Eamon Carr, journalist for the Irish Times set his mind and writing on the drummer of U2; many times forgotten behind his drum kit, never when you hear his distinctive beating in any of the band´s songs (least of all for millions of women who die for a glimpse of his lopsided smile)...
In the way that scientists monitor, say, plankton to assess the health of our oceans, long-term fans claim that Larry Mullen's demeanour is a reliable gauge to U2's musical form. Last night, to help confirm that the band is on a roll, I set up LarryCam. It was Larry Mullen's initiative that kickstarted U2 and it's said that in the lines on his face one can read the history of the band.
21.00 A lone figure in white T-shirt and dark trousers strides purposefully from Hill 16 towards a drum kit. This is Larry Mullen Jr going to work. He's lean. He's mean, in a positive way. And he's focused on the task at hand, providing the engine-room dynamics that will power this juggernaut on its important homecoming concert.
21.15 Larry is working up a sweat energetically driving a series of songs from the new album. Songs the fans are familiar with. Although he appears to grimace, Larry is in fact singing along to Get On Your Boots.
21.50 Larry disappears from stage. No panic. It's just to allow Bono and The Edge deliver an intimate version of Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of.
21.55 A wry, bemused look crosses Larry's face as Bono makes a pig's mickey of the Auld Triangle. It's a party after all!
22.15 Larry straps on an African djembe drum and takes it to the bridge. The one that leads to the audience. This is a good sign. He's in the groove. And going walkabout!
22.25 Dedicated to Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Walk On is marked by audience members wearing masks. Larry looks taut and serious, like Kirk Douglas in Spartacus.
22.50 As Larry powers the band into the home stretch he begins to smile.
23.00 Now he's singing along on the marvellous Moment of Surrender. It's been another spectacular evening's work by one of the world's finest rock drummers.
23.02 He can afford to smile as he throws his arm around Bono's shoulder. Despite sometimes having a lot to put up with, Larry remains the beating heart of a band at the peak of its powers. Happy as...
Eamon Carr for The Herald
source:www.herald.ie
21.15 Larry is working up a sweat energetically driving a series of songs from the new album. Songs the fans are familiar with. Although he appears to grimace, Larry is in fact singing along to Get On Your Boots.
21.50 Larry disappears from stage. No panic. It's just to allow Bono and The Edge deliver an intimate version of Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of.
21.55 A wry, bemused look crosses Larry's face as Bono makes a pig's mickey of the Auld Triangle. It's a party after all!
22.15 Larry straps on an African djembe drum and takes it to the bridge. The one that leads to the audience. This is a good sign. He's in the groove. And going walkabout!
22.25 Dedicated to Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Walk On is marked by audience members wearing masks. Larry looks taut and serious, like Kirk Douglas in Spartacus.
22.50 As Larry powers the band into the home stretch he begins to smile.
23.00 Now he's singing along on the marvellous Moment of Surrender. It's been another spectacular evening's work by one of the world's finest rock drummers.
23.02 He can afford to smile as he throws his arm around Bono's shoulder. Despite sometimes having a lot to put up with, Larry remains the beating heart of a band at the peak of its powers. Happy as...
Eamon Carr for The Herald
source:www.herald.ie
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