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Non Rush song you may have played in memory of Neil Peart. LCD Soundsystem Someone Great

Me too, for sure. Heck we Rush fans would want him on a new monetary too!

Continued prayers for Geddy, and Alex, families, parents, and especially Carrie, and most of all Olivia.

I am not going to read this, I already heard enough about it from some other folks. I think the guy is just classless and a jerk. Let him get his promos another way. Why can't they just leave it be? Exactly! He and b..mouth are getting, and rightly so, lambasted in the comment section of that article article

Ex-DEATH Drummer Richard Christy Pays Drum Tribute To RUSH Drummer Neil Peart https://metalinjecti..._source=related "Chuck" Schuldiner founder of the band Death, also passed away of brain cancer back in 2001.

His brother Vinnie is another great drummer from DIO/Black Sabbath days. Waiting to see tributes coming from many more great drummers.

Saw him singing with Avantasia earlier last year. Class act.

We all process it differently. It's okay not to cry. I didn't at first. Later I did.

Yes thanks....and quite an outpouring on YouTube. One says ...RIP beloved son..." Maybe his parents?

“When I heard that he was gone I felt a shadow cross my heart” It’s because we’ve all met him, through his words, his lyrics wrapped around our hearts. No matter what our background, if we connected with him, it was real. We all have our stories we/”I remember”. YT has quite an outpouring too. Then you add the music to this and we are cemented to the guy and the band. Almost in every thread and post we could quote him. “Closer to your heart.” (I always wait for that last line) That reality brings a lot of us to tears. It’s okay to cry. Like a inner cleansing and peace we get out of it. ”Like the solitary pine on a bare wind blasted shore we can only grow the way the wind blows.” (sorry, songs just keep coming into my head, and tears.) Thanks Neil Peart!

Thanks for the tip! yessir. I will download these. Thanks! Wow, yes very classy. This info should be a thread of its own. Thanks.

Did you mean one of these or why did you capitalize "drumstick"? or the eye.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vtxRGOH39Q

Surprised nobody blamed SpaghettiLee lol Surprised nobody blamed SpaghettiLee lol Spaghetti Lee! :) One of my favorite TRFers. Gone but not forgotten. That's epic. How are you doing, Earl? I know we are on a public forum and I have no fear to show my emotions. In either darkness or light. By just you asking me this I am tearing up again. I might run out of tears. It's very hard for me and I know I'm not the only one. But many of you who know me regardless of the many of the outlandish things I have typed in the past do care about me. I know I too have offended many on here but my intentions were just to be over the top. Adult R Rated late night writing. I guess I wanted to be the Howard Stern of the Rush Forum, but I sure many of you can see I have kind of mellowed out lately. But this blow to me Lorraine is killing me but please don't worry about my health. I am fine. Just sad and broken. I will heal through time. I prefer "RUSH THROUGH TIME." See? I still have my punny and silly personality and corny wit. This tragedy in my life is already turning into something positive thanks to all the love and support I have received around the world. I am honored and just blown away by the people who are communicating me. I mean I have all of my texts since yesterday. Over 100 easily. Most always say... "Earl I heard about the horrible news and I instantly though of you first." It's just crazy. I like sharing this in the public eye. "The Camera Eye?" I know I'm lucky Lorraine and I love you very much. I actually love so many of you on here. Sorry for those I hurt over late night rants and arguments. All is forgiven. I need to get through this loss. I was not prepared Loraine even though I was tipped off three months ago about it. I too never would have leaked it. I was actually in denial when I found out about it. Only my father knew because he was in that business meeting. Even the Universe was trying to tell me something in advance. It's crazy, After Neil retired and I knew he was overweight and in pain and bad health, I thought to myself that I might have to try and prepare myself for the moment like this. Neil is it for me in the entertainment biz. I never thought it was going to be this quick. I am not in the inner circle but I am on the outer rim. I will take that any day. RUSH ON LORRAINE!!! I will be fine. Luckily Time Doesn't Stand Still. We can all heal. We will all live. We will all die. The cycle of life. Eventually laughter will erode to a long cry. "Far Cry................" You are a fortunate man, Earl, being loved by so many. No doubt about it - you will heal. Thank you Lorraine. I know. So far so good. Anything can change at any second but yes. Blessed. Family, friends and even my pug Earl IV is happy at 11 years old!!! You know I have two daughters so when they were young Wendy and I wanted to get them a pug. They always knew I wanted a son to carry on my name so hey, I got lucky again. My pug is my namesake. Love you! Earl—I’m sure the die-hards here all had their contact method of choice blown up by check-ins from concerned people who know they are a superfan. Mine was facebook—the second the news was released I got a ping from a close friend via messenger, and I lost count of the “I thought of you as soon as I heard”s when I threw a post up there. My entire feed was also flooded with other posts from every friend from every band I know from playing in bands for 38 years, all because some guy who’s socially awkward became all super fired up behind a drumkit. Guys I thought hated Rush were even gushing about their worship of Peart especially and Rush. I was blown away. I didn’t hear from anyone, actually. Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Not a soul. (I was very happy to receive a reply to a PM here, early this morning. You know who you are, my brother! Thank you). Given that Rush has been the most important band in my life for a full 40 years now... I’m just grateful that I have this place, and all of you. Thank you. I don't hang out at forums at all, but this is so special. Thanks all for your words of healing. We'll get through this.

I can see them being honest and concise about it. They won't go into detail. Honestly, what is there to say that we don't know already? Neil didn't want the news made public, so they honored his wishes. It is what it is, very difficult all the way around. The only “advantage” over us Geddy and Alex, and other close family and friends have is that they had the time to prepare for Neil’s death, and not “the shock is the paralyzing factor” as a friend of mine said, that all the fans are having with this sudden news. They carried the heavy burden for a few years, watching their friend go through all this, “privately” up to his death. My guess is Neil helped them make a “game plan” of how, and when, and what to communicate to the fans, after his passing.

Sorry for your loss on top of loss. Your relationship with your brother is inspiring. Grace and strength to you as you survive through good memories of Malcolm and Neil. What great people they were. God bless.

Thirty years ago, how the words would flow With passion and precision, But now his mind is dark and dulled By sickness and indecision And he stares out the kitchen door Where the sun will rise no more.

Yes indeed. Thanks for your great website and all the hard work you do there.

Thanks for sharing fraroc! That really cool of you. Reminds me of a Rush song......

I just blasted Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres in my car on my way home today. Wanted the whole world to hear. Listened to AFTK over the weekend.

...me neither. I would go with influential over great, although he probably was also the greatest. My guess is more drummers were influenced by Neil Peart than any other drummer in history.

A Lament for Neil Peart Our hero lies in the Rock and Roll state of our hearts. How the mighty have fallen! Mountains of Santa Monica may you have neither dew nor rain, may no showers fall on your terraced fields For there the drums of the mighty were silenced. The snare drum of Neil Peart no longer played. The drums and percussion of Neil Peart did not return unsatisfied. in life he was loved and admired, and in death he is greatly missed. He was swifter than many drummers, he was strong on motorcycle adventure. Weep for Neil who clothed you in song and melody, who adorned your life with RUSH music. How the mighty have fallen! Neil lies in state of our hearts. I grieve for you, Neil my brother; you were very dear to me. your life for me was wonderful, more wonderful than romance. How the mighty have fallen! The drum solo has ended! (A paraphrase of 2 Samuel Chapter 1, verses 17-27 Holy Bible)

Take your time. I've found there is a season for each album. Also there are different eras of their albums which you may already have noticed. You have a long journey ahead...enjoy!

..................sorry I must have written other thread while you posted...........yeah I thought I was hearing things at the dinner tambe.......then my 3 year old said........"that's Sutball............to doo doo" Go Rush.!

SNF used The Wreckers in a outro...............going to commercial(Eagles/Cowboys game)..............my 3 year old even noticed it and said..........."That's Sutball...........to doo doo" ..............pretty cool CA on SNF.

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