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Astronomy Dominie
A Saucerful of Secrets
Set The Controls for the Heart of the Sun
Careful with that Axe Eugene
Up The Khyber
The Grand Vizier\'s Garden Party
One of These Days
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Time
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Idoownu Offline
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3. Time, I love those drum sounds...
2. Set the controls, Live from Ummagumma

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1. A saucerful of Secrets - all versions
09-19-2009 11:19 PM
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a saucerful of secrets. really fast, really hard to follow. I can't even tap it with my fingers.
09-20-2009 07:33 AM
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I voted Astronomy Dominie
09-20-2009 12:38 PM
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Sigma 6 Offline
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Echoes, especially the Live at Pompeii version.
09-22-2009 12:55 AM
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FlashTheReadiesWotsUhTheDeal Offline
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A Saucerful of Secrets (Pompeii)
10-26-2009 06:25 PM
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(10-26-2009 06:25 PM)FlashTheReadiesWotsUhTheDeal Wrote:  A Saucerful of Secrets (Pompeii)


Definitely. Time would be my #2 with One Of These Days coming it at #3.

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10-26-2009 07:05 PM
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azimuth Offline
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I think most people vote for One of These Days(the Pompeii version) because you have this visual of Nick flailing about like a crazed Keith Moon. (The best part is when he loses the drumstick and has to grab another!!!)

I love the drums on The Nile Song. Correct me if I am wrong, but the reason they sound so in your face is because they were miked improperly when the song was recorded.
11-09-2009 04:35 PM
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Out of the songs listed I would choose Money. The odd time signature forces him to play a bit out of his comfort zone, and he does a great job. However, my favorite songs are like Us & Them, Breathe, Shine on, CNumb.... The steady beat with the occasional fill. Those song define him as a drummer.
11-10-2009 11:49 AM
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The fade out of Comfortably Numb is honestly the only time I've noticed his drumming being interesting - he seems pretty basic at what he does.

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11-15-2009 06:37 PM
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Nick's drumming suits the band and the music rather well. I suppose it could be viewed as basic by some; but a trap a lot of drummers fall into, is that they include unecessary notes whenever there's room. "Unecessary" is subjective I guess....... Guys like Neal Peart and Stu Copeland thrive on that and it fits that particular musical well. I'm a fan of both those guys....

There's so much opportunity in Pink Floyd's music for Nick to add in additional notes and such. The fact that he doesn't is a credit to him really......
11-16-2009 12:10 PM
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