Play "Baba O' Riley" On Drums | 5 Levels

[@DrumeoOfficial]

Let us know which level suits your current skill level! 👊🏼 You can play along with this and many other The Who songs inside Drumeo - Click on the link to get started: www.drumeo.com/trial.

[@codyfernandez7854]

Should do levels of Spanish castle magic by Jimi Hendrix with Mitch Mitchell on drums

[@leokimvideo]

The trickiest aspect to any Keith Moon drumming track is achieving his totally unhinged feel he put into his drumming. There's no other drummer who can ever truly emulate his unique style.

[@petetownshendlover]

right?!! like his personality was imbedded in his drumming

[@dianadeth]

I'm not even a drummer, but I love this channel so much!!!

[@DrumeoOfficial]

That's great to hear! It's never too late to get started. 💙

[@cathydrums2846]

Well, I would say that is an indication that you should look into it. 😎👍🥁

[@jamie_deakin]

I was the same for years.. started playing 6 months ago and I can't believe I've waited till I'm 34 to do it 🤦‍♂️ get a kit!!

[@davidf8663]

I don’t even play drums, just love the videos!

[@pnkru_9909]

Sounds about right. You can see videos of him playing and he doesn't have a hi-hat, but another large diameter crash in its place, that he plays like a hi-hat.

[@matcoffidis1135]

Same! I play guitar, but find it fascinating...lots of great content.

[@ak47dragunov]

I remember reading somewhere that Keith used to play his second bass drum in place of what the high hat would do with the left foot on some tunes. I wonder if this would explain that wacky kick pattern on this tune

[@ShinyShinyBlack]

I don’t understand what’s wacky about the kick pattern? It moves the song along nicely.

[@harku123]

It's not really a pattern you'd expect for this kind of song. The feel of the song is kinda like the level 3 pattern in this video

[@rosiemurray2611]

yes! he had a weird left foot lead often

[@Cythiamam]

100% play more parts in the orchestra this way

[@johnsoos6907]

Ginger Baker & Carmine Appice used to do that, too.

[@TheSaltiestDamien]

That snare sounds phenomenal

[@owainjones4584]

The kit does there engineer is class

[@matcoffidis1135]

It's got a nice crisp sound!

[@OliverLynch0418]

One of the first inspiring tracks for me as a beginner drummer at the ripe age of 45.....thanks so much, Brandon! You have broken it down for us all so clearly. I hope you continue represent Drumeo for sometime yet. I'll always be a follower. 👍

[@LJWalter78]

Keith Moon WAS rock and roll!

[@lobbyrobby]

I just recently starting practicing the drums. I surprised myself on this one. I tried the student level and within a couple of tries I was actually playing it.

[@brutesquadbbq2268]

I went to the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame years ago and at one part of the museum they had the one remaining floor tom from the Pictures of Lily kit. There was a velvet rope and signs all over the place saying don’t touch. Well I don’t think Keith would’ve minded that I reached over the rope and briefly rubbed the tom hoping a little bit of mojo remained 🤘

[@gilbert2872]

Please dont‘t touch - funny considering Keith would beat the hell out of that tom :)

[@gleasondrums]

I saw it for my 40th birthday a few years ago with my wife and I did actually touched the drum. Just as I stepped away from it this old lady who worked there scolded me and threatened to throw me out😂. But it was well worth it✌️!

[@IAmInfinitus208]

​@gilbert2872 I definitely believe Moonie would've done it!

[@thelapander]

drummers have no idea how lucky you are that there is a service like this. This makes things so much easier God I wish this was around when I was growing up

[@dalekay9ine]

I'm a lifelong Paiste player but these Instanbul Agop are making me consider a switch! Great playing Brandon!

[@BigBear_87]

i feel like an opportunity to name level 5 as full moon was missed here.

[@dominicshipp5389]

Thank you for this type of break-down. I think people often forget the back beat and can get confused with the glitz and flash. It often helps when you can establish the initial muscle memory. If you gave this pro chart to someone it could be overwhelming, but the approach you took with it can make anyone feel confident. Thanks!

[@CarGuy1807]

This is the perfect addition to the 5 levels series!

[@TrevBec]

Shout out to the sound and production quality. The drums sound amazeballs.

[@davidhellyer5353]

killer graphics on those drums

[@phylodude]

Bravo way of teaching and giving homework to inspire... well done.

[@ryanjmauchmar]

The drum intro to this song is one of my faves. Love the video!!

[@DrumeoOfficial]

Such a great intro! 🎉

[@maurice9118]

I'm getting it to Level 4 so far, and it sounds absolutely amazing and this song is actually really fun to play! I love the build-up on levels, love your lesson on this one. It really is a good practice and once you get the feeling/the hang of it, you motivate yourself to play it up a notch!

[@SpiderDan2099]

I am away from my drum kit for a few more days, however I think I will be on level 3 for this track when I first get to it. Hopefully quickly moving to levels 4 and 5 as this song has been one of my most frequently listened to rock tracks in my almost 5 decades of life 😊

[@maximusderpas]

Big Kudos to drumeo for killing it micing up the kit

[@stevewilcock4767]

Cheers Drumeo. One of the great classics. Ace drumming!

[@lucaswedderburn]

Thank you!! I love this song

[@shaunw9270]

I'm not a drummer myself but I was air drumming as I watched. Great video thanks !

[@danacoleman4007]

What a great concept for an instructional video! The Who were such a great band! Mooney was fantastic!

[@robmuhlrad9433]

The Who still are a great band, the best EVER. The bloody Stones are not even in the discussion. They haven't disbanded. They have their annual Teenage Cancer Trust show at the Royal Albert Hall in March.

[@connornavarrete7783]

This is one of my favorite songs. This was awesome! Also get Matt Grenier on Drumeo!!!

[@stephanr497]

I'm using the Take 5 tutorial for Jazz practice and it's very good. Please make more 5 Level Jazz and Latin tutorials.

[@DirkRadloff]

I want this drum-kit!

[@robmuhlrad9433]

Great demo, Brandon. Where did you get that drum set? Did you have it customized? In 2019, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Met in Manhattan, had an exhibit called "Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock and Roll." One of the highlights was Moon's original Pictures of Lily set, minus the two original bass drums that have since disappeared. Reproductions were used. By the way, Baba is pronounced 'bɑːbə, BAH-bah, as in mama and papa.

[@danstewart42]

I love this concept of 5 levels of complexity.. awesome

[@Montanaroads]

Awesome video. You represent drummers well. Thank you

[@mararaposo4177]

LOVE. Please do more 5 levels ❤

[@michaelvandiver2475]

I'm level 4.75 on this one...prob don't hit the kick and snare together on some bars! Fun to watch you demo the different levels of what many drummers would play.

[@whiskersb5296]

Weekend warrior level sounds pretty good. I’ll take that.

[@geo2524]

I am a level 1/2. feel better about giving a try now. thank you. I felt it was too much for me at this point.

[@MrTravisAl]

Okay. Officially subscribing. Long overdue anyway! I really appreciate all the content that Drumeo has been putting out.

[@heylad]

I used to play this song in my previous band. Pretty fun tune.

[@mrsayang]

Level 5 with this one 🥁

[@donfisherjr.2404]

Great work, Brandon!

[@bennymalone]

I think there’s actually another level to this, the crashing is more subtle and there are some ride type patterns and pings if you listen closely. Obviously it’s hard to capture all the idiosyncrasies so this is a great guide to getting up there, cheers Brandon

[@MM-ig1iv]

I know he's amazing.. but that kit sounds amazing too! Love the toms how he has them tuned. "coated heads"

[@charlesfarrugia7898]

Beautiful

[@garyquirk9405]

Level 💯

[@toddshook1765]

At this point definitely beginner. Thanks for breaking down to bite size practice tips.

[@pteromalid]

Level Zero. Loved the video.

[@designer23t]

Man, that kit sounds good

[@48Boxer]

I always felt like the drums were the lead instrument on this song

[@shaunw9270]

I admired the way Keith would place fills in response to vocal lines and play it straight where you expect fills to be .

[@majorpuggington]

Thats often true for Keith, he was drumming a melody most of the time.

[@Diatonic5th]

That kit sounds amazing!

[@WillMacpherson-b6q]

My dad mixed and masterd this song in his studio

[@johndoh5182]

Yeah actually the kick beat is more complicated than that. Or, to say it better it varies a bit more than that. Sometimes he's playing the kick beat for that straight series of 8th notes (4/4 time). Other times he gives it a rest. And the way he rests the beat varies. Two things I never hear correctly in drum covers, and that's at the beginning when you have the fill coming it to start the first line of the main groove. He did a drum roll with one stick on beat 3 or the 8th note between beat 3 and 4, sounds like just one stick. I don't hear that roll played. I think I saw one cover where it's played but not loud enough that you could hear it and of course, if you can't hear it when you can in the original then the drummer isn't putting enough into it. Those aren't ghost rolls. On top of that, he does that in a few places. Then after the first vocal verse lines, Keith plays a very simple fill. After the vocals "I don't need to be forgiven yeah yeah yeah", the fill is simply a pop on the snare followed by 2 16th notes on the toms. I hear this overplayed all the time. I call that a put off, not a bargain.

[@ZEST123]

This is one of the best descriptions deciphering what Keith Moon plays in the song! Thank you for being very precise!

[@p47paul]

Level 6 would be adding those ghost notes that Keith did on the snare sprinkled throughout too. Good post.

[@JesseTheBody1]

Excellent clip from The Room with Tommy Wiseau.

[@sportsygirl8]

Awesome video!!! I love this song and does have great drum parts in it. I would have thought out of all The Who songs that you all might have picked Won't Get Fooled Again since it has that epic drum fill towards the end of it.

[@caioprado2668]

Great Class! Thanks for Share!

[@bilhamcobbly2957]

This was incredible!!!!!! Cheers

[@DerHerrMitR]

Joe Pera really likes this video.

[@nickTdavison]

Figured I’m level 4 or 5 with the groove……. Then back to level 1 for the rest of the track and KM’s mad fills!

[@perosa99]

Timeless track

[@kare2much]

Theres a sixth level. If you listen closely on almost every Who track, this one included, he’s actually playing flams on the two kicks. THATS what makes his drums truly sound different from anyone else

[@af7119]

Brandon, can you please list your cymbal setup from this video?

[@Daniel-RunToRoyal]

The Kit sounds amazing!! Level 2 is the "Kenny Jones" level!! ☺️

[@JohnQuincy1776]

great video

[@skeklog3692]

I would love to see an episode of this series for Down With the Sickness

[@kurtklingklang5918]

I love these videos, and I don’t play drums anymore. The Chad Smith series was great, so are all the ‘first time hearing’ vid’s

[@seanfullerton1695]

Keith never played it the same way twice !

[@warrenfindley6331]

Maybe the greatest song of all time

[@thehaymaker3660]

BRO GOT THE PICTURES OF LILY DRUMKIT I'M SO JEALOUS!!

[@xy4015]

Level 4

[@Thejoezen]

What a sound of that kit 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@ahcim1980]

Level 3 for me!

[@andyyouell5037]

Great explainer of the beat though Moonie wove an awful lot into the recording. Beyond the basic beat this track includes an incredible drum fill at two minutes and twenty seconds. The song was recorded with a synthesizer sequencer providing that underlying pattern and a very rigid beat. The song breaks down for Townshend's solo vocal and then Moon brings the rest of the band back in with an astonishing fill. It's not the most complex fill you will ever hear, but the tension between the rigid timing of the synthesizer and Moon's energetic drumming - pushing the beat forward - creates the most exciting single moment in rock music IMHO.

[@thehumblecrab6487]

Step one should be to throw that hi-hat out of the hotel room window. Step two is you toss the TV out of the hotel room window with the intention of it landing on top of the hi-hat to destroy it a bit more. Step three is you drive a car into the hotel's pool to create a splash large enough to douse both the mangled TV and hi-hat with water. Step four is you exit the car and make your way out of the pool and pick up the TV and smash the hi-hat with it one last time. Moonie didn't like hi-hats. It's amazing what he could play without them during The Who's best era...the Live at Leeds days.

[@johntarka8033]

Listen… this will be the most unpopular opinion ever but this is the greatest British Invasion song ever made.

[@ignacioperezdelcastillo3182]

Gracias

[@mlmccollum100]

How do i get that tight sound? I have alot of sustain and have tuned them but still not what im looking for

[@robandrews4925]

love the "Pictures of Lilli" kit!

[@Wayne_Robinson]

If anyone ever needs a demonstration of how a great drummer can really make a song, here it is. The song sounds very uninspiring with the more basic drums.

[@Hankola]

How about Boston's Foreplay. That should be a fun one to put five levels on display.

[@johnnyjones3362]

Now do Bargain.

[@ozknight]

Any chance of covering Tim "Herb" Alexander?

[@IlVanguardlI]

I look forward to the 5 stages of Hypnosis by Sleep Token 🙂

[@TomLufer]

Cool

[@ExaltedSeahawksFan]

RIP Keith Moon.

[@gadymarcus2362]

Bello.😭

[@imprintedlife]

Love your work, guys and I'm a bassist! I'm sure it's due to Brendan's personal endorsement, but seeing as you use the artist's drum brand in the videos, why not their cymbal brand too?

[@Darrylizer1]

Didn't Keith play Paiste?

[@plaguetree6920]

Student to cover. That bass drum trips me up in the middle.

[@13booch]

5

[@dariofara111]

It's useless to do 5 levels by the groove of this song, it's so simple! And the other thing is... that's just simply beautiful!!!!

[@jaypeedee6153]

I think you're not right with the keith moon level and made it not complex enough. Listen to isolated Tracks. He did use the left foot on Bassdrum for time keeping like a Hihat Machine. Then he adds the right Bassdrum for the Mainbeat. AND sometimes a small Double Hit on Right Bassdrum with adding some snare. So in my opinion he sometimes creates this pattern with Snare and Left and Right Foot: Snare L RR :)

[@noahdoremus1779]

No Quarter 5 levels would be so rad

[@traikhuna790]

Can you do Seek and destroy by Metallica?

[@Grizzlymetal1]

If you’ve never watched the Baba O’Riley UFC pay per view opener, i highly recommend it. Punches and kicks synced with the music.

[@allthingsawesome2]

WHAT IS THIS KITTTTTTT

[@zachnorton329]

I feel like I’m above a four, but not necessarily a 5 because the adjustments I make are more vibed than actually memorized

[@matiasduarte8704]

Very good performance Harry Kane. Sorry, but I need say that 😂😂😂😂😂

[@lizardears4861]

I’m at level 6

[@WutipongWongsakuldej]

I heard the song for the first time when I watched one of the CSI series. Thhink back, I can't remember which CSI whas this song on the opening. I just found out that all of the CSI has one of The Who song as the opening theme. That's why I've got confused I guess.

[@FreeMan-uv5kc]

Can have somebody from country music or soul drum Avenged Seven's, Hail to the King and/or Coheed And Cambria's, Welcome Home?

[@jdmugen85]

Lvl 4-5 😅😊🎉