He had ONE daughter. Not two.
What are you saying Benrand? Or am I misunderstanding your post?
He had ONE daughter. Not two.
He had 1 daughter, she died in a cra accident.....a year later his partner/wife (they were never actually married) died of cancer.
Yes he went thru some very depresing times, just like the rest of us. I lost my dad and a few other relatives in the span of a year.....but that did not change the way i play.
I respect Neil for what he and the band Rush have done, I grew up listening to them up to Grace Under Pressure.
Steve made some great points about Peart in his post, I agree with him.
Neil is just an amazing player. Sure he has lost some of his skills, chops, and feel through the years. His solo is just all the fills he?s played on all the Rush tunes through out the years. His fills seemed too rushed and poorly executed the past 8 or so years. He just goes through the motions with out the emotion. His time and tempo are still spot on and I don?t think he will ever loose that. Back in the days of Hemispheres through Power Windows he was such a great rock drummer. He was like around 35 when he recorded Power Windows. Now he is like around 57. It?s hard to WANT to keep up that fire and skill level the older you get. He is just setting in to old age and being a touring rock drummer for all of these decades and take a lot out of you. Sure Vinnie is like 50 something and can still play like a freak.
Neil?s touch has also gone to the dogs. Listen to the song Driven it sounds like he?s pushing to much stick into the hi hat and at the same time he?s pouncing eight notes with his foot at the same time. It is so painful to listen to. Even through mixing the it sounds like shit. Sometimes I think the guy hits to hard.
No matter what the guy puts out with RUSH, I will just love to death.
I think the last few studio records were Ass....it's because of Rush in Rio I can actually go back and listen to them again and enjoy the music.
Granted, there are times on that DVD where it's a tad painful, but considering the guy did not tour for a few years and they got back in the swing of it, he did mighty fine.
I prefer hisplaying on the current release R30 and I find myself listening to the cds that came with the DVD quite often.
The medley on the DVD is so killer IMO.
I saw them a bunch of times on the R30 tour and I don't think he's necessarily lost anything. He is playing WAY longer concerts now and probably realized he needs to conserve energy to make it all the way through.
Some of the boots I've heard from the Signals tour sound so crazy energetic. But the last tour, he played as forcefully as he did back then, just more refined and less "skittish".
If you like old Rush, this site has all the tour books...very cool.
cygnus-x1.net
The first concert I went to with my dad was the Power Windows tour. I also played my dad the solo from Exit Stage Left and he was blown away. Good times!
Not sure what you mean.......I was not at all dogging him on his loss, matter of fact, I said we all deal with it in different fashion.
I have all 3 of Neil's books and love them, great reading material. My feeling too is that Peart's playing was much better during the R30 tour then it was on the Rio DVD.
I have nothing but respect for the guy AND the band.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That was great! Made me LOL. [img]smile.gif[/img]Originally posted by Randy Walker:
I think the last few studio records were Ass....
Wow, where to begin? Well, I've seen him on the last two tours and fortunately up close. The Rio tour took him a few songs to warm up, but this last tour he was on point from the down beat. One thing I didn't read thus far or maybe missed but, he and the band are over 50 years old playing 2-3 hour sets of pounding music, (Something to take into consideration for his playing now.) People evolve for better or for worse but at least they?re evolving. If your a true Rush fan, most people would of walked away satisfied to have witnessed it again than not. I did and I also see his new limitations and struggle behind the kit at moments. I?ve got my own too. But I was much more effected by the over all performance than I was of a couple limitations here or there. There are a lot of bitter people on this board, it's very evident. Some people on this board love to dog drummers when there's an opportunity. Maybe spend a little less time on this board and a little more time getting your own act together is what's needed. Making comments on "don't give Neil too much sorrow" or "I've lost a Dad". Please know that everybody deals with loss differently. If you've actually read the "Ghost Rider" you'd know what and how it affected him. Lose a soul mate and your daughter and then try and compare. Until then, think about what you?re saying. I think as struggling musicians who aren't reaching all of our own goals, it becomes easy to criticize others to feel better. DONT...
Opinions are great, but know where and why they're coming from...
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Ironic quote...
?quick to judge
quick to anger
slow to understand
Ignorance and prejudice
And fear
Walk hand in hand.?
-Neil Peart
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