Today Is Keith Moon's Birthday

drumminman
drumminman Posts: 3,396
edited September 2013 in Music & Movies
One of my favorite drummers, and one of the all time greats!
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,340
    edited August 2013
    Happy Birthday Keith! I saw him once in the '70's during the Who's heyday
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited August 2013
    I always say Keith's method of drumming was "never stop playing", LOL! He was always hitting something with those sticks. He was an excellent drummer too! Happy B-day Keith!
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,919
    edited August 2013
    So... should I drive a Rolls into a hotel swimming pool to celebrate? ;-)

    Moonie was, as he himself observed, "the best Keith Moon-style drummer I know of". I'd opine he was the best rock and roll drummer of all time, full stop.
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  • bthogan
    bthogan Posts: 151
    edited August 2013
    Always loved his "overhand" style of playing cymbals. Missed.
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  • drumminman
    drumminman Posts: 3,396
    edited August 2013
    Listened to some early Who in celebration. The combinations he played were just mind boggling. Never anyone like him, probably never will be either. He approached the Who's music with almost a jazz sensibility. Funny thing is he never played a solo, didn't believe in them.

    Little known factoid - his favorite band was The Beach Boys. He longed to play with them, even in the Who's heyday. Can you imagine Moonie laying it down to I Get Around, or Good Vibrations :mrgreen:
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  • Msabot1
    Msabot1 Posts: 2,098
    edited August 2013
    One of the best rock drummers that hit the skins....I'll hoist a couple to ya...later!
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,919
    edited August 2013
    drumminman wrote: »
    Listened to some early Who in celebration. The combinations he played were just mind boggling. Never anyone like him, probably never will be either. He approached the Who's music with almost a jazz sensibility. Funny thing is he never played a solo, didn't believe in them.

    Little known factoid - his favorite band was The Beach Boys. He longed to play with them, even in the Who's heyday. Can you imagine Moonie laying it down to I Get Around, or Good Vibrations :mrgreen:

    He was great even up to the end - he was probably almost literally clinging to life when the Baba O'Riley and Won't Get Fooled Again performances were filmed for The Kids Are Alright - and his drumming lacked finesse and was even off... but it was still just right; those performances were a decent coda for the "real" 'OO, I'd opine.

    As to the "surf music" influences on Mr. Moon... no doubt about it; and it was well recognized/documented when he was alive. One of the early 'OO albums includes Bucket T... and there's a great, throwaway performance of Barbara Ann captured in The Kids Are Alright... if you've never seen it, it's terrific - in its own, idiosyncratic way. Townshend clearly doesn't know the song... but that doesn't stop him! :-)

    http://youtu.be/u8hKo42x-eQ

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  • drummer86
    drummer86 Posts: 441
    edited August 2013
    Keith Moon was the man. I've always appreciated musicians that can be simultaneously sloppy and precise.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,919
    edited August 2013
    drummer86 wrote: »
    Keith Moon was the man. I've always appreciated musicians that can be simultaneously sloppy and precise.

    Grateful Dead fan are you, then? ;-)
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,590
    edited August 2013
    drummer86 wrote: »
    Keith Moon was the man. I've always appreciated musicians that can be simultaneously sloppy and precise.

    So true Keith always looked like he had just picked up the sticks 5min. ago. As a drummer It always looked as if he was just winging it up there and yet it all sound pretty good
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  • 55LS70
    55LS70 Posts: 184
    edited August 2013
    "The Ox" is another surf inspired Who tune. I've been a Who fan since "I Can See For Miles" was released on single.
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  • drumminman
    drumminman Posts: 3,396
    edited August 2013
    55LS70 wrote: »
    I've been a Who fan since "I Can See For Miles" was released on single.

    My favorite early Who song. Keith is just incredible on that. His interplay with Pete sounds ominous, perfect for the lyrics!
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,919
    edited August 2013
    drumminman wrote: »
    My favorite early Who song. Keith is just incredible on that. His interplay with Pete sounds ominous, perfect for the lyrics!

    The album on which I Can See for Miles appears, The Who Sell Out, is (probably!) inarguably their best early studio effort...
    Danny Tse wrote: »
    I have to agree with the above. I was watching "The Who -Live at the Isle of Wight Festival" on the Palladia channel a couple of nights ago and I just can't take my eyes off of Keith's drumming. It was like the drums was the lead instrument in the band.

    Ever seen the clip of the Who performing A Quick One from The Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus? :-)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuCQvK66OhA

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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited August 2013
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    So true Keith always looked like he had just picked up the sticks 5min. ago. As a drummer It always looked as if he was just winging it up there and yet it all sound pretty good

    I have to agree with the above. I was watching "The Who -Live at the Isle of Wight Festival" on the Palladia channel a couple of nights ago and I just can't take my eyes off of Keith's drumming. It was like the drums was the lead instrument in the band.
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  • drumminman
    drumminman Posts: 3,396
    edited August 2013
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    The album on which I Can See for Miles appears, The Who Sell Out, is (probably!) inarguably their best early studio effort...



    Ever seen the clip of the Who performing A Quick One from The Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus? :-)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuCQvK66OhA

    <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/fuCQvK66OhA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

    Great segment - thanks for posting! As crazy as Moon looks while he's drumming, his musical ideas are well organized and played. . . . just not conventional :cool:
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  • Chewie
    Chewie Posts: 80
    edited September 2013
    Long live rock, be it dead or alive.
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  • Dawgfish
    Dawgfish Posts: 2,554
    edited September 2013
    Yeah Moon was the living personification of the idea that genius and insanity are only separated by a thread. There will never be any one else like him. Like the others have said I always loved how his playing always sounded out of control but somehow came together. Definitely a unique individual and musician.
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