Beat It: a tribute

Perhaps you missed the former: Tribute to the High Pitched Male Vocalist. It becons you for a visit in a voice that only a dog can hear.

Today we recognize the drum soloist, the one that puts the "mp" in thump; that takes a good song and changes its direction with a meaty pounding of sticks on a cow's hide. But skill alone isn't enough to be in this tribute. Oh no. The solos here are game changers; a major reason a song was ultimately remembered.

3:40 into this video...that's the spot.


You go Phil.

This next one is just in here because...well...because the Ventures were cool, and Mr. Bean shows some leg:


The Ventures covered this next tune while in Japan in 1965, but the original was by the Surfaris. You'll probably recognize it:


Now then, if that didn't wipe you out, this next one is one of my personal faves (love that baseline too).


One more. What would life be without the 80's? Less cheesy, sure, but then again...it would be less cheesy. Where would your mondo jams be then? I love this next song more than any straight man should love a cheesy song. There I confessed it finally.  Wait until 3:23.  No fast forwarding, cheater.

A little anticlimactic? Maybe. Any less awesome? Never.

Well, that's about it for this installment. Time for me to beat it.