Posted on 05/26/2022 11:09:42 AM PDT by chuck allen
I was always turned off by Jon Anderson’s wimpy voice.
Good call, although I got sick of Genesis when Phil Collins (EXCELLENT voice, EXCELLENT drums) took center stage with his Godless preachiness. But I know you’re probably referring more to Abacab, Invisible Touch, and Genesis, etc. than to We Can’t Dance.
(I know there are a few albums before Duke but after Gabriel left that I shamefully am rather unfamiliar with, but perhaps you also meant to praise.)
I presume you mean the fact he often sang in falsetto?
>> Seems like drumming takes a heavy toll over the years. <<
Cost Def Leppard’s drummer an arm and a leg. (Sorry, I’ll leave now...)
Hi.
In the fwiw department, I hope I live longer than Keith Richards.
I know, a stretch.
I hope I live longer than Jane Fonda.
So I can...
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JA’s falsetto just sounded whiney to me. Ditto Roger Hodgson from Supertramp.
Extra sad - about 2 or 3 months ago, the drum kit he played whilst in The Plastic Ono Band was stolen from a storage unit while he and his wife were away on holiday.
Ferals squatted in their house and found the particulars to the Seattle area storage unit.
Some memorabilia has been recovered, but not that drum kit. And perhaps his broken 💔 heart.
The work Alan White did on “Tales From Topographic Oceans” was absolutely surreal. Still my favorite Yes album.
“I’m probably one of the few that thinks “Drama” was one of the best Yes albums.”
I agree...and I also loved Going for the One.
Roger Hodgson’s lyrics may open him up for mockery the way culture has turned on it’s head (”they’ll be calling you a radical, Liberal...”) but of the three, holy cow! he was the best singer. (IMHO)
Oh no, Andy Fletcher of Depeche Mode just passed.
Hodgson is a helluva guitar player, though.
Many people think drummers are not true musicians. Accomplished drummers play their kits with an ear for the notes to each drum, cymbal, high-hat, floor bass and tune them for a particular song. The best know how to fill or pause against or with the rhythm of the other instruments. Easy example: Bonham on Zepplin's "Good Times, Bad Times"
“White was an excellent drummer. Maybe not as good as Bill Bruford but who is.”
White was a better classic rock drummer IMO with great feel. Yessongs Yours is no Disgrace is a good example. His use of the ride cymbal in particular.
The first time he played with Yes was in a small rehearsal room where Yes was rehearsing Siberian Khatru. Bruford had left and Alan volunteered to sit in so they could keep rehearsing the song.
A few weeks later they asked White if he would tour with them with the tour starting in three days. Alan had heard the band but not sure how familiar he was with all the songs. He had 3 days to rehearse material including Close to the Edge.
Bruford was a different animal all together. Great technical drummer. More eclectric.
He left Yes for King Crimson. When asked to contrast Yes and King Crimson he said Yes talked and argued all the time about fine details on parts, arrangements etc. He said with King Crimson there wasn’t much talking and that you were just supposed to know what to do.
I liked his collaborations with Alan Holdsworth and his solo work.
Cost Def Leppard’s drummer an arm and a leg. (Sorry, I’ll leave now...)
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What has nine arms and sucks? 😁
Both were truly great drummers no doubt. As l recall Jon Anderson thought Bruford’s work was so good on “Heart of the Sunrise” that he gave him a writing credit and he deserved it in my view.
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“RIP. Always sad to see a fellow drummer pass.”
Amen to that .. . I am a 70-year old rock drummer who just wants to be able to play drums on, “Stairway to Heaven” without making a mistake before I die.
I notice with great sadness at all the familiar drum icons who have passed recently. Poetically, recently my wife and I saw Ginger Baker’s son, Koffi, in concert. I like to think Ginger would have been proud of his son that evening .. .
Incidentally, if I had the chops that John Bonham had I’d play FILLS the entire song ! What contributed to John’s greatness was the fact he did NOT over utilize fills in a song ( paging Mr Keith Moon .. . ), making the times he DID employ a fill all the MORE powerful .. .
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