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Finding someone who not only had the chops but the strength and the stamina to do it
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Count Me In

Finding someone who not only had the chopsbut the strength and the stamina to do it, was...

Finding someone who not only had the chops
but the strength and the stamina to do it, was just the breakthrough for us.
If we hadn't have found Topper Headon, we'd have never, ever got anywhere

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Finding someone who not only had the chops but the strength and the stamina to do it,
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was just the breakthrough for us. If we hadn't have found Topper Headon,
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we'd have never, ever got anywhere.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:44:50
Uploaded
May 08, 2025
Genres
documentary, music
Production
Split Prism Media,Great Point Media

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Movie Summary

You can have rhythm without music but you can't have music without rhythm.
Every now and then, even punks on amyl nitrate got to chill. - Count Me In 00:05
Every now and then, even punks on amyl nitrate got to chill.
{\an8}There's only… Sniffing glue will only get you so far - Count Me In 00:08
{\an8}There's only… Sniffing glue will only get you so ...
But there's no chill punk music, 'cause it ain't punk if it's chill. - Count Me In 00:04
But there's no chill punk music, 'cause it ain...
But Don Letts, the DJ of the time, - Count Me In 00:14
But Don Letts, the DJ of the time,
And it was The Clash, credit must be given, - Count Me In 00:24
And it was The Clash, credit must be given,
It was organic. Nothing was… - Count Me In 00:05
It was organic. Nothing was…
As I played with the group and we started rehearsing - Count Me In 00:07
As I played with the group and we started rehearsing
Er… "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais." [mimics beat] Came in as a fill. - Count Me In 00:05
Er… "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais." [mimics b...
A few other bits and pieces. We went and saw Taj Mahal at the… - Count Me In 00:08
A few other bits and pieces. We went and saw Taj Mahal at th...
And I nicked a few bits off Taj Mahal. It just became like a melting pot. - Count Me In 00:05
And I nicked a few bits off Taj Mahal. It just became like a...
Like, my philosophy of drumming became the philosophy, - Count Me In 00:06
Like, my philosophy of drumming became the philosophy,
I had been listening to a lot of reggae anyway, - Count Me In 00:09
I had been listening to a lot of reggae anyway,
And so figuring out that you play the backbeat - Count Me In 00:10
And so figuring out that you play the backbeat
And it's hard to do on your own because it doesn't work, - Count Me In 00:05
And it's hard to do on your own because it doesn't...
You know, it's very much his personality, and then there's a great unconventionality - Count Me In 00:12
You know, it's very much his personality, and then ther...
You can hear the areas that he grew up in - Count Me In 00:13
You can hear the areas that he grew up in
And I think, again, it's inspired by the melody - Count Me In 00:06
And I think, again, it's inspired by the melody
And he's… You can tell he's equal with the variations - Count Me In 00:08
And he's… You can tell he's equal with the variati...
And he was always just turning the beat around, - Count Me In 00:11
And he was always just turning the beat around,
You hear 'em - Count Me In 00:07
You hear 'em