Keith Moon didn't do drum solos, because he treated EVERY song like a drum solo

[maxrandb]

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[bluescribbler]

1. I've said it before...

Keith Moon was the best drummer in Rock, hands down.

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2. This is why I say that

[maxrandb]

6. For me, it was this simple song

One of the first songs I heard from The Who. This young buck had never heard drums like this before at the Sock Hop.

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[duckworth969]

3. Ain't that the truth

[calimary]

5. Yes indeedy!

[SergeStorms]

4. He was a madman on drums.

Townshend wrote all the parts for each member to almost every song (thanks to Kit Lambert's influence), but he'd just write a basic outline for Moon because he said he couldn't possibly begin to write Moon's part. He was such an unbridled whirling dervish on a drum kit. His timing wasn't always perfect, but the band members always drew their cue from him. They adapted to each other perfectly.

The greatest rock band that's ever existed, in my opinion.

[steelyboo]

7. If you have not seen "Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who" (2007)

there is a part where some guy is trying to explain how Keith played the drums in a unique way, such as playing the bass with his left foot instead of the right and how he didn't really keep rhythm in a traditional way. What makes it great is that you can tell the guy is just getting frustrated because he can't understand how he did it! I think he even says at one point "He just didn't do it right!"

[maxrandb]

8. There was a part in Going Mobile

where he switches his dominate right foot bass pedal to his left foot mid-song.

I heard a guy describe that as being like a right-handed guitar player just flipping the guitar over mid-song and playing it left handed.