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Post by talkingheads on Jan 10, 2020 22:15:56 GMT
Not sure how many Rush fans reside here but personally I count Rush amount my favourite bands and Peart one of the greatest drummers ever to pick up the sticks. I don't normally feel personally affected by public figures but I'm genuinely upset. Going to listen to a lot of Rush in the coming days.
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Post by NeilVHughes on Jan 10, 2020 23:10:17 GMT
Sad news, one of the best live bands ever driven by the genius of Peart, not only a phenomenal percussionist but also a great lyricists and writer.
The whole wide world
An endless universe
Yet we keep looking through
The eyeglass in reverse
Don't feed the people
But we feed the machines
Always loved playing Rush songs in the covers band years ago as they were always on the edge of my ability and were instrumental in my love/hate relationship with odd time signatures.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2020 16:02:15 GMT
I obviously knew about Rush but was never really into their music. A work colleague I know told me he was a huge fan in the early 90's and used to go on about them a lot. He'd always see them on tour when they came to Birmingham. I can remember being impressed that they had been going 20 odd years when he talked about them but in the end they lasted over 45 years.
I heard a lot what a great live band they were often playing 3 hour shows and were still a huge live draw until they disbanded. They always played the big UK arenas right to the end.
They were all clearly superb musicians and Neil was an amazing drummer plus I never knew he was such a great lyricist too.
He'll be sadly missed. Ironically I only heard that they had disbanded a couple of weeks ago when talking to someone else about music and it came up that he was a Rush fan and had seen them on their last tour. I didn't keep up with the band and only tended to see stuff about them when new releases or tours were advertised.
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Post by bee on Jan 13, 2020 18:43:06 GMT
I first saw Rush at the Glasgow Apollo in 1979, and from then on saw them pretty much every time they came to the UK, the last time being 2013 at The O2. Really knocked me for six when I saw this on Twitter on Friday night. I had no idea he was Ill. A great drummer and an intelligent, thoughtful lyricist, who had to deal with a lot of personal tragedy (his daughter and and wife died within a few months of each other a some time ago). The biographical movie "Beyond the Lighted Stage" which came out a few years ago was a great insight into the history of a band who all seemed to remain friends throughout their career. No dramas or egos, just a nice group of guys who enjoyed creating music together.
RIP Neal and thanks for all the great music and memories.
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