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condor 
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Posted: August 09 2017 at 11:12 |
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What do you make of Keith Moon?
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Posted: August 09 2017 at 11:21 |
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That depends on what they did with his body.
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Posted: August 09 2017 at 12:11 |
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What do you make of Keith Moon? |
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Posted: August 10 2017 at 02:11 |
Pete Townshend once said of The Who's recording process (something like) "I record the guitar, John records the bass, Roger sings his lines then Keith comes in and records a drum solo over the top of it". His drumming style is bizarre, the way he holds his sticks is weird, he's all over the place and yet somehow it works. I can't explain it.
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Posted: August 10 2017 at 02:54 |
Entertaining and unusual. Competent, but certainly not among the worlds best percussionists.... 
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Posted: August 10 2017 at 06:41 |
chopper wrote:
Pete Townshend once said of The Who's recording process (something like) "I record the guitar, John records the bass, Roger sings his lines then Keith comes in and records a drum solo over the top of it".His drumming style is bizarre, the way he holds his sticks is weird, he's all over the place and yet somehow it works. I can't explain it. |
definitely one of the most intuitive drummer ever for sure... Lead drummers are a rare commodity  Technically, probably one of the worst drummers around if you go by the book of drumming, but the man was fun, flashy and inventive behind the set. He probably never played a song twice the same way.
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Icarium
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Posted: August 13 2017 at 11:33 |
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He reminds me of Dave Grohl
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Posted: August 19 2017 at 08:19 |
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Silly answer: A hat. Or a brooch. Or a pterodactyl.
Serious answer: Not only did he revolutionize rock drumming - he changed the way we THINK about rock drumming. Sloppy, sure, but distinctive and highly influential all the same.
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Posted: August 19 2017 at 08:24 |
^ well said..
any f**k can drum fast... or with enough practice drum like an octopus and do a good drum solo.
What can not be gained through practice or dedication. Creativiy. Moon brought a sense creativity to the drum stool and being out of the box.... like none before or since. The single greatest rock drummer that lived. Oft attempted to duplicate never replicated. Flavor of the month 'great' drummers come and go.. none touch Moon for what he did. Completely a legend...
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chopper
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Posted: August 21 2017 at 06:06 |
micky wrote:
^ well said..
any f**k can drum fast... or with enough practice drum like an octopus and do a good drum solo.
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I disagree.
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Blacksword
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Posted: August 21 2017 at 06:35 |
micky wrote:
^ well said..
any f**k can drum fast... or with enough practice drum like an octopus and do a good drum solo.
What can not be gained through practice or dedication. Creativiy. Moon brought a sense creativity to the drum stool and being out of the box.... like none before or since. The single greatest rock drummer that lived. Oft attempted to duplicate never replicated. Flavor of the month 'great' drummers come and go.. none touch Moon for what he did. Completely a legend... |
Sorry. That's incorrect. I've been drumming for 30 years and despite endless practice to the point of injury I can't even come close to a half competant prog rock drummer. That said, I can play Baba O' Reilly in my sleep.
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Posted: August 21 2017 at 08:05 |
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That said, I can play Baba O' Reilly in my sleep. |
That's quite impressive in itself Andy, I can never quite finish that song at the right point.
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Posted: August 21 2017 at 09:29 |
chopper wrote:
Blacksword wrote:
That said, I can play Baba O' Reilly in my sleep. |
That's quite impressive in itself Andy, I can never quite finish that song at the right point. |
I'm probably exagerating, and it's been a while, but I could get through it ;-)
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Posted: August 21 2017 at 10:01 |
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My in-laws used to run a store just round the corner from the 'oo boys. They always said that Keith Moon was an utterly charming young man, polite, and generous to a fault.
As for his drumming, he continues to be the foremost influence on modern rock drumming, IMO, of course.
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Posted: August 21 2017 at 13:26 |
So...what do other good drummers think of Moon...?
;)
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Posted: August 21 2017 at 13:56 |
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I think it was only towards the end of his life that he couldn't keep it together at all; up until then I think he was able (at least whilst recording) to keep fairly sober and professional and keep his wild persona as something separate. I think he was someone with a constitution like Ozzy, Lemmy or even (by his own admission) Rick Wakeman in terms of his ability to drink.. it was the downers mixed with drink that did for 'the Loon' in the end. Such a colourful personality that its easy to forgive him his occasional musical transgression (winky face!!)
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Cosmiclawnmower
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Posted: August 21 2017 at 13:58 |
dr wu23 wrote:
So...what do other good drummers think of Moon...?
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I think Neil Peart was very in awe of him and his style in the early days :)
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