Toto's Simon Phillips performs Led Zeppelin's 'Trampled Under Foot' at Bonzo Bash 2013
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- On January 24th a host of star drummers descended on the Observatory in California for the Bonza Bash NAMM Jamm, spearheaded by Brian Tichy. Each drummer picked one Led Zep song and performed with a killer house band.
In this video Toto's Simon Phillips performs 'Trampled Under Foot'.
We interviewed all the drummers involved with Bonzo Bash about their love for John Bonham and you can read all about it in the April edition of Rhythm Magazine.
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Finally a drummer at these Bonzo tribute drum shows that 'grooves' instead of just bashing the living daylights out of the drums!! Thank you Mr. Simon Phillips!!!!
When the drummer is the only one on time.
Nice to see Simon playing on an other kit!
world class drummer with a weekend band
That's Billy Sheehan on the bass, he is no weekend player.
Garegh62 Exactly, Toto has the most proficient, high level players EVER.
Do your homework buddy this is no weekend band.
U don't know who the band is don't u?
They do sound like a weekend band though...
Simon Phillips and Billy Sheehan make for a solid rhythm section!
Keys are rushing. Simon's pulling it back but the keys player thinks he's in a Stevie Wonder tribute.
It's cool watching Nikko off to the side. Sure this may not have been Simon's best, but he is still one of my favorite drummers and idol. No Zeppelin song is easy!
I was thinking the same thing. Nicko with a big smile just enjoying a fellow drummer and a legend in Simon Phillips.
Bonzo had a talent with a set of Drums no one can come close to..i give credit to some, and respect his son Jason who pretty much mastered his dad
s DNA with the Drums.
Gotta love Nicko XD
What most people don't know unless it's pointed out is that Bonham used to accent the off beats of the 8th notes on the high hat. Not the down beat like most of us do. That's what gave his playing that swing!!
Nobody can do Led Zep but Led Zep!
Awesome thnx for posting. Mike D.
Bonham always gave the illusion of being laid back in the pocket but in reality, he really pushed and swung his grooves even on slower and mid tempo songs. Simon is trying to lay it back a little too much. Still a beast though.
Bill Perri Simon Phillips aside, the sound of the drums don't, by far,
stack up to the "Bonham sound" for whatever the reason.
Bill Perri are you sure it was Bonzo creating the illusion? I love Bonham, but it's John Paul Jones who did all the really clever musical stuff in Zep. Bonzo gave the appearance anyway of being primal etc, so I have always wondered exactly how much thought went into what he did as opposed to just playing, if you can understand what I mean. JPJ strikes me as a guy who can play and who can think about what he is playing. That's why Zep worked. Page out front showing off, Bonzo doing his thing and JPJ working out what, where and when he should play to make everyone else sound good.
Mike Patton I agree, very well said.
Bill Perri Exactly the point I was making, though I may not of put it as clearly as I wanted. My point is that JPJ did more thinking in Zep than anyone. Bonzo could only play that way, so yeah, it was his feel and his size (you know about his past as a hod carrier? That gave him strength and all that stuff matters when it comes to producing a sound.) Bonham was doing his thing, you could say, but JPJ was thinking 'what's best?' He was, in my mind anyway, Zeps secret weapon and that's why he has so much respect from musicians today.
Bill Perri Do you know the story behind in thru the out door? Plant made that ecord while in a wheel chair after he lost his daughter in a plane crash. You know the whole 'Page sold his soul for success' story, well, the misfortune that came before In through....is given to assert that is in afact ture, that Page via his association with Crowley sold out Zepp to gain success. I'd advise doing an internet search about greatest forgotten albums, at least that's what I remember the heading of the article I read was called.
It's weird to see Simon playing the ride with his right hand
Billie sheehan on bass?
despite many accurate and obvious observations below, another factor here... indeed, this guy sitting behind the kit, is perhaps one of the greatest drummers on the planet ( in his 'own' element) but....despite a handful of 'other factors' taking place here ( some saying keyboard guy rushing... big surprise with keyboard players! lol! .... as a drummer myself, i've experienced this consistent phenomena, for years...) and maybe one or two others playing along, not giving the 'time' and groove it's due, our boy Simon, clearly, is also ...well out of his element. for one thing, he probably feels a bit 'naked', suddenly going from sitting behind his 'right/left' setup monster-kit with two bass drums, all those accessories, toms on 'both' sides, chimes, cymbals, 'everywhere', 13 pedals on the floor, etc.... he's completely exposed and visible here, with 'far fewer things to reach out for, and hit with 'either hand' ( as he can do, so well...) and 'reduced' down to the classic, one-rack tom setup. think of how this would 'play' on one's mind, who has sat behind something 15 times bigger, his entire career? 2nd, he's struggling a bit with the fact that, "He's a lefty, and "this kit-setup, is normally 'best-played', as a righty. meaning, Bonham did. and so many others. it's just 'what you do', on this Kit. right arm-crossover, and all that. so, it doesn't even really 'Look" right, to try and bring the 'check-this-out!.."Phillips" ambidextrous technique, over to this simple, classic rock-drum-arrangement, does it? so, he's sort of half-heartedly 'laying into' this, and....it shows. lastly, Zeps rhythmic construct and 'groove'.... isn't, and 'wasn't ever, Phillips cup of tea. he cut his teeth swimming in the realm of 'progressive, very-technical' applications of Tune-smithing, even erring more on the side of a "Jazzy" element. that 'caveman, slow-dumb, basic heavy-hitter style, 4X4, was never Simon's forte'. he's GOT to play more than that. given these observations, i think it's clear this was 'not the kind of 'sit-in', mr. Phillips could 'shine on'. if you want to see someone just Kill, this Bonzo stuff.....Jimmy D'Anda and Brian Tichy. Kottak did a respectable job too. 'those are our 'rock hitters'. Simon, is Not. he brings a more complex, 'artsy, and even a 'softer-touch', to his game.
Fuck. I swear somebody spiked the punchbowl backstage with Xanax and Methamphetamine - because every fucking drummer this night seemed to lag, drag, lurch, etc. But nobody lurched and jerked like the Appice brothers...
yeah, they shoulda mic'd em individually
Keyboardist was way out of time throughout unfortunately.
this is the most emotionless performance of a zeppelin song ive ever heard.
I bloody love Simon Phillips but has he ever heard Bono play this tune? Very flat and missing all the little details.
... poor drummers! They deserve a way better band!!!!
I played this song for four years in a house band and it got really boring....but people could dance to it.
I never knew he was a leftie. He could outplay almost anyone of the other drum kings there...
He's not a 'lefty', he's right-handed but plays 'open handed'... He's well known for it....
who am i to judge. But the information age can expose weakness, even in the gifted performer
Nooo, look at Simon's stuff with Protocol II. Age surely doesn't affect him, or at least, hasn't yet !
Age has nothing to do with it
feel sory 4 simon ..K/board player is shyte..bass player 2.. you got no chance when people cant keep time
the opening keyboard part is the most out of time thing i've ever heard in my life
i feel sick
This is all over the place. Disappointed. SP is human metronome so we know it's not his fault!
I think if he was jamming with Jimmy, John and Robert here, it would have sounded so good. The rest of the band seem like they are in another room from simon, they arent bouncing off each other at all and the keyboard player is terrible.
How it should have been played... a'la 1975 /watch?v=O0OPKywMoSk
He's fuckin up because he is layin back and Bonzo didn't on this song.
Horrifying...
Simon Philips gran baterista pero le falta espíritu para tocar Led Zeppelin !
This really blows. Simon is way better than this, and I just can't understand why he didn't kill it. It's missing all kinds of kick beats, and is just plain boring. It's TRAMPLED UNDER FOOT for God's sake!
this sounds terrible
no power
Keyboards out of time. Would have sounded better with 4s on the kick
Not bad for a leftie.
jajajajaja!!!!!!!! Que mal suena eso!
Probaly one of the most boring LZ songs to play/listen to. And the keyboard player seems to be eager to finnish it. It is really not tight all the way thru and it sure ain't Simons fault.
Boring?jajajaja
No Simon is not swinging with the groove. This song in particular is all about the swing and the kick pattern. Even the count in he does is to rigid and hard on the 4/4 plus the flams during the fills are to jagged since they don't extend the bar like Bonham did on the recording, there is a slight rest before going back into the song. I honestly believe Phillips didn't practice this song before hand since he seems to have no idea how it goes. His kick pattern is so far off the mark nothing even close to a triplet feel plus his fills feel like reactions to the other players not compliments to the rhythm pattern. Really bad for a pro.
the band is pretty shite tho tbf
yawn....
Keys player is way toooomfakin loud and out of tempo
“ Weak right foot 🦶 “ Sucks
This is so called “technical” drummer and Bonham was so called “old schooler” but in reality the drummers like Simone don’t have the wrist and in reality Bonham had brutal technic and the most powerful wrist ever. Technical is not to play mathematical feels and “fansy” stuff, technical is to have the ability to move the wrist in as many as possible positions around the drum kit.
Talking out your arse
Wow ,, something amiss there , sounds very mediocre
Zatím ze všech, co jsem viděl na BonzoBash, je toto nejhorší !!
he is having a hard time playing this
No groove.
Simon's one the best but this overall band performance really sucks. Boring...
This is very surprising. Simon is clearly fighting the band here. He is sat right back on it. The band are pushy. This is where a teamwork ethic comes in to play. They can play there own way all day long, but it's not going to gel. I've seen Simon play a few times now and as great a player as he is, he has a tendency to sit back a little on the tempo more often than not. I think this time he could have pushed a little bit more. Bonzo had an amazing way to play behind the beat slightly, but still push the song along with energy. Very hard to do. Sounds like this is dragging because the band are fighting two different feels of the same song. It's useful to hear.
The band should definitely have listened to Simon and got on his groove. Eeks
Very good observation, I agree. I know that when I play with someone I have never played with, if that is the case here, I need to feel them out a bit. Sometimes though it gels immediately, that is the best. Not enough pocket for Simon on this one. Bonham drove every song he played.
Yeah, something was definitely off, at the start I was complementing Simon in my head for laying so far back and then it seemed to fall apart. I don't have a good enough ear to know who's to blame.
I was also realising that not even Simon Phillips can make this groove like Bonham did. Not even close.
Wow so many world famous top line drummers on here criticising Simons playing. Let's hear you guys do better ! I tell you,being a right handed left hand lead player using someone else's kit set up as traditional right handed with the hi hat Hi and the snare Low makes things very awkward and uncomfortable to play. Especially the left shoulder ! Derek on the keys was definitely playing out of time in places which wouldn't help and this seems to have been an impromptu guest slot,who's to say SP & D haven't had a few drinks before jumping on stage ... Hic hic !!!
Yes indeed!
Nicko off to the side--Hey don't complain, only Zep can sound like Zep. Simon is one of the most amazing drummers of the past 30 years, but a completely different kind of drummer than JHB
Garage band with a real drummer. Yikes!
2:39. Love the guitarist kicking the singer because he’s just started singing over the keyboard solo. Class.
He 's not Simon Philips. It's his identical brother....Simpson Philips....
Simon playing Paiste's!!! Yeeesss!
CMON....this vocalist is not convincing.....and ultimately incredibly disappointing ........and most certainly not up to par with these heavy weights on the other instruments
I love the way Niko McBrain checks Simon Phillips out!!! :-D
Would be cool to actually hear the cymbals
I love Simon Phillips but he is way behind the groove .........version is not driving forward with full bass drum decay into snare back beat.......... unfortunate take by a master.
not phillip's kit, crash cymbals not even coming through the mix
Watch the bass drum breathe...
Ok. just an 'observation'. here, we're seeing....ready? 'one of the most capable, astounding, jaw-dropping', 'you-gotta-be-fucking-kidding-me!" drummers, on the planet. "attempting to have to play on a 4-peice kit, leading with his left hand ( as he does....) and, under the obligation to, 'sorta play very-simple, ( perhaps tough for simon, who's used to 11/24 time) but, do it 'kinda like Bonham' might play it. it isn't working so great. very pedestrian. simon is 'reduced' here
i also agree ... although i'm jazz listener and big zep fan ... this song dissapointed me
does`nt groove at all
That’s exactly what I just said
I have never ever heard Simon in such a bad group of musicians.....They don't listen to his groove and they must learn to lay back lazy in the tempo. It's not nice to hear this record....
Either you haven't checked your glasses or you haven't READ HARD ENOUGH... o.0
I didn't write that the GROOVE of the song was boring. I said the song was plain boring, because it just goes on and on. And when you think it is finally heading somewhere or changing direction for a while, it goes right back to where it was.
REALLY, no need to listen to a GROOVE very hard. You don't STRAIN YOUR BRAIN when you are making love, you relax and that makes the love making great. Same with music - RELAX !!!
nothing can compare to Led Zeppelin doing their tunes the Zeppelin way ( never the same live twice )..but I give everyone credit for honoring them by playing their tunes. hear dit a thousand times how they ripped of blues musicians..well they did write their own songs also, and hasn't every blues musician covered others also? or Country musicians seem to cover other musicians also..in this case? I don't give a crap..if you can cover anyone's song and play it well or make it better..who cares?
tempo seems quite slow, I think it would sound way better, a few clicks faster....
If you think the groove on this song is boring you aren't listening hard enough.
nicko seems very happy lol
Way out of his element not his genres of music for sure
Rock? Rock music isn’t one of simons genres? Lol