Best of Roger Taylor drumming video

Hi y'all, 

as criminally underrated as Taylor is, I figured I'd collect some of his best studio performances into a video. What I didn't realise was just how much great stuff there is! I started today and got to the Jazz album - it's already at twelve minutes, so I'll probably have to split the video up in two or three.

Anyway, here's what I have so far, audio-wise . Please don't hesitate to remind me of great performances I've forgot - it's bound to be a lot!

Nice compilation, and very interesting to hear. Looking forwards to the video.

You didn't list the performances as their order in the albums did you? Which order, or which kind of pattern did you arrange it with?

I didn't hear the middle section of Ogre Battle here. I don't know if it's anything flashy, but I like the drum there, it brings out the battlefields ambience. The studio mix probably should have gotten the drum sound a little bit clearer and heavier.
Sorry if I miss it in your audio.

Hey, nicely done!

As Taylor himself stated in 2005 that he really hate long drum solos he is a great drummer and this is a nice video.

Thanks guys. The songs are in no particular order, but I think I'll shuffle them around a bit more so that there's a nice variation in style and dynamics throughout the video. They'll still be separated by albums though. Will hopefully be able to cut it bit tighter and throw out a few performance to get the 70's down to 10 minutes.

Here's a challenge for you Oscar... how about a compilation of Roger's drum solos from live versions of Keep Yourself Alive all strung together? Not every single recording of the song but pick them at random and at your own discretion. Might be kind of fun to see if they change throughout the years at all... if slightly. Thanks!

I miss there the demo version of KYA

Jazz 78 - good idea. First things first though, a studio and then perhaps a live "best of"-video. And there'll be some KYA solo's in the latter, obviously. Thankfully we've got three of the best KYA solos out there in good quality: Hammy 1975, Hyde Park 1976 and Boston 1976 (which might just be his best version ever).

pittrek: I'll listen through it and see if there's anything particularly noteworthy to add, thanks!

Don't throw out performances please.
If you're absolutely restricted by 10 mins time frame, then how about 2 videos for 70s?
There are plenty of good materials.
And the 80s would not be that long.

There we go. Let me know what you guys think! :)

Excellent video :-) I can't wait for other parts.

Glad at least somebody appreciated it, Mouse. :-)

Should have posted a picture of Freddie with aids instead - would have gotten more comments. Sigh.

I like it! great work! :-)

Oscar, please excuse my late comment, I did see your video 6 hours ago, and I enjoyed it big time (except the 11:47 moment when it ended) but it was Saturday evening, I had to go out and do silly things and drink silly beers, so I didn't want to type some rush words in reply. Here I am now, all sober and clean ears, but I bet many QZers are still in the pub's dark corner.

Thanks for including text illustration in the video, it helps outsiders like me to understand the versality of Taylor's licks. Also, it's nice that you used C_Matt version which brought out the drums more in some songs.

Thanks guys! Hobbit: there's no such thing as a silly beer. :) Yes, fortunately I did find surprisingly many comments on the bits by drumming mags and Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins. I also wanted to explain why I chose the bits that I did - what I found noteworthy about them, because it's not always obvious.

C_Matt did a great job recovering the drums from the muddy QII mixes, and it was very nice of him to let me use his tracks.