Poll - Do you like drum solos?

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by cgw, Aug 1, 2018.

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  1. cgw

    cgw Forum Resident Thread Starter

    Location:
    Upstate NY
    Short and sweet is my answer. To me it is a bad sign if the rest of the band leaves the stage.
     
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  2. Claus

    Claus Senior Member

    Location:
    Germany
    If it is a musical, why not..... Buddy Rich, Neil Peart, Carl Palmer. I don't like drum solos by Metal drummers, like Mike Portnoy etc.
     
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  3. ShockControl

    ShockControl Bon Vivant and Raconteur!

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    Lotus Land
    There is no choice for "Depends on whether the drummer is maintaining a groove or not."
     
  4. davmar77

    davmar77 I'd rather be drummin'...

    Location:
    clifton park,ny
    I'm not a fan and I'm a drummer. For me, most solos follow the same pattern. There's only a few drummers I didn't mind doing solos but for the most part they are all the same.
     
  5. CrombyMouse

    CrombyMouse Forum Resident

    Location:
    Vienna, Austria
    Short and tasty - yes. Also if this solo is kind of unexpected.
     
  6. Andy Smith

    Andy Smith .....Like a good pinch of snuff......

    I like drum solos that are long enough for me to get served at the bar or to nip to the Gents. Otherwise, aural torture.
     
  7. Jimbino

    Jimbino Goad Kicker, Music Lover

    Location:
    Northern CA, USA
    The drummer better be musical if any solo is going to sustain my interest. Peart, Bonham, Bruford, Morello, Blakey, Gadd, Nate Smith, Gavin Harrison, Antonio Sanchez are the first names that come to mind for me.
     
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  8. Pastafarian

    Pastafarian Forum Resident

    I went to the bar and had 2 pints during Bonham's Moby Dick solo, unfortunately he was still banging away on my return. :doh:
     
  9. Crimson Witch

    Crimson Witch Roll across the floor thru the hole & out the door

    Location:
    Lower Michigan
    oh hail no
     
  10. Pier

    Pier Well-Known Member

    Location:
    Fano - Italy
    Not at all.
    Anyway I appreciated the following drummers doing live solos:
    • Jon Hiseman
    • Rod Morgestein
    • Marco Minneman
     
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  11. LandHorses

    LandHorses I contain multitudes

    Location:
    New Joisey
    Jazz - yes, rock - no.

    Grateful Dead ones were good since Mickey Hart adds different percussion instruments to it.
     
  12. chervokas

    chervokas Senior Member

    Of course. I'm a jazz fan. Some of the best musicians on the bandstand playing the most amazing engaging stuff when I go down to a club and see a band, are the drummers. I'd go see a Joey Baron solo drum show in a second. Baron, Eric McPherson, Max Roach, Ed Blackwell, Billy Higgins, Brian Blade, Paul Motian -- I've seen a lot of great drummers who are great soloists and I've loved hearing them solo. Any instrumentalist can play a great solo if they're great soloists.
     
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  13. Sneaky Pete

    Sneaky Pete Flat the 5 and That’s No Jive

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    NYC USA
    It depends on the drummer if it’s Idris Mohammed, Art Blakey, or Steve Gadd then yes.
     
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  14. Joy-of-radio

    Joy-of-radio Forum Resident

    Location:
    Central ME
    I very much enjoy the drum solo in
    In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.
     
  15. Mook

    Mook Forum Resident

    As an ex drummer, yes - definitely.

    Having said that, anything over 5 minutes & my attention starts to wander a bit.

    My favourite soloists are probably Buddy Rich, Philly Joe Jones, Joe Morello & Gene Krupa.
     
  16. Vangro

    Vangro Forum Resident

    Location:
    London
    Yes, if it's Elvin Jones or Sunny Murray et al, not some stupid rock drummer.
     
  17. Kassonica

    Kassonica Forum Resident

    I only love one drum solo from any gene, and that is ringo’s solo on the end.

    All other drum solos I detest.
     
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  18. nick99nack

    nick99nack Forum Resident

    Location:
    Spotswood, NJ
    I wish I could just vote "sometimes". I do like the drum solo on In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, but there are plenty of others I don't care for.
     
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  19. Scope J

    Scope J Senior Member

    Location:
    Michigan
    Hard no
     
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  20. 2trackmind

    2trackmind Forum Resident

    Location:
    MA
    I used to when I was younger. When I first heard Led Zeppelin's "Moby Dick" I was such in awe and thought it was the greatest thing ever. Now that I'm older, I find long drum solos tedious. Same with never ending guitar solos.

    I think Keith Moon was right when he said drum solos are boring.
     
  21. qwerty

    qwerty A resident of the SH_Forums.

    I do enjoy a good drum solo - but only for a couple of listens.
    Then I find they are tedious, I want to hear the group with the drummer. I voted "no".
     
  22. Heavy Music

    Heavy Music Forum Resident

    I'm with Joy-of-radio, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is the only song who's drum solo I like a lot.
     
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  23. craymcla

    craymcla Forum Resident

    Location:
    Nashville, TN, USA
    Gene Krupa (Benny Goodman Orchestra) - "Sing, Sing, Sing"
    Ron Bushy (Iron Butterfly) - "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"
    Michael Shrieve (Santana) - "Soul Sacrifice"
    Neal Smith (Alice Cooper) - "Halo of Flies"
     
  24. Fastnbulbous

    Fastnbulbous Doubleplus Ungood

    Location:
    Washington DC USA
    Depends. They got a deservedly bad rep in the heavy metal era, but a good Max Roach solo gets my synapses firing.
     
  25. crozcat

    crozcat Forum Resident

    Location:
    Sweden
    Only if by Charlie Watts... :righton:
     
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