Bonham and Starr top drum album list!

The list is called "The 50 Greatest Drum Albums" and was published by Rythm magazine earlier this year. In the first place you find the Led Zeppelin album "Led Zeppelin IV" and drummer John Bonham, followed by The Beatles' "Abbey Road and drummer Ringo Starr, in 2nd place.

Led Zeppelin actually got five albums in the top 50 and The Beatles got three!



Top 5

#1 Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
Drummer: John Bonham

#2 The Beatles – Abbey Road (1969)
Drummer: Ringo Starr

#3 Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti (1975)
Drummer: John Bonham

#4 Nirvana – Nevermind (1991)
Drummer: Dave Grohl

#5 Miles Davis – Nefertiti (1967)
Drummer: Tony Williams

The whole list here!

I also found this article about the list!

//Ednel

13 Reasons To Give Ringo Starr some respect!

I have many times talked to people about the "Pete Best/Ringo Starr phenomenon". Some of them has said that Ringo was lucky, that Pete Best was a lot better drummer. They have also said that Ringo Starr was The Beatles weakest link, that he didn't really know how to drum and that he often got out of tempo. These people don't have a clue of what they're talking about.

If you get into the same discussion it will now be easy to refer to this list:

13 Reasons To Give Ringo Starr Some Respect.

"This is an excellent list of thirteen reasons given by John Bryant (a session drummer who has played with artists such as Ray Charles) why Ringo Starr was much more than “an average drummer,” as he is often labelled by music critics.

Always serving the song without showing off, Ringo was an integral and indipensible part of The Beatles. Ringo’s intuitive feel and creative big beat style continues to be hugely influential to contemporary musicians of diverse musical genres, whether they realize it or not. His feel was so consistent and solid that even the drum parts he played for songs in odd time signatures seem simpler than they truly are. Many technically great drummers could never hope to reproduce Ringo’s distinctive style."

George Harrison: "Playing without Ringo is like driving a car on three wheels."

//Ednel

Twist and Shout

I just found this clip with The Beatles and thought it was a live performance but then I realised that they didn't have either microphones or cables for their instruments. I compared the music with the track released on their first album "Please Please Me" and realised that they were identical. Intresting.. or maybe not!

Twist and Shout (Playback) - The Beatles

As I said, the song was released on their first album in 1963. The song is actually a cover and the song was originally made famous by the group called "The Isley Brothers". That version was on the other hand a cover on The Top Notes version. A little bit complicated maybe.. Well, here is a live version by The Beatles in 1965. Listen and enjoy!

Twist and Shout - The Beatles/(Baby's In Black - The Beatles)

//Ednel

The Beatles Nazi Salute

I found this clip yesterday. The Beatles are standing in front of a huge audience in Australia. The yelling fans probably reminds John on the films he has seen with crowds from the 30's in Germany. He puts his finger under his nose like a moustache, raises his hand and shouts "sieg heil!". The others joins him. "Deutschland über alles!"

The Beatles Nazi Salute


I hope no-one gets offended because that's really not the intention. Myself, I feel like Lennon that it's quite funny.

//Ednel

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