RushFanForever Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 (edited) Check it out below. The Spirit of Neil Peart Rush’s virtuoso drum hero lived by his own rules, to the very end. For the first time since Peart’s passing, his bandmates and widow discuss his legacy and his final years. Edited January 7, 2021 by RushFanForever 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepphead Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 I find this very moving and also incredibly sad. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneZeroZero Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 I find this very moving and also incredibly sad. Same. It just feels so unfair, but that's life, I guess. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bytor11 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Thanks for sharing that. Great, sad, read. Made me happy they got to have one last normal "boozy dinner" together near the end. Those moments of normalcy are so often lost in those situations. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driventotheedge Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Thanks for sharing that. Great, sad, read. Made me happy they got to have one last normal "boozy dinner" together near the end. Those moments of normalcy are so often lost in those situations.Really well said. I echo your sentiments. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_hi_water._ Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 What a read. No, seriously. What. A. Read. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 I'm not crying! You're crying! The part that finally got to me was setting up the drum kit in the living room. Too much. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepphead Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 I'm not crying! You're crying! The part that finally got to me was setting up the drum kit in the living room. Too much.It must have made Neil really proud that his daughter was following his passion for the drums. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weatherman Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Stop cutting onions.Seriously, I mean it. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemistry1973 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 f**k ROLLING STONE. OK I'll read it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemistry1973 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Someone please post a link when available. I don't want to start a subscription to that rag. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78jazz Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 I'm not crying! You're crying! The part that finally got to me was setting up the drum kit in the living room. Too much. For me, it was the hug and kiss from Alex. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 I had NO IDEA Alex had a health scare last March! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepphead Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 I had NO IDEA Alex had a health scare last March!I hadn't heard that either... must have kept it fairly quiet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weatherman Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 I'm not crying! You're crying! The part that finally got to me was setting up the drum kit in the living room. Too much. For me, it was the hug and kiss from Alex.For me, it was the image of Neil listening back to all his old work, for the last time, in the last year of his life...Jeeeebus. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 I had NO IDEA Alex had a health scare last March!I hadn't heard that either... must have kept it fairly quiet. Apparently, these guys are just good at everything they do, including keep secrets! Glad Al's better; to have lost him so soon after Neil would have been a lot. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepphead Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 I had NO IDEA Alex had a health scare last March!I hadn't heard that either... must have kept it fairly quiet. Apparently, these guys are just good at everything they do, including keep secrets! Glad Al's better; to have lost him so soon after Neil would have been a lot.Yeah - after Neil's passing, to lose another member would have been unimaginable. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurabw Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 I had NO IDEA Alex had a health scare last March!well fork, Rod, if you didn't know, then NONE of us did! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurabw Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Yes, thanks Alex for not dying on us. Scary times. But great article, and yes, super sad. All of it. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 An absolute must read. Thanks for posting the link. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_hi_water._ Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Stop cutting onions.Seriously, I mean it.Only cut the not-so-strong scented ones ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_hi_water._ Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Yes, thanks Alex for not dying on us. Scary times.Only would've made 2020 much worse. 2020 was a garbage year to begin with since the news of Neil's death anyways 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rugen Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 the article that I was waiting for, now I can grieve on this loss :Neil: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemistry1973 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Reading it now. Heartbreaking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemistry1973 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 (“You can do a lot in a lifetime,” he wrote in the lyrics to “Marathon,” one of Rush’s most powerful songs, “if you don’t burn out too fast.”) That was one of his signatures as a drummer, too, cramming an improbable amount of rhythmic information into each bar of music; he made his living by pushing the limits of time. Beautiful. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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