Re-living my youth

[Ludwig-dude]

Thought everyone would get a kick out of this.....you now we've all done it at some point in our career....lol!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taB3U0b9zdA

[mcjnic]

ummmmmm.........no. I never did that.




Now, The Who! That, I did. I was in freak mode when I played to The Who. I used to go through at LEAST two sticks on side two of "By Numbers". By the time I got to "In a hand or a face", I was drenched. I used to love playing drums to that record.


So, who remembers playing to records - as a drummer - and having the stupid thing skip like crazy due to the vibrations of the kit? Anyone?

[Ludwig-dude]

ummmmmm.........no. I never did that.




Now, The Who! That, I did. I was in freak mode when I played to The Who. I used to go through at LEAST two sticks on side two of "By Numbers". By the time I got to "In a hand or a face", I was drenched. I used to love playing drums to that record.


So, who remembers playing to records - as a drummer - and having the stupid thing skip like crazy due to the vibrations of the kit? Anyone?

Guilty as charged! LOL!

[big daddy]

Ditto - My faves were anything by the beatles (age 13 then) and later, Jeff Beck's Blow By Blow, Wired and later, There and Back.

Steely Dan's Aja also got some serious play time.

[Ludwig-dude]

Ditto - My faves were anything by the beatles (age 13 then) and later, Jeff Beck's Blow By Blow, Wired and later, There and Back.

Steely Dan's Aja also got some serious play time.

I didn't mean it had to be Neil Peart or Rush in particular we were jamming out to.....just the concept in general guys......kinda like insert fav group of the moment here. LOL!

[mcjnic]

Yup. That was my guilt-free admit it time. I felt good about never doing that to a Peart/Rush tune...but you've now striped me bare and exposed the uber geek I really am. I can't help it. The Who did that to me. I admit it. But that was MANY years ago! I'm not that drummer dweeb anymore.........I don't think. Does shouting the name of the song off the MP3 player as if you're at the stadium count? Probably not..........right? Oh man....I'm so depressed.

[Ludwig-dude]

Oh! So YOU'RE the guy who always yells "Free Bird!" at the concerts! Falling Do

[kevins]

Beatles.... "Lady Madonna" and "Let it Be" opposite sides of a 45 rpm
Jefferson Airplane..... 30 Seconds Over Winterland....various tunes on an 8-track tape
Edgar Winter Group.... "Frankenstein" ....... cassette tape

Damn, I'm old..........

[amosguy]

Beatles.... "Lady Madonna" and "Let it Be" opposite sides of a 45 rpm
Jefferson Airplane..... 30 Seconds Over Winterland....various tunes on an 8-track tape
Edgar Winter Group.... "Frankenstein" ....... cassette tape

Damn, I'm old..........

If you don't get old, the alternative is not a pretty sight. And eventually smells worse.

[kevins]

If you don't get old, the alternative is not a pretty sight. And eventually smells worse.
Yep....
Lately I've been trying to convince myself that I'm getting taller rather than older, since nowadays the floor seems a lot further away when I have to reach down and pick up something I have dropped.....

[big daddy]

LOL!!! I hear ya. Now I never got the dry ice thing going, but yeah... I rocked out and saw myself on stage in huge arena's.

I got into Rush long after I started drumming and while I can totally appreciate Peart's chops, his playing made less of an impact on me compared to guys like Ringo, Richard Bailey, Narada Michael Walden and Simon Phillips.

I guess I'm in it for the groove, not the flash.

I'm fairly certain though that my dad gave me "that look" many, many times when I was younger - LOL!!

[drumhack]

That is SOOOOOOO me!!! Exactly how I play the drums!!! I usually hit one note for every fifteen or twenty in Tom Sawyer and for Teenage Wasteland, I just try to time the 250 crash cymbal hits. I am gettin decent at Paradise City until it gets super fast at the end for like a minute and a half. Then I try to choke my son out when he tells me that he cannot recognize one single song that I "play". It is actually probably good that I saw that clip, I now know what my wife/kids are looking at!!D' Drummer

[big daddy]

Tom Sawyer was a benchmark song when I was "a kid". If you could play it, nearly note for note, you were considered a drum god. I guess I was more of a drum demi-god, cause I couldn't even come close.

Of course, you needed a seriously HUGE kit to even attempt anything by Peart. I never had more than maybe a 6 piece back then.

Oh well... Maybe I'll bid on Neil's Slingy kit up on eBay and redeem myself.

[drumhack]

Yeah. going for what a cool thirteen grand? I'd rather buy a kit for a thousand and hit the casino with the other twelve to be totally honest!!

[Ludwig-dude]

Yeah. going for what a cool thirteen grand? I'd rather buy a kit for a thousand and hit the casino with the other twelve to be totally honest!!

You missed the point drumhack.....its a true collectors piece......to own a set of drums actually owned by a very well known drummer? If I could get Ringo's ACTUAL drums, or Bonham's ACTUAL drums, or Nick Mason's ACTUAL drums....well you get the idea. Its an investment. Where's the investment in blowing money at the casino?

[dds4]

The Who!!!!

[mcjnic]

I saw that kit in the RnR HoF. It was pretty neat. The place honestly bored me, but the drum displays were pretty cool. That kit was one of the highlights.

[Ludwig-dude]

The Who!!!!

I'd love to own one of those, but wish they had used the classic Premier lugs instead of the modern ones. Moonie is still one of my favs.....

[dds4]

I've got a Who bootleg Live at Fillmore East, April 6,1968. Sound is great.
I still rock with the headphones to Summertime Blues and Shakin' All over.
Entwhistle lays down such a groove it's easy to jam along. Makes me feel 18 again.