LOL. The song is called MY WAY!
Will check out Bernard Purdie. I am glad you mentioned Marco Minnemann now that is man that has all the skills and tastefully uses the right fills and techniques according to a track.
I got disinterested quickly in hearing the next über guitarist/drummer/etc. and their instrumentals.
I couldn't agree more with you on this. I feel virtuosity is something where you know how to display it and not present it like,"Yea I know this stuff now drop your jaws cause I am doing it deliberately". That's something that I am over with. I have definitely listened to Bearnard Purdie then,great drummer I must say. He has great credentials on him without a doubt. In modern drumming my 3 favorites are Gavin Harrison,Marco Minnemann,and Mike Portnoy. Because all three of these have their distinct style and you simply know when they are playing,they have a signature sound to them. These 3 have the chops and use them at the right times and moments. As for guitar players no one shows a better example of what you and I are talking about better than Guthrie Govan. I totally agree.I went through a phase, when I was fascinated by virtuoso stuff, regardless of the instrument; probably everybody who's avidly learning an instrument has this phase. But after a while you realize that skills and chops are just tools, secondary means to an end. You can teach a monkey to produce as many notes per sec as possible. And there are alot of monkeys at youtube
Marco is just something other, really a musician who happens to be a great drummer; same as with Guthrie Govan and guitar.
Speaking of Purdie, you may not know him, but I'm sure you've heard him play already: Bernard Purdie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I wouldn't worry too much about the cat. Its tail tells the story. You get occassional gimpses of it, and pretty much all the tail motion comes from the person manipulating its hindquarters. When a cat gets upset, the tail is the first place it shows.
