Jag2112 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 It's been a while since we've seen or heard from Neil, so it was great to see that he recently penned a tribute to Buddy Rich for Rhythm Magazine. You can read all about it at this link: http://news.cygnus-x1.net/2017/09/neil-peart-pens-100th-birthday-tribute.html Let's hope this is the first of more writings from Neil... John 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate2112 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Gosh, Neil's already 100? Time needs to stand still man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 He died 30 years ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaportrailer Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 He died 30 years ago! Neil died 30 years ago? So who's playing drums then, Paul McCartney?...wait a sec... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 He died 30 years ago! Neil died 30 years ago? So who's playing drums then, Paul McCartney?...wait a sec...Eddie Van Halen when he was on METH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 He died 30 years ago! Neil died 30 years ago? So who's playing drums then, Paul McCartney?...wait a sec... #9 #9 #9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenjaminW Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 He died 30 years ago! Neil died 30 years ago? So who's playing drums then, Paul McCartney?...wait a sec...Shhh. It's been a Neil Peart lookalike the whole time. There's clues about Neil's death in the lyrics and album covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edhunter Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Buddy Rich was a notorius asshole. I wonder what he would've thought of Neil. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Permanent-Rush Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 My boi Neil ❤❤ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 I started getting into Mel's music a little bit ago. I'll give that album a try. The last one I listened to because of him was Sinatra at the Sands and that one was really fun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushFanForever Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 (edited) Page 38 of Traveling Music: Playing Back the Soundtrack to My Life and Times Buddy and Mel's album, Together Again - For the First Time, was originally made as a direct-to-disc recording in the late '70s, shortcutting the analog technology of those days. It had been considered an "audiophile" product, for there was no tape involved, and thus no tape noise, with the aim of producing the cleanest, most dynamic sound possible. The mix went straight to the cutting lathe, and no edits or overdubs were possible, so the band had to play an entire side of the LP in one take, as near perfect as humanly possible. I once talked with a recording engineer who worked on the Buddy and Mel project, and he told me that when an error marred one of the tunes, the producer stopped the band and instructed them to go "back to the top." Some of the musicians went back to the top of the song, and some remembered to start at the top of the side, and this apparently caused a hilarious "train wreck." (A musicians term for when the players get out of sync with each other, especially terrifying when it happened onstage.) Mel himself had written the intricate and accomplished arrangements for the album, with the exception of the tour-de-force on "Blues in the Night," arranged by Marty Paich (father of David Paich, from the band Toto), which featured a brief solo from Buddy that was blistering, highly technical, and yet sublimely musical - in short, a summation of Buddy himself. For anyone who thought Buddy was only about pyrotechnical solos and driving swing, they should listen to his sensitive performance with wire brushes on a lovely rendition of "Here's That Rainy Day," even mimicking the patter of raindrops in a kind of musical onomatopoeia, and showing yet another facet of his consummate musicianship. Mel sang wonderfully well, too (I particularly love his delivery of my favorite Paul Williams song, "I Won't Last A Day without You"), and the guest soloist on alto sax, Phil Woods, was poetic and kinetic, like swallows in flight. When you listened to the overall performances, and considered that every one of the musicians had to play perfectly through a whole side's worth of complication material, you had to be impressed. Most importantly, though, it was great music, and a testament to Buddy's excellence as a musician. Edited September 28, 2017 by RushFanForever 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Buddy Rich was a notorius asshole. I wonder what he would've thought of Neil. Buddy for burning... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil1972 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Buddy Rich was a notorius asshole. I wonder what he would've thought of Neil. "Pot - meet Kettle" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaportrailer Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 BR's brushwork is often overshadowed by his solos, but the little asshole played with nuance. Buddy Rich, playing Indian hand-drum for the first time, improvising with Ravi Shankar's tabla player: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeson90 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Just checked out the above Buddy Rich and a couple more on YT and obvs he pretty awesome but reminded me what Neil had, which was just the 'Rush' factor wasn't it. You listen to Al's guitar you know it's Rush, similarly Ged's bass, Ged's keyboards - you know they Rush when you hear them. You listen to Neil's percussion, distinctively Rush. There can't be many, if any other bands at all, where every single element of them so distinctively represent that particular band. Even Ged's voice does the same thing, it's crazy. You can make an argument to say even Neil's lyrics so uniquely Rush. We need another album :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaportrailer Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 This video contains:a) kick-ass drummingb) lamentable wigc) kick-ass suit Effortless, it just poured out of him. Just like his hatred of men with beards. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerofthor Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Neil forgot to add his post script........ And unlike me, he played til the end. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 It's been a while since we've seen or heard from Neil, so it was great to see that he recently penned a tribute to Buddy Rich for Rhythm Magazine. You can read all about it at this link: http://news.cygnus-x...ay-tribute.html Let's hope this is the first of more writings from Neil... John "The writer stares with glassy eyesDefines the empty pageHis beard is white, his face is linedAnd streaked with tears of rage Thirty years how the words would flowWith passion and percisionBut now his mind is dark and dulledBy sickness and indecision" Neil wrote this decades ago to represent himself in today's reality. Neil is done. Yawn Of The Dead Poet's Society Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Some still love the show "The Walking Dead." Why Why Zed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Gosh, Neil's already 100? Time needs to stand still manHe died 30 years ago!He died 30 years ago! Neil died 30 years ago? So who's playing drums then, Paul McCartney?...wait a sec... :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Digital Man Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Neils performance on Burning For Buddy was very shoddy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRogers Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Buddy Rich is dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaportrailer Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Buddy Rich is dead. So is jazz. :(So is Rush. :( :(So are my hopes and dreams. :( :( :(:cheers: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaportrailer Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Neils performance on Burning For Buddy was very shoddy! Is that pronounced “shitty”? :P The performance was very high-school, and then trotting out the Rush drum solo wasn’t a good move. He should’ve keep it sweet and simple, but no, there had to be a double-bass pedal. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerxt1990 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Buddy Rich was a notorius asshole. I wonder what he would've thought of Neil. He was an excellent drummer but a real douchebag. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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