@@XCLent0 the irony in that is Garibaldi is Morris Day's favorite drummer. I always wondered if that's WHY Prince picked that pattern. A friend of mine used to own a Linndrum and noted that Prince changed the hihats up for 777
One of my favorite drum beats!! Back in the day, I’d just listen to how the high hats sounded... wondering if it were programmed!!! This STILL gives me CHILLS!!!
This groove played by The Time & written by Prince was and is by ffaarrrrrr the absolute baddest cut ever created. It was recorded and released in 1982, & I STILL listen to it and have everyday since then.
Sorry ashpar & R. Greagor to Purple Rain on your Xtopher Tracy's Parade (yes I'm a major fan) but as Lil JR said above in the video on Jellybean writing the drum patterns (uncredited), Prince did not write everything; about 80-90%. Morris and the band had a hand in 'The Time' debut and 'What Time Is It?' but Prince as the star who signed them to WB took all the credit, basic industry pay-your-dues business-style. If fact 'PartyUp' on Prince's 'Dirty Mind' album was originally written by Morris Day, do the research.
OMG! A child of the era and Lover of Prince and the Time. To hear a genius deliver a commoners breakdown of one of my favorite songs of the era is stunting! To watch a genius of the art marvel at said songs complexity evokes even more awe!
I always read/heard that the drum track is a combination of Prince AND Morris, overdubbed on that Linn program by David Girabaldi of Tower Of Power -- That's why it's completely impossible to recreate in concert...Even the great Jellybean could never get it quite right when playing it live....
Jesse Johnson said on his Face Book page in 2014 that was a Stock pre-programmed drum Pattern that came with the Linn LM-1 machine. Neither Jellybean nor Prince had anything to do with the Programming of the Pattern. In Fact it was a Guy by the name of David Garibaldi the drummer for Tower of Power. Every Linn LM-1 has the beat in there. lol
Damn! Out of all the videos Ive watched, this dude made it look so easy. Im not a drummer but as a kid, I always felt that the drums on this song was amazing. Chick Corea's 'Eye of the Beholder' also has some mean drumming it it as well.
The Hihat part is incorrect but I give him a double A-plus for effort. That sh** is hard and have only seen 2 drummers actually play it record perfect. The actual pattern is an original Linn LM-1 original sequence pattern preset.
This is the best I've seen and heard , of course the hi-hats will sound a Lil different, because they were programed on a beat machine . You killed it Bro, keep drumming.
I love a woman that can play the drums I can play a lil bit...the drums is the flavor to music...BABY WHAT'S YO PHONE NUMBER.....and don't say 777 93 11...lol
HECKA YES! I just posted this song on FB yesterday, and all of my drummer friends - rockers, who may have never heard this before, lost their minds over the drum tracks
What brought me here after all these years was, Digital Display (Ready for the World) > I DIDN'T MEAN TO TURN YOU ON (CHERRELLE) > Then, 777-9311 (The Time) > Finaly to this video on that drum intro. Classic!
@@heladoscuro5074 No I don’t but while we were having a discussion about it and friend of mine sent Dave a text to ask him and he said he did not program it.
Literally makes me want to learn to become a baddazz female Drummer. Just so I can toss my sticks like Lemoncake (Shiela E) in the middle of the 4th bar😂 I l❤ve Drums. Who is here in 24? love this! 😊My church needs a Drummer!❤ #thesquare Smyrna, GA 🥁 🪘 Rock out y'all! Keep it in pocket🤑🫶🏽
Jesse Johnson March 21, 2014 · The Time-777-9311 Was A Stock Drum Beat In Prince's Linn LM-1 ($5,500 drum machine you know it wasn't The Time's) The beat was programed into the Linn LM1 by David Garibaldi from for Roger Linn. The phone number was Dez's home number and he was very pissed at us all. LovePeace Jesse Wish I could have been there....
Prince played every instrument on The Times first two albums (including this song) with a couple of contributions from Dr Fink & Lisa Coleman( ice cream castles and pandemonium had some input from different band members but still mostly composed by PRN) To give it a live feel he would usually have Morris calling out members of the band (like jellybean and terry) during the track. This track stays timeless as no one was doing these kind of compositions during that era.
Pardon my Purple Raining on your Christopher Tracy's Parade (yes I'm a fan too) you're only part right. PRN wrote & played the MAJORITY of the songs on those albums but took all the credit in standard pay-your-dues-new-artist style. Morris as a master percussionist reportedly played a great amount of The Time's drums originally and if you can convince me that anyone but Jesse Johnson played guitar on 'What Time Is It?' (especially 777 & The Walk), I'll link you to some rare PRN exclusives...
I wish you hadn't told me this, lol! But as shattered and dashed as my image is of Jellybean right now (thanks again, lol) I'm even more amazed now at all the cats I've seen do it all live.
I like and appreciate the way you played that. I play drums and over the years have seen people try and cover that song.. I'm no professional by no means but I have a pretty good ear I can tell that some have kinda came close. If you revert back to the original you can tell that they're missing something or not quite on it like the original. And I struggled with it quite a bit back in the day trying to emulate that on drums. But I would say that out of all the ones I've previously seen and heard I think you're pretty much on it. Like you say that wasn't done on a trap set but it was electronically put together so that makes it a little difficult to really replicate on a set because there's a good bit going on and the drummer only has two hands.
Thats the baddest drummer on that song. And you can tell its no joke. I love it. IS this prince song or the time song? I thought it was prince at first or did he write because it sound like something he would sing
John, you broke that shit down, to the inch, and you played it to. Back in the 80's when i played drums, i told all the drummers, here in Chicago, south side that, the beat was over dubbed because, the bass, and snare drum and hi hats, are playing one beat, with another pattern, on top of the hi hats it's vary syncopated, but still 4/4 1&2&3& hit on 1 Lil' John, good work looking forward, to more instruction, even though i don't play drums, anymore just program them, and play bass now.
I'm a professional guitarist and have had encounters with Prince and Company believe me way before most of you knew who Prince was. I've meet him and have been on stage with him performing. Anyways, this guy here is doing a GREAT JOB on the SKINS! Jelly Bean Johnson did it in concert many times without a pre-programmed track exactly the way it was originally recorded! Sorry, but in concert there was no drummachine or backing track. This I know for sure! Jelly Bean played it note for note in concert and this guy here in the video is doing a great job! Keep up the great work my young brother! Damn all the negative comments!
Now I have to listen to the track again, I always thought the kick and snare was programed and the hi hat was over dubbed by either Prince of jelly Bean playing it live. I would love to hear from someone who was actually there, like the engineer or someone.
That shit is hard to imitate alone that's for sure... I can't even play a damn Instrument past B-Flat and they wanna play that whole thing.. LMFAO forget that. Leave it to the Professionals.
Love this dude and his playing! As he points out himself, this is not how the original album track sounds. My take on it is here, rip me apart if you wish: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Uc1CkRDvoTk.html And the gist of what I read when researching the origins of this: Jellybean did not play this on the record, David Garibaldi programmed some stock grooves in a drum machine by Roger Linn called LM-1, and they used this preset for the production. Hat is in the virtual ring, this is fun :-)
Jelly Bean actually played the entire drum track VERBATIM in live performances. He did way more than just that straight simple beat. Watch The Time on American Band Stand. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yrqqJosOOSc.html It shows Jelly Bean actually doing the original Hi Hat licks and not just the straight 1,2,3,4...... But you did a decent job of getting through it.
The entire drum track had to be programmed, not just the Hi-hats. The clap sound is the Linn drum as well. The decay on the snare is too short to be a real snare played live over the Linn drum machine. Pay attention to the song... you never hear any snare rolls, flams or anything a real drummer would do playing live. It was hilarious when this song was originally out, seeing drummers driving themselves batty trying to mimic a drum machine- because they were clueless that wasn't a real drummer!
Oh man, I've been obsessed with the drums on this track since the song first came out. I had no idea it wasn't a real drummer until I came across this breakdown video just now! I thought it was just one kick ass amazing drummer! Well, at least I wasn't alone.
