Keith Moon - The Who - Pinball Wizard - Isolated Drum Track GREAT!

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[@neilmoneymaker4875]

No one else would've ever thought to lay down this beat with these fills in this short of song. I mean the guy was a genius on drums.

[@richardmorton4762]

It's like one continuous fill', but great to listen to.

[@doncavallacci218]

Apologies to everyone but Moon was the best rock drummer of all time. His style was inimitable. He was The great Neil Pearts hero Neil had a busted shard off a moon cymbal around his neck on a chain.

[@davehaller6477]

He is impossible to copy. A true rock drummer. Him and John were the soloists, Pete was the time keeper.

[@jaimedrum]

John. Henry. Bonham.

[@leokimvideo]

No one else can play like this. Freak drummer, best rock drummer ever

[@mattmontalto7511]

That would be John Bonham.

[@ThomasistheTwin]

This is pretty rudimentary, Bonham is miles ahead of this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oojRma1nj8h5bZY

[@abplantshipping]

@@ThomasistheTwin Funny both Bonham and Moon stated that Barriemore Barlow was the best...

[@nockianlifter661]

@@abplantshipping or Jim Gordon.

[@MarcoAzevedo]

Or Mich Michell

[@hdhsnjdisbs8876]

Keith was trying to entertain himself, and his standards were so high.

[@rodneylee4026]

So loose but tight at the same time. I'll forever be scratching my head as to how and what he was doing.

[@jeztaylor6308]

Playing for the song mate, twisted too lol

[@ikzothefinal]

Keith Moon makes drums SING! I feel as if his drum kits sing a song!

[@carlosbjones]

Wow!!! Love how his crashes are completely felt & in wild/unpredictable places!!! LOVE Moon The Loon!!!! Thanks for posting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@robertkess9907]

That break in the middle is so long without the music I thought maybe the video had ended, besides Won't Get Fooled Again, that might be be the longest pause he ever had in a song. For years I wished I could hear his drums by themselves so I could hear exactly what he was doing, it's so cool that these isolated videos are coming out, it gives us a peak into his contributions.

[@mjh5437]

"peek",but yes.

[@shadowsymphony1]

Truly incredible completely original sounding drummer... the reason it sounds loose to a certain degree is because he's playing along with a band that's what they used to do in the old days

[@tonym994]

I can just hear those power chords kicking in for "sure plays a mean Pinball".nearly unheard on AM radio 'til then. Keith is setting that up. quite possibly my favorite WHO tune. it nearly didn't even make the album. a rock critic that Pete let hear the opera, ''liked it'', but didn't love it. that guy was a Pinball fanatic. that's when PT told him there was a track about TOMMY's tremendous, inexplicable ability to play the game. he told PT, "it's a fucking masterpiece." the rest is history.

[@dailyflash]

Most of his playing is instinct and feel, which always influence my own drum style.

[@chickentwisties2298]

Greatest rock drummer ever took it beyond a straight beat

[@kelleytm57]

Thanks for letting the MOON light shine!

[@Kowasi]

the smegbahelix That MOON has two sides~

[@lifegoeson2422]

It's like 5 drummers playing at once. Best rock drummer ever.

[@LudwigSC93]

LOL

[@tonym994]

Entwhistle said his playing was like the sound of a drum kit being thrown down a stairwell.

[@Oneness100]

I wouldn't go out and try to play like Moon. You won't get any gigs other than a Who Tribute band. It's actually easy to play like Keith Moon, it's just whether or not you want to be limited in whom is going to hire you.

[@samiam261]

John Bonham

[@roxanne4820]

Keith and Bonzo are the two great drummers of rock n roll

[@TrainerVince2]

Super talented, innovative, original approach, energetic, brilliant young man.

[@richardmorton4762]

I'm not a drummer but that was a nice sounding kit.

[@keithmctaggart8181]

Premier. Very distinct sounding drums

[@allmodcons8578]

Best drums ever made , 50s-late70s prems

[@johnbettano6026]

So funny him and Bonzo were great friends

[@slide4180]

Why funny?

[@johnbettano6026]

@@slide4180 because sadly they both destroyed themselves over booze

[@haysfordays]

Ringo too, back when he was doing the same.

[@slide4180]

@@johnbettano6026 Ringo destroyed himself? Last I saw, he is still alive and well.

[@matais1]

@@slide4180 Who mentioned Ringo?

[@MrMassivefavour]

I know it's not as famous a song, but the isolated Moon recording I would love to hear the most is Pete Townshends lovely little gentle love song 'So Sad About Us" which Keith managed to singlehandedly turn into a rock drumming masterclass in the art of playing around the beat... oh, and destroying sentimental love songs.... kzbin.info/www/bejne/anaYlWB9Ys15gtE

[@allmodcons8578]

There’s videos of all of Keith’s isolated drums from both 1965 and 1966 , it’s on there

[@MrMassivefavour]

@@allmodcons8578 on where?

[@allmodcons8578]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKfOoXdmdpp6aJY Not the best quality but still impressive, there’s one for 1965 aswell with all of My Generation

[@jeztaylor6308]

Putting the 'rule book' to bed, ie drumming technique and all that bollox, this is (my opinion) one of the best tracks in the world backed up by a killer beat. Even Elton John's is cool as, no more legends like them anymore, the age of true rock n roll died with Entwistle, his beak and his prozzies. Those days are gone.

[@joen3992]

For a busy drummer his meter is perfect.....

[@Mike-zb4ds]

Never recorded with a metronome either until whos next.. Which ironically almost caused him to quit lol

[@loosilu]

@@Mike-zb4ds Pete and John kept time, they were the metronome.

[@justhadrums]

and people say his time sucked

[@reaperrobb1523]

His meter does suck

[@robertofalconieri5874]

yup

[@duncanhanes1553]

What a funky groove!

[@im215exempt]

I love these gems on KZbin

[@ThemeParkChomp]

im215exempt KZbin is a truly shit place for music, but it’s an ok place for fans to share rare gems like this. But really this is from the studio archives

[@jakebeck9263]

This sounds awesome, who on earth clicks dislike on this masterpiece, perhaps they were Australian and it’s the other way round of them. Or am I just really stoned

[@veloman59]

I think that Keiths take on playing drums was just play your heart out let yourself go and have a fucking party! But still sound tremendous

[@haysfordays]

It strikes me as 2 drummers or double tracked, as the "beat" part goes on while wacky stuff goes on above it. But i know it's one dude doing his thing. So glad there weren't onllne tutorials back then.

[@ernestkinas5973]

This (and other isolated Keith drum tracks) merely add continually multilayered credence to the plain fact that Keith was the driving engine of the Who, the heart and soul of the Who, etc. KEITH WAS THE WHO!!!!!!!!!!!!$!

[@pragmatismusa5878]

Ernest Kinas Absolutely. The Who was done as a band after Moon died. He was amazing.

[@cade9173]

Townshend was the who

[@shovedhead]

I always love watching Who live clips, the rapport between Pete and Keith is magic. A wonderful bond is evident. Surely Keith drove the band.

[@raysville7256]

It really is not a contest, however, no one excelled over Mr. Moon. Legendary jazz drummer Alvin Jones once gave him a very positive review at a time rock was not so gorgeous to the jazz fan.

[@Mod-rw9cw]

Try and do it yourself before anyone even thinks of criticising Keith he was the best.

[@DowJonesDave]

I can do it. But I've played drums for 40 years lol. Always had a feel for the who though.

[@ebaylistentomusic]

I know there are plenty of "better" drummers than Keith Moon but none of them sound as good as he does....

[@sambira]

@Steve A As I've read about before, Keith Moon was like a lead drummer which is almost unheard of in a band.

[@nationradical]

I completely agree with what you said about his drumming on Quadrophenia, track after track he pushes his instrument to unbelievable heights

[@felipebenavides9902]

What the hell are you talking about??? There's no one better thank keith!!

[@jayp631]

The drummer fits the band. This is far from Keith's best work though...

[@richardsummers2161]

Substitute, (pun intended) "better" with "different", and you got something there.

[@vincentbrady4263]

genius

[@simonbarnes4601]

This sounds a bit like the Jim Carrey charicter change sequence drumming in me myself and Irene ? Brilliant drummer though 👌

[@kennewicksheri]

OUTSTANDING !!!

[@joeritchie7286]

The legend

[@MrROTD]

He sounded sloppy but wassnt he was locked into the music

[@smnichols1010]

Sloppy must be talking about your girl

[@tonym994]

he took offense to Tommy Smothers calling his playing "sloppy" telling him, "my friends call me Keith, you can call me John"

[@TeunVerhoeven]

The music was locked into Keith!!

[@KevinM-dg7kx]

It’s weird. His overall time is super solid but within that he is also super loose. It’s hard for me to hold those two concepts in mind at once, let alone to be able to play that way consistently.

[@bjh3661]

In the end section every bar is perfect and tight. But it takes a few minutes of loose playing to get there.

[@haroldkeil8582]

Fing-Great!

[@zenlee1109]

No matter how good AI drums get, theyll never be able to do this originally

[@granierromain]

THE MONSTER !!!!!

[@frankblunt2482]

Simply real.

[@donbrogan3158]

Hes my shiny boy....

[@RollyDV]

Amazing!

[@MrSteeDoo]

He seems to use his bass drum like others would use the hi hat. Every song must have been like running a race for him.

[@bigblue9533]

Indeed he did! His right foot is basically doing 1/8ths while adding 1/16ths on the triplets

[@patrickderp1044]

theres tons of drummers who play on youtube and they sound bad like this. keith really lucked out with pete townshend, he allowed us to see how to make drums like that sound good with other instruments

[@TheAwesomeguy559]

Since he has a hi hat I assume he has a really fast foot that simulates the sound of a double kick, but I assume for the rhythm of it he has a fast foot while adding toms to sync his bass and hi hat, I could be wrong but that's how I play this song on drums

[@maxmoon2254]

TheAwesomeguy559 he’s playing double kick. Right foot is basically doings 1/8ths and he puts a couple 16th note triplets (on BD) coming into the 1 just about every time. From what I understand Keith’s used his hi-hat’s unconventionally. More like a tandem crash cymbal. You can hear him hitting them wide open on this track and many others. Kinda sounds like marching or classical hand held cymbals a little. The Hats were just barely open (1/4”) enough so left foot could do a HH bark or use it to play tighter HH patterns if needed but Moonie preferred the left foot BOOM & the CRASH of the open hats to an inaudible (in The Who) time keeping “chick”.

[@sweethands4328]

Insane....👏 brilliant

[@dougmartin893]

Fab.

[@KingBlonde]

Is this photo from this recording session? It sounds like it was recorded in a small room.

[@manysnakes]

I don't think so, primarily because you can hear the hi-hats clearly throughout this song, but at the time of this photo, Moon hadn't started playing them yet (yes, Keith Moon did not start out playing hi-hats).

[@ParkaMonkey1994]

No that particular picture was taken during the My Generation album sessions. There are pictures on the internet of the room he recorded the Tommy album in

[@Mitch93]

@@manysnakes Not true, as you can hear him using them on songs like I can't Explain.

[@amg2813]

Hey if anyone can I need the exact time stamps when he hits the cymbals t

[@razorflixfilms7630]

he always played 8th with his feet and not his hand

[@rodneylee4026]

Yes! I think that basically is the answer to what he was doing.

[@B4NDllKOOT_]

It’s basically like me with my right foot cuz of my motor tension

[@mattc060793]

Okay so he's playing the bass drum double time throughout the whole track? This one always confused me.

[@jimbackus3172]

mattc060793 Sounds like it. I think that's his left foot.

[@jimbackus3172]

His style is so utterly intriguing.

[@maxmoon2254]

Right foot is basically doings 1/8ths and he puts a couple 16th note triplets (on BD) coming into the 1 just about every time. From what I understand Keith’s used his hi-hat’s unconventionally. More like a tandem crash cymbal. You can hear him hitting them wide open on this track and many others. Kinda sounds like marching or classical hand held cymbals a little. The Hats were just barely open (1/4”) enough so left foot could do a HH bark or use it to play tighter HH patterns if needed but Moonie preferred the left foot BOOM & the CRASH of the open hats to an inaudible (in The Who) time keeping “chick”.

[@KevyNova]

Keith usually used his bass drum the way most drummers use their hi-hat. It’s a backward approach to the drum kit but it’s part of what made him so unique.

[@nirs1205]

🤟😄🙏🥁🔥🥁🔥🥁

[@Pizzagoblin]

But Keith Moon didn't have a hi-hat at all right?

[@canyonwilson4031]

if he did, he had it in a different spot than the standard. watch the who are you “music video” and you’ll see what i mean

[@nick89282]

Keith always used a hi-hat on studio recordings but never used one live, especially between 1968 - 1972. After Quadrophenia he added a hi-hat to his live kit but he still played on the crash cymbals.

[@keithmoon3190]

Keith Moon - Master of overplaying.

[@rabidwookie606]

It just sounds weird and obtuse. Then you hear it in the recording and it sounds above par.

[@MrWoodsounds]

the best horrible sense of timing ever

[@sqidlididli]

imagination le mot pour décrire ce batteur

[@ernestkinas5973]

Oui.oui!!!!

[@Григорий-ю4ы6з]

Very fragile construction of rime Put out one detail and it is destroyed

[@tracybrown5836]

All I hear are mistakes.

[@mrstratau6513]

you poor thing

[@xPussyWhistlex]

Sloppy as fuck. I'll never understand the hype.

[@dafxtone]

Playing like a beginner, lol ! Keith, the biggest joke ever...

[@kevbeckguitar7209]

Have you ever tried to play drums, to play drums with this much groove with two hands and feet is skilled

[@dafxtone]

@@kevbeckguitar7209 Ho yes, i'm a former drummer. Kisses.

[@kevbeckguitar7209]

Well you should know that this isn't beginner level playing

[@dafxtone]

@@kevbeckguitar7209 OK, but i won't say this is the biggest drummer ever on this earth, like the rolling stone said or whatever. I'm not fan or technical drummer, and keith have a good feeling. But, it is not a monster like everybody said. Maybe just the "Who" bonus.