Thoughtforfood said:One time, I got "come sail away" stuck in my head for a week. I wanted to kill someone.
many could have died...many
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Thoughtforfood said:One time, I got "come sail away" stuck in my head for a week. I wanted to kill someone.
tifosa said:OMFG
The concert experience should never attempt to be recreated at a graduation from ANYTHING. Some sad b*astard even brought a beach ball to bounce off the heads of other graduates. As if that could improve the caterwauling.
There is only one thing left to say:
God save us all from Journey.
And Coldplay.
usedtobefast said:coldplay...i can never remember any of the songs they sing. not a good sign.
Scott SoCal said:Yellow.
LA loves this song.
usedtobefast said:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/07/graduation-band-performs_n_415200.html
Journey, not really a fan, but this is...well just check it out.
Hugh Januss said:I managed to listen to that for about 20 seconds. Did anybody last longer?
CycloErgoSum said:Ya know, I've seen Ol Slowhand twice and he still hasn't done White Room!
Condorman said:Not his tune - it's Jack Bruce's.
L29205 said:Great video, love Phil Collins on drums.
To mix things up a bit, the Beatles are as overrated as U2. Boy bands trying to push their version of pop music.![]()
usedtobefast said:
usedtobefast said:phil collins is a ringo wannabe. you can check his quote's.
the drum fill in "in the air tonight" is a direct copy of ringo starr, from
"abbey road" drum solo.
Condorman said:Many years ago, reviewing "Come Together" in Melody Maker, Keef Hartley (also a
drummer) said "I like the drummer - whoever it is".....
any suggestions who really played drums on Beatles records?
usedtobefast said:ringo did most all of it, except paul in a couple of spots. ringo is one of the greatest drummers ever. bernard purdie, who i know, liked to claim he did some beatles tracks, but it was just bs. i saw the beatles first tour in 1964 and ringo and the whole band were amazing live. i have seen jimi hendrix, cream,
led zepplelin among others, and the beatles were the best i have seen.
keef hartley was a good player, not quite a ringo in my mind.
i should mention that the first sessions they did with george martin, he brought in a session
guy(forget his name) to cover the drum chair. however as soon as sir george heard ringo
the session guy was gone
Thoughtforfood said:Dude....dude........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO2qO9FaIWU
And he did it with one bass drum and one pedal
Alpe d'Huez said:Actually, if you're thinking of "Taxman" that's a Harrison song.
Remember the line "If 5% appears too small, be happy I don't take it all". Yes, back in the mid-60's the most wealthy in England paid a 95% tax rate! (And you thought taxes were too high in this country!)
usedtobefast said:so what is your point? i love john bonham. one of the all time greats.
have you ever studied joe morello?. bonzo did. he got a lot of his chops
from him. mitch mitchell,ginger baker, so many guys from that era.
do you know who jim keltner is? you should.
these things are not mutually exclusive. more people will not like your music, than will.
that is a given. even the beatles.
people told Beethoven he could not write music with parallel 5ths. i guess they just did
not understand his genius. anyway, time to ramble on...
Thoughtforfood said:I was just pointing out that the I find innovative drummers much more worthy of "greatest drummers ever" than is Ringo. You have people like Moon, and Peart, McNeily, and many others just from the rock genre that are much better artists. Then you start getting into jazz drummers and he falls down the list by leaps and bounds. He isn't even in the same league as Rich or Elvin Jones, not even close.
Tangled Tango said:Guys you are comparing apples to oranges. It is ridiculous to compare a rock drummer, any rock drummer to the the top jazz drummers. It´s also a bit ridiculous to to say any one drummer as "the greatest ever". They all had great ideas and rhythms to contribute to the music they were playing.
Mitch Mitchel was heavily influenced by Elvin Jones and it shows but Hendrix was not composing pop and Mitch was a perfect fit.
Ringo was a great rock drummer. Certainly one of the greats. He had an amazing groove and applied some very unconvential ideas within the song context of the music the Beatles composed. He was not a technician, but who cares about that in R&R, unless you´re talking about prog-rock and drummers like Peart, Collins ect. Technical ability does not alone make one great. Back in the 50s and 60s a lot of the American rock drummers were jazz players playing simple rock beats, Motown´s a good example.
Many of the most respected drummers in the world are groove masters. Stewart Copeland was respected by jazz drummers, though he wasn´t a pyro technics type player. He had a unique and very musical approach and a great groove.
I´ve seen the Beatles, I have many concert videos of them touring and Ringo was rock solid every night for evey song. I saw one of his All Star concerts with his son playing drums, but when Ringo joined him and took over the beat changed dramatically and became the Beatle beat, the Mercy beat that his technically superior son just didn´t have.
You may of guessed that I am a drummer. Mostly jazz for the past 15 years, but I´ve played rock, funk, punk, punk funk......you name it. I´ve been a pro for many years, too many to admit to and I truly dislike the labeling of artists of any kind "the best", "the greatest". In art they just don´t apply.
Sorry for the rant. Think I´ll go put on some music.
Tangled Tango said:I´ve seen the Beatles, I have many concert videos of them touring and Ringo was rock solid every night for evey song. I saw one of his All Star concerts with his son playing drums, but when Ringo joined him and took over the beat changed dramatically and became the Beatle beat, the Mercy beat that his technically superior son just didn´t have.
Condorman said:What a lame version. You should look for the original Cream version with ...
er ... Clapton, Bruce, and a real drummer![]()