Count me In

[Greg]

Give the drummer some love why don't you? It's a documentary about drummers in rock. The movie goes over their origins, the difference between jazz and rock drummers, and interviews a bunch of other drummers. They talk about Bonham, Watts, Deacon. The interviews span the range of talent from journeyman to superstars. Plus, there's a lot of drumming.

[King Bob]

I thought this was a bit weak. It seemed driven by who was willing to talk to them rather than who they really should talk to. I would have liked much more about jazz, and something about funk, disco, soul etc.

[thatguy]

There was quite a lot about women drummers not getting props, but didn't take the narrative into the history of women drummers (eg Karen Carpenter) which seemed silly. They talked about great/influential rock drummers like Ringo, Watt, Baker, Moon and Bonham, but not Peart or Bruford (who played with Yes, Genesis AND King Crimson). They talked about electronic drums in the 80s, but not about Gabriel/Collins highly compressed drums that became the other 80's drum sound. They spent too much time following a lesser known drummer as she shopped for a drum set for the later drum-off sequence. The drum off sequence was boring. I'm not a fan of drum solos. Chad Smith's was particularly annoying, but also the only one who threw in something interesting. He did a "talking drum" bit by putting his elbow on the drum head and increasing/decreasing the tension. That was pretty cool. 

Taylor talks about the moment he figured out a drummer and how that moment in time was going to stick with him the rest of his life...sad.

--tg

[King Bob]

Looking back, I thought one of the best parts was the guy from the metal band telling how his father taught him the basics of drumming.

It was sad that most of the drummers involved were such pounders. No subtlety. That's my big complaint about a lot of rock drumming, particularly amateur. Sure, Keith Moon and John Bonham played hard, but that wasn't all they did.

So a great drumming documentary still needs to be made.