Wish I could point to one thing in particular but I don't remember anything specific except after he was over here for a while with the show and was getting a lot of attention from the press, the subtext of the whole Riverdance "story" seemed to change from what an awesome spectacle it was to what a giant tool Flatley seemed to be offstage and in person.

Over the past couple of years I've rarely heard Riverdance or Flatley mentioned except as the punchline of a joke.

Still one of the best birthday presents I ever got though. :yeah:

Cheers Steve :up:....she's on crutches atm having underwent surgery recently on a damaged toe joint as a result of her dancing efforts :-?

It's part of the drum solo from In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.

Sorry to hear that, hope she can get through without much more trouble :yep:

YouTube linky for those of us who are musically challenged :DL

Cheers mate :up:

Well I reckon she's milking the situation a little....just don't tell her mother what I said :D

Ah. That's one I've never listened to all the way through voluntarily. Altho having grown up with a drummer in my life I probably heard it involuntarily when I was quite young... which may explain my later aversion to it. :O:

You don't OWN the album? Philistine! :stare:

Drum solo begins at 6:23.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGmkM...eature=related

Of course they managed to cut it right before the end of the solo. If you sit through the second half, keep an ear open for Gojira.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiQJmNkoCNM&NR=1

It was released when I was 19, and it changed my life musically.

I thought he retired some years ago after the success that his Lord of the Dance was.:hmmm:
Last I heard he has grown a belly of no small size since....

Drummers never grow up! What gives? :arrgh!:

The drummer is my sister's husband... she's quite a bit older than me and they were already a couple as young teens when I was a toddler. I don't remember him ever NOT being around, lol.

That was 40+ years ago. He's currently drumming every coupla weeks for the "contemporary" service at the Methodist church they go to, and the last time I heard was still trying to figure out a way to work "Wipeout" into the lineup. Which should answer any questions as to whether or not he's grown up yet. :O:

I expect a owe a lot of my early and persistent musical preferences to their influence - still groovin' on a lot of the stuff I listened to in their company when I was very young. For a while, when they'd moved out of state, I was the "keeper" of a bunch of his old records from the 60s and early 70s. If Iron Butterfly was in there, I never listened to it... but he's definitely to blame for my ongoing appreciation of Grand Funk Railroad.

The reason for my quip is this photo of moi.

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d.../VacaScott.jpg


As you can see, I have a personal interest in drummers. :D

:yeah:

Would you mind taking some "personal interest" in the "drummer" who lives two houses down the street from me? A four year old throwing pots and pans down a stairwell is more rhythmic than that guy, and doesn't usually go on for four and a half hours at a stretch. :roll:

I found an original vinyl at a yard sale years ago and got hooked. Thus began my strange journey into the hippie movement, during the age of post-modern industrial (and the fragile beginnings of Goth metal). What I would give to be 17 and curious again. :-? Good album, though. Still have it. :yeah:

I can honestly say I've never heard it....but it is interesting :hmmm:

You'll no doubt remember my drumming hero...John Bonham :DL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d-RZFxwcX0