Rock N America

[Conan71]

The meltdown is nigh...I can feel it in the air.

And fotd....get yanked.  I've liked Rush since my high school days (Exit Stage Left).

Watch this:

...and tell me his skills aren't other-worldly.  This guy is the reason I started drumming.

And their best song?

For my taste, it's YYZ.

One of my favorite memories of local music was watching a three piece cover band take on "Free Will".  The bass player had a fretless electric bass and he played the keys part with the headstock of the bass and sang.  As far as multi-taskers, he put Bob Dylan to shame.  Not like that is difficult anyhow.

(Scolding and more "wankers" from fotd in 3....2....1....)

[Hoss]

One of my favorite memories of local music was watching a three piece cover band take on "Free Will".  The bass player had a fretless electric bass and he played the keys part with the headstock of the bass and sang.  As far as multi-taskers, he put Bob Dylan to shame.  Not like that is difficult anyhow.

(Scolding and more "wankers" from fotd in 3....2....1....)

Never a huge fan of Dylan, but I will admit his song writing skills are pretty damn good.

That's what makes Peart an aberration.  He's a drummer who writes music AND lyrics.  And his music (to my ear anyway) is always good.  People may not be into his newer stuff, but he's evolved so much since Signals.  Especially after the death of his wife and his daughter, which pretty much forced him out of the music scene from 1998 to 2001.

Yep, count me in at this concert.

[RecycleMichael]

I love Buddy Rich. I hired him one of the year's I was chairman of Mayfest. He played on our stage in front of the courthouse.

[Hoss]

I love Buddy Rich. I hired him one of the year's I was chairman of Mayfest. He played on our stage in front of the courthouse.

and don't get me wrong; I love Buddy Rich.  Probably influenced more modern drummers than I care to guess.  But as far as modern drummers go, right now there are only two who qualify to be uttered in the same breath with Buddy.

Neil Peart
Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater)

[Hoss]

And if you want some crazy time changes in-song, listen to Rush's "Spirit of Radio".  I couldn't keep up with that song if I wanted to.

[fotd]

Hoss and Conan have me in stitches....

RM, news for you....OLDAKER, better than Buddy. Seen them all. JO was better than a drum machine. BR could never outdone high tech.

Of course, BK and MH took many more peeps to the outer reaches than these robots.


and then there was BABA!

One of the great drum sessions I ever experienced!

Kinda makes RUSH sound soul less .... not too un like Repigs versus Dims.....ones got the beat and the other ones just plain "beat."

[Conan71]

High praises for Jamo, but I don't think you will find him on many top 10 lists. I doubt he considers being compared to a drum machine a compliment nor would he cop to being better than Buddy Rich. 

Another one I appreciate is Chad Smith. He's incredibly versatile and a lot of people can't appreciate how hard it is to get funk right. He's proven himself quite well amongst a broad range of styles. Call my tastes trendy just because his main gig is RHCP.

Peart is a musical genius. Party on to yours fotd I will party on to mine.   

[fotd]

High praises for Jamo, but I don't think you will find him on many top 10 lists. I doubt he considers being compared to a drum machine a compliment nor would he cop to being better than Buddy Rich.  

Another one I appreciate is Chad Smith. He's incredibly versatile and a lot of people can't appreciate how hard it is to get funk right. He's proven himself quite well amongst a broad range of styles. Call my tastes trendy just because his main gig is RHCP.

Peart is a musical genius. Party on to yours fotd I will party on to mine.    

CoCo, you assume way too much.

JO once played against a drum machine and beat it.....

PS...party? No, more like experience(d).

[Hoss]

Hoss and Conan have me in stitches....

RM, news for you....OLDAKER, better than Buddy. Seen them all. JO was better than a drum machine. BR could never outdone high tech.

Of course, BK and MH took many more peeps to the outer reaches than these robots.


and then there was BABA!

One of the great drum sessions I ever experienced!

Kinda makes RUSH sound soul less .... not too un like Repigs versus Dims.....ones got the beat and the other ones just plain "beat."

Can tell you've never been a drummer; much less a musician.

Peart is technically nearly flawless in almost all of his performances.  Listen to that Buddy Rich tribute one more time and you can hear plenty of soul and character in the percussion.

Bet you didn't even listen to it.

But to each their own.

[fotd]

Hoss, I think you like totally missed my point....there is mysticism, magic and synchronicity in music between the listener and the artist which you can't get with specific wanker disharmony. And furthermore, there is nothing but spazztic disharmony in GOP shenanigans. There's the linkage.

Anyway, what's with the lack of the really good shows coming to BOK touring the USA...like Santana/Winwood or CSN etc. Things already sliding downhill? Bon Jovi? Crapton? ho hum. Panic should be in the Brady.

Please don't go to 7 Walkers at the Flytrap on 4/20....you'd be outa place. That goes for you too, Conan. That drummer is not in the same league but blazed a mightier trail than the schmoe from RUSH.

[Conan71]

Hoss, I think you like totally missed my point....there is mysticism, magic and synchronicity in music between the listener and the artist which you can't get with specific wanker disharmony. And furthermore, there is nothing but spazztic disharmony in GOP shenanigans. There's the linkage.

Anyway, what's with the lack of the really good shows coming to BOK touring the USA...like Santana/Winwood or CSN etc. Things already sliding downhill? Bon Jovi? Crapton? ho hum. Panic should be in the Brady.

Please don't go to 7 Walkers at the Flytrap on 4/20....you'd be outa place. That goes for you too, Conan. That drummer is not in the same league but blazed a mightier trail than the schmoe from RUSH.

Crapton?

You know what coffee and Eric Clapton have in common?  They both suck without cream.

Just repeating.  I'm an EC fan.

IMO, Jamo would have been an obscure nobody w/o EC.

[Hoss]

Hoss, I think you like totally missed my point....there is mysticism, magic and synchronicity in music between the listener and the artist which you can't get with specific wanker disharmony. And furthermore, there is nothing but spazztic disharmony in GOP shenanigans. There's the linkage.

Anyway, what's with the lack of the really good shows coming to BOK touring the USA...like Santana/Winwood or CSN etc. Things already sliding downhill? Bon Jovi? Crapton? ho hum. Panic should be in the Brady.

Please don't go to 7 Walkers at the Flytrap on 4/20....you'd be outa place. That goes for you too, Conan. That drummer is not in the same league but blazed a mightier trail than the schmoe from RUSH.

Schmoe, right.  that's why so many people have heard of...who is it again??

And I'm betting in my day I had more "4:20" meetings than you'd ever care to acknowledge.

At least I didn't go moonbat crazy from it.

[fotd]

Ginger Baker? David Teegarden? Watts? Appice? the list is wide and long....would Keith Moon be anything without Who?

[bmuscotty]

the list is wide and long....

...John Bonham.

[fotd]

another example....where would he be w/o Led Zep....

Conan, you're slip sliding away....