Great idea for a thread! I'll be posting here
Didn't know what to name this thread. Worst drum solos ever crossed my mind but the thread would probably get locked in no time.
I don't like this solo for a few things. Reminder.. Solo not the person doing the solo... Too many pads is one thing but at least trigger some good sounds. The snare sounds terrible and can't even hear the cymbals. Electronic nightmare. The solo starts at around the 3:00 mark
Bill Bruford
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I like the solo. Love the sounds, creativity, the way he interacts in the beginning with the band, etc.
Written to be a difficult counting exercise but people think it's a genius drum solo.
omg that first solo was just noise.... lol painful
There's a Tommy Lee one i'd like to put in here but he swears uncontrollably during it. The Tacoma, WA. one
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I'd have to say the solo in Iron Butterfly's In a gadda da vida is one of the worst , most boring solo's I've ever heard.
The Black Page above is more of a musical composition then a drum solo and Bozzio nor Bruford should not be anywhere near this thread.
Almost all drum solo's are boring to me unless kept under bout 30 seconds.
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Happens around these parts. I've seen some really good drummers do solo's and its the cue for people to go outside and smoke, hit the head, go to the bar and get drinks......or just plain zone out. People go to bars to dance and drink.....listening to drum solos is generally not on the agenda. The average person doesn't appreciate it anyway.
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You have to be able to read the people, play to the people, and, have fun with the people. There are drummers out there that just lack the confidence to play a solo even though they could play 1 and keep the people interested, and there are drummers that really shouldn't play 1 because they turn it into some form of Wipe Out and bore the hell out of people.
If you can read the crowd and keep a solo visually interesting and short (or long), they aren't going to beat a path out of the club. I remember a couple that came over to our table after the 3rd set (that's where I would play a solo if I was going to play 1) and they were complimenting the band. The girl leaned on the table, got right in my face and said "I hate drums". I asked her, if that was the case, why was she at the very front of the people watching me and she said, "I wanted to see what you were going to do next".
So, play a solo, make sure you read the crowd to judge if it should be 30 seconds or 5 minutes, and, be confident in what you do. All the rest, people hate them, people will empty out the place, people will hit you with the 1st solid object they can find, is all BS put out there by drummers that can't, won't, or just aren't good enough to do 1.
Radar Love kind of sucked.
Just something about the drum solo that annoyed me.
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You could always hang upside down in a diaper. That seems to get people's attention, especially the people directly underneath.
I can appreciate a drum solo if it's done of it's own accord. If it's within the context of a song, it usually drives me crazy. To me, it breaks that whole mental and emotional energy connection between a band and an audience that is established during a song. Drums are a non-melodic part of the song structure. A good guitar solo works around the melody and develops a theme. The drums, bass and other instruments can keep the song going and allow the soloist to move freely about the song. Having the drums engage in a solo (which breaks the established rythym pattern) is like having a tire go flat on the freeway. It's interesting in its own right, but the progress of motion is disrupted.
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In defense of Bruford's solo here .
Back when I was young and the whole electronic drum thing was taking off I bought the first Simmons V drum kit that came into town . I made money off of that thing by renting it out to the recording studios and the U of A for their big production shows and artistes that they had come through . Keep in mind that they were new and there was a lot of interest in them and being used a lot by recording artists and studios in LA .
I was in a band and we did Thomas Dolby's "She Blinded Me With Science" which was done with the Simmons v drums . In the dance clubs it was a big hit . And when we started it there was always a big cheer and then at then end I had to do a "solo" on the Simmons pads . I kept it simple and stuck to the groove of the song but it there was always a big crowed on the dance floor clapping along to whatever I was playing . It was just that the electronic drums were new and for some reason people liked what they sounded like and were thrilled to see them in real life ... I guess . Personally I hated the dang things..the pads were hard and hurt my hands and everyone was pushing me to play them exclusively ! Once you found their limitations you were like ..Meh . Thankfully they were short lived . But there was some people who were fascinated by them .
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