Bleed to Love Her - LATE DRUMS!!!!

[Matt Lucas]

Hello all---

I totally agree about Mick's slightly late drum fill/intro. I noticed it the very first time I heard the "leaked" version from GIFT OF SCREWS. I was shocked that Lindsey would leave it like that.

In musician circles, Mick is indeed known as a drummer who plays behind the beat. This method of playing sort of creates a slightly drawn-out dip on the 1 and 3 of each measure. It's hard to explain... but, anyway, the first fill on BTLH is not just behind the beat, it's OFF the beat. Argh.

And while we're talking about the drums on BTLH, the snare sound totally ruins the song for me. It's that huge, treated, '80s-style snare that would have been okay on Tango. But on an acoustic-driven, organic-sounding song like BTLH, it just doesn't fit. One of Lindsey's few mis-steps in recording/producing SAY YOU WILL.

mattl