Poll - Do you like drum solos?

I don't like unaccompanied solos played on any instrument.

 

I can't say I ever recall being fond of any. I more remember feeling like oh, where did the song to.

 

Only if it´s a jazz drum solo. And it´s gotta be funky

 

I was just playing this record last night, and what do you know....this happened.

 

I like short drum solos in songs like at the end of Free - Fire and Water.

 

Yes if there are 20 drummers and they are on a football field.

Not a particular fan of drum solos in most music.

I was in marching band when I was in school, and my brother was captain of the drum line when he was in school, so I'm cool with them on the football field lol.

 

Nope. The only drum solo I've ever liked is Ringo's from "The End", and that's mainly because it's so short!

 

Drum solos and cowbell became representative of the worst of rock in the late 60s and 70s. I remember a rock critic in Boston
describing a Ginger Baker Cream solo as sounding like a drunk stumbling through a lumberyard.

 

Sure if it is Tony Williams, Elvin Jones, or a jazz drummer worth mentioning in the same breath as them.

I also enjoyed the drum/percussion duets that Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart did at each Grateful Dead show, sometimes with guests and often with Bob Bralove providing some loops and electronic sounds to augment them.

Other than that, they are a welcome part of the concert going experience if I am thirsty or need to use the facilities.

 

Nope. The only (and I mean ONLY) drum solo I like is Ringo's on The End. And that wasn't even designed as a solo from the start. They just faded down the guitars that seemed to be out of place and hey presto, best drum solo evah!

 

Yeah............that's happened. I blame inconsiderate drummers.

 

The only drum solo I've ever seen that was not a cue for me to hit the rest room was by Eric Carr of KISS.

 

It really is. It is memorable enough that millions can sing the whole thing. As much classic drum melody as drum solo in that way.

 

Like them way more than bass solos; I usually skip them on recordings but often enjoy them in concert and I've seen some amazing ones live; Ginger Baker, Keith Carlock; Bill Bruford, Neil Peart come to mind.

 

No. It’s always very disappointing when I hear one on a live album, because I know I’m about to be bored for about. 3 to 7 minutes. I always thought I would like to hear a Neil Peart drum solo, because his fills are captivating in and of themselves, but when I heard one on a Rush live album, it was just as boring as anyone else’s. I think what I hate about drum solos is that they are so static. It’s mostly the same repetitive beat for a long time, and if you’re lucky, it will change to a different repetitive beat at some point. The equivalent would be a guitar player deciding to do a solo, but just playing a riff unaccompanied.

 

No. I can't stand them. They're so incredibly boring.

 

I go to Jazz and Latin shows these days, so, yes.

 

Drum solos bore the hell out of me.

 

I might add that I don't consider it a 'drum solo' unless it's twenty excruciating minutes a la Toad. So Ringo's short drum riff's, and all others of that nature, do not count.

 

I absolutely love drums and percussion as I used to play them in school, but I’m not a fan of hearing them in solos. I feel the same way about double bass solos in jazz and I’m a huge fan of this genre (sorry Ron Carter and Dave Holland!). It’s just not my thing.

 

No

 

It's even worse if they get in the limo and head back to the hotel.

 

If jazz, I often like drum solos. If rock, usually not.

 

One of the several reasons metal has never been my cup of tea is the gratuitous pointless technical skills displays.

 

No.
The live 16 minute Toad is probably the only one I ever listen to.
And the short original Moby Dick.
And the one on Yessongs.
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.
But the answer is still No.