When I was a 15 years old my parents took me to Manhattan. We walked on Broadway and discovered a snare drummer presenting tricks and talking about Gene Krupa. I liked him so much that I watched him several times a few days later. That was in July 1978. A few month before I bought my first snare drum. Yesterday I saw Taxi driver for the first time. I was surprised. Wonderful!
According to IMDB.com this drummer called Gene Palmer can be seen in one more movie called "Hero at large" (from 1980)
He is really good but in Taxi Driver, he cracked me up laughing. When he raises up the left stick and makes those big eyes, the slicked back hair and that jacket. He did'nt sound anything like Gene Krupa.He twirled the sticks better than he played.
I just watched Taxi Driver in its entirety for the first time today and was surprised to see that street drummer. The greasy slick hair and the twirling sticks are unmistakable. In the 70's I used to see him drumming on anything metallic on the 59th Street subway platform but didn't ask or take money. He never said a word that I heard. I thought he was merely a "has-been" hoping to be re-discovered for another gig. By 1978, he looked really dirty and unkempt.
In defense of Gene I am familiar with this time in NYC as well. Gene kept up his appearance with dignity well into the late eighties. That's the last time I saw him. There was another guy who was a real street type homeless person who carried around a pair of drumsticks and would be stooped over a lot of the time playing his beats on the sidewalk as he walked around.He would also play on different surfaces eg like metal in the subway station. Gene, on the other hand, always had a snare drum.
Yeah, I almost affectionately remember this guy. I used to see him playing his drums around the mid-town area when I first started working in Manhattan, in the early 80's. I would stop to watch him sometimes. He always had that jet back slick hair of his. And his eye's would always be facing the sky, as he played. I sensed that there was something not quite right about him. I didn't know if he was homeless, or what. But, I remember feeling bad for the guy. What ever happened to him ?
The translation SUKS!!!!!!
gixman2 10 months ago
The part where the drummer says "Now back to the Gene Krupa syncopated style" is included in the song KRUPA of Apollo 440
gixman2 10 months ago
Estas traducciones al Español arruinan totalmente la actuacion. El dialogo es la mitad del arte de actuar. HORRIBLE!
peoman2 11 months ago
No mamen vayanse a la verga, ¿por qué no subtitulan las películas?, osea, ¿no les gustaría escuchar la voz de DeNiro cuando está frente al espejo?.
phsacid 1 year ago
When I was a 15 years old my parents took me to Manhattan. We walked on Broadway and discovered a snare drummer presenting tricks and talking about Gene Krupa. I liked him so much that I watched him several times a few days later. That was in July 1978. A few month before I bought my first snare drum. Yesterday I saw Taxi driver for the first time. I was surprised. Wonderful!
According to IMDB.com this drummer called Gene Palmer can be seen in one more movie called "Hero at large" (from 1980)
bkupp 1 year ago
Quality dubbing!
Tenebrae1979 2 years ago
He is really good but in Taxi Driver, he cracked me up laughing. When he raises up the left stick and makes those big eyes, the slicked back hair and that jacket. He did'nt sound anything like Gene Krupa.He twirled the sticks better than he played.
Psycho9263 2 years ago
I just watched Taxi Driver in its entirety for the first time today and was surprised to see that street drummer. The greasy slick hair and the twirling sticks are unmistakable. In the 70's I used to see him drumming on anything metallic on the 59th Street subway platform but didn't ask or take money. He never said a word that I heard. I thought he was merely a "has-been" hoping to be re-discovered for another gig. By 1978, he looked really dirty and unkempt.
Amsterdam125 3 years ago
is he still alive
2012alexg 3 years ago
In defense of Gene I am familiar with this time in NYC as well. Gene kept up his appearance with dignity well into the late eighties. That's the last time I saw him. There was another guy who was a real street type homeless person who carried around a pair of drumsticks and would be stooped over a lot of the time playing his beats on the sidewalk as he walked around.He would also play on different surfaces eg like metal in the subway station. Gene, on the other hand, always had a snare drum.
bigbass3 2 years ago
@bigbass3
Yeah, I almost affectionately remember this guy. I used to see him playing his drums around the mid-town area when I first started working in Manhattan, in the early 80's. I would stop to watch him sometimes. He always had that jet back slick hair of his. And his eye's would always be facing the sky, as he played. I sensed that there was something not quite right about him. I didn't know if he was homeless, or what. But, I remember feeling bad for the guy. What ever happened to him ?
gendres1 2 years ago
I used to see him in Times Square in the late 1970s. He used to drum on the newspaper machines. He was super cool!
cathycva 3 years ago
Anyone know of any other recordings of his?
rockdaskulls 3 years ago
I don't think he ever recorded anything, but he sounds good, he could've done great stuff (I think)
dcdanniel 3 years ago
I used to see this guy in Tomes Square all the time. He used to use an upside down garbage can as a drum.
sphere111 4 years ago
The drummer is called Gene Palma. He is/was a real street performer!
Bomberdrummer 4 years ago