Bill the barbarian Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Farewell Neil Peart, Thanks for the soundtrack to many of my games over the years. This king of drummers not only propelled one of Canada’s greatest rock bands, Rush, but launched many of my games into another plane with tales about heroes slinging guitars against interplanetary despots, and warring trees. He passed away Tuesday, leaving me many memories and the desire to share one of my rock gods with the world! Check his drumming below, his onslaught begins at 40 seconds and ended last Tuesday! There is unrest in the forest There is trouble with the trees For the maples want more sunlight And the oaks ignore their pleas. Simple, yes, but what an awesome beginning, I saw then perform this when i was thirteen, got to see them a few more times and even got to work for them. What a, pardon my saying, RUSH! 5 Quote ... remember, with a TARDIS, one is never late for breakfast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill the barbarian Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 And one more... just for the RUSH! An album later and a f*ck of a lot more sophisticated! 1 1 Quote ... remember, with a TARDIS, one is never late for breakfast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd Dupont Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Down with the Oaks! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill the barbarian Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 Up with the maples! 1 1 Quote ... remember, with a TARDIS, one is never late for breakfast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawrence.whitaker Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Anyone who knows me will tell you that I'm a massive Rush fan. This news saddened and upset me more than I can say; Neil Peart had a huge influence on me, and I have, time and again, sneaked his lyrics into many books I've written as a kind of in-joke. Thank you for posting this, Bill. It's fitting that this community should honour and remember The Professor. 3 1 Quote The Design Mechanism: Publishers of Mythras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dethstrok9 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Neil Pert was an inspiration, as well as one of the greatest drum gods of all time. He will be sorely missed, for his work was closer to the heart. 1 Quote -Voice of the Legion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill the barbarian Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) 14 hours ago, lawrence.whitaker said: Anyone who knows me will tell you that I'm a massive Rush fan. This news saddened and upset me more than I can say; Neil Peart had a huge influence on me, and I have, time and again, sneaked his lyrics into many books I've written as a kind of in-joke. Thank you for posting this, Bill. It's fitting that this community should honour and remember The Professor. I am not sure how one can be a fantasy or sci fi fan and not like Rush and If I made you think happy thoughts sir, even when bearing sad news, it is simply payback for RQ 6! Karma, you get what you give, which means The Professor should have been able to leave quite content in the knowledge he made a lot of people very happy. Edited January 12, 2020 by Bill the barbarian 2 Quote ... remember, with a TARDIS, one is never late for breakfast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prinz Slasar Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) Rush is my favorite band, and even if I don't listen to them everyday I still coming back to their albums quite some times. I discovered them in early 2000s as an university student who was highly alienated from other, "normal" people and a normal lifestyle. Then came Rush: their virtuosity in musicianship, their concept albums, their sound. And Neil Peart and his lyrics: sci-fi, fantasy, sociology, philosophical and psychological topics, the great questions of life, mankind, transcendence. I've bought all of the albums and listened to Rush all day through. I have so many favorite Rush songs from their catalogue and over the decades [but I have to admit that "Vapor Trails" is the last Rush album I really liked]. People often say that Rush is a band for musicians, and even if I'm into prog and artrock, there is so much soul and emotion in Rush's music. If someone ask me to define the band Rush and their music I would say just one word: Grace."When we are youngWandering the face of the earthWondering what our dreams might be worthLearning that we're only immortalFor a limited time" [N. Peart] Edited January 12, 2020 by prinz.slasar 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenwheeldancer Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Rush are the only band that stayed with me since childhood! All the others have appeared and then dropped away. All three of them forsook the typical rock star image by being very sweet people. They are like the Rock version of Nintendo! To me, Neil Peart was the front man. I love them all but he was 50% of Rush. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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