Your top three drumming tracks of all time?

[spartacus1989]

1. song/artist/drummer (if you know)
2. song/artist/drummer (if you know)
3. song/artist/drummer (if you know)

Why??

1. Dave's Gone Skiing - Toto (Simon Phillips)
2. Leave That Thing Alone - Rush (Neil Peart)
3. Dance With The Devil - Cozy Powell (Cozy Powell)

These 3 have been a big influence in starting me off on drums. Simon Phillips and Neil Peart both have amazing skills and make a great effort on writing catchy tunes with wierd time signatures. Cozy Powells - Dance With The Devil has been used on a beer advert :P and is also probibly THE most famous drum anthem on this earth!!

Now its your turn :D

[Michael G]

Take Five
Take Five
Take Five

[SUPRA72]

Take five
Take five
and
Take five

Same as "SmoothJazz"

[groovemaster_flex]

Rush/YYZ/Neil Peart
Rosanna/Toto/Jeff Porcaro
Moby Dick/Led Zeppelin/John Bonham

YYZ. Well. Cause it's YYZ man. Any other reason?
Rosanna defined the half-time shuffle.
Moby Dick. John Bonham. Need any other reasons?

[wy yung]

I can't say I have any limited number of favorite tracks in anything. I prefer to move through music as opposed to getting stuck in a rutt listening to the same old thing over and over. My motto is "listen, learn, move on!"

I feel there is too much new good music out there today to miss. I want to hear as many players as I can. There have been tunes in my past that made a mark on me, but then they in turn led me elsewhere. Which I why I felt they were good in the first place. Something I enjoy very much is the chekere solo played by Tony Banda on the Poncho Sanchez album, Latin Soul. But it's been a while since I listened to it.

Rather than individual tunes, it has been a drummer or percussionst's style that has moved me. People such as Tony Williams, Jimmy Cobb, Buddy Rich, Don Lamond, Horacio Hernandez, Changuito, Alex Acuna etc etc have all moved me and inspired me to listen more intently and in a broader sense.

I know this did not answer your question specifically, but I hope my answer offers something of use.

[thecraponline]

Tracks

1) Set the Ray to Jerry / Smashing Pumpkins / Jimmy Chamberlin
2) Hey Joe / Jimi Hendrix / Mitch Mitchell
3) Channel 1 Suite / Buddy Rich Big Band / Buddy Rich

I'm not sure if I can really say these are my "top 3", since there are so many other great recordings out there, some which I have heard, many which I haven't. I listed these just because they are some of my favorites.

[BellsOfRhymney]

Eight Miles High / Gene Parsons / Byrds CD "Untitled/Unissued"
Rock And Roll / duh / duh
Tutti Frutti / Earl Palmer / Little Richard

[spartacus1989]

Maybe I am dumb, but I don't actually get the Take 5 >_<!!!!

[Drumsword]

# of my faves are:

"End of the Ages", By Ken Tamplin (With the band Magdellan) Ken Mary on drums. (Love the slipping in and out of double bass and the tight bass guitar/drums syncopation). (Brian Bromberg on bass and Lanny Cordola on guitar).

"Rosanna" by toto with Jeff porcaro on drums. Is just an awesome groove that will never get old.

"Under a raging Moon" by Roger Daltry (of the Who). WITH.......Mark brzezicki, Martin Chambers, Roger Taylor, Cozy Powell, Stewart Copeland, Zak Starkey, Carl Palmer, On drums. Mark Handles the main song, all 7 drummers each take a solo in the middle of the song and the outro has Zak and mark soloing together....Love it.

[ChuckSilverman]

songs that come to mind...

hmmm...

Elvin Jones Elvin..let me think....

Tony WIlliams...um....thinking...

Buddy....Channel One Suite

ok next...

In Time Andy Newmark on drums
Spank a Lee Mike Clark
OK, this is difficult

[foursticks]

songs that come to mind...

hmmm...

Elvin Jones Elvin..let me think....

Tony WIlliams...um....thinking...

Buddy....Channel One Suite

ok next...

In Time Andy Newmark on drums
Spank a Lee Mike Clark
OK, this is difficult

Hahaha, yeah there are to many great drumming tracks out there, it's so hard to pick just 3!

Man on Spank-a-Lee Mike Clark grooves so unbelievable hard on that, it's incredible. I love his hi-hats on that track so much. Anyone know what hi-hats he uses? (Sorry to go off topic a tidbit).

[75sling]

take 5/morello
good times bad times/bonham

thinking...

[ChuckSilverman]

about Mike Clark, well, Thrust is just a great recording. The whole recording is one of my favorite drumming gigs of all time. I have two students working on transcribing the intro to Spank-a-Lee. I transcribed the intro fill. It's on my website in the online lessons page. That little two beat fill puzzled me for...for....well since it was recorded.

[driver]

One Word - Mahavishnu Orchestra - Billy Cobham

The Ocean - Led Zeppelin - Bonham

Big Eyed Beans From Venus - Captian Beefheart and his Magic Band - ???


Mahavishnu Orchestra are a stunning amazing incredible band and One Word is some of the best drumming I have ever heard. It's a song every drummer should listen to!

Had to put a Bonzo in there and thats just my current fav.

Nothing amazing with the Beefheart drumming but I the drumming adds so much to the tune. Good odd groove in such an offbeat song

[handito]

let me drown - soundgarden - matt cammeron
my lovely man - RHCP - chad smith
in my time of dying - led zeppelin - john bonham

[ArtyZ]

Of all time?? I don't know if I can do that, but I'll list 3 that really move me.

Burn; Ian Paice
Karn Evil 9; Carl Palmer
Won't get Fooled Again; Keith Moon

WAY too many others...

Arty Z

[spartacus1989]

come classic tracks being mentioned here!

[nrlang86]

My 3, and believe me, this took a long time:

1."Father O'blivion" by Frank Zappa; drummer: Aynsley Dunbar
This song is just nuts! I really just love the groove

2."Civilized Worm" by the Melvins: drummers: Dale Crover and Coady Willis.
Who'da thought that two drummers could make the Melvins even better? The build up near the end of the song is just beautiful.

3."Reservations" by Wilco: drummer: Glenn Kotche.
One of my new favorites on the drums, Kotche uses strange techniques to really create an atmosphere here. For instance, he inserted clear tubing into the air holes of his toms to mimic tympani glissandos. When you blow into them, the pitch raises, when you stop, the pitch returns to normal. Cool stuff. All the accessories really help the color as well.

[Thin Spirits]

This is an impossible question.
My favourite of today though would be Beelzebub by Bill Bruford. (how's that for alliteration!).

[volume_3]

1) Drove Through Ghosts To Get Here - 65daysofstatic - Rob Jones
2) Futile - Porcupine Tree - Gavin Harrison
3) Signify (Warszawa Version) - Porcupine Tree - Gavin Harrison

These are just playing along to btw, i've only been playing 10 months, these are tracks that i enjoy playing to to help with co-ordination, speed, creativity, inspiration and because they're fun.

DTGTGH - Because i love Rob's style, and because you can playing along to the electronic parts.

Futile - Its just amazing, and though im NO WHERE NEAR the drummer Gavin is it is fun to play, and its good for time signatures, use of the seperate parts of the kit, etc...

Signify - Again, its fun, and when it moves into the sections of Signify II it gets faster, and more challenging to improvise to. And this track helps with snare subtelty and making sure im not just getting sharp hit from the snare everytime i hit it.

ALTHOUGH the fact that I use an electric kit because 1) no room for an acoustic, 2) the volume of an acoustic set, they would obviously (probably) be much better to play on an acoustic set.

[That Guy]

Say Goodbye: Dave Matthews Band - Carter Beauford

The Blister Exist: Slipknot - Joey Jordison

50 Ways To Leave Your Lover: Paul Simon - Steve Gadd

[stasz]

Wow this is way too hard to pick just 3 tracks.

Plunger- Umphrey's McGee- Kris Myers (actually any Umphrey's track is pretty much perfect in the drums.)

What Goes On- The Beatles- Ringo (this is my favorite "no fills" drum track, except there is one fill)

Just one more...?

You Enjoy Myself- Phish- Jon Fishman (well I made it my name, so I must like it.)

[Kenneth Nishimoto]

Say a little prayer for you - Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Hell if I know

Summertime - Miles Davis - Don't know

The tap dance solo to "Boogie wonderland" from happy feet on the snare drum, it's not hard, it's not complex, but it's really, really fun.

[balboa]

RUSH- Hemispheres- Neil Peart

KING CRIMSON- Thrak (People)- Bill Bruford, Pat Mastelatto

MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA- Birds of Fire- Billy Cobham


but there's soooo many more!!!

[BoxcarDrummer182]

1.anthem part 2/travis barker/blink182
2.when the levee breaks/john bonham/led zeppelin
3.ex's and oh's/brandon sallar/atreyu
simple but really amazing to play

[chipritter]

Hot for Teacher VH Alex VH
Late In The evening - Paul Simon (Steve Gadd
Hungry For Heaven - DIo (Vinnie Appice)

[ledzepjb]

umh, this is probably the hardest thing ever...ill name some songs that really have that shazam to them, srcew this im writing top 5

1.Le Premier Ciel-Harmonium-forgot the drummers name

2.The Cinema Show-Genesis-if you dont know then i lost all hope in humanity

3-4.Bonzo's Montreux(not sure if its spealt like that)and Moby Dick-Zeppelin-if you dont know ill come and find you

5.Take Five-Dave Brubeck-Morelloe

[rhythmjunkie]

3. Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream - Jimmy Chamberlain

2. Wynona's Big Brown Beaver - Primus - Tales From the PunchBowl - Tim Alexander

1. Bonzo's Montreaux - Led Zeppelin - CODA - John Bonham

These probably shaped my playing more as a young drummer than anything. All three are real fat and punchy. Bohnam got number one. I was addicted to this song as a young drummer.

[Old Doc Yak]

Let's see...

"Quiet Please"/Tommy Dorsey Orch/Buddy Rich

"Lonesome Road"/Will Bradley Orch/Ray McKinley

"Chasin' with Chase"/Lionel Hampton Orch/Lionel Hampton

Oh well....

"Sing, Sing, Sing"/Benny Goodman Orch/Gene Krupa

"Moppin' and Boppin'"/Fats Waller Orch/Zutty Singleton

and many more.

[Class A Drummer]

1. YYZ-Rush-Neil Peart
2. Metropolis Part 1- Dream Theater- Mike Portnoy (probably the most fun song i know how to play)
3. Take Five- Dave Brubeck- Joe Morello

[sshu]

1) Take Five - Dave Brubeck Quartet - Joe Morello
2) Castillian Drums - Dave Brubeck Quartet (Live at Carnegie Hall) - Joe Morello
3) Tom Sawyer - Rush - Neil Peart

Steve

[aydee]

great question.. dont know about top 3 but.....

1) Dave brubeck/joe morello/ TAKE 5 : for the 1st thing that really swung in an odd-time signature

2) Billy Cobham/ RED BARON : a perfect blend of deep pocket and killer fills

3) John Bonham/ LED ZEPPLIN : ( many songs) for his power & energy which he delivered with great skill, which was rare in the rock idiom at the time.

[nebula821]

Roxanne/The Police/Stewart Copeland
Tom Sawyer/Rush/Neil Peart
Vietnow/Rage Against the Machine/Brad Wilk

these are off the top of my head, there are surely others I appreciate equally

[bighaibigdrums]

Red Hot, Motley Crue, Tommy Lee
Walk This Way, Aerosmith, Joey Kramer
Everybody Wants Some, Van Halen, Alex Van Halen

[drum.lad]

Everlong/Foo Fighters/Dave Grohl

All the Way Down/Biffy Clyro/Ben Johnston

Baba O'Riley/The Who/Keith Moon

[baz]

...hmmmmm

Tunnel of Love Dire Straits, Pick Withers on drums.

After the Rain Bruce Cockburn, Bob DiSalle on drums.

Fool in the Rain Led Zed, John Bonham on drums.

These are three songs that made me want to play the drums.

Barry

[Signals]

These three always get me movin':

Subdivisions - Rush - Neil Peart
Synchronicity - The Police - Stewart Copleland
I love it Loud - Kiss - (not certain who the drummer was at this time -- Eric Carr?)

[nhzoso]

hmmm well without much thought the 3 that come to mind now are,

1) Wanton Song---Zeppelin---Bonzo...If I have to explain.....

2) Hot for Teacher---Van Halen----Alex Van Halen.....I remember as a youngster when I was playing this song on my Cassette tape and my Grandmother came in and said WOW, who is that...LOL

3) Blessed Hell Ride---Black Label Society----Craig "Louisiana Lightning" Nunenmacher....What a great groove I hope to tab it out soon.

[Drummer30]

YYZ - Rush - Neil Peart
Metropolis - Dream Theater - Mike Portnoy
Rock N' Roll - Led Zep - Bonzo

[TenPastTen]

What's up all. This is my first post. Been watching a while...nice to be a part. Very grateful for this outlet.

1. Xanadu by Rush...Neil Peart
2. How Many More Times by Led Zeppelin...Bonzo
3. The Grudge by Tool...Danny Carey

Xanadu is true percussion oddessey. Bells, chimes, blocks, etc. So much of what Neil does is an inspiration YYZ, Tom Sawyer, La Villa Strangiato. I love Xanadu and still get surprized nearly everytime I hear it.

How Many More Times to me is a showcase of Bonham: the blues and downright jazz influence is here not to mention the signature power of Bonham. Again so much of Bonzo is great, but this groove captures me. I forget how much I like this song until I hear it again. The ebb and flow with Bonzo and John Paul is mesmerizing.

And speaking of mesmerizing...Danny Freaking Carey. The Grudge is one of so many great performances by Danny. Maybe it's commonplace for more experienced drummers than myself, but to play the Fibonacci Sequence on double bass is incredible. It opened me up to how endless the inspirations can be for music. You can hear the Fibonacci Sequence on several other tracks on that album (Lateralus) as well.

[timebandit]

Red Hot, Motley Crue, Tommy Lee
Walk This Way, Aerosmith, Joey Kramer
Everybody Wants Some, Van Halen, Alex Van Halen

Hey,
You forgot the "r" in your name.

[spartacus1989]

Here we go, I will update mine!

1. Daves Gone Skiing - Toto - Simon Phillips
2. Incantation - Steve vai - Virgil Donati
3. Dance With the Devil - Cozy Powell - Cozy Powell

As you can see from the top 2, I love awkward time signatures!
The 3rd one is just legendary! It got me into drumming! It maybe simple, but its effective!

[RelapsedMusician]

Vicarious - Tool - Danny Carey
10/8 time signature.. very fun to play

In Prescence Of Enemies part 1 - Dream Theater - Mike Portnoy
this is soo hard.. no one on yet youtube posted a cover of this

Beast and the harlot - a7x - The Rev
the double bass and syncopated china.. wow

[crumbdrums]

1. Murder By Numbers - The Police - Stewart Copeland

What a fantastic song; if there is any song in my collection that inspires me to play, it's Murder By Numbers. The quintessence of Stewart Copeland.

2. La Villa Strangiato - Rush - Neil Peart

The fills and groove here are great. Just really, really creative drumming.

3. White Room - Cream - Ginger Baker

Certainly not the most difficult, or technically acomplished song in the world, but the groove is sweet. I love the way Ginger grooves; he has a powerful sound, but a very distinct one. And the chorus is played very nicely.

[Jon Cable]

'Since you been gone' - Rainbow; Cozy Powell...beautifully understated
'Strike it Rich' - Buddy Rich quartet/quintet about 1948.....5 1/2 minutes of snare mastery
'Dance with the Devil' - Cozy Powell....saw Cozy on tv in 1973 and it cemented the idea that I wanted to be a drummer, just like him!!

[fixmejesus]

1. Tom Sawyer/Rush/Peart
2. Fool in the Rain/ZEP/Bonham
3. Skin Tight/Ohio Players/????? plese help me!

Why??

Because they are #$%& Great.

[JoeyWaters]

Kashmir - Bonham - This song showed me how simplicity can create an almost anxious feeling to the listener, thus making the song intense without being too 'metal'.

Enima -Danny Carey - Tool - This song was one of the first that opened up the world of the tribal tom beats that I never thought possible. He drives the song without hi-hats, pretty cool.

Angels in the Snow - Chuck Nicholas - Chum - This was a band out of Huntington, WV in the 90's, they were on Century Media for a while. Its a slow grinder and Chuck does a lot of open hi-hat on the quarter notes, lots of space. I learned from this tune about space and how it makes a song more interesting. I feel that unique uses of space within a song can make the difference between a banal rock song and one that has character and feel.

BY THE WAY. If anyone remembers Chum, let me know. I still love that band!

[sio_13]

I find it next to impossible for me to narrow it down to three tracks, with so many genres and great drummers, so I'm gonna list three that either made me want to get on a kit or changed my way of thinking behind the kit:

Fire- Hendrix- Mitch Mitchell- blazing arms in a musical zone fueled by hallucinogens...

Panama- Louis Armstrong- Can't find the drummer's name (anyone know?)- Introduced me to the wonderful world of jazz...

Adrenaline- The Roots- ?uestlove- Great control, solid time keeping (he knows the drummers role in a band), real hip hop with turntables being used as they're supposed to, not just to play the 'beat', and you gotta love the 'fro... I've actually found some work in the past recording drum tracks for local rappers that think outside the box...