I’m looking for suggestions for my drum jam-along playlist, so any song you love that has a good beat I’m open to. Whatcha got?
Edit: for clarification my plan is to add all these to a playlist and tomorrow my practice session is gonna just be jamming to that playlist. Load me up!
if just one obscure one, that doesn’t deserve to be this obscure: KCLR-future funk chant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Sk75tWiEo8
Club Soda (Bangalter from Daft Punk):
She’s Hearing Voices - Bloc Party
For a metal waltz, try Cheval by Igorrr
For jazzy pop with an upfront floor tom, try Humanised by Sola Rosa
For messy disjointed verses and flowing choruses, try Giant by Bear Hands
For a shuffle-y groove with some slightly unusual snare patterns, try Home Away From Home by Cut Chemist - nothing too wild here, but it sounds like it’d be fun to play
For setting up random stuff like dustbin lids as percussion, try Sick Kids by Fjorka
For being kept on your toes by something with several distinct sections, including an unusual shuffle, tru Walking Headz by STUFF. The full stop is part of the band name
For rhythmic patterns not common in Western music, try Gnawa Beat by Bab L’ Bluz
For noisy punk with lots of fills, try Bakuro Book by Otoboke Beaver
For laid-back funk with some unusual percussion, try 3 On E by Vulfpeck
For if you’ve ever wondered what it would sound like if bossa nova and drum & bass had a baby, try Drum ‘N’ Bossa by Carbuncle
For fun swing-y jazz try Forgotten Places by Alif Tree
And, just for funsies, why not pit yourself against the most sampled song in history? Amen Brother by The Winstons - you know the drum sample (1.26, for anybody who wants to skip to it to see if they’ve heard it - spoiler: you have), but the tune itself is also a banger with a fun drum part
The Amen Break is like the Wilhelm Scream of music.
The Futurama theme song is another surprisingly good use of it. It’s kind of like if Fat Boy Slim had written Amen Brother.
Achilles’ Last Dtand by Led Zeppelin gets my vote.
Panic Station by Muse.
The groove is a banger and the structure gives a lot of room for improvisationNot a particularly cool band these days, and not well-known outside the UK, but Madness have a great rhythm section.
Or maybe “had”… their newer stuff is pretty unbearable to me…
But songs like Our House and Wings Of A Dove would be great to play along to on drums. If you happen to like the music, which you might not!
Billie Jean off the top off my head.
EDIT: Ghetto Life by Rick James as well.
- Kashmir - Led Zeppelin. Really anything from Physical Graffiti or by John Bonham.
- Caravan - Buddy Rich
- The Blues Walk - Max Roach & Clifford Brown
- Tom Sawyer - Rush. Or really anything else with Neil Peart.
- John the Fisherman - Primus. They won’t be the same since Tim “Herb” Alexander left the band, but I’m sure he has his reasons.(also: Hamburger Train, Over the Electric Grapevine, Tommy the Cat, Mr. Knowitall, Harold of the Rocks)
- Discipline - King Crimson (also: Thela Hun Ginjeet and most of the rest of the album, which seems to mostly treat the guitar as a percussion instrument more than most.)
Sorry if these are cliche.
I love watching the studio video of Tom Sawyer. The intensity of all of them when they record that, especially Peart.
Thanks, I hadn’t seen that before, that was fun
I think the originals of Limelight and Spirit of Radio were also filmed there (Le Studio, Morin Hts, Quebec).
“The Real Me” by The Who.
Entwistle’s bass playing is so fucking solid, and Keith Moon’s drumming is insane.The Real Me” by The Who
Moonie’s isolated drums.
Avatar - Smells Like a Freakshow
This one flew under my radar until a couple days ago - little more repetitive than I usually like, but the beat do be killer.
Edit - actually now that I think of it, Avatar has pretty aggressive beats across the board - might want to dig through their other stuff too.
For a drum jam-along? Here’s my suggestions for some fairly drum-focused songs.
Shobaleader One - Squarepusher Theme
Primus - Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver
Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets (drums kick in at about 2 mins)
Flamingosis - Brunch at the Bodega
Local H - “Cha” Said the Kitty
You have good taste
Thanks, your suggestion was also choice!