Drum Solos

dmpoole said:
Please don't ever subject me to anything like that again.
You've just wasted 9mins of my life.
iIt got interesting at 3 mins 30 secs for about a minute then got tedious.
I'm not being a keyboard warrior here because I know I couldn't get within 1% of their skills.
If you like people hitting things then thats your choice, people hitting things should be in time with other instruments in my world.
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Well, guitarists only hit strings, don't they? Likewise, pianists 'only' hit the keys.
Practically every musical instrument involves hitting or striking something. Where else would the vibrations come from?
 
raz0rr said:
Well, guitarists only hit strings, don't they? Likewise, pianists 'only' hit the keys.
Practically every musical instrument involves hitting or striking something. Where else would the vibrations come from?
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Picking nits there i think. im guessing he ment precussionists... :rolleyes:
 
Quite simple as I posted above.
My first rock concert was in 1970 and I wouldn't be far off exaggerating that rock concerts came every week and every band did a solo.
When I was 17 (in 75) and able to travel in my own car to gigs then that increased and every band did drum solos.
Thank god for punk. Me and my mate were watching the Sex Pistols in Wolverhampton and he actually commented there was no drum solo and that was probably the first time all through the 70's.
Also remember why drum solos appeared with rock bands - it was so the rest of the band could walk off stage and have a rest.
Led Zeppelin took this to extremes and I had to endure on four occasions Bonham on his own for 20 mins, Jones on his own for 15 mins and Page on his own for about 25 mins. Thank goodness Plant didn't decide to scream for 1o minutes.
Plenty of time for the rest of the band to drug up methinks.
After a decade in the 70's of drum solos you get bored with them.
 
dmpoole said:
Quite simple as I posted above.
My first rock concert was in 1970 and I wouldn't be far off exaggerating that rock concerts came every week and every band did a solo.
When I was 17 (in 75) and able to travel in my own car to gigs then that increased and every band did drum solos.
Thank god for punk. Me and my mate were watching the Sex Pistols in Wolverhampton and he actually commented there was no drum solo and that was probably the first time all through the 70's.
Also remember why drum solos appeared with rock bands - it was so the rest of the band could walk off stage and have a rest.
Led Zeppelin took this to extremes and I had to endure on four occasions Bonham on his own for 20 mins, Jones on his own for 15 mins and Page on his own for about 25 mins. Thank goodness Plant didn't decide to scream for 1o minutes.
Plenty of time for the rest of the band to drug up methinks.
After a decade in the 70's of drum solos you get bored with them.
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The 70s were a long time ago, no?

Anyway, you said earlier that "There is no such thing as a good drum solo.
Drum solo's ruin gigs." and "everybody knows drum solos should be put in Room 101."
Why is it that just because you have had bad experiences with drum solos, that everyone else must have as well?

Personally, I wish people would play solos at every concert I go to :(
 
raz0rr said:
Why is it that just because you have had bad experiences with drum solos, that everyone else must have as well?
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Where did I say 'everyone else must have as well'?
I gave my opinion - you can think what you like.

Anyway, this thread has been derailed by me.
The OP wants to know what songs have awesome drum solos in them and I misread it.
This means a normal song where the drums take over for a bar here and there.

I like the intro to
Deep Purple : Fireball and
Judas Priest : painkiller
 
Sorry if I came off as overly hostile there, I just have a strong opinion on the subject.

But anyway, back on topic:

There's a rather nice one in Rush's Tom Sawyer, around the midpoint.

Tool - Ticks and Leeches has a nice intro too.
 
I still like Keith Moon's shorter drum solos and drum breaks, although I'm definately of the same opinion as DMPoole about drum solos generally. KM had a habit of doing rediculously simple breaks and solos, whilst keeping what is actually a rather complex drumming rhythm going on underneath the musicians during most of the song. Complete opposite to what most drummers are taught / do, but yet it worked remarkably well. Not once have I ever felt that he was ever 'drumming by the numbers' unlike with a lot of bands.

I see it all as being like most solos, too much and you wreck what you've created. Even as a guitarist I tend to hate 10 minute guitar solos, unless its a purely instrumental piece, and even then I expect more than a technical performance (that 'Canon rock' thing is good technical piece, but ultimately a big piece of rubbish). I can appreciated the techincal aspects, just don't expect me to musically enjoy it.
 
King4aDay said:
/Recommends dmpoole the new Liars album

/sniggers

/runs away

:D
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Nobody is going to tell me that they can actually sit down and listen to that album.
Mind you, I think they've knicked a lot off early Pink Floyd.
 
dmpoole said:
Nobody is going to tell me that they can actually sit down and listen to that album.
Mind you, I think they've knicked a lot off early Pink Floyd.
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Album of the year so far for me. 9/10. Genius. No kidding.
 
Gotta agree with dmpoole here (always a first time!)

I hate them. What a drag listening to Bonham at Knebworth wasting how many minutes? Was it Cozy Powell with Rainbow at the first Monsters of Rock? Awful!

It just derails the entire flow of the concert.
 
raz0rr said:
You're obviously not a drummer.
I could listen to one of Peart's solos for hours on end.
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Damn right mate, I'd quite happily watch a 2 hour Peart set alone, brilliant. :D

I thought Cozy Powell's drum solo at Donington in the 80's was spectacular, with helicopters flying overhead, with spotlights into the crown, what a showman.
 
I almost entirely agree with dmpoole, I generally can't stand drum solos. They're just dull. Noise.

However, I have heard one or two interesting and brilliant drum solos. I saw Monty Alexander (Jazz - with/as a trio) at Ronnie Scotts and the drummer he had was amazing. Was making more varied sounds on his drum kit than the supporting band which had both a drummer and a percussionist, and it went fantastically with the feel of the music. Haven't heard a rock drum solo (well, apart from short ones, perhaps no longer than as in The End by the Beatles) which I can listen to though.
 
The only drum solo that I particulary like is by Luis Cardenas with Renegade in a song called let it out. I doubt anyone here will of heard of them unless you used to watch Power Hour on ITV many moons ago.


Renegades web site is here http://renegadeusa.com/index1.htm and it has a video of Let It Out the solo is about 4:30 into the song.

Also worth a look is the video to Runaway just to see the Dinosaurs playing the instruments :cool:

Luis is also in the Guinness Book of Records for having the largest drum set in the world, It varied, between 78 and 107 pieces :eek:

Nige.
 
Anything by Buddy Rich. His solos are fantastic and I wish I was a mile behind him. Absloute legend and the best of them all for me. I have a drum battke on my iPod between him and Gene Krupa. I was Awestruck. :cool:

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Lets not forget Tommy Lee drumming upside down in a cage. Man, I want to do that.
 
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