Your Top 5 Mainstream Drumming Songs

[Genesis]

Yup, your favourite rock drumming songs. Songs that make you want to pick up two sticks and pound anything in reach. These aren't songs that have extended drum solos, just drumming that is exceptionally suited to the songs they are on.

My list:

1) Rush - Tom Sawyer (Neil Peart)
The ultimate drumming song. Not overdone with lots of double bass and unnecessary fills, just perfect.

2) Rush - Limelight (Neil Peart)
More exceptional drum work from Peart, especially the intro and the end.

3) Metallica - Enter Sandman (Lars Ulrich)
Superb drumming that just adds to dark quality of the song. I like the tone of his Tama drums (on the whole album as well).

4) Misty Mountain Hop - Led Zeppelin (John Bonham)
Some people would vote for Moby Dick and as far as technique goes it is the best Led Zep drum song, but the drums on this song are just killer.

5) Back Off Bitch - Guns N' Roses (Matt Sorum)
I wouldn't say Matt is a great drummer, but the pace of the drumming in this song and the fills are awesome.

[CheapJon]

gonna think about this, good topic

but if i were you i'd probably think about changing the name of the topic.. don't really consider back off bitch as a mainstream song

[Genesis]

Well, what I meant by 'mainstream' is by a popular band. There are more complex drum songs say in metal that you haven't heard of. More complex does not equal best.

[D]

GNR "Rocket Queen" Adler fuckin amazing
GNR Brownstone  Adler with the killer groove
Motley Crue Primal Scream  Tommy Lee intro is the shit
Motley Crue "Live Wire"  Tommy Lee's busy drumming is awesome
 Kiss "I Love It Loud"  Eric Carr, one of the greatest of all time  RIP

[CheapJon]

well, everybody in the word have air drummed to we will rock you

a song that i'm into drumwise at the moment is mind eraser, no chaser by them crooked vultures

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

Oh, VERY nice topic Genesis.

1. Metallica- Disposable Heroes
2. Guns N' Roses- Paradise City
3. Aerosmith- Train Kept A Rollin'
4. Steve Miller Band- Take The Money And Run
5. Rolling Stones- Honky Tonk Women

[BlowUpYourVideo]

Well, I know nothing about drumming, but there's some songs that spring to mind:

Nirvana - Scentless Apprentice [Dave Grohl]
The Stone Roses - I Am The Resurrection [Reni]
GNR - Rocket Queen [Adler]
Led Zeppelin - D'yer Mak'er [John Bonham]
Nine Inch Nails - Physical (You're So) [trent Reznor? I don't actually know....]

[CheapJon]

AFD is easily my favorite record ever drumming wise, Adler had the best groove

[mrlee]

Stone Roses definitely are a worthy mention^^

Some of the stuff he drums is unreal.


Motley Crue - Kickstart my heart

I just love how powerful the drums sound in that song!

[Bodhi]

Guns N Roses- "You Could be Mine"
Avenged Sevenfold "Almost Easy"
Motley Crue "Dr Feelgood"
Metallica "Blackened"
Megadeth "Holy Wars"

[Falcon]

With not a ton of thought, 5 that come to mind quickly are:

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Rise - The Cult
White Zombie - Thunderkiss 65
Manson - The Beautiful People
NIN - March Of The Pigs
 

[D]

agree with AFD being the greatest drum CD ever.... I mean u can fucking sing that shit and its DRUMS

[GeorgeSteele]

Prostitute - Brain/GNR
Birthday - Ringo/Beatles
Bad - Larry Mullen/U2
Hot for Teacher - Alex Van Halen
Squeeze Box - Keith Moon/The Who

[gunner22]

Yup, your favourite rock drumming songs. Songs that make you want to pick up two sticks and pound anything in reach. These aren't songs that have extended drum solos, just drumming that is exceptionally suited to the songs they are on.

My list:

1) Rush - Tom Sawyer (Neil Peart)
The ultimate drumming song. Not overdone with lots of double bass and unnecessary fills, just perfect.

2) Rush - Limelight (Neil Peart)
More exceptional drum work from Peart, especially the intro and the end.

3) Metallica - Enter Sandman (Lars Ulrich)
Superb drumming that just adds to dark quality of the song. I like the tone of his Tama drums (on the whole album as well).

4) Misty Mountain Hop - Led Zeppelin (John Bonham)
Some people would vote for Moby Dick and as far as technique goes it is the best Led Zep drum song, but the drums on this song are just killer.

5) Back Off Bitch - Guns N' Roses (Matt Sorum)
I wouldn't say Matt is a great drummer, but the pace of the drumming in this song and the fills are awesome.

Wow, great thread, man!

I've always loved Sorum's drumming on Back Off Bitch, very fun to play, too. John Bonham is the greatest.  And Neil Peart is awesome too man, Tom Sawyer is incredible. But I've never liked Enter Sandman, pretty boring in my opinion. Good list!

My list would probably be, in no order:

1 - Good Times Bad Times - Led Zeppelin

    Bonzo is so fucking unbelivable, his drumming on this song is amazing. He's God. But it could be very well other Zeppelin songs like "Rock And Roll", "Achiles Last Stand", "Since I've Been Loving You" or "Immigrant Song".

2 - The Trooper - Iron Maiden

    Nicko McBrain is the most underrated drummer of all times, he's my favorite along with Bonzo, he's so fucking amazing, I love his drumming, and on this song he does such and incredible job, going through all his toms and doing his amazing triplets, he has the single fastest right foot ever. Other songs where Nicko kicks total ass are "Where Eagles Dare", "The Wicker Man", "Deja Vu", "Moonchild", "Man On The Edge", "Brighter Than A Thousand Suns" and many others.

My list would probably be only Led Zeppelin and Iron Maiden songs but I'll put only one by each band.

3 - Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix

    Mitch Mitchell is awesome, such a short song and yet such an amazing drumming. His drumming on "Fire" is amazing, too.

4 -  Sacrifice - Mot?rhead

    I'm not really into double pedals but this song is amazing, it's totally a drum song, Mikkey Dee destroys in it.

5 - Symptom Of The Universe - Black Sabbath

    My fav. Sabbath song, amazing work by Bill Ward

Honorable mentions: "Rocket Queen" (Adler's groove), "You Could Be Mine" and "Locomotive" by Sorum, Black Sabbath's "Headless Cross" (the amazing Cozy Powell on drums), Deep Purple's "Burn", "Sackler's Revenge", "Sorry", "Scraped" and "Riad N' The Bedouins" by Brain, "Hocus Pocus" by Focus,

a song that i'm into drumwise at the moment is mind eraser, no chaser by them crooked vultures

 

Great thread!

[BlowUpYourVideo]

The drums on Women by Def Leppard and I Can See For Miles by The Who deserve a mention too IMO.

[Genesis]

Now, there's lots of songs for me to check out.

[AxlsMainMan]

Riad N' The Bedouins - Guns N' Roses
Pushit - TOOL
Eulogy - TOOL
Go - Pearl Jam
Disposable Heroes - Metallica

[D]

I know the song is completely played out but Dave Grohl's drums on Smells Like Teen Spirit are insane

[BlowUpYourVideo]

^Apparently he didn't like the drum sound on Nevermind. The sound on In Utero though is different, more 'raw'. And it might sound random, but I've always liked the drum sound on The Spaghetti Incident?. They just sound really clear on that album.

[D]

Im not a big Matt Sorum fan. I like his drumming on some of Contraband, but don't care much for his GNR drummer other than YCBM.