onyourkneesboy
The Fly
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- Sep 23, 2004
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...I'm just curious: who also thinks that Larry's becoming more and more of a standard drummer? Especially regarding the last 2 albums. (see also the thread by someone else: Larrys decline on the fly!)
Don't know if it is caused by his back/wrists problems but one has to agree I think that his drumming is just very flat and basic the last 8 years! It looks like he just drumming his 2 favourite patterns: or "the I'm-just-accompanying-the-song style" or "Coldplay-style" (shit, this also hurts seeing me typing this!) By Coldplay-style I mean:
Larry hits his more and more occurring break beats with overuse of the cymbals to it: (Last Night On Earth, Gone, Beautiful Day, Elevation, Walk On (live)) . (Yes indeed: Coldplay-style: Clocks, Speed Of Sound, Yellow, etc...)
Man, do I miss Larry's drumming during October, War, Rattle & Hum and Achtung Baby!... this guy creating thunder and earthquakes on his drumkit!!
I miss the fact how Larry can put his mark on a song and carry the song, lift it up, boost it, take it to another level and make the song really work and give it character!
Examples in sense of agressiveness and speed:
Almost every song on October, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Like A Song (wow!), Sort Of Homecoming (what an intro by Larry!), Pride, Wire, Boomerang, Streets, God's Country (not 1 cymbal touched!), Race Against Time, Until The End Of The World, Mofo
Examples in sense of big rumble & thunder:
Bullet, Exit, Desire, Hawkmoon, Zoo Station (need I say more?), The Fly, Acrobat(!)
Examples in just beautiful, original patterns with passion:
Drowning Man, With Or Without You, One Tree Hill (what a beautiful pattern!), Luminous Times, Walk To The Water, Deep In The Heart, One, Love Is Blindness, Miami, Please (WOW!!)
Larry's a helluvuh drummer but he tends to take the easy way out or a "this will do" approach to the (live) songs lately....
He has proven he can do a lot better over the years!
Do you know what I mean?
Don't know if it is caused by his back/wrists problems but one has to agree I think that his drumming is just very flat and basic the last 8 years! It looks like he just drumming his 2 favourite patterns: or "the I'm-just-accompanying-the-song style" or "Coldplay-style" (shit, this also hurts seeing me typing this!) By Coldplay-style I mean:
Larry hits his more and more occurring break beats with overuse of the cymbals to it: (Last Night On Earth, Gone, Beautiful Day, Elevation, Walk On (live)) . (Yes indeed: Coldplay-style: Clocks, Speed Of Sound, Yellow, etc...)
Man, do I miss Larry's drumming during October, War, Rattle & Hum and Achtung Baby!... this guy creating thunder and earthquakes on his drumkit!!
I miss the fact how Larry can put his mark on a song and carry the song, lift it up, boost it, take it to another level and make the song really work and give it character!
Examples in sense of agressiveness and speed:
Almost every song on October, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Like A Song (wow!), Sort Of Homecoming (what an intro by Larry!), Pride, Wire, Boomerang, Streets, God's Country (not 1 cymbal touched!), Race Against Time, Until The End Of The World, Mofo
Examples in sense of big rumble & thunder:
Bullet, Exit, Desire, Hawkmoon, Zoo Station (need I say more?), The Fly, Acrobat(!)
Examples in just beautiful, original patterns with passion:
Drowning Man, With Or Without You, One Tree Hill (what a beautiful pattern!), Luminous Times, Walk To The Water, Deep In The Heart, One, Love Is Blindness, Miami, Please (WOW!!)
Larry's a helluvuh drummer but he tends to take the easy way out or a "this will do" approach to the (live) songs lately....
He has proven he can do a lot better over the years!
Do you know what I mean?
