Drummerrobin

QUOTE (HowItIs @ Jun 16 2011, 10:28 AM)After. Yes, he was energetic and wild in his younger days but the OP is correct in saying that his posture and stick grip would have led to some bad problems. The change, IMO, is really most evident in his posture: in older videos, he'd be hunched over the drums. His form now is so much better both for health reasons and for efficiency and control. I love that after drumming for 30-some years, Neil was smart enough to know that he could always improve.

Interested to know what you guys think. I much prefer Neil after Gruber's teaching - he sounds soooo much more fluent now IMO. And after studying the moeller technique, i can also say that if he had continued to play the way he did, he would more than likely have developed some bad physical problems. That kind of stiff technique is notorious for leading to carpal tunnel syndrome. To anyone who thinks Neil would have been better off without Gruber, I beg to differ!

Hold Your Fire for me. Was listening to High Water yesterday, Alex's solo in that song is just perfect!

My faves are Dreamline, Bravado, Where's My Thing? and Ghost Of A Chance.

Interesting what everyone's saying about the electronics because in the solo he's been doing this tour, the section on the electronic kit is by far my favourite bit. There's something about the way he transitions from the waltz to the 4/4 groove with that gap in the middle that I really love - the whole section sounds so mysterious and un-drumlike to me and I find that really cool. It's very fitting to the whole steam-punk time machine theme. I'd rate it as good as, or if not better and even more musical than the scars drum beat he used to use. So I'd be sad to see the electronic part of the solo go if he does get rid of it (i very much doubt that will happen tho). BUT I also think that nowadays hes using wayyy too much sampling when he's soloing on the other half of the kit. And I also agree that Love for Sale doesn't have the same finale energy that One 'O' Clock Jump or Cotton Tail had. IMO if he could bring back some of the raw power in the acoustic kit part of the solo (which i'm sure he could if he chose to) and then go to the electronic section he's currently using and then finish on One 'O' Clock Jump (complete with the gong ), we'd have a pretty killer solo! What does everyone else think?

Absolutely love the album!! It took me a while to get into it but once I did that was it - to me the album just never gets old and I don't think there's a weak moment on it (I know not everyone's gonna agree with that!). IMO Neil was absolutely on fire with the lyric writing, and I just find the album to be oozing with emotion - good cheese I think! (especially Tai Shan!) I would take the combo of PoW and HYF over Signals and P/G any day - they're absolute gems! I think they're definitely the band's most underrated work and the last of truly great rush albums. (but don't get me wrong, I still really enjoy much of what they've done since) And I was just listening to the Show of Hands version of Prime Mover - that song NEEDS to be brought back for the Clockwork Angels tour! Just sayin...