RIP Neil Peart

Immensely saddened by the news of the passing of Neil Elwood Peart.
Rest In Peace.

He was technically brilliant but for several reasons not my cup of tea. R.I.P.

siLLy puPPy wrote: I spUn 2112 this morning for the first time in years. It goes without saying that without Peart, Rush would've simply just been another Foghat

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - January 11 2020 at 13:12

Frenetic Zetetic wrote: RIP another prog legend gone far, far too soon! I imagine he and Chris Squire are putting together a record we've never had the Earthly pleasure of hearing.

Neil Peart himself on his tenderest memories growing up in Ontario:

(better use the browser's reading mode).

http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/transcripts/19940624stcatharinesstandard.htm


Having myself grown up in the 80-90's, I marvel at how it was to grow up in the 50-60's, and I've always have it deeply connected with progressive rock and other awesome things that came in the 70's.



Rest in peace Neil P.


Edited by Machinemessiah - January 12 2020 at 09:43

This actually affected me, in a way I never thought the death of someone I didn't know, could.

I spent all day Saturday - after hearing the news - and Sunday morning, in London with my girlfriend. We'd seen a show and done some sight seeing, and we'd both been looking forward to it for a while. But, I actually struggled to park this bad news about Neil Peart to one side for the duration. In recent years, we've seen Chris Squire, Lemmy, Bowie, Emerson and Lake among others pass away, and although I'm always saddened by these things, the passing of a Rush member is quite a big deal for me. Rush were the band that really got me into prog rock. The first band I obsessed over and Neil himself a true inspiration to me as a drummer.

For two nights running now, I've heard Rush songs playing in my dreams (or rather dreamy variations on them) Last night it was fragments of Ghost of a Chance, and the night before, Subdivisions.

A very sad day for rock music. An absolute tragedy for Neil's family, and for Lee and Lifeson. RIP NP.

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: siLLy puPPy wrote: I spUn 2112 this morning for the first time in years. It goes without saying that without Peart, Rush would've simply just been another Foghat Actually, I disagree with that. After Rutsey left Geddy and Alex would have gone in a different and more progressive direction anyway and so would have ended up with a prog sound even without Neil. Neil was just the catalyst to help them achieve their musical goals much faster(imo).

^ Right on raff. You must keep micky well balanced.

siLLy puPPy wrote: AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: siLLy puPPy wrote: I spUn 2112 this morning for the first time in years. It goes without saying that without Peart, Rush would've simply just been another Foghat Actually, I disagree with that. After Rutsey left Geddy and Alex would have gone in a different and more progressive direction anyway and so would have ended up with a prog sound even without Neil. Neil was just the catalyst to help them achieve their musical goals much faster(imo). Now how do you know that? My guess they would've jumped on  the commercial bandwagon. While we'll never know for sure, i'd bet that whatever would've happened that it would have been inferior to what Rush accomplished with Peart on the team.

siLLy puPPy wrote: Raff wrote: In case you've forgotten, this is a RIP thread - meaning someone (who happened to be a husband and father, among other things) died, and well before his time. I believe you can discuss what Rush would have done with a different drummer in another thread. Same goes for stating that you didn't like his style or his music. There is a time and a place for everything. So why can't an RIP thread also be a tribute to someone's greatness? My way of expressing our collective loss is by reminding the community that a band like Rush was made great by Mr Neil Peart. In other words it's an expression of extreme gratitude that he joined the band and steered them into the beautiful music that they created. I agree that we shouldn't dwell on those thing here but a comment or two is worthy me thinks

I think that AFlowerKingCrimson's (what a name! ) post came off as sounding like Neil wasn't that important to the group and I'm sure that's not what he meant, but we reacted to it instead of just praising the man. If that's what raff objected to than I think she's right. We can debate elsewhere.

Edited by SteveG - January 13 2020 at 10:35