Is Vinnie Past His Prime?

I think the title to this topic is absurd.

I was driving around thinking about this yesterday. It seems to me that Vinnie is way better now than he was. On some of the live stuff with Sting, you can hear Vinnie get a little to agro. He's way more musically minded now.

Although all that Randy Waldman Stuff, IMHO,shows his best USE of his chops to date. I stress use because the stuff on those 3 albums hits you not only in the technical depth, but the pure genius of his playing. Some of his older stuff doesn't give as much to his Genius as much as it does to his raw ability.

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Originally posted by CLWarunki:
Are you guys talking about SKETCHES or another one? I don't remember Vinnie AND Weckl on one together! [img]frown.gif[/img]

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">The first self-titled Patitucci disc.

Wha-?...Sweet Mother of Pearl and Paradiddles...are you guys outta yer trees, or are ya jes bored?

[I'm both...]

Answer: NAAHH.

He'll be knockin' the drums dead into his old age, like many another [Buddy, Bellson, Haynes, Elvin, etc]...

The only prime he's passed is the "-rib" they pass him from the catering service on every touring gig or studio seesion...as a matter of fact, we here should all chip in & buy him a p-rib dinner for all the amazing hours of inspirational playing he's mind-scromped us with.

And these *great topical debates* [img]tongue.gif[/img]

And maybe while we're at it we should buy a Mickey-D's slap-happy-meal for all the peeps that get TO'd by us talking about how VC is da "king" all the time... [img]wink.gif[/img]

I'm going to go practice some more "bustin' sa' hard Vinnieeee" when I'm done here...

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ April 11, 2005 02:31 PM: Message edited by: got_a_matchgrip? ]</font>

I think despite the fact that his older, still is one of the most-in demand session drummers and did a recent recording with Megadeath is an indication of "We haven't seen it all yet"

Many probably thought the same of Vinnie when he began touring with Joni Mitchell?

the answer to that is HAIL NO!! [img]smile.gif[/img]

i was there during that short baked potato clip of vinnie in january of 2003 and he played way beyond any video of him i've seen in the past.

Well,

I see Vinnie's journey as more of an evolution rather than just a burn-out or "past his prime" thing.

His playing has calmed, or perhaps become more appropriate for the typr of music he's playing now. He is maturing, so is his style...

MP

Well said Mark.
Vinnie's playing has and keeps evolving unlike DC(sorry but i had to say that [img]wink.gif[/img] )for the best as far as i can tell.
I'd say, that you can still feel the fire burning inside whenever he plays,but it's not as outed as it used to.Obvious to me that the genius is still very much there,but as someone said,he doesn't need to prove anything to anyone anymore.

I also feel that,he plays more for the music now.Not that he wasn't doing it before,but he's probably less into the drumming side of things.And i like it even better as he gets older.
He'll sure be the next SG in the years to come.I'm quite convinced about that.

But hey,he can still be a bad mofo whenever he fells like it.And i sure do hope he won't ever stop amazing us with his overwhelming creativity.

Now that i think about it,whenever i get to watch the BRM tape and i see him with the hairstyle,opening the score he's about to read,i think:'He makes me think of Mozart'.Everytime!!
The way he looks,the attitude,just everything reminds me of Mozart.At least as he was shown in Milos Forman's movie. [img]wink.gif[/img]

drumaddix......

We should all be as lucky as Vince to have such a passion for what we do as he, regardless of the field of work we are in.

As I've posted once here before. Watching Vince record was like watching a kid at play. So natural, still having fun at what he is doing. Watching him goof off during breaks was probably the best. Because in my eyes I saw an un-inhibited boy that just REALLY REALLY liked to play the drums!!!

Think of all the energy and vinegar that we as kids and young adults had?? People that bring that level of energy to their adult lives are like Mozart. The music was the "thing". Well, I feel, Vinnie has that special quality.

I think a good license plate frame for Vinnie would be, "Speak softly, but carry a big stick!!" [img]tongue.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Because in my eyes I saw an un-inhibited boy that just REALLY REALLY liked to play the drums!!!

Joe-just turned into words what is such a fundamental notion of this job.
We PLAY music right?
Which means we have to have fun doing it.You should never do it if you feel you're not gonna have a ball out of it.It's child's play after all.
That's why we should keep what we call in french 'son ame d'enfant'.Keep being a kid as you grow old basically.Try to have fun out of everything you do and keep a curious eye opened to everything around you.
Don't take things too seriously cos life is just a big game.Sthg like that.

We're lucky to do sthg we love doing,and being allowed to play and have fun just like when you were a kid is ,to me,a priceless thing. [img]biggrin.gif[/img]