Best of Roger Taylor drumming video

Yeap, when I watched the video I thought "Did this guy Taylor Hawkins write a whole PhD thesis about Taylor?" :D

The comments from the drumming mags are very nice, in the sense that they reviewed Taylor's input within the dynamic of the guitar riff and Mercury's singing. Made me all the more appreciate the songs.

This is really great. Thank you very much for your efforts!

sorry, triple post

sorry, triple post

ah sorry, I didn`t recognized that anyone is interested into drumming...:)

You`ve to do assumptions on the missing letters on your own.

Roger Taylor - Queen`s King of the Beat ( Happy Birthday !... btw.)

Thank Munich for the article about technical details and some flamboyant lines towards Roger's drumming.
Missing texts are frustating don't you know T_T

And Happy Birthday to Roger ^^

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[b]Chief Mouse wrote: [/b] Excellent video :-) I can't wait for other parts.[/QUOTE]

Taylor was a mere shadow of his former self in the 80's (especially the mid 80's, and especially in the studio). I'd put it like this:

Taylor had the speed and style already by the Smile era - for example he didn't improve his singles roll speed any further during his career. His unique style did get more articulated though, and he was very stylish indeed from Sheer Heart Attack - ADATR. 

 In 1977 I believe he practiced a bit - taught himself bass drum triplets, for example - also some of his fills and endings were slightly more complex and syncopated (Less straightforward 6:ths - see It's Late, Silver Salmon, Tie Your Mother Down ending Houston 1977). Jazz was the last truly great drumming album from him, even though there are a few minor drumming displays in Under Pressure, some stuff on the Miracle album, Innuendo and All Of Gods People. 

So if you want an 80's and 90's video as well, you better help me with finding stuff (maybe on his solo albums? Haven't listened to those).

 :)

Right, here's a rough mp3 of what I have so far in terms of Roger's 80's studio stuff. Will have a look at the Queen+ Rodgers stuff as well to see if there's anything noteworthy on there.

Thoughts? Anything that I've forgotten? Again, I'm very open to suggestions! :)

Excellent!
Thank you, Oscar.
Been waiting for it since your 70s clip.
I thought when I opened your mp3 "Surely he didn't forget to include Dragon Attack in it? I love that drum/song",
and there it is ;)

Despite what you said about his 80s stuff, it does sound good when you put it together in this clip.

I kinda like his minimal drum fills in Innuendo. It suits the song, and it show that he knows the right amount for each song, never goes for showcase.

I don't know if his licks at the end of Smoke on the Water Rock Aid Armenia are any good for you..?

Great job :-)

Thanks guys! Will have a listen to Smoke on the Water to refresh my memory.

"Despite what you said about his 80s stuff, it does sound good when you put it together in this clip. "

Yes, but then again all the stuff is almost exclusively from the early and late 80's/early 90's. It's pretty telling how I've only got one drum bit from Works/AKOM respectively - I kinda think Roger's studio work was downright lazy during that period.

I feel like he did take his own drumming more seriously later on, and yes, the drums are pretty amazing in Innuendo. Huge sound, lots of buzz rolls goodness and cool drum fills in odd time signatures. A shame the production isn't all that great though, hopefully C_Matt can do something about that some time. :)

Was it him being lazy or some person and or people would not let him do anything more because of the perception of what the style was at the time. Not that that was even necessarily a bad thing. At least for a while...

Good point, although even in rawer, non-synth rockers like Hammer To Fall, Tear It Up and One Vision (well, the latter has some synths of course) its just remarkable how little personality his drumming has. When you compare it to Queens 70's material, where he'd throw in all these great little flourishes and details, you can barely tell it's the same guy playing. I'm all for minimalism, but it doesn't have to mean boring.