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The drums on Us and Them are amazingly bad. It is amazing because the guy is aping Ringo Starr which is a very easy job, and the producer has to get down a solid drum track Above All. They let about 20 objective mistakes through, tried to cover it with cymbals, and recorded Them badly!

submitted by Dindu to music 3 monthsJan 25, 2025 11:06:23 ago (+4/-0)     (youtu.be)

https://youtu.be/GKiLEgAzFDQ?t=169&si=wtbFU9SKjzsunc-i

Most of the mistakes are in the drum fills which are square fills and should not be full of mistakes. The cymbal smashes are louder than the snare drum, full of treble and smashed too hard. They are definitely added on later. The process on getting a rhythm track done is pretty easy. It is crazy that they kept this take. It would have sounded way worse in the early stages and I would have absolutely just redone it and probably straighten out the drummer a bit because he's clearly losing his mind

There's a similar instance of this in the long and Winding Road. It wouldn't matter if they weren't intended to be singles. But when they're intended to be a single it is crazy to have musicians slacking. John on bass was just not dedicated to Excellence.

While I'm thinking of startling mistakes in singles, the guitar solo at the end of Sympathy for the Devil is mixed insanely weird. It's crazy. Don't do drugs kids


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[ - ] HelenHighwater 2 points 3 monthsJan 25, 2025 11:18:26 ago (+2/-0)

The whole dark side of the moon with wizard of oz synched up on repeat is pretty cool to watch.


*I know they have no real world connection

[ - ] Dindu [op] 0 points 3 monthsJan 25, 2025 11:24:14 ago (+0/-0)

We used to do a lot of watching any audio with any video. A lot of fun

When it doesn't match you can try to imagine how it might match, and this process is probably good for your brain. and then there's simply times that it doesn't match. But then there are times where it absolutely matches

[ - ] i_scream_trucks 0 points 3 monthsJan 25, 2025 11:26:53 ago (+0/-0)

are we even thinking of the same us and them as op because shit sounds nothing like beatles drumming and ive got no clue what sympathy for the devil is.

Ah rolling stones. sorry. more pop shit.

[ - ] Dindu [op] 0 points 3 monthsJan 25, 2025 11:37:10 ago (+0/-0)

Theyre English musicians and they're my brothers.

[ - ] inaminit 0 points 3 monthsJan 25, 2025 12:25:26 ago (+0/-0)

A fart in the wind and the majority of "English musicians" are worth the same... Not exactly a source of familial pride, is it Cousin?

[ - ] Dindu [op] 0 points 3 monthsJan 25, 2025 12:36:46 ago (+0/-0)

Oh youre in trouble now

[ - ] Anus_Expander 1 point 3 monthsJan 25, 2025 19:11:19 ago (+1/-0)

The best parts about Us And Them are the piano, the sax, and Sam Smith's vocals

[ - ] i_scream_trucks 0 points 3 monthsJan 25, 2025 11:25:50 ago (+0/-0)*

"The guy" is Nick Mason yacunt.

And he was doing 'Set the controls for the heart of the sun' while ringo was 'oh bla di oh bla da' ing.
us and them is not exactly the greatest of their songs, just bloody well known. i think its a fucking yawn personally.

[ - ] Dindu [op] 0 points 3 monthsJan 25, 2025 11:34:32 ago (+0/-0)*

I love nick Mason at his core. There was a time when the early stuff was the only thing I could listen to. But I think he developed some kind of cocaine problem in the '70s