Midnite Zephyr
Platinum Member
How about the G N' R version of Live and Let Die? I like it better than Paul McCartney's original.
Late to the party. Listening now. After reading through the thread I knew what
to expect...
The song or the music doesn't move me or speak to me really, and I can't really
say whether I like the song or not. But actually I'm not getting many of the posts
in this thread. Maybe when two or three guys start to write their opinion, others
automatically follow their footsteps, and that one direction becomes kind of hip...?
Musicality oftentimes is a matter of taste, but to me a big part of it is being able
to understand play and communicate structure, dynamics, groove, tension and
release, and the "big picture" of a song and its arrangement. Well you can't
honestly say those cats don't know any of this, can you!? I perfectly understand
it's a matter of taste, and this kind of music is quite polarizing, but come on -
no groove? No musicality at all? Ridiculous! I'm sure they knew very well
what they wanted to to.
Being a big Vinnie fan: Comparing other drummers to Vinnie is mostly kind of
unfair, and most drummers look pale next to Vinnie. But they're not the crappiest
crap because of this automatically.
Hadrien Feraud is a monster bass player, and I think he did well here - he totally
grooved (come on) and played cool and - to me - very "out of the way" parts.
Discuss.
By the way, someone ask: It looks like Damien plays a Meinl Byzance Extra Dry ride, most probably medium.
I don't know if it is a Hip_hop thing, a rap thing, a gospel thing, just what, but when did all of this over playing begin? These are drummers with obvious skills, that are going so far beyond being a drummer and keeping the rhythm section in tow, that to me they are very distracting.
I think you got me wrong here. Vinnie is not my actual favourite drummer. But
it's not the point: It's just that Vinnie gets mentioned in several posts here (as
usual in this kind of discussions) as the example of a drummer who can play in an
extremely busily manner and still get away with it as being perfectly musical. And
while I agree with this (and wanted to back my opinion up with the fact that I love
Vinnie's playing, too), I think Vinnie is that good that a comparison to him
concerning busy (fusion) playing results in kind of a disadvantage to most
drummers .