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man,I miss the 70s this song takes me right back to 1976

NFSW -

STEVE GADD!!

“50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER,” with PAUL SIMON (STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, 1975):Paul Simon’s only Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 smash, “50 Ways” takes a humorous tack on a relationship’s disintegration, with winkingly memorable lines like: “Just slip out the back, Jack; make a new plan, Stan” But not before Gadd sets the tone with a polyrhythmic, somewhat militaristic opening signature. The drummer had, actually, been a member of the Army Music Program — but the impetus for this musical moment comes from a far more straight-forward place.

STEVE GADD: I was practicing between takes. That’s how that started. When I was a kid, I played in drum and bugle corps, and I used to write drum parts. That’s sort of where the inspiration came, subconsciously. So, I was creating different combinations between the hi-hat, snare and bass drum. I was playing the hi-hat with my left hand. Paul and Phil Ramone (producer for the session) heard me, and suggested that I do something like that with the intro. It was really a group effort, a situation where everybody contributed. When you do a session like that, you do whatever makes it work for the artist, and you hope it will be a hit — but you never know. I just try to give the best I can.

This tune is absolutely timeless.