Fourth from the bottom on this page:
http://www.okgo.net/video.asp
Is OK Go’s song “Don’t Ask Me”. Ignore the gyrating women for a moment and please tell me what, if any is the name of this particular style of drumbeat/rhythm?
Unh, sure…what was the question?
Oh…IANADrummer, just a musician, but I’d say it was a fast, basic shuffle with a strong backbeat (on 2 & 4). A shuffle typically divides the main beat into triplets and accents 1 & 3 of each triplet, with 3 being a little less accented, sort of a pickup to the next 1.
Is that what you are asking? (A drummer might have a more specific name, so don’t stop with me.)
Heh. You should see it on DVD - too many dropped frames on the online versions.
I think so… I’m not really sure - maybe I’m just talking about the musical style of this song as a whole.
Sounds similar to the African-inspired “Burundi beat” that was trendy for a few minutes in the late '70s/early '80s…see Adam & the Ants or Bow Wow Wow.
I agree with Musicat - to me, it’s a shuffle. For what it is worth, it has the same basic shuffle beat as SRV’s Pride & Joy. A-one-and-a-two-and-a-three-and-a-four…
Overall - the genre of song? Hmmm, not sure. I am inclined to lump it, as did Biffy, with songs like Adam and the Ants, or Bow Wow Wow - which ultimately comes down to a variant of a shuffle - the Bo Diddly beat, a beat exemplified by, well, Bo Diddly, but also by American Girl by Tom Petty, I Want Candy by Bow Wow Wow, or Who Do you Love by George Thorogood.
Bomp a Bomp a Bomp - Bomp Bomp.
Sounds very much like a shuffle to me, as well.