If you watch Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones, he does exactly the opposite, he generally lifts his hihat stroke away and only hits the snare, he does this on many of their best known hits
np11256 · Member since
i honestly never thought much of Rog as a drummer. perhaps of the way the records were mixed etc.
yes, in the beginning he was really "hard hitter", somewhere in the middle drums were replaced with electronic-kits (or similar) and there was nothing much to think of.
but i was very suprised and glad, that i was proved wrong when on this current tour he was really loud and packed a real punch.
Oscar J · Member since
Yeah, Roger rarely sat perfectly in the mix with his drums IMO. There are a few numbers on SHA and ANATO with good sounding drums, and ADATR had really great drum sound overall. The drum sound in songs like It's Late from the album after also had a cool raw quality to them. Jazz was a catastrophy, The Game the total opposite - very crisp, if not all that much "Roger". Was It All Worth It from the Miracle comes to mind as one of his best sounding bits as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zWeYMR0t_M
The early stuff from Smile and the Queen De Lea Lane demos had quite a natural sound to the drums, come to think of it.