rendezvous_drummer
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That's awesome. I saw them at the Vertigo tour here in Vancouver and was almost able to go to the video shoot of "City of Blinding Lights".
I find Larry Mullen's drumming extremely boring and uninspiring. His drumming, however, does fit the music, which is most important.I feel the same way about Ringo Starr. Except not many people cite Larry Mullen as an influence, while everyone who has come within 10 feet of a drumset cites Ringo Starr, including my cat.
Larry plays exactly what the music needs. He's not flashy - no one in U2 is flashy - but U2 is like the Beatles in that they have great songwriting but pretty simple music.
That's the stuff that endures, like it or not.
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I started to learn the drums when I was 5 years old. I found it so boring having to listen to parididles (Probably spelt wrong) and stuff like that, but when I was about 11, I started to listen to U2 and Larry Mullen's Drumming on "Rejoice" immediately made me start to play the drums in a new way altogether. I stopped learning theory and more worked on "feel" which is all what Larry Mullen's Drumming is all about. So much emotion in his drumming, Anyone agree? ALSO check out "Fire" (Great snare work) and Pride (Everyone should learn this song)
And as for the new album (How to Dismantle..) I was disgusted at the level of Larry's Drums in the mix, why ??? "Original of the Species" great track until the chorus comes in and all you can hear is guitar and strings!, you can just about hear the ride cymbal!
Larry Mullen's a total punk drummer (that's right U2's a punk band, in case you didn't know). super good. Unforgettable Fire. he's brilliant. and so self-effacing he put's Peart to shame.
Hye Matt,
Larry Mullen is a great drummer, but come on bro. Go to YouTube if you want to bash Peart. Larry Mullen DOES NOT put Peart to shame. I don't care who's opinion it is. Peart is a true innovator and should be respected as such.
some of that drumming on Unforgettable fire came out of what Bill Bruford was doing with King Crimson at the time. Crimson is another big punk rock band.
Would any of you would also happen to know what snare drum Larry uses on the Vertigo tour?
yup. and the Clash was doing some stuff that Grand Master Flash was doing. Grandmaster Flash: total punk band. Or the Clash: total rap band. ha ha! Seriously. Those guys started out as a full on punk band. Just because it doesn't sound punk doesn't mean it isn't. Perhaps a bit New Wave? (and certainly got a little Folkish on Joshua Tree) but New Wave was born out of? and we all know about Shane MacGowan, right? Listen to Give Em Enough Rope, Sandanista or Combat Rock for that matter. Ya ya I love the Clash. oh ya and UP with Stiff Little Fingers. Now those guys were an Irish punk band!
It's also on youtube. What scares me is the cymbal setup. All of a sudden he seemes to use Zildjian cymals instead of the Paiste Signatures. Anyone got any info on that?Then, if you want to get the latest video of Larry recording in Studio:
http://www.u2.com/highlights/?hid=451
It is not very hard !! But that's cool to see him.
I loved his answer to Ed Bradley on why he doesn't play drum solos:
"Well, I'm not very good."
He went on to say that the reason he looks so serious and focused on stage is that he doing his very best to just hold it together.
I really do find that funny!