7 Drum Beats That Made U2 A Better Band

Loved this. By far my favorite Larry Mullen drum part is Like A Song.

You need another snare on your left above right timbale, I saw them twice when they were touring Unforgettable Fire. 16 pattern on floor Tom, I never saw him employ the crossover hand technique. The back beat was played on right snare, next to timbales accents using main snare and kick mounted tom. Try doing it that way and there isn't such a gap in the dynamics. I'm 54 , been listening to U2 and drumming since 83.

It's the one from one tree hill.

Sunday Bloody Sunday

My favorite drum part is the end of Bad!! I could listen to it over and over! Could you please comment on it and the significance of it(if there is any)?

How about Desire?

Larry is one of my favorites and is very underrated IMO. I appreciate you for making this and for the algorithm for reminding me to watch it 🤣🫶🏼🥁

ja tego kurwa nie ogarniam ide po wodke

What about mofo drum part?

Great video! I love old U2 and Larry is a big part of that.
Thank you for highlighting some of those lesser known but such essential drum grooves.
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Really early songs that I love his drumming on include Rejoice, and With a Shout (October) , Like a Song (War), and even New Years Day. I also so appreciated your explaining of A Sort of Homecoming ! Way more complex than ever imagined.

My favourite part of Larry is in With or without you, Ruttle and Hum, last part of the song with The Edge is incredible.

Awesome video!, I think that Larry is one of the most creative and ground breaking drummers of teh last 40 years. My best regards!.

For me it was U2’s “Stay” right up to the last note
If not, the last note.

Good selection, but you have to throw in there Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car from Zooropa, he really created some awesome patterns and sounds to compliment The Edge in his new style, He really did this for Achtung, Zoorapa and POP, you really hear it more in Zoorapa, although Miami from POP really stands out for me, best groovy song U2 has ever written, drums are using some type of gated effect, then half way through the song it cuts over to the traditional drums, great production and creativity on the drums. Another good classic that was over missed personally I think is 11 o'clock tick tock, could be since I'm biased to this song since it was my introduction to U2, I probably just revealed my age, none the less catchy drums.

Sunday Bloody Sunday este ritmo de batalla es hermooooso epico

I love Larry Mullen Junior.. Of course Sunday Bloody Sunday is something that is so unique. That’s when I first started to pay attention to the drummer in a song. His style is very distinctive. And while I don’t know, all of the technical terms. Fly is another one that I like, even though it’s more of the Edge, but it kind of has the Edge playing off of the drums if that makes any sense. But Larry Mullen Junior is my favorite drummer, and I think most unrecognized for his genius. Then maybe some other drummers like Travis Barker. But nonetheless, the drummer is the heart of the group and me personally, my arms would get too tired for it. I hope that Larry’s surgeries go well for his wrist. He’s one of the best drummers in the world.

I was fortunate enough to sit in an empty arena and it felt like U2 played "Streets" just for me at soundcheck. Amazing day for me and my family (who didn't believe my story but went anyway). 12.11.87. Biggest day ever in my quest to meet Larry.

With or without you Rattle and Hum

Larry is extremely underrated. He is THE reason i picked up the drum sticks back when i was ten years old. Thanks Larrry!

Definitely, Bullet The Blue Sky rules. Just pure, naked, raw rock.

Like A Song is some of the best high energy drumming ever recorded. LMJ is a legend.

The Fly

Kudos for including A Sort Of Homecoming from my all-time fave U2 record, The Unforgettable Fire. That song sure is hard to figure out drum-wise, but one thing I can tell you is I have never seen Larry cross his arms over, I feel that really goes counter to his approach. In fact I believe that's one of the reasons why he always has a floor tom on his left instead of a side snare. that being said, in the live videos I've seen it always looked like he was keeping time on one of the timbales, not the toms

I'm the one who decided to be a drummer because of Larry, too. I thought he is just the GOD of drum since I was 11yo girl. (wow. 30years ago!) In 2019, when they got a concert on north Korea, I just cried and cried. and thought it's worth to live. thank You U2 and Larry, my very first crush. :)

Thank you for highlighting Larry “MARCH” Mullen Jr. I have two questions. What year were you born? And how long have you been playing drums?

Absolutely love U2 and LMJ's drums. The October album has some cool drum stuff as well, plus of course Achtung Baby as many people have mentioned.

Ian paice also.

Zoo station. Exit. Though bad is the absolute greatest u2 song

Sort of homecoming. Great song

Please do a the genius of video for Larry, his drumming is so unique and is very influential

The difficulty of Sort of homecoming is insane. It's Bonham level crossover insanity!

I love how people say Larry is a hack. I kindly refer them to A Sort of Homecoming which he essentially composed the drum arrangement for and recorded at age 22. I ask his critics to explain what they accomplished at age 22.

The great 'open' drumming on U2 tracks is sample gold. Bullet The Blue Sky, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World, Like A Song, The Lounge Fly and so on. How they haven't been used on more hip hop tracks, I'll never know, Larry is one of the best. Sound as a pound bloke as well.

Arguably the most underrated drummer of all time

Larry's playing and sound in Zoo Station is so powerful and iconic

Where is "Bad"?

Love it. I'm a massive U2 fan I I really appreciate this video. I have so many favorite drum parts though. Especially on UF, Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby and Pop. I would certainly like to see more vidoes on Larry Mullen Jr. Please, Silver and Gold, Unforgettable Fire, Acrobat for instance

DUDE! A sort of Homecoming! I always wondered how and what Larry was playing! Thanks for explaining and playing it too!! BRAVO!!

That clip of A Sort of Homecoming is from the Wide Awake in America album..best version too.

hi ..my U2 fav' song by far is elvis presley and america....and cruel too ..;-))

You should invite Larry on for a video once he recovers from surgery

I'll say "Please" from "Pop" is a very, very nice groove for me. It feels very intense but it's given a low volume in the mix, which gives the whole song a mood of extremely intense, barely restrained emotion. Goes quite well with the lyrics, which is something unusual for a drum part.

Such an underrated drummer, he’s so solid

Larry is the backbone of U2

nevermind lmao

"Daddy's gonna pay for your crashed car " sound off drums very interesting

'In a Little While' or 'Stuck in a Moment'. Really inventive drum grooves. Underrated