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Tommy’s Stonehenge moment
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Would anyone have dared to say “can I ask a practical question at this point?”
Playing drums while upside down is a much under-rated skill. If you are into rollercoasters, this is quite impressive.
If you are interested in music, perhaps slightly less so.
Back in the day, all a roadie had to do was make sure there were enough drumsticks. Now they have to assemble the funfair rides.
My immediate thought was “what a bumhole” followed by a consideration of the implications for health & safety when moving over the audience in such a manner. I imagine the insurance manual on that contraption would have meant Mr Lee would not even be allowed loose change upon his person, let alone drumsticks that were able to fly loose and have someone’s eye out.
Then I thought of my 17-year-old self witnessing Keith Emerson sticking knives in his organ (Hammond variety) and David Bowie chucking his acoustic guitar into the audience and realised I was just being an old curmudgeon. You just wouldn’t get me up in one of those.
PENDANT SANDWICH: Malfunctions are more in the Rock N Roll Creation department.
This is just crying to be turned into a thread about drummers who are raving bonkers.
I give you Animal from the Muppet Show.
Well, I’m so there. I’m a drummer and last week I wore the same pair of socks for three days straight.
Step back, beeatches.
Can I ask you a rather personal question as a percussionist @moose-the-mooche?
Have you ever drummed off?
He has been known to have a little paradiddle* in quiet moments
* paradiddle – a combination of single strokes and double strokes
Well, I can usually be found beating rhythmically away at the back.
As RD says, I’m a diddler but I’m not opposed to the odd rim shot.
I have worked in bands with enough drummers. They are ALL raving bonkers
Or why not ……Will Ferrell?
And for the following three days slightly camp.
Cheeky.
Did you wear them on your feet ? On second thoughts, don’t answer that.
Hurrrr
Why have one drummer, when you can have two?
Why this never got through to Eurovision I’ll never know
We don’t get much Slipknot round here do we…. here’s ex-Snotty Joey Jordison going inverted, as recommended by Stewart Copeland of all people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Usj8wVZHxo
It all looks a bit Thunderbirds to me.
What I like most about that clip in the OP is the GIANT captions with the swearing edited out. They were that size for the hard of understanding, presumably.
And although heavy metal’s raison d’être is shock and outrage, we certainly don’t want any unpleasant language on our TV/computer screens, do we?
That’s CNN for you. All awe and no shock.
Swings, rollercoasters…he’s into all kinds of fun and games, Tommy Lee.