Red Angel Dragnet
The year is 1982.
The band is The Clash.
The city is NYC.
The album is Combat Rock.
The song is Red Angel Dragnet.
The basic beat minus the hi hat embellishment is like a Cha Cha Rockers Reggae.
The intro lick has two interpretations- 16th note triplet or 16th notes starting with a buzz.
At last my first complete drum transcription: (PDF).
This album is from the early 80's which was chock full of drum centered compositions. This can be traced to a source double album every drummer back then seemed to be influenced by- "Music & Rhythm". Still one of my favorite albums,
In particular Malcolm McLaren was influenced by this album and basically used the Burundi drum recording from this album to template the sound for Bow Wow Wow (why has no one ever transcribed any David Barbarossa beats ?) and Adam & The Ants. But the big beat sound of the early 80's can be heard on all sorts of tracks from that time-Talking Heads, Paul Simon, Big Country, etc,
Going back to The Clash- Combat Rock- this album has many great tracks in the percussion, Music & Rhythm world music vein then in vogue.
M.I.A. channels the same political angst/one love vibe that the Clash did. The Clash track Straight to Hell from Combat rock was sampled by M.I.A. and Diplo and forms the basis for Paper Planes. Diplo must have an affinity for The Clash as witness through his collaboration with Santogold and his Major Lazer work.
M.I.A. channels the same political angst/one love vibe that the Clash did. The Clash track Straight to Hell from Combat rock was sampled by M.I.A. and Diplo and forms the basis for Paper Planes. Diplo must have an affinity for The Clash as witness through his collaboration with Santogold and his Major Lazer work.
Paper Planes drum track:
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