Songs with your favorite drum grooves

When The Levee Breaks
Billie Jean
Rosanna
Fame
Barracuda

 

Blondie - "Dreaming"

 

I like it.

The groove Michael DeRosier performed on Barracuda is exceptional, IMO. I love the way the beat pushes and plays right through the break section when the guitar sustains the harmonics. It keeps the song intense. Good stuff.

Rosanna is a classic Jeff Porcaro groove. I can listen to that style for eternity. Heh

 

I Don't Live Today.

 

All Night Thing - Temple of the Dog

 

Led Zep - Fool In The Rain
VH - I'll Wait
Steely Dan - Black Cow
Toto - Rosanna
Rush - Tom Sawyer
Billy Squier - Lonely Is The Night

 

That 4 count bass drum at the beginning is one of my favorite drum intros ever, sorry I forgot to list it.

 

"Go Your Own Way" Mick Fleetwood absolutely kills it on this track!

Also, the last 40 seconds of "5:15" from The Who's Quadrophenia -- after blasting their way through the bulk of the song ("out of my brain on the train!") the band ratchets it down for the quiet finale ("Why should I care?"). During this outro, Keith Moon creates a groove that's calm yet still impatiently simmering, as if he can't quite rein in what has already been let loose.

One of my favorite moments from that fabulous album.

 

Yesterday - The Beatles

 

Yes; but I hadn't heard the Fatboy Slim, and wouldn't have spotted it if I had

 

Toad by Cream
Frankenstein by Edgar Winter Group
Come on up by the Young Rascals
Rain by The Beatles
Do It Again by the Beach Boys

 

Mick Fleetwood has been quite the creative drummer with a solid groove. I've always liked his use of toms for some thickness and utilizing flams.

Come to think of it, I suppose a simple yet quite effective use of flams was by Bruce Gary of "The Knack" on "My Sharona." (it worked for the tune)

Keith Moon's sporadic yet powerful groove on "Love, Reign o'er Me" is a fav of mine.

 

It's a travesty this hasn't been mentioned yet.



I remember my high school swim coach suggested we do our swim reps with a song in our head. This is the one I had on repeat in my head.

 

Heh. Excellent.

It's too easy to gravitate to that bass line but the drum groove is the glue holding it all together.

 

Absolutely love that video....works perfect with the song!

 

He keeps coming up, but Jaki Liebezeit is hard to deny...

 

Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

 

For a few years he did this beat in every song but why not? Kinda like being punched repeatedly in the face. Hamilton Bohannon...

 

Rare Earth - Get Ready

 

Pass out the hatchets, baby!

 

Of course. The band called it a drum solo masquerading as a pop song in the Anthology liner notes. Good one!

 

My best friend in high school absolutely demolished his kit on this song. I believe Jeff Porcaro was mentioned earlier in the thread but this IMHO has to be his best. Love that frikkin high-hat.

 

Hold the Line: Not only the high hat - Jeff's kick drum was so tight on the beat it was nearly supernatural (since it wasn't quantized).