I have tried reading Moby Dick twice
purely so that I could read the "He piled upon the whale's white hump the sum of all the general rage and hate felt by his whole race from Adam down; and then, as if his chest had been a mortar, he burst his hot heart's shell upon it" passage in context.

Unfortunately, the book is almost incomprehensible to modern eyes and appears to be mostly turgid filler.
( Kroney, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:53, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

I slogged my way through the whole thing
it was mostly turgid filler. The actual story isn't bad, and he obviously did a lot of research, but it needed cutting out, and the massive digressions slimmed right down.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:56, Reply)

I wholeheartedly agree,
An abridged version might be great.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 17:05, Reply)

Ditto the drum solo of the same name.

(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 17:06, Reply)

Name a non-tedious drum solo.
I know of only one offhand - Santana's 'Soul Sacrifice' live at Woodstock.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 17:10, Reply)

Depends if I have to stick to rock records
Because the drum solo near the end of Grant Green's reworking of My Favourite Things is, to me, what drum solos should be like. But as far as rock drummers go, I think Keith Moon had the right idea with his lifelong insistence that "Drum solos are boring."

Edit: The opening to the Surfaris' Wipeout is probably stretching the definition of a 'solo,' isn't it?
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 17:12, Reply)

Re: your edit: it's barely a break, definitely not a solo.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 17:17, Reply)

I think there is one in Pictures of Home by Deep Purple
one of my band's songs has a drum and djembe bit. Not a solo though I guess, because two people are playing.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 17:13, Reply)

Nowt wrong with a decent drum break or percussion breakdown,
I've spent years and many grands acquiring them.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 17:16, Reply)

I may not have mentioned that I love the drumming on that Tractor album
simple, but the long rolls are superb. Makes me feel happy.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 17:19, Reply)