meggo Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 okay. does anyone *actually* like listening to "drums>space" on cd? like i know when you see it live it's good times, but be honest - when you're groovin, you're doing the dishes or driving down the highway or just smoking a fattie and chilling out and this track(s) comes on - do you really sit back and love it? maybe it's just me. i'm curious, though, to see what all of you folks think. megs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 I always skip Drums>Space. It's torture for me to try to get through it. It would be cool to witness live, but only for a little while. By comparison, even when the real Jaimoe, Marc and Butch have their drum spotlights, like in Mountain Jam and Elizabeth Reed, I usually take a pee break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 Not a big fan of Drumz. Makes for a convenient bathroom break though. Just not a fan of drum solos in general. Lame, lame, lame. Don't even like one in a Mule set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 Jazz drum solos are rarely boring. They usually can lift anyone's emotions. Just listen to Buddy Rich or Tony Williams if you need proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 Hmmmm.... I really enjoy the Drumz->Space segment, personally... particularly once they started using the MIDI technology (mid-late '80s) to get lots of different sounds. Looks like I'm the only one, though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 You're right Jaimoe. I should clarify my statement to "not a fan of rock drum solos". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 Jazz drum solos are rarely boring. They usually can lift anyone's emotions. Just listen to Buddy Rich or Tony Williams if you need proof. Geez, i was just about to say, your nutz. Jazz solo's are awesome! THen a re-read it, and realized thats what you were saying....few, almost made an ass of myself. Anyways, i agree. I've seen some jazz drum solo's that have sent shivers down my spine. The drummer from Dave Hollands band, Jack Dejohnette, and others have sent my mind spinning... They often dont translate well to recordings....but live, man oh man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark tonin Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 I really enjoy drums>space live, but almost always skip over it on a recording. I was mesmorized watching Bill Kreutzmann during the drums at the last Dead show at Darien Lake that I was at ... at one point Mickey Hart threw his drum sticks down with a grin on his face as he "gave up" trying to keep up with Kreutzmann. In general, I am a fan of live drum solos by talented drummers, but rarely do they seem to grab me when recorded. Peace, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boogieknight Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 i mostly will skip over drums>space espcieally in the car but once in a while when the mood is right i'll space it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 There's a wealth of really interesting music in those Drums/Space segments, don't discount them, especially as we move into the later years of the Grateful Dead. If there was one thing that was consistent at a show from 1991 to 1995, it was mindblowing D/S segments. Of course, listening to Mickey attack The Beam doesn't hold up so well on disc as it did seeing it in person, but c'est la vie. Sometimes I skip it because I'm just not in the mood, or it's driving someone else nuts, but it deserved attention from time to time. Nothing got me more crazy back in the day than people who would just leave D/S out on a tape. Especially when they'd have it labelled and it just wasn't there. Space is the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 Always one of my favourite bits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 Wait a minute here................ People skip them? I can understand skipping El Paso, but this is something I dont get. Kids these days...................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 I don't skip Drumz but if I have a disc 3 that looks like this, it's probably not getting played more than once. Drums > Space > Black Peter > Lovelight E: Johnny B. Goode Now, I do like a good short Kreutzmann drum solo from the Mickey-less era. They tend to be on the deft jazzy side and I can dig that. And I like the weird sh!t, I'd just rather have it in the middle of a long Dark Star or Playin' in the Band. When you have a specific spot in the set for "Hey, here's the weird stuff!" it just comes off too pre-canned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 I wouldn't give up drumzzzzz and space live for anything. On disc, however, I tend to hit the skip button.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 50/50 for me depends on how much I groove on that show, and the state of my mind... I definately don't just skip it though, a lot of power in those drums often, poetry in that space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 Wait a minute here................ People skip them? I can understand skipping El Paso, but this is something I dont get. Kids these days...................... Thanks,I'm way too wasted to comment on this trhrewAD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guigsy Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 sometimes i like to scare myself. sometimes i dont. depends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 trhrewAD atta boy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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