Random Drum performance Poll
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Topic: Random Drum performance Poll
Posted By: Zitro
Subject: Random Drum performance Poll
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 18:56
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Like the guitar poll ... I put a few random albums that have great drumming. |
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Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 18:58
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Tarkus out of these, even though Led Zeppelin II or Fresh Cream would easily take the cake. ------------- Beauty will save the world. 
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Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 19:01
| Bruford, "Close to the Edge". |
Posted By: cuncuna
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 19:07
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Though I voted for Genesis, mostly because style, I would rather go for any Magma album. Vander fits my drum expectations as nobody else. ------------- ¡Beware of the Bee! |
Posted By: White Shadow
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 19:18
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This one goes to Phil and SEBTP for his work on Epping Forest, Dancing Out, and especially Cinema Show ------------- [signature] |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 19:21
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If you want an album with great drum performance, put Gong's "You" on the list. The late Pierre Moerlen at his very best, and he always was excellent. Just listening to "Master Builder" will make you go "Wow!".
-------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 19:22
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Please, SEBTP is a masterpiece and the drumming is OK, but it's nothing special... please... in this case Tool's has more impact, or CTTE's,... Neal Morse is not great, Portnoy plays it safe there.... ELP's Tarkus is great, but of these, just drum performance, the one by Zcorz in TFK's Unfold takes the cake.... everything from jazz to blues to rock... with great invention, great patterns, difficult fills, ghost rolls, groove... no comparison... specially with the winner. ------------- 
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Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 20:01
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I went with Selling England. I really like Phil's early style over the style that seemed to dominate the Genesis sound from about Abacab on. I thought it blended with the music a little better.
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 20:05
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Ahhhhhhhh...Im the first one to vote for Lateralus? What Carey does on that album has never been matched, its insane. Just listen to The Grudge, Lateralus or Ticks and leeches and youll be amazed
------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: Zitro
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 20:15
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Finally, someone voted for Unfold the Future! One of the best overall drumming performances I've ever heard. I'll check Magma's samples and/or put Magma on the personalized radio "Pandora" ... I like good drumming. |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 20:48
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No contest on this one, Zoltan Csorz, when he is actually playing everything is absolutely one of the best melodic drummers ever.
I mean Bruford had his ways, but his drumming on CTTE is not really the prime, nor is Palmer's drumming on Tarkus.
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 20:50
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Danny Carey and Lateralus.His drum work on that album is absolutey amazing.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 21:14
| I've chosen Lateralus as the best drum performance, but I must add a caveat - I can't say that Collins' playing on SEBTP stands out, but as good as the individual musicians were in Genesis, I found their best songs showed their strength as an ensemble; each played his part well, but instead of trying to outw**k the other, the goal seemed to add to the song, not necessarily to fraw attention to one's self. |
Posted By: Uroboros
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 21:16
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Zoltan Csorsz's performance is the one I prefer out of these, as much as I generally love Bruford's style. The reasons have been pointed out by the T above. As far as Danny Carey is concerned, I think his drumming is seriously interesting most of the time, but I'd really like to see him relying a little less on that double bass drum - I think it gets annoying and is unnecessary at times. The rest of the choices I find are examples of excellent drumming indeed. ------------- Tous les chemins qui s’ouvrent à moi ne mènent à rien si tu n’es plus là |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 21:50
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The drumming on "Lateralus" is the lead instrument quite often,and really stands out above the other choices imo. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: February 03 2007 at 00:52
You're quite right, in Tool sometimes the drums take the lead role, they're all over...but sometimes that gets on the way of the music... you know, I play drums, but even I like to discern the melody or riffs or whatever under the percussion... Carey is a master but at times he exaggerates with the tom-tom and the bass drums... is his style, little brightness (I mean in terms of percussion, little hi-hat or ride or cymbals in general) and lots of very concise-sounding tom toms and bass drums.... I always prefer the drummers who give me amazing hihat patterns or dazzle me with very un-noticeable intricacies with their left hand on the snare drum... that's why I picked Csorsz ... -------------
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sinkadotentree wrote:Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: February 03 2007 at 02:55
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I'd say Bruford's the best drummer (of course, of these, I've only heard the three "classic" bands), but the album that impressed me the most was Selling England. ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: kazansky
Date Posted: February 03 2007 at 02:57
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Genesis - SEBTP ------------- The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us. |
Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: February 03 2007 at 02:59
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Tool - Lateralus his drumming both live and studio are beyond belief. |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: February 03 2007 at 03:02
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tool 2nd place- flower kings ------------- |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: February 03 2007 at 03:05
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I have to concur with Friede. as one reviewer of "You" remarked, the track "Master Builder" most probably contains the best drumming ever by anyone
-------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 03 2007 at 03:08
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presumably Rush -Moving Pictures was ommitted to give the others a chance?
Also I would have included King Crimson - Red which features Bruford at the top of his game IMO.
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: February 03 2007 at 04:33
I would like to add to my personal vote that it was hearing Moerlen play on "Master Builder" what inspired me to pick up the sticks myself. And I think I am a decent drummer myself now. Nay, no false modesty; I know I'm good  . Nevertheless what Moerlen does on "Master Builder" is simply out of this world, and I have never heard anything like that again, not even from Moerlen, who is my personal drum God.
------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: February 03 2007 at 05:52
| Tool gets my vote here, but I'm very fond of Phil Collins' drumming aswell. |
Posted By: MattiR
Date Posted: February 03 2007 at 06:39
| "Tarkus" |
Posted By: Chicapah
Date Posted: February 03 2007 at 10:49
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Of those listed I have to say Bruford's performance is best because it so perfectly fit the atmosphere of the entire album "close to the edge" without him ever stepping out into the forefront. It's why, when he left, many of us Yes fans in that day feared that it signalled the end of anything good coming from the band. He was that vital to their sound. Portnoy's exemplary work on "One" also rates an honorable mention but I suspect many proggers haven't heard his incredible performance on that great CD. ------------- "Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 03 2007 at 18:42
I do rate 'One' very highly.
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Posted By: chessman
Date Posted: February 03 2007 at 19:36
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Hard poll - three of my favourite drummers here, Peelip, Bruford and Zoltan. However, going on the albums, I have to say Unfold The Future. Very diverse and at times intense. Excellent performance from Zoltan Csorsz here. |
Posted By: magnus
Date Posted: February 03 2007 at 19:49
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I'll go for Lateralus. I simply LOVE Ticks and Leeches. ------------- The scattered jigsaw of my redemption laid out before my eyes Each piece as amorphous as the other - Each piece in its lack of shape a lie 
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