This guy playing Rosanna on a car armrest will mess with your head

Tommy Exley plays Toto on his center console (instagram.com/hondacenterconsole/)

Some people spend thousands of bucks on custom drum kits, electronic pads, and high-end studio gear just to get a groove to sound right. Then you stumble across a video of a guy turning his car’s plastic center console into a percussion instrument and pulling off Toto’s 1982 classic “Rosanna” with zero hesitation.

Jeff Porcaro’s shuffle beat on that track is notoriously tricky. Drummers spend years trying to get that exact half-time rhythm to feel just right. Watching this guy sit in a parked car and rhythmically slap, tap, and pop the plastic lid of his armrest to map out the entire structure of the song is just wild.

It’s the kind of hyper-specific talent that makes you sit back and wonder how anyone’s brain even maps that out. You hear the slap of the plastic mimicking the snare snap, and suddenly you’re locked in. It’s hard not to be blown away by someone who treats a daily commute accessory like a masterclass in rhythm!

Aaron

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