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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2014 at 19:57
Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Well.. it's not a drum intro. 
Yeah, let's go with that.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2014 at 19:56
Well.. it's not a drum intro. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2014 at 19:46
I'm very surprised this one hasn't been mentioned yet:
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2014 at 12:51
Not prog at all, but Van Halen's "Hot for Teacher" still blows me away. it's just ridiculous.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2014 at 12:41
This is surely the prog drum intro, complete with expletive in the middle




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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2014 at 12:16
As a figure of speech professional and professionalism means doing things with confidence and skill, I fail to see what all the fuss is about. (and that's saying something coming from me)


Anyway, this lot are in Prog Related, (who knows why), so it's close enough:



What?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2014 at 08:40
Originally posted by Dayvenkirq Dayvenkirq wrote:

Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

I still don't understand how that changes his level of professionalism.
It doesn't. There were guys before Guy who could chop more proficiently than Guy. He can do better. He still has more room. Just because you have a few classy drum fills up your sleeve, that doesn't automatically make you a pro.
Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Does that mean Ringo Star is barely professional because so many drummers posses better technical skill?
Give me one performance where Ringo chopped proficiently.
Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Guy does a great job on Arrow, and in VdGG in general.
On "Arrow", "Killer", ... yes, but most of the time it sounds to me as if he is just there for rhythm back-up.


I'm not sure you understand what a "professional" is. It's not their technical ability, it's getting paid to do it for a living. As far as I'm aware, VdGG were professionals during the mid 70's.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2014 at 08:36
Any number of John Bonham's bone-crushing lead-ins. Often copied, never equalled.
...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined
to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2014 at 07:19
Originally posted by Cactus Choir Cactus Choir wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by Cactus Choir Cactus Choir wrote:

Dance with the Devil by Cozy Powell has a great intro (later lifted by Boney M for Rasputin!), though I suppose the whole track is basically a drums showcase.

Apart from the bit nicked from Hendrix. Wink


Yes, Third Stone from the Sun! Wonder how they managed to get away with that and not credit it.

Maybe he had the same lawyers as Led Zeppelin.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2014 at 06:59
Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by Cactus Choir Cactus Choir wrote:

Dance with the Devil by Cozy Powell has a great intro (later lifted by Boney M for Rasputin!), though I suppose the whole track is basically a drums showcase.

Apart from the bit nicked from Hendrix. Wink


Yes, Third Stone from the Sun! Wonder how they managed to get away with that and not credit it.
"And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!"

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2014 at 06:25
Originally posted by Cactus Choir Cactus Choir wrote:

Dance with the Devil by Cozy Powell has a great intro (later lifted by Boney M for Rasputin!), though I suppose the whole track is basically a drums showcase.

Apart from the bit nicked from Hendrix. Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2014 at 06:24
Originally posted by Dayvenkirq Dayvenkirq wrote:

Give me one performance where Ringo chopped proficiently. 

I have been in a lot of bands that have attempted to play "Get Back" - I've yet to find a drummer who could play it in the same way as Ringo - it sounds simple but getting the right feel to it is deceptively difficult. 

I will just quote a well-known quite reasonable prog drummer - Mr Phil Collins.

"Phil Collins, who was himself influenced by Starr, said; “Ringo is vastly underrated. The drum fills on the song "A Day in the Life" are very complex things. You could take a great drummer today and say, 'I want it like that.' He wouldn't know what to do.”
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2014 at 06:19
Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Originally posted by Dayvenkirq Dayvenkirq wrote:


Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Semi-professional drumming? What?
Come on ... compare him to Bill ... or Billy Cobham ... or Buddy Rich.


All 'professional' means is that one earns money from what one does. It's not a measure of actual skill or quality. Insticntly you may think it does, but....it doesn't.
that i exactly what i was about to say,, as redicules it might seem, You could be Bill Bruford an play like virtoustc god but without a paycheck , your an amatour, or you could be as technical as a tree trunk and earn monwy , aka professional.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2014 at 06:06
Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:



All 'professional' means is that one earns money from what one does. It's not a measure of actual skill or quality. Insticntly you may think it does, but....it doesn't.


Absolutely. Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst are "professional" artists. Sorry, just couldn't resist that cheap shot.Embarrassed
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2014 at 05:20
Originally posted by Dayvenkirq Dayvenkirq wrote:


Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Semi-professional drumming? What?
Come on ... compare him to Bill ... or Billy Cobham ... or Buddy Rich.


All 'professional' means is that one earns money from what one does. It's not a measure of actual skill or quality. Instinctively you may think it is, but in reality....it isn't.

Edited by Blacksword - February 25 2014 at 06:57
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2014 at 04:07
Split Enz' "Albert Of India" from the Waiata a.k.a. Corroboree - album; that has a subtle drum intro.
That band was really good at percussion.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2014 at 03:48
Dance with the Devil by Cozy Powell has a great intro (later lifted by Boney M for Rasputin!), though I suppose the whole track is basically a drums showcase.
"And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!"

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2014 at 01:25
Originally posted by RedNightmareKing RedNightmareKing wrote:

The big one that came to mind immediately was Rainbow's "Stargazer" by the amazing Cozy Powell.

yep me too although it was an 'edit' from the original version which had a heavy keyboard/synth intro

Would Tom Sawyer count?

Actually hard to think of that many

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2014 at 00:28
Here's a few that nobody will care about.....
   The Bogus Man - Paul Thompson, Roxy Music
   I Found Love - Greg Elmore, Quicksilver Messenger Service
   Feelin' Alright - Richard Coughlan, Caravan
   The Only Thing She Needs - Terry Bozzio, UK
also Convenience (Clean and Easy) - John Weathers, Gentle Giant
     Manipulation - Danny Seraphine, Chicago

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