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Music Appreciation

maxrandb

(17,455 posts) Wed Apr 15, 2026, 11:45 AM 8 hrs ago

Keith Moon didn't do drum solos, because he treated EVERY song like a drum solo

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Keith Moon didn't do drum solos, because he treated EVERY song like a drum solo (Original Post) maxrandb 8 hrs ago OP

I've said it before... bluescribbler 8 hrs ago #1

This is why I say that bluescribbler 7 hrs ago #2

For me, it was this simple song maxrandb 1 hr ago #6

Ain't that the truth duckworth969 7 hrs ago #3

Yes indeedy! calimary 7 hrs ago #5

He was a madman on drums. SergeStorms 7 hrs ago #4

bluescribbler

(2,531 posts)

1. I've said it before...

Reply to maxrandb (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 11:59 AM

8 hrs ago

Keith Moon was the best drummer in Rock, hands down.

bluescribbler

(2,531 posts)

2. This is why I say that

Reply to bluescribbler (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 12:07 PM

7 hrs ago

maxrandb

(17,455 posts)

6. For me, it was this simple song

Reply to bluescribbler (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 06:38 PM

1 hr ago

One of the first songs I heard from The Who. This young buck had never heard drums like this before at the Sock Hop.

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duckworth969

(1,379 posts)

3. Ain't that the truth

Reply to maxrandb (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 12:09 PM

7 hrs ago

calimary

(90,281 posts)

5. Yes indeedy!

Reply to duckworth969 (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 12:52 PM

7 hrs ago

SergeStorms

(20,664 posts)

4. He was a madman on drums.

Reply to maxrandb (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 12:38 PM

7 hrs ago

Townshend wrote all the parts for each member to almost every song (thanks to Kit Lambert's influence), but he'd just write a basic outline for Moon because he said he couldn't possibly begin to write Moon's part. He was such an unbridled whirling dervish on a drum kit. His timing wasn't always perfect, but the band members always drew their cue from him. They adapted to each other perfectly.

The greatest rock band that's ever existed, in my opinion.

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