--- In [email protected], Rick Archer
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> on 10/26/05 7:40 AM, markmeredith2002 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Ringo - talk about someone with good karma. Not only was he
invited
> > to join a band with 3 musical geniuses in it but was asked to join
> > after they had already finished paying their dues.
>
> But as a former drummer myself, I would say that Ringo was perfect
for the
> Beatles. He had impeccable timing. I heard there was once a contest
in which
> Ringo and several other drummers played along with a metronome and
then kept
> playing after the metronome stopped. Ringo stayed on the beat for
about five
> minutes but the other drummers quickly deviated from it. He was
also very
> understated, doing these tasteful little fills that really enhanced
the song
> without distracting in any way. Plus his charming personality fit
right in
> with the others. A match made in heaven.
Have you heard Viv Prince play with Pretty Things? At his best
he's nothing short of amazing, IMO:
Drummer Vivian Prince, ironically, was drafted in by management and
record label interests in the hopes of bringing some much-needed
professionalism to the outfit. At a glance Prince's credentials,
including sessions and work with the Carter-Lewis & the Southerners
(during which he played alongside a young Jimmy Page), seemed sound.
Prince would soon prove himself, however, to be the most out-of-
control musician in the band by a longshot. In May's estimation, "We
were sort of novice lunatics, but suddenly they hand us, like, the
high priest of lunacy." As Taylor observes archly, "Viv was a very,
very professional musician when he wasn't completely pissed."
But, Taylor quickly adds, "Even when he wasÝcompletely pissed, he
was a very professional musician." Prince was also a wholly
overlooked influence upon Keith Moon, who would take a similar manic
energy to the drum kit when he joined the Who. "I always remember
Keith coming and standing in front of our set, watching the gig,
right in front of the drums," says May. "Keith, later, would also
say he idolized Viv. Before that playing drums was quite sedentary.
Boring. And through Viv, you'd suddenly realize you could be a
drummer, but also an extrovert. You could be a star, and play your
drums too. I think Keith realized he could be Keith, and didn't have
to switch instruments. He could still play drums and let out all his
lunacy through the drum kit. 'Cause Viv was amazing. He'd hit
anything -- mike stands, fire bucket, just anything he'd play.
Drummed on the floor, on the guitars themselves."
>
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