But, when I was referring to the guy in the background, I wasn't criticizing great drummers like Bonham, Mitchell, etc. Just drummers in general. And the jokes surrounding them.
I have to explain again: I wasn't criticizing drummers at all. I was wondering why drummers in general get criticized.
I think the Byrd's achilles heel as a band was not having a great drummer (Michael Clarke was a bongo player who supposedly looked right for the part). Before Clarke left the group was bringing in Jim Gordon.
The opposite is true of the Beach Boys. Dennis Wilson was clearly not on the level of Hal Blaine, who made the classic Beach Boys magic.
I always thought Michael Clarkes stuff was pretty damn good. Songs like 'Eight Miles High' aint a beginners tune. (Yeah, I know he isnt Jim Gordon, but not many were.)
As for Hal Blaine and Dennis Wilson, I always thought it was funny that Hal even played on Dennis's solo albums and was asked to do so.
You caught me, TK. As I was writing that, I thought, well, what about "8 Miles High"? I have no response to that. It's an amazing piece of music from top to bottom.
I will agree with you AZ that the song kicks. I went to a C,S,N&Y concert in which I had seats somewhat behind the stage. I was a little bummed out until Jim Keltner sat down behind the skins and they cranked out '8 Miles High'. He killed that tune. No wonder people call him the magician.
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