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Post by Phaedrus on Jan 10, 2020 16:51:56 GMT -5
Quite possibly the best drummer in the rock era. Certainly one that all other drummers try to emulate, be they seasoned gigging musicians or pimply faced kids in their parent's garage.
I am gutted.
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Post by future on Jan 11, 2020 13:58:28 GMT -5
I was sadden to read and learn of his passing. I was and am a huge fan of this band and his (their) musicianship. Here is a very good article and interview. It is worth the time imo and I will leave a few excerpts. Neil Peart "The Professor" was very a interesting person. www.loudersound.com/features/rush-the-rhythm-methodAnd when you’re touring on a motorcycle, you must see a lot more of the worldI avoid motorways whenever possible. The roads I want are the ones that people don’t travel unless they live on them. Do you ride alone?In America I usually go by myself, but in Europe I have a riding partner who spends months on the road with me. And it’s a hugely planned effort to see everything we can.Is there an affinity between travellers?People are smiling and friendly because you’re kin: hikers, cross-country skiers, bicyclists, motorcyclists. And when you’re somewhere remote, other travellers immediately know that you’re one of them – that you’re cool, because you’re there! I’ve experienced this in the Arctic, in Africa…
Do you feel misunderstood?I don’t like to puncture illusions. I know I represent some kind of fantasy to a lot of people. But there is no fantasy. There’s a quote that I use: “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” Most human life is made up of some mixture of happiness and misery.[/font] In 1997, Peart's 19-year-old daughter Selena Taylor was killed in a car accident, and a year later, his long-time partner Jacqueline Taylor succumbed to cancer. Peart took a sabbatical, travelling throughout North and Central America by motorbike, subsequently documenting the journey in the book Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/neil-peart-rush-obituary-936221/Peart was a drummer’s drummer, beloved by his peers; he won prizes in Modern Drummer’s annual readers’ poll 38 times, and was a formative influence on countless young players. “His power, precision, and composition was incomparable,” Dave Grohl said in a statement released Friday. “He was called ‘The Professor’ for a reason: We all learned from him.” “Neil is the most air-drummed-to drummer of all time,” former Police drummer Stewart Copeland told Rolling Stone in 2015. “Neil pushes that band, which has a lot of musicality, a lot of ideas crammed into every eight bars — but he keeps the throb, which is the important thing. And he can do that while doing all kinds of cool %*$#.” www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/hanging-out-with-rush-neil-peart-geddy-lee-33641/The uniquely formal language of some of Neil Peart’s lyrics (“one must put up barriers to keep oneself intact”) stemmed from his literary influences. “It was because my reading was so broad and so precocious at the time,” he says. “I was reading John Dos Passos. And a big influence on me was John Steinbeck’s The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights, which he never finished in his lifetime. It opens with a little preface that said, ‘Some people there are. . .’ I said, why? Strange turn of phrase. But he had obviously deliberately chosen it. And some of those formal phrasings were because I was very much driven by rhythm of words – and still am. A line will strike me just because of its drumming rhythm.”
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Post by future on Jan 11, 2020 14:19:03 GMT -5
Phaedrus THANK YOU for honoring him. That "Fusion" in YYZ (WHY WHY ZED - Call Sign for Toronto Airport) and boy is that Brazilian Crowd pumping. It makes me smile I'll never forget stealing into my brother's room when he wasn't there and putting this album on and using his brand new Koss headphones. This 2112 album just took me to another world. And the meek shall inherit the earth.......
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Post by Phaedrus on Jan 11, 2020 17:13:44 GMT -5
This was hilarious, follow the tweets.
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Post by Phaedrus on Jan 11, 2020 17:44:26 GMT -5
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Post by dgo on Jan 13, 2020 10:34:07 GMT -5
I'll never forget stealing into my brother's room when he wasn't there and putting this album on and using his brand new Koss headphones. This 2112 album just took me to another world. And the meek shall inherit the earth....... I can't say that I was a huge Rush fan and I didn't really follow their career, but I did have and listen to 2112 when I was a kid. Prior to this weekend, I probably hadn't listened to it for 35 years. I remedied that over the weekend...a couple of times. Man, that was fantastic. As the first synth notes played, it came rushing back. It makes me want to explore the rest of their catalog.
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Post by future on Jan 13, 2020 17:24:51 GMT -5
I'll never forget stealing into my brother's room when he wasn't there and putting this album on and using his brand new Koss headphones. This 2112 album just took me to another world. And the meek shall inherit the earth....... I can't say that I was a huge Rush fan and I didn't really follow their career, but I did have and listen to 2112 when I was a kid. Prior to this weekend, I probably hadn't listened to it for 35 years. I remedied that over the weekend...a couple of times. Man, that was fantastic. As the first synth notes played, it came rushing back. It makes me want to explore the rest of their catalog. SO glad you gave it a listen. This little snippet really gives some insight as to how the band functions and how WONDERFULLY different Neil Peart was. Enjoy persepctives from Billy Corgan, Jack Black and Trent Reznor
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Post by future on Jan 13, 2020 17:44:43 GMT -5
The making of YYZ- great interview and play at the end
One of Rush's favorite to play....WHY....cause its really hard.
How they came upon the open rhythm is is fascinating.
ENJOY folks....and no there is no vocals
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Post by dgo on Jan 14, 2020 8:46:40 GMT -5
I can't say that I was a huge Rush fan and I didn't really follow their career, but I did have and listen to 2112 when I was a kid. Prior to this weekend, I probably hadn't listened to it for 35 years. I remedied that over the weekend...a couple of times. Man, that was fantastic. As the first synth notes played, it came rushing back. It makes me want to explore the rest of their catalog. SO glad you gave it a listen. This little snippet really gives some insight as to how the band functions and how WONDERFULLY different Neil Peart was. Enjoy persepctives from Billy Corgan, Jack Black and Trent Reznor Very interesting. Thank you for posting that. It would be so difficult to achieve world-wide fame for doing something you love (and are extremely gifted at), but to be really uncomfortable with the attention and adulation. Reminds me of a famous Bill Murray quote (paraphrasing): "To those who would like to be rich and famous...try being rich first and see if that doesn't cover it for you." That scene with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson in the diner was classic.
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