@srekal88 The difference between what he is talking about, and a kid with a drum machine, is that the kid with the drum machine does very little work. It's like taking a picture of a famous work of art as opposed to repainting it. If you're ripping off somebody's riff or beat, a musician still has to put in an enormous amount of work to be able to play it. I have nothing against samplers and drum machines per se, but they are studio tools, and are not really comparable to real instruments.
why does sting get all the credit for the police?! its clear from this short clip that stewarts style was the basis of their sound... think of stings solo stuff, its totally different. stewart deserves just as much if not more credit for the polices music
I couldn't play a lick of guitar or piano but I discovered I could coordinate my four limbs to make rhythms and keep time from the start. I agree with half of what Stewart Copeland says about it being easy. Drums come very easy to some people. Not many but some.
interesting stuff. i love how loud he plays in an interview. no hesitation. class.
i saw an interview once with ernest ranglin and he said pretty much the same thing; they were trying to play motown stuff and kinda got it wrong, ending up with something amazing in the process.
i always think of that 'reggae' thing as being like half-time with no downbeat. i dunno. thanks for uploading. :-)
No question that Copeland is one of the best and one of the most influential drummers in rock history. The mark of any good musician is to be able to identify their sound if their instrument was the only thing you heard. Copeland obviously fits that category. And he is easily, by far the most exciting drummer in any genre of music to watch! Even more so than Buddy Rich. And he has THE coolest looking kit in history. A shame there isn't more video of just him playing instead of 90% Sting.
@UklaTheMokk is he one of the most influential? you would really hope so, but the numbers likely show that it is some mook like tommy lee. stuart is so intense, so passionate, he's so bloody talented, you can see why sting and him would basically never get along.
the accented beats are different as they relate to the drums...whereas 2 and 4, he points out, were snare drum accents in "early rock/pre-ska rock", 2 and 4 became primarily guitar-accented in ska music. The drums accented that third beat more than the 2nd and 4th. Obviously there is no essential difference besides which instrument accents what. There isn't. Everyone can agree with that.
So, he was pointing out an accent and mislabeled it.
If you understood what the word paradigm meant you'd understand that it IS truly a new paradigm. Like he eluded to, the basic R&B "pattern" sounded exactly the same up until the way Reggae artists turned the whole beat around with the bass hit on 3 instead of 2. It's totally different & anyone with even the smallest ear for music can pick up instantly.
@redstartn Actually, it is refreshing to see someone that actually knows what he is talking about and appreciates and understands the history and theory of what he is playing. And if you ever meet him, you will see that pretentiousness is not even in the same universe with Stewart. I believe that adjective better suits another member of this group that rhymes with "bling".
He put those words on the drumheads because he wanted to pretend that he was saying it to Sting when they were on stage. He even had his cymbals arranged so that he could not see him on stage (I got all this from an interview the band gave to Behind the Music).
@winksoda86 very lucky people! most creative genius's have a mad side, but from what ive seen he dosnt really have one. i mean obviously ive never met him but just what ive seen on interviews and stuff
I saw him at a NY music expo banging his drum in a room I was in with about 15 other peeps. After his set, a father lifted his lil boy ( must have been 5 y/o) The Kid Tore it up!!! I'm not sayin this cause he's 5 But at the moment he out played Stu. Stu pick up his water bottle and walked out of the room. IMHO the father was a bit of a dick showing full intent to humiliate. Wonder where that kid is now? FKin Prodigy lol
Stewart is just wired differently than 98% of the rest of the drummers in the world. He can play anything, and his syncopation is simply amazing. He also understands the rhythmic differences in music from different parts of the world. You hear a lot of it in the Ghost in the Machine album. Simply amazing.
I can tell you how Stewart, in Jamaica where reggae originated, they would receive over radio waves this American music that they loved, but the distances were far and their sound systems sucked, so they could not hear the low end, no kick drum, so when they got instruments and went to recreate this music, they had to imagine where the kick was. The pioneers of reggae placed it with the 1 and 3 of the snare, thinking they hit together, with even more emphasis on 3.
Stewart is a bad ass drummer and a very big influence on me and all real drummers out there'Not to mention a legend. So' EzrinJem i suggest you quit making assumptions about people whom you don't know and resite your resources.
Uhhh...hate to burst your bubble, Sherri. But I happen to know for a fact that he's an arrogant S.O.B. I highly doubt you know him personally. You're just one of the lemmings who worships him since he's in a popular band. But that doesn't make him any less of a d*ck. I'll bet you think John Mayer's a nice guy, too.
The bass drum is supposed to be on one in the reggae feel. But thats good that the thing that makes him different from other drummers is that: " i play with my feet" he says
as far as I'm concerned Stewart Copeland is one of the most original, expressive and awesome drummers since the 70's. Him and Jeff Porcaro are the best for me.
That show @ the garden was one of their better shows. Copeland is a music legend let alone one of the best drummers ever. I really wish they would've played "no time this time"...that song really displays his musical genius.
Copeland is one of the most unique drummer's I've ever heard...he not only keeps an impeccable beat...but he adds another dimension to every song...he's irrepaceable...and his style and creativity are a huge part to the police sound...absolutely brilliant...!
i went to their final show 8/7/08 at madison square garden, and even though sting and andy didnt move all that much, copeland added the most energy with his amazing drumming and he also switched to play the gong and some bells, it was amazing!
I totally agree. I saw the MSG show too - and Stuart was the driving element of the show. His drumming is equally important to The Police as Sting voice and songwriting.
An underrated master at work. Shows you where Gordon would have been without the genius founder member of The Police. Nowhere. Sting (Gordon, for those that didn't know) would probably would have gone back to being a teacher (like me!) lol.
solche bescheuerte kommentare!ihr seit solche hirnverbrannte proleten.ihr fucking bauern!ihr einfaches stupides volk!wen interessiert welches gottverdammte instrument schwieriger zu spielen ist als das andere. keine alte hure!!
the beauty of drumming is that they don't require a key - unlike most other instruments - that's why I think they are much easier to learn than say, a guitar. I reckon a couple of hours anyone could knock up a simple beat. guitar - a lot longer than that.
i've played the guitar for years and i've just bought my first drum kit. they are a lot easier to plat than the axe, but the drums are waaaaaaay more fun to play!!! i feel like as kid again! copeland, great drummer.
totally agree! the drums (if your an accomplished guitarist) are a piece of piss!!!! but i love em. you know what annoys me though...all these so called METAL DRUMMERS..please..FUCK OFF!! PROPER SHIT! any 6year old can drum like that! bunch of tossers. copelands great though.
You have to remember that having played your axe for years means you've been around the sounds of a drumkit for years also, you have developed rhythm through guitar. Of course its going to be easy. Same goes with me playing guitar after years of playing drums. Learning from scratch is something different for any instrument.
totally agree mate. but you have to admit learning to play the guitar PROPERLY could be a fucking ball ache. the drums are more fun and easier to work with! hope i'll be a good a drummer as you, and you a great guitarist as me!!! X-D most of all HAVE FUN!
I'm and drummer I'm the same way as he is I love melodies as well and I wish I could play guitar. I'm learning guitar but I think it's hard and I'm not progressing as fast as I would like and the drums just came easier for me and I think they are more fun.
this seems to tell me that we was a multi-talented musician that wishes he could play other insturments better and the drums came easy to him. I knew that the drums came easier to some than others, I've had to work damn hard to get good at them, and I'm still not satisfied with my talent completely yet.
you know stewart could be totally wrong how reggae is a totally different beat, you know he says the bass and snare is on 3 and you do the 1+2+3+4+ on the hi-hats, if you have time it your playing an ordinary 4/4 rock beat but just with double time(16th notes) on the hi-hats, am i getting through to any drummers?
yes you are right and wrong, yes, there is no snare on two and four, but if the hi - hat was in sixteenth notes the groove would be the same with just the bass on the 2nd beat.
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You'd probably shit your diapers if you ever met him, which I have. He's a very intelligent, energetic person, and he was a complete gentleman to me, back at the Record Plant in '93.
But that's most likely BEFORE you were even born - baby.
It wasn't very nice of him to say "drums are really easy to play, I don't know if it's just because I find it that way but they really are! They're a joke! Anyone can do this!" :-(
It's a strange thing, but neither Steve Gadd nor Stewart Copeland REALLY understand reggae. Most people in England have been absorbing it on and off since the early sixties, but I think it must be alien in the states (or it was). You have to FEEL reggae, you can't just count it.
Yea, that's assuming he counts during every live performance and recording of any reggae drum beat he's ever done. Just because he was explaining the difference between the most common 4/4 drumming and reggae drumming doesn't mean he doesn't feel the reggae rhythm. I can feel him feeling it when I listen to the police. So Lonely is one of the best reggae drums I've heard.
You Pikey! I don't like to make judgements, but only a cretin would say that about Jools! In the first place he is a supreme musician (he does complete arrangements in 20 minutes), great piano player, AND he's introduced SO MANY new artists of all kinds.
Touche! You are right. I suppose I am about the only drummer who has looked at this, most drummers wouldn't really rate Stewart, although the Police were excellent. He is on record as saying that he always did reggae wrong, so he has integrity.
most drummers wouldn't really rate Copeland? that's one of the most ridiculous statements I've ever read. he is one of the most unique, naturally gifted drummers that has ever lived, and combines styles, studio and live, that I've never heard any other drummer get near to. and what the hell does "doing reggae wrong" mean? is it monopolised by black afro-caribbeans only?
Oh, Pikey, now YOU are being tiresome! If you count 1 2 3 4 etc and keep EXACTLY on the beat the groove will be as flat as a pancake. Reggae, along with a lot of styles, will only come to life if the drummer hangs back. They might really be counting in sixteenths so that there will be two (subtle)rhythms going at once. John Bonham was a complete master of this, and so is Steve Gadd and Bernard Purdie among others.
I simply haven't got a clue what you're on about - and I am certain you don't either. If you say Copeland doesn't "do reggae" the way you think it's supposed to be done, then there's little point discussing it with me.
In your opinion, maybe. Listen to some genuine reggae, played from the guts. Then compare it to the Anglicised, cerebral reggae of the Police (which I also like very much) and you will see the difference. Actually it's the same as the original blues from Howlin' Wolf etc compared to people like Lonnie Donnegan........
Yeah, there's a video called the same thing as this - except for the lack of "2". It starts with the last part of the Sting interview (discussing Sting's bass, then going into a jam along with Andy Summers)
He is so hot there....and brilliantly smart,...his understanding of music and percussion is why he is STEWART COPELAND...so great that they are back on tour this year.
anyone cant drum, what a fucking stupid comment it, the drum set is the most difficult instrument to play bar none
geoff1424 1 week ago
Stewart was voted the best drummer ever recently
mountainmanwv86 6 months ago 3
wow hes so intelligent spot on on everything!
akatsuki202 7 months ago
thats an amazing style! but its really simple that they just replaced where the snare would be with the kick
44eelz 7 months ago
drummer supreme.
cosmicrider287 7 months ago
@srekal88 The difference between what he is talking about, and a kid with a drum machine, is that the kid with the drum machine does very little work. It's like taking a picture of a famous work of art as opposed to repainting it. If you're ripping off somebody's riff or beat, a musician still has to put in an enormous amount of work to be able to play it. I have nothing against samplers and drum machines per se, but they are studio tools, and are not really comparable to real instruments.
Dweezilsome 8 months ago
why does sting get all the credit for the police?! its clear from this short clip that stewarts style was the basis of their sound... think of stings solo stuff, its totally different. stewart deserves just as much if not more credit for the polices music
MrGiallo9 9 months ago
love him. what a talent.
bigcyhutch 11 months ago
I couldn't play a lick of guitar or piano but I discovered I could coordinate my four limbs to make rhythms and keep time from the start. I agree with half of what Stewart Copeland says about it being easy. Drums come very easy to some people. Not many but some.
sithyness 11 months ago
Hero.
gothos1000 1 year ago 2
I first saw this on television back in 1981 and it's always stuck with me. A great clip. :-)
heru1966 1 year ago
interesting stuff. i love how loud he plays in an interview. no hesitation. class.
i saw an interview once with ernest ranglin and he said pretty much the same thing; they were trying to play motown stuff and kinda got it wrong, ending up with something amazing in the process.
i always think of that 'reggae' thing as being like half-time with no downbeat. i dunno. thanks for uploading. :-)
noisyneil 1 year ago
What is that cat noise at 2:18? It's hysterical.
StickyRix 1 year ago
jools holland sux kidz cos he is a ped00000000
SuperStabman 1 year ago
OMG the man is a freaking genius and so awesome. On the other hand. Not a big fan of Jools Holland (blech)
ShanCopelandFan 1 year ago
No question that Copeland is one of the best and one of the most influential drummers in rock history. The mark of any good musician is to be able to identify their sound if their instrument was the only thing you heard. Copeland obviously fits that category. And he is easily, by far the most exciting drummer in any genre of music to watch! Even more so than Buddy Rich. And he has THE coolest looking kit in history. A shame there isn't more video of just him playing instead of 90% Sting.
UklaTheMokk 1 year ago
@UklaTheMokk is he one of the most influential? you would really hope so, but the numbers likely show that it is some mook like tommy lee. stuart is so intense, so passionate, he's so bloody talented, you can see why sting and him would basically never get along.
loknloll 1 year ago
He's the original drum n bass machine. He's fast and clean. The cymbal work is impeccable. He can play ANYTHING...WELL!
Auntkekebaby 1 year ago
The best drummer I saw!
M9BS 1 year ago
@cutandpaste1
the accented beats are different as they relate to the drums...whereas 2 and 4, he points out, were snare drum accents in "early rock/pre-ska rock", 2 and 4 became primarily guitar-accented in ska music. The drums accented that third beat more than the 2nd and 4th. Obviously there is no essential difference besides which instrument accents what. There isn't. Everyone can agree with that.
So, he was pointing out an accent and mislabeled it.
niktp 1 year ago
@cutandpaste1
Try to be a little more charitable, rather than so judgmental. Copeland is appreciating the differences. Let's respect that, rather than nitpick it.
hourglass44 1 year ago
THERE ARE SOME REAL YOUNG BOYS POSTING- COPELAND KNOWS WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT SO... (stfu)
teamcuba2000 1 year ago
@cutandpaste1
If you understood what the word paradigm meant you'd understand that it IS truly a new paradigm. Like he eluded to, the basic R&B "pattern" sounded exactly the same up until the way Reggae artists turned the whole beat around with the bass hit on 3 instead of 2. It's totally different & anyone with even the smallest ear for music can pick up instantly.
bondnyfan 1 year ago
Copeland is pretty cool, dude knows his craft... has records to prove that.
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panicattack 1 year ago
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What a pretentious dick.
redstartn 2 years ago
@redstartn Actually, it is refreshing to see someone that actually knows what he is talking about and appreciates and understands the history and theory of what he is playing. And if you ever meet him, you will see that pretentiousness is not even in the same universe with Stewart. I believe that adjective better suits another member of this group that rhymes with "bling".
bhkidd 2 years ago
I'm actually kinda glad he explained the difference.
TheLiesette 2 years ago
ok, ive gotten what his 3 rack toms say
fuck off you
i cant get the floor tom, anyone know?
drumguy4541 2 years ago
@drumguy4541 pardon my saying the word but, "cunt" is what it says.
Sundanceprophet 2 years ago
He put those words on the drumheads because he wanted to pretend that he was saying it to Sting when they were on stage. He even had his cymbals arranged so that he could not see him on stage (I got all this from an interview the band gave to Behind the Music).
undersolo 1 year ago
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He always comes across as a douchebag
winksoda86 2 years ago
@winksoda86 their all young and arrogant here, sting especially. but if you look at recent videos of stewart you see what an awesome person he is
Blink182DudeRanch 2 years ago 2
True...I know folks that have hung out with him and I've heard good things. He really mellowed with age....thankfully
winksoda86 2 years ago
@winksoda86 very lucky people! most creative genius's have a mad side, but from what ive seen he dosnt really have one. i mean obviously ive never met him but just what ive seen on interviews and stuff
Blink182DudeRanch 2 years ago
I saw him at a NY music expo banging his drum in a room I was in with about 15 other peeps. After his set, a father lifted his lil boy ( must have been 5 y/o) The Kid Tore it up!!! I'm not sayin this cause he's 5 But at the moment he out played Stu. Stu pick up his water bottle and walked out of the room. IMHO the father was a bit of a dick showing full intent to humiliate. Wonder where that kid is now? FKin Prodigy lol
edesir 1 year ago
So fucking amazing!!! One of a kind!!
bettongo 2 years ago 3
Stewart is just wired differently than 98% of the rest of the drummers in the world. He can play anything, and his syncopation is simply amazing. He also understands the rhythmic differences in music from different parts of the world. You hear a lot of it in the Ghost in the Machine album. Simply amazing.
bhkidd 2 years ago 7
And yet he makes it sound like it's so simple. You're absolutely right. Some of us just hear and interpret music on another level.
MSHRPC 2 years ago
Search for 'the amen beat' - a classic...
Scaredbusiness 2 years ago
damn, I have always thought stewart was english...
buopako 2 years ago
if i was to make a band he would be my no1. choice of drummer
theRCRchannel 2 years ago
toca bien el jovie eh!
julepericotero 2 years ago
If you want a quality PDF music sheet with Stewart Copeland's most popular patterns go to drumwatch.wordpress(dot)com
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DrumWatchBlog 2 years ago
Yes a great drummer. Love the way he explained all of that. Yes hhe has great licks.
Musiciansjourney 2 years ago 2
great classic video. he is a great musician and has great musical historical knowledge.
europamo 2 years ago
i'm 20 now.And i'm having a massive crush on Stewart copeland. He's hot!!!!!and i love the way he's playing the drums!!!!
wachibonk 2 years ago
2:36 is some serious power-funk... :-)
eklectric 2 years ago
Best contemporary rock drummer because he doesn't just beat the shit out of the drum set & he plays every piece.
xrossfader 2 years ago 5
He's so hot on this clip. Thanks for posting.
Tamella72 2 years ago 3
TRUE!!!! he is!!!!
wachibonk 2 years ago
If I wasn't married, my living room would look like that. :-)
wvd1979 2 years ago 12
my garage looks like that.
I'm lucky though, my wife and I were HS sweethearts who met in band.
sgtpepper1138 2 years ago
2:58
mtalkpr 2 years ago 2
I want more interviews of the police! they are my fav band and copeland rocks.. where did you get this from?
goddabest 2 years ago 3
I can tell you how Stewart, in Jamaica where reggae originated, they would receive over radio waves this American music that they loved, but the distances were far and their sound systems sucked, so they could not hear the low end, no kick drum, so when they got instruments and went to recreate this music, they had to imagine where the kick was. The pioneers of reggae placed it with the 1 and 3 of the snare, thinking they hit together, with even more emphasis on 3.
True Story.
GrooveThumper 2 years ago 10
copeland is so funny. "a paradigm for the cosmos"
stubowl1 2 years ago 4
He's not arrogant. He's just being humorous. Stewart's gotta be my favourite member of the group.
BasslinesToBackMe 2 years ago 61
He's so freaking good, the drums are like a part of his body.
powerplyer1 2 years ago 45
Stewart is a bad ass drummer and a very big influence on me and all real drummers out there'Not to mention a legend. So' EzrinJem i suggest you quit making assumptions about people whom you don't know and resite your resources.
LoveIsADarkPlace 2 years ago
I love how people think he's egotistical even though he's just smart. Even if he is, who cares? Smart people should have egos.
symboitesRul3 2 years ago 6
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Stewart Copeland = egotistical douche bag
EzrinJem2 2 years ago
Why don't you give some proof?
JAH bless
TheTrueHappy 2 years ago
If a drummer will hit you in the face you'll fly to the moon-after all that practice they ought to have very strong hands!!!XD
NotOrdinaryInGames 3 years ago
"Anyone can play drums, they're a joke" Ah Stewart, not really, you're just a genius. Many people think they can play drums and they can't.
Lehmann108 3 years ago 16
I think he was being sarcastic.
jerryriff 2 years ago
i love a man that knows his craft but is not arrogant about it. stewart is such a man.
sherribailey75 3 years ago 8
Steward is the greatest drummer of all times according to me
antoinne1 3 years ago 6
Who's StewarD?
ghettobootybadboy 2 years ago
Are you f*cking kidding me??? Stewart is not arrogant??!! Are we talking about the same person??!! You are not a very good judge of character!
EzrinJem2 2 years ago 2
no, he's not arrogant. i'm sure he knows he's good, though. but you sound a little jealous. it's ok. stewart does inspire a lot of envy.
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EzrinJem2 2 years ago
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Uhhh...hate to burst your bubble, Sherri. But I happen to know for a fact that he's an arrogant S.O.B. I highly doubt you know him personally. You're just one of the lemmings who worships him since he's in a popular band. But that doesn't make him any less of a d*ck. I'll bet you think John Mayer's a nice guy, too.
EzrinJem2 2 years ago
The bass drum is supposed to be on one in the reggae feel. But thats good that the thing that makes him different from other drummers is that: " i play with my feet" he says
mmmaaaxxx13 3 years ago
Dude- you might want to listen to some different reggae, if you think bass drum belongs on the one.
Really it's the accent that belongs somewhere, not necessarily the bass drum. And the accent is on the downbeat of 3- generally speaking.
thadeusmac 3 years ago
HIS DRUMS ALWAYS SOUND GREAT!!!
djmrbrown00 3 years ago
Damn, Stewart Copeland can play some mean funky breakbeats.
SlikkTim 3 years ago
as far as I'm concerned Stewart Copeland is one of the most original, expressive and awesome drummers since the 70's. Him and Jeff Porcaro are the best for me.
Lukeblueslover 3 years ago 3
It is a pretty easy insturment he is right he is my favorite drummer well one of my favorites
cannibaljuice 3 years ago
That show @ the garden was one of their better shows. Copeland is a music legend let alone one of the best drummers ever. I really wish they would've played "no time this time"...that song really displays his musical genius.
8eeskid 3 years ago
haha i love that Billy Cobham face
HTSamurai 3 years ago 4
"they're (drums) are a joke. Anyone can do this!"
Funny
musicstudioguy 3 years ago 2
Copeland is one of the most unique drummer's I've ever heard...he not only keeps an impeccable beat...but he adds another dimension to every song...he's irrepaceable...and his style and creativity are a huge part to the police sound...absolutely brilliant...!
dw2345 3 years ago 3
i went to their final show 8/7/08 at madison square garden, and even though sting and andy didnt move all that much, copeland added the most energy with his amazing drumming and he also switched to play the gong and some bells, it was amazing!
XtrmMcjohnson 3 years ago 2
I totally agree. I saw the MSG show too - and Stuart was the driving element of the show. His drumming is equally important to The Police as Sting voice and songwriting.
musicstudioguy 3 years ago
Stewart Copeland And Neil Peart Are the best drummers
mes75 3 years ago
jools holland most likely was not bored, seeing as how he himself is a great musician. he probably appreciated that interview very much.
killingisfun52 3 years ago
An underrated master at work. Shows you where Gordon would have been without the genius founder member of The Police. Nowhere. Sting (Gordon, for those that didn't know) would probably would have gone back to being a teacher (like me!) lol.
ludocrat 3 years ago
Stewart Copeland is rad!
VioletShadow7 3 years ago 2
Must get some octobans
EoghainEllisDrums 3 years ago 11
Stewart Copeland is totally hot, but the interviewer looks bored out of his mind
PrettyIrishGirl88 3 years ago 8
I'm sorry to post again but what is that sound at 2.21? It's hilarious.
StickyRix 3 years ago
Some kid outside yelling.
swami1 3 years ago
Awesome, I love weird sounds
StickyRix 3 years ago
3 is the magic number
StickyRix 3 years ago 3
One of the best drummers. He was really good at feeling time. Beats with an emphasis on 1 or 3 are my favorite.
StickyRix 3 years ago
Copeland is great for his humility. Can't top this guy.
cowbellthunder 3 years ago 3
I have to say that this is the most coherent, productive interview with a musician that I have ever seen, and he is about what, 20 years old here?
Nortron1 3 years ago 7
solche bescheuerte kommentare!ihr seit solche hirnverbrannte proleten.ihr fucking bauern!ihr einfaches stupides volk!wen interessiert welches gottverdammte instrument schwieriger zu spielen ist als das andere. keine alte hure!!
silo041280 3 years ago
the beauty of drumming is that they don't require a key - unlike most other instruments - that's why I think they are much easier to learn than say, a guitar. I reckon a couple of hours anyone could knock up a simple beat. guitar - a lot longer than that.
bensonagdgdgwngo 3 years ago
i've played the guitar for years and i've just bought my first drum kit. they are a lot easier to plat than the axe, but the drums are waaaaaaay more fun to play!!! i feel like as kid again! copeland, great drummer.
dukeofpearl 3 years ago 2
totally agree! the drums (if your an accomplished guitarist) are a piece of piss!!!! but i love em. you know what annoys me though...all these so called METAL DRUMMERS..please..FUCK OFF!! PROPER SHIT! any 6year old can drum like that! bunch of tossers. copelands great though.
rooter639 3 years ago
You have to remember that having played your axe for years means you've been around the sounds of a drumkit for years also, you have developed rhythm through guitar. Of course its going to be easy. Same goes with me playing guitar after years of playing drums. Learning from scratch is something different for any instrument.
JohnnyRocketFingers 3 years ago
totally agree mate. but you have to admit learning to play the guitar PROPERLY could be a fucking ball ache. the drums are more fun and easier to work with! hope i'll be a good a drummer as you, and you a great guitarist as me!!! X-D most of all HAVE FUN!
dukeofpearl 3 years ago
I'm and drummer I'm the same way as he is I love melodies as well and I wish I could play guitar. I'm learning guitar but I think it's hard and I'm not progressing as fast as I would like and the drums just came easier for me and I think they are more fun.
ilikehairbands 3 years ago
The best drumer ever!
fsijh 3 years ago 3
stuart is lovely
jwillchad 3 years ago 3
what he got wrong... "they got it wrong".
letmewatc 4 years ago
Drums- easy to play? Don't joke Stewart!!!! It is the more difficult to play them than guitar, bass and keyboard!!!!
I just love this clip, especially the demo of different drumming styles with emphasis on reggae drumming.
ajittffcure 4 years ago
drums are actually pretty easy if you have patience and natural rhythm
CONNERBOYETT 3 years ago
Jools is such a legend!
SirHuckenden 4 years ago
this seems to tell me that we was a multi-talented musician that wishes he could play other insturments better and the drums came easy to him. I knew that the drums came easier to some than others, I've had to work damn hard to get good at them, and I'm still not satisfied with my talent completely yet.
ShakerCuda71 4 years ago
drums isnt easy to play, i know ive bin playing for 7 years
cookenufc 4 years ago
i enjoy playing drums, its my most organic feeling insutrment, guitar and bass are great, but drums is where its at for me
jaadster101 4 years ago
Drums are easy to play, if you have the rhythm inside you.
Odintaker 3 years ago
hes right, drum machines are a extremely useful...as long as the drummer is in control of it
gretschkicksnare 4 years ago
awesome insight into his reggae influence... 'paradigm for the cosmos'
rebeat2u 4 years ago
check out the band curved air stuart was in before he joined the police. awesome
prog rock band.
lostronin666 4 years ago
you probably don't care, but it's "Stewart"
theRhYtHMaTiST1985 4 years ago
you know stewart could be totally wrong how reggae is a totally different beat, you know he says the bass and snare is on 3 and you do the 1+2+3+4+ on the hi-hats, if you have time it your playing an ordinary 4/4 rock beat but just with double time(16th notes) on the hi-hats, am i getting through to any drummers?
jamesgarvey12345 4 years ago
No you are not. Because there is no snare on the two and four. One drop is centered on literally one drop of the kick drum - that is it.
Copeland is an awesome drummer.
rudeass 4 years ago
yes you are right and wrong, yes, there is no snare on two and four, but if the hi - hat was in sixteenth notes the groove would be the same with just the bass on the 2nd beat.
copeland is an awesome drummer.
jamesgarvey12345 4 years ago
No....the kick goes on 3.
rudeass 4 years ago
yes it is but if you think of the hi hat as 16th notes then the bass lands on 2 and the snare lands on 2.
jamesgarvey12345 4 years ago
??? - If your playing 16th notes the beat still falls on 3...1 e an ah 2 e an ah 3! e an ah 4 e an ah.
theRhYtHMaTiST1985 4 years ago
lol 2:57 to 3:00, he looks like he's some kind of retard.
KingKingdon 4 years ago 3
hahahaha
VercettiVice 4 years ago
...es un paradigma del cosmos!!! que frase tan grosa!!! capooooo...
cincovecesno 4 years ago
what a knobhead
sequentialproduction 4 years ago
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Great Drummer, but everyone who's met his says he's a total cock. So arrogant.... nothing to say.
Drums are the hardest, drums are the easiest, etc... just shut up assfuck.
zmgriffith 4 years ago
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You'd probably shit your diapers if you ever met him, which I have. He's a very intelligent, energetic person, and he was a complete gentleman to me, back at the Record Plant in '93.
But that's most likely BEFORE you were even born - baby.
mozzola 4 years ago
do u want a medal
bob9758 4 years ago
mann he rules lol
vidvid12 4 years ago
I love how they have to be very careful of the camera angle, because this is post-etching of the drum skins. You can see the "...off you...t"...ha.
megassel 4 years ago
not the interviewer but the answers and the techniques stewart shows.
another great tape of a superdrummer !
svinisce 4 years ago
It wasn't very nice of him to say "drums are really easy to play, I don't know if it's just because I find it that way but they really are! They're a joke! Anyone can do this!" :-(
jinxmusicUK 4 years ago
quote: " I don't know if it's just because I find it that way"
don't take him too serious ;)
32BIT 4 years ago 2
Nice Shirt! German colours, black, red, gold! Harhar!!!!!
Marienkaefer 4 years ago
Where's he hiding the coke...he's pretty wound up. Fu..k me.
stuartmacg 4 years ago
Yeah m8,columbian marching powder all day long he sounds very nasal..lol
cheeseburger71 4 years ago
he is soooo gorgeous in dat video.... Brilliant i love him so much ha!
katie2333 4 years ago 7
I mean 2:57 to 3:00.
sorry.
thelaw190993 4 years ago
lol 2:27 to 2:31 is hilarious
thelaw190993 4 years ago
It's a strange thing, but neither Steve Gadd nor Stewart Copeland REALLY understand reggae. Most people in England have been absorbing it on and off since the early sixties, but I think it must be alien in the states (or it was). You have to FEEL reggae, you can't just count it.
violinbloke 4 years ago
Well, he was just explaining the mechanics for the interviewer here - a non-musician.
cholling 4 years ago
Just so you know, Jools Holland is one of England's finest keyboard players. Check him out someday. Remember Squeeze?
mozzola 4 years ago
Yea, that's assuming he counts during every live performance and recording of any reggae drum beat he's ever done. Just because he was explaining the difference between the most common 4/4 drumming and reggae drumming doesn't mean he doesn't feel the reggae rhythm. I can feel him feeling it when I listen to the police. So Lonely is one of the best reggae drums I've heard.
JAH bless
TheTrueHappy 2 years ago 2
Another great reggae song is Reggatta de Blanc...
lucatn 2 years ago
Shit. You said it!
bds1167 2 years ago
Arrh Stewy, you're so modest
michaeljeffs 4 years ago 4
that dudes licks are sweet
pegusipower 4 years ago
Jools and Stu are at a similar level I reckon.
IndioFreak 4 years ago
Jools is great, you cant say that about Jools man....hes also a very respected guy, he gives not a fuck and can play.
psyne000 4 years ago
the soul the police!!!!
cokelalo 4 years ago
I love copeland's sarcasm towards the ever irritating jools holland. one of these guys is an intellectual, one is an annoying prick.
HughPikey 4 years ago
You Pikey! I don't like to make judgements, but only a cretin would say that about Jools! In the first place he is a supreme musician (he does complete arrangements in 20 minutes), great piano player, AND he's introduced SO MANY new artists of all kinds.
violinbloke 4 years ago
none of that stops him from being immensely irritating. it seems you fall into that category as well.
HughPikey 4 years ago
Touche! You are right. I suppose I am about the only drummer who has looked at this, most drummers wouldn't really rate Stewart, although the Police were excellent. He is on record as saying that he always did reggae wrong, so he has integrity.
violinbloke 4 years ago
most drummers wouldn't really rate Copeland? that's one of the most ridiculous statements I've ever read. he is one of the most unique, naturally gifted drummers that has ever lived, and combines styles, studio and live, that I've never heard any other drummer get near to. and what the hell does "doing reggae wrong" mean? is it monopolised by black afro-caribbeans only?
HughPikey 4 years ago
Oh, Pikey, now YOU are being tiresome! If you count 1 2 3 4 etc and keep EXACTLY on the beat the groove will be as flat as a pancake. Reggae, along with a lot of styles, will only come to life if the drummer hangs back. They might really be counting in sixteenths so that there will be two (subtle)rhythms going at once. John Bonham was a complete master of this, and so is Steve Gadd and Bernard Purdie among others.
violinbloke 4 years ago
I simply haven't got a clue what you're on about - and I am certain you don't either. If you say Copeland doesn't "do reggae" the way you think it's supposed to be done, then there's little point discussing it with me.
HughPikey 4 years ago
He didn't play reggae wrong, he took it further, to another level.
Speeedo86 4 years ago
In your opinion, maybe. Listen to some genuine reggae, played from the guts. Then compare it to the Anglicised, cerebral reggae of the Police (which I also like very much) and you will see the difference. Actually it's the same as the original blues from Howlin' Wolf etc compared to people like Lonnie Donnegan........
violinbloke 4 years ago
que hijo de puta....!
uno de los mejores bateristas de la historia del rockn'n'roll!!
meandmyfriends 4 years ago
People.. THIS is the God of drumming !
McOwnsYou 4 years ago 3
Do you have the part 1 of this interview???
vocalworks 4 years ago
Yeah, there's a video called the same thing as this - except for the lack of "2". It starts with the last part of the Sting interview (discussing Sting's bass, then going into a jam along with Andy Summers)
Just search for it =o)
TheOtherKaneda 4 years ago
I love him!
Check me out : " Deniz Schlagzeugsolo"
davuldelici 4 years ago
his right about the reggae
rodrigua 4 years ago
He is so hot there....and brilliantly smart,...his understanding of music and percussion is why he is STEWART COPELAND...so great that they are back on tour this year.
juliepixler 4 years ago 2
Yes the man sure has a big brain and knows how to use it.Totally unorthadox and uniquely brilliant drummer!
beagleheadfred 4 years ago 2
best drummer alive, ever in the history of mankind...bar none!
maryteg 4 years ago 2
Type in Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, Papa Jo Jones, Tony Williams
jazzbummer 4 years ago
....Steve Gadd, Joe Morello, Bernard Purdie, etc. Stewart Copeland is about 347th best drummer!
violinbloke 4 years ago
I met him once. He was really nice. Not a cock at all.
ab77blues 4 years ago
Aww he was a sooo young here, god bless him.
miss2tone 4 years ago
Total class, that reggae example, pure and utter class.Crisp clear percussive genius.
miss2tone 4 years ago
Thank God we freakin grow up! What a cock!
hodsmack 4 years ago
nice one for putting this up, gonna try that stuff out when i get home!
tonz72 4 years ago