{"id":17588,"date":"2013-02-15T07:01:22","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T12:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=17588"},"modified":"2013-02-15T10:28:48","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T15:28:48","slug":"once-and-for-all-rocks-most-essential-drum-intro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/once-and-for-all-rocks-most-essential-drum-intro\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Once and For All<\/em>: Rock&#8217;s Most Essential Drum Intro"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sZZLLYEzKE8?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe>\n<p>We received a note from <strong>Steve Gadd<\/strong>&#8216;s people informing us that he was a little bummed to have received no consideration, to date, in our ongoing discussion to determine\u2014<em>once and for all<\/em>\u2014<a title=\"Rock's Greatest White Afro\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/once-and-for-all-whats-the-greatest-white-afro-in-rock\" target=\"_blank\">Rock&#8217;s Greatest White Afro<\/a>. The final paragraph of the note is worth sharing with our readers:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Although Steve would have been honored by the Hall&#8217;s consideration, he understands he would have been no match for his fellow drummer (and his personal selection) Sib Hashian. On Valentine&#8217;s Day, may we suggest that you run another thread to settle\u2014<em>once and for all<\/em>\u2014another age-old question: <strong>Rock&#8217;s Most Essential Drum Intro<\/strong>; that is, the one drum intro that is most essential to the success of the song that follows. Steve&#8217;s intro to <strong>Paul Simon<\/strong>&#8216;s &#8220;50 Ways to Leave Your Lover&#8221; has got to rank among the Top 5 most essential drum intros in all of rock, possibly only challenged for the top spot by the intro to <strong>The Rolling Stones<\/strong>&#8216; &#8220;Honky Tonk Women.&#8221; Another Stones song to consider might be &#8220;Get Off My Cloud.&#8221; Would that song ever get off the ground without that intro? We ask that you bring this topic to your readers for them to determine\u2014<em>once and for all<\/em>!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So there you have it, with<del>out<\/del> the aid of an RTH People&#8217;s Poll, let&#8217;s determine\u2014<em>once and for all<\/em>\u2014the Most Essential Drum Intro in Rock, beginning with &#8220;50 Ways to Leave Your Lover&#8221; and &#8220;Honky Tonk Women.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-318\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What is rock's most essential drum intro?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-318-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li>The Ronettes, \"Be My Baby\" <small>(29%, 12 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 29%;\" title=\"The Ronettes, &quot;Be My Baby&quot; (29% | 12 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>Led Zeppelin, \"When the Levee Breaks\" <small>(17%, 7 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 17%;\" title=\"Led Zeppelin, &quot;When the Levee Breaks&quot; (17% | 7 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>The Rolling Stones, \"Honky Tonk Women\" <small>(17%, 7 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 17%;\" title=\"The Rolling Stones, &quot;Honky Tonk Women&quot; (17% | 7 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>Iggy Pop, \"Lust for Life\" <small>(14%, 6 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 14%;\" title=\"Iggy Pop, &quot;Lust for Life&quot; (14% | 6 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>Sweet, \"Ballroom Blitz\" <small>(12%, 5 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 12%;\" title=\"Sweet, &quot;Ballroom Blitz&quot; (12% | 5 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>Paul Simon, \"50 Ways to Leave Your Lover\" <small>(7%, 3 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 7%;\" title=\"Paul Simon, &quot;50 Ways to Leave Your Lover&quot; (7% | 3 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>Elvis Costello &amp; The Attractions, \"This Year's Girl\" <small>(2%, 1 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 2%;\" title=\"Elvis Costello &amp;amp; The Attractions, &quot;This Year's Girl&quot; (2% | 1 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>The Clash, \"I Fought the Law\" <small>(2%, 1 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 2%;\" title=\"The Clash, &quot;I Fought the Law&quot; (2% | 1 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>Smokey Robinson &amp; The Miracles, \"Going to a Go-Go\" <small>(0%, 0 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 1%;\" title=\"Smokey Robinson &amp;amp; The Miracles, &quot;Going to a Go-Go&quot; (0% | 0 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Total Voters: <strong>42<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_318_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"5365b1d4ef\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-318-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n<p>Previously, you may recall, we suggested &#8220;50 Ways&#8230;&#8221; is a recipient of a\u00a0<a title=\"MVDP\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/rock-s-most-valuable-drum-parts\" target=\"_blank\">Most Valuable Drum Part (MVDP)<\/a>\u00a0award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We received a note from Steve Gadd&#8216;s people informing us that he was a little bummed to have received no consideration, to date, in our ongoing discussion to determine\u2014once and for all\u2014Rock&#8217;s Greatest White Afro. The final paragraph of the note is worth sharing with our readers: Although Steve would have been honored by the <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/once-and-for-all-rocks-most-essential-drum-intro\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[146,88],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17588"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17588\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}