Amps211 Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 You've got to be kidding. He wasn't just the greatest drummer of all time, he wasn't just one of the greatest lyricists of all time, he was also one of the only rock stars to put his family before his career in the end. How old can his daughter be now? He should've had more time with her, and her with him. :( I'm sitting at my desk holding back tears .. I'm glad we saw him play together EP 4
GhostGirl Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 Many of you don't know me. I know I'm listed as an admin but have been mostly MIA. But today this is where I have to be. I'm a Rush fan because of Neil. His books drew me in before I grew to love the music. Because of him, I'll never be the same. Chose my username because of his book... I am devastated and in shock. 17
deslock Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 Was listening to Clockwork Angels when my friend texted me about this. The Garden just came up. My eyes are watering. 2
blueschica Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 "When I heard you were gone I felt a shadow cross my heart . . ." 6
chemistry1973 Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 "When I heard you were gone I felt a shadow cross my heart . . ." I actually f***ing felt that when I heard the news. 2
sonoflife Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 So thankful for what Neil and the band has given us. Such a vast catalog that will continue to be the soundtrack to our lives. 5
Principled Man Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 We all knew that this day would come.....someday. We just didn't expect it to come so soon. When you least expect it, expect it. Such is the mystery and misery of Life. 7
sullysue Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 Many of you don't know me. I know I'm listed as an admin but have been mostly MIA. But today this is where I have to be. I'm a Rush fan because of Neil. His books drew me in before I grew to love the music. Because of him, I'll never be the same. Chose my username because of his book... I am devastated and in shock. I am totally numb. At a complete loss for words or thoughts. 5
Entre_Perpetuo Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 It's not fake news. It's on the Rush twitter page: 1
GeddysMullet Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 Noooooooooooooooooooo :( :( :( :( :( :( :(
Tony R Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 Despite maximum treatment, the cancer usually recurs.[3] The typical length of survival following diagnosis is 12 to 15 months, with fewer than 3 to 7% of people surviving longer than five years.[2][5]Without treatment, survival is typically three months.[10] It is the most common cancer that begins within the brain and the second-most common brain tumor, after meningioma.[6][11]About three per 100,000 people develop the disease a year.[3] It most often begins around 64 years of age and occurs more commonly in males than females.
chemistry Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 Dammmnn. Hes finally reunited with Jackie and Selena. RIP Brother
deslock Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) In this one of many possible worlds,All for the best or some bizarre test?It is what it is and whatever,Time is still the infinite jest The arrow flies when you dream,The hours tick away,The cells tick away The Watchmaker keeps to his schemes,The hours tick away, they tick away The measure of a life is a measure of love and respect,So hard to earn so easily burnedThe measure of a life is a measure of love and respect,So hard to earn so easily burned In the fullness of time,A garden to nurture and protect In the rise and the set of the sun,'Til the stars go spinning,Spinning 'round the nightOh, it is what it is, and foreverEach moment a memory in flight The arrow flies while you breathe,The hours tick away,The cells tick away, The Watchmaker has time up his sleeve,The hours tick away, they tick away The measure of a life is a measure of love and respect,So hard to earn so easily burned In the fullness of time,A garden to nurture and protect(It's a measure of a life) The treasure of a life is a measure of love and respect,The way you live, the gifts that you give In the fullness of time,It's the only return that you expect The future disappears into memoryWith only a moment between.Forever dwells in that moment,Hope is what remains to be seen.Forever dwells in that moment,Hope is what remains to be seen. In the fullness of time,A garden to nurture and protect(It's a measure of a life) Edited January 10, 2020 by deslock 5
Rushman14 Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 In this one of many possible worlds,All for the best or some bizarre test?It is what it is and whatever,Time is still the infinite jest The arrow flies when you dream,The hours tick away,The cells tick away The Watchmaker keeps to his schemes,The hours tick away, they tick away The measure of a life is a measure of love and respect,So hard to earn so easily burnedThe measure of a life is a measure of love and respect,So hard to earn so easily burned In the fullness of time,A garden to nurture and protect In the rise and the set of the sun,'Til the stars go spinning,Spinning 'round the nightOh, it is what it is, and foreverEach moment a memory in flight The arrow flies while you breathe,The hours tick away,The cells tick away, The Watchmaker has time up his sleeve,The hours tick away, they tick away The measure of a life is a measure of love and respect,So hard to earn so easily burned In the fullness of time,A garden to nurture and protect(It's a measure of a life) The treasure of a life is a measure of love and respect,The way you live, the gifts that you give In the fullness of time,It's the only return that you expect The future disappears into memoryWith only a moment between.Forever dwells in that moment,Hope is what remains to be seen.Forever dwells in that moment,Hope is what remains to be seen. In the fullness of time,A garden to nurture and protect(It's a measure of a life) not sure I can ever listen to this again 4
Relayer2112 Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 To one of the men who helped supply the soundtrack for my childhood and adulthood, I thank you Neil. My heart goes out to the entire Rush family...band mates, family, friends, fellow fans. This will take a while to sink in. 4
GhostGirl Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 Many of you don't know me. I know I'm listed as an admin but have been mostly MIA. But today this is where I have to be. I'm a Rush fan because of Neil. His books drew me in before I grew to love the music. Because of him, I'll never be the same. Chose my username because of his book... I am devastated and in shock. I am totally numb. At a complete loss for words or thoughts.Same. 4
Presto-digitation Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 The greatest. I have no words. None worth a damn anyhow. 3
danielmclark Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 One of the many people gone from TRF for years, back today to commiserate with my fellow fans. I have nothing profound to say. I'm as gutted as everyone else. f**k cancer. 7
Geddy Jazz Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 Thanks Neil for all the good things you gave us....May you rest in Peace. At the Garden .....the Traesure of a Life is a Measure of Love and Respect....you have both from all of us :Neil: 1
Rush Didact Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 God. I knew this day would come, but I knew it in a theoretical way. I also knew it would hit me hard. I'm in shock right now, I just keep staring at the screen and wishing this wasn't real. I wrote this to explain to my friends on Facebook what Neil meant to me, and I might as well post it here too, even though I know all of you understand already... I'm not one to get upset about the deaths of people I don't know personally. All the same, I've known for years there would be one powerful exception to that rule: Neil Peart. Neil's philosophy of life - his commitment to reason, his love of science and art, his relentless pursuit of excellence in everything he did, from drumming to writing - was a profound influence on me as a teenager. I would spend hours sitting and listening to Rush records in the basement - loudly, through headphones - while I read along with the lyrics and memorized them until they were etched in stone in my brain. I can chart the changes in my own life through his words, and as I've aged, songs have taken on deeper meanings, and sometimes different ones altogether. Some that went over my head at 25 have become powerfully resonant on the precipice of 35. (Freeze this moment a little bit longer...) More than the others, though, the words he wrote for the song Available Light, which I first heard at the age of 13, became a guiding star for me for the following 20 years. In high school, they gave me with the motivation to apply for a student exchange to Denmark. I printed them out and hung them on the wall of my dorm room in university, and after graduation they took me to Korea. Finally, I followed them north to Alert. They were an inspiration to travel, to see the world in all its wonderful complexity, and in a more literal sense, they were an inspiration to find my own creative expression through photography. I can say without exaggeration that I would not be where I am today, or who I am today, without them. Thank you, Neil. I hope you knew how much your art meant to the many millions of kids like me, the dreamers who wanted to believe the world has meaning and depth and beauty in it. I'd always wished that I could have the chance to tell you... 17
Disk98 Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 Some are born to move the world and live their fantasyMost of us just dream about the things we’d like to beSadder still to watch it die than never to have known itFor you, the blind, who once could seeThe bell tolls for thee Thank you, Neil. ❤️ 1
bytor11 Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 Dont log in nor post here much, like everyone else, just stunned by the news. RIP Neil, thank you for the music, the wisdom, and the joy. So sad for his wife and daughter and so sad he had so very little time to enjoy his retirement, which we know he was greatly looking towards. 1
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