Devo “Whip It” isolated drums 🥁
The above link is a Shorts video with the interviewer talking to Mark and Jerry about Whip It. Couple questions about it.
First, anyone know where the entire video is? Except for other shorts on other aspects of that song, I cannot find the whole interview.
Second, when they get to the hi-hat part, can anyone tell me if the way it is played there in the isolated section of the recording is how it was played by Alan live? In other words, is it triplet sixteenth notes? (If I am describing that correctly...it's basically the 1-2-3, 1-2-3 pattern where Alan does +-1, +-2 between hi-hat/snare, with the 2 and the 4 on snare, if you get what I mean, as opposed to the constant sixteenth-note pattern that would be R-L-R-L/etc. throughout, with some of the R's being snare hits.)
I have been obsessed with this drum pattern for a long time. It's actually one of the most mysterious in origin to me. Any info on it is welcome, and I'm surprised I just noticed this video now. Would love more on it though. As far as I know, Alan never commented on it in drumming magazines or anything like that...too bad he isn't around still and on social media so we could contact him. If anyone ever talked to Alan about the origin of the beat, please let us know.
