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Neil Peart - Maybe the greatest drummer ever?
Posted on 4/8/12 at 10:06 pm
Posted on 4/8/12 at 10:06 pm
If there is one better please provide your argument. For me, I have been to 4 Rush Concerts and his solos always kept my attention. It was because of him that I bought a set of drums in 1981 but didn't have enough rhythm or time to get into it.
Drum Solo
Drum Solo
This post was edited on 4/9/12 at 9:07 pm
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Posted on 4/8/12 at 10:18 pm to Shalimar Sid
this shite again?
no one gives a frick about drum solos. its a meaningless piece in music.
no one gives a frick about drum solos. its a meaningless piece in music.
Posted on 4/8/12 at 10:31 pm to Shalimar Sid
Posted on 4/8/12 at 10:33 pm to Shalimar Sid
How many drummers does it take to change a light bulb?
Five. One to change it, and the other four to stand around and talk about how much better Neil Peart would have done it
Five. One to change it, and the other four to stand around and talk about how much better Neil Peart would have done it
Posted on 4/8/12 at 10:59 pm to Shalimar Sid
I prefer Keith Moon, if only because he was never in Rush and hated drum solos
Posted on 4/9/12 at 12:17 am to Shalimar Sid
Posted on 4/9/12 at 6:31 am to Shalimar Sid
frick, not this shite again. Neil peart is the most overrated drummer in the history of music.
Posted on 4/9/12 at 6:52 am to Shalimar Sid
IMO there are no bad drummers...
High school band drummers, high school local band drummers, college band drummers, college local band drummers, touring mid-level band drummers, drummers from as far back as you can remember (30's, 40's, 50's, et. al.) are all very good. Many are great.
Drumming is a natural expression of rhythm in humans. It has been practiced throughout the ages. The more one practices, the better the quality of drumming that is offered & observed by others!
All people have this innate drumming ability.
Neil Peart is a great drummer. But there are and have been many great drummers. To proclaim him the greatest drummer ever is highly subjective. Since there have many great drummers through the ages, why don't you tell us about the criteria on which you base your claim of "Neil Peart - The greatest drummer ever"...
Rather than ask:
Neil Peart in your 2004 example is behind (and in front of) 15-17 drums, 9-11 cymbals and 2-4 other musical attachments. High school, college, touring, other famous bands (think Ringo Starr of the Beatles) didn't have these 30 drumming devices. BTW, they didn't need them. Playing up to 30 devices does not make a person "The greatest drummer ever". Seriously...
Buddy Rich and Sandy Nelson (just to name a few of the past greats) didn't need 30 drumming devices to be "great"...
Sandy Nelson Last 3 min. are emotional and not music...
High school band drummers, high school local band drummers, college band drummers, college local band drummers, touring mid-level band drummers, drummers from as far back as you can remember (30's, 40's, 50's, et. al.) are all very good. Many are great.
Drumming is a natural expression of rhythm in humans. It has been practiced throughout the ages. The more one practices, the better the quality of drumming that is offered & observed by others!
All people have this innate drumming ability.
Neil Peart is a great drummer. But there are and have been many great drummers. To proclaim him the greatest drummer ever is highly subjective. Since there have many great drummers through the ages, why don't you tell us about the criteria on which you base your claim of "Neil Peart - The greatest drummer ever"...
Rather than ask:
quote:
If there is one better please provide your argument.
Neil Peart in your 2004 example is behind (and in front of) 15-17 drums, 9-11 cymbals and 2-4 other musical attachments. High school, college, touring, other famous bands (think Ringo Starr of the Beatles) didn't have these 30 drumming devices. BTW, they didn't need them. Playing up to 30 devices does not make a person "The greatest drummer ever". Seriously...
Buddy Rich and Sandy Nelson (just to name a few of the past greats) didn't need 30 drumming devices to be "great"...
Sandy Nelson Last 3 min. are emotional and not music...
Posted on 4/9/12 at 8:09 am to Shalimar Sid
I am a huge Rush fan and have been obsessed with Neil for a long time, but I just can't call him the best ever when you exclude people like:
Gavin Harrison
Gavin Harrison on Letterman's Drum Solo Week
Morgan Agren:
Fredrik Thordendal and Morgan Agren - Sol Niger Within
Tomas Haake:
Meshuggah - Bleed
Zach Hill:
Zach Hill practicing pure speed
Zach Hill (feat. Les Claypool) - Astrological Straits
Igor Cavalera
Igor and Max Cavalera - Refuse/Resist (Max got confused on the first verse)
Joe Tomino
Dub Trio - Cool Out and Coexist
Now, I'm not implying that any of these guys are better than Neil, but arguments can be made. There is just an upper echelon, and a bunch of guys with differing styles in that group. You also have to throw in some of the old funk drummers, Buddy Rich, Carl Palmer, Keith Moon, Tony Royster, Jr., and more I'm sure that I'm forgetting.
Gavin Harrison
Gavin Harrison on Letterman's Drum Solo Week
Morgan Agren:
Fredrik Thordendal and Morgan Agren - Sol Niger Within
Tomas Haake:
Meshuggah - Bleed
Zach Hill:
Zach Hill practicing pure speed
Zach Hill (feat. Les Claypool) - Astrological Straits
Igor Cavalera
Igor and Max Cavalera - Refuse/Resist (Max got confused on the first verse)
Joe Tomino
Dub Trio - Cool Out and Coexist
Now, I'm not implying that any of these guys are better than Neil, but arguments can be made. There is just an upper echelon, and a bunch of guys with differing styles in that group. You also have to throw in some of the old funk drummers, Buddy Rich, Carl Palmer, Keith Moon, Tony Royster, Jr., and more I'm sure that I'm forgetting.
This post was edited on 4/9/12 at 8:10 am
Posted on 4/9/12 at 12:58 pm to Shalimar Sid
Vinnie Paul, and because I said so.
Posted on 4/9/12 at 6:10 pm to Shalimar Sid
Posted on 4/9/12 at 8:01 pm to Shalimar Sid
Posted on 4/9/12 at 10:36 pm to Shalimar Sid
Listen to Tool's Forty-Six and Two and you will change your mind.
Posted on 4/9/12 at 10:47 pm to Shalimar Sid
quote:
Neil Peart - Maybe the greatest drummer ever?
I think he's world class but not greatest ever
Lots of old jazz drummers would smoke him IMO
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