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| From | <jim@groovedisques.com> |
| Subject | Re: Control |
| Date | Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:40:36 -0500 |
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Stewart wrote:
> I guess I'm just puzzled about this whole theory that they
> couldn't play, because Stephen Morris was one of the few
> great drummers of his time and place...
Stewart, did you ever see Morris play live? I saw him once with New Order, around 1985. Let me say first that I like the drum parts in both Joy Division songs and a good deal of New Order songs. I've seen video of Stephen Morris playing drums, so it's not like he's incapable of playing, but when I saw him with New Order, he DIDN'T really play, and there was no sign that he could play. Granted, this was one show I witnessed. There was a sequencer or whatever playing all the drum parts. He would occasionally "keep time" on the hi-hat and double the pre-recorded snare. However, there were long stretches in which he didn't even sit behind his drums. Frequently he had to get up from his kit, stand behind the woman playing Miss Huntenpeck synth parts, and literally place her index fingers on the 3 notes she needed to play for each song. So I was left wondering what this guy actually played on record and what was constructed for his parts through overdubs and Martin Hannett wizard!
ry.
Jim
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