Well I have been playing since 1964 seen Jazz seen most of the best in rock, metal etc what point you are missing is this it is a simple song sinple lyrics, simple chorus, and simple lead guitar solo in other words it is a simple song.. as most metal is was and always will be ... Now i like alot of it but i see it for what it is I listen to music for the music you want good players listen to Cream, Canned heat,Wishbone ash, The Allman Brothers band, Yardbirds,and many many others they did not play catchy tunes so they could be on the radio they played music for music's sake... And if that song is in the top 1000 all time it would be a miracle... Now don't get your panties in a bunch i am simply making a point most of the great guitar players were influenced by Jazz and it is not all slow... and most drummers as well metal is pretty much a one trick pony but there are some great players in metal but that guy and Ozzy are not two of them.

I probably think you are much yonger than most of us and did not grow up with the rock of the 60's and 70's and that is ok but you can not deny it's greatness and alot of that is due to Jazz,swing, and Blues...

Hmm....best song of the 80's has got to be U2's Bullet the Blue Sky, Sunday Bloody Sunday, or New Years Day. (call it a three way tie in my book) Those three are about the best songs of the 80's in my book hands down.

Well, I myself did not grow up in the 50's or 60's, but I can APPRECIATE all kinds of music and where it comes from and where its going. And I must agree with you that metal is a one trick pony....lately its all about "blast beats" or how many BPM can you play (beats per minute in case no one was aware). What happened to playing for the song and playing music for the sake of playing music? While I do enjoy some metal, it is not the end all-be all for me. Blues, jazz, classic rock, stax-volt soul, motown, even some country and blue-grass, 80's synth-pop, "alternative" rock, early punk, 70's hard rock, psychadelic rock....its all good to me.....fusion.....you gotta take the plunge and try and listen to it all, drink it in. If you're not into what Papa Jo Jones was doing, so be it. Maybe it was something he was trying.....you know experimenting, improvising. Just don't lump all music other than your precious 80's hair metal together as boring crap drumhack. EDUCATE YOURSELF FOR A CHANGE BY EXPANDING YOUR HORIZONS AND LISTEN TO SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR ONCE.

There's nothing more genuine and non-poser like than jazz players. They improvise EVERYTHING they play. Not a lot of rock guys can say that they have that sensibility.

I have one thing to say about Fleetwood Mac.......the Peter Green era was the best IMO. You're probably saying to yourself: "Peter who??"

Go to Best Buy, cruise the jazz section, and buy a few selections. Listen to them, get off the YouTube "O-face" video scene and just listen.

I didn't like the older jazz either at first... I traveled through Al Di Meola , Jeff Beck, Weather Report, Sea Level, Steely Dan, and Earl Klugh to get an appreciation for their predecessors.

It's a process, like anything else. Hated broccoli as a kid, now I love it.

It goes Boomtown, Big Money, then Paradise City. No contest.

I will bite. I know Buckingham, Mickey, Nicks and C. McVie. That is the Fleetwood Mac I know of.....................................

mmm.....crap, crap, and even bigger crap.

Its the original Fleetwood Mac line up from the 1960's

Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Danny Kirwan, and Jeremy Spencer. Songs like Albatross, Oh Well, Green Manalishi, black magic woman (yes that black magic woman. It was a Fleetwood Mac song LONG before Santana did it).....

A drummer thinks Rush is crap? That is interesting to say the least.