Danny Carey | "Pneuma" by Tool (LIVE IN CONCERT)

Vic Firth · 56.3M views · 2020 · 11:48

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Music performance & songsmusic

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters point to it as a showcase of astonishing drumming and music that gives chills.

What it is

Drummer Danny Carey performs Tool's 'Pneuma' live in Boston, in a Vic Firth session with close views of his playing.

Recommended by 3 HN commenters across 4 different months, 2021 to 2026.

What Hacker News said

Strong rec wsc981 · 2023-05 · on “Microtiming in Metallica's “Master of Puppets””

I am not sure what you mean with AI level drumming, but what about Tool’s Danny Carey though? I am not a drummer, but to me this is super impressive. [this video]

Strong rec leeoniya · 2023-07 · on “What Happened the Night an Audience Member Filled in for Keith Moon (2016)”

also [LINK] but if you want to see something really mind blowing, here's Danny Carey, quite possibly the greatest living drummer: [this video]

Recommends wsc981 · 2022-05 · on “Listening to songs can cause a physiological response known as “frisson””

I'm surprised I didn't see any mention of Tool in here, while many Tool songs can give this weird, supernatural, out of this world, feeling, at least for me. Pneuma is one of those great Tool songs: [this video] And it's not just the sounds, the lyrics themselves help invoke this feeling as well.

Recommends rented_mule · 2026-07 · on “Learning Musical Multitasking”

As a fan of drumming, you're probably one of the millions who have seen this. But for anybody who hasn't, here's a fun video showing how complicated drumming can be with a live performance by someone whose nickname is "The Octopus". While the entire video is fun, the link is cued up to a place where there's a lot going on, but it's slow enough that you can kind of see what he's doing. Watch his knees to see what he's doing with pedals. Notice that his hands seem to be going in cycles, but there are subtle variations in the cycles. At 8:54, strobe lights start up - that can't make it simpler to keep this focus. What he's doing looks essentially impossible to me, but I'm well aware that I don'