And you KNOW I played that drum pattern over and over for about half an hour before we left. I rationaled that I'll probably learn the basics of drumming the same way I learned the basics of guitar playing, by learning U2's music. That's not to say that U2's stuff is easy to play or anything, or easy to get down, but I find it much easier to learn music that you love listening to rather than learning something being pushed down your throat by a music teacher.
Yeah I didn't really get into just playing guitar until I started listening to U2 a ton and started learning it myself. I had taken guitar lessons earlier on, and hated them, and it made me hate guitar playing itself. But it wasn't until I decided I was going to learn the stuff I loved on my OWN terms that I started playing again. And of course that led to songwriting and everything else.
