!!

P.S. I hated screwing up and getting ahead of the beat during the solos also :]

[stewboz83]

The solos are technically demanding, but they do sit well on the piano. The crazy thing is that Hornsby wouldn't play the same thing in a different performance. He's amazing.

[crashg705]

Tupac used this for CHANGES.....YES?

[gordo39432]

he did. unfortunately.

[stewboz83]

I'm with you, gordo

[jaycw92]

yes he did. I'm sure cause i looked it up a couple years ago =)

[ticovago]

hey man, that was great, do you have the chords for that?

thanks!

[SabuPtolemy]

The verse chord progression is Am, Em, D, C, G, D, C. The arpeggiated main hook is G/F/C. Rinse, repeat and have fun.

[ticovago]

nice man thanks, how about the entire piano tab ? :D

[SabuPtolemy]

I don't play piano - I play guitar. ;-)

[clemep]

wow, watch those fingers go...bravo...

[Nielsss91]

Can I have sheet musics or chords?

You can contact my profile!

Thanks a lot! ;)

Greetz

[admeral14]

amazing just amazing i have chills lol

[glassgremlin]

Genius!

[horace4831]

piano is 99.7% there,...............improve your Backing track, throw in some vocals....

...... can't fault your playing, though, ...

..wishI could get as near it

[Reevgst]

The performance is amazing, i must have played it 20 times , it reaches right into your soul.

[wayner1955]

one of the best if not the best piano players in the world .Cant think of one song of bruces that I dont like .

[teejai87]

watch out Bruce Hornsby. Best I've heard yet.

just like hornsby. Very good.

[Nielsss91]

Awesome =D

[cpsstudios]

Out of all I have watched... you are the best! Go ahead with your talented self. You totally nailed it and you know it by the way you're your gum, you know you are the man..

[mfb1985]

you got it right

[myandyour]

That's wonderfull!

you are fantastic!

and you are a great pianist.

really amazing!

greetz, from Holland

[thepianist001]

Soo amazing!

[woodstar71]

just like the real thing, well not quite but fantastic well done.

[RyanLlew]

absoutely amazing! best cover ever

[chiscaoito]

Wow, nice performance...could you tell me which camcorder you used on it? Thanks!

[luckylost123]

The Best Cover I ever heard !!!

[bextman]

Just like Oprah Winfrey once called witney Huston "Voice"

I call you "Piano". You are absolely Amazing. You played my most favourite song perfectly. Keep up the good work. from K. Malone