So far the list is great and pretty comprehensive. I'm trying to think of what's left and all I come up with is:
"I'll Take You There" by The Staple Singers.
If pops doesn't get your spine and feet moving you have already assumed room temperature ! That little hat(s) trick he does is just so
"right". It's almost sinful that a family can be so sensuous and spiritual all in the same track. Can I get a witness ?
To all you "boomers" - ain't it funny what it took to impress you over the years ? For me, Ringo Star and Charlie Watts got me started.
I remember playing "Rain" and the intro to "Get Off My Cloud" over and over on my parents hi-fi. I couldn't wait for that magic moment when my dad hadn't got home from work yet and mom would announce "I'm running to the store, keep an eye on your brother & sister" - yeah, right ! Time to bring my 45's out and listen to them properly on the console stereo ! The Kinks "You Really Got Me/All Day and All of the Night". Dino Dinelli & Carmine Appice. Then Ginger Baker,Keith Moon,John Bonham - all in the span of 5 years ! They all have a special place in my heart - how to choose ? I will never forget the first time I heard Zeps "How Many More Times". Playing along, hands slapping my thighs and actually anticipating the tempo change, having never heard the song before and starting in right on cue with Bonham's para diddle thing - boom, boom boom bom boom, boom boom boom boom, BAH, "They call me the hunter..." YES !! Epiphany ! Like children, how do you pick the one you love the most ? Anybody remember a little ditty called "Keep On Dancing" ? I guess I'd have to say "Roseanna". When you buy a record from a genre you would never otherwise touch with a ten foot pole (In my later teens,I HATED anything "Top 10") or "(don't you) Forget About Me" - just for the drum track, I guess that means "man, I'm impressed !" and so should get the vote. Until I signed up on this site I never knew who Jeff Pocaro was and didn't realize I was listening to the same guy across so many bands/songs. I bought the Toto 45, ditto Simple Minds, Power Station etc., (still have 'em). There are bands that I LOVED on the car radio or on the juke box when I was out in the bars but never bought their albums - Chicago, Steely Dan etc., Guess I was a closet "Top 10"
lover. Always appreciated 2 mins. 30 secs. of perfection.In fact, I bought "Roseanna" and transferred it to cassette. Brought it out to my favorite haunt one night and asked the bartender to pop it in (on the house stereo). I said to the group of assembled pals of mine "just listen to this drummer...". 10 seconds into the song I was getting razzed.The bar tender, who had good taste and to his credit, immediately smiled when he heard what song it was - at least I had ONE person that understood me.
"No, no....listen to this guy...I'm freaking serious, shut up and listen".
Fell on deaf ears and probably explains why my band "never made it".
Since joining this site and now so many years later, I feel vindicated !
You're the man Jeff.
LOL !!! I guess a simple "Roseanna"/Pocaro would have sufficed huh ?
Oh... anybody ever heard "Chest Fever" live by The Band ?
Always thought it was pretty tasty drumming also ...alright, I'll stop.