Neil Playing (SPOILER)

[JohnRogers]

Nine shows in thus far I've only seen Tulsa, on What You're Doing is Neil putting his own sauce on the song or playing straight up Rutsy?

[JohnRogers]

Really no one here at TRF has sharp insight on this, none of the drummers around here?

 

I'm not familiar enough with the song to tell.

[CaressMySteel]

I can't tell honestly. But I will tell you that WYD was one of the best songs of the show. IMO

[cygnify]

Neil isn't going all "Peart-y" all over it. It's a pretty simple song - it's not like there's alot of room for him to be rolling 16th note triplets down the toms or tom/double kick quads all over it. Comparing it to how he played it on All The World's a Stage - it is actually simplified somewhat (I know he got at least one Peart signature tom run in on ATWAS that he is not playing now.) Overall, they are playing the song at a slightly lower tempo. A couple people mentioned that it sounds too slow - but I disagree. It's by slowing it down a touch that gives it a monstrous groove. Very heavy and it feels great live!

[JohnRogers]

Thanks I found that interesting and the kind of answer I was looking for.

[edwardv2]

Thanks I found that interesting and the kind of answer I was looking for.

As a drummer myself, and having seen bits of each show on Periscope as well as YouTube clips, he's playing it pretty straight. I saw somewhere a comment on a YouTube clip noting how bored he seemed to be druing that partuclar song. If you look at the clip, he kind of rolls his eyes and has a look on his face like "I could do this in my sleep." I'll have to see if I can find that.

[edwardv2]

Thanks I found that interesting and the kind of answer I was looking for.

As a drummer myself, and having seen bits of each show on Periscope as well as YouTube clips, he's playing it pretty straight. I saw somewhere a comment on a YouTube clip noting how bored he seemed to be druing that partuclar song. If you look at the clip, he kind of rolls his eyes and has a look on his face like "I could do this in my sleep." I'll have to see if I can find that.

Here's the clip I was talking about.

 

http://youtu.be/GEvDlJW0p9A

 

Not sure if that's really the case or if he was just goofing around with Alex. Can't tell from that clip.

[JohnRogers]

Thanks I found that interesting and the kind of answer I was looking for.

a comment on a YouTube clip noting how bored he seemed to be druing that partuclar song. If you look at the clip, he kind of rolls his eyes and has a look on his face like "I could do this in my sleep." I'll have to see if I can find that.

That is how he appeared in Tulsa with an occasional grin.