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I came here to post that - oddly enough, a student of mine had emailed me to let me know as I'd made a comment about Rush in class just yesterday.

Requiescat in Pace Neil. I'll have to listen to 2112 at least, tonight.

 
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I just read this elsewhere. RIP, Neil. You will be very much missed.

What a loss! Though not my genre, I was so very impressed with his technique and musicianship, I became a fan.
 
Pretty soon there will be very few ... if any ... true musicians left. Soon they’ll all be autotuned acts that couldn’t sing or play and instrument without computerized help.
 
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Pretty soon there will be very few ... if any ... true musicians left. Soon they’ll all be autotuned acts that couldn’t sing or play and instrument without computerized help.
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I know you're probably talking about whatever passes for popular music these days, and I don't know anything about that. But I do know that there are just tons of really amazing young musicians still out there doing their thing. Acoustic music is where it's at.
 
He lost his wife and daughter too. Some years ago.
 
Crazy spooky: I’m not a Rush fan. Geddy’s voice is nails on a chalkboard to me. But YouTube’s algorithm saw fit to toss me down a Rush rabbit hole yesterday. I learned the history of YYZ and the Morse code intro.

Then the dude dies.

Very, very spooky.
 
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Crazy spooky: I’m not a Rush fan. Geddy’s voice is nails on a chalkboard to me. But YouTube’s algorithm saw fit to toss me down a Rush rabbit hole yesterday. I learned the history of YYZ and the Morse code intro.

Then the dude dies.

Very, very spooky.
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Getty’s voice sounds more like a cat getting raped. The drumming, bass lines and complexity let me get right over it.
 
The was/is a Rush documentary on Netflix that’s good.
This is a great interview from “The Professor”, known as a recluse.
 
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"The Professor on the drum kit"...every high school garage band I ever knew, the drummer worshiped this guy. RIP Neil.
 
Doctor SigFan said:
Not my quote but so true...

“He was your favorite drummer’s favorite drummer”

Also a well read deep thinker.
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Man, that's the truth right there. Anthrax's Charlie Benante and Mike Portnoy were posting about Neil yesterday. You could tell those giuys were really affected by his passing.
One of my favorite bands, Allegaeon, did a really good cover of Subdivisions. Check it out.

 
RIP Neil. I spent many days in my High School years blasting Rush.
 
Rush is my all time favorite band. My junior year of high school I think the only thing I listened too were Rush albums.
The theme song of my life is Working Man. My best friends have long ago informed my wife that when I die, on my gravestone will be engraved below my name: "And We called him the working Man".
Behold greatness.


 
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A real gut punch.

Rush is probably my all-time favorite musical group/artist; kinda hard to choose from my top three.
 
Yeah, I’m a big RUSH nerd. Made such a big impact on my life. Being a fan of Neils songs and writings led me to Ayn Rand and kinda set in motion the reading of literally hundreds of books since. Really have him to thank for me own self education to some degree. Funny how a drummer can influence the path of life for some kid from another country.
Not to even mention inspiring me to get a guitar and learn how to play, and how that affected my life.
Was into music and many things, but RUSH was special! Many late nights with other nerds listening to RUSH and playing D&D.
Being a RUSH fan was like loudly proclaiming “I don’t care what’s popular”.

RIP Neil.
 
NKD said:
Yeah, I’m a big RUSH nerd. Made such a big impact on my life. Being a fan of Neils songs and writings led me to Ayn Rand and kinda set in motion the reading of literally hundreds of books since. Really have him to thank for me own self education to some degree. Funny how a drummer can influence the path of life for some kid from another country.
Not to even mention inspiring me to get a guitar and learn how to play, and how that affected my life.
Was into music and many things, but RUSH was special! Many late nights with other nerds listening to RUSH and playing D&D.
Being a RUSH fan was like loudly proclaiming “I don’t care what’s popular”.

RIP Neil.
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listening to Freewill was the equivalent to a semester in a philosophy class.
 
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I saw them back in the 2112 days, have listened to them ever since. one of the tightest 3 piece bands ever. All held together by the beat.
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Saw Rush in GBO Coliseum touring in support of 2112. They did the whole album live on stage with a big screen projected video to go along with the story. We were blown away..."ATTENTION ALL PLANETS OF THE FEDERATION...WE HAVE ASSUMED CONTROL!"
 
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Neil Pearl didn’t play on that song (studio version). He joined the band after the first album.
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He wasn't the original drummer. But I've heard him play it live...multiple times. And he was playing it in concerts before I was born. So...its still Rush.
 
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