What's a recent compliment you've received lately about your playing?

This is a compliment not only to me but to drummers in general. We played a show recently . (It incorporates 50,s 60’s music matched to video clips and photographs of iconic news events of that era) usually to audience ages of 60+. Anyhow, as I was packing up my kit 2 couples from the audience came up and one of the women said something like “ well played “. I replied in my usual modest way . “Thank you, it helps to be surrounded by some blokes who know how to play as well” . To which she replied “Ah, but it’s the drummer who keeps it altogether isn’t it”. Then she mentioned that her brother was a drummer and had played in a couple of iconic bands in the past in the city where I live. I figured then that it wasn’t just a compliment from someone just trying to be nice!
 
In my band, nobody ever gives a heartfelt compliment. Anything close is always followed by some sort of insult or criticism. It's all in good fun. From last night's practice:

Me: "Wow! You nailed the vocals on that song. The original artist couldn't have done it better. Of course, you suck at everything else..." :)
 
2 hit wonder said:
Sitting and talking with a woman at a jam once she said the current drummer playing is a pretty good drummer.
I lost all respect for anything she said about drummers at that moment. The guy is pretty bad; barely functional. Only recently can he get through the songs being played. Endings are likely a mess. He keeps a death grip on the sticks.
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yep...."good" is definitely in the ear of the beholder....
 
Xstr8edgtnrdrmrX said:
yep...."good" is definitely in the ear of the beholder....
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Yeah, she obviously has never really listened to drummers. She can ascertain vocals and guitarists.
 
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