Liberace Chopsticks

[mostafajento]

Golden Fingers



[ez123marketing]

well, it also helps having instruments dubbed in!

[PauAnime]

lindos anillos yo tengo uno igual al perla negra de jack sparrow

[Dubickimus]

well this kicks the hell out of anything i can do.

[olddog5655]

this reminds me of the old Tom and Jerry movies ^_^

[whenmyguitar]

Thank you very much !

[rrtodd95]

If anyone here goes to Vegas you have to check out the Liberace museum.

It's a tacky testament to a great showman.

[sedmoport]

@rrtodd95 Um sorry to burst your bubble but it closed down over a year ago due to lack of funds.... :'(

[rrtodd95]

@sedmoport That sucks, at least the Gun Shop is still open.

[NEOGEO1966]

He was a faggot, for all his wrong doing. But he could play the piano well. Inspiried me to take up the piano.

[EyMeng]

listened for the first two seconds, and it already sucks. oh wait, nvm

[BroadwayG]

Who the heck writes these awesome arrangements? Liberace himself? Or someone else? Anybody know? Does anyone know where I can get a Liberace's transcription of Blue Tango? Love this guy!

[MrChokeTheFlowChamp]

Liberace is a beast on the keys. Genius. The flair was for show. Thats some undeniable skill.

[buzzbox2nd]

awesome guy sadly missed today

[bykota12]

I took my children to see Liberace when they were in grade school and they enjoyed him then and still like his music and talk about seeing him and they were born in the 60's.

[Rayna0758]

@TheAntiChrist33 RIGHT DIPSTICK..... Get a life you fffinnng Loser... I can See you Now you pathetic.. piece of......

[iceburg008]

What kind of cool,awesome,and desighnarific piano is that!! :D!!

[fortissimo61094]

I've just heard Liszt, Chopin and Beethoven. :))

[Snowybolts]

So beautiful :'D

Am I the only one who thought the rings on his fingers made his hand look like a crayfish/shellfish?

[Suzangm]

Whoooot!!!

[crl1089]

tom & jerry :D

[LKMelby1]

I remember watching Liberace on TV as a kid and having no idea what "gay" meant other than happy. All I knew was, this guy dressed like a "star", had jewels and furs and could play like nobody's business. He was always fun to watch. In those respects, I miss him, as a performer and a person. He didn't care what people thought, he only wanted to entertain and make people happy.

[maryjane0218]

Where can I get CDs?????? I have been looking, I guess nobody wants to make the Moolah... There are many people who want Liberace's music, please!

[TheAnarchist33]

@maryjane0218 There is no money to make with this guy, all those old enough to have known him on TV and shit are either deaf from old age or dead! The baby-boomers are a dying breed!!!

[bonzo874]

is it not a Baldwin Grand piano ?

[Radrei]

he's quite energetic with his playing isn't he o_o

[paciepac]

watch this girl Claire Maidin, her show has ALLOT of Liberace. and is also ALLOT better on the eye ;-) and also great vocal. she pretty much has everything, talent and stunning to look at! have a look!

[DoctorD47]

0:11 - 0:14 reminds me of dvorak's humoresque no. 7

[ranger1100ky]

I've never seen ANYONE in my 43 years of life, as good on the piano as that guy. That's why the word "Beloved" applies to him. He entertained a LOT of people while tickling those ivories the way he did. When he was alive, if you had tickets to see his show, you were guaranteed a whale of a good time.

How many acts TODAY can say the same?

[themanitasdeplomo]

Pardon my French, but HOLY SHIT!

[stadalberts]

I wish my brother George was here to see me play.............

[lorrainewands]

I wonder if his adaptation is available in sheet music? I'm not genius enough to improvise like this!

[lorrainewands]

@ladymaris06 Oh where! I would be very eager to obtain it!

[bonscott01]

as poofy as he may or may not have been...doesn't even enter into the equation....what does is the fact the man knew how to play...and play well.

[pianoplaylist]

@bonscott01 Well said. One of the best players ever. We only get a few each century, and the pianoforte hasn't been around for that many centuries.

[flashylight56]

@pianoplaylist i love you

[musicman257]

is that true i heard that debbie gibson ended up with his mirror piano.

[odinstheboy]

seems to me that you are a load of jealousy!!!!!!! i aint a piano fan,but he was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!so get as good as him!!!

[odinstheboy]

seems to me that you are a load of jealousy!!!!!!! i aint a piano fan,but he was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!so get as good as hi

[CountofSaintGermaine]

Amazing....

[CalyxAsgard]

Liberace had more bling than a hundred gangsta rappers and fire off musical notes like an AK-47 fires off bullets.

[nyx189]

this was AMAZING he was sooooo fast and i love it!!!

[Kumomoto]

The Original Bling Bling King Pianist...can't believe we share the same b-day!

[ccdesan]

Liberace was the showman's showman, and this was an amazing performance. How many classical styles did he work into that behemoth? I heard Liszt, Beethoven and some others I couldn't pin down.

[katierocks910]

This is A-MAZ-ING! who would be the 8 ppl to dislike this i mean seriously.

[jackhammer1965]

The piano's a Baldwin.

[thegirlwholearnsalot]

this is the most impressive chopsticks i've ever heard.

[squinney]

WOW

[justinlover4ev]

this man has crazy finger :D

[MrCubsfan3]

Does anybody know where I can find this as sheet music? I'd LOVE to play it!

[SaxCalypso]

@MrCubsfan3 email me at elvisfan54321@yahoo.com i'll send it to you



[sydneygayboi]

Cant wait for the Film with Michael Douglas as "Liberace" and Matt Damon as his lover Meeeeeeow

RIP Mr Showmanship

[xIRODRiiGO]

He makes it look so easy

[Jackkennedy68]

pianoplaylist, any idea where I can find Carl Doy's rendition of Summer of 42? I can't find it anywhere! Thanks!

[M0arek]

Does anyone have sheets of that song?

[JFK14121994]

@M0arek if there are some, i'd like them too!!

[LittleBoiFen]

Some arrangement!

[Santosificationable]

Amazing. At some points in this vid, he seems to be playing quotes from Rachmaninoff's music.

[LittleBoiFen]

@Santosificationable Because he is ;)

[Ryak1234]

Too many rings lol

[elauzierek]

PURE GENIUS LOVED HIM HIS SHOW WHAT A SHOWMAN IMAGINE HIM AND FREDDIE MERCURY PERFORMING TOGETHER PURE MAGIC FREDDIE WAS AHUGE HUGE FAN OF LIBERACE

[georgekane17]

he was a gd penist

[wayner0727]

Did you know he used to practice for 8 hours a day? It was a full-time job.

[nbcfilms12]

What's more impressive is how he could play so beautifully with all those rocks weighing his fingers down.

[PhillyGirl1]

@nbcfilms12 just about what I thought

[Vesivian]

@nbcfilms12 He needed them cause he used weights to train his finger muscles.

[ayokay123]

@nbcfilms12 Not to mention all the lead in his shoes needed to keep him from floating away.

[lhtony]

@nbcfilms12 maybe that's why he can play so well, those are like dumbbells for ur fingers lol

[mrking0205]

would you look at this piano?

[princeofpiano]

Prince of Piano, a Liberace Crystal Piano Award Winner had the priviledge of performing twice in Concert on the Mirrored Piano in Las Vegas. in addition, the twin mirrored piano was brought to San Diego, CA for two of his concerts.

[feelgoodaboutit]

I touched this piano at his museum. Sadly it has since closed. I recently spoke to the person who owns his former home in Palm Springs. They were in the yard, and gladly allowed me a private tour. Some of his Chirstmas decorations are still in the garage. LOVED IT

[Roploop]

Now i must learn to play this as he does!

[jaycharleyboy]

with rings that size...talk about bling bling!!

[MyNate007]

Man! He is good!

[sweatersnug]

now THIS is talent!

[GeorgeClooney4Ever]

this is amazing!!!

[xRason]

the way he touches the keys, is fabulous.

he's so smooth. amazing, truly amazing.

[HolyShetKadijahh]

AMAZING ! I KEPT SAYIN' WOO

[mrbikejoy]

one of the great artists of the 20th century

[Bluemoon4655]

beatiful piano

[WTFGUY956]

Nice Rings!

[fndu8s]

@WTFGUY956 Pimp Rings!!!!

[SaxCalypso]

If anyone wants the sheet music for this email me at elvisfan54321@yahoo.com

[postproduction101]

Look at all those rings he's wearing!!! He probably wears HEAPS of them to weigh down his fingers just incase they fly off his hands while he's playing ;p

[pooh52]

Very good (of course). The only keyboard heard here is the one Liberace is playing.

[MrConeman]

@pooh52 Unless he has a third hand off camera that keeps coming in and playing some bass notes on what sounds like an electric piano (not an acoustic piano like he his playing) then no, it's not all him.

[MaestroMan999]

My ears... jizzed... in their headphones... sooooooo good...

[berighteous]

man, nobody tickled the ivories like Liberace. Did you see how he kept tickling them all through the piece? They were laughing uncontrollably.

[blueman912]

this makes my modified version of chopsticks looks like im playing with 2 chopsticks on a piano o.o

[1wolfdart]

He just looks like he GLIDES accross the piano :3

[aleecat0123]

@1wolfdart he as a true genius

[aleecat0123]

@1wolfdart he was a true genus

[besnaellis]

@aleecat0123

Any really god pianist could practice that piece for months and do it as well. What's amazing about Liberace is that he could learn that piece and a dozen more every week and do them all so well. I don't think I'd call it genius since that relates to IQ, but he was certainly extremely talented and skilled at his art.

[Or3st1s]

great video but guys like you DESTROY THE FEKIN TAG SYSTEM with your stupid tags. jesus...

[JakeJax]

12,000 notes in 2 and 1/2 minutes. Badass.

[jimmyseventyfive]

Liberace is and always be a legend!

[Musicplr]

In an older movie Liberace is playing a concert for children and asks for requests, a child requests Chopsticks. After being ridiculed by the other children for this simple song request. Liberace plays it. in his grand style. The Child exclaims "Chopsticks" proudly to the other Children after the wonderfully not-so-simple-piece!

[RockDoctorLV]

@Musicplr What you are relating is a scene from the only film that he really starred in-"Sincerely Yours," in which he played a concert pianist confronting the prospect of total deafness.

[madamerotten]

Euphemia Allen is the composer of this magnificent piece, played magnifiently by a great pianist.

[GreenKoldAid]

da dude had toooooooooo much stuff on his fingers :O

[emileae]

he plays so fast!

[Worldopain]

This is my first time ever hearing Liberace. . Amazing. . Really I've never heard piano played like that. . Speechless. .

[weatherboi]

It is amazing how well he could play with all those rings he wore. 

[kitkat6026]

fanbloodytastic wow havent listened to liberace since i was a child at that time i thought what a bore but now i do not, has taken me a long time to rediscover him so i have lots of listening to do

[uVueD2b]

Believe it or not-this was actually sampled by De La Soul in Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge) on the Three Feet And Rising album...

[babbslavoo]

I totally forgot about this. I was Lee's music conductor for about 13 years. This was taped on, I think, the Johnny Carson Show. We didn't have an arrangement for Doc's band, so I played some of the orchestra parts on a Fender Rhodes piano. We did have his drummer, Chuck Hughes, and his bass player, Ralph Enriquez. Lots of great memories. Thanks for posting..

Bo Ayars

[leolatino72]

In my opinion, the best pianist ever!!!!

[TiGGerPlayer]

THAT PIANO!

[chileanmchoman]

A beautiful piece played by a talented pianist. No other pianist could do better than Liberace in my personal opinion. I listen 2 him all the time and I've got 2 say that no1 could do as well as he can when it comes 2 piano. :))

[japon7171]

Nice playing, but nice rings as well...

[JmillMoreno]

i feel sorry for the one person who disliked this...



[Mrphilharmonic]

Well spotted Audrey. Me neither. I think it's a Wurlitzer electric piano (I used to own one), although with this quality of sound it's hard to tell. It's definitely someone else playing it as part of the arrangement though. Funny.

Richard Carpenter actually played a Wurlitzer electric piano as well. I have footage than proves it.

Rhodes -- corny? I think a few million musicians would like to disagree. It was a unique and very clever instrument. Pity it was so HEAVY - and a bitch to tune!

[pianoplaylist]

@Mrphilharmonic Okay, not so corny anymore. Throughout the nineties I thought the old 70's Rhodes sound sounded a little corny. Now it's become rather classic.

[okdenny]

@Mrphilharmonic Agreed!!! The Rhodes is just as corny as the Wurlitzer or a Hammnd B3 and even the Moog, except for the fact that they were popular then and popular now. Corny is a prospective of a purist. You cannot compare an acoustic piano to anything other than that. I.e. A Steinway is not as good as a Bosendorfer......And that is open to debate. These so called "corny" instruments made up a huge portion of the timeless tunes in our lives.

However, that was a good catch A.Smilley:)

[mottledbrain]

Amazing.

That was simply Chopsticks. That man had more talent than I gave him credit for.

[Jonathan6636]

wow



[boardwalkbullet91507]

Wow! I wanna play just like him someday!

His fingers look almost robotic because of how fast he moves his fingers and his rings.

2 questions tho....

1) is there sheet music for this song or did he make it up because without there being HUNOURMOUS blobs on the paper I don't see how it could fit on there. Look how many keys he presses at once! :z

2) isn't this one of his last performances ever? Isn't this the year he died?

[anglofilozof]

How could he play piano with so many trinkets on his fingers?

[anglofilozof]

How can he play piano with so many trinkets on his fingers?

[sydneygayboi]

wow.....FABULOUS

[MusicalEutopia]

I always thought of Liberace as purely a gimmick because of how he is talked about in pop culture. I was very, very, very mistaken.

[mrminimuzza]

Who else could possibly play so well with all of those huge rings on?

[dracula0091]

hi

check out mike woolett as he does not believe me when i say to him that he should be a star.

[djfingersflores]

badass!

[scubis]

Whats the tune at 1:26 called? i need to hear the whole thing.. its on Shine by David Helfgott also!

[SeboYWang]

@scubis

Hungarian Rhapsody #2 by Liszt.

[djdynasty647]

that piano is plain and simply amazing and so are his rings.

[DevSodDribble]

I think I saw this piano, or one very similar to it, at the Liberace Museum in Las Vegas. :)

[xxBree53xx]

he is my idol

[crazyghetto978818]

Now.. Liberace has the respected title of a modern day virtuoso.. not some little 4 year old who can play the piano really well.. it takes more than that!

[TheMagicofCurtis]

@pianoplaylist you didn't give Franz Liszt credit for themes in this

[pianoplaylist]

@TheMagicofCurtis I hereby give the late Franz Ritter von Liszt posthumous credit for greatly influencing the playing style of classically-trained Liberace. What's a teeage magician like you into Liszt for? Do you have any of your music posted?

[12rosebud12]

WHAT an artist he was. He would play so straight, why did he choose live bent as two planks?

[balto4]

This is really amazing,you can tell by watching these vids that Lee was a real sweet and kind person. A real gentle soul

[prosteelheader]

shreddin!!

[google789654]

他弹钢琴好

[sakegui]

いやいや、編曲すればここまでいくとはな

[zuleika96]

wow ! incredible ! he played soooooo excellent ! his fingers were like bird's flyin

[Kapomafioso]

Piano has that grand wing made from glass???

[dmiller60]

I wish i just had a smidgen of his talent he could make those ivories sing

[klentel]

this song has s few other songs added to it, what are they?

[phishing4cheese]

that was hot

[AudreySmilley]

What's with the second (Rhodes?) piano that creeps in and out through this piece? Never noticed that before...

[CalikoKat]

dont matter

[prosteelheader]

i noticed it also...

[pianoplaylist]

@AudreySmilley It sound like a Rhodes to me. Brings back memories. I always thought the Rhodes was a corny sounding and corny looking piano. I played one in jazz band in the 70's. Richard Carpenter made it sound real nice, though. So did Tenile's "Captain."

[BigIrishCrooner]

@pianoplaylist As a player of the Rhodes piano, I can confirm that it definitely IS a Rhodes. The Wurlitzer has a completely different tone.

[crazyghetto978818]

I just love how he ends that collaboration of songs!

[princessolatino]

whoe....he makes it look so easy......taleeeent...

[kjgueye]

at does 1:36 anyone know what piece this is? Its the 4 cords he hits then he moves on. I know it's a Liszt piece im think one of his marches.

[kjgueye]

nevermind I found it its Prelude op.3 n.2 (Rachmaninoff) :)

[codymurp]

It's Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2...

[Factnotfictionpeople]

Like him or loathe him (and he was a bit too 'showey' for me!) you can't deny the man had oodles of talent - he was a musical genius!

[straightshots]

@Factnotfictionpeople He wasn't a musical genius, he was a instrumental genius.

[WeedMIC]

Does anyone know if he ever wrote this down or where the sheetmusic is for it? It would sure be nice to learn :)

[thewrist]

@WeedMIC i have the sheet music transcribed by Bo Ayars (his musical director). That's the closest you could get.

[WeedMIC]

Thank you - really. I'm going to try to find this.  Have a nice day.

[kentusmaximus]

That was astonishing, c'mon this guy had fingers like a centipede, great 'chops', pardon the pun

[ThomasStillbranch]

he sure could make that piano sing

[mitsie231]

...wow...do you see how fast this guy is moving his fingers !

[HanlinSG]

@mitsie231 stop calling him the "guy"... he's a legend... Liberace

[cast390]

@1:25 is from a bugs bunny cartoon

[Kakarot21591]

It's actually the Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 by Franz Liszt that he was playing though.

[elmofinatic]

Wow. That's amazing. Speachlessly amazing.

[balto4]

I agree,this guy was REAL talent not like 90% of the 'music' out there today

[rrmross]

Only Liberace can take a simple song like chopsticks and make it magnificent.

[KindFurryBoy]

lots of people have written extremely elaborate versions of chopsticks....i suppose all those musicians who have been studying music for decades, all those people with phds, total idiots eh? All the concert pianist in the world? Geniuses? Beethoven(9th symphony), Brahms(lulaby), Lizst(libestraum), Bach(bach double), Chopin(bridal march), none of them could never come up with anything good? Really, only liberace? He's seriously the only one. He's good, but lets not make him super man, hes human.

[rrmross]

Dude, you need to take a chill pill or something. I never said that other people are idiots. Let me rephrase my comment:

"So typical of Liberace to take a simple song like chopsticks and make it magnificent."

There- are you satisfied now?

[danielmkubacki]

Is that Paino cover in Glass?

[SHADEKING2542]

i think so, pretty cool isn't it

[busterkeys25]

its lucite

[Djangeaux]

Well, the old joke: Liberace was a great pianist, but he sucked on the organ (b'dum splash).

This was a pianist taylor-made for the then-new TV medium, as much visual as aural. Looking over these old clips, I'm reminded of Chico Marx's piano schtick, though Chico wouldn't have this guy's scary chops after 1000 years of practice. A wonderful entertainer, flamboyantly gay in a time when that could get you killed. Everyone knew it, and everyone gave him a pass. There might be hope for America...

[jrb1802uk]

incredible playing... man, I so wish I could play the piano like that

[Owdfolkie]

Not the slightest hint of a split note anywhere - absolutely note-perfect. Not only was he a brilliant pianist, but he knew how to work an audience, too.