hello everyone, I was watching the One Vision video today, and we all know couple short scenes include John playing drums. Suddenly I thought did he really know how to play the drums or was he just fooling around with them? what do you think? does any of you know if he had the ability to play drums actually?
musicland munich · Member since
Actually I didn`t know it exactly but I guess he was able to play at least something like standard beat...4/4 beat.
The King Of Rhye · Member since
It's said that he played drums on some tracks on Hot Space....(I have no idea which ones!)
Jazz 78 · Member since
Who knows. There is footage of Freddie sitting behind Roger's kit during NOTW rehearsals and even he sitting with Brian's guitar. Roger was seen with Brian's guitar also. I know that for myself being in a band that there is the occasional moment where we tend to pick up another instrument from time to time. I assume John could play at least a basic beat but maybe not up to Roger's level.
Sebastian · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]The King Of Rhye wrote:[/b]
It's said that he played drums on some tracks on Hot Space....(I have no idea which ones!)[/QUOTE]
It's said where exactly?
No, he didn't. Only Roger played drums to a recording standard. What John, Fred and Brian did on several occasions, though, was programming drums using computers, synths, sequencers, MIDI or loops. Most of the percussion on Queen records had been recorded by Roger, but there are also several cases where it's actually a computer or sequencer.
Costa86 · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Jazz 78 wrote:[/b]
Who knows. There is footage of Freddie sitting behind Roger's kit during NOTW rehearsals and even he sitting with Brian's guitar. Roger was seen with Brian's guitar also. I know that for myself being in a band that there is the occasional moment where we tend to pick up another instrument from time to time. I assume John could play at least a basic beat but maybe not up to Roger's level.[/QUOTE]
Hey, you know what they say right? Roger wasn't the best drummer in the world - he wasn't even the best drummer in Queen.
Or, wait, was that about Ringo and The Who?
Pour me another one, Lloyd.
Rick · Member since
I believe John plays the drums as a hobby. I read it somewhere.
