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[JDNelson]

Based on a perusal of YouTube vids, it appears the Attractions' drummer didn't play the song that way live.  Check out the 'Top of the Pops' 1977 performance, for example.  

BTW, one of my fave versions of the song was from that 'Live at the El Mocambo' LP that CBS issued to radio stations in '78.

[jimmyjazz]

Just listened to the EweTube cut.  Man, I loves me some Elvis Costello.

What's the problem with the drums, exactly?  They sound pretty groovy to me, and simultaneously something this non-drummer could EVER pull off in a million years.  My mind just doesn't work that way.  (Maybe it would if I was a drummer.)

[football]

tom eaton wrote on Mon, 02 March 2009 21:06

See, the difference is that some of you think it is a poor execution of an idealized part and the rest of us believe that he MEANT to play it that way.  I always thought the drums on that tune were absolutely brilliant and completely in keeping with EC's intention with the tune. The tune would be nowhere near as effective for me if the drums were just sitting there doing a borrowed reggae thing. And how can you complain about the drums if you don't complain about the bass?  They're totally in it together! t

Yup, I always thought it was amazing as well.  We don't have to all feel stuff the same way, meaning sometimes I'd rather hear a unique interpretation on a feel instead of the typical reggae thing (even though that's a great feel too).

It's part of how music evolves and new feels develop.

[Tom L]

tom eaton wrote on Mon, 02 March 2009 21:06

And how can you complain about the drums if you don't complain about the bass?  They're totally in it together! t

and the guitar and the keyboard sound...

it's a perfect soundtrack to the movie playing out in the lyrics

[Tom L]

ssltech wrote on Tue, 03 March 2009 08:23

There is more than one type of 'hemiola'

Al Hemiola?

[tom eaton]

Other thread, Tom.

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