Subdivisions (Rush) - The Greatest Rock Drumming Ever?

Undertoad · 05-11-2006, 12:20 PM

The part of Black Dog where you are talking about, Page confuses us by speeding up. He does this cool thing where he seems to blatantly ignore the time.

If you pick up on the beat and just count 1-2-3-4 through that passage, you'll find that the timing on drums remains steady throughout, and then Bonham crashes on 1 as Page comes back to the time just as he comes back to the key. It's a genius move.

It sometimes seems like Bonham is a little behind the beat which gives LZ songs a heavier, draggy groove.

If you have a singer as the fourth piece that is almost as hard. Which is why many acts like REM carry a second guitarist live.

05-11-2006, 12:20 PM	#9
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	The part of Black Dog where you are talking about, Page confuses us by speeding up. He does this cool thing where he seems to blatantly ignore the time. If you pick up on the beat and just count 1-2-3-4 through that passage, you'll find that the timing on drums remains steady throughout, and then Bonham crashes on 1 as Page comes back to the time just as he comes back to the key. It's a genius move. It sometimes seems like Bonham is a little behind the beat which gives LZ songs a heavier, draggy groove. If you have a singer as the fourth piece that is almost as hard. Which is why many acts like REM carry a second guitarist live.

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