Buddy Rich was a leader of a big band, probably most popular in the 50's and 60's, and is often regarded as the greatest drummer ever. I don't know much about drums, but just watching this video has me sold on the guy. Look how damn fast his arms and sticks are moving, he's moving in hyperspeed really. I like the part at 2:55 where he builds up the tempo to an amazing speed, its amazing he has so much control over such minute movements.
There is also a video on YouTube of a Drum Battle of Buddy Rich versus Animal from Sesame Street. Buddy Rich had done drum face-offs before, I guess this was a parody of it. I want to have a drum face-off on Rock Band, someone get a drumset! It'd be intense.
PS I love Rock Band, the perfect melding of music (good music) and video games. 3 new Downloadable songs announced every Monday and released the next day on Tuesday! It's seriously like Christmas every week... Guitar Hero blows (3, specifically). This week, Rock Band released The Monkees - Last Train to Clarksville and its awesome! Guitar and Vocals are so much fun, and I'm sure drums will be a blast.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Live Performances
I was reading a thread for "The Best Guitar Solos" on the Rock Band Forums, and I came across this performance of Bron Yr Aur Stomp by Led Zeppelin at Earl's Court in 1975. Jimmy Page's acoustic playing is pretty sick, Robert Plant looks really menacing, something about the way he's grinning at the beginning, and tossing his hair back, kind of creeps me out but intrigues me at the same time... The best part: after Page's solo, when the rhythm section kicks back in at around 4:49, with John Bonham's booming bass drum and John Paul Jones' lurching bass lines. There's something swampy about it...
The thread also refreshed my memory of this performance of Soul Sacrifice by Santana at Woodstock in 1969. Not only is Santana up to his usual guitar magic, but the drummer Michael Shrieve has an amazing solo, starting at 3:00. And he's only 19, playing in front of close to a million people. But the best part is when the band picks back up just after 5:00; the energy is off the charts.
Why can't modern bands make music like this?
The thread also refreshed my memory of this performance of Soul Sacrifice by Santana at Woodstock in 1969. Not only is Santana up to his usual guitar magic, but the drummer Michael Shrieve has an amazing solo, starting at 3:00. And he's only 19, playing in front of close to a million people. But the best part is when the band picks back up just after 5:00; the energy is off the charts.
Why can't modern bands make music like this?
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