"he's "just" having some fun playing drums..."" I think you're onto something, why this leaves people cold...it does me... Is it have fun in your basement, play music for and with people? When Tony, or Simon, solo on vamps like this, it slays me, and he can do it for a very ...

I'm coming around to liking his playing more and more. His hands are as smooth as any I've ever seen. Really something wonderful to behold. he wasn't forcing stuff and hitting super hard. Personally, I think he should have gotten the DT gig, he grooves pretty nicely. Everything felt pretty good. Not...

Liked this a lot.

Is it crazy that I know that Neil used only three concert toms with his pink Ludwig kit, and that they were all closed toms?

YES IT IS!

Hell yeah, rocking the concert toms. Good stuff. Gonna pick this up.

AND a Neil ride pattern!

I dig that stuff.

A blast from the past. Thought I recognized him.

I like the solo.

I don't like ostinatos, they're boring.

And remember how much I wanted a red billiard room with a giant stuffed camel?

LOL. Got me man.

Who are you?

I hear ya, but it's kinda inside baseball for a rock show.

If he would have made it really sick and challenging and over-the-top and maybe a showcase of the solo, I'd have given him props for sure.

Whenever someone does that one hand ostinato stuff, and it doesn't have any melodic content or advances a solo compositionally or is "hidden" making me wonder what the hell is going on (rather than HERE IS A FIVE NOTE GROUPING BETWEEN MY HAND AND FOOT, LOOK HERE, ON THE LEFT), I just lose ...