Groove Breakdown with Jay Fenichel: "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" by Tears For Fears

In this video, Jay breaks down the groove from "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" by Tears For Fears! The tune can be heard on their album 'Songs from the Big Chair' originally released in 1985.
Throughout this new lesson series, Vic Firth Artist Jay Fenichel will discuss a variety of popular subjects -- from fills and drum solos to techniques on how to practice smarter, not harder. Each lesson will expose you to concepts that will help develop your drumming skills, whether you're a beginner, intermediate or advanced level player.
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[@MagisterHenrik]

Fantastic insights and tips. You're great Jay!

[@LarrySalzman]

Chris Hughes programmed most of the drums on “Everybody Wants to Rule the World.” They borrowed the snare drum sound from “Shout” and pitched it up. The hi-hat and shakers came from the LinnDrum. The kick drum sound came from the Fairlight CMI. Smith laid down a new bass line with the PPG Wave, and Orzabal and local session musician Neil Taylor laid down the electric and acoustic guitar parts.

[@dagconst1]

Favorite song ! Now I can play it ! I think 🤔

[@jdmac55]

Thank you for making/posting this video. Excellent stuff.

[@tosinkingfisheroparinde6590]

Jay really good drum beat

[@JonathanMiguelMabini]

i am glad to see this video.

[@tosinkingfishercheeseburge8901]

Really good drum beat

[@CarelessPrecision]

I liked his shaker technique

[@jesuseduardoperezjimenez1102]

Hola. ¿Sería posible hacer esta lección en español? Hello. it would be possible to do this lesson in Spanish?

[@ThatWasLoud]

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[@Douglasbueno-douglinhas]

vERY gOOD

[@faeljfajf]

this groove sounds like a basic samba... I liked it in this song!

[@josephbunone6126]

I agree 1 drummer on you tube if you don’t stay within the groove, then that makes a bad drummer. No not true, some songs I’ll play like the artist others I’ll stay with in the groove but my fills will be different!

[@rhythmantic]

Thanks for sharing your take on a way to interpret this song's rhythmic structure. That takes some skilled coordination to play those left-handed fills while maintaining that 6:4 pattern on the hi-hat ride - good job! The ride part you're playing is what a drum machine played. So, using a drumless song track that contained that drum machine part and other looping tracks, I took advantage to not play that 6:4 rhythm and instead employed the Purdie-Bonham-Porcaro shuffle groove which really moves the groove along rather nicely. Check out my cover on my channel. (I'd post the link here but YT may flag my comment as Spam).

[@Thedrummersalmanac]

Thanks Sal... I will check that out. Yeah man, whatever you gotta do to get the job done.

[@Gretsch0997]

His click track makes a bass drum like sound. It’s getting in the way of hearing things properly, on our sad side.

[@CDK11]

Didn't sound right to me! Actually listening to it a bit more it's actually very good! I stand corrected! 👍

[@brianmcguire5175]

I've reacted to videos like you before. Nothing wrong testing your contrary ideas in forums like the chat here. Nothing wrong correcting yourself should you discover you were not initially correct as original thought. Your comment and then self correction illustrates your seriousness for the topic and music theory. You good my man

[@daljinder69]

You are really good...but I find it quite hard to follow u...

[@Wildmart]

So bad 😂😂😂😂