How disrespectful. This would have entertainment value as a video with no audio. You would get the point that this guy likes to mug to a crowd. Fine. Listening to the audio without the video, you would conclude that he is one of the worst drummers ever, not good at anything a drummer needs to do. The drums for him are just a prop, not an instrument, singer and audience be damned.
Posted by: Dan | Aug 31, 2012 3:40:50 PM
I wonder if he got to see this video and how he felt about it. Yikes.
Posted by: Sarah D. | Aug 31, 2012 6:38:18 PM
Are you kidding me? That dude was f...kin' awesome, man!
Posted by: Tulliver | Aug 31, 2012 10:27:10 PM
Weirdly uplifting. I knew a cop in San Francisco who directed traffic at a busy intersection that way. All day, five days a week. Everyone adored him because he had found the secret to making a dull job kind of fabulous -- by holding nothing back, by doing it as if it mattered consummately how he did it, and by assuring public safety at his corner.
As bombastic scene stealing as the dreadful drumming is, I see more accomplished drummers pounding empty upturned paint cans and milk crates frequently at subway stops in NYC, the single camera operator panning to and holding on the pot-banger was a dereliction of duty. I hope the singer was not intending to post the video on YouTube looking for a gig!
Posted by: Kevin Keating | Sep 1, 2012 11:39:34 AM
Ha! His 'way' makes everyone else's look tepid and lifeless. Thanks, AR.
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Why does that remind me of the keynote speech by Gov. Chris Christie at the Republican Convention?
Posted by: Dredd | Aug 31, 2012 3:26:18 PM
How disrespectful. This would have entertainment value as a video with no audio. You would get the point that this guy likes to mug to a crowd. Fine. Listening to the audio without the video, you would conclude that he is one of the worst drummers ever, not good at anything a drummer needs to do. The drums for him are just a prop, not an instrument, singer and audience be damned.
Posted by: Dan | Aug 31, 2012 3:40:50 PM
I wonder if he got to see this video and how he felt about it. Yikes.
Posted by: Sarah D. | Aug 31, 2012 6:38:18 PM
Are you kidding me? That dude was f...kin' awesome, man!
Posted by: Tulliver | Aug 31, 2012 10:27:10 PM
Weirdly uplifting. I knew a cop in San Francisco who directed traffic at a busy intersection that way. All day, five days a week. Everyone adored him because he had found the secret to making a dull job kind of fabulous -- by holding nothing back, by doing it as if it mattered consummately how he did it, and by assuring public safety at his corner.
Posted by: Elatia Harris | Aug 31, 2012 11:38:08 PM
I love the way the drummer's behaviour exemplifies the singer's lyrics.
Posted by: Sagredo | Sep 1, 2012 12:40:58 AM
I thought the guy was awesome - charismatic and passionate like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXOnbygCLl0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
or Luciano Pavarotti here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-H-MWJ4f14&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Posted by: Raza | Sep 1, 2012 12:57:52 AM
Thanks for the compliments. This was my first time picking up drumsticks. ^^
Posted by: Insecure Sinecure | Sep 1, 2012 4:08:31 AM
He may be an elderly version of ... himself!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPWjNX4PBlI
Posted by: Andy | Sep 1, 2012 4:44:29 AM
As bombastic scene stealing as the dreadful drumming is, I see more accomplished drummers pounding empty upturned paint cans and milk crates frequently at subway stops in NYC, the single camera operator panning to and holding on the pot-banger was a dereliction of duty. I hope the singer was not intending to post the video on YouTube looking for a gig!
Posted by: Kevin Keating | Sep 1, 2012 11:39:34 AM
Ha! His 'way' makes everyone else's look tepid and lifeless. Thanks, AR.
Posted by: Christopher Holvenstot | Sep 2, 2012 9:17:03 AM
"He may be an elderly version of ... himself!"
Oh my god, I think you are right. It's him!
Posted by: Salem | Sep 2, 2012 10:02:48 AM
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