I've always thought the drum solo in the studio version of Moby Dick is amazingly boring and flaccid. Bonham was a great drummer for sure, and he rocked that solo live, but the studio one is just so basic. The best recorded drum solo I've ever heard in my opinion is the opening to side two of A Love Supreme.
Just relistened to it in your honor, and while I can see your point, it does pale in comparison with, for instance, the How the West Was Won version, it is still good.
On a side note, I just got five commas into that sentence.
Just relistened to it in your honor, and while I can see your point, it does pale in comparison with, for instance, the How the West Was Won version, it is still good.
On a side note, I just got five commas into that sentence.
Well, it all comes down to how much we enjoy it, right? As a drummer I can't help but analyze it, and I may be a bit put off for all the praise heaped on what I consider to be an average drum solo, but it's not like it's technically lacking per say, I just find the ideas he put into the studio version to be a bit uninspired. I can't honestly think of too many great rock drums solos, it never really seems to fit into a song properly for some reason. Drum solos have always seemed more comfortable in jazz to me. But hey, it's all how individuals hear it, and i can see why people would like the Moby Dick solo.
I mean none of the above are particularly memorable for their drums (no more so than some of the songs' other elements), but I think that Pete Rock's drum sound is my favourite ever within hip-hop.
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