Moon's drumming

[The Pals <hesse@nb.sympatico.ca>]

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Frankly , though I am a huge fan of this list and of the Who , I am =
beginning to get frustrated at the opinion many of you seem to hold =
about Moon being the greatest drummer of all time and that any drummer =
who doesn't do fanatic fills or or base his style around single or =
double stroke roles to be terrible.The opinion of many drummers ( and =
I'm afraid they would be more reliable than some of you on the list) is =
that Keith Moon was an incredible drummer who was a revolutionary =
musician. Technically he was not good ( he never played odd times or =
difficult grooves) but he had so much endurance , drive and flair that =
he made up for it. In many other bands he might have not fit in. ( I =
think perhaps even Pete would have prefered to have a more technical =
drummer for some of their recordings) In short Keith was the best =
drummer possible for the Who but not in any other band. He was not the =
greatest drummer of all time but he was amazingly talented at playing =
his style , one which only he can do justice to. As he put it " I'm the =
best Keith Moon style drummer I know" You cannot compare Keith to =
Charlie Watts because they are completely different. Watts is a much =
more subtle drummer , nothing like Keith.Comments like " the Stones =
drummer doesn't even drum " are a good example of this and serve well to =
illustrate how ignorant some ( I stress the word "some") of you are =
about other drummers. Doing maniacal fills is not the way talent on the =
drums is mesured. Many people treat Ringo Starr's drumming this way. He =
didn't do big fills so he wasn't good.=20
	Keith was incredible and his influence will be felt forever. Perhaps it =
is best not to group Keith Moon with other drummers because he was so =
different. You could say he didn't play drums , he just played " Keith =
Moon."

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