McCartney Times

There’s a case to be made for Keith Moon as England’s greatest drummer. He was wilder than Ringo Starr, more propulsive than John Bonham, and played with the might of a football hooligan battering the face of a member of the rival team. Indeed, there was a violence to his drumming that was excitingly masculine in its wake, making the more feathery Starr fills seem tame in their wake. Starr’s son Zak Starkey was blown away by his “uncle”‘s skill and invoked the drummer in his wake. To no one’s surprise, The Who decided to hire Zak Starkey in the 1990s, a role he has filled ever since.

Not everyone was a fan of Moon’s drumming, which Ginger Baker was more than happy to point out. “Keith Moon as a drummer?” Baker sneered. “Nah.” And then he stuck the knife in: “He was good with The Who, I suppose, when he tried to play like me.” It’s hard to imagine Moon channelling his inner Baker, as none of the drums fills on ‘Who Are You’ recall the bounce of ‘Sunshine of Your Love’, or the dense cymbal work that soaked ‘White Room’.

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