"A Few Good Drummers!" - Guitars101

sphill · 11-20-2004, 05:38 PM

Being a drummer I am often the butt of jokes from so called muso’s who think they know better. While I have struggled to comeback with a witty line or three at times I was inspired of late by the film, “A Few Good Men", in particluar Jack Nicholson’s speech to the young upstart, Tom Cruise. This inspired me to rewrite this scene for the next time when some guitar player, who thinks they know better, decides to give a drummer a hard time. Enjoy and spread the news, drummers aint going to take it anymore…

“Son, in this world there are bands. And in those bands you need drummers. Are you willing to do it? As a drummer, I have more responsibility that you can possibly fathom. You use words like ‘drunk’ and ‘out of shape’; those words are the very backbone of a life I spent drinking and partying in, and you see them as a punchline. You weep for your keyboard players and lead guiatrists, and you curse the drummer. You have that luxury of not knowing what I know: that the rhythm section, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, wins these audience you play to to. Truth? You can’t handle the truth, because deep down in places you don’t talk about in your band meetings, you want me in that band ; you need me in that band. I neither have the time nor inclination to explain myself to a guitar player who scores with the better looking chicks under the very blanket of rhythm that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just bought me a beer and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you crawl behind that drum kit and get sweaty. Either way, I DON‘T GIVE A DAMN who you think is responsible.”

Lydian · 11-21-2004, 10:04 AM

Im with you on this one. Us drummers get joked about, but without us - all you guitar players are lost off-time. I gaurantee you, listen to a guitarist playing on their own, then listen to them with a drummer to back them up. The difference is that when there is a drummer present they are way more on time.

wahwah · 11-22-2004, 08:59 AM

But at the end of the day...you're still drummers! :whistling Just kidding my paradiddlin' 'padres!

But I'll ask the bass player to change the lightbulb!

11-20-2004, 05:38 PM	#1
sphill Arena Artist Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sydney, Australia. Posts: 994	"A Few Good Drummers!" Being a drummer I am often the butt of jokes from so called muso’s who think they know better. While I have struggled to comeback with a witty line or three at times I was inspired of late by the film, “A Few Good Men", in particluar Jack Nicholson’s speech to the young upstart, Tom Cruise. This inspired me to rewrite this scene for the next time when some guitar player, who thinks they know better, decides to give a drummer a hard time. Enjoy and spread the news, drummers aint going to take it anymore… “Son, in this world there are bands. And in those bands you need drummers. Are you willing to do it? As a drummer, I have more responsibility that you can possibly fathom. You use words like ‘drunk’ and ‘out of shape’; those words are the very backbone of a life I spent drinking and partying in, and you see them as a punchline. You weep for your keyboard players and lead guiatrists, and you curse the drummer. You have that luxury of not knowing what I know: that the rhythm section, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, wins these audience you play to to. Truth? You can’t handle the truth, because deep down in places you don’t talk about in your band meetings, you want me in that band ; you need me in that band. I neither have the time nor inclination to explain myself to a guitar player who scores with the better looking chicks under the very blanket of rhythm that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just bought me a beer and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you crawl behind that drum kit and get sweaty. Either way, I DON‘T GIVE A DAMN who you think is responsible.” __________________ One thing that really appeals to me is this idea of music being a living thing that has an evolution that, in a way, enables the artist to sell a process rather than a piece of product. Peter Gabriel

11-22-2004, 08:59 AM	#3
wahwah Ear Candy Distributor Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: High Wycombe in leafy Bucks. Posts: 10,658	But at the end of the day...you're still drummers! :whistling Just kidding my paradiddlin' 'padres! But I'll ask the bass player to change the lightbulb! __________________ "Purveyor of Home Cooked Tone since 1978 or thereabouts" www.blackrose-rockband.co.uk www.chris-watson.com http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...?bandID=251339

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11-21-2004, 10:04 AM	#2
Lydian Banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Music Posts: 167	Im with you on this one. Us drummers get joked about, but without us - all you guitar players are lost off-time. I gaurantee you, listen to a guitarist playing on their own, then listen to them with a drummer to back them up. The difference is that when there is a drummer present they are way more on time.

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