1% of the population can play the drums - well - and he is in the top 1% of good drummers. The world's best drummer is a stupid concept and subjective, but he's amongst the best rock/ fusion drummers of the the last 50 years
So what is the difference with people like Bill? Other than the mechanics of the skill? There's alot of human machines with skill, dead, dry, lifeless, skill. Bill is a musician, who has a great grasp of what Al Dimeola pointed out being the problem with many of todays musicians, Composition.
@@thelantern9075look this morbid musicman is nothing but a troll I've gone back and forth with him several times usually it's on a Carl Palmer video so pay this tube steak no mind😅
Bill's my all-time drummer. I was fortunate to see the Yes UNION Tour in 1991. My favorite album is One of a Kind. Thanks for the post of this treasure piece.
He’s a bit too old now, plus he’s an author and lecturer in some British college, so he won’t be back. - As of 2024, he was asked to go back out on tour with Belew/Levin/Steve Vai, and he turned it down right away because of all of the waiting around in airports, so those three have recruited Danny Carey from Tool instead.
Bruford is a genius, both musically and intellectually. Perhaps the two are woven together in a way that causes his playing to be so creative and brilliant. His sense of time is second to none, and he has one of the most relaxed grips I’ve ever seen in a drummer. He’s one of my favorite drummers of all time.
Chris Squire also commented, only half-joking, on Bruford's playing style inasmuch as he wasn't very loud, which was a factor in Squire's upfront bass sound in the mixes.
I thought it curious that he described his loose stick grip in a negative light. If you grip a stick with too much force, the drums (particularly the cymbals) can sound a bit choked. I watched a video of Peter Erskine explaining this concept and realized that I intuitively approach the guitar in much the same way - I hold the pick as loosely as possible, which besides keeping your hand relaxed, also contributes positively to sound production.
Wow, blast from the past. I used to watch this as a kid, back when I first started drum lessons at 8 years old. I was lucky enough to see Bruford live with Earthworks not long after. As an adult, I'm revisiting his work, especially the prog stuff with Yes and KC, and appreciating it at a whole new level.
Love his work, i have the great pleasure of whatching a live in the Agora Mall Room.Atlanta GA. I was 18 years old FROM CCS VZLA. 1978. Congratulations Bill Bruford. ❤
When VH1 was in its infancy, they showed this on the weekend with Bill hosting other projects in which he was involved. I was a complete metalhead at the time and had no idea how King Crimson would change my life just a few years later.
Bill Bruford was the first favorite drummer of mine when he was with Yes. I am very happy that he joined King Crimson, because that was a challenge to grow in developing such great rhythms that propelled him into the stratosphere of the world's top drummers. He's an absolutely amazing master of percussion.
@@tihomir7 I think it's genius in that it's really hard to combine those kinds of sounds in a musical way versus just two identical bass drum sounds which are much easier to handle
Nothing like Bruford, in style and character. He keeps inspiration alive after a million years have passed (in music industry terms). Literally one of a kind of a drummer.
I used to have this on video I rented it from the library and never brought it back but I would watch this every day after school and exit stage left by Rush it was so much fun watching the stuff I need to get it back
The fact that he has walked away from playing makes me crazy! He’s such an amazing drummer - but that’s only part of it - if you haven’t read his autobiography you really should. He’s exactly the same on the page as he is on the kit!
@@michaelvaladez6570 the autobiography is just called “Bill Bruford - The Autobiography”; a really great read. The video… yikes… 1981-83/ in that range.
@William Perri my general impression was that it was a tough business - and one he’d been in for a long time. I doubt that Bruford has any concerns in the creativity department; everything he does he does with his own style. So why pummel yourself to deal with organizing a tour schedule/wrangling for equipment rentals at gigs … a lot of work! (I can’t imagine it was very financially rewarding.)
@William Perri I hope so! In the ranks of all the 60s/70s drummers BB was so much in his own track… didn’t sound like the ‘boom/bash/boom boom/bash’ drummers… didn’t sound like the drummers ‘pretending” to play jazz - he was his own man behind the kit: elements of power and elements of finesse. I’d love to see him back out with Earthworks or even a smaller group.
The point he makes at 13:35 is so important. It's such a crucial aspect of artistic growth, development and depth. Yet so much of the music product that gets made today bypasses this hardest and most vital step. Clicking and dragging a prefab sample into a grid on the DAW is an end-around dodge of really confronting the passive instrument, the blank canvas, and our reflection in it.
Never afraid to walk away from a sure thing and embrace change. I have complete admiration of him as a drummer but also as a man who always pushed himself further.
Finally somebody has put the beat on here I used to watch this in high school back in the the late '80s early '90s religiously in junior high and early High School but somehow it got misplaced in the move I actually rented it from a library in North Carolina and never brought it back. I used to watch that VHS tape and exit stage left all the time. But this is more of a instructional type video that's got amazing King Crimson music in it but this was really my not first introduction to him but it certainly one of the best guides to his discipline and there's no drummer out there that has better discipline than bill bruford he is one of the great drummers of all time I don't know if there's anybody that does a stroke roll better than him and his Rim shots are out of this world. I mean my first introduction from him was yes but there's only so much yes that bill is on exit Bill enter Alan white and I like yes even more with Alan White. I think that was a perfect marriage and when bill went to King Crimson that was a perfect marriage but of course you can't forget the Chris Squire solo album Fish Out of Water my goodness. That's some of the most emotionally charged music you will ever hear .drumming is so freaking brilliant. Two incredible drumming songs he had with yes was certainly.....heart of the sunrise and and the whole close to the edge album. But I love where Bill was at in the early '80s with the electric drums the octobans and the Slit drum he was coming up with some brilliant stuff but of course you had Adrian Belew Tony Levin and Robert Fripp what an incredible lineup. Everybody always talks about discipline but the beat was a great album and so was three of a perfect pair. Cheers thanks for this video it brings back so many memories and it absolutely killer anybody who's a drummer needs to watch this you shouldn't go through your musical career without watching this video by Bill bruford it's absolutely vital he presents drumming like no other he truly is a master of his craft and the dude's got a Doctrine now so Dr Bill bruford is a master of his craft
I hated his electronic drums. When he rejoined yes in the late 80s he ruined their sound with his horrible electronic drums. He may as well not have even played and they could have used a drum machine.
@@uv77mc85 for me this is an unbelievable thing to say… It’s your good right, but I think you wanted something way back in the days that he didn’t - and you couldn’t get over it - after almost 50 years? I love his sound and I can’t even begin to describe my love for his way of playing.
Bruford just pulled a 180 when it comes to using double bass drums right in the middle of the video; I recalled in a written interview where he praised Billy Cobham for his prowess in that, but Bruford remarked that he personally wouldn't use double bass drums.
The thing about all of the great drummers throughout time is; they sing their parts and think in a melodic form! This goes for Buddy Rich, Jo Jones, John Bonham, Neil Peart or Bill Bruford. And the key is the blending of long and short notes in a musical fashion, as opposed to some mechanics surrounding musical notation.
musicians always trying to frame what a drummer does in a musical way 😆we study RHYTHM exhaustively ... we are the forrest for your trees ... we are not in your world you are in ours 😆RHYTHM! it is more than just long and short notes
But you forgot to mention one drummer who is the best drummer of all the drummers in the seventies Billy Cobham now you know that man was a powerhouse drummer back then nobody could touch him and I mean nobody Neil Peart bill bruford all of them were inspired by Billy, Neil even said that himself that was the reason why he became a drummer because of Billy Cobham
@@ronaldwilliams4954Curious that Peart would say that Cobham inspired him to be a drummer since Cobham made his recording debut when Peart was 21 - a year before he joined Rush. Your thinking is even more sloppy than your grammar.
I remember owning this on VHS. Watching it in 2022 I'm appaled at the sound quality of the drums. Souds like it was recorded with the camera built-in microphone! Of course Bruford was impecable.
Ah, very clever muting of Discipline. If it was a live version, it wouldn't be muted. 15:44 The Discipline Rhythm 17:24 he's basically playing Discipline, but slower 17:46 Discipline, basically 19:53 Robert Fripp explaining his part on Discipline 21:53 Robert Fripp explaining the time signatures 22:38 Bill explaining a little bit about polyrhythms
Summer 1982 Mann Center Philadelphia 2 row center Beat Tour. First time seeing Bruford live after just seeing the opening act. Jon Anderson's fantastic band performed his new album Animation along with an amazing Yes medley. I walked out of Fairmont Park a King Crimson fan.
Without Bill and King Crimson we wouldn't have TOOL. Even if you can't stand prog rock you have to be appreciative of that. That being said...I'm a huge fan of prog rock lol
9:41 one of the most satisfying unintentional ASMR moments ever, i could just listen to this forever, he gives drums a whole new meaning that i don't, and probably won't ever get from any other drummers
I saw this genius unfortunately just once, in Bratislava, some 20 years ago. Bruford is most colourfull drummer ever, he does not beat, he sings, speaks.
There are many great drummers Bill Burford was (and stiil is) one of the best, often people like to choose "Who's the Best" I can't but saying that I do have my favorites. Bruford, Pert, Katché, Collins, Bonham, are at the top IMO There are more, but I couldn't say one's better than the other. It's hard to get my head around Bruford walking away from drumming forever, he even sold off all his equipment from what I understand.I'd like to thank him for all the pleasure he's given us throughout his carreer. 👏
@William Perri ...OK, sorry I didn't name Billy Cobham for YOU, as these were drummers I named off the top of my head and a lot had to do with the type of music I listen to, I do remember listening to Billy Cobham Spectrum (I have it) but haven't listened to it for decades but I do remember Billy Cobham being a fantastic drummer, I also said "There are more" but I really didn't want to list every drummer I think is great. I'm unaware of Tony Williams I looked him up he's a jazz drummer and I don't really listen to very much jazz. Buddy Rich is also before my time and the style of music he played isn't my bag but he's often purported to be one of the all-time greatest...I wouldn't know because I don't listen to him. So go ahead call me irresponsible.
Ce qui m'a toujours impressionné chez B.Brudford c'est le travail de ses doigts et de ses poignets, ce qui donne à son jeu une puissance et une finesse incomparable. Il m'a beaucoup inspiré il est avec Cobham et Paice et Porcaro mes modèles.
What sets Bill apart and what sets any great instrumentalist apart from a merely good one, is that he has his own unique identity on his instrument. Drums are especially difficult in this regard and Bill is immediately recognizable. That's quite an accomplishment.
What other drummer for rock bands can speak like Bill? He could tell me that little gremlins live in his drums, and with his eloquence, manner of speaking and that accent, and I'd believe him.
Very simply, he retired. He felt it was time to do so - and as you can derive from this interview, he always moved on when it was time. Everyone thought he was crazy for leaving Yes. He accomplished a lot - time for a new journey, this time away from the kit.
All technically great but there are loads of people playing incredibly technical stuff today. Not all of em get much work. You have to be saying something imo.
Fripp, or whoever it is who insists on copyright blocking every second of KC's back catalogue from the internet, WTF are you worrying about? Are you scared people are going to see this and think ''Great, now I don't have to buy the album.''? Even Lars took his throne off the beach and gave up commanding the tide to retreat in the end.
He’s amazing. I would kill to see a video just like this with Phil Collins. However, Phil is all talent and feel. My understanding is, he’s not technically “schooled” in the theory, but he’s a master nevertheless. You can throw anything at him and he will slay it. What a talent!!
Apparently Drumeo did some sort of interview recently (maybe a year ago?) with Phil and son Nick, but nothing has come of it since. I distinctly remember hearing about it though. Any sort of in depth video explaining certain parts would be excellent.
Bill's last date with Yes was late March of 1972, and in bootlegs I've heard of shows from around that time, they didn't play any of "Close To The Edge", so maybe they hadn't recorded it, or finalized any arrangements.
@@Cpayne30 I think the kind of "random sounding but actually not at all" is where I'm drawing some comparisons. I'm not particularly attuned to this style of drumming so this is undeniably a naive opinion on my part. Still listening back there's parts where he plays the electronic pads which definitely feel inspired by Neil Peart, or vice versa.
Yeah Robert Fripp is very strict with copyright so sadly they had to mute the song You can listen to it on King Crimsons channel though like Bill said it’s called discipline
My favorite drummer since I first heard Fragile. It was a treat to see him with King Crimson in '74 and again in '91 on the Union Tour!
Lucky you!
How tp play drums in Upper Class 4/4 wot wot?
Saw him every KC tour from 81 till the end. Probably 30 other times solo, in UK, Earthworks, Genesis, Holdsworth ad infinitum.
Bill Bruford absolutely inspires me. Fantastic musician.
Impossible to parody this level of wank.
He is
Bruford elegante magestoso pra mim sem igual
Bill " feels random, but it isn't" Bruford
Haha!
That's a good one!
My favorite 80s sitcom! Bruford and the Beat!
Featuring Robert Fripp as the weird uncle....and Aunt Toyah?
1% of the population can play the drums - well - and he is in the top 1% of good drummers. The world's best drummer is a stupid concept and subjective, but he's amongst the best rock/ fusion drummers of the the last 50 years
I love that virtually everyone agrees, BB is as close to a genius on drums as you can get. Like he's really above the average good drummer.
of course you wrong, it's so obvious. He is the best. The end
@@jareczek1980 : Please stop with “the best” crap.
@@stevedrums1675 i'm joking dude. Everyone have different heroes. It's obvious. And everyone should respect that.
So what is the difference with people like Bill? Other than the mechanics of the skill? There's alot of human machines with skill, dead, dry, lifeless, skill. Bill is a musician, who has a great grasp of what Al Dimeola pointed out being the problem with many of todays musicians, Composition.
One of the most eloquent and intelligent drummers we've had.
Hardly. Lol
@@morbidmanmusicwhat makes you disagree?
@@thelantern9075look this morbid musicman is nothing but a troll I've gone back and forth with him several times usually it's on a Carl Palmer video so pay this tube steak no mind😅
@@morbidmanmusicI thought you just messed around with Carl Palmer fans I didn't know you screwed around with Bill bruford fans too😮
Bill's my all-time drummer. I was fortunate to see the Yes UNION Tour in 1991. My favorite album is One of a Kind. Thanks for the post of this treasure piece.
Mr. Buford is sorely missed in the Music World. Come Back.
He’s a bit too old now, plus he’s an author and lecturer in some British college, so he won’t be back. - As of 2024, he was asked to go back out on tour with Belew/Levin/Steve Vai, and he turned it down right away because of all of the waiting around in airports, so those three have recruited Danny Carey from Tool instead.
@@Bansenshukai9 Bill is back. Saw him performing last month with The Pete Roth Trio.
Bruford is a genius, both musically and intellectually. Perhaps the two are woven together in a way that causes his playing to be so creative and brilliant. His sense of time is second to none, and he has one of the most relaxed grips I’ve ever seen in a drummer. He’s one of my favorite drummers of all time.
Kind of French grip version of Murray Spivack's?
Chris Squire also commented, only half-joking, on Bruford's playing style inasmuch as he wasn't very loud, which was a factor in Squire's upfront bass sound in the mixes.
I thought it curious that he described his loose stick grip in a negative light. If you grip a stick with too much force, the drums (particularly the cymbals) can sound a bit choked. I watched a video of Peter Erskine explaining this concept and realized that I intuitively approach the guitar in much the same way - I hold the pick as loosely as possible, which besides keeping your hand relaxed, also contributes positively to sound production.
How perfectly said
Wow, blast from the past. I used to watch this as a kid, back when I first started drum lessons at 8 years old. I was lucky enough to see Bruford live with Earthworks not long after. As an adult, I'm revisiting his work, especially the prog stuff with Yes and KC, and appreciating it at a whole new level.
Man that sounds like a nice chidhood
I could listen to Bruford talk all day. Such a well-spoken bloke.
Saw him live in east nashville at some wharehouse venue maybe 100 ft sq,was full ,,to lecture on drumming
Love his work, i have the great pleasure of whatching a live in the Agora Mall Room.Atlanta GA. I was 18 years old FROM CCS VZLA. 1978. Congratulations Bill Bruford. ❤
I grew up on Bruford, looking back he looks like a kid. Crazy.
He looks like a young Anthony Michael Hall!
I had the VHS of this. Nice to seeing it posted here. I watched so many times back in the day that I remembered it vividly as the video progressed.
from what year is the first version of this ?
@@chucknmusic The VHS? 82.
When VH1 was in its infancy, they showed this on the weekend with Bill hosting other projects in which he was involved.
I was a complete metalhead at the time and had no idea how King Crimson would change my life just a few years later.
Bill Bruford was the first favorite drummer of mine when he was with Yes. I am very happy that he joined King Crimson, because that was a challenge to grow in developing such great rhythms that propelled him into the stratosphere of the world's top drummers. He's an absolutely amazing master of percussion.
Thanks for uploading this, Bruford is my favorite drummer and I find this fascinating.
@Arturo Wayne no one cares dipshit
Bill playing double bass... that's a rare occasion
He did it occasionally in 1982 during his Indiscipline solos. Maybe in 81 as well.
Very rare.... Combination between the kick drum of the Simmons and acoustic kick drum. Genius
@@filmusikchannel7596 he is great drummer, but what is genius in playing combination of Simmons and acoustic kick???
@@tihomir7 I think it's genius in that it's really hard to combine those kinds of sounds in a musical way versus just two identical bass drum sounds which are much easier to handle
Discipline, creativity, and really beautifully trained hands. Hey kids.. that’s what it should look like.
Nothing like Bruford, in style and character. He keeps inspiration alive after a million years have passed (in music industry terms). Literally one of a kind of a drummer.
I used to have this on video I rented it from the library and never brought it back but I would watch this every day after school and exit stage left by Rush it was so much fun watching the stuff I need to get it back
The fact that he has walked away from playing makes me crazy! He’s such an amazing drummer - but that’s only part of it - if you haven’t read his autobiography you really should. He’s exactly the same on the page as he is on the kit!
Great guy and not only a drummer, but a composer. Same league as Jaco Pastorius and maybe Django Reinhardt or someone.
What is the title of his biography ? And how old is this video. he looks pretty young.
@@michaelvaladez6570 the autobiography is just called “Bill Bruford - The Autobiography”; a really great read. The video… yikes… 1981-83/ in that range.
@William Perri my general impression was that it was a tough business - and one he’d been in for a long time. I doubt that Bruford has any concerns in the creativity department; everything he does he does with his own style. So why pummel yourself to deal with organizing a tour schedule/wrangling for equipment rentals at gigs … a lot of work! (I can’t imagine it was very financially rewarding.)
@William Perri I hope so! In the ranks of all the 60s/70s drummers BB was so much in his own track… didn’t sound like the ‘boom/bash/boom boom/bash’ drummers… didn’t sound like the drummers ‘pretending” to play jazz - he was his own man behind the kit: elements of power and elements of finesse. I’d love to see him back out with Earthworks or even a smaller group.
The point he makes at 13:35 is so important. It's such a crucial aspect of artistic growth, development and depth. Yet so much of the music product that gets made today bypasses this hardest and most vital step. Clicking and dragging a prefab sample into a grid on the DAW is an end-around dodge of really confronting the passive instrument, the blank canvas, and our reflection in it.
Least instructional instructional video of all time. 5/5 stars would recommend.
Thanks for sharing bill's music.
He was ,and still is, my favorite drummer.
Never afraid to walk away from a sure thing and embrace change. I have complete admiration of him as a drummer but also as a man who always pushed himself further.
Finally somebody has put the beat on here I used to watch this in high school back in the the late '80s early '90s religiously in junior high and early High School but somehow it got misplaced in the move I actually rented it from a library in North Carolina and never brought it back. I used to watch that VHS tape and exit stage left all the time. But this is more of a instructional type video that's got amazing King Crimson music in it but this was really my not first introduction to him but it certainly one of the best guides to his discipline and there's no drummer out there that has better discipline than bill bruford he is one of the great drummers of all time I don't know if there's anybody that does a stroke roll better than him and his Rim shots are out of this world. I mean my first introduction from him was yes but there's only so much yes that bill is on exit Bill enter Alan white and I like yes even more with Alan White. I think that was a perfect marriage and when bill went to King Crimson that was a perfect marriage but of course you can't forget the Chris Squire solo album Fish Out of Water my goodness. That's some of the most emotionally charged music you will ever hear .drumming is so freaking brilliant. Two incredible drumming songs he had with yes was certainly.....heart of the sunrise and and the whole close to the edge album. But I love where Bill was at in the early '80s with the electric drums the octobans and the Slit drum he was coming up with some brilliant stuff but of course you had Adrian Belew Tony Levin and Robert Fripp what an incredible lineup. Everybody always talks about discipline but the beat was a great album and so was three of a perfect pair. Cheers thanks for this video it brings back so many memories and it absolutely killer anybody who's a drummer needs to watch this you shouldn't go through your musical career without watching this video by Bill bruford it's absolutely vital he presents drumming like no other he truly is a master of his craft and the dude's got a Doctrine now so Dr Bill bruford is a master of his craft
I hated his electronic drums. When he rejoined yes in the late 80s he ruined their sound with his horrible electronic drums. He may as well not have even played and they could have used a drum machine.
@@uv77mc85 for me this is an unbelievable thing to say… It’s your good right, but I think you wanted something way back in the days that he didn’t - and you couldn’t get over it - after almost 50 years? I love his sound and I can’t even begin to describe my love for his way of playing.
Bruford just pulled a 180 when it comes to using double bass drums right in the middle of the video; I recalled in a written interview where he praised Billy Cobham for his prowess in that, but Bruford remarked that he personally wouldn't use double bass drums.
This is a valuable study for any serious musician as rhythm is king
The thing about all of the great drummers throughout time is; they sing their parts and think in a melodic form! This goes for Buddy Rich, Jo Jones, John Bonham, Neil Peart or Bill Bruford. And the key is the blending of long and short notes in a musical fashion, as opposed to some mechanics surrounding musical notation.
This really made me think about my drumming style and how I could improve it in the future
musicians always trying to frame what a drummer does in a musical way 😆we study RHYTHM exhaustively ... we are the forrest for your trees ... we are not in your world you are in ours 😆RHYTHM! it is more than just long and short notes
But you forgot to mention one drummer who is the best drummer of all the drummers in the seventies Billy Cobham now you know that man was a powerhouse drummer back then nobody could touch him and I mean nobody Neil Peart bill bruford all of them were inspired by Billy, Neil even said that himself that was the reason why he became a drummer because of Billy Cobham
@@ronaldwilliams4954Curious that Peart would say that Cobham inspired him to be a drummer since Cobham made his recording debut when Peart was 21 - a year before he joined Rush.
Your thinking is even more sloppy than your grammar.
"the key is the blending of long and short notes"
As a bassist, that's the key to grooving, too.
Thanks for posting this! Love! Bruford!
Great mini documentary about my #1 drummer. Thanks for uploading!
I remember owning this on VHS. Watching it in 2022 I'm appaled at the sound quality of the drums. Souds like it was recorded with the camera built-in microphone! Of course Bruford was impecable.
The DVD is a straight rip of the VHS, off centered audio and all. Wish it was longer!
Agreed 💯 percent
Thanks for uploading this, Bill Bruford is my favorite drummer. Such a master musician.
Learning quite a bit about drumming I did not know, thanks
I bought this on vhs back in the days.still got them packed up in the basement.the 80s, they were great for us young drummers.
Towards the end the rendition of Discipline was too much for human ears so the audio was cut from this video
Thanks for this video. I've yet to see this and was truly inspired! Bill is one of my favorite drummers who is right up there with all the greats..
Never saw this, amazing
So interesting and musical. Well played Bill!
Wise words from Bill at the end!
amazing video, THANK YOU
Ah, very clever muting of Discipline. If it was a live version, it wouldn't be muted.
15:44 The Discipline Rhythm
17:24 he's basically playing Discipline, but slower
17:46 Discipline, basically
19:53 Robert Fripp explaining his part on Discipline
21:53 Robert Fripp explaining the time signatures
22:38 Bill explaining a little bit about polyrhythms
Fripp owns that bit eh
I have this dvd. It isn’t muted on the dvd.
@@danp4769 where’d you get the DVD??
I got it on Amazon. I just searched it and it is still available.
yeah, great :/
Outstanding drummer, outstanding person.
The most innovative drummer. He's one of the few who can make a drum sing. My favorite.
Fantastic! Thanks for a look into the inner workings of such a great musical mind!
Summer 1982 Mann Center Philadelphia 2 row center Beat Tour.
First time seeing Bruford live after just seeing the opening act. Jon Anderson's fantastic band performed his new album Animation along with an amazing Yes medley. I walked out of Fairmont Park a King Crimson fan.
.... King Crimson's version of 4'33" by John Cage ; )
One of Danny Careys influences. Its so obvious
Without Bill and King Crimson we wouldn't have TOOL. Even if you can't stand prog rock you have to be appreciative of that. That being said...I'm a huge fan of prog rock lol
9:41 one of the most satisfying unintentional ASMR moments ever, i could just listen to this forever, he gives drums a whole new meaning that i don't, and probably won't ever get from any other drummers
A genius musician, genius drummer. The word genius, not overused when talking about Bruford.
I saw this genius unfortunately just once, in Bratislava, some 20 years ago. Bruford is most colourfull drummer ever, he does not beat, he sings, speaks.
YES!! Love this video!! Thank you!
Amazing drummer!!!!😎👍
There are many great drummers Bill Burford was (and stiil is) one of the best, often people like to choose "Who's the Best" I can't but saying that I do have my favorites.
Bruford, Pert, Katché, Collins, Bonham, are at the top IMO There are more, but I couldn't say one's better than the other. It's hard to get my head around Bruford walking away from drumming forever, he even sold off all his equipment from what I understand.I'd like to thank him for all the pleasure he's given us throughout his carreer. 👏
Don't worry.hes got something stashed away.once a drummer.always a drummer.
@William Perri ...OK, sorry I didn't name Billy Cobham for YOU, as these were drummers I named off the top of my head and a lot had to do with the type of music I listen to, I do remember listening to Billy Cobham Spectrum (I have it) but haven't listened to it for decades but I do remember Billy Cobham being a fantastic drummer, I also said "There are more" but I really didn't want to list every drummer I think is great. I'm unaware of Tony Williams I looked him up he's a jazz drummer and I don't really listen to very much jazz. Buddy Rich is also before my time and the style of music he played isn't my bag but he's often purported to be one of the all-time greatest...I wouldn't know because I don't listen to him. So go ahead call me irresponsible.
We love you Bill.
Magistral. Such a shame the part with no sound. Thank you Fripp...
Ce qui m'a toujours impressionné chez B.Brudford c'est le travail de ses doigts et de ses poignets, ce qui donne à son jeu une puissance et une finesse incomparable. Il m'a beaucoup inspiré il est avec Cobham et Paice et Porcaro mes modèles.
Thanks for posting
He sounds so intelligent and thoughtful ,like his playing.
since I heard "Roundabout" for the first time, I knew he had to be great ...
Purely Amazing Mr Bill 💪
What sets Bill apart and what sets any great instrumentalist apart from a merely good one, is that he has his own unique identity on his instrument. Drums are especially difficult in this regard and Bill is immediately recognizable. That's quite an accomplishment.
What other drummer for rock bands can speak like Bill? He could tell me that little gremlins live in his drums, and with his eloquence, manner of speaking and that accent, and I'd believe him.
His musical/timing connection with Chris Squire still amazes me to this day.
He's unreal. 🙏🤩
Mr. Bruford. Fantastic drummer. Musician. Composer. Its not simple this 3 words to fit in one drummer. Monster.
Legend
Very simply, he retired. He felt it was time to do so - and as you can derive from this interview, he always moved on when it was time. Everyone thought he was crazy for leaving Yes. He accomplished a lot - time for a new journey, this time away from the kit.
The great Bill Bruford.
Thanks for the upload 👍🍻🥁
He's one of my favourites, miss his drumming.
My favorite English fusion jazz rock drummer 🥁
Gracias por el aporte.
i've always found the way Brufford speaks fascinating, Super sophisticated and educated; Very much like Neil but the accent makes way more classy, lol
Very profound and thought provoking @5:24.
great!
DUDE! We need the live version of Discipline! Theres no video on YT on it except a crappy one where the band basically fails.
To me, Bill Bruford, Dave Weckl and Yoni Madar are technically the best three drummers I can think of in the 21st century.
All technically great but there are loads of people playing incredibly technical stuff today. Not all of em get much work. You have to be saying something imo.
What’s with the audio dropping out when they play? Legal reasons? 🤷🏽♂️
@@elox32 Absolutely!
Cool vid of them playing with no sound. I can imagine!
At 72, as a crappy novice bassist, I can still recognize genius when I see/hear it.
Produced by Max Roach with graphics by Peter Saville.... Amazing.
Bill bruford along with Carl Palmer are the greatest progressive rock drummers of all time😮😊
Fripp, or whoever it is who insists on copyright blocking every second of KC's back catalogue from the internet, WTF are you worrying about? Are you scared people are going to see this and think ''Great, now I don't have to buy the album.''?
Even Lars took his throne off the beach and gave up commanding the tide to retreat in the end.
Equating Fripp with Lars is about as nasty an insult as can be mustered...but I might agree.
Wow, Bill!🤩😎
This reminds me of seeing him perform with Earthworks in the late 80s on Vh1
Anybody know where to get that kind of slit drum he uses?
He’s amazing. I would kill to see a video just like this with Phil Collins. However, Phil is all talent and feel. My understanding is, he’s not technically “schooled” in the theory, but he’s a master nevertheless. You can throw anything at him and he will slay it. What a talent!!
Apparently Drumeo did some sort of interview recently (maybe a year ago?) with Phil and son Nick, but nothing has come of it since. I distinctly remember hearing about it though. Any sort of in depth video explaining certain parts would be excellent.
Magnificient Bruford !
Bill says he really likes "Siberian Khatru" but ironically, he rarely if ever played it LIVE.
Maybe because he wasn't in YES when they played it live
@@queefreak666 LOL.
Bill's last date with Yes was late March of 1972, and in bootlegs I've heard of shows from around that time, they didn't play any of "Close To The Edge", so maybe they hadn't recorded it, or finalized any arrangements.
Said they rehersed it with ABWH but never performed.
That really hurts because it's my favorite Yessong,
Interesting, Peter, FAC, Saville did the graphics.
Love Bill 💗
I'm not sure who was around first but I can hear tons of Neil Peart in his solos.
Neil was definitely influenced by Bill but I don't really hear a lot of Bill's style in his playing. Their approaches were pretty opposite.
@@Cpayne30 I think the kind of "random sounding but actually not at all" is where I'm drawing some comparisons. I'm not particularly attuned to this style of drumming so this is undeniably a naive opinion on my part. Still listening back there's parts where he plays the electronic pads which definitely feel inspired by Neil Peart, or vice versa.
14:43
Judas Priest - Painkiller
the fantastic inovation drummer!!!!!
This was originally a $40.00 dollar VHS tape back in the 80s.
U can see where Danny gets it from
There is no sound at 20:39!!!
Yeah Robert Fripp is very strict with copyright so sadly they had to mute the song
You can listen to it on King Crimsons channel though like Bill said it’s called discipline
It's encouraging to see how great a drummer he was, despite holding the sticks the way he did.
okay.