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<blockquote data-quote="dullonien" data-source="post: 227115"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Charles @ Oct 30 2008, 11:53 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=357066" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>Again, not sure I agree. Ringo was a decent drummer, the kind of music played didn't call for big drum solo's or complicated beats. In the 50's-60's when the Beatles were starting up, the drummer was used to simply hold the beat, nothing fancy, completely different to stuff from the 70's onwards. I've played the drums since the age of 12, and can tell poor drumming (Ulrich is poor, Blink 182's first drummer was diabolical for example, before Travis joined, who's a very good dummer infact.) I'm just trying to demonstrate that music has changed, it's unfair to call someone a poor musician, when there wasn't a need to play complicated stuff. Simple riffs, beats etc. can sometimes be the best.</p><p></p><p>For a quick example on how tastes differ, and why I understand completely if you dislike The Beatles, or anyone else for that matter. I've never been a fan of long complex guitar solo's in songs, I love the sound etc. but I always find it doesn't gel all that well with the rest of the song. Solo's can often come out of nowhere, just for the hell of it. (the likes of Jimmy Hendrix, Santana etc. don't come under this, one of the things that made them so great was the ability to incorporate solo's into songs and make them belong there.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dullonien, post: 227115"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Charles @ Oct 30 2008, 11:53 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=357066']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> Again, not sure I agree. Ringo was a decent drummer, the kind of music played didn't call for big drum solo's or complicated beats. In the 50's-60's when the Beatles were starting up, the drummer was used to simply hold the beat, nothing fancy, completely different to stuff from the 70's onwards. I've played the drums since the age of 12, and can tell poor drumming (Ulrich is poor, Blink 182's first drummer was diabolical for example, before Travis joined, who's a very good dummer infact.) I'm just trying to demonstrate that music has changed, it's unfair to call someone a poor musician, when there wasn't a need to play complicated stuff. Simple riffs, beats etc. can sometimes be the best. For a quick example on how tastes differ, and why I understand completely if you dislike The Beatles, or anyone else for that matter. I've never been a fan of long complex guitar solo's in songs, I love the sound etc. but I always find it doesn't gel all that well with the rest of the song. Solo's can often come out of nowhere, just for the hell of it. (the likes of Jimmy Hendrix, Santana etc. don't come under this, one of the things that made them so great was the ability to incorporate solo's into songs and make them belong there.) [/QUOTE]
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