Led Zeppelin II - Moby Dick


Bonzo :yes:

I don't think of absolutes but Wipe Out by The Safari's comes to mind, the whole song really is a kickin' drum solo. :)
Moby Dick ain't bad either.

Carl

How about an honorable mention for Carl Palmer's Tarkus (EL&P)?

yes, yes, both very good but understand, this is subjective

:lmao: :lmao:

I second Moby Dick, but I only heard the one from 'Song Remains the Same'. I play this often as I like the way he makes his drumkit sound like a machine. And in my room it sounds like the drums are going in a circle.
I've heard many drums solos and most of them where thin pretty quick after a few listens. But the ones that come to my mind that endure the test of time are
1) Moby Dick- Led Zepplin,'Song Remains the Same'
2) In-a-godda-da-vida- Iron Butterfly
3) Working Man- Rush, 'All the Worlds Stage'
4) The Mule- Deep Purple, 'Made in Japan'

Musicians are familiar with the term 'cutting heads', a alternating battle between soloists. In December 1976, I had the great fortune to see/hear Maynard Ferguson and Buddy Rich, on the same stage. I could hardly believe there was a stage big enough for both those gargantuan egos. The final number in the set was a 20-minute battle between the two of them, including a 10-minute closing solo by BR that had Maynard bowing in submission. That was most amazing exhibition of percussion pyrotechnics that I have ever heard. To this day, I bemoan the lack of an available recording of that concert.

Buddy Rich was in a class all to himself.

I second Moby Dick, but I only heard the one from 'Song Remains the Same'. I play this often as I like the way he makes his drumkit sound like a machine. And in my room it sounds like the drums are going in a circle.
I've heard many drums solos and most of them where thin pretty quick after a few listens. But the ones that come to my mind that endure the test of time are
1) Moby Dick- Led Zepplin,'Song Remains the Same'
2) In-a-godda-da-vida- Iron Butterfly
3) Working Man- Rush, 'All the Worlds Stage'
4) The Mule- Deep Purple, 'Made in Japan'


ahhhhh, very good indeed :beerchug:

Hiya Guys,

John Bonham is somethingelse behind the drums. When the Levee Breaks; he is in class.

He is gone now and so is Bon Scott :-(
cosmicdust

I second Moby Dick, but I only heard the one from 'Song Remains the Same'. I play this often as I like the way he makes his drumkit sound like a machine. And in my room it sounds like the drums are going in a circle.
I've heard many drums solos and most of them where thin pretty quick after a few listens. But the ones that come to my mind that endure the test of time are
1) Moby Dick- Led Zepplin,'Song Remains the Same'
2) In-a-godda-da-vida- Iron Butterfly
3) Working Man- Rush, 'All the Worlds Stage'
4) The Mule- Deep Purple, 'Made in Japan'

I vote for #3. Neil Pert has what has to be one of the most complex drum kits around anywhere, and uses ALL of them! :smoke:

Wipe out is a classic drum solo.

The artist who made drums a solo instrument is Gene Krupa....and one of his many great drum solos is...Drum Boogie. Krupa and Rich had great drum battles too.

To be a good drum solo, it has to be a short one. Five minute + drum solos are, well excruciating comes to mind.

I used to think the same way, till I heard that BR one, live.

If Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart can count as a "solo" I've got my vote...

Today I heard a great drum solo by Ginger Baker, the song is "Do What You Like",the band was Blind Faith.Amazing what he could do with his feet....

I have Buddy Rich on Direct To Disk. Class of 78. Best hands in the business. He wasn't much with his feet. Just your standard 4 to the bar. He could roll with one hand with either hand. If you guys are really into drummers check out Jazz drummers. They are generally more talented than rock or r&b drummers. Try Jack DeJohnette, Horacee Arnold, Tony Williams or even Billy Cobham when he was playing with the Mahavishnu Orchestra. :cool:

I have Buddy Rich on Direct To Disk. Class of 78. Best hands in the business. He wasn't much with his feet. Just your standard 4 to the bar. He could roll with one hand with either hand. If you guys are really into drummers check out Jazz drummers. They are generally more talented than rock or r&b drummers. Try Jack DeJohnette, Horacee Arnold, Tony Williams or even Billy Cobham when he was playing with the Mahavishnu Orchestra. :cool:
Don't forget Art Blakey :yes:

In John Wetton's Tokyo Live CD, Thomas Lang (Austria) plays a tremendous drum solo..11 minutes, non of it boring or repetitive..very complete!

Don't forget Art Blakey :yes:

I could have named a lot more. I just wanted some rock and r&b fans to hear some really good drumming. How about Philly Joe Jones, Max Roach or Lenny White. :thmbsp:

Today I heard a great drum solo by Ginger Baker, the song is "Do What You Like",the band was Blind Faith.Amazing what he could do with his feet....
I have this on vinyl. I always thought it was a very bad rip-off of Take Five. :thumbsdn:

Anybody remember Sandy Nelson's "Let There Be Drums" from '61 or thereabouts ?

Bonham of course was great, as was Keith Moon, but their solo were more of a great energized wild solos; difficult on an energy level and speed, but not what I'd call technically amazing like I think of when I think of Neil Peart. Peart IMO has the best drum solo's technically speaking. Check out his solo on Rush "A show of hands"; I don't even know if it's on DVD. I have it on VHS from 15 years back or more; great solo. I'll admit after I saw that solo I immediately starting working to put as many great pieces of it as I could into the drum solos I was performing @ the time.
Wipe out is probably the classic drum solo; again not technically magical, but it's a great beat that captures everybody :banana: and could easily be the most well known drum solo ever!
Think I'll go drum now!
Brad

Putting Kieth Moon and John Bonham in the same category is like comparing apples to oranges. I loved Kieth Moon but he was sloppy as hell. It was John Entwistle's Bass lines that kept the wonderful mess of The Who together. Bonham was a more technical drummer, not as technical as Neil I will admit. The Best drum solo vote goes to Bonzo- Moby Dick!....Dick!(echo) Dick!(echo)

Enough of this technical mumbo jumbo!

Rock On
Derek

Didn't mean to imply that Bonham & Moon were similiar in anyway. I agree completely about Moon; he could be very sloppy but also had moments of percussive greatness. I just stuck them together in the same sentence I guess cause both had such an influence on rock drumming @ the same time period some 30 years ago, and I was just going through each decade thinking of drummers.
Like Wipe Out, Moby Dick will live forever.
Brad

Everybody's talkin about Bonham and Moon. To me "Bonzo" was one of the greates all around power (rock) drummers of all time. Keith Moon to me was more like a clown than a drummer. If it were not for the times the Who got noteriesty in, the 60's I dont think Moon would even be a big deal. What I mean is back then you could actually have an audience in jaw dropping awe by clowning around and kicking the shit out of your drum kit. You could get word of mouth legendary status. The Who did some great stuff in those days. Don't get me wrong. I grew up thinking the Who kicked ass because they were the loudest and most destructive. Nothing to do with real skill. Sorry but I have always thought The Who were a bit over rated. Again a product of perfect timing.

NOW! Somebody AT LEAST mentioned Ginger Baker and some of his work with Blind Faith. NOBODY mentioned "Toad" which is Bakers signature drum solo that he recorded with Cream. Now there is an all around great drummer. Baker is several years older than the other members Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce and was already a noteable, established Jazz drummer when the other guys were 12. He can cover all aspects we have mentioned here as far as powerand technical prowess. Super well rounded. Never have I heard him sloppy. I think even in his advanced years he could still give any young headbanger a run for their money. Yes kids, Ginger Baker practically invented double bass. I saw last years Cream reunion DVD and he was in good form. They did refrain from some of the mind boggling extenda-jams quite a bit but I think its more because the audience of today has a shorter attention span and cant sit still long enough or focus on such work. Plus there were probably less drugs at the 2005 Royal Albert Hall show than the 1968 show. Everybody knows that the use of your drug of choice such as alcohol or even heaven forbid marijuana or magic mushrooms enhances your musical perception (enjoyment). Especially in a live concert experience...

Somebody else mentioned The Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart. Good pick. This cat gets very little of the attention he deserves. When I saw the Grateful Dead this man had a ton of exotic percussion devices from all over the world. Waaaayyyy outside the norm. Don't they do a thing called "space" that is a drum solo? That may be what he did that day for about 35 minutes...

One of my favs is not too much of a solo but is still good, Sing Sing Sing off the 38 carnage hall record. Have always loved the drum intro to that song and its just great to here it live!

One of my favs is not too much of a solo but is still good, Sing Sing Sing off the 38 carnage hall record. Have always loved the drum intro to that song and its just great to here it live!

Talking about the Benny Goodman Orchestra? If so, that puts us back to a Gene Krupa performance. :music:

Dana Carvey's drum solo as Garth in Wayne's World...

Just kidding...

I'll second Toad for a rock drum solo. But there are countless jazz drummers that can play circles around most rock drummers. Just my opinion don't take offense. I love R&R by the way. I also like the three drum assault in the current Allman Brothers line up. Those guys are really in sync with each other.

cubdog