IMO the greatest drummer ever , gone at 67 . I cherished the RUSH 2112 album as a teenager above all others . We lost a legend and a drumming legend , if you even doubt this just listen to the drums on Overture off the classic 2112 .
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RIP Neil Peart (RUSH founder/drummer)
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RGL90
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Wtf!! He died today? I was literally just watching his vids with my wife this morning , YouTube suggested it but saw nothing about death, how did he go?
MisterSuperGod
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Had a Canadian radio station on last night, they kept playing Rush, so i said to the wife "what, did one of the members die or something?"
Damn. One of those times you don't want to be right, ya know?
Was never a fan of the band, could only really enjoy one song of theirs, but still, definitely not news you ever want to hear.
Damn. One of those times you don't want to be right, ya know?
Was never a fan of the band, could only really enjoy one song of theirs, but still, definitely not news you ever want to hear.
RGL90
Member
Just read, brain cancer .... yes such a dynamic structured drummer , one of my favorites as well, true little fact, Neil wrote all the lyrics were rush, in the early days after shows giddy and lifeson would go out and party and Neil would stay on the bus and read , well they were like wtf is up with this dude , all he does it reads, so they took a gamble and said I bet he could write some crazy lyrics , and the rest was history . 
MisterSuperGod
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Dave Grohl on Rush Drummer Neil Peart: 'We All Learned From Him'
"As Grohl told Rolling Stone in 2013, ahead of Rush’s Rock Hall induction, it was Peart’s work that inspired him to pick up the drumsticks. “When I got 2112 when I was eight years old, it fucking changed the direction of my life. I heard the drums. It made me want to become a drummer,” Grohl said.
"As Grohl told Rolling Stone in 2013, ahead of Rush’s Rock Hall induction, it was Peart’s work that inspired him to pick up the drumsticks. “When I got 2112 when I was eight years old, it fucking changed the direction of my life. I heard the drums. It made me want to become a drummer,” Grohl said.
Not a big fan of Rush vocals.
But Neil was a fucking monster.
I'd find myself drowning out everything else and just listening to the drums on a Rush song.
Unreal skills.
But Neil was a fucking monster.
I'd find myself drowning out everything else and just listening to the drums on a Rush song.
Unreal skills.
2112 was my introduction to conservative/libertarian thought. They didn't teach stuff like Orwell and Rand when I was in school.
Now there’s no more Oak oppression
For they passed a noble law
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet, Axe, And saw - Rush, The Trees
PASSAGE TO BANGKOK
Our first stop is in Bogotà
To check Columbian fields
The natives smile and pass along
A sample of their yield
Sweet Jamaican pipe dreams
Golden Acapulco nights
Then Morocco, and the East
Fly by morning light
We're on the train to Bangkok
Aboard the Thailand Express
We'll hit the stops along the way
We only stop for the best
Wreathed in smoke in Lebanon
We burn the midnight oil
The fragrance of Afghanistan
Rewards a long day's toil
Pulling into Kathmandu
Smoke rings fill the air
Perfumed by a Nepal night
The Express gets you there
We're on the train to Bangkok
Aboard the Thailand Express
We'll hit the stops along the way
We only stop for the best
We're on the train to Bangkok
Aboard the Thailand Express
We'll hit the stops along the way
We only stop for the best
Yes, we're on the train to Bangkok
Aboard the Thailand Express
We'll hit the stops along the way
We only stop for the best
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Neil Elwood Peart / Gary Lee Weinrib / Alex Zivojinovich
A Passage To Bangkok lyrics © Ole Media Management Lp
Should have known BM would post something appropriate. He probably quotes Rush more than Rothbard. Seems 2112 was a life changer for him as well. I never owned the album myself, way too poor for that. I pirated it onto a cassette from a friend's album.
This One is Personal
Bionic Mosquito
Saturday, January 11, 2020
But this time it wasn’t just for fun. They said Peart had died. On sports talk radio.
Being in my car, I couldn’t fact-check the news. I called my brother. Many years ago, we wore out three copies of the Rush album 2112. For you young whipper-snappers, this was in the time of vinyl, when a physical needle would touch a physical disc. Play an album enough times, and it would sound like mush.
Anyway, it was true. He had died three days earlier.
I texted my cousin – he has been to many more Rush concerts than I have. He hadn’t heard yet. He reminded me that the first time he had ever heard Rush was at our house – thatched roof and all. My brother-in-law and I talked. He knew of Rush before I did – and before we became brothers-in-law.
Rush was an interesting band. Only three members, yet their sound would fill the stage. A big reason for this was Peart’s drumming. He wasn’t playing drums; he was playing an orchestra – every bit as involved in the sound and the music as the other two members.
The best drummers in rock and progressive rock will point to Neil Peart as not only an inspiration, but an unrealizable objective. He was that good, and that good for over forty years.
Of course, his two bandmates were no slouches – both recognized as among the top musicians in their fields. And the band got better with age – the musicianship only got better.
Peart suffered tragedy in the late 1990s. Within a few months, first his teenage daughter, then his wife, passed away. Peart is convinced that his wife (not officially his wife, but whatever) died from a broken heart. He told his bandmates he was done. Fortunately for the rest of us, he came back five years later.
They did some of their best work after Peart’s return. Who knows why – maybe a realization of how quickly one’s love can be lost.
Their last studio album was Clockwork Angels. It might have been their best. I assure you: no one will accuse the Rolling Stones of doing their best work after forty years.
Their last tour was in 2015. They called it the R40 Tour: forty years of playing together (actually, forty-one, but grant artists some license, please). It was creative: they played the songs in reverse sequence, from newest to oldest – all-the-while devolving the stage until, by the time they got to the end, it was set up like a high-school gym.
Peart was ready to call it quits after this tour. His body was hurting – drumming wears out ligaments. He also was remarried and had a young daughter – he enjoyed taking her to school.
Sadly, this part of his life didn’t last long enough.
Conclusion
All Lyrics: Neil Peart, Rush
This One is Personal
Bionic Mosquito
Saturday, January 11, 2020
The arrow flies when you dream, the hours tick away – the cells tick away
- The Garden
- The Garden
Friday, January 10th, 2020: It is with broken hearts and the deepest sadness that we must share the terrible news that on Tuesday our friend, soul brother and band mate of over 45 years, Neil, has lost his incredibly brave three-and-a-half-year battle with brain cancer.
Neil Peart died this week.
Neil Peart, the virtuoso drummer and lyricist for Rush, died Tuesday, January 7th, in Santa Monica, California, at age 67….
Peart was one of rock’s greatest drummers, with a flamboyant yet precise style that paid homage to his hero, the Who’s Keith Moon, while expanding the technical and imaginative possibilities of his instrument.
The news came out three days after his death. I was driving in my car listening to sports talk radio. Coming back from commercial, they played Tom Sawyer, from Rush’s Moving Pictures album. While rare, occasionally a Rush song gets used in such a manner.Peart was one of rock’s greatest drummers, with a flamboyant yet precise style that paid homage to his hero, the Who’s Keith Moon, while expanding the technical and imaginative possibilities of his instrument.
But this time it wasn’t just for fun. They said Peart had died. On sports talk radio.
We turned our gaze
From the castles in the distance
Eyes cast down
On the path of least resistance
- Farewell to Kings
From the castles in the distance
Eyes cast down
On the path of least resistance
- Farewell to Kings
Being in my car, I couldn’t fact-check the news. I called my brother. Many years ago, we wore out three copies of the Rush album 2112. For you young whipper-snappers, this was in the time of vinyl, when a physical needle would touch a physical disc. Play an album enough times, and it would sound like mush.
Sundays I elude the ‘Eyes’, and hop the Turbine Freight
To far outside the Wire, where my white-haired uncle waits
- Red Barchetta
It was 2112 that introduced me to Ayn Rand – which then led, eventually to all of this blogging. 2112 is based on her novel, Anthem, although – for some reason, many link it to Fountainhead. It is Anthem, with a guitar in place of a lightbulb. Come on, people; it isn’t that complicated.To far outside the Wire, where my white-haired uncle waits
- Red Barchetta
Anyway, it was true. He had died three days earlier.
Now there’s no more Oak oppression
For they passed a noble law
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet,
Axe,
And saw…
- The Trees
For they passed a noble law
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet,
Axe,
And saw…
- The Trees
I texted my cousin – he has been to many more Rush concerts than I have. He hadn’t heard yet. He reminded me that the first time he had ever heard Rush was at our house – thatched roof and all. My brother-in-law and I talked. He knew of Rush before I did – and before we became brothers-in-law.
Rush was an interesting band. Only three members, yet their sound would fill the stage. A big reason for this was Peart’s drumming. He wasn’t playing drums; he was playing an orchestra – every bit as involved in the sound and the music as the other two members.
The best drummers in rock and progressive rock will point to Neil Peart as not only an inspiration, but an unrealizable objective. He was that good, and that good for over forty years.
From first to last
The peak is never passed
Something always fires the light
That gets in your eyes
- Marathon
The peak is never passed
Something always fires the light
That gets in your eyes
- Marathon
Of course, his two bandmates were no slouches – both recognized as among the top musicians in their fields. And the band got better with age – the musicianship only got better.
We each pay a fabulous price
For our visions of paradise
But a spirit with a vision
Is a dream with a mission…
- Mission
For our visions of paradise
But a spirit with a vision
Is a dream with a mission…
- Mission
Peart suffered tragedy in the late 1990s. Within a few months, first his teenage daughter, then his wife, passed away. Peart is convinced that his wife (not officially his wife, but whatever) died from a broken heart. He told his bandmates he was done. Fortunately for the rest of us, he came back five years later.
Celebrate the moment
As it turns into one more
Another chance at victory
Another chance to score
- One Little Victory
As it turns into one more
Another chance at victory
Another chance to score
- One Little Victory
They did some of their best work after Peart’s return. Who knows why – maybe a realization of how quickly one’s love can be lost.
Their last studio album was Clockwork Angels. It might have been their best. I assure you: no one will accuse the Rolling Stones of doing their best work after forty years.
All is for the best
Believe in what we’re told
Blind men in the market
Buying what we’re sold
- BU2B
Believe in what we’re told
Blind men in the market
Buying what we’re sold
- BU2B
Their last tour was in 2015. They called it the R40 Tour: forty years of playing together (actually, forty-one, but grant artists some license, please). It was creative: they played the songs in reverse sequence, from newest to oldest – all-the-while devolving the stage until, by the time they got to the end, it was set up like a high-school gym.
Peart was ready to call it quits after this tour. His body was hurting – drumming wears out ligaments. He also was remarried and had a young daughter – he enjoyed taking her to school.
Sadly, this part of his life didn’t last long enough.
Conclusion
When we are young
Wandering the face of the earth
Wondering what our dreams might be worth
Learning that we’re only immortal –
For a limited time
- Dreamline
Wandering the face of the earth
Wondering what our dreams might be worth
Learning that we’re only immortal –
For a limited time
- Dreamline
All Lyrics: Neil Peart, Rush
Cookieman
Member
Such a huge loss to the rock/ metal community. IMO, the greatest of all time and had such a huge influence to rock/ metal . RIP
hurricane
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RGL90
Member
Atleast we still have DANNY CAREY , hopefully someone is a fan
Rush's 2112 still is a great album after all this time...got many tracks from it on my gym playlist. RIP Neil Peart!
Danny is my favorite drummer . Love playing Tool on the kit. Or aleast tryingAtleast we still have DANNY CAREY , hopefully someone is a fan
Rip Neil . One of the all time best.Similar threads
