I Don't Like Mondays on piano

[cpia2002]

I have just recorded a really fun video on my channel , called "The history of pop and rock in 100 piano and keyboard riffs" and the 1st song is the "I dont like mondays intro you have just done a tutorial on"

When you get chance please check it out :0

Anyway , keep up the great videos

P.J.

[MartinPantovic]

make a tutorial please!

[mashboja]

great stuff i would like it if you played it on a real piano and showed as thanks

[740diesel]

my complements, david you done a wrealy perfect job

you are a greath pianist you are even better than johny fingers himself haha ;D

(the original pianist of the boomtown rats)

[JoeyOffTheStreet]

Great job. Love Fingers' piano playing.

And to think-this was originally written as a reggae number.

[Silversnapdragon]

I can't quite tell by looking at the music (I'm not that good yet) but is the sheet music the original or the improv? You did great with your version, but I'd like to learn the regular version.

[animatinator]

@Silversnapdragon It's mostly the original, with a few alterations in places (mainly because at the time there were a few bits I couldn't really play properly :P ).

[animatinator]

@Silversnapdragon Ah wait, you mean the sheet music - well, it's the same in places but it's been altered to include the vocal parts (unless the piano plays those in the original song as well...).

[Moskito159]

Very well played!

[athull08]

Amazing!

And you kept the dark feel to it really well (it's easy to forget this song is about a school shooting)

[coolnskillful]

Great! How long have you been playing? Is it possible for you to send me the sheet music please?

[dlkdyscot]

Thanks,i've jus listened to it,sang it in the tempo you played it, that's a real workout for the vocal chords, whoo, but liked , i'll need to try and give myself some piano lessons , might never get to your standard, nice playing and great stuff.Regards

[MrLedington2]

epic, and thanks for the sheet music, i hate not being able to play by ear, people like you are a great help to people who can only read

[motogpphil]

excellent young man!

[Liddich]

i love it!!! where du you get the sheets???

[ihatetwiggy]

Excellent job! Loved it.

[Jack6com]

nice.

[studioflip]

I don't like the 30 people who disliked this! (Also Mondays)

[michael18152]

wow, great piano and great cover ,you are very talented, that seems to be the best piano cover of this song on youtube.

by the way, could give me the music sheet of this song?

[Kaluzniak]

Finally one who plays it with the proper sheet music and in the right key. This was amazing, by far the best on YouTube.

[Zisaras86]

Great!

[BiancaWong]

Well done! Thank you very much!

[Kaliopesnape]

great job, but for me electric piano is piano without soul...

[animatinator]

@Kaliopesnape Thanks :) Yeah, I would prefer a real piano, but what digital pianos lack in soul they make up for by not leading to bankruptcy :P

[michael18152]

@Kaliopesnape

You are not right, the modern digital pianos today can be adjusted in so difficult ways, so every digital piano is kind of an unique.

furthemore, they sound like real pianos and they will ever have their great sound, they don't need to be tuned.

and they work quite akin to a real piano.

at last, if you look at stars or appearances you will find an digital piano, skilled musiker know why.

[FirDeNisip]

@Kaliopesnape the one who plays the piano can make it seem to have a soul. it`s true that a real piano is better. But a digital one(or electric) is fine if you play for fun.

[skrep123]

I got shivers at 2:26.

[animatinator]

@skrep123 Haha, sorry about that :D

[taranjar2]

Great work, animator...sounds great, and thank you for the link; much appreciated!

[gazzamuffin]

cool! love it i want to play it now, thanks for the link to the dowmload too!

[michaellacht14]

good song with an poor story

[Ondro1112]

You are frakin awesome, dude! I can´t find the words to describe your play, just awesome! Just keep it that way and upload more vids and never stop playing!

[Silversnapdragon]

Please for the love of god never stop playing and getting better!!!!!! You can go far kid. I want to see you in headlines as a famous pianist. and make sure to post several more songs :D

[studioflip]

I wanna shoot the hole day down!

[TroyMcClure92]

really great! =)

now i´m gonna print out those sheet and practise it on my own...thanks for your inspiration :)

[pacific14586]

I clapped during the parts where you're supposed to. It was epic.

[qwertyuploader]

@pacific14586 HAHAHA me too xD

[midgeykid]

@pacific14586 Okay! I'm not the only one! LOL!

[PianoNick]

Nice one! :-)

[ickomusic]

loved it

[ferretchucker]

Very good, although certain parts sound a bit out of key compared to the original.

[iaraMcfly]

thank youu for the informatiooon

[Schreibtischhocker47]

it is really great...

[JB620]

amazing.

[Anonymous547]

it's great, but I'd have to agree that it's too fast. And while I like the artistic effect of the camera angles, it really annoys me as someone who is in the middle of learning this piece myself.

[whydoineedaname3589]

I like it faster than the original. Good job.

[ypg3]

please use one camera angle.

[sajkora]

great!! but to be honest.. it's really too fast..

[YingFaXiaoLang]

This was really good. Thanks for providing a link to the sheet music I've been trying to find it for awhile so that I can play it for my HSC.

[westybhoy1888]

Fucking A!!!!!!!!!

[narancsszorp]

You are amazing! I wish I would play like you... hhhh....

[MCRfan141995]

Amazingg!

[Sipwellaqua]

Thx alot for the sheet mate, much appreciated

[chrisonataor]

btw thanks for the free sheet music download!!!!

[chrisonataor]

its too fast. sounds amazing, but a little too fast. slow it down just a bit

[thebaudot]

torp fort allez sur thebaudot

[RoXiiigrl]

A bit on the fast side but really good ... thanks for the link to the sheet music ..... it actually works compare to most on youtube .... thanks again ...... = )

[JimboKerres]

these sheets,

are they exactly what youre playing here?

[scorch0902]

awesome ;)

[snoph26]

absolutly excellent!

well done!

[MenInTheMirror]

is too fast

[DaveDD88]

too fast!

[derSCH4K4L]

you're right... but just a lil bit...

but it looks like he knows what he is doing, its his interpretition of this song... and it sounds still great!

[MartinHakusho]

is it difficult???

[knightoftheround]

Not really, there's just a couple of sharps. And I can't get how far I'm supposed to slide on the intro. @_@

[animatinator]

A couple? More like five :D Although it isn't hard once know what notes you're playing.

In the intro you just slide as far as you can in the time of 1 crotchet, there's no real rule to it - the sheet music just shows a symbol for a downward glissando, it doesn't give a bottom note. I tend to do it so that I go slightly further with each one, until the last one which goes down about as far as the notes the left hand plays immediately afterwards.

[rbk17]

Good, not excellent, but I can't judge You, because i never play anything on the piano.

[Emilysmileox]

Could you make a tutorial?? Pleaase? Theres only one other one on youtube and its to complicated to follow

[narancsszorp]

hjaaj.. bárcsak el tudnám zongorázni ezt... de örülnék akkor a fejemnek.. hjaaaj It's really great! Grat!

[oOstareOo]

I love this Song,..

good playing :)

[jjoonn56]

now im not saying that this was bad but the into was a little wrong

and before ppl start saying "why dont you do it better" or "your just saying that cause you can play piano" iv been playing piano since i was 5 years old and this was one of my favorite song to learn

5/5 ne ways

[msab2006]

awesome playing man, well done. But I think it would have sounded much better on a real piano instead of an electric one. The plastic keys sort of messed up the tune. But great playing though. keep it up

[animatinator]

I absolutely agree, but unfortunately I can't afford a real piano at the moment so the digital one will have to do :-P

[LordLoss007]

The intro is wrong,and It's wrong with the speed

[renegerstbauer2]

do it better or just shut up!

5 * !

[sheepy31415]

That is completely out of key

[WARKOWN66]

Not bad at all :p

[eynge21501]

i enjoyed your video. good job! :)

[Dachbodenleiter]

Brilliant ;)

[scrog77]

It's so true, you cant beat the sound of a real piano.This was good though5*****

[Helplessbegger]

Will you be making a tutorial for those who can't read the sheets!?

[rhosilliboy]

Well done. Enjoyed that!

[spaceoddity9]

hey dere! where did you get dat sheet music, i have one dat i got from msic notes but it doesnt sound half as impressive :)

[epurgatory]

What model piano is that?

[LeslieLoew]

Well it's played really good actually. You are definitely an excellent player. But I totally dislike the sound of electronic pianos. It would be much better with a real piano!!!

But your piano skills are great; that counts ;)

[EtherStudios]

This is the only video ive found where the song is played right. good job.

[fotini2113]

hey...can you please make the tutorial of this song beacause I can't find the piano sheet anywhere...please...

[Klaymen95]

the sheet music is in the description

[coopernfsps]

oh i love this song <3

[01marcin01]

that's awsome!!!really cool... I love dont like monday... ;p

[Shakelen]

hi, im just wondering what keys u press at the end of intro (0:16 - 0:24)

i am trying to learn this song and have got all but those notes......

[drhouseiloveyou]

wow... A Mozart from 21st century...!!!

[noooooky]

Search for : David Sides Piano covers on YouTube.

HE is the Mozart of the 21th century.

I'm not even joking !

[RPtubezone2]

Agreed with Noooky!

[mandaly909]

nice

[chiero57]

Incredible playing!!! He does NOT need to play it softer or differently at all...he captures the mood and feeling of this song perfectly.

[F304music]

Are you playing some things differently to what it says in the score???

[animatinator]

Yes, I tend to modify tunes a bit when I play them. It's mostly the same though, just a few altered rhythms :-P

[bobbyDoel]

Very good!

[Hermiona06]

How old are you? You are excellent player on piano!

I am from Czech republic.

[xxkanishaxx]

i hate the clicking of the keys its really anoying odawise its really good!!! x o x o x o x

[jhoseppe]

softer please, you have to play this softer

but not bad.

[F304music]

How old are you? You are really good!

[F304music]

How do you do the gliss. at the beginning? I got blisters on my fingers after trying it about 5 times. Help me please!

[animatinator]

Just keep practising - as with playing guitar, your fingers will strengthen soon enough and then it won't hurt any more. You could always try wearing gloves or something similar as well :-)

[dalard2161]

Is your piano older? this could be why newer piano dont seem to do this

[primaseason]

Yeah, i got blisters too.. I think digital pianos have a softer keyboard rather than a real piano..

[jhoseppe]

but digital pianos don't sound as good as real ones

[Xozny]

Yeh, I can't do it on the black keys but it works fine on white. It's because the gaps are wider.

[rigbst]

Awesome buddy, perfect for me trying to perfect my 'private' karaoke!!!!

Great great song, long live Bob!

[codyxiz]

Absolutely wonderful... are U a big fan of The Rats? can U play more songs of the band?? are U in a band?

[Robobbly]

U realy good you film it on 2 camrers like the camra work!

[Gameczar]

the only part good in this song is the beggining

[Microcebus1]

so can you do it better?!

[Gameczar]

he plays it great but the only good part of the SONG is the begginging

[jawima]

amazing

[LaBy09]

damn man !

You blew me away :) !

[kasakstan145]

some nice skills you got there boy :)

[animatinator]

To all those looking for sheet music:

There is a link to the sheet music (in a zip file) in the video description; please click on it instead of messaging me about it - I've had a lot of messages on the topic recently, and while I don't mind emailing the zip to a few people I don't have time to send it to everyone who asks (it takes about 20 minutes to send because of the file size). So it's faster for all of us if you just click the link in the video description :-)

[tiffany30897]

wow impressive :D

[ritchielee666]

nice!

[Bananaguard]

nice work.. youre playing pretty well, but maybe you should play with more feeling like you would enjoy the music

[bhongusa]

Wow.. Excellent... I used to play piano =D

[canadiankazz]

Fantastic!

[Anwvynn]

Dans Dr House, j'ai cru halluciner! Surprise totale, et version géniale! But why?

1:j'adore ce titre depuis 25ans!,

2:jamais personne ne la connaît;(médias:jamais entendu/vu)

et 3:Je ne voyais pas comment faire mieux so,I wasn't interested by your clip but finally, I clic(ed)! When you begin to play, too much things disturb me and I'm going to stop when I notice you're really + & + good. The emotion arrives & is great.Bravo!Merci!

[niamhmol]

Wow, thats really really good! Thanks as well for the sheet music :) How long did it take you to learn this piece?

[goalieken93]

I have a huge knob!!!!!!!!

[animatinator]

Everyone knows the size of a man's knob is inversely proportional to the amount they talk about it ;-)

[Deolagrue]

well said. mine's the smallest in the world then :P

[hartpumper123]

Omg, You Ur Well Good Maytee, Luv U xoxox

[doubledowndino]

Fantastic job, man. You're too young to be that good. Wow.

[lovelies281087]

I love that song and you're playing it very well! Congrats!

[hulk1848]

your 1 of the pianist on u tube that ive seen

[wim0079]

Great playing dude! Thanks for the sheets!!

5/5 and i subscribed

[yes672]

O.0 awsome dude 5/5

[judgedredd304]

excellent but i think it could be slightly better if you slowed it down a little bit

[animatinator]

Agreed; my tempo was a little bit erratic when I videoed this - I can play it properly now though ;-)

[PianoRocknRoll]

Wow.... AMAZING. Thank you SO much for the sheet music- I've been searching everywhere for it.

[gerryhoey]

Very good... you just need to loosen up a bit, I notice you posted this a year ago, so I'd say you pretty much have it nailed by now...

[Egleriel]

Great! You are fantastic :)

[Pescrazy27]

Very nice. 5*.

[Tschasche]

Very good

[lowhdrider2003]

FANTASTIC !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[spatch69]

sorry forgot to rate it:) have 5 stars.

[spatch69]

your amazing can you send me a copy of the music and dont listen to mg3065 hes just jealous keep it up and show him up buy recording that again now its a year down the line you'll be better.

[sportsboy80]

wow. great^^

[Shirewood]

that was awesome! great job

[mg3065]

Mechanical. Mechanical. Mechanical.

The speed may be consistent but it does NOT convey the feeling of the original.

You know its true.

[animatinator]

Actually my point was that the speed is *not* consistent. In fact it's all over the place, which indicates either a very skilfully-programmed machine or a non-mechanical player :-P

And yes, 'I know it's true' that it lacks feeling, but it was over a year ago that I did this and I had only been learning the piece for a short time (the video was mainly to try out my new camera, and also to see how difficult it would be to take a multi-shot video with one camera :P ).

[CrocodileRocker]

I don't think "mechanical" is a way of describing a person's playing ability, because I think that being able to play metronomically is a great skill, but at the same time, that person must be able to play rubato, but keep it controlled, as opposed to it happening by accident (don't get me wrong, my sense of time is terrible and I do play rubato by accident!). Oh, and by the way, the top note at 2:05 is a D#, not a C#...just a point. I do like the video though, don't get me wrong!

[animatinator]

A good point well made. Unfortunately in this case the rubato was accidental (I can play it at a constant speed now tho :P ).

The D# thingy is also true; I have yet to check whether it's a mistake in the sheet music or just me having read it wrong. Probably the latter :D

[spatch69]

why do you think its mechanical its him so shut up.

[mg3065]

Mechanical. Mechanical. Mechanical.

The speed may be consistent but it does convey the feeling of the original.

[mg3065]

Mechanical but ok

Say a 7/10

[animatinator]

If it were mechanical, my speed would be consistent :P

Thanks for the 3.5 stars anyway, according to YouTube that still counts as 'worth watching' :D

[stevelp646]

buy some feeling kid....

[preditor124]

WTF!!!!!!! your a legend mate =)

[jaapsneep]

All you need is someone to sing and you got the entire song ! Perfect! I envy you :D

[CalikoKat]

Great !!!!...I gotta learn this one :)

[pianoalien]

Class

[beemex01]

Aargh, that was awesome. Thank you so much, i love this song.

[GemmaBabyyGemma]

A Wee Bit Fast At The Start And A Minor Mistake

But,

BRAVO

[crystalblackberry]

maravilloso!!

[Or1onBelt]

Awsome dude!

[syncmaster960]

your amaizing man!!!!!!!!!!! i love this song i litrally just heard it!!!!!

[primaseason]

Coool! I wanna download the sheet, and try to play it!!

[valentindlx]

It's magic! I love you ^^! Congratulations from France.

[Gem1n1jim]

a slight mistake at 1:17, but man...that is AWESOME! i did quit playing the piano, but this really makes me feel like i should start playing it again. great work! keep it up!

[Blingbillaboo]

love this song, and the way you played it!

[NutellaMitSalat]

perfect