Good cover of the classic Billy Cobham song! Vinnie Colaiuta has mentioned in interviews that Billy Cobham was one of his biggest influences. Both drummers have a deep respect of each other, and I'm sure that Cobham enjoys having Vinnie and Jeff Beck covering his song.
Are there REALLY people that are jonesing on Vinny's skills? That is just ridiculous. He is top 10 worldwide while you are maybe top 1000 in your County, no not country, I said COUNTY. I bet YOU will NEVER gig with jeff beck and other world class legends as he has and always will. Grow up!
It's not that I want to diss on Vinnie. He is generally a top tier drummer. But his style here just doesn't seem to be suited to the song. He needs to dial it back a bit on the single stroke fills.
Having seen Jeff recently (but not with Vinnie sadly) I think if you saw this live you would feel different. Live the guitar and everything else is just absolutely nuts and the drumming makes perfect sense. Here the drums are sticking out of a muddy mix when recorded live and played back through youtube.
Inherently simple bluesy licks? I defy anyone that has posted a comment similar to this to post a video of your own, playing guitar like this. And you can use a pick if you want, even though Beck doesn't. Oh, and that whammy bar stuff, no problem right? That shouldn't take too long to learn. Do any of you actually know what a guitar is? And Vinny is playing a song from Cobham's album. Listen to the original and you will understand why Vinny is playing this way.
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@Sunderlanding don't get me wrong you don't have to like him, what I'm saying is that who's a great guitarist isn't determined souly on technicalities. If I went by your interpretation Hendrix wouldn't be the best guitarist ever. But he is because people like his music and by general opinion and majority he is such. Sloppy random and sometimes flat-out crappy guitar playing but people still like it, that's why I said this to you.
I don't get why people think Jeff is such a great guitarist. Most of what he plays is noise or just the same licks he does in every other solo. Don't get me wrong he's got a real cool tone, which is great, but his note selection is just boring and random.
@Hh4hooch26 I know that maestro, but I don't find his music great, and it's going to take more than "people like it" to convince me otherwise. If I ran on that logic I'd also think Katy Perry is great. Jeff has great tone I'll give him that, but he's sloppy and his note selection is terrible. I find his solos so random I just don't see what there is to get excited about.
@Sunderlanding I find his phrasing unique, it sounds great to me. And who's to say Katy Perry is not great? People like that music and think it's great so there's nothing wrong. But that aside, Jeff is the master of his particular style, whether you think it's a good style or not is on you.
@kristofor12345 Wow what a gutless response. Katy Perry is not good. People may like her, but she sucks. She isn't doing anything musically interesting and all her songs are derivative crap.
@Sunderlanding do you even know what gutless means? But anyway I really don't give a fuck about Katy Perry, she could be great or aweful but I'll probably never come up with anything to support either side. My point is that whether or not you like this style, Beck is the master of it. The fact that somebody doesn't musically interest you means basically nothing about the person, it means that you have failed to enjoy something.
@kristofor12345 Gutless because you didn't have the balls to take a stance. "If they like it it must be good." It's a pathetic gutless attitude. It's not up to me to enjoy someone elses stuff. They wrote it and played it so it's up to them. I don't know what paticular style you're refering to when you say Beck is the master. If you're talking blues rock I can think of a bunch of better players. Players who don't try to play fast for no good reason when it's obvious they can't do it properly.
@Sunderlanding you're gettin all aggressive here, I don't really try to draw the lines of "good" and "bad" music, as long as it's somebody truly expressing themselves. Beck's music does just that very well, especially on his later albums like "You Had it Coming" which are my favorite. As to his style, well first off you are confusing "style" and "genre" which differ. He has applied his style to Rock, Jazz, Electronica, and Blues.
@kristofor12345 Who cares if someone is truly expressing themselves? What difference does that make? Sure it's an emotional release for them, but that doesn't have anything to do with the quality of the music. Just because someone is expressing themselves doesn't mean they're doing anything for music as an art form. Beck's idea of expressing himself seems to be random pentatonic wanking filled in with random noise. I don't see what there is to get excited about.
@Sunderlanding hmm, I see no "random pentatonic wanking" here, I see well played bluesy licks, which are inherently simple. But even to say that "well played bluesy licks" is all he does is plain wrong, he's done some pretty experimental stuff that I find to be better than this
@kristofor12345 Hendrix played blues licks well. This is too random for me. He doesn't develop a melody at all. It's just generic blues licks and then some noise.
Vinny Colaiuta is probably in the top five most sought after drummers in the world. Somehow I get the feeling that opinions of a number of YouTube posters won't change that a wit.
Hey there Vinnie bashers, I suggest you go see him play with Ricky Peterson, then Gaffa tape your cakeholes. He's kickin some serious arse here, something we here in OZ rarely see, but play with the fabulous Hammond player/singer Ricky Peterson I have witnessed........unbelieveable, sheer genius!
As a drummer extraordinaire/teacher, I challenge any of you to mimic him!!!!!!
By the way, I'd like to kick the shit out of my kit with Jeff Beck too....Vinnie, you lucky son of a ..........
@4presr13 Well, the Japanese are much more reserved and respectful. Perhaps since Beck is a more refined artist with a refined following, they don't jump around and go nuts like they would for a big hair band or a pop act.
I got turned on to this song earlier this week. This is incredible. Jeff Beck blows my mind. Everything about this song is tight. I was asked to learn the bass parts and while it is only a few notes, playing this song for six minutes on bass is a workout!
I love that prehistoric shriek Jeff wrings out of his axe when the notion takes him.The primal fury and rage he summons out of an electric guitar is awesome.
no man(or women) with a sense of what good musicanship means can say anything bad about Vinnie! Vinnie is not my favourite drummer(although he's one I like alot), but he is the best drummer ever!
Dissing Vinnie in THIS VIDEO?! What's next?Mom? Apple Pie? Apollo 11? Lou Gherig? Jimmy Stewart? D-Day? Donuts? Jiminy Crickets, you f*ckers are a tough crowd
I like the drums on this...I play like this alot and think he does great here!!! playing that simple stuff is sooooo boring....when you can actually play drums that is :p
Vinnie is one of the best drummers outthere.Period.Him and Bozzio is among the best 5 in the world..Funny enough they are both old Zappa musicians.Frank knew how to pick´em.
As for Beck,I get surpriced every time I see something new.He can still impress by doing something totally unexpected.
frankly, the concept of dissing vinnie is completely foreign to me....i say any1 who does such a thing has an extremely light familiarity with his shit.....this song is not one where a drummer sits back and merely keeps the groove-its a cobham tune! to do anything but play the hell out of the set would be an insult to the great single stroke legend.
I like Jeff Beck, his new album is quite special, but, Tommy Bolin is way better on the original recording. However, Vinnie Coliaiuta is very good! Did he play with Zappa? Thanks for the post, marks6338!
It is amusing to see responses concerning musicians like these who are just simply put: "f'n great!!!!" It blows my mind when someone has anything remotely negative to say whether it is about Cobham, Beck or Coliutta. Sheeite mon!!!
Vinnie Colaiuta is obviously amazing; if you don't think so, you're crazy. By the way, this tune was originally done by another awesome drummer named Billy Cobham. Check him out!!
Jeff Beck es un extraordinario guitarrista, pero creo que la version de Stratus en el album Spectrum de Billy Cobham es insuperable. Tommy Bolin hace,segun mi opinion uno de los mejores solos de guitarra de todos los tiempos, solo comparable al de Machine Gun de Hendrix en el Band of Gypsies.
Look all youz guyz dissin on Vinnie, he sounds monstrous here. Sure he's not generally as mellow as chambers, cobham , walden or gadd but thats not cause he doesn't know how to be. He just can't help himself from pounding the shyait outta the skins. Obviously, jeff either likes his style, likes him or both and he's played with the best. VInnie wasn't hired for Symphony of destruction by megadeth for nothin!
@chillichomper For real. Vinnie is killing it here. I can't imagine someone dissing him. They should read up on his career with Zappa. There is a great anecdote from Steve Vai on Vinnie wiki page about vinnie learning a new piece of Zappa music and doing a run and grabbing a bite of lunch off a plate in the middle of the run and not missing a beat.
@chillichomper Gotta agree with you; anyone who feels the need to get down on Vinnie's ability to jam has got sheeet for brains, no talent, and is one jealous wanna-be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@chillichomper INDEED! VINNIE IS INDEED A TOP CLASS DRUMMER! style, posture, passion and technique!!! end of story! if anyone's got something to say, say it infront of jeff beck.
I see a lot of people cutting down Vinnie. If Jeff Beck felt the same way, Vinnie wouldn't be playing. Obviously your ears aren't on the same level Jeff's are, because he goddamn loves having Vinnie play with him.
Shit for brains and 33 years of playing drums and yes, Vinnie has chops but he also uses all of them on every song. Cobham is a level above because every song isn't about him and he understands that, not so sure Vinnie does. It's a matter of taste and I have no need to sniff Vinnie's jock that you evidently do.
A matter of taste you say. Sounds like you also like the taste. no surprise, like mel brooks said " Then there became the critic" If you haven't learned in 33 years not to judge but enjoy the art then it makes me wonder exactly what were you playin for 33 years besides your one had stroke on your own stick, Richard
Yes. Cobham, unlike Vinnie and most post-bop jazz drummers in whatever style, understands that his job -- not just the bass player's job -- is to GROOVE. We ride the rhythm, transported, exhilarated. If a drummer does a lot of chops throughout, we are dryly impressed by technique, but pushed back from the essential pulse, the heart of music.
I saw Jeff Beck in Oakland, and the Billy a couple weeks ago... Billy appeared to be a more creative drummer. Billy made some mistakes transitioning from mallets to brushes etc. But billly was excellent!
I think the composer of the song gets all the credit but this line-up performs it better than the original.... lets not say better but I find it more interesting, I have more fun with this cover
Jeff is .....well...JEFF! but, I don't think anyone will ever be able to capture the magic that was caught on tape by Cobham and gang on the original. The spectrum album is universally recognized as the holy grail of fusion, and, mainly due in large part to one individual. That being Tommy Bolin. Like an ethereal stranger in the night, Bolin crept into the studio with these esteemed and studied jazz greats and as a hungry, and aspiring rocker, dropped jaws with his uncanny ability to own a tune.
One sign of great musicians is they're smart enough to choose songs that fit their style of playing to a T. This Billy Cobham song is from around the same period as Blow by Blow and Wired and it has a similar sound, and damn if this isn't just one more great jazz fusion style Jeff Beck tune. Interesting that he should decide to play it decades after Cobham's version (or am I wrong about that?).
This is a good choice by Jeff beck. You mention Blow By Blow and Wired....on drums he had Bernard Purdie on the former and Narada Michael Walden on the latter. They knew how to keep a groove going when it was necessary. On this version, Vinnie plays the same way all through the song. He diminishes the drumming at the end with all the fills because he is doing the same thing throughout the tune. Most times less is more.......Vinnie might want to think about that.
@thechzman Dude, you haven't done the research: Blow by Blow has Richard Bailey on drums, and Wired has Narda playing drums on several tunes, including Led Boots, but also Jan Hammer on Blue Wind and Richard Bailey and Ed Greene on some cuts. I am a seasoned and technical drummer, and sometimes I do think Vinnie overplays, but he is a true percussion monster in the best sense of the word! His fluency - meaning percussive vocabulary, plus formidable technical chops - is second to none.
Why a lot of posters judge a musician for and comparing him with others. dulcimerz2drumstix is totally right when says enjoy the music and if you don't like it please change the video, that's it. I heard JB with this song in HR live in SFLA and was espectacular. Remember JB was before Bolin, Hendrix, check for Jeff's Boogie in 1966 (by the way JB is almost 65 years old). My fave Guitar man is the late Danny Gatton check Danny Gatton Slide.
Hard to run rings around Jeff Beck when your 6 feet under. But I loved Tommy Bolins Albums and Cobhams Spectrum as well. Tommy was a great guitarist. Jeff Beck is a great guitarist.
I'm not going to get lost in comparisons here. The classic "Spectrum" is a classic for a reason. Tommy Bolin was a major influence for Jeff Beck and it's great to see Jeff having so much fun covering a song that was an inspiration for him. Speaking as a drummer since 1969, I can say that Billy Cobham was a inspiration for myself and millions. I would suspect Vinnie would feel the same. I love this version of Stratus and instead of over-analyzing who is better, I just take it as a great version!
I don't know about running circles around him. These guys sound good but it seems that the know-it-all musicians like to compare them to other musicians that "might" do it better. Yawwnnn...
Ok...Axisofjustice21 !!...you say in your comment: If I'm not mistaken, there is a Massive Attack song called "Safe from Harm" that has the EXACT same groove and bass note structure as the verse. It's such a tight groove.
And I will answer that: before you throw in any comment on the song in question, you had to take information on song! Only this! Excuse me for the way in which I expressed the question! The title of this song is "STRATUS" by the drummer Billy Cobham from "Spectrum"album,Listen.
Well... Jeff Beck is also a great musician, bassist from the shoulders to the public ... very good in the groove ... and certainly Vinnie Colaiuta is a great drummer but this cover of Billy Cobham song is not one of the best performances of Vinnie ... could look more to the groove and not to make exhibitionism! Any version of Cobham (live or studio) of this song is much more comprehensible !! this version is very very strange, beautiful solo of Beck!
I just don´t understand how a band like the Yardbirds having probably the 3 best guitar players of all times in Beck, Page and Clapton didn't achieve as much as the beatles or the stones did in the 60s.
well..it ain't TOO hard to figger out.The Yardbirds were much rougher than the Beatles, more experimental,rooted in bluesy Psychedelia..whereas the Beatles were MUCH poppier and more accessible.Great guitar (ie,Beck,et al)playing is generally not appreciated by the masses the way pop music is-never has been,likely never will.
Silly,really to compare the Yardbirds
to the Beatles-they are SO utterly different from each other.Bottom line,the Beatles were
Tal Wilkenfeld
fedorafree 1 month ago
disturbed for life!! real music fans listen to metal not this!!
barracuda315 2 months ago
A SUPER LIVE CONCERT
SUPER BECK
I LIKE TO SEE BECK LIFE ON ROCK AM RING
NO LIFE DVD FROM THAT HOT CONCERT WHY WHY WHY ???????
PETER
klump1953 4 months ago
이제괞찬아요
할부지님 식신공주님 알랍알랍님
앤 이웃님
ㅋㅋ 아쉽게도 우리에겐 백업기능이 없네요
by bradforu
satiphala 4 months ago
If Jeff ever re-played songs. We wouldn't call it a cover, we would call it an improvement,
TalonM13 4 months ago
@TalonM13 he's no Tommy Bolin
poopnutful 4 months ago
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TalonM13 4 months ago
stop practicing kids...you'll never be as good as Beck :(
miezulet 5 months ago
awesome....never heard of this drummer...but he's something
pianomanal2000 5 months ago
Good cover of the classic Billy Cobham song! Vinnie Colaiuta has mentioned in interviews that Billy Cobham was one of his biggest influences. Both drummers have a deep respect of each other, and I'm sure that Cobham enjoys having Vinnie and Jeff Beck covering his song.
Diatonic5th 5 months ago
thats so awsome that track and vinnie on drums he out of this world he is amazing
d1r9u9m5s 5 months ago
Fuckin drummer is BADASS! Takes on to know one, I guess. :)
FreedomLover1973 5 months ago
Wouldn´t this have been better with Lars Ulrich on drums ???
kankeranker 5 months ago
Jeff has premature ejaculation at 3:22
royrand 5 months ago
Started really nice, then they started to shit eveywhere.
royrand 5 months ago
kinda sucks. Nails on a chalkboard.
chmiller18 5 months ago
Are there REALLY people that are jonesing on Vinny's skills? That is just ridiculous. He is top 10 worldwide while you are maybe top 1000 in your County, no not country, I said COUNTY. I bet YOU will NEVER gig with jeff beck and other world class legends as he has and always will. Grow up!
killsing 6 months ago
i wish vinnie's drum solo wasnt cut out!!
94joecity 6 months ago
super jeff beck jeff beck at his best
best song ever
the full power song ever
what i like to say more
its it
beck powerfull
peter from germany
peter
klump1953 6 months ago
hate all you want....he still works more than all of us.....
Pocketdrummer19 7 months ago
Vinnie is like in top 10 world, not sure what drugs you haters are on, probably all bunch of lame ass Travis Barker fans or some shit...
zerekx 7 months ago 13
Grandios, Copham trommelt nicht selber, und das Publikum steht still.
Waiting, listenening, die Künstler verunsichert ob das Beste was sie geben können geeignet ist dort zu unterhalten
...dann entlädt sich die Begeisterung.....
toll....
animene1 8 months ago
I love Jef Beck but the best version is the studiorecording with the great Tommy Bolin ! Maybe one of the best guitarsolos ever !!!
Maiodidi 8 months ago
Guys, Vinnie is a tight as fuck drummer and Jeff Beck obviously wanted his version to have balls, stop hating.
suckemgood 9 months ago 2
Vinnie the cyborg!
BKIma 9 months ago
It's not that I want to diss on Vinnie. He is generally a top tier drummer. But his style here just doesn't seem to be suited to the song. He needs to dial it back a bit on the single stroke fills.
wherismylasers 9 months ago
@wherismylasers
drporter2009 9 months ago
@wherismylasers OH contraire mon frair; his style is waaaaaaaaaay suited to Beck's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
drporter2009 9 months ago
@wherismylasers
Having seen Jeff recently (but not with Vinnie sadly) I think if you saw this live you would feel different. Live the guitar and everything else is just absolutely nuts and the drumming makes perfect sense. Here the drums are sticking out of a muddy mix when recorded live and played back through youtube.
mrsondog 9 months ago
@wherismylasers he's doing a great tribute to the song's writer, Billy Cobham on this song... Billy does even MORE fills than this, actually...LOL!!
sevensecondsdeep 8 months ago
The microphone needed only for say "Thank You!" :D However Beck is one of the most greatest guitarist ever
TitoSkater27 9 months ago
Everyone putting Vinnie Colaiuta down probably doesn't know that he is one of the most respected drummers in the industry.
Lexcoaster 10 months ago
Inherently simple bluesy licks? I defy anyone that has posted a comment similar to this to post a video of your own, playing guitar like this. And you can use a pick if you want, even though Beck doesn't. Oh, and that whammy bar stuff, no problem right? That shouldn't take too long to learn. Do any of you actually know what a guitar is? And Vinny is playing a song from Cobham's album. Listen to the original and you will understand why Vinny is playing this way.
mrmike6lee6 10 months ago 2
klump1953 10 months ago
I think you have to overplay on this cut. This is Cobham's tune. You better approach it like a monster or die.
winpointmedia 10 months ago
kristofort12345....emotion IS music
bloozemc 10 months ago
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shut up faggot
TheMusicDude1997 11 months ago
Tommy Bolin played it cleaner, & far-more better!
cnt7t 11 months ago
all of you guys talking smack bout vinnie why not stfu, or even better. if you play drums stick that stick up your porkpie!
feverlead 1 year ago
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05marlowm 1 year ago
@05marlowm funny! I kinda agree that the tune isn't great - but the musicians are smokin' - wouldn't you agree?
headforthetropics 1 year ago
Tommy Bolin would be proud and honored...
dcore64 1 year ago
@Sunderlanding don't get me wrong you don't have to like him, what I'm saying is that who's a great guitarist isn't determined souly on technicalities. If I went by your interpretation Hendrix wouldn't be the best guitarist ever. But he is because people like his music and by general opinion and majority he is such. Sloppy random and sometimes flat-out crappy guitar playing but people still like it, that's why I said this to you.
Hh4hooch26 1 year ago
I don't get why people think Jeff is such a great guitarist. Most of what he plays is noise or just the same licks he does in every other solo. Don't get me wrong he's got a real cool tone, which is great, but his note selection is just boring and random.
Sunderlanding 1 year ago
@Sunderlanding great guitarist make great music, if people like his music then who cares about the technicalities, theres more to music than skill.
Hh4hooch26 1 year ago
@Hh4hooch26 I know that maestro, but I don't find his music great, and it's going to take more than "people like it" to convince me otherwise. If I ran on that logic I'd also think Katy Perry is great. Jeff has great tone I'll give him that, but he's sloppy and his note selection is terrible. I find his solos so random I just don't see what there is to get excited about.
Sunderlanding 1 year ago
@Sunderlanding I find his phrasing unique, it sounds great to me. And who's to say Katy Perry is not great? People like that music and think it's great so there's nothing wrong. But that aside, Jeff is the master of his particular style, whether you think it's a good style or not is on you.
kristofor12345 1 year ago
@kristofor12345 Wow what a gutless response. Katy Perry is not good. People may like her, but she sucks. She isn't doing anything musically interesting and all her songs are derivative crap.
Sunderlanding 1 year ago
@Sunderlanding do you even know what gutless means? But anyway I really don't give a fuck about Katy Perry, she could be great or aweful but I'll probably never come up with anything to support either side. My point is that whether or not you like this style, Beck is the master of it. The fact that somebody doesn't musically interest you means basically nothing about the person, it means that you have failed to enjoy something.
kristofor12345 1 year ago
@kristofor12345 Gutless because you didn't have the balls to take a stance. "If they like it it must be good." It's a pathetic gutless attitude. It's not up to me to enjoy someone elses stuff. They wrote it and played it so it's up to them. I don't know what paticular style you're refering to when you say Beck is the master. If you're talking blues rock I can think of a bunch of better players. Players who don't try to play fast for no good reason when it's obvious they can't do it properly.
Sunderlanding 1 year ago
@Sunderlanding you're gettin all aggressive here, I don't really try to draw the lines of "good" and "bad" music, as long as it's somebody truly expressing themselves. Beck's music does just that very well, especially on his later albums like "You Had it Coming" which are my favorite. As to his style, well first off you are confusing "style" and "genre" which differ. He has applied his style to Rock, Jazz, Electronica, and Blues.
kristofor12345 1 year ago
@kristofor12345 Who cares if someone is truly expressing themselves? What difference does that make? Sure it's an emotional release for them, but that doesn't have anything to do with the quality of the music. Just because someone is expressing themselves doesn't mean they're doing anything for music as an art form. Beck's idea of expressing himself seems to be random pentatonic wanking filled in with random noise. I don't see what there is to get excited about.
Sunderlanding 1 year ago
@Sunderlanding hmm, I see no "random pentatonic wanking" here, I see well played bluesy licks, which are inherently simple. But even to say that "well played bluesy licks" is all he does is plain wrong, he's done some pretty experimental stuff that I find to be better than this
kristofor12345 1 year ago
@kristofor12345 Hendrix played blues licks well. This is too random for me. He doesn't develop a melody at all. It's just generic blues licks and then some noise.
Sunderlanding 1 year ago
@Sunderlanding Well I'm gonna quit arguing now but anyways you should get Buckethead's new album, it's so chill
kristofor12345 1 year ago
@Sunderlanding man thats just another fucking stupid opinion
TheMusicDude1997 11 months ago
@TheMusicDude1997 No it's a fact. It was proven using science.
Sunderlanding 11 months ago
They are RIDICULOUS compare to the maker Billy cobham.
Gnarly669 1 year ago
Vinny Colaiuta is probably in the top five most sought after drummers in the world. Somehow I get the feeling that opinions of a number of YouTube posters won't change that a wit.
spitfire71068 1 year ago
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thnx for uploading these , cant get enough watching em.
gielepielemans 1 year ago
nagyon nagy a srác, tud
Merci123ful 1 year ago
I hope i am a fraction as bad as Vinnie some day.
Playing 30 years
TexasMist 1 year ago
VINNIE IS THE ABSOLUTE MONSTER!!! Noone here deserves more than a tinny little hair of Vinnie's balls!
sumpe8erosmuzak 1 year ago
Hey there Vinnie bashers, I suggest you go see him play with Ricky Peterson, then Gaffa tape your cakeholes. He's kickin some serious arse here, something we here in OZ rarely see, but play with the fabulous Hammond player/singer Ricky Peterson I have witnessed........unbelieveable, sheer genius!
As a drummer extraordinaire/teacher, I challenge any of you to mimic him!!!!!!
By the way, I'd like to kick the shit out of my kit with Jeff Beck too....Vinnie, you lucky son of a ..........
JudgeBluey 1 year ago
hahaha is that a moogerfooger??
kewl2006 1 year ago
Vinnie también es bastante bueno y Jeff nada que decir es Dios!
great job de hoy y siempre!
salvatorinni 1 year ago
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This is such a groovy lick!!! ahhhhhhh hahaha i love the complete lack of response during this song from the crowd hahaha
thehoffa 1 year ago
This is such a groovy lick!!! ahhhhhhh hahaha i love the complete lack of response from the crowd hahaha
thehoffa 1 year ago
@thehoffa I thought about that too, but then again they are in Japan.
jeffreyhsykes 1 year ago
@jeffreyhsykes so they're in Japan, so what?! I've been to loads of shows in Japan and the crowds go crazy!
4presr13 1 year ago
@4presr13 Well, the Japanese are much more reserved and respectful. Perhaps since Beck is a more refined artist with a refined following, they don't jump around and go nuts like they would for a big hair band or a pop act.
jeffreyhsykes 1 year ago 2
I got turned on to this song earlier this week. This is incredible. Jeff Beck blows my mind. Everything about this song is tight. I was asked to learn the bass parts and while it is only a few notes, playing this song for six minutes on bass is a workout!
jeffreyhsykes 1 year ago
Is Billy Cobham's theme? What a drummer Vinnie! Ricardo, from Argentina
licricardososa 1 year ago
@licricardososa
Billy and the great George Duke on Keys.
Diggin' this rendition of it. Vinnie's sense of groove it right there!
JonP1961 1 year ago
I love that prehistoric shriek Jeff wrings out of his axe when the notion takes him.The primal fury and rage he summons out of an electric guitar is awesome.
bluesborn 1 year ago
no man(or women) with a sense of what good musicanship means can say anything bad about Vinnie! Vinnie is not my favourite drummer(although he's one I like alot), but he is the best drummer ever!
Insectamongus 1 year ago
Dissing Vinnie in THIS VIDEO?! What's next?Mom? Apple Pie? Apollo 11? Lou Gherig? Jimmy Stewart? D-Day? Donuts? Jiminy Crickets, you f*ckers are a tough crowd
TexasMist 1 year ago 2
drummer is fukin ace
varukerbrains 1 year ago 4
I like the drums on this...I play like this alot and think he does great here!!! playing that simple stuff is sooooo boring....when you can actually play drums that is :p
soulplatos 1 year ago
Vinnie is one of the best drummers outthere.Period.Him and Bozzio is among the best 5 in the world..Funny enough they are both old Zappa musicians.Frank knew how to pick´em.
As for Beck,I get surpriced every time I see something new.He can still impress by doing something totally unexpected.
Nevigo 1 year ago 10
@Nevigo well they had to audition ...and it was a live audition lol
polock2112 1 year ago
@Nevigo
Joe's Garage. 'Nuff said!
phredbull 4 months ago in playlist Jeff Beck
OHHHHHH HELLL YEAHHH!!!
Jeff Beck is like no other. Completely unmatched.
LedZeppelinisgod100 1 year ago
hey sully your hero jeff beck rock on in wellfleet
ruelof 1 year ago
frankly, the concept of dissing vinnie is completely foreign to me....i say any1 who does such a thing has an extremely light familiarity with his shit.....this song is not one where a drummer sits back and merely keeps the groove-its a cobham tune! to do anything but play the hell out of the set would be an insult to the great single stroke legend.
gijoe294 1 year ago
Billy Cobham, IMHO, the most influential drummer of the modern era did this piece.
SirGeorge53 1 year ago
Radical
ruelof 1 year ago
there is no one better than vinnie
solarcow16 1 year ago
I like Jeff Beck, his new album is quite special, but, Tommy Bolin is way better on the original recording. However, Vinnie Coliaiuta is very good! Did he play with Zappa? Thanks for the post, marks6338!
arklat 1 year ago
@arklat
way better.
there is no one "way better"
thats very funny
casszen 1 year ago
hey, ignorant dickheads,
this is a JEFF BECK site,
stop comparing, scrolling down, worrying what other ignorant dicks like u think,
STFU, sit down, relax, and enjoy the music, dick.
bluelibra65 1 year ago 2
vinnie is monster on this. and he is beating the shit out of the drums
brantan84 1 year ago
It is amusing to see responses concerning musicians like these who are just simply put: "f'n great!!!!" It blows my mind when someone has anything remotely negative to say whether it is about Cobham, Beck or Coliutta. Sheeite mon!!!
drporter2009 1 year ago
Vinnie Colaiuta's (I spelt it right!) fantastic, but he should bow down to Jeff Beck. Anybody should.
maxinator96 1 year ago
q nimales estos chabones!!
por dios se sarpan!!
aguante colaiuta!!!!!!!!!!!
elias5300N 1 year ago
You're my hero, Jeff!
bvk123 1 year ago
mine too.
rosin up my thumb, and cut me loose!!
bluelibra65 1 year ago
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Vinnie Colaiuta is obviously amazing; if you don't think so, you're crazy. By the way, this tune was originally done by another awesome drummer named Billy Cobham. Check him out!!
Ricky0001 1 year ago
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Ricky0001 1 year ago
shut up about the drums... stop being so gay
stoph2 1 year ago
Jeff Beck es un extraordinario guitarrista, pero creo que la version de Stratus en el album Spectrum de Billy Cobham es insuperable. Tommy Bolin hace,segun mi opinion uno de los mejores solos de guitarra de todos los tiempos, solo comparable al de Machine Gun de Hendrix en el Band of Gypsies.
rosadorevilla 2 years ago
creo que no tonto. no puedes decir que Beck es comperable al de Hendrix.
elee901yahoocom 1 year ago
anyone wants to hear the genius of Vinnie Colaiuta should check out the Secrets album by Allan Holdsworth and the song "Spokes".
EquinoxParadox91 2 years ago 3
Look all youz guyz dissin on Vinnie, he sounds monstrous here. Sure he's not generally as mellow as chambers, cobham , walden or gadd but thats not cause he doesn't know how to be. He just can't help himself from pounding the shyait outta the skins. Obviously, jeff either likes his style, likes him or both and he's played with the best. VInnie wasn't hired for Symphony of destruction by megadeth for nothin!
chillichomper 2 years ago 30
@chillichomper
Right on. Vinnie is not laid back, just restrained, at some points...
mriseborough 1 year ago
@chillichomper For real. Vinnie is killing it here. I can't imagine someone dissing him. They should read up on his career with Zappa. There is a great anecdote from Steve Vai on Vinnie wiki page about vinnie learning a new piece of Zappa music and doing a run and grabbing a bite of lunch off a plate in the middle of the run and not missing a beat.
jeffreyhsykes 1 year ago
@chillichomper Gotta agree with you; anyone who feels the need to get down on Vinnie's ability to jam has got sheeet for brains, no talent, and is one jealous wanna-be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
drporter2009 9 months ago 2
@chillichomper INDEED! VINNIE IS INDEED A TOP CLASS DRUMMER! style, posture, passion and technique!!! end of story! if anyone's got something to say, say it infront of jeff beck.
arianneacoustic 9 months ago 3
I see a lot of people cutting down Vinnie. If Jeff Beck felt the same way, Vinnie wouldn't be playing. Obviously your ears aren't on the same level Jeff's are, because he goddamn loves having Vinnie play with him.
Myles0k 2 years ago 26
@Myles0k the drummer? he does fine i think....why are they dissing him?
soulplatos 1 year ago
Really.....shut up with the critique,this is a great version!What have you done lately?
shamsankar1 2 years ago 5
This stuff is goddamn rollin'. This is good stuff. Thanks for uploading. 5/5
msumungo 2 years ago
Can some1 tell what synth Jan Hammer uses on wired?
Existentialpirate 2 years ago
Vinny over-playing on drums? What else is new? I've never been a fan of his but Beck...he da man.
Kellykleinman 2 years ago
you must have shit for brains
gr8chef 2 years ago
Shit for brains and 33 years of playing drums and yes, Vinnie has chops but he also uses all of them on every song. Cobham is a level above because every song isn't about him and he understands that, not so sure Vinnie does. It's a matter of taste and I have no need to sniff Vinnie's jock that you evidently do.
Kellykleinman 2 years ago
A matter of taste you say. Sounds like you also like the taste. no surprise, like mel brooks said " Then there became the critic" If you haven't learned in 33 years not to judge but enjoy the art then it makes me wonder exactly what were you playin for 33 years besides your one had stroke on your own stick, Richard
gr8chef 2 years ago
Yes. Cobham, unlike Vinnie and most post-bop jazz drummers in whatever style, understands that his job -- not just the bass player's job -- is to GROOVE. We ride the rhythm, transported, exhilarated. If a drummer does a lot of chops throughout, we are dryly impressed by technique, but pushed back from the essential pulse, the heart of music.
Drblooter99 2 years ago 3
@Drblooter99
I think youre right: Colaiuta is a fill-in drummer - no free space left: very THICK, but: I dontt like it very much.
ruben1956 2 years ago
billy cobham ftw
Inyourfacepunk 2 years ago
Billy Cobham vs Vinnie Colaiuta
cemkaan1 2 years ago
vinnie
kikme778 2 years ago
I saw Jeff Beck in Oakland, and the Billy a couple weeks ago... Billy appeared to be a more creative drummer. Billy made some mistakes transitioning from mallets to brushes etc. But billly was excellent!
Existentialpirate 2 years ago
I think the composer of the song gets all the credit but this line-up performs it better than the original.... lets not say better but I find it more interesting, I have more fun with this cover
juanbarros88 2 years ago
Classic tune ! great performance from this band Vinnie's a monster.
But the spirit for the original line-up of this(Cobham and co)will always be superior.......
electrichaggis 2 years ago
Intense performance........
hammajack 2 years ago
oh my.. vinnie's good!!!! Beck sucks. sry can't help it one this one.. ahahaha who cares!!!
SteefStevens 2 years ago
jeff jammin with vinnie awsome...
lapog5 2 years ago
Jeff is .....well...JEFF! but, I don't think anyone will ever be able to capture the magic that was caught on tape by Cobham and gang on the original. The spectrum album is universally recognized as the holy grail of fusion, and, mainly due in large part to one individual. That being Tommy Bolin. Like an ethereal stranger in the night, Bolin crept into the studio with these esteemed and studied jazz greats and as a hungry, and aspiring rocker, dropped jaws with his uncanny ability to own a tune.
kevinneslund 2 years ago 4
Esta es la canción que los conchasumadres de la Futuro tocan y cortan cada rato de forma totalmente indiscriminada.
gringochucha 2 years ago
Wow, Vinnie is in fire!
willregnier 2 years ago
Yeah, as always!!!
acacioz 2 years ago
One sign of great musicians is they're smart enough to choose songs that fit their style of playing to a T. This Billy Cobham song is from around the same period as Blow by Blow and Wired and it has a similar sound, and damn if this isn't just one more great jazz fusion style Jeff Beck tune. Interesting that he should decide to play it decades after Cobham's version (or am I wrong about that?).
lonelywan 2 years ago 3
This is a good choice by Jeff beck. You mention Blow By Blow and Wired....on drums he had Bernard Purdie on the former and Narada Michael Walden on the latter. They knew how to keep a groove going when it was necessary. On this version, Vinnie plays the same way all through the song. He diminishes the drumming at the end with all the fills because he is doing the same thing throughout the tune. Most times less is more.......Vinnie might want to think about that.
thechzman 2 years ago 2
@thechzman Dude, you haven't done the research: Blow by Blow has Richard Bailey on drums, and Wired has Narda playing drums on several tunes, including Led Boots, but also Jan Hammer on Blue Wind and Richard Bailey and Ed Greene on some cuts. I am a seasoned and technical drummer, and sometimes I do think Vinnie overplays, but he is a true percussion monster in the best sense of the word! His fluency - meaning percussive vocabulary, plus formidable technical chops - is second to none.
jcostello69 1 year ago
Where is Billy?
ThPaw 2 years ago
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pimhond 2 years ago
hahahahahahahahahahaha, vinnie is def on cobhams level. don't believe me? ask herbie
PCPrabbit 2 years ago
Vinnie's good but the drumming on this track on Cobham's Spectrum cd blows this away
stuporsession 2 years ago
oh of course. The groove is insane.
PCPrabbit 2 years ago
Man Vinnie sounds like a damn earthquake and stampede at the same time. That's crazy amazing.
SunnyCool 2 years ago 3
what kind of snare drum is that, that Vinnie's using at 1:25.
Moodylovesbears 2 years ago
Just a smaller, higher-pitched snare called a piccolo snare
ShoesNeverWorn 2 years ago
thank you very, very much, I didnt know if it was a piccolo or a popcorn. I cannot say thank you enough!
Moodylovesbears 2 years ago
no. piccolos r much flatter. its a smaller snare used as side/secondary snare
VINNIE IS ON F....ING SPEED MAAAAAAn ;-)
antonioneill 2 years ago
I think it's a 10x4'' or 12x5'' something like that...
willregnier 2 years ago
3x GENIAL
victorvargas49 2 years ago
better than the original
rhungri 2 years ago 2
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almostchaosofficial 2 years ago
Why a lot of posters judge a musician for and comparing him with others. dulcimerz2drumstix is totally right when says enjoy the music and if you don't like it please change the video, that's it. I heard JB with this song in HR live in SFLA and was espectacular. Remember JB was before Bolin, Hendrix, check for Jeff's Boogie in 1966 (by the way JB is almost 65 years old). My fave Guitar man is the late Danny Gatton check Danny Gatton Slide.
STRONTAGO 2 years ago
Hard to run rings around Jeff Beck when your 6 feet under. But I loved Tommy Bolins Albums and Cobhams Spectrum as well. Tommy was a great guitarist. Jeff Beck is a great guitarist.
mattojorojo 2 years ago
great vinnie
ollllley 2 years ago
I'm not going to get lost in comparisons here. The classic "Spectrum" is a classic for a reason. Tommy Bolin was a major influence for Jeff Beck and it's great to see Jeff having so much fun covering a song that was an inspiration for him. Speaking as a drummer since 1969, I can say that Billy Cobham was a inspiration for myself and millions. I would suspect Vinnie would feel the same. I love this version of Stratus and instead of over-analyzing who is better, I just take it as a great version!
dulcimerz2drumstix 2 years ago 5
thank you! Billy Cobham was a major inspiration to not only drummers, but to this guitarist/frustrated drummer as well.
PeterMayer 2 years ago
Daniel Lars outshines Beck on this his version of Stratus, and no doubt, Bolin does outdo him too. Your great Beck, but not the greatest!
udz24 2 years ago
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almostchaosofficial 2 years ago
What pedal is he using at 2:10?
almostchaosofficial 2 years ago
Pitch Transposer or the Boss Octogon I think it's called.
PeterMayer 2 years ago
K Thnx.
almostchaosofficial 2 years ago
Well i think it`s a Boss Ring Mod...
HectorAdonayCastillo 2 years ago
I think it`s a Boss Ring Mod...
HectorAdonayCastillo 2 years ago
I also agree, Beck is supreme, but Tommy Bolin's version is just sheer energy coming from a young 20 something.
think about it, If Cobham got him for the recording of Spectrum, then Bolin must have been a bad ass in guitar!!!! and he was so young. RIP Tommy
hiwattcarl 2 years ago
I think Tommy Bolin was only 21 years old when he first recorded this. Jeff is supreme, but Tommy runs circles around him here.
ricorreze 2 years ago
I don't know about running circles around him. These guys sound good but it seems that the know-it-all musicians like to compare them to other musicians that "might" do it better. Yawwnnn...
PeterMayer 2 years ago
Ouch. Just, damn.
Kirok 2 years ago 2
VINNIE! OMG!! What a SECRET WEAPON!!!!
4rainbowed 2 years ago 3
amazing!!!!!!!!!
Battleaxe55555 3 years ago
My previous comment was the response to the comment of AxisofJustice21! ... Excuse me!
SD7268 3 years ago
What exactly were you responding too in my comment?
AxisofJustice21 3 years ago
Ok...Axisofjustice21 !!...you say in your comment: If I'm not mistaken, there is a Massive Attack song called "Safe from Harm" that has the EXACT same groove and bass note structure as the verse. It's such a tight groove.
And I will answer that: before you throw in any comment on the song in question, you had to take information on song! Only this! Excuse me for the way in which I expressed the question! The title of this song is "STRATUS" by the drummer Billy Cobham from "Spectrum"album,Listen.
SD7268 3 years ago
.. I already knew that. But thanks for the "history" anyways. I was only stating fact.
AxisofJustice21 3 years ago
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oitchy 3 years ago
Well... Jeff Beck is also a great musician, bassist from the shoulders to the public ... very good in the groove ... and certainly Vinnie Colaiuta is a great drummer but this cover of Billy Cobham song is not one of the best performances of Vinnie ... could look more to the groove and not to make exhibitionism! Any version of Cobham (live or studio) of this song is much more comprehensible !! this version is very very strange, beautiful solo of Beck!
SD7268 3 years ago
Agreed..possibly the result of boredom..
Steve Gadd would have been the perfect groover for it.
The Moogerfooger suits Jeffs playing style..
Thanks for the post though..
I'm sure we all appreciate it.
bearandhammer 2 years ago
I just don´t understand how a band like the Yardbirds having probably the 3 best guitar players of all times in Beck, Page and Clapton didn't achieve as much as the beatles or the stones did in the 60s.
osbaro 3 years ago 3
Songwriting, my friend. Guitar gods, but Lennon and McCartney as song writers was everything, and Richards and Jagger to a lesser degree, I'd say.
d0g69s 3 years ago
well..it ain't TOO hard to figger out.The Yardbirds were much rougher than the Beatles, more experimental,rooted in bluesy Psychedelia..whereas the Beatles were MUCH poppier and more accessible.Great guitar (ie,Beck,et al)playing is generally not appreciated by the masses the way pop music is-never has been,likely never will.
Silly,really to compare the Yardbirds
to the Beatles-they are SO utterly different from each other.Bottom line,the Beatles were
more commercial,hence more successful.
timjmoran 3 years ago