By far my favorite version of this song was played by Simon...hands down. Especially that middle part and that wicked solo...I mean, the guy’s riding a China ! Love it! Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!
@@Frip36 yes, he's hitting things with sticks & some of them are cymbals & one type of cymbal that he's hitting or "riding" is a cymbal known to drummers as a China cymbal. Fyi: crash cymbals, including splash cymbals, are generally used for accents while ride cymbals are generally used to keep time, but there are no strict rules; you can ride a crash, you can crash a ride, you can even ride a China!
Almost three decades later, this is still the shit. The only thing missing is a shot of Neil reacting in the booth. I don't know where Simon's session fell during tracking but it speaks volumes that this wound up being the opening track on the first "Burning..." album. I picture Peart the Perfectionist nodding his head and thinking, "Yup. This is gonna work," with a big smile on his face. Too bad we only got two albums out of the effort but I'm still happy to have the two.
As someone else have previously said this isn't a competition to be the best, it's about how different drummers Interpret a particular piece of music. For those of you who seem to like to play down an individual's efforts all I can say is I'd really like to see you take up challenge drumming to this. Video it, upload it , let's see how much better you are ..... Respect to all , that's a true musicians mind set!
There are a lot of people out there with "talent envy." They will never have talent so they try to make themselves on par with those who do by tearing down their work. Your response is like mine. I say, post your vids, so we can judge them! They never do, it's glorious!
I can count the number of times that I've seen online trolls post their own video that tops what they just attacked. Zero. Harsh critics that are NEVER a fraction as capable of doing this as the artist they are bashing is.
True, I just think the tempo is a little slow. Not hearing dragging in the time, I just thinking the whole thing could of started faster. I’ve played this song before with a big band but don’t have it recorded. I have other tunes w the big band on youtube tho.
Dancing Men is supposed to follow a rock groove (I've read the sheet music and performed this back in high school in a vein similar to Phillips). I'd say he nails it while Chambers is a show-ier version.
Does anyone remember back in the 1990's when Mark & Brian (they have a star on the sidewalk) Used Simon's version? They had this as their show themesong. Simon is NO slouch... It wasn't a race to the end like Buddy taxed his musicians. I enjoy hearing all the notes... I could memorize that beautiful Tenor sax's solo-awesome
Watch this everyday since i saw it. Simon kicks balls on this, and the sax....drum/music porno 🎶🎸🎼......fantastic studio sound 🎼fantastic pink drumset. I want one ?
I agree. I prefer Buddy's version and the sound he gets from the drums. Simon beats the drums playing into them but Buddy lets the sound open up and then Buddy swings. However, this is a brilliant interpretation and totallly valid.
Control and energy. Maybe not swung how some people want but as far as energy and control go he is right there with Buddy on this one. Nice work in my opinion.
Teetom - You are mistaken with you rude comments about NP selecting this song as track one. Buddy himself chose it as track one on the Live at Ronnie Scott's album. It was an homage to BR. Do a little research next time.
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Some of today’s top drummers have played this with the Buddy Rich band. Very different styles, both playing and drums. Buddy just used 4 drums...forget the towel tom.
Only listen to this if you want to hear it played way too fast. The Phillips version lets the harmonies sit for long enough while still playing around everything.
