PLAY ALONG SONGS (best favourite)

[Breakbeat Milo]

Here you have to write and let us know what are your 5 favorite songs in wich the drums are so great.
It's your personal "TOP 5 OF DRUMMING SONGS":

The format:
#Number - "Song name" - Album, Band. (Drummer)

Here we go:

1- "The Grudge" - Lateralus, Tool. (Danny Carey)
2- "Digital Bath" - White Pony, Deftones (Abe Cunningham)
3- "Burn" - Burn, Deep Purple (Ian Paice)
4 - "Inner Surface", Because We Can, Simon V (Jojo Mayer!!)
5 - "Anti Gravity Love Song" - S.C.I.E.N.C.E., Incubus (Jose Pasillas)

.... and what's your top 5?

[G-money]

Man, i hate these top 5/top 10 list things. :/ oh well here'goes.

1. "the trees" -Spirit of the radio - Rush -(Neil Peart)
2. "tommy the cat" - Primus - (Tim Alexander)
3. "Lokai Cat" - Jimmy Chamberlin complex - (Jimmy Chamberlin)
4. "trucker's atlas" - Lonesome Crowded West - Modest Mouse - (Jeremiah Green)
5. "war all the time" - War all the time - Thursday - (Tucker Rule)

[Ashton Drum's]

Tom sawyer - Rush (Neil Peart)
Walking on the moon - The police (stewart Copeland)
You got me - The roots (Ahmir Thompson)
And she was - Talking heads (Chris Frantz)
Black hole sun - Soundgarden (Matt Cameron)

[Gorm]

1. "When the Levee Breaks" Bonzo, Led Zep
2. "My Generation" Keith Moon, The Who
3. "Walking on the Moon" Stewart Copeland, The Police
4. "Hey Joe" Mitch Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix Experience
5. "White Room" Ginger Baker, Cream

[Henry II]

1. "Far More Drums" - "Time Further Out" - Dave Brubek Quintett (Joe Morello - greatest drum solo ever recorded, JMHO of course).

2. "Aja" - "Aja" - Steely Dan (Steve Gadd - most studied drum solo ever).

3. "Night in Tunisia" - "Best of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers" (Art Blakey - the song that never ends).

4. "Salt Peanuts" - "Workin & Steamin" - Miles Davis Quintett (Philly Joe Jones - This tune and solo are played at 350bpm - can you say "bebop").

5. "Bugle Call Rag" - "Big Swing Face" - Buddy Rich Big Band (Buddy Rich - OMG!)

[Imminent Film]

1. Led Boots - Jeff Beck (Narada Walden)

2. Boogie Stop Shuffle - Charles Mingus (Dannie Richmond)

3. Deluge - Wayne Shorter (Elvin Jones)

4. Darlene - Led Zeppelin (John Bonham)

5. Wait Untill Tomorrow - Hendrix Experience (Mitch Mitchell)

etc, etc, etc. :-D

[Anchein Vouivra]

Aenima & Merkaba --Tool
Over the electric grapevine & Mr Knowitall --Primus
In the Wake of Poseidon & B'boom --King Crimson
Achille Last stand -- Led Zeppelin
Odyssey -- Nektar
Congo Man -- Ernest Ranglin

[Rudy McRudster]

I can't order these things.

Festival de Ritmo- Dave Weckl
Sorceress- Return to Forever (Lenny White)
Oakland Stroke- Tower of Power (Dave Garibaldi)
Pal Treaux- Rx Bandits (Chris Tsagakis) listen to it...you'd like it.
Aja- Steely Dan (Steve Gadd)

[Superlow]

Soul Drums - Bernard Purdie
When The Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin
Figure 8's - Buddy Rich Vs. Max Roach
Island Birdie - Elvin Jones
Voodoo Child (Live Version) - Mitch Micthell

[slingerlandradioking55]

in no particular order:

The Channel One Suite - The Buddy Rich Big Band
The Thunder Drum Suite - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Brown Sugar - "Philly" Joe Jones and Elvin Jones
Sing Sing Sing - Benny Goodman Big Band
Boogie Stomp Shuffle - Charles Mingus

[CyclopseSlayer]

Hella - "The Mother Could Be You"
Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Spanish Castle Magic"
Captain Beefheart - "Moonlight on Vermont"
King Crimson - "One More Red Nightmare"
the Mars Volta - "Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt"

[MunsieMan]

1)Fool In The Rain - Zeppelin

2)Rossana - Toto

3)Mercy Mercy Mercy - The Buddy Rich Band

4)Smokin In The Boys Room - Motley Crue

5)Black Betty - Ram Jam

[jamsjr44]

Limelight - Rush - Neil Peart
The Grudge - Tool - Danny Carey
Eyes Of A Stranger - Queensryche - Scott Rockenfield
Cult of Personality - Living Colour - William Calhoun
Follow - Sevendust - Morgan Rose
Don't De-Rock Me - Tesla - Troy Lucetta

[Bonham to the moon]

1)Fool In the Rain- Bonzo, Led Zep
2)Fire-Mitch Mitchell, The Experience
3)Voodoo Chile- Mitch Mitchell, The Experience
4)Song For the Dead-Alfredo Hernandez, QOTSA
5)Aja-you should kno, you should kno

[Barry]

Well, here's the best I can do:
1. That one that I don't know the name of with Buddy Rich.
2. Topsie, Part [?] (also don't know the name and not even sure the drumming is so special, but it has a major drum part and I kind of liked it when I used to hear it on an oldies station that changed to Jack FM)
3. Wipeout (sorry)
4. That song that opens with the ba-boom ba-boom ba-boom ba-boom before the saxaphone starts in. There's singing in there too somewhere. I think it's called Shotgun.
5. Ba Ba Lu.

[Ronin]

There's alot of great drumming songs but I will list 5 of them:

1) Nothing Personal as played by Karizma, Vinnie Colatuita
2)Wait no Longer, Joshua Redman Quartet, Brian Blade
3)A love supreme, John Coltrane Quartet, Elvin Jones
4)Little Flamenco, Chick Corea & Origin, Jeff Ballard
5)Butch & Butch, Keith Jarrett Trio, Jack De Johnette

[ewanlaing]

i couldn't find a thread for this elsewhere, but if there is one, give me a good yelling at. i'm sure i'm not the only drummer who has once or twice sat down at there kit and couldn't think of anything to play. so this is a thread for suggesting fun songs. emphasis on FUN. i don't mean songs with hard drums. that means that you can pick a white stripes song, as long as it's fun to play (i don't see it happening really). i must ask that you only post on the thread if you have a suggeston. you are still alowed to talk about other peoples choices, but post one of your own as well, otherwise we'll all end up talking about one song. all genres are open, and have fun!

my first song is "generator" by the foo fighters. it's the 5th song on their 3rd album. it's a really great song, and it really shows off taylor hawkins' ability to play for the song. it's not too hard to learn and it can be as quiet or loud as you like.

[aahznightsky]

The whole "Play" album by Moby.
Some of the most grooving programmed beats I've heard, it like magically practicing feel and perfect time at the same time!

"Heart of the Sunrise" by Yes
brilliant drum parts in this song. I think it makes a great lesson for composing drum parts in a song...

the "Haunted" album by Poe
Josh Freese on drums. Need I say more?

Any Nikka Costa album
amazing songwriting, and the best drummers on the planet on all the tracks. ?uestlove, Blackwell, Laboriel, even Lenny Kravitz!

"Take Five" by Dave Brubeck
learnto play along with the solo, too. And then find live versions and learn those too! Because when Morello plays it live, it gets insane.

Weather Report, Frank Zappa, Bela Fleck, among others also are great to play along with...

I usually don't practice along with the choppiest music, I usually play along with records to practice time and feel (Even though sometimes I let loose and go crazy over a tune or more often an intstrumental). If anybody does have some great chop heavy records I should practice with, let me know!

[oliverlawford]

'Pamela' by Toto, the seventh one is the album i think...

oli

[NaturalRaz]

Faith No More ~ Angel Dust (Album)... Good grooves!

Skindred ~ Babylon (Album)... Challenging!

Mr. Bungle ~ Mr. Bungle (Album)... Do I really have to say why?

Fantomas ~ Fantomas (Album)... It's self tourture to try and keep up with!

[ewanlaing]

moby is an interesting choice. i will definately check that out. my second song is "song for the dead" by queens of the stone age. this shows off grohl as a drummer more than any other song i know. it's really good heavy rock stuff, with a great intro.

[dothecrunge]

Houses Of the Holy!

I've never had more fun than when I drum to that album [excluding No Quarter].

[Jesper Varn]

When I would like to challenge myself, I usually end up with anything by The Who, other than that - when I feel low, I always pop the "Back in black" live album by AC/DC and drum away to "long way to the top" - which I live the lyrics to, and "Back in black"...

Other than that, I usually just play along with what's in the CD-player since my wife used it...

[jjand1_03]

Balltongue-Korn
Chi-Korn
Sober-Tool, actually any tool song is fun and challenging to play

[mediocrefunkybeat]

Houses Of the Holy!

I've never had more fun than when I drum to that album [excluding No Quarter].

That's one of my favourite Led Zeppelin tunes! But admittedly not a drummers track.

For good solid fun I'd recommend almost anything by Cream and Jimi Hendrix.

[cjl71178]

"Heart of the Sunrise" by Yes
brilliant drum parts in this song. I think it makes a great lesson for composing drum parts in a song...


That is an excellent, excellent song. I couldn't believe my ears when I first heard that song. That's Bruford...some of the stuff he came up with...

[dothecrunge]

That's one of my favourite Led Zeppelin tunes! But admittedly not a drummers track.

For good solid fun I'd recommend almost anything by Cream and Jimi Hendrix.

I meant Houses Of the Holy, the album.

You know:

The Song Remains the Same
The Rain Song
Over the Hills and Far Away
The Crunge [do it!]
Dancing Days
D'yer Mak'er
No Quarter
The Ocean

[cjl71178]

I meant Houses Of the Holy, the album.

You know:

The Song Remains the Same
The Rain Song
Over the Hills and Far Away
The Crunge [do it!]
Dancing Days
D'yer Mak'er
No Quarter
The Ocean

The song "Houses of the Holy" is cool too.

But the versions of The Song Remains the Same, The Rain Song, and No Quarter off
The Song Remains the Same album are killer!

[mediocrefunkybeat]

I meant Houses Of the Holy, the album.

You know:

The Song Remains the Same
The Rain Song
Over the Hills and Far Away
The Crunge [do it!]
Dancing Days
D'yer Mak'er
No Quarter
The Ocean

I was referring specifically to No Quarter the song. It's one of my fav. Zepp tunes, but not really a drummers' one...

[fourstringdrums]

"Disco Inferno" is always a favorite of mine to play.

[cjl71178]

Currently, the band I'm in (THOSE GUYS) here's some of the songs I enjoy playing:

Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
Mr. Brightside and Somebody Told Me by The Killers
War Pigs by Black Sabbath
Santeria by Sublime
Fly by Sugar Ray
Down With Disease by Phish
Beverly Hills by Weezer
Fool In The Rain by Led Zeppelin
Miss You by the Rolling Stones
Aeroplane by the Red Hot Chili Peppers

To me, they're just fun to play...I have rehearsal tonight and we're learning:

All These Things That I've Done by the Killers
Holiday & American Idiot by Green Day

I'm learning them right now...LOL...practice is in two hours!

[mandion]

Here's a few that no one's mentioned that I love playing with:

Most of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Blood Sugar Sex Magic. I especially dig Funky Monks.

Radiohead - High and Dry (not sure why, but its a great mellow song to play to)

Black Crowes- Hard to Handle

Rusted Root - Cat Turned Blue -

Soul Coughing - Circles

[Kor Haven]

Run to the hill - Iron Maiden
it's Raining man - Gloria Gaynor :)
the wicker man - Maiden

[dothecrunge]

I was referring specifically to No Quarter the song. It's one of my fav. Zepp tunes, but not really a drummers' one...

You have to hear the 35 minute versions from 1977. They're excruciatingly boring.

[mr_hayward_99]

run to the hills is wicked, i was trying to work it out today, i love his single bass triplets.

[timpanigrip23]

Hi, I'm glad you chose this thread because I love to play "Ants Marching" by the Dave Matthews band. I love to Immulate every one of Carter's chops on that song. Everytime I see a new concert I get more and more excited because I know I'm going to learn every chop and swing he does and immulate it on my drumset.

[drumbig]

i don't really ever just play a song, i like to play an entire album.

i think these are a lot of fun:

tool, enema
led zeppelin, physical graffitti
pearl jam, ten ( the first album i learned the whole way through)
s.t.p., core
sound garden, down on the upside
bob marley, bustin out of trenchtown ( reagae is real fun and good for independance)

[Sticksman]

Separate - Sevendust

No Quarter, When the Leevee Breaks, Kashmir, Black Dog, Dazed and Confused - Led Zeppelin :p

Lust for Life - Iggy Pop

Sex and Religion, Freak Show Excess - Steve Vai

Lateralus, Sober - Tool

Sic, The Blister Exists, Before I Forget - Slipknot

Most blues tunes, almost all of Bob Marley, and a LOT of nu-metal and classic rock. And yes, I do like both genres.

[Fur drummer]

"Love Stinks" by The J Geils Band
"Centerfold" by The J Geils Band
" Brown Sugar" The Stones

Songs more harder but fun for me to play:
"Fly By Night" by Rush
"Red Barchetta" Rush
"Frankenstein" by The Edgar Winter Group.

[Jesper Varn]

"Love Stinks" by The J Giles Band
"Centerfold" by The J Giles Band
" Brown Sugar" The Stones
...


YEAH! These are all great songs that I've spent hours and hours drumming away to.... I wish I had remembered to put them in my previous post...

[ewanlaing]

wow! some hard rock choices appearing in the thread now. something i played all the way through that was suprisingly fun was "jesus of suburbia" by green day. when played with the track, it can be a really satisfying song to play, and not too hard to learn.

[DTKBigDawg]

When I feel like singing while I play:

Good - Better Than Ezra
How You Remind Me - Nickelback
Legs and Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top

When I feel just like playing:

Flirtin With Disaster - Molly Hatchett
That Smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Price - Twisted Sister
Rock n Roll All Night, God Gave Rock N Roll To You, Black Diamond - KISS
Wild SIde - Motley Crue

There's more on my IPAQ and I like them all, but some are just to use as warmup and some are what we play in the band. Great thread, I love a lot of these tunes you all have listed. Gotta start adding them for myself. :-)

[cjl71178]

Songs more harder but fun for me to play:
"Fly By Night" by Rush
"Red Barchetta" Rush
"Frankenstein" by The Edgar Winter Group.


Great songs...I've spent days playing to "red barchetta" and the rest of the Moving Pictures album! Awesome stuff!

[cjl71178]

You have to hear the 35 minute versions from 1977. They're excruciatingly boring.

I liked The Song Remains the Same version...but I don't think I can handle those 35 minute versions! LOL!

[drummaman1]

Some groups I love to play/practice to:

Parliament - Funkadelic
The Police
AC-DC
Van Halen
The Meters
Motown
James Brown
Earth, Wind, and Fire
Miles Davis - 50's - with Philly Joe or Jimmy Cobb - work on swinging
Miles Davis - 60's - With Tony Williams - work on uptempo playing

...Disco! I don't know why, but I love working on my groove playing listening to disco!

[morrison13]

1. Tom Sawyer - Neil Peart (Rush)
2. Geek U.S.A. - Jimmy Chamberlain (Smashing Pumpkins)
3. Wish You Were Here - Jose Pasillas (Incubus)
4. Digital Bath - Abe Cunningham (Deftones)
5. Kashmir - John Bonham (Led Zeppelin)/Bargain - Keith Moon (The Who)

[dothecrunge]

1] Achilles Last Stand
2] In My Time Of Dying
3] Fool In the Rain
4] Wearing and Tearing
5] Good Times, Bad Times

and just for kicks: Four Sticks!

I'm very biased.

[bigTOMpigmy]

1.) Swamp Song: Preformed by, Danny Carey
2.) Tom Sawyer: Preformed by, Niel Peirt
3.) How Many More Times: Preformed by, John Bonhom
4.) Latterallus: Preformed by, Danny Carey
5.) I Stand Alone: Preformed by, Shannon Larkin

sorry if my spelling is wrong on anything.

[norminaz]

In no particular order

Ants Marching -Carter Beauford

Subdivisions-Neil Peart

Bartender (the live version at Folsom Field, watch the video, it's freakin awesome)- Carter Beauford


Lateralus- Danny Carey

That's all I can think of right now, there are just too many to choose from

[mikei]

Mine are quite diverse. Each drummer hit exactly what the song needed.

The Wanton Song - Bonzo
Angel of Death - Dave Lombardo
Roxanne - Stewart Copeland
YYZ - Neil Peart
Fatal Tragedy - Mike Portnoy

[Dyaxe]

Dream Theater (Mike Portnoy) - Honor Thy Father
Dream Theater (Mike Portnoy) - As I Am
Testament (Dave Lombardo) - Legions Of The Dead
Slayer (Dave Lombardo) - Angel Of Death
Godsmack (Shannon Larkin) - Straight Out Of Line

Theres soo many many...but i guess those are somewhat my top 5...

EDIT: i forgot to put Fire by the mitch mitchell (sp?) with the jimmy hendrix experiment...ill just bend the rules and make that my sixth cause the drums in there get my pumped (lol) everytime i listnen to it.

[JT1]

Theres so many but these are me faves

1. Dance with the Devil- Cozey Powell
2. Bloodstained- Judas Priest (Scott Travis)
3. Burn- Deep Purple (Ian Paice)
4. My generation- The Who, and Limp Bizkits is catchy too! (Keith Moon)
5. Greed- Godsmack (Shannon Larkin)

[theduke86]

1) Spiritual- John Coltrane: Live At The Village Vanguard (Elvin Jones)
2) Nefertiti- Miles Davis: Nefertiti: (Tony Williams)
3) Travel John- John Scofield: Enroute (Billy Stewart)
4) Spanish Joint- D'Angelo: Voodoo (Ahmir Thompson)
5) Cherokee- Clifford Brown and Max Roach: Study in Brown (Max Roach)

[Bonham to the moon]

1) Good Times, Bad Times - Led Zeppelin
2) Fire - Jimi Hendrix Exp.
3) Baba O'Rielly - The Who
4) Watch Your Step - Dave Weckl Band
5) Show Me the Way - Peter Frampton

[The Rev #2]

Beast And The Harlot by the Reverend, there's a little break in the middle and he kicks it up a notch for the whole song..........

[Rosco]

1. Seven Days - Sting (Vinnie Coliuta)
2. Clean - Incubus (Jose Pasillas)
3. Chuck E's In Love - Ricky Lee Jones (Steve Gadd)
4. Hysteria - Muse (Dominic Howard)
5. Spitfire - The Prodigy (Liam Howlett)

[jimmeh]

1. 'Ticks and Leeches' - Danny Carey, Tool (can't believe no one else has mentioned this)
2. 'La Villa Strangiato' - Neil Peart, Rush (same)
3. 'Dance Of Eternity' - Mike Portnoy, Dream Theater
4. 'The Grudge' - Danny Carey, Tool
5. 'Erotomania' - Mike Portnoy, Dream Theater

[Jookbox]

it's cool how everyone isn't putting the songs with the craziest, most difficult drumming. that would be missing the point. anyway i had to narrow my list down to popular rock bands. there are just too many.

Bonham - Fool in the Rain (Led Zeppelin)
Peart - Subdivisions (Rush)
Danny Carey- Merkaba (Tool)
Robert Ellis - Hair (PJ Harvey)
Jimmy Chamberlin - Tristessa (Smashing Pumpkins)

[Dr. Neaux]

1. Sing, Sing, Sing--Gene Krupa w/the Lionel Hampton Orchestra 1971
2. West Side Story--Buddy Rich
3. Stairway--Led Zepplin
4. In the Air Tonight--Phil Collins
5. Chameleon--Herbie Hancock

[lfdy]

Dream Theater - Dance of Eternity
Tool - Schism
Incubus - Sick Sad Little World
Limp Bizkit - Rearranged
Box Car Racer - Tiny Voices

[darkcherryfade]

it's cool how everyone isn't putting the songs with the craziest, most difficult drumming. that would be missing the point.


How would it be missing the point if your top 5 drumming songs contain just that? We all like things for our own reasons.

My top 5, in no order...

Candiria- "300 Percent Density" (title track from the album), Kenneth Schalk (in fact, every song with any drumming on this album blows me away equally, both technically and MUSICALLY)
Mahavishnu Orchestra- "Dream" from The Lost Trident Sessions, Billy Cobham
The Dillinger Escape Plan- "Destro's Secret"

Hmmm.....this is way too hard, I love so many different drumming approaches on so many different kinds of songs.

[darkcherryfade]

it's cool how everyone isn't putting the songs with the craziest, most difficult drumming. that would be missing the point.


How would it be missing the point if your top 5 drumming songs contain just that? We all like things for our own reasons.

My top 5, in no order...

Candiria- "300 Percent Density" (title track from the album), Kenneth Schalk (in fact, every song with any drumming on this album blows me away equally, both technically and MUSICALLY)
Mahavishnu Orchestra- "Dream" from The Lost Trident Sessions, Billy Cobham
The Dillinger Escape Plan- "Destro's Secret"

Hmmm.....this is way too hard, I love so many different drumming approaches on so many different kinds of songs.

[Vipercussionist]

Lessee,
in no particular order, and subject to change. (more than 5 for sure)

1) Hot For Teacher - Van Halen - Alex Van Halen

2) Rock n' Roll - Led Zeppelin - John Bonham

3) Magic Flea - Count Basie - Harold Jones

4) Hot and Nasty - Black Oak Arkansas - Tommy Aldridge

5) Honky Tonk Women - Rolling Stones - Charlie Watts

I know, I know!! FIVE!! Oh well.
6) Just about everything ever recorded by Buddy Rich

[Fur drummer]

My 5 favorites
1) Drum Squad - Louie Bellson (most anything by him)
2) Hocus Pocus - Focus ( some really cool fills)
3) Frankenstein - Edgar Winter
4) Fly By Night - Rush
5) Red Barchetta - Rush.

[max77]

1. Erotomania (Mike Portnoy) (Dream Theater)
2. When the water breaks (Mike Portnoy) (Liquid Tension Experiment)
3. Lateralus (You say) (You say)
4. The dance of eternity (Mike Portnoy) (Dream Theater)
5. Another Dimension (Mike Portnoy) (Liquid Tension Experiment)

Oh Mike my idol!

[Crazy Mad Drummer]

Just about anything by Mike Portnoy or Dennis Chamders

1. Panic Attack - Dream Theater - Mike Portnoy
2. As I Am - Dream Theater - Mike Pornoy
3. Smoke On The Water (cant remember drummer not very complicated but so much fun to play)
4. A Change Of Seasons - Dream Theater - Mike Portnoy
5. Anything with Dennis Chambers playing is pretty good.

[burnthehero]

Tool - 46x2
Dillinger Escape Plan - 43% Burnt
Dave Matthews Band - The Dreaming Tree
Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight
Rush - Limelight

[foursticks]

1. good times bad times - led zeppelin
2. take five - dave brubeck
3. fire - jimi hendrix experience
4. time check - buddy rich
5. sing sing sing - gene krupa

[BigDon2005]

seperate ways--journey
too young to fall in love-- motley crue
enter sandman--metallica
jesus of suburbia--greenday
no way back--foo fighters

[Papamongolia]

my tops in no order
-The lover, MMW, Billy Martin
-To defy the Laws of Tradition, Primus, Tim Alexander
-Ice Cream, Steve Kimock Band, Rodney Holmes
-Aja by DUH, and DUH
-Birds of Fire, Mahavishnu orchestra, Billy Cobham

[NouveauCliche]

Seven Days - Sting - Ten Summoner's Tales - Vinnie Colauita

West Side Story Suite - Buddy Rich

Don't You Ever Wash That Thing? - Frank Zappa - Roxy & Elsewhere - Ralph Humprey, Chester Thompson and Ruth Underwood

The Police - Roxanne - Stewart Copeland

#41 - Dave Matthews Band - Carter Beauford

**
Two things to note: I'd like to inculde a Weckl song..but for the life of me, I could pick ONE. Same with Ari Hoenig.

[wes]

1) Digital bath (Abe Cunningham) DEFTONES
2)Feiticeira (Abe Cunningham) DEFTONES
3) Anything By Joey Jordison
4)This Place Is A Prison THE POSTAL SERVICE
5)Township Rebellion RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE

[zj2302]

the mars volta-cicatriz
incubus-are you in?
wilco- i am trying to break your heart
john coltrane- acknowledgement
the roots- web

[alberto_marconi]

1. Sting - "Seven days" (Vinnie Collaiuta)
2. The Beatles - "Come together" (Ringo)
3. The Police - "Message in a bottle" (Stewart Copeland)
4. Genesis - "Jesus he knows me" (Phil Collins)
5. Jimi Hendrix "little wing" (mitch Mitchell)

[tintin]

hmmm...

Dave Weckl Band - Hard Wired ( Dave Weckl )
Dream Theater - Fatal tragedy ( Mike Portnoy )
Dave Matthews Band - #41 ( Carter Beauford )
Virgil Donati - Alien Hip Hop ( Virgil Donati )
Symphony X - Of Sins And Shadows ( Jason Rullo )

haha there u go. =)

[t-bone]

wow.......this is a hard one.....but here's a few of my favorites......

red hot- tommy lee ( shout at the devil)
a light in the black- cozy powell ( rainbow rising)
halo of flies- neal smith ( killer)
working man- neil peart ( all the world's a stage)
karn evil 9 - carl palmer ( welcome back my friends to the show that never ends)

god........i could go on forever with this one...............

[Ramsh]

Dimmu Borgir - The Maelstrom Mephisto
Dimmu Borgir - Sympozium
and all other Dimmu songs with Nick :)
Cradle Of Filth - Dusk And Her Embrace
Death - Flesh And The Power It Holds
Exodus - War Is My Sheppard

[SleightOfHand]

1- "Damage Inc" - Master Of Puppets, Metallica. (Lars Ulrich)
2- "King Of Terrors" - The Odyssey, SymphonyX (Jason Rullo)
3- "Cygnus X-1" - A Farewell To Kings, Rush (Neil Peart)
4 - "Dyers Eve", ...And Justice For All, Metallica (Lars Ulrich)
5 - "Rust In Peace...Polaris" - Rust In Peace, Megadeth (Nick Menza)

[greygoose]

some of the songs that come to mind are

Scentless Apprentice - Dave Grohl

Fire- Mitch Mitchell

Dazed and confused - Jon Bonham

Grinding Process - Dale Crover

Danny says [demo] - Marky Ramone

[sabian_aax]

dyer maker-led zeppelin
black beauty-a perfect circle
roxanne-the police
dazed and confused-led zeppelin

[cicatrizoo]

1. "Home at Last"--Steely Dan: Bernard Purdie
2. "Tea For One"--Led Zep: John Bonham
3. "A Divine Image"--David Axelrod: Earl Palmer
4. "The Grudge"/"Lateralus"--Tool: Danny Carey
5. "My Favorite Things"--Coltrane: Elvin Jones

[zj2302]

hey y'all, what are your favorite songs to play along to? not necessarily the hardest, but the most fun tunes to jam with.

sorry if this thread has been started, i searched and found no results.

[mandion]

try this. It's pretty similar.

http://www.drummerworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2979&highlight=favorite+songs

[NUTHA JASON]

well lets do it all here and i'll merge them later.

for me i love jamming the door's stuff...LA woman in particular.

j

[rendezvous_drummer]

Suck My Kiss- RHCP (Awesome song)
Until the end of the world- U2
By the way- RHCP
........Hell, pretty much any of these bands songs. The Killers stuff is pretty fun too.

[Aja]

Steely Dan, "Black Cow" and "I Got the News" favorites at present, any Motown tune, anything by James Brown.

[NUTHA JASON]

elevation - u2 is also really cool
and i agree about the RHCP. they were the band that really introduced me to hard funk all those years ago.
which killer's song if you had to choose only one?

j

[KzSgDrummer]

How about anything from the general "funk/soul" category..

To be more specific though, I'd have to say Grover Washington Jr, "Let it Flow (For Dr. J)" from Winelight. Hell, anything from that album knocks me on my ass (and hopefully any girl I might be playing it for muahaha).

[gr82bagn]

When just doing a good ole jam my favorites are:

1) Closer to Home - Grand Funk Railroad
2) Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
3) Celuloid Heroes - Kinks
4) My Generation Blues - The Who
5) Can't You See - Marshall Tucker

[RMS]

Rush:
Red Barchetta
YYZ
Subdivisions

Almost anything by 311

[WeatherKing]

Bo Diddly--Bob Seger live

[WeatherKing]

And if you want what I consider one of the best downright pure rock and roll songs ever created, I would have to go with AC/DC's Ain't Waitin 'Round to be a Millionaire. It's a simple song but man it gathers momentum towards the end and you're just getting into it. Good warmup song.

[Yogibear]

1) My Generation - The Who
2) Rock n Roll - Led Zeppelin
3) Whole Lotta Love - Led Zepplein
4) Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix
5) Fools Gold - Stone Roses
Playing along with djs I find is very enjoyable such as Dj Shadow or Cut Chemist,oh and any RHCP song are great!

[mlehnertz]

Mercy Mercy Mercy - Dave Weckl
Anything from Tower of Power
Anything from Toto
Flight to Nassau
Night Flight
A Warm Breeze
Basie Straight Ahead
Pete Townshend - Give Blood

That's pretty much it. I just wanna groove.

[< Taylor Made >]

Well they change a lot, but right now:

No One Knows - Queens of the Stone Age
Try Honestly - Billy Talent
Fire Department - Be Your Own Pet
All On Black - Alkaline Trio
Two Timing Touch and Broken Bones - The Hives
Dazed and Confused - Led Zeppelin

[AE Gauthier]

Fool in the Rain- Led Zeppelin

Fire- Jimi Hendrix

Franklin's Tower- The Grateful Dead

[DrumProgressive]

Everytime i warm up i start with jamming along with Life to lifeless, The end of heartache and Fixation on the darkness, All by Killswitch Engage.

I do this mostly to get my double bass going. because it takes a while for me to warm that up.

[Butter]

Bon Jovi-You give Love a Bad Name(Huuuge Fun ^^)
Bon Jovi-Have a Nice Day(Nice Groove at the beginning)
Deep Purple-Black Night(I love it!)

[rendezvous_drummer]

elevation - u2 is also really cool
and i agree about the RHCP. they were the band that really introduced me to hard funk all those years ago.
which killer's song if you had to choose only one?

j
Totally agree with you on that one. But if i had to choose 1 killers song, it would have to be..... Believe me Natalie. That song is so much fun to play.

[rendezvous_drummer]

Well they change a lot, but right now:

No One Knows - Queens of the Stone Age
Try Honestly - Billy Talent
Fire Department - Be Your Own Pet
All On Black - Alkaline Trio
Two Timing Touch and Broken Bones - The Hives
Dazed and Confused - Led Zeppelin
Try Honesty is a ton of fun to play. I played that beat when Aaron Solowoniuk was in the drum store while he was checking out some kits. It was pretty funny and ironic since i didnt even know he was in there.

[Isaacs]

The Wizard (Ozzy) SOtD version
Twilight (ELO) (It is one of the first songs I messed with using my massive two-piece snare/cymbal combo). I remember thinking, "Man, just one more drum and I'll be in heaven."
The Trooper (Iron Maiden)

[hold-the-groove]

i like playing along to stuff with really simple beats, that way you can add stuff in if you feel like it.
Its easier to play complicated over a simple song than to play simple over a complicated song.
thats the way i see it.

[foursticks]

for me its gotta be communication breakdown by led zeppelin....

[Class A Drummer]

All are Rush exept one.

1. La villa strangiato
2. Red Barchetta
3. Limelight
4. YYZ
5. D'yer Maker (easy as hell but fun)

All of these are from my old drum books that i mastered a few years ago.

[roll_model]

Good times bad times-Led Zeppelin
Rainy Day-Sherl Crow
Tom Sawyer-Rush
Young and Restless-Prism
Rosanna-Toto
Copa Cabana

[Lambo]

Mats/morgan band version of "Chicken".

[Sonor Drummer]

Anything By Dave Matthews Band

[Trigger]

Resolve - Foo Fighters - Such a fun, simple beat

[glynes]

Well, aside from 2 songs my band does that I really don't like all that much ... most everything I play I picked because it's fun ... it would be tough to pick even a few favorites, tho if I had to I'd say Elvis Costello's Peace, Love & Understanding and Pump It Up because I do love pounding those toms!! Otherwise, most of Fleetwood Mac, most of Bryan Adams, some Aerosmith, some Guess Who, some Cheap Trick, some Eurythmics, and anything at all with Kenny Aronoff drumming just because it blows my mind to think I can come close to doing something he's done.
I've got some classic rock/funk CD's on the way, so there'll be a whole new list in a day or two!

[nhzoso]

I just made a CD of all the songs I like to drum to and hope someday to be able play the whole CD without stopping. Only one I can play through without messing up is the 1st one. took awhile though because the Tab says it's the same beat through the whole song but when you listen to it it does change a little at some spots.

1) starts with Billie Jean (nice lil warmup)
2) T. Petty, you dont know how it feels.
3) Collective soul--shine ( my favorite so far ) almost got it down pat.
4) AC/DC--back in black ( I have conflicting tabs on this and not sure which one is right)
5) B. Sabbath--Iron Man
6) Led Zepp.-- Kashmir
7) Boston, --Rock and roll band
8) ZZ top----Tush
9) Weezer---sweater song
10) Hollies---Long cool woman
11) Zepp.---Dyer Makr
12)B. sabbath, ---Paranoid
13) KISS---Rock and roll allnight

[katman]

I like to put on any Supergrass album and jam along to the whole thing. "In it for the money" really rocks - specially the opening 2 or 3 tracks. "Life on other planets" gets the big two thumbs up too.

I'm not a very good drummer (yet) and prefer straight forward rock stuff. And Supergrass keep it pretty simple (something to do with being a three-piece I guess), but so energetic and tight. Would LOVE to see them live.

Also like the Killers. And the Primal Scream album that no one else seems to like (Give out but don't give up) offers some really good jamming material. Also the whole Bossanova album by the Pixies. And much more, but that's all for now.

[zildjian_dude101]

Ummm, Coheed and Cambria- The Suffering, Dreamtheater- This Dying Soul, and Blink 182- First Date.

[charlesurich]

En Schizophrens Dabok! by the Mats and Morgan band

[Robin]

These are not the hardest but I just LOVE to jam to them!

Michael Jackson - Heal The World
TOTO - Rosanna
TOTO - Jake To The Bone
TOTO - Good For You
Steely Dan - Bodhisattva
Dream Theater - Hollow Years

[tymile]

1. dream theater - as i am
2. rage - bulls on parade
3. sixpounder - children of bodom

[phoenix]

Rush - Leave That Thing Alone
Foo Fighters - DOA
Rush - YYZ
Michael McDonald - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Boston - Taking My Time
Pantera - Cemetery Gates

[mlehnertz]

Since you like Toto, the Toto Version (http://www.lehnertz.com/Toto - Bodhisattva.mp3) of this tune is even better. It's on the "Through the Looking Glass" CD.

These are not the hardest but I just LOVE to jam to them!

Steely Dan - Bodhisattva

[Rockter]

Hold the Groove...

I'd agree with that. Use the drumtrack in the headphones as your metronome, and add your riffs over the top of it. If you are out of time in the slightest, it doesn't sound quite right when you "re-join".

[PIPER561]

I like Jammin to everything HERBIE HANCOCK!!!

[pacman_0901]

Sober - Tool, it took a while to learn Danny's crazy fills, but the rest of the song is such a fat groove. i love it.
Toxicity - System of a Down, that one is just fun.

[Will-Myster]

Led Zeppelin - Fool In The Rain
Underoath - Acts Of Depression
Audi Adrenaline - World Wide

[Robin]

Since you like Toto, the Toto Version (http://www.lehnertz.com/Toto - Bodhisattva.mp3) of this tune is even better. It's on the "Through the Looking Glass" CD.
Yeah, I know. The first time I heard the song, it was the Toto version! :) But I thought it would be misleading if wrote "Toto - Bodhisattva".

[newbie]

Right now my favourites are any Big Band Jazz, Motley Crue, Rush, and the complete soundtrack from the movie Rent.

[ElvinBaRkerDennis13]

Try Honesty is a ton of fun to play. I played that beat when Aaron Solowoniuk was in the drum store while he was checking out some kits. It was pretty funny and ironic since i didnt even know he was in there.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! dude, i have been a billy talent fan for like three years, so its awesome that someone else listens.....they are a great band to play to too.. and its kinda lame, but a geat band to warm up to, is tommy tutone, the song Jenny
anything ZZTop
RHCP

[Lingenfelter Twin Turbo]

Rush-Tom Sawyer.
Billy Cobham-any song off of the warning album.
Chuck Mangione-feels so good.
Spinning wheel.
The letter-Joe cocker.
Vehicle.
Going Crazy-David Lee Roth.
Hungry-Winger.(Rod smokes)
Saturday in the Park-Chicago.
Get back honkey cat-Elton John.
Any Led Zeppelin song.
Any Rolling Stones song.

[rodie]

lately:

quiet riot- the wild and the young, metal health
queensryche- walk in the shadows, empire, silent lucidity
dream theater- you not me, erotomania (what i can play of it)
la guns- never enough, ballad of jane
cinderella- gypsy road
motley crue- wildside
steelheart- never let you go


as you can see, for covers i dig 80's hair metal a bit...working on some rush classics, but am limited on equipment...pedals aren't quite responsive enough, and the tom range is limited, sounds a little monotonous...but i'm trying, lol...

my hands-down favorite is molly hatchet's version of "dreams i'll never see", the old allman bros tune...also, gator country, whiskey man....

[Stu_Strib]

Galactic by the String Cheese Incident. Funny, I was looking for Stanton Moore's band Galactic, and came across the string cheese song...what a great tune.

[MayleneSDisaster]

Me, I like anything from UnderOath, 94 Hours from As I Lay Dying, and Elegy from Becoming the Archetype.

[jdm_drummer]

i like to jam with slipknot(songs from heritic anthem to duality),,,wanna learn leberate but i find the groove really hard. i also like korn n chavelle, ants marchind er somethin like that (carter b.plays it in that vid.) sometime i lay down grooves to songs like gin n juice...plus some tupac

[Ashton Drum's]

He Ain't heavy He's My Brother - The Hollies - Drummer(??????)
Feiticeira - Deftones - Abe Cunningham
Head Down - Soundgarden - Matt Cameron
Bone Machine - The Pixies - David Lovering
Hysteria - Muse - Dominic Howard

[andrew_carter]

1. "The Joy of Cookin'" (http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=11381&d=1136081564) - Basie & Beyond, Quincy Jones/Sammy Nestico Orchestra. (Vinnie Colaiuta)
2. "Tchfunkta" - All Kooked Out!, Stanton Moore. (Stanton Moore)
3. "Rapunzel" (http://unicyclist.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=3877&stc=1&d=1088324295) - Before These Crowded Streets, Dave Matthews Band. (Carter Beauford)
4. "Squib Cakes" (http://www.drummerworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7782&highlight=squib+cakes) - Back to Oakland, Tower of Power. (David Garibaldi)
5. "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" - 1964-1993 (Disk 2), Paul Simon. (Steve Gadd)

...wow, that was really hard to bring it down to a top 5!

Andrew

[aahznightsky]

in no order ...

Nikka Costa - CantNeverDidNothin (Abe Laboriel Jr. on drums)

Yes - Heart of the Sunrise (Bill Bruford)

Peter Gabriel - Red Rain (Manu Katche)

ok and I'm blanking out on what else I should put here ... i'll edit this post later

[Kicks_Mc_Gee]

Hooker With a Penis - Tool (Danny Carey)
Selkies: The Endless Obssesion - Between The Buried And Me (Blake Richardson)
We Are The Storm - Dillenger Escape Plan (Chris Pennie)
Lost Perfection a.) Coulrophobia - Between The Buried And Me (Mark Castillo)
Top Gun - Bury Your Dead (Mark Castillo)

[flyerorange]

Get Off My Cloud
Detroit Rock City
Miserlou
Communication Breakdown
November Rain

[shuffle]

Aja
Heart of the Sunrise
Fool in the rain
Tom Sawyer
50 ways to leave your lover

[choki]

in no particular order -

"Shadows in the Rain" - Omar Hakim - Sting
"Squib Cakes" - David Garibaldi - Tower of Power
"Look-Ka Py Py - Zigaboo Modeliste - The Meters
"Sexy M.F." - Michael Bland - Prince
"Hot For Teacher" - Alex Van Halen - Van Halen

there are many more that rank right in there with these, but the rule was 5 songs so I wanted to put stuff that hasn't been mentioned already.

[andrew_carter]

1. "The Joy of Cookin'" (http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=11381&d=1136081564) - Basie & Beyond, Quincy Jones/Sammy Nestico Orchestra. (Vinnie Colaiuta)
2. "Tchfunkta" - All Kooked Out!, Stanton Moore. (Stanton Moore)
3. "Rapunzel" (http://unicyclist.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=3877&stc=1&d=1088324295) - Before These Crowded Streets, Dave Matthews Band. (Carter Beauford)
4. "Squib Cakes" (http://www.drummerworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7782&highlight=squib+cakes) - Back to Oakland, Tower of Power. (David Garibaldi)
5. "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" - 1964-1993 (Disk 2), Paul Simon. (Steve Gadd)
Here is a sample of each song on my list. I strongly suggest you have a listen because they're absolutely brilliant songs!

3474

Andrew

[Guinness]

1- Rush- Tom Sawyer
2- Rush- YYZ
3- The Who- Won't be fooled again
4- Zeppelin- Fool in the Rain
5- Our Lady Peace- One man Army

[ad9898]

mmm, good one this, i think i go for

Keep It Greasy........(Vinnie Coliauta) (Frank Zappa)
Annihilation Of The Wicked..........(George Kollias) (Nile)
Xanadu.......(Neil Peart) (Rush-Exit Stage Left version)
Black Prophecies.....(Gene Hoglan) (Dark Angel)
50 Ways To Leave Your Lover.......(Steve Gadd) (Paul Simon)

wowits really difficult to list five when their are so many, but for me these tracks really stand out.

[nhzoso]

1) Manic Depression--Hendrix (mitchell)
2) Frankenstein---Edgar Winter
3) YYZ---professor
4) In my time of dying---Bonham
5) Hot for Teacher---Alex Van Halen

[baddrumming]

1. Aja - Steve Gadd
2. Streets - Marco Minnemann A phenominal piece of music
3. Eulogy - Tool Danny Carry
4. 777 - Thomas Lang
5. Seven Days, Sting - Vinnie Coliauta (i have noticed this has been quite popular in the post) the reason i like it is the most virtuistic piece of drumming i have ever heard, works on so many different levels, vinnie coliauta is a complete genius. Anyone else would think this track is in four!

So many more songs but at the moment these are my top five

[CarterB_Junkie]

is not enough but :

1. Seven Days (Sting) : Vinnie C The professor's professor ! Technical virtususity taste
2. Aja (Steve Gadd) : There is a before and after this track in the history of drumming !!!

[CarterB_Junkie]

is not enough but :

1. Seven Days (Sting) : Vinnie C The professor's professor ! Technical virtuosity taste musicality and incredible playing in one track !!!
2. Aja (Stelly Dan) : Steve Gadd There is a before and after this track in the history of drumming !!!
3. Two Step (Dave Matthews Band) : Carter Beauford, especially live in Central Park is just incredible !
4. Natural Science (Rush) : Neail Peart The different time signatures, the fills he does at the end ! Oh My !
5. In My Time Of Dying (led Zep) : John Bohnam : The bass drum orgy with a single pedal !!!
6. Seasons in The Abyss (Slayer) : Dave Lombardo. Those long long tom rolls !!!
7. Lines in The Sand (Dream Theater) : Mike Portnoy. The way he orchestrates his parts is just perfect. The main groove with hi hat is almost funky and the Keyboard/Drum duel at the end of the song is amazing !!!
8. Burn (Deep Purple) : Ian Paice just Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuurns on this one !

I could add tons of other classic drums tracks that I love :

Blind Korn David Silveria : The crowd goes nuts just with this classic ride intro ! R u Ready ???
Most of Tool Songs are amazing ! I could not pick a specific one.
A Gene Hoglan track probably from the Death Symbolic Album
The first track of Dimmu Borgir Misantropia Something feat Nicholas Barker
Unas The Slayer of Goods Nile Tony Laureano
War Pigs Balck Sabbath Bill Ward is so creative on this one

and

Any Dennis Chambers beat !!!!

[onemat]

5. Ticket To Ride ...Ringo Tied with "Up ON Cripple Creek" Levon Helm
4. If Six Was Nine ...Mitch Mitchell
3. When The Levee Breaks ..You Know Who
2. Jupiter's Child... Jerry Edmonton with Steppenwolf
1. Blues Part II...Bobby Columby with BS&T

For me, Bobby Columby doesn't get enought credit. I think he woulkd have been more prolific had he worked on many different projects as Gadd did..

Matt

[(sic)]

what are your favourite warm-up songs?

as i'm into metal, my favourite warm-ups are;

before i forget (slipknot)
down again (chimaira)
power trip (chimaira)
puritania (dimmu borgir)
burn in hell (dimmu borgir's twisted sister cover)

[< Taylor Made >]

Well mine change a lot, but at the moment ive been doing

This is how it goes - Billy Talent .....(for warming up legs/feet)
and
No One Knows - Queens of the Stone Age....(for arms)

[Vegard]

I often play Tool - Lateralus to warm up... love the song! I also play a lot of songs of a norwegian band called bigbang!! wich you all by the way should check out! Really great band. The drummer is a master groovemachine and looks like animal from muppet show!! check 'em out if you haven't done it already...

[BrianW]

me and my guitarist usually start with hot for teacher or voodoo child. We usually use these songs because we are very comfortable playing them. I think thats the best thing to do, warm up with a song that you know completely, dont get frustrated in the first 10 minutes of playing. Get warmed up first.

[kaiballard]

My favorite warm up song (I'm into all music) is "An After Though" by Billy Childs.

[Johnny_Stacks]

the intro to in bloom by nirvana always gets me to feel everything on the drum set

[~tamadrummer~]

the intro to in bloom by nirvana always gets me to feel everything on the drum set

damn dude i was just gonna say that

[aahznightsky]

Duncan Sheik's Barely Breathing is great for just getting in a drumming mood

and then get into some Peter Gabriel (Manu Katche)

and then keep progressing ... play along to Aja

and then go crazy!

[Class A Drummer]

For People who arent so sure about themselves on fills and stuff i would say Either
D'yer Maker or The Ocean by Led Zeppelin.

But for people like me who think that is not enough of a warm up i would say Red Barchetta by Rush or Limelight.

http://drummerworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7204

[Backwards Marathon]

The best warm up song for me would be either digital bath by deftones or feiticeira by deftones lol love the deftones

[kacperivo]

Smoke on the Water... ok, sorry it wasn't a top class joke :P.

[zildjian_dude101]

Lamb of God- Ashes of the Wake
Avenged Sevenfold- Blinded in Chains
Blink 182- First Date
Killswitch Engage- End of Heartache
In Flames- Take This Life

[photon]

I love Steely Dan's "Do it Again" it makes for a nice warm up...nice and smooth.............love the bell of that ride when it comes in at the intro.......

[franklinj]

I love playing along to Clutch. Its very cool drumming. The Blast Tyrant cd is the best to jam with (I think.)

[cheen]

Bloc Party - Banquet - really fun song with lots of fills and hi hat stuff
Radiohead - Paranoid Android - has real groove sections and dynamic sections
STP - Trippin' on a Hole - mostly nice groove

[Mcbrain]

I have a few tunes i love to jam to.Mostly Rush and i don't have em all down note for note, But they are a blast to play.
Bastille Day
Lakeside Park
Limelight
Dreamline
The Body Electric
To Tame a Land

[Wormsrock]

"Won't Get Fooled Again" - The Who - Keith Moon
"Moby Dick" - Led Zeppelin - John Bonham
"YYZ" - Rush - Neil Peart
"Sunshine of Your Love" - Cream - Ginger Baker
"Message in A Bottle" - The Police - Stewart Copeland

[Disco Stu]

Naming just five is very difficult, but here goes:

1. Driven to Tears / The Police / Stewart Copeland
2. Any funky James Brown tune / Jabo Starks, Clyde Stubblefield, Melvin Parker
3. Move On Up / Curtis Mayfield / Donald Simmons?*
4. Snail / Smashing Pumpkins / Jimmy Chamberlin
5. Like Suicide / Soundgarden / Matt Cameron

*Not sure about the drummer on "Move On Up." The album liner notes aren't much help. They list a bunch of musicians, but they don't reveal their instruments or what songs they played on. If anyone knows for sure who played drums on this tune, let me know. Thanks.

"Disco Inferno" is always a favorite of mine to play.
Ah yes, great groove.

[drumz=life]

not the best but pretty stinkin good:

1.the faded line-lamb of god-ashes of the wake-chris adler
2.roulette dares(the haunt of)-the mars volta-deloused in the comatorium-???
3.schism-tool-lateralus-danny carry
4.track 02....??-decapitated-man i cant remember...like....molested or sumtinn...but i doubt...cuz that wud be......just, odd....i guess...ahh-and i doh no de drummer, so if u no what song im talking about then you are a psychic...i suggest you use your powers for the good of mankind, dont read peoples minds...cuz, that makes sum uncomfortable, ok got it?
5.fifths-tamper evident-emergency transmission-anthony grant-this is a track from a local band so nobody will no it, but i suggest u try to get ur hands on it.

[MOONCHILD]

daire- Smak
heaven can wait-Iron Maiden
rat bat blue-Deep Purple
teritory-Sepultura
jovano jovanke-Vlatko Stefanovski

[rendezvous_drummer]

wake up- dave weckl

The intro is amazing!!

[Mediocrefunkybeat]

Oh my, I'm posting in a list thread. I'll add some explanations though.

i) Lark's Tongues in Aspic Pt. II by King Crimson (Bill Bruford) just a great utilisation of a fairly small drum setup within the context of odd time signatures and some great use of simple polyrhythmic devices within a song. The guitar's not bad either.

ii) Won't Get Fooled Again by The Who (Keith Moon) plain fun! I play this song with my band and never tire of it, ever. Great energy, good sound, even if the playing is always completely solid it's just fun.

iii) Take Five by The Dave Brubeck Quartert (Joe Morello) What can I say that hasn't been said? Exquisitely tasteful playing from a true master of the drums and his phrasing is just beautiful.

iv) Wet Skin by the Dave Weckl Band (Dave Weckly) the drum sound and opening groove are just great. Simple stuff at the beginning relatively but what a sound. An overall greatly tasteful performance, especially bearing in mind who's playing it.

v) Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Iron Maiden (Nicko McBrain) I just love the song and the grooves contained within are wonderful. Surprisingly tasteful playing and a good, solid and fun performance throughout.

[stagecustom]

Mothers Milk- RHCP- Chad Smith
Blood Sugar Sex Magix-RHCP- Chad Smith
Mer De Noms- APC- Josh Freese
All Tool Albums - Danny Carrey
All Dave Matthews Albums- Carter Beuford
All Incubus albums - Jose Pasillas
Tower Of power ( can any one tell me which albums David Garibaldi drums on?)

Can anyone give me a list of albums and drummers i should look out for?

thanks

[MAX ZNAEVSKY]

1. Led Zeppelin - the immigrant song, when the leavee br., out of tiles
2. Megadeth - Countdown to .., train of con-es
3. Extreme - rest in peace, warheads ...
4. Annihilator - king of the kill
5. Pantera - walk, 5 mins alone, I'm broken

[PreppieNerd]

I love to play along with:

Carry on Wayward Son - Kansas - ?
Josie - Steely Dan - ?
Get It Right The First Time - Billy Joel - Liberty Devito
Prelude/Angry Young Man - Billy Joel - Liberty Devito
Ballroom Blitz - Sweet - ?
The Real Me - The Who - The Keith Moon

[ege_the_drummer]

My favorites are (in no order):

Ants Marching - Dave Matthews Band
Drive in, Drive Out - Dave Matthews Band
Lights and Sounds - Yellowcard
Jesus of Suburbia - Green Day
Toxicity - System of a Down
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
Dazed and Confused - Led Zeppelin
Best Of You - Foo Fighters

[Class A Drummer]

scratch what i said earlier,

Anything rush.

[MOONCHILD]

1 another brick in the wall-pink floyd (you gotta love that beat man altough is so simple)
2 monkey bussines-skid row
3 rat bat blue- deep purple (must hear this one)
4 revelation- iron maiden
5 wickerman- iron maiden
6 tower, tears of the dragon - bruce dickinson (almost forgot)

always feel so powerfull when playing these

[jiltednut]

1. Paradigm Shift - Liquid Tension Experiment
2. Pantera - Becoming
3. Machine Head - Block
4. Incubus - Vitamin
5. Slayer - War Ensemble ( > Angel Of Death )

[ZDdrums]

Voodoo - Godsmack - Shannon Larkin
Slither - Velvet Revolver - Matt Sorum
Hair of the Dog - Nazareth - Lee Agnew
When the Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin - John Bonham
Two Step - Dave Matthews Band - Carter Beauford

[metalheadeza666]

1. Through the fire and the flames - Inhuman Rampage, Dragonforce (Dave Macintosh)
2. Paradise City - Appetite for Destruction, Guns N Roses (Steve Adler)
3. Welcome - Volume 3 the subliminal Verses, Slipknot (Joey Jordison)
4. Suck My Kiss - Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magik, Red Hot Chilli Peppers (Chad Smith)
5. The Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin (John Bonham)

[Johnny from the block]

1)Fool In the Rain- Bonzo, Led Zep
2)Fire-Mitch Mitchell, The Experience
3)Voodoo Chile- Mitch Mitchell, The Experience
4)Song For the Dead-Alfredo Hernandez, QOTSA
5)Aja-you should kno, you should kno

I should have to let you know Dave grohl played drums on their third record, and so also for song for the dead... although it's definently in my top 5 too ;) good choice

[Johnny from the block]

My top 5:

1) Song for the Dead - Songs for the deaf... - Queens - Dave grohl
2) Stacked Actors - Everywhere but home Live dvd - Foo Fighters - Taylor Hawkins
3) One - metallica - Lars ulrich
4) Aenima - Tool
5) Gardenia - Kyuss

[rendezvous_drummer]

songs for the dead is SO much fun. The intro is awesome.

[ndrummerc]

1. Fire, Mitch Mitchell
2. Since I've Been Lovin' You, John Bonham
3. Child in Time(Made in Japan version), Ian Paice
4. Ticks and Leeches, Danny Caery
5. On any Other Day, Stewart Copeland(the only Police song i can play, other than every breath you take)

plenty more, but those are the ones i like most.

[franklinj]

Subtle Hustle/ Cypress Grove- Jean Paul Gaster and Clutch
Sweet Leaf- Stanton Moore and Galactic
Burn!- Ian paice and Deep Purple (I cant play parts of this song, but for the most part, its really fun!)
Subdivisions/YYZ- Neil Peart and Rush
Almost anything by Primus (Tim Alexander and Brain Mantia.)

[J.W. Drummer]

Almost anything by Primus (Tim Alexander and Brain Mantia.)

Honestly, how well do you keep up?

[emmerson]

anything slipknot ... just kidding

Kinetics - Niun (My Bands Song ... 11 minutes long)
Sober - Tool
Bloodstains and Bitemarks - Finch
The Bridges We Burn - Syncytia

[franklinj]

Honestly, how well do you keep up?

Eh, I get through it. I mostly improvise during the songs, but sometimes ill really buckle down and find out what theyre doing and try to play it exactly how theyre doing it, but wheres the fun in that :)

[J.W. Drummer]

Eh, I get through it. I mostly improvise during the songs, but sometimes ill really buckle down and find out what theyre doing and try to play it exactly how theyre doing it, but wheres the fun in that :)

I feel ya Franklinj. Sometimes I just fake my way through stuff in-order to get to the next part I can play.. lol. I appreciate your honesty. I don't think most people would be that honest.

[franklinj]

I feel ya Franklinj. Sometimes I just fake my way through stuff in-order to get to the next part I can play.. lol. I appreciate your honesty. I don't think most people would be that honest.

Haha, maybe in a few years ill be able to do all of their songs. Ive only been playing for 2 years and have a 4 piece kit, so doing Tim Alexanders huge fills are a bit challenging : >)

I did buckle down and learn Jerry Was A RaceCar Driver. Not their hardest song, but I learnt it when I just got a db pedal, so it was really challenging for me.

[J.W. Drummer]

I did buckle down and learn Jerry Was A RaceCar Driver. Not their hardest song, but I learnt it when I just got a db pedal, so it was really challenging for me.

"Jerry was a racecar driver, he drove so god-damn fast. Never did win a checkered flag, but he never did come in last"

Sorry, had to do it ;-)

[ratmrules]

Best drumming ever is in Tool's new single Vicarious! It absolutely takes the cake.

[kickit100]

some of my favorites are

primal scream-crue
master of puppets-metallica
whole lotta love-zepp
white room-cream
mr.brownstone-gnr

just some fun songs that i love to play

[maddrummr]

I drum to so many so i will only name a few


White room- Cream
Aerials-System of a Down
Who are You-The Who
Baby im gonna leave you- Led Zeppelin
Hold on Loosely- 38 special

there are more, but these are the songs i usully play when i get bored of doing my own stuff

[imperfect gentleman]

these songs i run through when i practice with songs and/or need a break from my originals...

check these out... these are awesome songs :) maybe not much in terms of chops... but fun... :)

editors - someone says

new order - ceremony

joy division - transmission

moving units - available

interpol - say hello to the angels

[drumsponge]

Some of my favorites for practice and fun...

1. The Stake (Steve Miller)
2. Stairway to Heaven...(Yes! Stairway to Heaven!)
3. Cortez Killer (Neil Young)
4. Wrong Way (Sublime)
5. #41 (DMB)

Of course, there are plenty more! I gotta say, though, I love playing anything from System of a Down lately.

[Johnny from the block]

songs for the dead is SO much fun. The intro is awesome.

indeed, the intro is amazing to play

can you keep up with the very ending though? I still doubt weither I'm correct.. it's just so damn fast

[drummerboy666]

primus - wynonas big brown beaver, over the electric grapevine
soad - question, byob
tool - the pot
dreamtheater - the glass prison
metallica - damage inc
motorhead - overkill
rhcp - all around the world
the police - walking on the moon
thin lizzy - bad reputation

[rendezvous_drummer]

indeed, the intro is amazing to play

can you keep up with the very ending though? I still doubt weither I'm correct.. it's just so damn fast

Yea I can play the end pretty well. I've practice my rolls a lot.

[gusty]

my favourite play along song would easily have to be superstition by stevie wonder. such fun

[rendezvous_drummer]

indeed, the intro is amazing to play

can you keep up with the very ending though? I still doubt weither I'm correct.. it's just so damn fast

You want to know a song that has a fast ending that is hard to keep up with? Try "Cherub Rock" by Smashing Pumpkins....really works your chops.

[HammerHead]

Kid Charlemagne, Aja & a few others - Steely Dan

Gates of Babylon - Rainbow - Cozy Powell

Powerslave, SSoSS, & others - Maiden - Niko McBrain

Several from Rush - Peart

I am I & a few other from Queensryche - Rockenfeld

Sin after Sin, Dissadant Agressor, Starbreaker - Priest - Simon Phillips (OMG)

Rosanna, Hold the Line - Toto

[drum.lad]

the five songs i enjoy to play the most are

1 give it away rhcp
2 everlong foo fighters
3 baba o reily the who
4 crash into me dmb
and last but not least
5 Zenergy victor wooten

[hauk]

No particular order, just songs I love to play along to.

Thursday - Counting 5-4-3-2-1
Marches and Maneuvers
They're just really high energy and fun.

Porcupine Tree - So-Called Friend
It really challenges me to sound good and original, and it's in 7.
Prodigal
There are some really fun illusions and fills towards the end.

And Candy Striper, from a rock Turn It Up & Lay It Down drumless CD

[punkdrummer1]

My fave "play along songs" (not fave songs :P)

Motion city Soundtrack- everything is alright, broken heart
Red Hot Chili Peppers- snow, Dani California, Californiacation
Lamb of god- Now you've got something to die for
The used- I caught fire, all that i've got

[Madwatch]

I have several that I like to play to warm up when practicing.

Love will find a way - Yes
Changes - Yes

Limelight - Rush
Show Me Dont Tell Me - Rush

Livin Lovin Maid ( shes jus a woman ) Led Zep
Tangerine - Led Zep

[Ozzy Biz]

Queens of the Stone Age
- Song for the dead
- Avon

Dave Matthews Band
- Too Much
- #41
- All Along the Watchtower (live version)

Led Zeppelin
- Fool in the Rain
- The Crunge
- The Ocean

Clutch
- Cypress Grove
- Escape from the Prison Planet
- Power Player
- The Yeti

Foo Fighters
- Low
- Everlong

Toto
- Rosanna

A Perfect Circle
- The Noose
- Blue
- The Hollow
- Magdalena
- Sleeping Beauty
- The Outsider

ZZ Top
- La Grange


There's a few of the top of my head....

[whitesnake]

will sombody read the "no stairway" sign allready!!! have we established the fact that people like to drum along with bonham yet!?

ok hes a few of my fav's, alot of them I don't think any body has posted yet.

1. led zeplin-all songs with drums (lets just get that one out of the way)
2. van halen-jump,jamies cry'n&running with the devil .ect
3. winger-seventeen (most terrable lyrics ever but awsome...if you like em young)
4. journey-stone in love, (nice triplet fills)
5. james gang- the bomber.ect
6. leo sayer- you make me feel like dancing
7. skynard- sweet home, gime back my bullets & .ect
8. molly hatchet- gator country,dreams & flirtin with disaster(fast, tight changes)
9. orignal mario bros. theme- some japanese dude (super fun, you cant help but groove)
10. blackfoot-train,train
11. RHCP- aeroplane,around the world.ect (songs from mothers milk make my leg fall off.)
12. steve miller-take the money and run
13. ted nugent-free for all
14. tenacious D-wonder boy & the one about sausage
15. hair- the age of aquirious/let the sun shine
16. the black crowes- too hot to handle
17. the pretenders-back to ohio, space invaders
18. sweet-ballroom blitz
19. pearl jam-alive,do the evolution (that reminds me...)
20. creed higher (nice groove if you can listen to that song with out puking)
21. blues traveler-carolina blues(< thats a real good one, nice fat fills)& crash burn
22. blue oyster cult-godzilla
23. jackson5-abc (great for a beginer to work on the 3e& bass beat with simple fills one of the first songs I played along to)
24. sugar loaf-green eyed lady (fun quarter notes)
25. gold finger-99 red ballons

...and those were just the ones off the top of my head :)

[groovemaster_flex]

Arctic Monkeys - From Ritz to Rubble - Whatever People Say We Are That's What We're Not - Matt Helders
Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down - Whatever People Say We Are That's What We're Not - Matt Helders
Boz Scaggs - Georgia - Silk Degrees - Jeff Porcaro
Boz Scaggs - Lido Shuffle - Silk Degrees - Jeff Porcaro
Foo Fighters - All My Life - One by One - Taylor Hawkins
Foo Fighters - DOA - In Your Honor - Taylor Hawkins
Foo Fighters - Everlong - The Color And The Shape - Dave Grohl/Taylor Hawkins
Mute Math - Chaos - MuteMath - Darren King
Mute Math - Typical - MuteMath - Darren King
Our Lady Peace - Starseed - Naveed - Jeremy Taggart
Pearl Jam - Even Flow - Live at the Garden - Matt Cameron
Perfect Circle - Judith - Mer De Noms - Josh Freese
Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows - Songs For The Deaf - Dave Grohl
The Who - My Generation - Live at Leeds - Keith Moon
The Who - We Won't Get Fooled Again - ???? - Keith Moon
Three Days Grace - Burn - Three Days Grace - Neil Anderson
Three Days Grace - Home - Three Days Grace - Neil Anderson
Three Days Grace - Never Too Late - One X - Neil Anderson
Three Days Grace - Pain - One X - Neil Anderson
Three Days Grace - Take Me Under - Three Days Grace - Neil Anderson
Toto - Rosanna - Toto IV - Jeff Porcaro
Yellowjackets - River Waltz - ???? - Will Kennedy
Yellowjackets - Times Squares - ???? - Marcus Baylor

[Creothcean]

In no order:

Good Times Bad Times, John Bonham, Led Zeppelin
Ants Marching, Carter Beauford, Dave Matthews Band
Lakeside Park, Neil Peart, Rush
Shoot to Thrill, Phil Rudd, AC/DC
Stairway to Heaven, John Bonham, Led Zeppelin


plus:

Fool in the Rain, John Bonham, Led Zeppelin
Sultans of Swing, Pick Withers, Dire Straits
Ramble On, John Bonham, Led Zeppelin
Living Loving Maid, John Bonham, Led Zeppelin
Spirit of Radio, Neil Peart, Rush

[Creothcean]

oh yeah, and soul sacrifice, dennis chambers (i think), santana.

that song is intense.

[Dauns]

some of my favorites are

primal scream-crue
master of puppets-metallica
whole lotta love-zepp
white room-cream
mr.brownstone-gnr

just some fun songs that i love to play

[Kirsh]

in no particular order this are the ones that come to my mind right now:

Dave Weckl band - Tower of inspiration (Steve gadd, joking Dave Weckl obviously)
Yes - Heart of the sunrise (Bill Bruford)
Toto - Rosanna (Jeff Porcaro)
Dave Brubeck quartet - Take five (Joe Morello)
The Police - Walking on the moon (Stewart Copeland) going to see the police tomorrow in Argentina

[GW Drums]

Little by Little - Robert Plant
Abacab - Genesis
Lido shuffle - Boz Scags
The Unforgettable Fire - U2
Tortise and Hare -The Yellowjackets ( well, I like to kid myself and think I can play it )
Do you love me - Kiss

[Muckster]

In no particular order:

Rock:

"Give Blood" - Pete Townsend
"Synchronicity 1" - The Police
"Athena" - The Who
"Fool in the rain" - Led Zeppelin
"Red Bachetta" - Rush

Jazz / Electric Jazz:

"So What" - Miles Davis
"Trans Love Express" - Jean-Luc Ponty
"Spanish Moss" - Billy Cobham (in 17/16...very fun to play!)
"Night Dive" - Vital Information
"One Flight Up" - Eliane Elias

[Drummer Karl]

Mhhh...there are many...

I really love to play along with

Bill Stewart and either the John Scofield trio or with Peter Bernstein and Larry Goldings.

Summertime interpreatation by Brad Mehldau, Joshua Redman, Larry Grenadier and Brian Blade on drums.

Jazz Crimes by Joshua Redman, Sam Yahel and Brian on drums.

Much of that old Miles Davis stuff from the 60`s with Tony on drums.

Brad Mehldau`s "Nobody Else But Me" from his Art of the trio CD with Jorge Rossy on drums.

A few favourites...

Karl

[mikei]

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - ACDC (Gotta love BON)
Black Dog - Zep
I Drink Alone - George Thoroughgood
War Pigs - Sabbath
Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy
The Wanton Song - Zep
Immigrant Song - Zep

[cnw60]

Lately I've been really enjoying playing along to Sting's - 'Ten Summoner's Tales'

especially 'Seven Days', which has been mentioned a LOT in this thread and for good reason - it's just too much fun!!!

others

Chick Corea - album: 'Light as a Feather'
XTC - Wasp Star, Apple Venus vol 2
Police - Ghost in the Machine

[Muffled Tom]

"Nowhere Fast", Incubus (Jose Pasillas)
"Best of You", Foo Figthers (Taylor Hawkins)
"Can't Stop Live at Slane Castle", Red Hot Chili Peppers (Chad Smith)
"I'm Your Captain Live at Shea", Grand Funk Railroad (Don Brewer)
"No One Knows", Queens of the Stone Age (Dave Grohl)