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I just joined. I don't play an instrument and I don't know anything about music theory, but I love your videoes! Inspired by them I have decided that I want to learn though.
Rick - ditto on all these sentiments. Love the way you put it all together. This is really making me miss Ginger Baker. All the greats are leaving us. Thankfully they leave a legacy that you highlight with some spot-on elucidations.
...Added to the fact he's copying a range of drummers with different styles makes it even more impressive; and no doubt the video had time constraints too!! Well observed!
Maybe it's been mentioned elsewhwere, but Bonham's fills coming out of the 'whistle/ speed up portion of Fool In The Rain is priceless. He just builds and builds, then comes in with those incredibly amazing syncopated drum rolls. Listen to it again for the first time. Achilles last stand is up there too.
The video works so well because just like “In the Air Tonight” you spend the whole time just waiting to hear that drum fill and when you hear it, it’s everything you had wanted.
No offence intended fellas, but I've always thought it pretty basic, and pedestrian. Don't really like the song as a whole either. I think there is a lot more interesting stuff out there. Listen to Denis Davis' drum track on Bowie's 'Look Back In Anger'. It's filled with great fills.
@@warrenmilford1329 Completely agree it’s incredibly overrated. I’m not saying it’s not good and impactful to the song, but it’s not standing the test of time for me and is becoming duller each time I listen now. Probably hundreds of drum fills that catch me more - basically everything Bonham, Peart, Bruford. Alan White, Moon, even Akane Hirose of Band Maid, are much more interesting to the ear. 🤷🏻♂️
As an amateur videographer I am blown away by the huge amount of work it must have taken to put this video together. Getting the parts down, getting the audio down, getting the lighting down, editing and making sure the video flowed properly etc. etc. Well done Rick Beato and team, well done!
The fill during the break of “Don’t You Forget About Me” by drummer Mel Gaynor is in my top 5. Another is the fill at the end of “Bytor and the Snowdog” by Neil Peart.
YES! Smells like teen spirit is so overplayed, and I think of Nirvana songs, Scentless apprentice is one of the more impressive drum parts, but I think the Queens of the stone age is where Dave Grohl really makes the song 🔥
Ah! I was just about to make the same comment when I saw this one! Yes, the variation, the colours that he puts in those fills in just that track are an absolute thrill for this non-drummer to listen to - as his metronomic stomp that underpins the rest of the song. That album, as a whole, is very, very good.
Rick!!! We ABSOLUTELY care how long it takes to make a video. Your dedication to put these magical music moments together means so much. Music is such a powerful medium, and your passion and dedication allows us a ride we would otherwise NEVER get to go on. These videos high light timeless pieces that enthrall as much today as the day they dropped. These experiences reinvigorate the same passion and joy as when we was kids! Speaking of awesome albums from back in the day. One of my all time faves: Not Fragile - Bachman Turner Overdrive (aka BTO) I still rock out as much to that today as in '77. Rob was one of my drummer inspirations.
Love this list, thank you for doing all the hard work to put it together. Jack is a blast to watch and hear covering some of these insanely difficult fills. But Lars Urlich and Dave Grohl making the list without a mention of either Carter Beauford or Gavin Harrison (or even Mike Portnoy)? CRIMINAL!
That Tom Sawyer fill is so damn good and so damn difficult. When I finally came out of it on beat I felt like a gymnast landing perfectly at the end of a routine. It was probably my 80th attempt.
I can't do the Tom Sawyer fill correctly and I've been playing for 20 years. I can't do the Tool fill either. I just play like a bastardized version of them that sounds similar.
I got pulled over for missing a stop sign in college because I couldn't slow down because I had to get that Stewart Copeland "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" fill in on the steering wheel.
Great selection! Some of my favourites: Black Sabbath - Warpigs (you know which ones!) Black Sabbath - Fairies Wear Boots (the tom hits that get slower right before the main groove!) Pink Floyd - Money (Nick Mason going wild on the toms right before the second guitar solo) Tool - Lateralus (this track has amazing drumming in general, but there are so many different ones to chose from...)
@@pgkpa No, it was Mason who played most of the drums on Dark Side of the Moon. Gilmour played the drums on the re-recording of the same track for "A Collection of Great Dance Songs". Jeff DID play drums for ''Mother'' on ''The Wall'' Album, perhaps that's the one you were thinking of?
Hey Rick!! You forgot some famous drum riffs. 1. Owner of The Lonely Heart-YES 2. Any King Crimson song from Thrax!!,Bill Burford 3. 99 way to leave your lover- Paul Simon,Steve Gadd 4. Walking on the moon-Police,Stewart Copeland 5. Heat of Glass- Blondie 6. Chain-Fleetwood Mac 7.Rock 'n Roll drum fill intro-Led Zep 8. Jack and Diane-John Cougar Mellencamp 9. Soul sacrifice 1969 Woodstock-Carlos Santana 10. Just You 'n Me- Chicago So here is my top 10 drum fill again you really forgot!! I'm a drummer that love a great drum fill.
He probably wanted to throw them on there, but their blockers, and from the sound of how they made this video, giving context to the fill, Rick probably wouldn't have been able to.
Serious question: how about putting up a Rick Beato's band and do some jams and/or release some tracks every once in a while. You have an incredible line-up over there. Nothing fancy, just half an hour every quarter or so on a live stream. I think it would be cool. Thumbs up if you like the idea. Thanks.
Glad to see I'm not the only one. Even as a celebration for a milestone or special event, I don't know. It doesn't even to be really on a "regular basis", really.
So that we get a view of the stages production: creative, technical, performance and even business! I hate to use the word but something like a "reality show"... With the Beato style & class, of course...
Jack is an incredible fine drummer, sense of groove, sense of time, sense of what a song need, fantastic! Rick, I know what is need to make and film these, big thank you for that hard work! Love this!
Omg, yes. When I saw this video the first time and Vinnie hit that me and my friend were just like, Holysh...along with the audience...I'm not even a drummer, but it was this video that got me hooked on watching drummer videos. Sick stuff with sticks, guys...never stop
Vinnie's multitudinous divisions of the note made him a good counterpoint to Jeff Beck's taffy-like legato; but other than that he's just a fast drummer. "Watermelon in Easter Hay" was pretty good, though.
Bonzo's fill three quarters way into "In My Time of Dying" is the ONLY fill that has continuously knocked me out of the chair for 46 years in a row. NO ONE can copy that one. Even with that omission I still love your work Rick.
"In my time of dying" is probably the most underrated piece of drumming Bonzo has ever recorded. Completely locked in with guitar AND bass, both hard rocking and funky, extremely odd (accenting the funk in the upbeat of 1 with a quintuplet), hitting hard and sounding big.
My mate Dave did the best drum fill EVER when he fell down a flight of stairs carrying his snare drum and sticks. He’d just finished off a bottle of brandy and was getting ready to load up the boogie bus for a gig. The sound was phenomenal! The rest of the band congratulated him on such an astounding performance and asked for an encore (we were gonna film it) For some unknown reason he shouted at us to ‘just fu.k off!’ Still managed to play a great gig AND pull a fit bird afterwards! ROCK N ROLL FOREVER!
@@LasVegasVocalist I love Linus! But I think the difference here is that... Linus has a whole team behind his content and Rick does and plans his videos all by himself.
there are so many good drum fills outside... alone tool have more than 20 or black sabbath, iron maiden and co... so it is nearly impossible to make a ranking for all the music on earth...^^
For Me, all 20 would have been from Rush. YYZ has a bunch of them all contained within one song. La Villa Strangiato contains enough to blow away most of this list.
As a drummer, I can't tell you how much I appreciate this video and all the time it took you to make it. Great drumming by Jack! THANK YOU!!! The fact that "In The Air Tonight' drum fill was even in the top 10 tells me and I hope all drummers that drum fills don't have to be a masterpiece of complexity and note density to be great. That drum fill has to be the most air-drummed drum fill of all time!
In addition to the intense way the drum fill is played, it's recorded to give this huge, thunderous sound 80% of the way through a mostly quiet track - the huge contrast of the acoustic drum kit with the electronic beeps and buzzes of the CR-78 makes it really stand out and gives it that sense of climax. That kind of use of dynamic range seems to have almost vanished from today's music, where tracks seem to be compressed within an inch of their lives.
@@andrewblackburn1426 Excellent musical points that I didn't consider. There's a lot of discussion around Rock dying or being dead and the lack of dynamic range and the more artistic pursuit of music production. Whereas today, often times most music feels and sounds mass produced like many other consumer goods. But maybe I'm just old & grumpy and long for the good ol' days.
Mike C. I miss it too - I think of all the tracks that Rick has talked about on this channel like Toto’s “Rosanna” with their huge and effective changes in dynamics, instrumentation, vocal harmony, horn section swells, etc., and wonder where it all went...
@@andrewblackburn1426 - Okay, so what's amazing to me right now is that all of that stuff you mention, was just always there in the music I grew up listening to and I feel like it never got talked about in those detailed terms. It was just good music. I think one of the best examples of what you're talking about is Steely Dan. I'm so much more impressed by bands such as them now.
Yes!!! I also commented about Gaynor's massive snare/high-hat pick-up into the final "la-la-la's". I wasn't confident that anyone else would be bringing it up.
The real power of Phil Collins's drumming in In The Air Tonight isn't just in the first big fill. It's when you keep listening to the song, and the fills after that just keep you immersed in the energy. That's a pretty unusual thing - usually it's the lead guitar or the vocals that keep you immersed, but somehow Phil makes his drums the key to the whole experience.
Yap. But here I miss the real drum sound. It needs more compression. If you are interested in how the sound was created search for Hugh Padgham and and Making of "Hitmaker". Damn I love that library!
I'd like this a million times if I could. "The fill" I guess is famous, but it's the rest of his work in the rest of the song that's most impressive to me. Really, all the fill does is change the texture of the song. It's a big, dramatic change, for sure. But musically it's relatively simple. The rest is not so much.
An 8 year old child with no musical training could do the “In the air tonight” fill. How disappointing that not only did it make the same list with proper drummers, he also ranked it number 1?
Radosław Walkowski completely agree. Danny Carey is my favourite drummer and imo one of the best ever. But I’m not going to get into an argument who’s the best because you could argue so many drummers
I feel obligated to say War Pigs should have been mentioned in this. There are several classic fills trading spaces with guitar licks making it a top five ten song for me.
Symptom of the Universe! Mr Ward Manages to hit everything on the kit in fabulous fills that make you feel you are teetering on the edge of catastrophe, Is he going to make it? Yes he is! Awesome.
My son told me about your channel. He also told me you worked with Needtobreathe (one of my favorite bands). While I don’t understand a lot of the technical things because I am not a musician, I am enjoying your videos very much. Thank you.
There’s a fill in the outro of the Police’s Message in a bottle that gives me goosebumps every time i hear it and play it. Stewart Copeland is an insane drummer! 😱
how beato overlooked this song defies comprehension. copeland's fills throughout the whole song are great, but that final minute is wonderful. the almost banal chorusing of "sending out an sos" while copeland and summers colour it in day-glo is sublime.
There are many cool drummers and drum fills instead. There´s Bonham, who´s the drum daddy of Grohl. And there´s the Smells Like Teen Spirit intro, which allowed him to be EVERYWHERE, so I think it´s fair enough to leave his contribution to the QOTSA out of this.
I watched the whole video thinking : "Song for the Deaf can't be out of the list, it's coming!". Nope. Anyway, awesome work Rick and your nice little crew.
A few of my personal favorites: Primus- Southbound Pachyderm (intro) Rush- By-Tor and the Snow Dog Queens of the Stone Age- A Song for the Dead (intro) Devin Townsend- Failure (first verse)
Stargazer's drum intro is absolutely amazing, but what is even more amazing perhaps is that the song doesn't let up or let you down for even an instant after that. Truly the perfect heavy metal anthem. As good as metal gets.
I think the song light in the black off that same album has one of Blackmore's best solo ever. I posted it on a thread some years ago, and the next post said "Damn! That is the best solo I have ever heard. You will understand where Malmstein gets it. And we can't forget Tarot Woman. Just a great song.
Its all about the cocaine, greasepaint and limelight production circa 1981 that made it an earworm. The thing was an afterthought suggestion by a producer 'so the kids will know where 1 is' eager for his take on Gabriel's 'Intruder' drum sound off the 3rd eponymous album coincidentally being recorded just down the hall and tracked sans cymbals because of the intense attack/release noise-gating. And in fact with Collins sitting in for Jerry Marotta on that ground breaking album's first cut. The fill itself as with all the drum patterns employing that extreme gating threshold were kept simple and minimal to achieve isolation from other aounds on the kit for maximum effect. Otherwise its no mean feat for beginners with a few lessons under their belt (or not) to swing a couple bars of an open single stroke roll, just sayin'.
Love these lists! I hope you do a sequel. My two cents worth: A list of great drum fills would never be complete without Chicago's Danny Seraphine and his amazing drum fill in the song "Make Me Smile".
One of the great things about Phil Collins’ drum fills is that he often “leaves out” the crash cymbals where you expect them at the end of the fills. It creates more tension, I think, because our ears are expecting that crashing release and it’s not there. I think the song “Mama” doesn’t have a crash cymbal until towards the very end of the song. Also, love Phil Collins’ shuffle-y feel. I can listen to the intro to “There’s Something Going On” by Frida on a loop for a long time.
This ranking of drum fills is excellent! My favourite is the minute into the intro of “Hells Bell”, where Phil Rudd elegantly and casually lays down the groove.
#1 was also the one that popped into my mind. Phil Collins said in an interview that it actually could have been any fill. He was just recording his drumtakes and he would do all kinds of fills. This one just happened to be one on the best take. Amazing, isn't it? Arguably the most iconic drum break in rock history and it was just 'luck'.
The fill was great in its progression on its own, but what really made it sound epic came about by happenstance when they accidentally left a mic on in the studio and it made it onto the tape as a slight echo delay which produced a rich fantastic sound.
Weirdly enough, I heard "War pigs" on the radio today, and I thought to myself: "this entire song is just a reason to do drum fills" Then I see RB's new video tonight. Witches at black masses indeed.
I was thinking two things while watching this video: How difficult it must have been to make, and how talented this team is. Damn. You never disappoint.
Nick Mason on Time, Don Henley on Hotel California, Stephen Perkins on Summertime Rolls, Bill Ward in basically anything...lots to choose from. Nice list!
Mel Gaynor's drum break in Simple Mind's "Don't You (Forget About Me)" really does something to me every time I hear it. I'll listen to the song just for that break.
The pocket of that song is utterly perfect, and every single drum hit is solid gold. That entire song mops the floor with half of this list IMO, lol. But what do I know, I’m a guitar player. Also, the fill after the breakdown in Chuck E’s in Love by Gadd is awesome, as is Frank Beard’s wonderful intro in LaGrange.
Agreed. That's what immediately came to my mind. That transition from the up-tempo bridge back to the main shuffle makes me feel so good every time i hear it
The fill makes for one of the key characteristics in this song. Change that and it becomes a completely different thing. Even though it's relatively simple, it's part of what makes that song great. Good does not equal difficult even for heavy metal.
@@gabrielvasconcelos4055 Metallica apologists have been using this "serves the song" defense for 20 years, and it's nonsense. That fill is the most obvious choice there. There's a rest and then the band comes in together. You *have* to play a fill there, and most amateur drummers would do exactly what Lars did. Changing it wouldn't change the song, because whatever replaced it would be a variation on that same fill (and hopefully a more interesting variation). It's not like a different drummer would break into a samba there. It's very obvious what should happen. And that fill is the most obvious choice to fill an obvious need. It doesn't have to be difficult, but it should be at least a little bit interesting.
@@johnheaton1454 O_o I love Wet Sand for John's guitar work, his backing vocals and his songwriting (obviously his composition). I will pay attention to the drums next time.
This video was incredible Rick ... Love this list (: JACK, você é O CARA !!! Honorable mentions for me: Vera Figueiredo - Mr. Banana O Rappa - Se não avisar o bicho pega Nephast - Hate Earth Endrah - 61 Rounds Sepultura - Sworn Oath
That fill you're talking about is 100% the most musical application of snare rudiments played around the kit - Absolutely fantastic fill. That fill blows away ALL these other fills!!!
Mitch Mitchell in Little Wing plays an exceptional role in making that song as smooth and delicate as it sounds. He added and took away exactly when it needed it.
For such an incredibly subjective topic, this was the best job anyone could have done. Thank you, this brought back a lot of great memories surrounding these songs and fills.
Black Sabbath's War Pigs has an epic drumfill that segways to the outro. A live version showcases Bill used a brutal blast beat as a drum fill in 1972 /,,/
Another vote here. Once watched him shuffle for more than 30 minutes without a break or a skip in time. New Years 1977 or 78... can't remember it's been so long.
Not so sure about putting Phill Collins above The Professor but In The Air Tonight is the most air drummed song of all time and that being the fill. Let's face it. The Professor is just too complicated for most to handle. BTW, they are the greatest trio of all time. LOL Great video!
Four of my favorites: Michael Giles: "In the Court of the Crimson King" (King Crimson) Jon Hiseman: "The Pirate's Dream" (Dick Heckstall-Smith) and "Valentyne Suite" (Colosseum) Stuart Elliot: "On the Border" (Al Stewart)
My two cents: I wouldn't have minded to see Tom Sawyer at #1. And John Dolmayan's Toxicity and Bill Ward's War Pigs are for sure honorable to mention 😉
@@dukealbert7017 Easily? Nah, I wouldn't go by that measure above all else. If you do, it got about 2.5 times the spotify plays. I think for such huge songs, it's fair to say they're both up there. And Tom Sawyer I think comes to mind first for many people who listen to lots of Rock music and think about good drums. While both are the highlights of the respective songs, I think Tom Sawyer is much more jaw dropping than the indeed epic drums from In The Air Tonight.
It is more jaw dropping yes, and the key is in what you said, in the ROCK COMMUNITY, In The Air Tonight has resonated with more in the general population regardless of whether they are rock fans or not. I agree Tom Sawyer deserves HIGH recognition, but In the Air Tonight has been embedded so deep in general pop culture it gets the top spot.
I hadn't heard that song for quite some time, so I went back and listened to it. You are right. The drum fills are on fire and well executed. Good choice.
Hilarious - i skip songs all the time when they come up on the radio or player. But when Tom Sawyer gets played - full duration everytime - it cannot be interrupted 😃
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Danny Seraphine on 25 or 6 to 4. Terry Kath never gets any love either:
Hey Rick, how come you didn’t play the bass on Brother To Brother? 😆 My excuse would be that pesky carpal tunnel acting up again….
@@Junichild h
"come together" by the beatles should have been the beatles pick imo
Rick, I believe I speak for many when I say this: we DO appreciate all the hard work it takes to record your videos!
Absolutely, get this to the top. We don't just appreciate the videos for the content, but also for all the time and work you put into them.
Agreed. Really dug this production. Great seeing these performed live too.
Agreed!
High quality production and edit. Totally appreciate your efforts!
Rick - ditto on all these sentiments. Love the way you put it all together. This is really making me miss Ginger Baker. All the greats are leaving us. Thankfully they leave a legacy that you highlight with some spot-on elucidations.
The drummer in this video, Jack Jones, is fucking amazing. Super crisp playing.
...Added to the fact he's copying a range of drummers with different styles makes it even more impressive; and no doubt the video had time constraints too!! Well observed!
He did fuck up on the sober and stratus fills though
@@FuxkyouU-j3n Yep. He's great. No Danny Carey. Danny Carey is Danny Carey.
Chris Serpicø Yes good but was off on some fills
@@talis61 except he cannot play smells like teen spirit correct.
BIll Ward's drum fills on War Pigs...the whole song has a great mix of amazing drums, bass and guitar
oh man... so true.
beat me to it
Who were the special guests? Anyone know?
Loveee that song
Bill Ward and Geyser Butler - the Birmingham heavy mob.
Maybe it's been mentioned elsewhwere, but Bonham's fills coming out of the 'whistle/ speed up portion of Fool In The Rain is priceless. He just builds and builds, then comes in with those incredibly amazing syncopated drum rolls. Listen to it again for the first time. Achilles last stand is up there too.
I absolutely agree...i was just listening to that song
In my opinion, he didn't really feature Bonham's best work.
The video works so well because just like “In the Air Tonight” you spend the whole time just waiting to hear that drum fill and when you hear it, it’s everything you had wanted.
Everytime. It has never failed me after thousands of listens
Was just listening to that song earlier tonight on my daily COVID walk and the drums were glorious.
No offence intended fellas, but I've always thought it pretty basic, and pedestrian. Don't really like the song as a whole either. I think there is a lot more interesting stuff out there. Listen to Denis Davis' drum track on Bowie's 'Look Back In Anger'. It's filled with great fills.
@@warrenmilford1329 You seem to be the only person in the comments section with this opinion.
@@warrenmilford1329 Completely agree it’s incredibly overrated. I’m not saying it’s not good and impactful to the song, but it’s not standing the test of time for me and is becoming duller each time I listen now. Probably hundreds of drum fills that catch me more - basically everything Bonham, Peart, Bruford. Alan White, Moon, even Akane Hirose of Band Maid, are much more interesting to the ear. 🤷🏻♂️
Tool’s “Pneuma” has Danny’s best drum fills from start to finish. Hard to even narrow down one. The whole song is so good it’s bonkers.
I have watched it six times in the last three days. And normally I just listen to TH-cam, not watch the actual videos...it’s mind blowing!
I was impatiently waiting for him to mention it 😆
Exactly the same invincible and 7empest
Agreed
I was expecting more Danny in this video
As an amateur videographer I am blown away by the huge amount of work it must have taken to put this video together. Getting the parts down, getting the audio down, getting the lighting down, editing and making sure the video flowed properly etc. etc. Well done Rick Beato and team, well done!
He's very good with the apps on a computer, wish I knew em all
...and all the different kits...phew
@Snarick Klash you’re right then, i change my mind, this video was super easy to make.
Indeed. Bravo!
He's been doing it a while.
The fill during the break of “Don’t You Forget About Me” by drummer Mel Gaynor is in my top 5. Another is the fill at the end of “Bytor and the Snowdog” by Neil Peart.
Peart’s fill before the solo in YYZ is another good one.
Yeah, Mel Gaynor should definitely have been in there. Iconic drum fill.
I still remember when I first heard ‘Waterfront’. What a difference Mel made to that band, adding power and drive. A great drummer indeed.
@@filipvandevoorde6989 YES YES YES ICONIC!
My lingering thought after this list is giving a serious shout out to Jack -- the guy who just _nailed_ all these legendary fills.
Totally!
Yep - it's about more than just playing the notes - it also has to "feel" a certain way, too.
Some of those fills are pretty hard! I was impressed by how he breezed through that Tony Williams fill, and also the Vinnie Colaiuta fill.
Amen; insanely impressive that he could nail all of these! -Tom
But he didn't though.
Can we just take a moment to appreciate how good those snippets sound?
SentientSeven - I agree. These guys are really good
totally, great musicians
Wait,....appreciated. Done!
Absolutely! Great job Rick and everyone who helped out!
HELL YEA!
Holy Hell... the Bass Player at 3:13 is AMAZING! MORE of this guy please!
Yes, that was insanely impressive
Dave Grohl's fills with Queens Of The Stone Age - No One Knows are great!
YES! Smells like teen spirit is so overplayed, and I think of Nirvana songs, Scentless apprentice is one of the more impressive drum parts, but I think the Queens of the stone age is where Dave Grohl really makes the song 🔥
Ah! I was just about to make the same comment when I saw this one! Yes, the variation, the colours that he puts in those fills in just that track are an absolute thrill for this non-drummer to listen to - as his metronomic stomp that underpins the rest of the song.
That album, as a whole, is very, very good.
Song for the deaf
Rick!!! We ABSOLUTELY care how long it takes to make a video. Your dedication to put these magical music moments together
means so much. Music is such a powerful medium, and your passion and dedication allows us a ride we would otherwise NEVER
get to go on.
These videos high light timeless pieces that enthrall as much today as the day they dropped. These experiences reinvigorate the same passion and joy as when we was kids!
Speaking of awesome albums from back in the day. One of my all time faves: Not Fragile - Bachman Turner Overdrive (aka BTO)
I still rock out as much to that today as in '77. Rob was one of my drummer inspirations.
Jack is really really amazing. To be able to nail Steve Gadd, Vinnie C, and John Bonham is amazing.
This. My god he’s freaking GREAT.
I actually got nervous for him when he had to follow the Steve Gadd video.
Well worth watching with Jack on drums - outstanding
Geoffrey Smith - Yup
When playing Ringo was just so in spot!
Mitch Mitchell is a legendary drummer. This whole list could be filled with his drum fills, I love the fill on Bold As Love.
Homur Simpsin Along with Neil & Stewart, he’s the cat I air drum to the most 🤣 I should probably mention Larry Mullen Jr as well.
Absolutely
And don't forget his fills on "Little Wing". Without peer, unique, and not replicable, Mitch Mitchell
Love this list, thank you for doing all the hard work to put it together. Jack is a blast to watch and hear covering some of these insanely difficult fills. But Lars Urlich and Dave Grohl making the list without a mention of either Carter Beauford or Gavin Harrison (or even Mike Portnoy)? CRIMINAL!
That Tom Sawyer fill is so damn good and so damn difficult. When I finally came out of it on beat I felt like a gymnast landing perfectly at the end of a routine. It was probably my 80th attempt.
Even if I get the fill Im so excited that I screw something else up! Hope to play this and Amazing Journey correct once before I die😂
& it should be #1.
Stick the landing
I can't do the Tom Sawyer fill correctly and I've been playing for 20 years. I can't do the Tool fill either. I just play like a bastardized version of them that sounds similar.
Neil always said it was a hard song to play
I got pulled over for missing a stop sign in college because I couldn't slow down because I had to get that Stewart Copeland "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" fill in on the steering wheel.
Did the cop understand?
@@Justme77400 The Police would have.
@@GeneralTHC It was a lame attempt at a joke, sorry 😞
@@GeneralTHC Cheers. Here's for a better 2021 👍
@@Mustaine1ify my man that was a great joke and you should sport a feather in your hat, sir
Great selection! Some of my favourites:
Black Sabbath - Warpigs (you know which ones!)
Black Sabbath - Fairies Wear Boots (the tom hits that get slower right before the main groove!)
Pink Floyd - Money (Nick Mason going wild on the toms right before the second guitar solo)
Tool - Lateralus (this track has amazing drumming in general, but there are so many different ones to chose from...)
I may be wrong, but i think it was jeff porcaro (Toto) who played the drums in floyd's Money
@@pgkpa No, it was Mason who played most of the drums on Dark Side of the Moon. Gilmour played the drums on the re-recording of the same track for "A Collection of Great Dance Songs". Jeff DID play drums for ''Mother'' on ''The Wall'' Album, perhaps that's the one you were thinking of?
@@whiteninja2006 ahh yes, it was mother, you are right
Hey Rick!! You forgot some famous drum riffs.
1. Owner of The Lonely Heart-YES
2. Any King Crimson song from Thrax!!,Bill Burford
3. 99 way to leave your lover- Paul Simon,Steve Gadd
4. Walking on the moon-Police,Stewart Copeland
5. Heat of Glass- Blondie
6. Chain-Fleetwood Mac
7.Rock 'n Roll drum fill intro-Led Zep
8. Jack and Diane-John Cougar Mellencamp
9. Soul sacrifice 1969 Woodstock-Carlos Santana
10. Just You 'n Me- Chicago
So here is my top 10 drum fill again you really forgot!! I'm a drummer that love a great drum fill.
Bill Ward and his drum fills are so damn underrated. He should have been there.
Abso-tively! No, he wasn't Neil Peart, or Steve Gadd, but he didn't have to be. It just so fit their groove. Good call.
Damn I totally forgot about him. You are so right. The rimshot groove on the intro to Hand of Doom is astounding. Plus many more.
@@allrequiredfields just came on here to say exactly the same thing
He probably wanted to throw them on there, but their blockers, and from the sound of how they made this video, giving context to the fill, Rick probably wouldn't have been able to.
I got two words for you. Stephen Morris
Serious question: how about putting up a Rick Beato's band and do some jams and/or release some tracks every once in a while. You have an incredible line-up over there. Nothing fancy, just half an hour every quarter or so on a live stream. I think it would be cool.
Thumbs up if you like the idea.
Thanks.
Thought of the same!
Love this idea! Please do it. If quarterly is too much for everyone’s schedule and how busy you are, then maybe semiannually?
Please rick. I would love to see you play. X
Glad to see I'm not the only one. Even as a celebration for a milestone or special event, I don't know. It doesn't even to be really on a "regular basis", really.
So that we get a view of the stages production: creative, technical, performance and even business! I hate to use the word but something like a "reality show"... With the Beato style & class, of course...
The fill from ZZ Top’s La grange (before the chorus) is kinda sick
I was expecting that one too.
Or anything off the Tejas album.
Agreed... was waiting for someone to mention La Grange...Frank Beard
@@dashfentrock the fills in cheap sunglasses are super hot too.
I was just thinking of that song as well.
Jack is an incredible fine drummer, sense of groove, sense of time, sense of what a song need, fantastic!
Rick, I know what is need to make and film these, big thank you for that hard work!
Love this!
Jack did a magnificent job learning (transcribing & practising !) and playing all those drums parts
What is the name of the drummer playing every fill??? He is very versatile!!!
great drummer
I can't believe how well he nailed that Vinnie fill. Would not want to be in his shoes when Rick approached him with this video idea.
Hear hear..mad skills.
Well done Jack
The greatest drum Phil of all time.
That's a Phukking good one!!!
Oh phorphuck sakes
Phil Collins is a great drummer
Knyuck Knyuck Knyuck!
My wife full’Phils all my needs ...
When Jack nailed Vinnies part, he could have at least turned to the camera and smiled. That was magic.
Omg, yes. When I saw this video the first time and Vinnie hit that me and my friend were just like, Holysh...along with the audience...I'm not even a drummer, but it was this video that got me hooked on watching drummer videos. Sick stuff with sticks, guys...never stop
Agreed!!
Vinnie's multitudinous divisions of the note made him a good counterpoint to Jeff Beck's taffy-like legato; but other than that he's just a fast drummer. "Watermelon in Easter Hay" was pretty good, though.
Most iconic and well known drum bit? Absolutely. Best? No.
Bonzo's fill three quarters way into "In My Time of Dying" is the ONLY fill that has continuously knocked me out of the chair for 46 years in a row. NO ONE can copy that one. Even with that omission I still love your work Rick.
Ain't no bad playing by Bonzo, right!!??
Sib Hashanah? Boston? Eddie Van Halen?? MTV??? Need to expand that list...
Dude............ you are wayyyyy correct.
Or any of the handful of fills in Dazed and Confused by Zeppelin too
"In my time of dying" is probably the most underrated piece of drumming Bonzo has ever recorded. Completely locked in with guitar AND bass, both hard rocking and funky, extremely odd (accenting the funk in the upbeat of 1 with a quintuplet), hitting hard and sounding big.
Top 20 Mistakes Left in the Mix
UPVOTE THIS TO DEATH
how are they mistakes?
@@benparsons4979 oh I meant that would be a cool video to make, not commenting on the drum fills
@@TomFaron oh OK I thought you were hating on drumming or something my bad lol
yes please
My mate Dave did the best drum fill EVER when he fell down a flight of stairs carrying his snare drum and sticks. He’d just finished off a bottle of brandy and was getting ready to load up the boogie bus for a gig. The sound was phenomenal! The rest of the band congratulated him on such an astounding performance and asked for an encore (we were gonna film it) For some unknown reason he shouted at us to ‘just fu.k off!’ Still managed to play a great gig AND pull a fit bird afterwards! ROCK N ROLL FOREVER!
COG,Lucius Borich?
Cringe and nobody cares
Rock Hard
sounds very Aussie, or British…you’re more alike than you like to admit but I digress
This was probably one of the best YT comments I have ever read :)
As an old drummer, I love dropping by to revisit this list. This is my fourth time watching/listening to this video. You are the best.
The fill in the middle of 46 & 2. Danny Carey | Tool. Definitely a top pick for me
Madcat amen!
I was sure it was going to be number 1. Phil Collins?! Really?! 👎
@6:35 in Tool's Eulogy, is the best drum breakdown I've ever heard. My brain just scrambles trying to isolate each limb.
Ah yes....the hit the entire kit bit...
And to pick Phil Colins over Peart, or the 46&2 (yes, that actually happened in the song) drum fills. Thumbs down.
Rick, you are the hardest working man on TH-cam !
After Simon whistler
@@kevcthulu4576 Or Linus Tech Tips and all of his related channels. I think there are 4 or 5.
@@LasVegasVocalist I love Linus! But I think the difference here is that... Linus has a whole team behind his content and Rick does and plans his videos all by himself.
hard workingest! :D
i think you mean captain dissillusion. but honoranle mention to Rick
Man you can tell that everyone was having a blast putting this together.
And how could I forget my favorite drummer from the 70’s. Mitch Mitchell. The fills on Hey Joe are insane. Danny Seraphini as well
I was kind of hoping All along the watchtower's intro would have been at least an honorable mention
Seraphine
One of my favorite drum fills is the one Dave Grohl plays right before No One Knows' chorus by Queens of the Stone Age
Great pick
Awesome fill. 👌
@@MrOtistetrax yes man! Song for the dead has also one of the best drum openings. Just WOW
Yep was thinking of that song as well
there are so many good drum fills outside... alone tool have more than 20 or black sabbath, iron maiden and co... so it is nearly impossible to make a ranking for all the music on earth...^^
RIP to the greatest... Neil Peart.
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 my hero
I only found out yesterday 😭🙏
Mine too. Gutted.
Shoot all twenty could be from Rush..... IMO.
For Me, all 20 would have been from Rush. YYZ has a bunch of them all contained within one song. La Villa Strangiato contains enough to blow away most of this list.
As a drummer, I can't tell you how much I appreciate this video and all the time it took you to make it. Great drumming by Jack! THANK YOU!!!
The fact that "In The Air Tonight' drum fill was even in the top 10 tells me and I hope all drummers that drum fills don't have to be a masterpiece of complexity and note density to be great.
That drum fill has to be the most air-drummed drum fill of all time!
In addition to the intense way the drum fill is played, it's recorded to give this huge, thunderous sound 80% of the way through a mostly quiet track - the huge contrast of the acoustic drum kit with the electronic beeps and buzzes of the CR-78 makes it really stand out and gives it that sense of climax. That kind of use of dynamic range seems to have almost vanished from today's music, where tracks seem to be compressed within an inch of their lives.
@@andrewblackburn1426 100%
@@andrewblackburn1426 Excellent musical points that I didn't consider.
There's a lot of discussion around Rock dying or being dead and the lack of dynamic range and the more artistic pursuit of music production.
Whereas today, often times most music feels and sounds mass produced like many other consumer goods. But maybe I'm just old & grumpy and long for the good ol' days.
Mike C. I miss it too - I think of all the tracks that Rick has talked about on this channel like Toto’s “Rosanna” with their huge and effective changes in dynamics, instrumentation, vocal harmony, horn section swells, etc., and wonder where it all went...
@@andrewblackburn1426 - Okay, so what's amazing to me right now is that all of that stuff you mention, was just always there in the music I grew up listening to and I feel like it never got talked about in those detailed terms. It was just good music. I think one of the best examples of what you're talking about is Steely Dan. I'm so much more impressed by bands such as them now.
Deep Purple has in "Space trucking" one of the most incredible drum fill of all time.
Ian Paice often goes unnoticed
Very surprised `Fireball' wasn't in there
"Burn" is like one big fill from beginning to end. As @eugeneward3199 said, Paice is below a lot of peoples radar. But an amazing drummer.
Ian Paice shouldnt go unnoticed, I must agree
@@patrickburns8033 Probably because he couldn't play it...?
Mel Gaynor in Simple Minds “Don’t You Forget about Me “ has always been special for me. Maybe not in the Pantheon of rock but still memorable.
Perfectly suited to the song.
Definitely memorable and I would include Mark Brzezicki from big country too. In a big country, song of my teens
Agreed! 👍🏼👍🏼
Yes!!! I also commented about Gaynor's massive snare/high-hat pick-up into the final "la-la-la's". I wasn't confident that anyone else would be bringing it up.
Yes! Fills that really stick out. You wait for them to arrive. Always loved the Gaynor fill.
The real power of Phil Collins's drumming in In The Air Tonight isn't just in the first big fill. It's when you keep listening to the song, and the fills after that just keep you immersed in the energy. That's a pretty unusual thing - usually it's the lead guitar or the vocals that keep you immersed, but somehow Phil makes his drums the key to the whole experience.
Phil Colins' drum fill is not just a "drum fill" or "drum Phill". It is an essential part of the song. Without it would not be the same song.
Yap. But here I miss the real drum sound. It needs more compression.
If you are interested in how the sound was created search for Hugh Padgham and and Making of "Hitmaker".
Damn I love that library!
Really like this comment
I'd like this a million times if I could. "The fill" I guess is famous, but it's the rest of his work in the rest of the song that's most impressive to me. Really, all the fill does is change the texture of the song. It's a big, dramatic change, for sure. But musically it's relatively simple. The rest is not so much.
An 8 year old child with no musical training could do the “In the air tonight” fill.
How disappointing that not only did it make the same list with proper drummers, he also ranked it number 1?
The great thing about "In the Air Tonight" is all the build-up to that fill.
Yeah the fill should've come last after the short build - but otherwise once again a fab video thnx guys :)
Yeah.. the entire song where it’s leading up to that is what makes it incredible
Agree
And the $$$$$$$ Phil gets paid for it... :)
Man, that Cosy Powell intro to Stargazer literally gives me life. All his drumming with Rainbow was exceptional.
I love the appreciation Rick has for TOOL and how they are in most of his lists.
Drums in Tool are very characteristic and pretty sick in my opinion (I mean that opened hi-hat to snare is amazing)
Radosław Walkowski completely agree. Danny Carey is my favourite drummer and imo one of the best ever. But I’m not going to get into an argument who’s the best because you could argue so many drummers
I feel obligated to say War Pigs should have been mentioned in this. There are several classic fills trading spaces with guitar licks making it a top five ten song for me.
Symptom of the Universe! Mr Ward Manages to hit everything on the kit in fabulous fills that make you feel you are teetering on the edge of catastrophe, Is he going to make it? Yes he is! Awesome.
I put Over the Mountain by Ozzy in here.
💯!!!
Or even Symptom of the Universe
Was waiting for this one! Surprised it didn't make the cut 🤔
My Top Ten: All the drum fills in “War Pigs” 🤟
On both the Black Sabbath and Faith No More versions
Ward is a beast
And The Wizard.
My top five metal albums: The first five Black Sabbath albums.
What about rat salad
My son told me about your channel. He also told me you worked with Needtobreathe (one of my favorite bands). While I don’t understand a lot of the technical things because I am not a musician, I am enjoying your videos very much. Thank you.
One thing I have to say, Jack is a great drummer.
Excellent rhythm, timing and wondeful feel.
There’s a fill in the outro of the Police’s Message in a bottle that gives me goosebumps every time i hear it and play it. Stewart Copeland is an insane drummer! 😱
I was surprised he didn't crack the top 20 here
how beato overlooked this song defies comprehension. copeland's fills throughout the whole song are great, but that final minute is wonderful. the almost banal chorusing of "sending out an sos" while copeland and summers colour it in day-glo is sublime.
@@hankrango105 I think Beato would agree with you that he missed that one! Clearly should have been in top 10 territory.
And No Time This Time - relentless fills.
I think Dave Grohl on queens of the stone age songs for the deaf is a blatant oversight 🤘
ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!!
There are many cool drummers and drum fills instead. There´s Bonham, who´s the drum daddy of Grohl. And there´s the Smells Like Teen Spirit intro, which allowed him to be EVERYWHERE, so I think it´s fair enough to leave his contribution to the QOTSA out of this.
That fill in “No One Knows” where he clacks his sticks is epic!
agree
I watched the whole video thinking : "Song for the Deaf can't be out of the list, it's coming!". Nope. Anyway, awesome work Rick and your nice little crew.
This video was incredible. Well done to everybody on it. The top 3 + honourable mentions was amazing. I love the Bonham fills. Jack is too good.
Yeah, that sneaky kick foot stutter at the start of Good Times is the stuff of legend..
A few of my personal favorites:
Primus- Southbound Pachyderm (intro)
Rush- By-Tor and the Snow Dog
Queens of the Stone Age- A Song for the Dead (intro)
Devin Townsend- Failure (first verse)
Yes. Very much the Song for the dead intro!
the song for the dead intro was actually a tribute to bill stevensons intro on slip it in by black flag
the QOTSA song is dave grohl on drums >:))
Stargazer's drum intro is absolutely amazing, but what is even more amazing perhaps is that the song doesn't let up or let you down for even an instant after that. Truly the perfect heavy metal anthem. As good as metal gets.
I think the song light in the black off that same album has one of Blackmore's best solo ever.
I posted it on a thread some years ago, and the next post said "Damn! That is the best solo I have ever heard. You will understand where Malmstein gets it.
And we can't forget Tarot Woman. Just a great song.
The song is absolutely insane!!!
Masterpiece
"Fool in the Rain" has by far my favorite fill of all time
Great call! A very overlooked song in the Zep catalogue
Adam Larson totally. It’s my favorite Led Zep song
I was gonna say!!!! That timbale to snare to tom thing before the guitar synth solo is beyond epic.
bonham should have 15 spots on here
Check out the fills in "Hay Hay What Can I Do" ,
Props to Jack for playing all those fills so amazingly!
Honorable mentions for me:
Rock and roll - Led Zep
As I am - Dream Theater
Burn - Deep Purple
Also White Room - Cream
This is an impossible list. Yes, Burn is great and when you leave someone like Bill Bruford off the list you might as well throw it in the garbage.
What is so interesting is the Phil Collins one isn’t even the most complex, but it’s certainly the most memorable
Its all about the cocaine, greasepaint and limelight production circa 1981 that made it an earworm. The thing was an afterthought suggestion by a producer 'so the kids will know where 1 is' eager for his take on Gabriel's 'Intruder' drum sound off the 3rd eponymous album coincidentally being recorded just down the hall and tracked sans cymbals because of the intense attack/release noise-gating. And in fact with Collins sitting in for Jerry Marotta on that ground breaking album's first cut. The fill itself as with all the drum patterns employing that extreme gating threshold were kept simple and minimal to achieve isolation from other aounds on the kit for maximum effect. Otherwise its no mean feat for beginners with a few lessons under their belt (or not) to swing a couple bars of an open single stroke roll, just sayin'.
and up until that point the song uses a drum machine
It’s really fantastic those In The Air Tonight drums fills.
yeah there is something so satisfying about though because the song really takes off after that.
All of his work has the best sounding, hardest hitting tom sounds in music...
Love these lists! I hope you do a sequel. My two cents worth: A list of great drum fills would never be complete without Chicago's Danny Seraphine and his amazing drum fill in the song "Make Me Smile".
That whole ballad for a girl in Buchanan suite is some stellar composition
This would have been my number one pick.
Rick: "Can you play that?"
Jack: "Not sure, it's pretty hard"
*Proceed to demolish that solo
"What I mean to drum fills?? Tututututututu
DRUM FILLS!!"
-Rick Beato, 2019
Luxito _44 lol I read this right as he was saying it. Rick is awesome.
Tutututututu is the one from "In The Air Tonight"
OB Joyful LMAO 😂 cause its true
One of the great things about Phil Collins’ drum fills is that he often “leaves out” the crash cymbals where you expect them at the end of the fills. It creates more tension, I think, because our ears are expecting that crashing release and it’s not there. I think the song “Mama” doesn’t have a crash cymbal until towards the very end of the song.
Also, love Phil Collins’ shuffle-y feel. I can listen to the intro to “There’s Something Going On” by Frida on a loop for a long time.
Collins' lack of cymbals is due to Peter Gabriel not liking them blaring in his ears when they performed.
zibbybone Gabriel had nothing to do with any of the songs mentioned.
This ranking of drum fills is excellent! My favourite is the minute into the intro of “Hells Bell”, where Phil Rudd elegantly and casually lays down the groove.
#1 was also the one that popped into my mind. Phil Collins said in an interview that it actually could have been any fill. He was just recording his drumtakes and he would do all kinds of fills. This one just happened to be one on the best take.
Amazing, isn't it? Arguably the most iconic drum break in rock history and it was just 'luck'.
The fill was great in its progression on its own, but what really made it sound epic came about by happenstance when they accidentally left a mic on in the studio and it made it onto the tape as a slight echo delay which produced a rich fantastic sound.
J Chis ; Even more luck! He was/is a great song writer though. :-)
Weirdly enough, I heard "War pigs" on the radio today, and I thought to myself: "this entire song is just a reason to do drum fills"
Then I see RB's new video tonight.
Witches at black masses indeed.
Dude, I would have put money on War Pigs being in the top 5. I'm baffled.
Black Sabbath are notorious for blocking videos, so they often don’t get the credit they deserve in these kinds of lists
@@kingofvwcosmos yes, Rick has said he's pretty much done including anything with Sabbath or Ozzy.
@@kingofvwcosmos I blame Sharon
I was thinking two things while watching this video: How difficult it must have been to make, and how talented this team is. Damn. You never disappoint.
Nick Mason on Time, Don Henley on Hotel California, Stephen Perkins on Summertime Rolls, Bill Ward in basically anything...lots to choose from. Nice list!
Pink Floyd "Time" from The Dark Side of The Moon has a great drum fill intro
I always liked the drums on Comfortably Numb, like the perfect punctuation marks in between the guitar phrases
Mel Gaynor's drum break in Simple Mind's "Don't You (Forget About Me)" really does something to me every time I hear it. I'll listen to the song just for that break.
The pocket of that song is utterly perfect, and every single drum hit is solid gold. That entire song mops the floor with half of this list IMO, lol. But what do I know, I’m a guitar player.
Also, the fill after the breakdown in Chuck E’s in Love by Gadd is awesome, as is Frank Beard’s wonderful intro in LaGrange.
Agree. It is really the perfect fill.
You mean Alive and Kickin’ 🙂
Totally right, beyond any doubt! I had forgotten about that tune, but you are correct. Gives me chills at that point in the song!
@@paistekid I don't, but you might ;)
Bonham's fills on "Fool In The Rain" right before Page's solo have always been a favorite of mine.
Agreed. That's what immediately came to my mind. That transition from the up-tempo bridge back to the main shuffle makes me feel so good every time i hear it
Terry Williams' fills in the build up to the main riff in Money For Nothing are outstanding. Perfection.
Bill Ward, Black Sabbath, War Pigs, the entire song
My thoughts exactly.
Or Symptom of the Universe
Yesss that songs is what made bill ward my favorite drummer
the wizard is better
Paranoid, the entire album. The B side is one big drum fill and all brilliant
Never thought i’d see Lars Ulrich featured in a best drum anything
of all the fills he's recorded...not sure Sad But True is in the tallica top 20, let alone top 20 of all drummers all time?....
And it's not even a good fill. A pedestrian fill in a great song is not the same as a great fill.
The fill makes for one of the key characteristics in this song. Change that and it becomes a completely different thing. Even though it's relatively simple, it's part of what makes that song great. Good does not equal difficult even for heavy metal.
@@gabrielvasconcelos4055 Metallica apologists have been using this "serves the song" defense for 20 years, and it's nonsense. That fill is the most obvious choice there. There's a rest and then the band comes in together. You *have* to play a fill there, and most amateur drummers would do exactly what Lars did. Changing it wouldn't change the song, because whatever replaced it would be a variation on that same fill (and hopefully a more interesting variation). It's not like a different drummer would break into a samba there. It's very obvious what should happen. And that fill is the most obvious choice to fill an obvious need.
It doesn't have to be difficult, but it should be at least a little bit interesting.
For Whom the Bell Tolls deserves to be on this list. Sad But True, not so much.
Chad Smith’s fills in “Give It Away” always stick out for me.
That whole song is a clinic on funky fills.
The one to end it always stuck out me
Wet Sand.
@@johnheaton1454 O_o I love Wet Sand for John's guitar work, his backing vocals and his songwriting (obviously his composition). I will pay attention to the drums next time.
This video was incredible Rick ... Love this list (:
JACK, você é O CARA !!!
Honorable mentions for me:
Vera Figueiredo - Mr. Banana
O Rappa - Se não avisar o bicho pega
Nephast - Hate Earth
Endrah - 61 Rounds
Sepultura - Sworn Oath
Another fill not mentioned was by Michael Giles, the final fill in "In the Court of the Crimson King" by King Crimson.
Giles is a beast. 77 years old now!
or the final fills in "Epitaph"
That fill you're talking about is 100% the most musical application of snare rudiments played around the kit - Absolutely fantastic fill. That fill blows away ALL these other fills!!!
Mitch Mitchell in Little Wing plays an exceptional role in making that song as smooth and delicate as it sounds. He added and took away exactly when it needed it.
Then Tool recorded Pneuma and Danny Carey slid straight in at number 1.
Totally!!
That reminds me - I haven’t watched that video for a few hours
Pneuma alone would claim the top 4 spots at least xD
I adore this video. That being said Pneuma blew my mind and has been my favorite song since it's release... #1 all the lists
@@puffysnowball2261 ditto, I'll be back to finish this video in about 12 minutes.
For such an incredibly subjective topic, this was the best job anyone could have done. Thank you, this brought back a lot of great memories surrounding these songs and fills.
Black Sabbath's War Pigs has an epic drumfill that segways to the outro. A live version showcases Bill used a brutal blast beat as a drum fill in 1972 /,,/
I was so hoping that Jack was going to be in a gorilla suit for In the Air Tonight.
A favorite of air drummers worldwide... Oh, Lord
An honorable mention too would be the fill in Lagrange ZZ Top
Agreed, I definitely feel Frank Beard is underrated. Glad to see Ginger Baker.
Another honorable mention: the tom fills Ringo played on A Day in the Life. So well done.
I find your lack of Bill Ward disturbing
and Bill Bruford. Poor Bills
My wife said that to me on our first date. True love.
Krooksbane I concur.
Bill Ward, he's dead
I find the lack of Gavin Harrison disturbing. He is a true genius when it comes to drum fills.
Not gonna lie the fact that La Grange by ZZ Top isn’t on this list is heartbreaking.
Especially the last one going into the solo out.
Totally forgot about that one. YES, it should be on here.
The drum fill going into C is iconic
Yep.
Another vote here. Once watched him shuffle for more than 30 minutes without a break or a skip in time. New Years 1977 or 78... can't remember it's been so long.
Can we take a moment to appreciate the amazing attempt at that Vinnie fill at 7:27. Sick man.
Vinnie is a f..... Legend (just like Jojo Mayer)!
Not so sure about putting Phill Collins above The Professor but In The Air Tonight is the most air drummed song of all time and that being the fill. Let's face it. The Professor is just too complicated for most to handle. BTW, they are the greatest trio of all time. LOL Great video!
Gavin Harrison on “Sound of Muzak” coming out of the bridge into the last chorus. That fill is absolutely killer.
The one he played live is even better! Like, unbelievably good.
YES
I suspect Rick is one of those people who just isn't a fan of PT/Steven WIlson. He seems to almost intentionally ignore their existence.
Four of my favorites:
Michael Giles: "In the Court of the Crimson King" (King Crimson)
Jon Hiseman: "The Pirate's Dream" (Dick Heckstall-Smith) and "Valentyne Suite" (Colosseum)
Stuart Elliot: "On the Border" (Al Stewart)
Wow! A Year of the Cat album mention.
I admit, I only know King Crimson, but: very much so!
Seconded King Crimson. Ta. Dudum. Tata. Dudum. Tatadududududum.
My two cents:
I wouldn't have minded to see Tom Sawyer at #1.
And John Dolmayan's Toxicity and Bill Ward's War Pigs are for sure honorable to mention 😉
I always loved the very slight variation in the last chorus of Toxicity as a listener and always hated it as a mediocre drummer haha
Nah! In the Air Tonight EASILY trumps Tom Sawyer. It’s simply more well known than Tom Sawyer.
Not to mention pretty much the entirety of No One Knows by Queens of the Stone Age with Dave on the drums
@@dukealbert7017 Easily? Nah, I wouldn't go by that measure above all else. If you do, it got about 2.5 times the spotify plays. I think for such huge songs, it's fair to say they're both up there. And Tom Sawyer I think comes to mind first for many people who listen to lots of Rock music and think about good drums. While both are the highlights of the respective songs, I think Tom Sawyer is much more jaw dropping than the indeed epic drums from In The Air Tonight.
It is more jaw dropping yes, and the key is in what you said, in the ROCK COMMUNITY, In The Air Tonight has resonated with more in the general population regardless of whether they are rock fans or not. I agree Tom Sawyer deserves HIGH recognition, but In the Air Tonight has been embedded so deep in general pop culture it gets the top spot.
Pictures of home intro from Ian Paice has everyyhing, speed, power, accuracy, top notch indeed.
"Time" - Pink Floyd. Just before the band kicks in... Simple, memorable and effective
yeah
Yes, love that fill.
flammed mid tom - mid tom - low tom - snare x3
As good and simple as it gets
This whole list could have been filled just with the fills in the song 'Burn' by Deep Purple. Ian Paice, one of the most underrated drummers in rock.
William Ortiz the best drummer of all time!
Tots agree as my comment makes clear.
I've noticed that Deep Purple is often not included in Rick's TOP. Maybe he's saving the best bits for a What Makes Deep Purple Great
I agree, he is very creative. By the same token, one could include Frank Beard!
I hadn't heard that song for quite some time, so I went back and listened to it. You are right. The drum fills are on fire and well executed. Good choice.
Tom Sawyer is one of the greatest rock songs of all-time.
Excuse me, have you heard of Xanadu ? :(
Hilarious - i skip songs all the time when they come up on the radio or player. But when Tom Sawyer gets played - full duration everytime - it cannot be interrupted 😃
@@GuitarMan22 the greatest drum fills EVER.
yes but should have used YYZed as a drum feature instead.
@@errorfound8377 shut up
For me, this was the most obvious #1 pick in all your Top 20 lists. Legendary!
ah yes... the greatest drum fill of all time... what I like to call: The Drum Phil.
A perfect circle "Judith" has one of the most amazing, face melting drum fills of all time.
Josh Freese represent!
Or the package
Yes
That's because Josh Freese is so damn good
For those of you that haven't already you should listen to what he did with The Vandals
"Achilles Last Stand" was the first song that came to my mind. Cheers!
I wondered why it wasn’t even an honorable mention myself.
ClassicalH you mean that thunderous roll he does early on? Hands like lightning haha
i was expecting to be the number 1
Some of my favorites are Paul's (or Ringo's) fill on Dear Prudence and Mick Avory's fill on The Kinks' She Baugh a Hat like princess Marina.