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Re: Keith's Drum Sound



You are absolutelly right! 
The Who is the band that turned rock respectable,
musically talking. They were the vanguard, so to
speak, the genius touch of great musicians playing
together and creating something bigger than the simple
sum of parts.
Keith Moon was unique, so remarkable and original with
his drumming always intuitive and free, changing in
every gig. The same to PT, JE and RD. They were like a
jazz band, a free rock band.
There is only two bands comparable to them, The Cream
and Jimi Hendrix Experience.
Led Zeppelin?! They belong to the mass, to the usual,
to the trivial, but they've never transcended, have
never crossed the line.

-----Original Message-----
De: "Scott Schrade" <schrade@akrobiz.com>
Para: <thewho@igtc.com>
Enviada em: Domingo, 21 de Abril de 2002 19:12
Assunto: Re: Keith's Drum sound


> > The other day I was listening to John Bonham's
drums on Led Zeppelin's
II album.
> > I was wondering why his drums sounded so good on
the recording. Most of
the
> > albums that Keith played on had bad sound until
almost the very end when
he died.
>
> That's not wholly true.  Keith's drums sound fine on
eveything from WHO'S
NEXT
> onward.  Maybe Bonham was recorded louder, or mixed
louder, I don't know.
> Moon's drums sound fine on QUAD - nice & loud &
clear.  Same with WBN. No
> problems there.  And *I* feel his drum sound took a
step *down* on WAY
(not con-
> sidering his performance, only the recording).
>
> Now, The Who's sound *up to* WHO'S NEXT is another
matter.  I used to
wonder
> why The Door's first album from 1967 sounded like it
was recorded so much
better
> than The Who's album from that same year (SELL OUT).
 I always put it down
to
> money - or perhaps the record label's willingness to
*spend* the money.
>
> So The Who's late-sixties output sounds quaint &
sometimes rough in spots
while
> many of their contemporaries were releasing albums
with a much more modern
&
> clean sound.  I'm not upset about this.  I still
love The Who's early, raw
studio stuff.
> Who doesn't?
>
> But getting back to Bonham - I think he was just
cranked way up in the mix
because
> that's the sound they (the band & producer) were
going for, I guess.
Whereas, The
> Who seemed to strive for more of a
less-individualistic (?) sound -  more
of a sonic,
> ball of noise, all-inclusive sound.  A "band comes
first" approach maybe.
>
>
> - SCHRADE in Akron
>


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