Can we talk about his drum playing for a minute?

Everyone always talks about him as a guitarist (And with good cause) and his piano playing, too. But I'm interested in his Drum playing since I know least about that. (People might have noticed I ask for tracks that he plays drums on alot)
So why not a little discussion on that. Because people say he's pretty good, maybe not as good as some of the people he's had in his band, but good.

ive always heard he was a basic drummer...
nothing special

however, i'm sure you can find some footage somewhere...
didn't he drum a bit on the aladdin dvd? (it's been a long while since i've watched that)

ok, just for 1 minute.
not longer.

check the madhouse albums (especially 8). he does great drum work on those . he's no sheila e., but he's .

he's does
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purplepolitician said:

check the madhouse albums (especially 8). he's does great drum work on those . he's no sheila e., but he's .

He is a good drummer but is a better guitarist, keyboard and bass player.

He grooved for a bit on drums at one of the aftershows I saw last summer and it was really cool to see.

I think my favorite piece of drumming of his is 'I'm Yours' from the For You album. Some great fills in there for sure!

Perhaps he's less practiced at the drums because of his relience on drum machines in the 80's. Mind you at his best he's a great drum programmer.

He's a great drummer! One of my favorite live drum performances of his is "lady cab driver". the interplay between the snare and hi-hat is some smooth playing for sure. He plays exactly what's perfect for the song, and it's damn funky playing. I think that his drumming tends to get overshadowed by his guitar playing, singing, and programming. But he is a great great drummer.

Prince is a very good drummer!

SOTT
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you seen "America?"
drum solo ftw dog

I think he's a lil underrated as drummer, as most of his songs have basic beats that any fifth grader could play and also his use of drum machines, but if you take some spectacular tracks of his you can hear his use of high hats and technical drumming is complex and you know... ballin. Seriously, he's really good! And he chooses some insane drummers for his bands you know? He's got good taste with Shiela E., Micheal Bland, John Blackwell, etc
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thefunkydrummer said:

I love him on drums in America!

Dayclear said:

Prince is a very good drummer!

SOTT
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I've always loved his drumming in "Movie Star"

Rioub said:

I believe Prince could play anything well.

ToraToraDreams said:

Personally, I think he's a great drummer! Darling Nikki is awesome playing!

I'm Yours. great drumming.

Everything on the first 4 albums is Prince playing drums, except for Private Joy on Controversy which is a drum machine. someone correct me if I'm wrong here...

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pzlyprk said:

weejimmy said:[."he plays the drums man..then he pauses and thinks deep 2 himself for a sec and says, man he plays them drums.." search 4 that if u aint seen it..yaldi[/quote]

I think the actual quote is "He plays the shit out of drums."

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coolcat said:

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ToraToraDreams said:

SquirrelMeat said:

To me Darlig Nikki stands out... because it is such a unique song (one of the greatest prince songs)... And the drums really carry it...

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