R.I.P. Neil Peart

[JKL2000]

Great, now Earle Bailey is saying it “Neil PEEEEE-RT!”

[Gizmotron]

You are correct. My memory is faulty. I have Ghost Rider and Roadshow and while I read the latter mostly on auto-pilot as I found it underwhelming there's got to be mentions in there of this. I do now remember this from somewhere.

This place is like the ultimate auto-correct. I say something stupid and you all tell me how stupid I am. My mind certainly isn't what it used to be.

Yup, I have been the recipient of that.
It usually happens when we post a bit too soon...after all, many of us have 40 or 50 years of trivia in our heads and every so often it comes out slightly incorrect.

[Vic2012]

Great, now Earle Bailey is saying it “Neil PEEEEE-RT!”

[Progatron]

Apparently they were contacted in late 2015, early 2016 about doing a residency here in Vegas.

Well, Rush might have declined, but Scorpions and Queensryche didn't!

[yamishogun]

From what I've heard, Sully Erna has a reputation as a talented but rather unpleasant guy. You might want to take anything he says with a whole shaker of salt.

He told the truth. The sugar coated version is Perry's:

"Any pain?” I asked.
“No pain”, came the reply.
What a blessing that was. We were all grateful for that."

As Neil wrote: "We see what we want to see."

[mnprogger]

Sound Opinions did a segment on Neil this week

https://soundopinions.org/show/738

[chalkpie]

https://www.facebook.com/neilpeartfa...9799530536878/

Found this gem.....the Professor playing "Subdivisions" by himself in the studio! Listen with headphones...absolutely beautiful playing and tones. Fuck, this guy was great. I view his parts as "orchestral" in nature, as in this part could be notated on staff paper akin to any orchestral percussion part. His time is just impeccable too (of course)....its just so dead on. Brilliant part imo.

[StarThrower]

Nice, Frank! Love that beautiful drum kit too!

[Nearfest2]

He told the truth. The sugar coated version is Perry's:

"Any pain?” I asked.
“No pain”, came the reply.
What a blessing that was. We were all grateful for that."

As Neil wrote: "We see what we want to see."

You don't know that. Not 1%.

[SteveSly]

Umphrey's McGee does a Neil tribute tonight in New York: https://www.jambase.com/article/umph...-new-york-city

[olias]

I saw Tool in Glendale, AZ last night, and was disappointed they didn't do any sort of tribute to Neil. I guess that was a one-time thing. A decent number of fans with Rush shirts, though.

[SteveSly]

Another tribute from Umphry's McGee:

[SteveSly]

I saw Tool in Glendale, AZ last night, and was disappointed they didn't do any sort of tribute to Neil. I guess that was a one-time thing. A decent number of fans with Rush shirts, though.

I will be seeing Sons Of Apollo in about two weeks. I will be curious to see of Portnoy does any kind of tribute to Peart.

[Dan Roth]

I will be seeing Sons Of Apollo in about two weeks. I will be curious to see of Portnoy does any kind of tribute to Peart.

He just did Tom Sawyer with his band Metal Allegiance:

[profusion]

I've been binging on a lot of YouTube Rush over the last week, and it's amazing how consistently excellent Neil's playing was. Did he ever really have a bad night?

As for Alex and Geddy working together, my sense is that neither wants to fully retire from music. However, I strongly doubt either would want to go back on the touring circuit. Projects and guest appearances seem more likely. They don't need the money, and I'm sure not being exhausted and having lots of time with their families is great.

Alex and Geddy haven't written together without Neil since the early '70s, so it might feel weird for them to do so now (besides the awkwardness of missing their friend).

[ronmac]

It's really heartwarming to see how soooo many out there are acknowledging how great this man and band really were. They took a lot of heat on their prime (mainly because of Geddy's voice being such an acquired taste). They really held strong to their values as musicians, never sold out and deserve all of the praise they are getting.

[Rajaz]

He just did Tom Sawyer with his band Metal Allegiance:

Great rendition: Portnoy seems a little numb but gets inspired at the end. But kudos to them for having the balls to perform it having rehearsed it for about only 5 days.

And three guitars seems overkill but that is common with level 2 metal bands like this one. It makes Alex Lifeson look as a guitar God if it takes 3 guys to match him.
Why two bass players? And the singer who looks like Dio also validates it took 3 guys to match Geddy Lee! But one inspired drummer.

[calyx]

Alex and Geddy haven't written together without Neil since the early '70s, so it might feel weird for them to do so now (besides the awkwardness of missing their friend).

Can anyone here (possibly you, profusion) shed any light on what the creative process in the band was, and more specifically the interaction between composing the music and writing the lyrics ? Did Peart write lyrics to existing sketches of music, and was it the reverse ? Did Lee and Lifeson arrive at rehearsals with fully arranged pieces to which Peart then contributed drum parts, or did he have much more input than that in the structures as well as the arrangements, etc. ?

This would add useful context to the issue of whether Lee and Lifeson could write without him.

[StarThrower]

There's a clip on YouTube with Geddy and John Petrucci. John asks the same question about the songwriting process and Geddy answered in detail. I'm not sure about the title of the clip but just type in their names.

[calyx]

There's a clip on YouTube with Geddy and John Petrucci. John asks the same question about the songwriting process and Geddy answered in detail. I'm not sure about the title of the clip but just type in their names.

Thanks !

[chalkpie]

^ Wow that was a great answer (directly from the horses's mouth) to a question that I have truly wondered about for a long time. I have to say - that collaboration/system that those three had worked out was as close to perfection as you will find in pop music imo. Others had this as well, but as a team, man they had it. When I hear Ged sing these lines, it truly feels like it is coming from him, not Neil, and that is a testament to how convincing they are. Also hats off to Geddy and Alex to compose music and melodies that work so well within the framework of the lyrical intent. Even a tune like "Red Sector A" - the music contained therein is so well-suited to those words, and you can find dozens of examples...."Xanadu", "Subdivisions", "Jacob's Ladder", etc etc....there really isn't anything you would want to change within the lyric/music combination. It's almost if one single person did it all - because it comes across so powerful and convincing.

[ronmac]

You know, I've been thinking about another thread about Riffmeisters and these guys really deserve to be near the top of the list.

[olias]

From Donna Halper, the Cleveland DJ who initially 'broke' Rush in the US by heavily playing "Working Man" in 1974, and has been friends with the band ever since:

https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/ru...-not-accurate/

[olias]

Can anyone here (possibly you, profusion) shed any light on what the creative process in the band was, and more specifically the interaction between composing the music and writing the lyrics ? Did Peart write lyrics to existing sketches of music, and was it the reverse ? Did Lee and Lifeson arrive at rehearsals with fully arranged pieces to which Peart then contributed drum parts, or did he have much more input than that in the structures as well as the arrangements, etc. ?

This would add useful context to the issue of whether Lee and Lifeson could write without him.

I have a few of their tourbooks from the '80s, which all begin with a several-page essay (if that's the right word) by Neil about the writing and recording of their most recent album. These give pretty good insight into the band's working process, for example:

https://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/rush...werwindows.php

[Progatron]

https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/...ines-memorial/