Agreed. I can't be totally convinced of the complete uselessness of electronic drums, but in general I favor wood, metal, and wrist technique to silicon. "Moving Pictures" was the Gettysburg of Rush's Confederacy (even though there were several years left in the War). >From: Bill Kargel <wkargel@xxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: atlantaprog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: atlantaprog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [atlantaprog] Re: another aspect >Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 21:09:33 -0700 (PDT) > >Andy, > >The drum sounds from the 80's that truly suck were all >the electronic drums that insinuated themselves into >many a studio during that decade...since everybody >(including Phil Collins, Bill Bruford and Neil Peart) >seemed to embrace them for at least a period of time >(wose yet, don't have a live drummer playing >electronic srums at all, but have a MACHINE do >it...great for dance music, but NOT prog). The reason >Copeland sounded so great was that with The Police he >used real drums! > >And one of the greatest drum recordings EVER has to be >from 'Moving Pictures' by Rush. Notice I didn't say >THE greatest, in fear of retribution...but definately >right up there...and with real drums, mind you! Yet >another big reason why that album was so successful >for the band. :-) > > >Bill > > >--- Andrew Tegethoff <ategethoff@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > 60's and 70's drums are just right on, for the > > purposes of my dollar vote. > > 80's drums universally suck, with the notable > > exception of Stewart Copeland. > > Was there music released during the 90's? ;?) > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > > MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months > > FREE* > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > > > > > >===== >William C. Kargel > >wkargel@xxxxxxxxx > >Visit my homepage at http://www.geocities.com/wkargel > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software >http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail