@@Rhythmwatch You nailed it, after many years of being amazed at Gavin that is EXACTLY the reference! Bob Ross and Gavin Harrison make it look so easy be yet they are millions of miles ahead of all others !
@@82mangini You can be simplistic as much as you want and treat music as "faster=better", just don't expect other people to do the same. And even measuring "better technique" isn't as simple as "more notes". There's a reason why the vast majority of people supported the coming back of Portnoy to Dream Theater over Mangini some weeks ago. It's not just nostalgia. When it comes to art, being the fastest robot in town is far from being enough.
I can't find the words to explain how his drumming makes me feel, it's just so emotionally joyous for me when I listen to him play, it moves me intensely. He's so so special, a one off, & I think we are all so privileged to be able to listen to & watch him play. I think he's the overall ultimate drumming package like no other before or currently.
Seen this a hundred times and I still think this is my favorite drum performance ever. The killing mixture of feel, groove, odd timing and precision up to the 1/128 notes. In other words: the perfection of the beauty of drumming.
I've been playing drums for the past 20 years, tried every single style, practiced shitloads of hours...and after seeing this I feel like I've never touched a drum kit. Gavin's complexity is inhuman. The groove, the odd signatures, the technique, the passion. And it looks like he's playing a regular 4/4 tempo, which is unbelievable.
I was a late arrival to King Crimson and was kind of skeptical of how three drummers would work, I already liked Pat Mastelotto but missed Bill Bruford, and went out of my way to explore the work of every member of the latest lineup and holy shit, I love Porcupine Tree thanks to Gavin Harrison. Seeing King Crimson live in 2021 was enormous, I was on Pat Mastelotto’s side of the crowd for the show and Pat himself was absolutely on fire through the whole thing, but when Gavin played a three-minute improv solo during 21st Century Schizoid Man I was really blown away, some of the band applauded before they jumped back into action, and his solo on that tour’s album release was even crazier! He managed to sneak a bit of Smoke On the Water in the Mexico City concert Meltdown Blu-Ray, you could see Robert Fripp and Jakko Jakszyk having a shocked laugh while they watched him carrying along.
His playing fits just...so perfectly. Perfection is not a myth in Gavin's case. Perfect. That's the only word for this. So perfect I can't describe it in words. Literally.
stop whining and practice. the only right way to react to superior drummers is to get inspired and try to learn what they are doing. (I personally get inspired by GH, due to his musical and dynamic playing) It will most likely take a lot of time and effort, but noone said, it's gonna be easy. There is always going to be someone that crushes everyone else, but that's not a reason to get dicouraged.
Good Lord! I have always love this song just for what it is and how great a song it is without any visuals but seeing how this guy drums just takes it to another level! Awesome.
That little tom-tom-snare backbeat fill at 2:28 that matches the phrasing of Steven singing "Won-ders off" is so fucking tastful I just had to stop the video and post this before continuing. The man is truly a genius.
This is probablly the best playing to the song i have ever listen to. This is sooo good. WOW The sound of his drums is amazing. The ride, and crashes is so good sounding. WOW The snare is just magic.
that fill into the first chorus was so simple but just complimented the track so well. in my opinion he was ahead of his time with his playing introducing chops and polyrhythms just made the whole vibe of any track he played so incredible.
thanks so much for uploading this version. it was taken down for a while from youtube for some reason. it is the best version live as far as i know for now...
I've been irritated as all get-out, and this mellowed me right out. How someone can play 7/4 with triplet fills and calm me down is nuts! I just want to see ONE person who gave a thumbs down try and justify it....maybe the video isn't clear enough...???
German made Sonors have that immediate, satisfying crack, followed by nice, clean, full bodied sustain. Perfect for fast, melodic fills and intricate snare drum work. Perfect for Gavin Harrison.
I'm just so glad that he lives in an age he can get recorded so the next generations won't have to read about him in a book, but can enjoy his playing forever.
Great song also! Everything he plays is exactly what I would want to hear if I was the songwriter, producer etc. Just perfect funky yet a great rock edge with incorporating some very Slick drum stuff!! Magic Gavin !! Musical Magic!!!
Love watching this. I love the studio version but this drum workshop performance adds another dimension. I love how Harisson never makes it sound wanky. Cracking song, cracking drummer...one of my faves
One of the best drummers of the modern era with one of the best songwriters of our era. They really did create some of the best and most underrated music. It’s sad that wilson has moved on from writing pt material. I get why he has and I don’t blame him. It just sucks.
I love how he plays the little cymbals at 3:58. It's one of my favourite elements across all the versions of Sound of Muzak, and it's only in this version that he does this. (And the drumroll following that - it's a bit showy, but beautiful nonetheless!)
Amazing!! a lot of feeling 🤩. Let there be drums and there was drums. Gavin was born to play drums. Let there be the Gavin's light. His present for us...🌞✖️➕
New learn for me and I must say it’s explained and unearthed a lot of stuff for me. Incredible to think it’s 7:4 and played with such ease. Like you say that’s what sets Gavin apart
@@captainminecraftist I personally think that Gavin used a misdirection tactic to make it sound good. He basically used the hi-hats as a metric for people to grab onto, as every person would lean towards using the bass drum and snare drum to 'find' the beat. However since the hi-hats are used as a stand-in (Or overriding, as Harrison personally calls it) for snare and bass drum, it works really well, as that is the most steady backbeat throughout the verses. He also has stated that using more half-time signatures make it far easier to override those odd times, as he could have theoretically used two bars of 7/8, rather than one bar of 7/4 over those verses, but chooses not to, for the sake of the listeners, and it would fit the laid-back feeling of the song to use a half time measure, such as the latter.
Make a difference…… Gavin you Are the best drummer on this Planet…..😮❤ so do judge If you have the Time what this Lady is performing…. Your friend Romain 🇱🇺🤷🙏👍
Still listening in 2024 .. super drum on super Steven Wilson composition
when a drummer gets introduced by Simon Phillips, I listen...
Amen to that....
Gavin is a real god of the drums
Whoahh really...??? 😱😱😱
He's my influence drummer too
Totally amazing
Oh yes, 100%
I was the designer of the Axis pedals!! Was really happy when Gavin chose to play them! You can see his axis double pedal very clearly!
don't think he uses them anymore
@@epicslicer116Speed Cobras
Sir I don’t know you but you have my respect.
That's freaking awesome man!
😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤😂😅❤❤❤😂❤😂❤😂❤😂😂😂😂😂❤😂😂❤😂😂😂😂😂😂
That snare is what love sounds like. If love ever had a sound.
That means the whole set is an orgy.
bergerfry hahahaha
A real kick-ass sound. What you always hope for when attending a concert! ;-)
Haha true. One of the best sounding snares i have heard.
R2D2 who?
His double cymbal hits is so iconic to me, one of the best around!
I don’t know when or who it started with but Jeff Porcaro was who got me in to the double cymbal crash.
Definitely💥
Does he hit the bass drum as well with each cymbal hit?
He’s so fluid … the most dynamic and tasteful fills and Damn !,…if that ain’t one of the best sounding kits ever …
His playing never comes at the expense of the music. He paints around it and adds to it when he’s allowed permission.
James Hill As the great Harry Miree says, he plays into the riff then adds the tasty sauce around it.
The Bob Ross on Drums✌️
Cringe
@@Rhythmwatch You nailed it, after many years of being amazed at Gavin that is EXACTLY the reference! Bob Ross and Gavin Harrison make it look so easy be yet they are millions of miles ahead of all others !
@@Rhythmwatch Happy little strokes
He 's so damn laid back it seems he's playing a straight four...
Simply mindbogglin'!
Gavin the drumming god
Pretty much the best drumming ever in the sense of taste and and technicality.
And his snare sounds like Wimbledon....which is a huge plus IMO.
Without a shade of doubt !
Gavin.. Dany Carey.. John Bonham.. Manu Catché.. are unique !
Technically? Nope. Thomas Lang, Virgil Donati, Mike mangini, marco Minneman, Dave Weckl, Vinnie Colaiuta Jason Rullo are better!!
@@82manginibetter ? Are we talking about sports ? Get off your high horse and learn that music is all about perspective and personnal taste bud🤦
@@JayCord00why not? Why not treat music like sports? I decide How i feel The music
@@82mangini You can be simplistic as much as you want and treat music as "faster=better", just don't expect other people to do the same. And even measuring "better technique" isn't as simple as "more notes".
There's a reason why the vast majority of people supported the coming back of Portnoy to Dream Theater over Mangini some weeks ago. It's not just nostalgia. When it comes to art, being the fastest robot in town is far from being enough.
I can't find the words to explain how his drumming makes me feel, it's just so emotionally joyous for me when I listen to him play, it moves me intensely. He's so so special, a one off, & I think we are all so privileged to be able to listen to & watch him play. I think he's the overall ultimate drumming package like no other before or currently.
Well said!
Dave Weckl
Are you rellay searching for the word "POETRY DRUMMING" ? :) Hope you got the message ! cheers.
I thought ive been playin drums for 25 years. After watching Gavin i dont know what the hell ive been doing.
Seen this a hundred times and I still think this is my favorite drum performance ever. The killing mixture of feel, groove, odd timing and precision up to the 1/128 notes. In other words: the perfection of the beauty of drumming.
Anesthetize is right there too. But good call. I've seen this so many times my wife goes - again?
Just a drummers masterpiece. I love his accurate but still colourful style
I agree.
It’s unbelievable.
I've been playing drums for the past 20 years, tried every single style, practiced shitloads of hours...and after seeing this I feel like I've never touched a drum kit. Gavin's complexity is inhuman. The groove, the odd signatures, the technique, the passion.
And it looks like he's playing a regular 4/4 tempo, which is unbelievable.
The dude is a god, dont feel bad
Never ever get tired of watching the master at work!
Never did I think, that I would get to see God playing drums🙏❤️🙏😊❤️
I am so glad this is back on internet. Thank You!
I was a late arrival to King Crimson and was kind of skeptical of how three drummers would work, I already liked Pat Mastelotto but missed Bill Bruford, and went out of my way to explore the work of every member of the latest lineup and holy shit, I love Porcupine Tree thanks to Gavin Harrison. Seeing King Crimson live in 2021 was enormous, I was on Pat Mastelotto’s side of the crowd for the show and Pat himself was absolutely on fire through the whole thing, but when Gavin played a three-minute improv solo during 21st Century Schizoid Man I was really blown away, some of the band applauded before they jumped back into action, and his solo on that tour’s album release was even crazier! He managed to sneak a bit of Smoke On the Water in the Mexico City concert Meltdown Blu-Ray, you could see Robert Fripp and Jakko Jakszyk having a shocked laugh while they watched him carrying along.
I'm glad Porcupine Tree is reforming and touring with Gavin! Whoa, that's gonna be a religious experience for sure!
I'm a guitarist, not a drummer but Gavin is beyond incredible. His fills, sound, set up would inspire others in the band to play better.
His playing fits just...so perfectly. Perfection is not a myth in Gavin's case. Perfect. That's the only word for this. So perfect I can't describe it in words. Literally.
A true *musician* . His playing enhances the music rather than detracting from it
4:05 that moment you look at your sticks and quit drums forever.
+Johnny Castillo That was mental
that moment is also the one i look at my sticks and train much hard than ever
Anything is possible if you try for long enough
even the ending with the crashes..
stop whining and practice. the only right way to react to superior drummers is to get inspired and try to learn what they are doing. (I personally get inspired by GH, due to his musical and dynamic playing)
It will most likely take a lot of time and effort, but noone said, it's gonna be easy.
There is always going to be someone that crushes everyone else,
but that's not a reason to get dicouraged.
Beautiful song. Amazing drumming!!!
2:51 Such a melodic & musical fill -- GH is the man!
The most hypnotic 7... hurts the brain to think about playing, but flowy and seamless to listen to!
Isn't that in 13?
Neither 7 nor 13
Good Lord! I have always love this song just for what it is and how great a song it is without any visuals but seeing how this guy drums just takes it to another level! Awesome.
really liked his style. combination of simplicity, technicality, complex. (simple & complex WTF! LOL!) 10 thumbs up for this man. :-)
That little tom-tom-snare backbeat fill at 2:28 that matches the phrasing of Steven singing "Won-ders off" is so fucking tastful I just had to stop the video and post this before continuing. The man is truly a genius.
Gavin's accenting vocal lines is the definition of tastefulness. That's certainly a valuable technique to be learned.
simply brilliant
He is so gifted, so on time that it almost appears he is there waiting ready for the very next beat!
His brain just works differently from other Drummers. Guaranteed.
I could watch Gavin playing all day long
This is probablly the best playing to the song i have ever listen to. This is sooo good. WOW The sound of his drums is amazing. The ride, and crashes is so good sounding. WOW The snare is just magic.
just discovered this a few months ago. needless to say... i have a new favorite drummer.
My favourite to listen to and watch. Never get bored
He and Marco Minnemann make all my grins perma - grins.
No one more than Gavin can play such complex patterns and still steady, pushing forward! Love it!
that fill into the first chorus was so simple but just complimented the track so well. in my opinion he was ahead of his time with his playing introducing chops and polyrhythms just made the whole vibe of any track he played so incredible.
Pure mathematics in the beautful form of a wonderful song. Gavin your are skilled and creative beyond measurement. 😍😍😍
pure fucking perfection!
My fav drummer hands down
3:20 Sublime!
Top talent, and my favorite drummer to just watch play.
thanks so much for uploading this version. it was taken down for a while from youtube for some reason. it is the best version live as far as i know for now...
4:37-4:38. One of many of great fills in this gem of a tune.
I am not a drummer. I have watched this video no less than 100 times over the last several years. I love Gavin Harrison.
Going to see him tomorrow night in Detroit!!! I am super geeked !
This genius doesn't not get his due credit. Insanely tight drummer
i love the snare and all the kit, sounds amazing
Those toms have so much depth and emotion in their sound
You're one of the best man!
Again when you play possibilities are endless, thank you AEJ
I've been irritated as all get-out, and this mellowed me right out. How someone can play 7/4 with triplet fills and calm me down is nuts! I just want to see ONE person who gave a thumbs down try and justify it....maybe the video isn't clear enough...???
Mandala effect! This band has just started to exist in my reality as of yesterday.
Could watch him all day
The logic of his drumming is incredible
German made Sonors have that immediate, satisfying crack, followed by nice, clean, full bodied sustain. Perfect for fast, melodic fills and intricate snare drum work. Perfect for Gavin Harrison.
A real drummer. Bravo, lad. That's a real joy to watch. Such *feeling*!
I'm just so glad that he lives in an age he can get recorded so the next generations won't have to read about him in a book, but can enjoy his playing forever.
By far my favourite drummer ever =)
I gives me chills watching him play.
Great song also! Everything he plays is exactly what I would want to hear if I was the songwriter, producer etc. Just perfect funky yet a great rock edge with incorporating some very Slick drum stuff!! Magic Gavin !! Musical Magic!!!
Love watching this. I love the studio version but this drum workshop performance adds another dimension. I love how Harisson never makes it sound wanky. Cracking song, cracking drummer...one of my faves
I had never listened to Porcupine Tree until I saw a Drumeo piece with Gavin. Now I'm a fan...I *love* this song!
Imo....best drummer in the world today.
One of the best drummers of the modern era with one of the best songwriters of our era. They really did create some of the best and most underrated music. It’s sad that wilson has moved on from writing pt material. I get why he has and I don’t blame him. It just sucks.
Such a really talented guy... I'm glad that he play in King Crimson now
Such a fantastic song and performance. This album and band were when Steven Wilson and PT were at their peak.
No words....incredible!
I love how he plays the little cymbals at 3:58. It's one of my favourite elements across all the versions of Sound of Muzak, and it's only in this version that he does this. (And the drumroll following that - it's a bit showy, but beautiful nonetheless!)
Goosebumps - literally!
Man.............just perfection.
1:27 The man is a beast!!
Amazing , huge creative !!! Gavin is the one of biggest drummer on this world!
All those little trills. Can't help but love it. His sense in style is so spot on, it's like the song itself just gave birth to the drum track.
Wspaniale powiedziane!!!
Amazing!! a lot of feeling 🤩.
Let there be drums and there was drums. Gavin was born to play drums. Let there be the Gavin's light. His present for us...🌞✖️➕
That snare sounds sooooo good! I need dis.
The man is a straight up genius!
He Is the answer !
Living legend 🙏...I can't even remember how many times I have seen this video !
I've been looking for this video for a long time. Thanks for uploading!
This isn’t necessarily hard to play. But imagine how hard it is to write and arrange, imagine how to make 7 flow like 4.
That’s what sets Gavin apart.
That and the little embellishments & subtleties he sprinkles throughout the songs
although the beat was written by Steven in the first place, Gavin's interpretation of said beat made the song what it is imo.
Holy shit I’m a drummer at college for music and I didn’t realize it wasn’t 4/4 without really listening
New learn for me and I must say it’s explained and unearthed a lot of stuff for me. Incredible to think it’s 7:4 and played with such ease. Like you say that’s what sets Gavin apart
@@captainminecraftist I personally think that Gavin used a misdirection tactic to make it sound good. He basically used the hi-hats as a metric for people to grab onto, as every person would lean towards using the bass drum and snare drum to 'find' the beat. However since the hi-hats are used as a stand-in (Or overriding, as Harrison personally calls it) for snare and bass drum, it works really well, as that is the most steady backbeat throughout the verses.
He also has stated that using more half-time signatures make it far easier to override those odd times, as he could have theoretically used two bars of 7/8, rather than one bar of 7/4 over those verses, but chooses not to, for the sake of the listeners, and it would fit the laid-back feeling of the song to use a half time measure, such as the latter.
WOW!...just WOW!!! He played for that song just as it should be. Amazing player
A wonderful song. It tells a truth in a simple and understandable way.
He is not playing drums, he dances with angels on another upper dimension.
GAVIN + MARCO + SIMON=best drummers on the planet!!!!
Simon?
You are correct sir!!
marco minneman right? yeah!!
And Vinnie ??
SteveFrench Simon Phillips
Gavin Harrison...an amazing inspiration...sheer talent Nd hardwork...such tastefully played
the chorus rhythm is soooooooo sick!!!!!!!
7-8 dude after than 8-8
Best tempo ever!
As a guitar player, that snare has TONE
Toan gang
Prime example that anyone can fill. Knowing where to insert fills makes all the difference! This man knows when & where to place fills!
Flawless drumming.
This is MUSIC ❤🧡💛
What a timing ! Absolutly awsome ! A big one !!
What a phenomenal player...
Amazing musician
For me he is one of ten world best drummers.
He let the drums do the talking, like Nik Kershaw said 👍
dave weckl of rock!
Those drums sound immaculate!
Masterpiece!!!!!!
SIMPLY FANTASTIC!!!!!!
I love Gavin. truly virtuosic on the drums - he just thinks about stuff a little differently & it's badass
My god, I love it
Wonderfullly precise and tasteful drummer
Make a difference…… Gavin you Are the best drummer on this Planet…..😮❤ so do judge If you have the Time what this Lady is performing…. Your friend Romain 🇱🇺🤷🙏👍
I've lost count of how many times I've watched this video.