ba dum tish
Member
I mean no disrespect to the great Bonzo, but I get kind of annoyed by how people have to act like every thing he did, even seemingly simple things, were not of this earth. People always seem to cite the triplets in Good Times Bad Times as to why he is considered one of the greatest drummers of all time, as if no other drummers would ever be able to pull it off with one pedal like he did. I personally love Bonham for his creativity and sense of music that you just don't find in too much rock drumming of that time (or even of this time).
But why is there so much talk about the amazing feat of Bonzo pulling off the GTBT triplets with one foot? I'm on board that for the time they were innovative and they add a lot to the song, but that's never what I hear people talking about. The focus almost always seems to be on the fact that he did it with ONE BASS PEDAL! and how amazing that is. Perhaps this was a bigger deal as a technical challenge back then?
I know it's sacrilegious to even pose such a question and I've probably already rustled some feathers, but I just want to make sure there's nothing I'm missing here. I LOVE those triplets. They're innovative, especially for a rock song and especially for one of that time. And his drumming in that song is what makes it for me. But to focus on how hard it actually is to play them with one pedal, as if that's what makes them so amazing, doesn't make any sense to me. Maybe I'm missing something.
But why is there so much talk about the amazing feat of Bonzo pulling off the GTBT triplets with one foot? I'm on board that for the time they were innovative and they add a lot to the song, but that's never what I hear people talking about. The focus almost always seems to be on the fact that he did it with ONE BASS PEDAL! and how amazing that is. Perhaps this was a bigger deal as a technical challenge back then?
I know it's sacrilegious to even pose such a question and I've probably already rustled some feathers, but I just want to make sure there's nothing I'm missing here. I LOVE those triplets. They're innovative, especially for a rock song and especially for one of that time. And his drumming in that song is what makes it for me. But to focus on how hard it actually is to play them with one pedal, as if that's what makes them so amazing, doesn't make any sense to me. Maybe I'm missing something.