Obscure Audio 1: Buddy Rich Cursing His Band

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  • čas přidán 1. 07. 2012
  • Buddy Rich, American jazz drummer and bandleader, billed as "the world's greatest drummer", heard here in his later days, castigating his band, the majority of whom are, apparently, much younger then him.
    "Whaddaya play? CLAMS?!?!!"
    Notes: (from Wikipedia): The Bus Tapes - Rich's temper, mercurial attitude and imposing personality are documented in secret recordings that pianist Lee Musiker made during some of his tantrums on tour buses and backstage in the early 1980s. These recordings, long circulated in bootleg form, have done much to fuel the reputation of Rich's personality. The tapes were popular with comedians Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David, who used three quotes from them more or less verbatim on Seinfeld:
    "If I have to tell you again, we're gonna take it outside and I'm gonna show you what it's like!" ("The Opposite")
    "This guy -- this is not my kind of guy." ("The Understudy")
    "Then let's see how he does, up there, without all the assistance!" ("The Butter Shave")
    On one recording, Rich threatens to fire Dave Panichi, a trombonist, for wearing a beard. Days before Rich died, he was visited by Mel Tormé, who claims that one of Rich's last requests was "to hear the tapes" that featured his angry outbursts. At the time, Tormé was working on an authorized biography of Rich which was released after Rich's death, titled Traps, The Drum Wonder: The Life of Buddy Rich.
    Although Rich was usually helpful and friendly, he had a short temper. While he threatened many times to fire members of his band, he seldom did so, and for the most part he lauded his band members during television and print interviews. Dusty Springfield allegedly slapped Rich after several days of "putting up with Rich's insults and show-biz sabotage."
    In the Beastie Boys song "Sabotage", the lyrics "I'm Buddy Rich when I fly off the handle," referred to Rich's temper. Buddy Rich held a black belt in karate, as mentioned in a CNN television interview with Larry King, c. 1985.
    Band member and lifelong friend David Lucas says that "Rich had a soft heart underneath it all. His favorite song was "It's Not Easy Being Green".

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  • @Suprematista
    @Suprematista Před 8 lety +316

    60 fpm (fucks per minute).

    • @YukiGibson
      @YukiGibson Před 8 lety +7

      Genius comment

    • @RandomlyDrumming
      @RandomlyDrumming Před 8 lety

      +Suprematista hahaha! Good one! :)

    • @reri5111
      @reri5111 Před 8 lety

      +Suprematista made my day

    • @stepitupandgo67
      @stepitupandgo67 Před 8 lety +1

      +Suprematista accurate assessment....

    • @fogtownmike
      @fogtownmike Před 7 lety +1

      The moral: speed was reaaaly good in the 60s. Don't do speed and play music, is.

  • @metallicarocks911
    @metallicarocks911 Před 8 lety +1156

    For all of those who don't know:
    Clams = Wrong notes.

    • @tearsofsoy4091
      @tearsofsoy4091 Před 8 lety +9

      +metallicarocks911 or clammies

    • @metallicarocks911
      @metallicarocks911 Před 8 lety +37

      Lenin Luna Not just drummers are like this. Charles Mingus, a known upright bassist and songwriter, had a hot temper as well.

    • @CaseyVan
      @CaseyVan Před 7 lety +2

      Thanks. I thought it was when your Sax squeaked. That would drive a band leader nuts.

    • @michaelmattice4986
      @michaelmattice4986 Před 7 lety

      FUNNY CUZ IT'S TRUE:)

    • @acidmardigras6235
      @acidmardigras6235 Před 7 lety +6

      Did not know that seriously. Thanks.

  • @Pickinbuddy
    @Pickinbuddy Před 7 lety +158

    "Buddy's Greatest Fits"

  • @bufordteejustice1119
    @bufordteejustice1119 Před 9 měsíci +53

    I met a sax player who played with Buddy for 2 years. He said Buddy yelled a lot but wasnt wrong. He would compliment you if you played well and this is what you get if you didn't. A real legend.

    • @plasticweapon
      @plasticweapon Před 5 měsíci +2

      makes sense. he is saying something here. it's not just a bunch of ad hominem.

  • @bratsampson
    @bratsampson Před 10 lety +954

    Most impressive part is how he keeps that drum roll going the whole time too.

    • @glennzornig4978
      @glennzornig4978 Před 5 lety +16

      Those are the 3 bass drums.

    • @caseyplooy1696
      @caseyplooy1696 Před 5 lety +47

      bratsampson .......I don’t hear a drum roll, I hear a running diesel engine and he does say “now get off my fuckin bus”. ....Not a drum roll.

    • @Bobpopsiculs
      @Bobpopsiculs Před 5 lety +21

      theyre on a bus........

    • @jashley4
      @jashley4 Před 5 lety +7

      LOL

    • @jim62000
      @jim62000 Před 5 lety +40

      just sitting there screaming his head off and still doing his drum roll consistently

  • @amherstguitar
    @amherstguitar Před 9 lety +674

    This is my favorite Buddy Rich album.

    • @Damonm68
      @Damonm68 Před 3 lety +17

      Definitely one of the most entertaining and insightful albums.

    • @willmurray222
      @willmurray222 Před 3 lety +31

      Yea especially his hit. Get off my f***ing bus.

    • @amherstguitar
      @amherstguitar Před 3 lety +1

      @@willmurray222That was the bside to You Wanna Fuck With Me on the Bandstand?

    • @ericme4767
      @ericme4767 Před 3 lety +12

      He'd make a good rapper.

    • @amherstguitar
      @amherstguitar Před 3 lety +7

      @@ericme4767 MC Get Off My Fuckin' Bus

  • @cjsligojones5101
    @cjsligojones5101 Před 5 lety +81

    Send away for the Buddy Rich motivational tape today!

  • @earlgarcia6106
    @earlgarcia6106 Před 5 lety +43

    “I can hear everything, fuck what you hear..”
    That shit is awesome

  • @MrPatricioG
    @MrPatricioG Před 8 lety +1082

    I shared the stage with Buddy when I was 5 years old and he was much nicer to me than he was to his band. lol Was at his show sitting in the front row when he fired (jokingly) his piano player during the concert, asked if there were any piano players in the audience and I raised my hand 'cause I started taking lessons when I was 4. He called me up onstage, asked me what song I knew and I told him, "Tiny Tiger!" He told me to "hit it" and I started playing and the band jumped in. Everyone got a kick out of it. He invited my whole family backstage after the show and was super cool. He also lived in my hometown (Palm Springs, Ca.).

    • @shapeshifter8986
      @shapeshifter8986 Před 7 lety +51

      wow what a story!

    • @wildishbrandino4732
      @wildishbrandino4732 Před 7 lety +27

      That is a neat story:)

    • @kengibson4054
      @kengibson4054 Před 7 lety +28

      that's way too cool daddio.

    • @michaelcraig9449
      @michaelcraig9449 Před 7 lety +10

      Man, I wish I lived in Palm Springs!! Do they still have all the pools, chicks in bikinis, parties, etc?? Sounds like fun.. If it gets 130 degrees, you can always jump in a pool, or something!!

    • @MrJoeythebabykangaro
      @MrJoeythebabykangaro Před 7 lety +10

      That. Is. AWESOME.

  • @Catsincages
    @Catsincages Před 8 lety +922

    I like the story where Buddy Rich once called Dusty Springfield, "a fucking broad" so she slapped him in the face so hard his toupee flew off. Then afterward his band gifted her a pair of boxing gloves as a thank-you.

  • @MrGb4ever
    @MrGb4ever Před 5 lety +355

    Buddy have a Snickers!

  • @brookiestorer5231
    @brookiestorer5231 Před 5 lety +275

    Every young musician should listen to this on the way to every gig...

    • @binkydrumms
      @binkydrumms Před 4 lety +1

      Yeah

    • @michaelmurphy987
      @michaelmurphy987 Před 4 lety +13

      why

    • @Pimp-Master
      @Pimp-Master Před 4 lety +17

      There's at least one CZcams video of compilations of band fights onstage. That's also a good reminder of the dark, sleazy side of things.

    • @davidpellow4877
      @davidpellow4877 Před 4 lety

      @@michaelmurphy987
      Maybe so they won't suck (like you must).

    • @markdemell3717
      @markdemell3717 Před 3 lety +1

      No!

  • @mattmoves5920
    @mattmoves5920 Před 7 lety +165

    I've heard more swearing in 5 minutes of Buddy Rich talking to his band than in two hours of movie with Samuel L. Jackson. Now I am impressed. This guy was really talented.

    • @cbrockbishop1566
      @cbrockbishop1566 Před 11 měsíci +2

      Good one! I was thinkin of Pulp Fiction while listening and then saw your comment

    • @josekuykendall5592
      @josekuykendall5592 Před 10 měsíci

      He was an asshole he has no right talking to grown ass people like that I would have told go straight to hell buddy rich or no buddy I don't give a shit if he was a Star kiss my ass

  • @themuulen
    @themuulen Před 9 lety +778

    is he still tremolling on the snare while he is cursing them?

    • @liampointing9051
      @liampointing9051 Před 9 lety +5

      themuulen haha top comment

    • @andresrojas22
      @andresrojas22 Před 9 lety +26

      themuulen that's the proper way to curse at somebody, it's even better with a crescendo

    • @Ash_Hudson
      @Ash_Hudson Před 8 lety +7

      Hahaha I hear that

    • @TheFourBrothers18
      @TheFourBrothers18 Před 8 lety +6

      +themuulen nah he's doing Triple Ratamacue's

    • @creepshowcrate
      @creepshowcrate Před 7 lety +9

      Either that or a violent air conditioner.

  • @aten55
    @aten55 Před 4 lety +91

    “You’re breaking my heart out there!” Every line is gold.

  • @archstanton1628
    @archstanton1628 Před 4 lety +87

    Buddy talked like 1920's Hollywood gangsters 😁

    • @Mr-ep2qi
      @Mr-ep2qi Před 3 lety +15

      He was from Brooklyn lol

  • @mattbjorn8889
    @mattbjorn8889 Před 7 lety +101

    Buddy rich lines are used as some of the funniest Seinfeld lines ever! "Step outside and I'll show you what it's like!!!!!" Outstandingly vague and hilarious.

    • @stevenhandzel5929
      @stevenhandzel5929 Před 4 měsíci +2

      “No one could write that! Only Buddy Rich could have threatened physical violence with that particular terminology.” --Jerry Seinfeld.

  • @GuitarBassCigar
    @GuitarBassCigar Před 8 lety +551

    Sorry, I thought I passed out and was remembering my childhood at home...

    • @crumbb_m
      @crumbb_m Před 8 lety +8

      slow clap

    • @clarkewi
      @clarkewi Před 7 lety +22

      Geniuses are usually assholes.

    • @weselyhyatt89
      @weselyhyatt89 Před 7 lety +2

      Buddy was at new Windsor music shop many yrs ago.l was about fifteen then. he showed me for different beats at same time! what a day for a drummer like me.

    • @pb12661
      @pb12661 Před 7 lety

      lol....me too.

    • @michaelcraig9449
      @michaelcraig9449 Před 7 lety +12

      No, he is NOT an ass!! Try being in a band, doing all the writing, organizing, composing, all the effort, while some lazy musicians you are working with, show up sometimes, play like they dont give a fuck, and show no enthusiasm, but expect full pay, but they act like they dont give a fuck, and put in the bare minimum effort. He is not being a dick, think how much bullshit he may have already put up with! Imagine you had a business and your workers did the bare minimum, or even less.. while you did everything!! He is the employer, he has a right to bitch about it..

  • @1bIgFaTsOnOfAbItCh
    @1bIgFaTsOnOfAbItCh Před 5 lety +182

    I know some of these musicians that suffered this personally. You want to know how much of a perfectionist Buddy was? All of these guys he's lambasting are bonified prodigies.

  • @kdfan
    @kdfan Před 6 lety +27

    I first heard these in 1998 when on tour. We drove across the country listening to these over and over. Still amazing 20 years later.

  • @jawkneeG
    @jawkneeG Před 7 lety +527

    The Gordon Ramsay of the drum world haha

    • @jamesfitzgerald6636
      @jamesfitzgerald6636 Před 5 lety +4

      johnny_schwifty.soundcloud ... he had talent not the asshole Ramsey

    • @zombywoof9188
      @zombywoof9188 Před 5 lety +5

      Nope. Buddy was truly talented. Not some twat with an over-bloated ego.

    • @winkcrittenden6011
      @winkcrittenden6011 Před 5 lety +9

      @@zombywoof9188 Is it not possible that he was a truly talented twat with an over-bloated ego?

    • @GamingDrummer89
      @GamingDrummer89 Před 5 lety +21

      Not sure where a couple people here are getting their impression of Ramsay, but I doubt you've watched, read, or heard enough about him to make an accurate call. A lot of what you see from Ramsay on Hell's Kitchen USA, I believe, is contrived to a degree, and I remember reading that Ramsay himself admitted that he adds a little bit extra to spice it up for the audience. If you watch any other show with him on it, he doesn't come off anywhere near the same way a vast majority of the time...he's got the same demanding standards, but it's done in a much more calm way. I've also heard he's quite nice in person; not what I'd call egotistical, and he certainly has a gigantic amount of talent (albeit in food, not music).

    • @edgardogarcia9686
      @edgardogarcia9686 Před 4 lety +10

      No Gordon Ramsey is the Buddy Rich of the food world

  • @cast390
    @cast390 Před 7 lety +252

    What do you play, CLAMS????

    • @BfSkinnerPunk
      @BfSkinnerPunk Před 7 lety +3

      What is a clam?.....(what is a burn note?). Not finding the answer through googling

    • @hoz49
      @hoz49 Před 7 lety +11

      an off note, out of tune, not on the chart.

    • @BfSkinnerPunk
      @BfSkinnerPunk Před 7 lety +4

      ha! Ok, that makes sense, of course. Just never heard of clams. Thanks. I am officially, more hip!

    • @shadow48668
      @shadow48668 Před 7 lety +3

      The entire time I thought he was saying, "flams."

    • @tommyembrich
      @tommyembrich Před 7 lety +1

      glad im not the only one

  • @doggod86
    @doggod86 Před 4 lety +65

    6:01 "you all... you're not my kinda people" quasi-Seinfeld line (The Understudy)
    6:40 "up there without all the assistance" Seinfeld line (The Butter Shave)
    11:20 "or I'll show you what it's like" Seinfeld line (The Opposite)

    • @chefjdog
      @chefjdog Před 3 lety +3

      Thank you sir.

    • @narutobroken
      @narutobroken Před 3 lety +6

      Classic, love how Jerry reused these lines

    • @LameGeneration91
      @LameGeneration91 Před 3 lety +1

      I stumbled upon this video after searching “this guy .. this is not my kind of guy” 😂

    • @bedmanokc
      @bedmanokc Před 3 lety +1

      Seinfled loved these tapes for sure/

    • @cgriesemer
      @cgriesemer Před 9 dny

      This comment should be the most upvoted. Many thanks

  • @marcusholmeswright
    @marcusholmeswright Před 5 lety +24

    Bottom line, Buddy was one of the most amazing drummers in the history of music. He was astounding every time he played. He had a big heart, and championed young musicians like myself. He had one of the quickest wits you would find anywhere, and a great sense of humor to boot. All this far outweighed the periodic temperamental outbursts (which were also very funny most of the time). I am forever grateful for the opportunity to play in Buddy’s band.
    Bob Mintzer, March 25, 2013

  • @mamachip
    @mamachip Před 7 lety +468

    Buddy had a hard time pulling good players in his later years, and an even harder time keeping them.
    Anyone wonder why?

  • @kerokerobonita
    @kerokerobonita Před 9 lety +517

    It was not quite his tempo :/

    • @piknictable_
      @piknictable_ Před 9 lety +2

      Lololol

    • @joedomingo6962
      @joedomingo6962 Před 9 lety +12

      He said, "What are you trying to play, clams?!!!!"
      Classic. LOL

    • @tunefultonyjohnson4100
      @tunefultonyjohnson4100 Před 9 lety +3

      Joe Domingo Mmmm....Interesting... How do you actually play clams?? -- Aren't they something like, err.... shellfish??

    • @caycug1
      @caycug1 Před 8 lety +3

      Samdara L I wonder if Buddy was pushed to perfection as a child prodigy, so that either his parents or the vaudeville theatre owners could make more money. As they say "He who is bullied becomes a bully." "But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition." (1 Timothy 6:9)

    • @joedomingo6962
      @joedomingo6962 Před 8 lety +14

      Buddy was known to be a really self-absorbed and a very mean band leader just like the music director in the movie Whiplash. Apparently both the student and the professor in the movie are character traits of Buddy. It is what happens when you have too much passion for what you do. This is from an old friend

  • @floydpattersonii4996
    @floydpattersonii4996 Před rokem +53

    Ive been leading bands all my life and Im embarrassed to say that years ago I used to equate being an asshole with being a good bandleader. So grateful I finally saw the light. In no way shape or form is anyone ever deserving of this kind of verbal abuse. Im the luckiest person to share the stage with such great people/musicians today and could never go back to being the ungrateful person I was.
    Every one of these musicians shdv walked rt the fk out on Rich. Integrity is everything. I dont care who you are.

    • @stewartfenton7660
      @stewartfenton7660 Před 5 měsíci +2

      I absolutely agree. I don't care if he's right or wrong in what he's saying. People should not be treated like that,and I would have been gone the first time, preferably if he did it on stage.

  • @omenoflaherty1294
    @omenoflaherty1294 Před 5 měsíci +6

    This is exactly how James Taylor spoke to his band before he mellowed out and went solo.

  • @BarnsleyTimelord
    @BarnsleyTimelord Před 7 lety +68

    It might just be me, but I don't think he sounded too happy.

  • @davestone983
    @davestone983 Před 8 lety +72

    Now we know where the heart attacks and brain tumors came from.

  • @Mrius86
    @Mrius86 Před 6 lety +46

    "You're breaking my heart out there!"

  • @braviafeed
    @braviafeed Před 5 lety +40

    My Dad talked to my brother and I like that daily. Especially when mowing the lawn. OUR LAWN WAS IMMACULATE. Thx Dad!

    • @stevemoore457
      @stevemoore457 Před 3 lety +3

      Ours too, but it wasn't a good approach. It worked, but it wasn't good.

  • @ChoperBrian
    @ChoperBrian Před 9 lety +123

    I've heard these tapes many times. I was a student of Buddy's back in the early 80's, and had a conversation about this with Steve Marcus. I was about 21, Steve I believe was 40 or so, and Buddy was about 60. From what I understand, Buddy went through these rants as his way of trying to discipline his band when he did not feel they were tight, as he did not know how to otherwise handle them. He would pull everyone back onto the bus and go at it. I can tell you that from my time with him, he had a temper as he was impatient, but I never heard anything like this while with him. I do know that if you review clips of the band, you will see that whenever Buddy soloed, the players had their eyes peeled on Buddy. I was told that he had ordered this, as the players were not always watching or paying attention as the solos ended, and were otherwise missing their entrances. This is what I know about that. Brian Choper

    • @johnnyskinwalker4095
      @johnnyskinwalker4095 Před 9 lety +3

      Was my impressions as well

    • @denverdanoreno
      @denverdanoreno Před 7 lety +10

      Brian Choper
      Try his disiplin today with the 'Snowflakes' and you'd be sued by the fashist police.
      Buddy is one of my favorite percussionist because he was self taught and flamboyant with confidence nobody could match. Just an observation from afar.

    • @kaijietee3151
      @kaijietee3151 Před 6 lety

      what was your first impression when you were in his band for the first time

    • @arame29
      @arame29 Před 5 lety

      You say you were one of his students
      When did Buddy teach??

    • @bruzote
      @bruzote Před 4 lety +15

      @@denverdanoreno - Confidence does not require rudeness and lack of empathy. The latter two demonstrate a clear shortcoming on his part that is the opposite of admirable.

  • @SinAsTheTic
    @SinAsTheTic Před 7 lety +34

    he's performing even when he's not playing drums

  • @WilliamRyland
    @WilliamRyland Před 3 lety +73

    This is exactly how every school band director acted from 5th to 12th grade. Now, I don't tolerate raging drama in a band. If I'm not smiling and loving the peeps I'm playing with, then I just can't do it. I won't play with assholes no matter how good they are. Music is Love.

    • @kennytesta9312
      @kennytesta9312 Před 2 lety +5

      I’m sure you could admit Buddy Rich’s situation is a lot different it was much more than just having a good time.

    • @michaelvenezia9673
      @michaelvenezia9673 Před 10 měsíci

      shut up wiliam and just come back to the band..we had something special....

    • @turnupthesun81
      @turnupthesun81 Před 8 měsíci +3

      My high school band teacher was like this. Your Freshman year everyone was intimidated. By your Senior year you were like “fuck this mother fucker” and you knew he couldn’t do anything to you. It really was a mess.

  • @blueflagmusic
    @blueflagmusic Před 5 lety +54

    I worked as a stage hand for Buddy once as a kid.
    He screamed at us the whole time.
    It was amazing,he was my hero.

    • @Pimp-Master
      @Pimp-Master Před 4 lety +2

      Certainly the best drummer in the world.

    • @dibaz1
      @dibaz1 Před 3 lety

      Huh 🤔

    • @rudolphguarnacci197
      @rudolphguarnacci197 Před rokem

      ​@@dibaz1 wha?

    • @sbonamo
      @sbonamo Před rokem

      You must enjoy being belittled. Might want to see a shrink...

    • @michaelvenezia9673
      @michaelvenezia9673 Před 10 měsíci

      i know this is a joke because an old boomer wouldnt have a sense of humor to write this comment in such a way...funny story though

  • @Twotontessie
    @Twotontessie Před 5 lety +82

    I saw him live when I was about a 12. He kicked one of the sax players off the stage and made him sit in the front row. Yikes.

    • @maziu27
      @maziu27 Před 4 lety +2

      Jeeez

    • @iansolo3402
      @iansolo3402 Před 3 lety

      Good Fuckin lame ass jazz players compared to Buddy

    • @iansolo3402
      @iansolo3402 Před 3 lety +10

      He was just mad people calling him buddy all the time

    • @Gregbaltzer
      @Gregbaltzer Před 3 lety +5

      @@iansolo3402 He's not your buddy guy

    • @spockboy
      @spockboy Před 2 lety +1

      @@Gregbaltzer I'm not your guy buddy

  • @ryanparoline2281
    @ryanparoline2281 Před 4 lety +27

    "WHO PUT THESE HOLES IN MY BELTS!!!?"

    • @gosteronlinecourses
      @gosteronlinecourses Před 3 lety

      How is this not the top comment!?

    • @regretfully77
      @regretfully77 Před 3 lety +1

      Lol!!!!!! I was late to this party..... i was busy building a fort

    • @kev3d
      @kev3d Před 4 měsíci

      @@regretfully77 Great job, NONE OF YOU!

  • @prema9878
    @prema9878 Před 3 lety +19

    Buddy’s best spoken word album

    • @larrystroh233
      @larrystroh233 Před rokem

      Worthy of a Grammy for spoken word category.

  • @bigbass421
    @bigbass421 Před 3 lety +15

    I used to play this in my workshop at a music store in the 90's. A friend who also worked there, would come by and hang- and after a while, we'd memorized this word for word.. first- for our amusement, we'd lip synch it, and then, after we got tired of doing that- we'd recite it in Lou Ferrigno voice.

  • @kilawattkidd
    @kilawattkidd Před 8 lety +141

    What was scary was that there was NOBODY in the room when he was cursing them out.....he was by himself!!!!!

  • @NerismaStudios
    @NerismaStudios Před 8 lety +64

    Here's the thing. He was a true vaudevillian who demanded nothing less than perfection. Also, some instances he did this to try and motivate his band (whether it works or not). Sometimes it was to try and impress his wife when she was walking by, or maybe it was due to him not getting a smoke.
    Also, that trombonist worked for a year more after this instance, because he was an Aussie who didn't shirk away from Rich's rant. Actually gained a ton of respect from Rich for not backing down.
    Lastly, Buddy really was a great person under it all. The only time he EVER got violent was when defending some of the saxophone players in a band when Sinatra ripped them a new one when, in Buddy's words, "they weren't at a level to take that kind of criticism." And then Sinatra threw a water pitcher at Rich, and the fight happened.

    • @kiopl2003
      @kiopl2003 Před 7 lety +4

      haha she msut be a piece of work if she found this impressinve!

    • @firearms-explosives
      @firearms-explosives Před 7 lety +1

      Michael Ozayu don't you mean nothing less than perfection? you have no business on this comment board, none, get the fuck off . Now. !!!we are professionals having intelligent conversations and you are talking like a child. You don't even know your clichés. how dare you? Do you know who your talking to, and so on

    • @NerismaStudios
      @NerismaStudios Před 7 lety +2

      You having fun?
      I'd rather trust the word of Mel Tormé, one of Buddy's closest friends, than anyone else. Just saying.

    • @rickanderton4406
      @rickanderton4406 Před 6 lety

      Er...Michael Ozayu is right, he couldn't tolerate drinkers & preferred the herb. I hope your playing is better than your command of diction...
      This child's a professional the last 25 years - you?

    • @rickanderton4406
      @rickanderton4406 Před 6 lety

      Well said, sir!

  • @jangtheconqueror
    @jangtheconqueror Před 7 lety +21

    Gordon Ramsay must've learned from Buddy Rich.

  • @wcc128
    @wcc128 Před 5 lety +18

    The Bobby Knight of music....

  • @Pheminon1
    @Pheminon1 Před 8 lety +44

    He reminds me of my highschool choir teacher. He always expected the best from us, no exceptions, and if we screwed up badly he would call us out just like this.

    • @michaelmurphy987
      @michaelmurphy987 Před 4 lety +14

      you can get the same quality without having to resort to being an unhinged dickhead.

    • @vgr112261
      @vgr112261 Před 3 lety

      @@michaelmurphy987 your feelings get hurt that badly? Really?

    • @ernestoescobar1967
      @ernestoescobar1967 Před 3 lety +4

      lol i sense Whiplash

    • @pawlpoche8736
      @pawlpoche8736 Před 3 lety +8

      If your high school choir teacher was like this, he was insane

    • @jacuhb8445
      @jacuhb8445 Před 2 lety +5

      Its different when it is in the professional realm and the school realm with kids.

  • @speezer22
    @speezer22 Před 9 lety +25

    J.K. Simmons studied these rants I'm sure

    • @hoz49
      @hoz49 Před 2 lety

      "Not my tempo" is strokin' compared to this.

  • @SirWinstonBeech
    @SirWinstonBeech Před 4 lety +21

    This sounds like me talking to my phone or computer. I don’t talk to people like that.

  • @zackzallie8735
    @zackzallie8735 Před 3 lety +28

    "Sir, this is a-Wendy's"

  • @creedadamtate
    @creedadamtate Před 7 lety +42

    This is hilarious. It's easy to understand why Larry David was so fascinated.

    • @lockerroomtalk1981
      @lockerroomtalk1981 Před 7 lety +3

      i agree. it is hilarious. i wouldn't have taken it personally.

    • @stevenhandzel5929
      @stevenhandzel5929 Před 4 měsíci

      “Keep your mouth shut, or I’ll close it for you!” - opposite George.

  • @chubrock46
    @chubrock46 Před 7 lety +30

    I met him when I was 7 or 8yrs old...he gave me the sticks he used in the show! it made the local paper (I have that pic/article) ...but I wish I still had the drum sticks..

    • @Bryan_Kay
      @Bryan_Kay Před 4 lety

      Ouch...

    • @petepoulos
      @petepoulos Před 4 lety +4

      I have them I grabbed them from you and I stole your lunch money too..haha

    • @amosungar5248
      @amosungar5248 Před 3 lety +3

      3 years late to ask: what happened to them?

    • @stevemoore457
      @stevemoore457 Před 3 lety

      He did the same with me....I was 14 and still have mine. :)

    • @AmrakDoda
      @AmrakDoda Před 2 lety

      He also did the same with me 3 years ago

  • @rocktonmusikschule
    @rocktonmusikschule Před 5 lety +46

    Imagine Buddy Rich and Ginger Baker in the same room.🤣🤣

    • @rollastoney
      @rollastoney Před 4 lety +3

      Bruh they would throw hands foshizzle

    • @timstanford3220
      @timstanford3220 Před 4 lety +1

      It would come to blows , Buddy , how dare you play that kind of sh## on stage !! Ginger , what , I'll tear you limb from limb.

    • @frankspikes7858
      @frankspikes7858 Před 4 lety +5

      That's a fight I'd pay to see. They were both jerks. If I had to favor a winner, I'd go with buddy. Faster hands and feet in general, and a black belt in karate. I don't know if ginger Baker had any kind of martial arts training.
      I could see it already. Budweiser presents along with Don King promotions: the fight of the century... Hailing from England in the red corner Ginger Baker. And in the blue corner Hailing from Brooklyn new York. The drum wonder: Buddy Rich. They step to the center of the octagon. Alright men, I want a good clean fight. Obey my instructions at all times. Protect yourself at all times. We went over the rules in the dressing rooms. Are the fighters ready. Are the judges ready. Air horn sounds. We all know that rest.

    • @krisscanlon4051
      @krisscanlon4051 Před 3 lety +1

      God almighty lol

    • @cosmic687
      @cosmic687 Před rokem +1

      oh no!

  • @hankkingsley2976
    @hankkingsley2976 Před 3 lety +6

    I had the "pleasure" of meeting him once in Savannah GA when he did a show on River Street. Though he was polite, you could sense the energy and anger boiling within him.

  • @ElizabethNadler
    @ElizabethNadler Před 10 lety +63

    This is exactly what he was like. I worked for him for about a year. He used to yell at people on the band stand in front of the audience, too. Ego and an anger problem. I did hear some great music, but whoa...

    • @tempowars534
      @tempowars534 Před 5 lety +1

      What year did you work with him?

    • @georgekilroy2670
      @georgekilroy2670 Před 5 lety +7

      Hey Nadler, name the dates and places you worked with Buddy...never saw your name on a record with B or saw you live.

    • @IVant2BAlone
      @IVant2BAlone Před 8 měsíci

      I think it is a shame when we condone the bad behavior of people who are considered to be "somebody", when we would scorn the same behavior in a "nobody".

  • @jasonlee8497
    @jasonlee8497 Před 7 lety +97

    IN the big band world this is called quality control.

    • @2Chron20
      @2Chron20 Před 5 lety +1

      J'Mac ! Amen to that!

  • @randysemenak2439
    @randysemenak2439 Před 5 lety +12

    Buddys personality perfectly mirrors his drumming and his drumming perfectly mirrors his personality

  • @KCNYC
    @KCNYC Před 3 lety +13

    In all fairness, 50++ years of leading a band and playing night after night, this is bound to happen with almost anyone!

    • @KB4QAA
      @KB4QAA Před rokem +4

      Of course not.

  • @quinnrollen
    @quinnrollen Před 7 lety +24

    I never knew Buddy Rich was in Terminator Salvation....

    • @chrisgross5409
      @chrisgross5409 Před 4 lety +1

      Quinn Rollen Ooohh Good for YOUUUU!!!! 😂🤣

  • @misterfunnybones
    @misterfunnybones Před 7 lety +166

    I worked with Beethoven. He was a bit irascible at times.

    • @herbertwells8757
      @herbertwells8757 Před 7 lety +14

      Yeah, remember the time he was conducting the premiere of his ninth symphony, and he kept waving his hands after the piece ended? Wasn't that a thing? And then we took him to dinner afterward to celebrate and he threw a fit? Ah, those were the days.

    • @michaelcraig9449
      @michaelcraig9449 Před 7 lety +14

      Yeah, me too.. he got mad and said I was just a Bach and Roller!

    • @megatronsroyalemissary382
      @megatronsroyalemissary382 Před 7 lety +9

      I met him during my campaign, I asked him to sign my violin and he bit the strings off. Dude's a dick.

    • @MichaelD8393
      @MichaelD8393 Před 5 lety +2

      Yeah rage makes anyone exaggerate.

    • @magnumpiercedrumming4744
      @magnumpiercedrumming4744 Před 5 lety +1

      Me too. Ol’ Ludwig could barely hear me when I told him his music lacked a back beat and some feel. It was just a myriad of string runs with nice dynamics...however, I had to move on. I wanted to play a dance groove and he broke his foot trying to move along to it. Ol’ Ludwig.. Music is still around, but just old folks about to die listening to it. Oh well.

  • @jamescaliendo1030
    @jamescaliendo1030 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Lolol i had to come back to this 2 years later!!! Never gets old. Love you Buddy, give em hell! Lol

  • @pipestud3corncobpuffer785
    @pipestud3corncobpuffer785 Před 5 lety +35

    Buddy Rich's delivery is flawless. His tapestry of four letter words extraordinary. And his cadence, ah, exquisite. It's a rare talent to cut people down to size the way Buddy Rich does. He's no longer the master of the beat, he's the king of verbally beating others to a pulp with his floriant words.

  • @Fatalist42
    @Fatalist42 Před 3 lety +7

    9:37 “I got a right hand to your fuckin brain if you want it” lmaoo this dude

  • @LyricLegendz
    @LyricLegendz Před 9 lety +10

    I don't care about this. His level of musicality was much higher than anyone he could have possibly played with, so it must have been frustrating for him. Yeah, he was a jerk and maybe he took this a little far...but this is him reaching for PERFECTION for everyone just like he does for himself! How do you think he got to be so god damned talented? Probably because he beat himself up when he made mistakes just like he's doing to these guys. This does not lessen my opinion of him...just reinforces how passionate he is about playing GOOD QUALITY music.

  • @erikkillmonger5624
    @erikkillmonger5624 Před 4 lety +26

    6:01 Seinfeld
    6:40 Seinfeld
    11:19 Seinfeld

  • @garyweaver5398
    @garyweaver5398 Před 5 lety +12

    This is what happens when you're constantly under a lot of pressure, real and imagined. Walk a mile in my shoes

  • @eaglestrike1000
    @eaglestrike1000 Před 8 lety +12

    Just remember, Charles Mingus used to punch out his sidemen. Benny Goodman used to "glare" menacingly at his band. Glenn Miller used to be real "rough" on his band.

    • @arame29
      @arame29 Před 8 lety +3

      +eaglestrike1000 mingus threatened to punch out Oscar Peterson, but when face to face he asked Oscar why they never played together
      drugs--you are not dealing with a rational being

    • @brucekuehn4031
      @brucekuehn4031 Před 5 lety +1

      The Dorsey brothers fought with each other. Before becoming a full time arranger, Nelson Riddle played trombone with them and sometimes had to physically stand between them. And they were blood brothers. They later, of course, went their own ways - Tommy and Jimmy.

    • @johnrobinsoniii4028
      @johnrobinsoniii4028 Před 2 lety

      And in the Euro-centric Classical Music World, don’t forget Maestro Toscanini’s famous temper tantrums.

  • @Versul1
    @Versul1 Před 9 lety +113

    Were you rushing or were you dragging?

  • @culturalconfederacy782
    @culturalconfederacy782 Před 3 lety +1

    These tapes are so relaxing.

  • @interstellarcontroller5043
    @interstellarcontroller5043 Před 8 měsíci +3

    After Buddy died one of these oppressed musicians phoned his widow and asked "can I speak to Buddy please".
    "Buddy's dead" she replied.
    A few minutes later he phones again, same thing "can I speak to Buddy please?"
    "I've just told you, Buddy's dead".
    Minutes later and he phones again "may I speak to Buddy please?".
    "I'm telling you for the third time, Buddy's dead, he's dead! Why do you keep ringing and asking the same thing over and over again?".
    "I just like hearing you say it" was his reply.
    Not a joke ... a true story btw.

    • @walterrooks
      @walterrooks Před 7 dny

      How many times will people post this story? Jeez. Every CZcams video of the Bus tapes, someone post this. We Know!!!

  • @mr.bluesky4130
    @mr.bluesky4130 Před 5 lety +10

    “I’m a swell guy, I’m a reasonable guy”

  • @xx-mreba-xx4051
    @xx-mreba-xx4051 Před 5 lety +20

    Haha now we know why Buddy was the ONLY person who could shut Frank Sinatra up

    • @timstanford3220
      @timstanford3220 Před 4 lety +2

      I believe him and Frank almost came to blows when Buddy was working for him. I heard they had a bad argument one night on the bandstand.

    • @Pimp-Master
      @Pimp-Master Před 4 lety +3

      @@timstanford3220 Quarreling with Sinatra could be bad for your health. Even joking with him could get yer ribs broken.

    • @nealsausen4651
      @nealsausen4651 Před rokem

      @@timstanford3220 : Buddy NEVER Worked for Frank Sinatra!The incident you were referring to was when Buddy and Frank both worked together as featured members of Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in the 1940s!

  • @bigstef2010
    @bigstef2010 Před 3 lety +10

    He was a real perfectionnist. He was really demanding towards himself and towards his musicians. Not tolerating any mistakes or flaws.

  • @maxr.3900
    @maxr.3900 Před 9 měsíci

    there's an undoubtable music to this , and to be chewed out like this is a blessing

  • @spidersjohnson6853
    @spidersjohnson6853 Před 7 lety +18

    I thought you meant he would use some ancient jazz ritual to curse his bandmates

  • @GrothendiecksWish
    @GrothendiecksWish Před 7 lety +148

    I'm Buddy Rich when I fly off the handle.

  • @thomasmoje5926
    @thomasmoje5926 Před 5 lety +79

    Buddy Rich was blessed with incredible talent. One of the best drummers ever. Unfortunately not so much as a human being. I have no respect whatsoever for 'leaders' who cannot lead without expressing themselves in this manner. I had management responsibilities over my working career and one of my principles was never to dress down or correct subordinates in front of the rest of the group. True the musicians in his bands were paid to do their jobs but that is no excuse for the disrespect and temper outbursts Buddy was infamous for.

    • @creamydistortion
      @creamydistortion Před 2 lety

      Ha, in your country management refuses to talk to working men at all... They just take all the money, and ignore the people who do the actual work.

    • @AzlanValentine
      @AzlanValentine Před rokem +3

      Buddy’s behavior is always justified he’s simply a god and deserves to have a band that can match his greatness

    • @KaaneDragonShinobi
      @KaaneDragonShinobi Před rokem +15

      @@AzlanValentine Abuse in a professional setting is never justified. If he's upset with a band's performance he could have just fired any problem members, there was no shortage of musicians at the time that would rip their nuts off to play for Buddy Rich.

    • @joseantoniocondecorrales7906
      @joseantoniocondecorrales7906 Před rokem +1

      Estiendo su postura, pero estos músicos además de tocar tenían vicios, alcohol, drogas, etc, normalmente en una fábrica la gente no va drogada o bebida a trabajar, por eso usted tuvo un trato educado con sus subordinados, pero en la música es otra cosa, mire la historia de los grandes artistas muertos por la droga.

    • @kiwiangeldust6912
      @kiwiangeldust6912 Před rokem

      @@AzlanValentine You're completely delusional

  • @rick1450
    @rick1450 Před 4 lety +3

    Back when I was in music college , my roommate got called to play with Buddy Rich's band . He was gone for a couple of weeks then one day he just returned to the apartment. I asked what happened , he said it was just a short term gig but he heard him flipping out on the bus .

  • @valsuarez
    @valsuarez Před 7 lety +28

    he was a phenomenal drummer but I would have slapped the total shit out of him if he ever talked to me like that

    • @ehmiguel7602
      @ehmiguel7602 Před 7 lety +4

      Val Suarez yah right

    • @salviadivinorum1762
      @salviadivinorum1762 Před 7 lety +4

      i think partly he was so bold because held a black belt in karate

    • @valsuarez
      @valsuarez Před 7 lety

      Salvia Divinorum yeah, he would prolly whip the Crap outta me!!!

    • @valsuarez
      @valsuarez Před 7 lety

      EH Miguel true, but I would quit for sure

  • @dks3982
    @dks3982 Před 10 lety +5

    Also wanted to add that I think Buddy Rich was the type of guy that thought "If you're not going to do it the right way, then don't do it at all." That's just my opinion though.

  • @tomleyden5631
    @tomleyden5631 Před 4 lety +31

    I heard he was a motivational speaker on the side

  • @jimlaregina
    @jimlaregina Před 6 lety +12

    This reminds me of the story Rupert Holmes tells about turning down the chances to be introduced to Cary Grant and John Lennon, as he did not want to risk a bad encounter spoiling his appreciation of their art. You don't want to meet public figures you love!

  • @LHondrums
    @LHondrums Před 8 lety +7

    1:52 "you're not doin me any fucking favours, you're breaking my heart up there!!!"
    see. He had a heart. It was beating for music. Big heart.

    • @jacobnyer
      @jacobnyer Před 5 lety

      LHondrums quintessential New Yorker...

  • @40colby
    @40colby Před 3 lety +6

    Where's the part where Buddy discovers he's being recorded?

  • @2Chron20
    @2Chron20 Před 5 lety +9

    My band director I had 20 years ago said this and I never forgot it.. “Every band needs 2 drummers just in case one ends up in jail...”
    Buddy was quite the tyrant.. it’s funny to hear these audio clips, but I’m not so sure Buddy was disappointed exclusively with their playing. It’s likely he clammed a couple times too. I mean nobody is perfect. It’s also possible he did these rants, in part, simply to spew out all the negativity he had welled up inside. None the less, these clips are extremely entertaining. He definitely kept the egos trimmed down while he worked on puffin his up.

    • @sirjohnmara
      @sirjohnmara Před rokem

      Haha. Very Good. that drummer - jail stuff.

  • @edmundkemp2280
    @edmundkemp2280 Před 7 lety +13

    Reminds me of a boss I had in my youth. My first day on the job, I was asked to do some volunteer work for the company. A few days later, I showed up at the place and started to do my bit. Somehow I was in the wrong area. He, the boss, came around (my first time meeting him) and started hollering at me for being such a fuck up. I took his abuse and found the right location. He was a bully who used his position as leverage against people who didn't have his kind of power. He always would from time to time threaten each and every one of us with termination. It's scary when you're trying to pay the bills. Some of us had kids to support. And we had no union. We basically all hated him and still do. The best day was when he got fired by those higher up because he was stealing funds from the company. I later met him in the street and he was a fat nobody. Never even cared to cuss at him back. Left him far behind. I wonder how some of Buddy's hired band players thought of him. Sure Buddy was the best, but was he still a somebody after they were no longer playing for him and met him in the street? A job is a job.

  • @CopywritingLessons
    @CopywritingLessons Před 9 lety +5

    I still love him and his playing

  • @theflyingties
    @theflyingties Před 7 lety +3

    This is really amazing recording. - the bus and the barrage of verbal tirade - i imagine being on that bus.

  • @frenchmarky
    @frenchmarky Před 11 měsíci +1

    He didn't wake up on the wrong side of the bed, he woke up between the box spring and the mattress.

  • @analognoir7398
    @analognoir7398 Před 2 lety +3

    One of my all time favorite videos.
    From wikipedia: Rich's temper was documented in a series of secret recordings made on tour buses and in dressing rooms by pianist Lee Musiker, who concealed a compact tape recorder in his clothing while on tour with Rich in the early 1980s. On one recording, Rich threatens to fire trombonist Dave Panichi for having a beard (can be heard at 9:10)

  • @tonybell7
    @tonybell7 Před 7 lety +5

    My dad took me to a concert back in about 1975. I was about 10 years old. He fired a tenor player right off the bandstand in the middle of the concert. Unreal.

    • @caseyplooy1696
      @caseyplooy1696 Před 5 lety

      tonybell7 ....🤘🏻Bad Ass 🤘🏻

    • @noahmay7708
      @noahmay7708 Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@caseyplooy1696 that is far from badass dude

  • @TREW24
    @TREW24 Před 7 lety +89

    sounds like my daily conversations with my kids

    • @markwegner6100
      @markwegner6100 Před 7 lety +14

      TREW24 An unintended consequence of that type of talk may be that they grow up to hate you.

    • @yourhandlehere1
      @yourhandlehere1 Před 6 lety +8

      Nah...they hate him already.

    • @isaaclim3348
      @isaaclim3348 Před 6 lety +4

      probably because you are a piece of shit

    • @IdFightMyDad
      @IdFightMyDad Před 5 lety

      Your kids sound like jerks.

    • @GetzGoth
      @GetzGoth Před 5 lety +1

      Thats sad. Maybe you get lucky and child protective services takes them from you.

  • @pipestud3corncobpuffer785

    This is so relaxing.

  • @michaelmattice4986
    @michaelmattice4986 Před 7 lety

    Is there a transcript of this available?...It would go along way toward helping me finish my one act play BUDDY BEATS the BAND!

  • @markmahoney5630
    @markmahoney5630 Před 7 lety +35

    Buddy really needs to speak his mind once in a while, holding in his frustrations just isn't healthy.

    • @maziu27
      @maziu27 Před 4 lety +9

      Bro he dead lmfao

    • @eutytoalba
      @eutytoalba Před 4 lety

      He needed to take up boxing then, not try to box his musicians.

    • @Damonm68
      @Damonm68 Před 3 lety

      Hahaha

    • @tompethic887
      @tompethic887 Před 2 lety

      Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha

  • @joey1127
    @joey1127 Před 5 lety +8

    This is what happens when you're a true perfectionist...it's never good enough!

  • @jbOneEarth
    @jbOneEarth Před 2 lety +1

    so many favorite lines here i can't possibly choose... :(

  • @michaelmattice4986
    @michaelmattice4986 Před 7 lety +6

    Whenever I'm having trouble sleeping, I put this on...Works every time...Of course, the nightmares are a bit of a problem.

  • @genericgeorge
    @genericgeorge Před 7 lety +3

    Dave Panichi grew up in my street. Great player. His brother Paul played trumpet. I used to hear them practicing

  • @genesmith4019
    @genesmith4019 Před 7 lety +4

    As a kid 10 or 11 I asked Mr. Rich what he would suggest I do as a young drummer- He said "Throw your drumsticks in the ocean and swim after them". I did, once, many many years ago manage that single stroke break in 'Love For Sale'... Of course Buddy would lift up each hand while keeping the machine gun rattling! If one understands this kind of playing, one knows there is no matching Buddy- The tribute albums are quite accurate at showing modern hero drummers sound like babies trying to play those 40 year old arrangements. You don't play with Charlie Parker, Diz, Billie Holliday and Frank Sinatra unless you can pull your weight. Buddy knew what it took to be a sideman AND a leader- good luck with THAT doubters.

  • @generalpatzer6893
    @generalpatzer6893 Před 5 lety +7

    What an amazing motivational speaker!

  • @thejigantics2641
    @thejigantics2641 Před 5 lety +4

    I saw Buddy play around twenty times. He always gave one hundred per cent. At times he gave a drum clinic in the afternoon and was wasted by that and then went to Scotts in the evening and gave it all again. I saw him bawl out third trumpet at Scott’s and made him play all the trumpet solos for the rest of the gig. Not an easy boss I guess.