6 Greatest Keytar Solos Ever

Guitarists get all the chicks and the glory. But what about those brave souls who say "Let me grow a pony tail. Then give me a piano and let me program the keys to sound like guitar strings, then hang it around my neck and let me wail super hard as if I'm playing a guitar?" This list is for them.

6. Hey Beatles, Go F yourself.

If John Lennon hadn’t been assassinated, he would have put a bullet in his own head if he heard this. Many awesome things about this one: The guy actually makes a picking motion with his right hand, as if there was a string to pick. Also, I gave points for his attire: sunglasses on top of the head in an indoor music studio. That my friends, is what rock and roll is all about.

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5. Keytar and Guitar battle for supremacy

I love how in this one, when the guitarist finishes his solo, the sound of keyboard solo comes and the camera man pans to where the keyboards are…except there’s no one there! That’s right, it’s a f-ing keytar solo, BITCH! Then, in a most awesome move that I can only hope wasn’t premeditated, the keytarist is like, “Hey GUItarist! Why don’t you stop being a pussy and have a solo battle with me?”

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4. He Gives 110 Percent

I’m guessing the only person in this club, is the guy videotaping this and a drifter who's stopped here for the night to contemplate suicide. Which is a shame, because really, if today’s musicians gave half the effort this guy gives, or had half the pony tail he has, maybe I’d go to some more shows.

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3. My Wife Videotapes All My Shows

I think these guys played my cousin’s bar mitzvah. I’m not joking. If you decide to not set your keytar to “sound like Guitar” and instead set it to “sound like a kazoo,” you make this list.

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2. Jan Hammer Plays Miami Vice Theme

By all accounts, this should be number one on the list because it’s Jan Hammer playing the Miami Vice them HE WROTE. Jan Hammer is like the Babe Ruth of Keytar players. I guarantee at some point a chick asked him to bang her while he simultaneously played the keytar. He really took advantage of the 2.5 years keytars were considered awesome.

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1. I Can't Even Explain This Awesomeness

Here is the reason Jan is not number one. I have no idea who this chick is, who decided to shoot it with the smoke and lights, but thank god everything fell in to place to make this happen. Anytime someone plays a keytar and then looks to the camera as if to say “can you believe the f-ing sounds I’m making with this thing?!” you are my hero.

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