Chris, both great ones, Vinnie really is from another planet isn't he !?
V - go back + watch the Chris Dave video (u might have missed it).
You know, it's been years since I've even sat w/ other players, longer since working on original material. Some of this percussion &@@% that you hear/see seems so obvious, so intuitive - the songs that we all know (not the more obscure artists) - until you stop and strip what you hear free from the guitar, bass and vocals. It's impossible to do. But imagine that was you in that famous band. What would you have done as the drummer?
And then you consider what the likes of a Colaiuta, a Katche, a Dave does and, yes, V, these guys operate on a different wavelength on a different plane.