Prince vault may not be 100% accurate but I don't know of anywhere better.

coldasice said:

You honestly can't listen to a song and tell?

I suspect most people can't, especially non-musicians. I certainly can't. How do you tell if it's Prince, Morris, Bobby Z etc?

coldasice said:

You honestly can't listen to a song and tell?

Why don't you tell us then?

Its every song Sheila E,Michael B and Blackwell didnt play drums. And whichever other drummer I didnt mention.

Laydown said:

Its every song Sheila E,Michael B and Blackwell didnt play drums. And whichever other drummer I didnt mention.

So simple when you think about it.

coldasice said:

Questions like this is always good discussion.

.

And I think we can say 'we really don't know' the full details

.

yet at the same time, like someone else said 'everyother song Bobby Z Sheila E Bland Blackwell Cora Hanna' didn't play on.

.

But when I hear stories like the one Jesse Johnson tells of If the Kid Can't Make U Come, drumming was some combination of Jesse(who I would not have thought) Prince & Morris.
.
And of course all those song that too many fans don't know was Morris Day on drums

the Family did the music on 4 Love- Jill Jones(album) songs Eric Leeds(sax) St Paul(bass) Jellybean(drums) and All Day All Night(the Revolution)

TraSoul82 said:

Didn't he handle the drums on the Madhouse projects?

On 8, yes. But not 16, according to Susan and Eric.

According to Susan Rogers, Tamborine is completely Prince at the drums. But I am sure someone here will dispute it.

purplerabbithole said:

According to Susan Rogers, Tamborine is completely Prince at the drums. But I am sure someone here will dispute it.

why would anyone dispute it? We all know he did everything on that song.

coldasice said:

You honestly can't listen to a song and tell?

I mean sometimes its a bit harder than what you make it out to be. Especially if its a normal groove that all drummers do

[Edited 6/20/17 20:51pm]

Sure...

NO just busting your chops.

To be honest, Prince's drumming actually doesn't really concern me all that much. I know he can play drums, I know he could hold his own with some pretty solid drummers (especially if his focus was primarily on it) but I also know its not his strongest talent.

OldFriends4Sale said:

purplerabbithole said:

According to Susan Rogers, Tamborine is completely Prince at the drums. But I am sure someone here will dispute it.

why would anyone dispute it? We all know he did everything on that song.

ATWIAD is my favorite album(the project overall)

I still remember the day it came out and when I bought the LP

Tamborine was one of my top 3 favs from it. I love furious drumming.
Lisa Coleman when talking about the purple rain sessions some years ago,

talked about Darling Nikki and Prince recording that one all by himself and she specifically talked about his signature drumming style, I believe she called it wild / furious. Since then I noted songs with the furious flare, and would put together playlists. Tick Tick Bang(81) Darling Nikki Tamborine Junk Music Everywhere, all have that wildness

purplerabbithole said:

Sure...

NO just busting your chops.

To be honest, Prince's drumming actually doesn't really concern me all that much. I know he can play drums, I know he could hold his own with some pretty solid drummers (especially if his focus was primarily on it) but I also know its not his strongest talent.

OldFriends4Sale said:

why would anyone dispute it? We all know he did everything on that song.

Well, before the Linn I guess it's entirely him. So the first two albums.
Then it's him overdubbing the Linn, and sometimes it's the Linn only.

The most obvious, representative of Prince-on-drums songs?
- Tamborine
- Irresistible Bitch
- Christopher Tracy's Parade / New Position / I Wonder U / Under The Cherry Moon
- God (instrumental)
- Another Lonely Christmas
- Take Me With U
- Slow Love
- I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
- The Cross
- Witness 4 The Prosecution (hornless version)
- Hello
- Temptation
- Dance On
- Anna Stesia

Heck, I could go on, but I'd be here 'til next september.

purplerabbithole said:

According to Susan Rogers, Tamborine is completely Prince at the drums. But I am sure someone here will dispute it.

No one can. It's his style alright.
Prince was an incredible drummer. No one can deny he tried syncopated fills and stop-and-go's that are only his. Does anyone really think you can come up with such totally original drum machine patterns without having mastered drums to da maximom?