Disappointing result
Posted: 26 Jun 2013, 10:34OK, so it was voted for by readers but I just want to voice a certain amount of dismay at the list of the 25 Greatest Ever Rhythm Sections as featured in the latest edition (217) of Rhythm magazine.
Whilst I can’t reasonably argue with such inclusions as Keith Moon and John Entwistle, or John Bonham and John-Paul Jones, Bill Ward and Geezer Butler, or indeed Sting and Stewart Copeland, how on earth did Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr end up in the list at number nine??!!!! OK, they are famous but better than Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce? Really? Similarly, to put Neil Peart and Geddy Lee at number one (above, for example, Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding) seems a mite generous!
My main gripe, however, is the complete non-appearance of Shadows legends Jet Harris and Tony Meehan. Have these people never listened to The Savage, for heaven’s sake? Or Apache, or FBI, Quartermasster’s Stores, or Jet Black?!! And what about the exemplary backing given to Sir Cliff on early songs as Nine Times out of Ten, Mean Streak, Dynamite or Willie and the Hand Jive. A serious and unforgivable omission in my opinion! They didn’t even feature in the list of ‘almost made the list but not quite’ compiled by Rhythm scribes. Where would most of the top ten have been without them? Come to think of it, surely some mention should also have been given to their successors Brian Bennett and John Rostill? No? Shameful. Absolutely shameful.
Whilst I can’t reasonably argue with such inclusions as Keith Moon and John Entwistle, or John Bonham and John-Paul Jones, Bill Ward and Geezer Butler, or indeed Sting and Stewart Copeland, how on earth did Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr end up in the list at number nine??!!!! OK, they are famous but better than Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce? Really? Similarly, to put Neil Peart and Geddy Lee at number one (above, for example, Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding) seems a mite generous!
My main gripe, however, is the complete non-appearance of Shadows legends Jet Harris and Tony Meehan. Have these people never listened to The Savage, for heaven’s sake? Or Apache, or FBI, Quartermasster’s Stores, or Jet Black?!! And what about the exemplary backing given to Sir Cliff on early songs as Nine Times out of Ten, Mean Streak, Dynamite or Willie and the Hand Jive. A serious and unforgivable omission in my opinion! They didn’t even feature in the list of ‘almost made the list but not quite’ compiled by Rhythm scribes. Where would most of the top ten have been without them? Come to think of it, surely some mention should also have been given to their successors Brian Bennett and John Rostill? No? Shameful. Absolutely shameful.