I always liked Keith's playing and style, but never considered him a "great" drummer. Ya know, up there with Peart, Mangini, Portnoy, Minneman, Cobbham.. etc... Just a kind of souped up version of Animal from the Muppet's... Well, I sat down to learn to play the drum part to wont get fooled again.... For my live show.... Got the Keys, Bass and backing Vox's down in Sonar. And started to play the drum part. I was just completely blown away by how complex and imaginative his drumming is. Way beyond anything I could ever hope to emulate. I spent an entire day and finally gave up and decided to just play "like" Moon... Kind of opting for the Muppet version. I put my sad version up side by side with his and I am ashamed of myself for underrating him. I spent about 3 months learning and recording the Drum part to Subdivisions... I did a decent job of it, though hardly perfect. but THIS, would take years
There is no way for me to ever capture even a tiny fraction of the rhythms going thru Keith Moons head, The guy is just a animal, and the parts are tasty, unique and completely mental. One of the most unique rhythmic minds ever.
I am afraid I will be playing a totally inferior version of WGFA this new years eve. Its still a great song and I handled the rest of the parts. But that drum part is "M E N T A L"... I will never, ever convince myself I can play a Keith Moon part correctly. This of you who are drummers probably know what I am saying. I carefully studied what he did over and over, each little lick in the song and just could not get any of it right... I am not a great drummer, but Keith Moon has completely kicked my ass forever.
....RESPECT....
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