The "Correct Way" to play Everybody wants to Rule the World on Drums 

One of the most fantastic syncopations ever. Great job

Saved this vid in my ‘important drum lessons’ playlist. Thank you, Mike!

Such a great feel on that track. It feels like a Jeff Porcaro feel.

Thank you for the confirmation !! ✌

Simply perfect groove🥁👍🔥

Hey Friends... well, these new videos sure have caused some people to get quite angry with me and I'm not really sure why... My entire career, I've played and taught this song the way I explain it. Recently I saw a Transcription on Drumeo, and I really trust their transcribers as they are great! The Transcription by Sahand Kahksar is just great!! Please don't think I'm taking anything away from your current knowledge, and even if the current live drummer plays with Quarter notes on the kick, that's great, but challenge yourself to the way I show it from the Transcription I trust. Thank you all for your continued support! Happy Drumming Everyone!

Saw this video the other day so I attempted to learn it just now. Very good exercise to get the brain working! Thanks Mike!

Excellent, thank you, subscribed

And Michale Jackson's, "The Way You Make Me Feel" is quite similar to this, if not identical.

Well done!

Down shots of new heads are so nice to look.... Nice breakdown

Thank you for confirming I’ve been playing right all along. But I already knew that lol. Love Tears for Fears and fun song to play

Very tricky beat! For a second, I felt like a beginner, but I got it fast. You learn something new all the time. You have to isolate stuff. Thanks for a great lesson.

Good one 👍

great vid man!

Thanks, Mike. Now, can you please come down to San Jose and play that for me at our next live gig? I hate not playing it live as it should be but that quarter note triplet is a killer.

Covering this in the 80's, I would have fun and get creative, mess with the groove. Fortunately, had a great bass player.

Sounds great. The actual recording is a sample or drum machine. You make it sound authentic. Well done you.

Great lesson Mike. You should hv played the groove for a bit again at the end of the video. Just a suggestion.

Hey - We can't say for sure that the kick drum plays this way - the bass certainly plays this way

You are correct, but keep in mind the recoding was done with a LinnDrum, so there never was a real drummer playing this on the album.

Thank you, now I know the right way...

FINALLY🎉🎉🎉 thank you Mike

To my knowledge, Manny Elias played this deceptively tricky drum beat on the track. Lovely groove.The drum fills are a challenge too.

Great video. I actually learned this beat not by listening to Tears for Fears but by listening to drummer Scott Rockenfield on The Whisper by Queensryche. His kick drum is not as busy throughout the entire song but he does throw in some variations.

The bass drum/snare is the same as "Revolution" by The Beatles.

Dark crisp hihat

Good explanation. Never played this out live, but I did this one during Covid when I live-streamed my practice sessions on r/Redditsessions. The only difference I did was I played 8 note triplets on the hi hats and accented the offbeat like you play (I think there’s a shaker on the original track and I wanted to simulate that)

I play 16 notes with a swing on the hihat with both wrists then left hand on snare 2+4 I'm also playing this way to make up for the shaker that is over dubbed in the recording

Actually, it was a Drum Machine that was used on the recording with overdubs performed by Manny Elias.

I can do that beat but my trouble is the little snare fill on the intro

LOL...so start out with Ringo on Revolution...

Might be wrong but didn’t Mark Brzezicki play this live at maybe Live Aid and played a double handed shuffle?

It would be interesting to do a mash-up (medley) of that song, with "Minute by Minute" Doobies/Michael McDonald!

Hi, can you please suggest some fun songs for beginner 10 year old drummer to practice for performance.

What about the overdubbed shaker or what ever it is that makes it sound complete

Don’t fear the tears!!

Congratulations 🙌🥂 You made simple sound difficult. The Bass keeps shuffling or not doesn’t matter. Just make sure it clear and clean Happy drumming, not Tearing drumming Mate.

Awesome! If you've played Latin music before, this would be easier to get.

Up until now, my life has been a lie! Thank you! ❤

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rCm1Uwgl2lg.htmlsi=iJcESFnnX_nWmNEC If we all aspire to this skill level, it wont matter what the real drum part is! 😂 Happy listening

It's programmed drums.

Well, there's obviously many ways to play this groove and successfully support the song. You're groove sounds great, but if you carefully listen to the original track, the programmed kick is definitely playing quarter notes. The shuffle comes from a bass synth or other sample that doesn't even resemble a kick drum sound. I would not have even commented had you not been so adamant about so many bad representations of this groove on line, and you're going to set the record straight. Bottom line, a programmed drum part might, and in this case does, yield many interpretations, including your own, which is valid, but not what I would play. Peace!

I'm not hearing the ghost notes.

Just saying. If I click on a drumming video and halfway through there’s no drumming…moving on.