Listen, this is a great solo, and you should watch it. But everyone reacts to this one. In my own opinion, a much better solo to react to is Neil Peart at the Buddy Rich tribute in the 90s. It’s utterly fantastic.
For non drummers oh, the Buddy Rich tribute is not as Dynamic where impressive although I do agree with you that it is a work of art in of itself because he is the one drummer that evening that was doing his utmost not sound like himself but rather to play truly in the style of Buddy.
@@MARSHOMEWORLD I agree. The Frankfurht and Rio solos are definitely good to both the casual observer and the seasoned drummer. The Buddy Rich tribute is still fun for all, but there are nuances there that seem mundane to casual viewer, but drummers take notice of. Some are in the way he channels Buddy, and some are techniques/patterns that are more difficult than they appear. Heck, even in this video most reactors don't even know how the vDrums work, that Neil triggers the video sequence, or that the tambourine pattern is on his left foot.
Rush took their music very seriously but not themselves so seriously so that is why they had the dryers on stage. Geddy did it as a joke to visually balance the stage because Alex had a huge amp stack on his side. What's more, the machines were coin-operated laundromat style and when they would stop someone from the crew would come out on stage and put more money in them and start them again, even in the middle of the band playing. On another tour instead of dryers, they had rotisserie chicken roasters like you would find in the deli section of a large grocery store. In that case one of the crew would come out on stage in a chicken suit and casually baste the roasting chicken while the band was playing. This is is Spirit of Radio from the Snakes and Arrows tour where you can see an example of that. th-cam.com/video/QuL_euRslTc/w-d-xo.html
Neil did not consider this to be one of his best solos as he was dealing with the flu at the time. Looks pretty awesome to me. Another drum solo is Where's my thing/Here it is live in Dallas. The dryers were to balance out the large stack of amps that Alex still had after Geddy started running his sound through the system differently. Sometimes it was a wall of rotisserie chickens, vending machines, popcorn machines. The guys have a real sense of humour and Alex is a lovable goofball! They would love to do skits for before the show. check out Rash the real history of Rush episode two which leads into The Spirit of Radio. Alex is in a fat suit. Also, Dinner with Rush where the whole dinner is filled with a lot of wine and a lot of jokes. Cheers
THAT WAS THEIR 30TH ANNIVERSARY JOHN, INSANELYYYY AMAZINGGGG, SKILLS AND TALENT WERE OFF THE CHART FOR THIS GUY!😊 YEAH THE WASHING MACHINES WERE SETUP AT THEIR SHOWS 😊HE SET OUT TO BE THE ABSOLUTE BEST AND HE SURELYYYY ACCOMPLISHED THAT GOAL! HE IS SORELY MISSED FOR SURE🙃
Firs in this show he had a flu with high fever. Neil used to work with D&W company on any part of his kit drums any time to create his unique sound and allows innovate something new, he also changed his grip form Mach to traditional grip like in jazz.
The drum kit is a hybrid kit. The Acoustic drums are Drum Workshop. The electric kit is Roland V-Drums Neil also used Roland foot triggers. The kit also has a Midi mallet. The electric part of the kit is connected to a rack full of synthesizers and samplers. All sounds are being played or triggered by Neil. The jazz part of the piece including all the saxophones, trumpets and other brass instruments. This actually was the halfway part of a three hour concert.
Personally, my favorite drum solo of his was his live performance on "Exit Stage Left" that comes at the end of "YYZ." It is much shorter and predates his inclusion of electronic drums; however, it was (IMHO) his most lyrical and complete drum solo. What he was displaying in this solo were skills he developed later in his career to completely separate his hands and his feet. In one section of this solo he was playing a waltz 3/4 with his feet, and 16th and 32nd note patterns over it with his hands. Technically challenging to say the very least.
That Big Band feel at the end of the solo, is a knod to Freddie Gruber. The Professor, later on in his career went to Freddie to ask for help, tightening up his chops😲Humility was another great trate...of a great Man! Spread the love Brother😎🇺🇸
The washer and dryer are there because the band would put ridiculous things on the crew's stage list just so they could make sure they read it. It ended up to be a joke because the crew would actually put the items on the stage. I believe the dryers were first on the Vapor Trails tour in the very early nineties. I saw them here in Vancouver and the washer and dryer were on the stage, then it just got out of control and became part of the set each and every show moving forward. I love it!
The Drum Master Drumming has the power to unite people, no matter how varied their language or cultural background might be. On a recent trek through Africa, Neil Peart had a singular experience that proved just that. "I was in Gambia, walking through a small village, and I heard the sound of a drum. So of course I was curious! I looked into a compound and I could hear the drumming coming from a curtained room. I walked up to a woman doing laundry in front of the room. She could see my interest in the sound, so she waved me to go in. Inside I found a young, white missionary from a nearby Catholic school. Sitting across from him was the commanding presence of the local drum master. He was attempting to show the missionary how to play any kind of beat. The missionary was trying as hard as he could, but he wasn't having a lot of success." After a time the drum master, frustrated by the missionary's lack of ability, noticed the other man who had come into the room. The master had no idea who this person was, but he thought to himself, "Why not see if he can play?" According to Peart, what happened next was fascinating. "The drum master gestured to me to try and play a rhythm. So we began playing together, and he started smiling because he could tell I had a rhythm - maybe not his rhythm, but a rhythm of some kind. We were playing and playing, building the intensity, and little kids started coming in, laughing at the white man playing drums. Then a few women came into the room, and everybody began dancing to our beat! The master and I even started trading fours. It wasn't a spoken thing, but he could tell that I would lay out and listen to what he was doing for a certain amount of time, and then he would do the same. It was just a magical moment." When they finished, a confused and startled missionary ran up to Peart and asked, "How can you do that?" Chuckling to himself, Neil politely responded, "I'm in the business." World Inspiration Neil's love of bicycling and travel is well known - it's almost the stuff of legend. While on tour with Rush he's been known to avoid the tour bus and bike to the next town and venue. When not on the road with Rush, he has taken his bike to the four corners of the globe, including Europe, mainland China, and Africa. Upon entering Peart's Toronto home, one is immediately struck by the fact that this man has seen and experienced locales most people can't imagine. "Here's a prized possession of mine," he says proudly, showing a raw-metal sculpture standing about ten inches high and resembling a tribal version of Rodin's "The Thinker." "It's from Africa. It weighs about twenty pounds, and I had to carry it a hundred miles on my bike. but it was worth it." Neil's passion for authentic African art is obvious. Unique drums, with their rich, hand-carved elegance, are displayed in his home with reverence. Original Chinese gongs decorate a few of the walls. The decor hints at the fact that a drummer lives in the house, shouts at the fact that a word traveler resides there. Peart's love of travel is obvious, but does actually going to other parts of the world inspire him musically? "First of all, I think travel is very important for any person," he insists. "It's affected me enormously, and I'm sure it filters down to my work. Africa is not an abstraction to me anymore - neither is China. They're places I've experienced, places where I've met people, made friends - and just broadened my thinking. "I've written lyrics that were directly influenced by my travels abroad. In a drumming sense, I've had some interesting experiences in different countries, experiences that may not directly affect the way I play drums, but that certainly inspire my feelings about drumming. And I've gotten very interested in hand drumming. Lately I've been working on playing the djembe." One way Peart's wanderlust has directly affected the sound of his drums is through sampling. "One of the small drums I brought from China is an antique that's too fragile to play. So I took it and a few of the other delicate instruments that I own and sampled them - along with many of my other instruments like my temple blocks and glockenspiel. I've built up a huge library of sounds, and they've made their way onto our albums in many of the different patterns I play." A particular pattern Neil has recorded that demonstrates the value of "world inspiration" comes from Rush's last album, Roll The Bones. "On that record we had a song called 'Heresy' that had a drum pattern I heard when I was in Togo. I was laying on a rooftop one night and heard two drummers playing in the next valley, and the rhythm stuck in my head. When we started working on the song I realized that beat would complement it well."
Never mind the washing machines: wait 'till you see the rotisserie chicken fryers! [ they also had fridges and other props over time...not all on Geddy's side. ] Alex ended with 60+ Barbie Dolls around his foot-pedal setup., courtesy mostly of the roadies. The "Time Machine" tour was heavily steam-punk themed. Geddy had old motorcycle mirrors fixed to his keyboard so he could see(?) Neil without turning. Joke. They always felt that only 3 guys on stage was visually insufficient, but as they grew in popularity with commensurate increases in audience and physical stage setups, they replaced the gyrations of youth with visual objects. ] p/s: HIGHLY recommend an interview with Alex & Geddy released only this past weekend if you want to catch the mist, catch the myth, catch the mystery, catch the drift and get a sense of their intelligence, humour and origins. ACT NOW!! As a bonus, you'll also catch the witness, catch the wit, catch the spirit, catch the spit of the remnants of RUSH as they live and breathe in the present tense!* *[ Limited time offer: some restrictions may apply (see below for link) th-cam.com/video/-U0mnz__iUg/w-d-xo.html
I heard be drum teacher react to this and say Neil wasn’t the greatest drummer, but he may have been one of the greatest drum composers. That sounds appropriate, and something Neil would be proud to accept as a compliment…maybe. Also, if you want to see Buddy Rich, one of Neil’s idols, in action (he was the last drummer featured in the projected images during Neil’s last swing section), check out Impossible Drum Solo. Rumour is that Buddy actually suffered a heart attack during the solo. Urban myth? You decide. th-cam.com/video/3536n4o5OBo/w-d-xo.html
You want unique? I have been to 21 concerts in their hometown and have watched the progression ot the stage and for the last concert they had roadies rearranging the stage during the show, present to past, till.the encore was two amps and stands with a retactable gym basketball hoop and a mirror ball
Yeah the washing machines are a joke because back in our day, you had marshal stacks back there and you brought them to every venue. Today you have wireless and the venues all have 1000x the sound systems from even a couple decades ago. But Alex couldn't stand not having his wall of sound behind him so he brought stacks to fill the background. Geddy made light of it by adding the washing machines because they were every bit as necessary as the stacks behind Alex. Later it was popcorn machine and later a chicken rotisserie
Just a suggestion: keep the dog barking as part of your show,very unique. Also, I'm a brand new sub & and a huge dog lover so I figure if you have one that's just another reason to like you. First time I saw them (1980) before they came on behind them was a huge screen & all of a sudden a 100 ft. high pictures of the 3 Stooges & their theme song playing which sequel into "Tom Sawyer"!
I forget who said it- y'all other commenters are free to educate me, PLEASE! - but the best quote about The Perfessor is this: 'He's your favorite drummer's favorite drummer.' Easily the most influential percussionist in the Rock n Roll Era. And he never thought of himself as 'the best,' never let the fans' opinions, or magazine articles, etc, get to his head. He only wanted to improve himself. Every so often, he'd go to a drum teacher, just to get back to basics. Maybe he'd re-learn old rhythms, styles, methods. Maybe he'd pick up something new to incorporate into his own style and writing. Bizarrely, it reminds me of Bruce Lee's philosophy behind Jeet Kun Do: 'take what is useful to you, discard that which is useless to you. Jeet Kun Do is not a style of fighting, but a style of learning.' And of all the things Rush, and Bruce Lee, have taught me, that's the most important lesson I've learned: to always be open to new ideas; NEVER stop learning.
Be aware....Neil was influenced heavily by drummers Keith Moon, and Bonzo, but he was also a big fan of Buddy Rich.....hence the ending from "Cottontail".
There are so many great Peart drum solos, if you're so inclined. The instrumental Where's My Thing?/Here It Is! live in Dallas has a great drum solo. Peart was always learning, always challenging himself. He studied jazz in the early 90's under Freddie Gruber, and put together a Buddy Rich tribute album (legendary jazz drummer and bandleader). One of my favorites Peart solos is from a tribue perfomace of Cotton Tail with the Buddy Rich Big Band (link below). In fact, the part at the very end of this Frankfurt solo is the end of Cotton Tail. Another interesting fact, after studying jazz, Peart recorded the 1996 Test for Echo album with traditional grip in order to perfect and incorporate the new techniques he'd learned. th-cam.com/video/aT9333XiR4U/w-d-xo.html
I have heard that the laundry machines were a jab at a critic that said watching their live show was as entertaining as watching your laundry dry. I saw them live twice and I totally disagree!!!
Funny how everyone reacts to this solo. One that he wasn't impressed with as he was under the weather for this performance. I always thought one of his finest solos was on the 'Test 4 Echo' tour.
Noticed this in previous videos but it is sort of reached critical mass this time. During the beginning of the solo,, The sound of you tapping on whatever surface is close to you is being transferred through your microphone and the end result this time is less Neil peart's drum solo and more like a collaboration between the two of you that does not work. Not to sound like a harsh douchebag, because I think your channel is very inspired and your enthusiasm for discovering new music is awesome and infectious. But time to get some insulation or find a way to isolate the area underneath that microphone. Cheers little technical improvements like that are cheap and go a long way towards improving the overall quality of the channel. Yep those are washing machines because Getty discovered going direct into the PA around the 90s or so and stop using base amplifiers on stage by-and-large. So he started having things on his side of the stage to match Alex's wall of amplifiers. There have been chicken Roasters, laundry machines, vending machines Etc.. and of course because Canadian humor is, well, what it is... not only are those laundry machines Mike but they are Mike with extremely, and let me reiterate extremely expensive Telefunken u-47 studio microphones. Because... Rush.
John: So glad you're getting into Rush!! Like everyone here, I'm a huge Rush fan over many decades (and former roadie and soundman). Please react to 2112 (if you have and I missed it, I apologize! But I don't think you have yet). One other thing, since I just recently found your channel, I don't know where or how best to recommend other bands for you to listen to, so I'm going to take a shot here. You REALLY should take a listen to Porcupine Tree (and its founder's solo work - Steven Wilson). The guys in Rush are (were in Neil's case) big, big fans. In fact the first song that I recommend by them is a song off their great 2007 Album (Fear of a Blank Planet) called Anesthesize. Alex Lifeson had really gotten into them by then, and actually CALLED Steven Wilson to see if he could do a solo on one of the songs for the album. Steven of course said "Yes!" And so at the 4:00 minute mark of that song is a guitar solo by none other than: Alex Lifeson. Also, Neil was very good friends with Porcupine Tree's drummer Gavin Harrison (who's pretty damn amazing himself). In fact, when David Letterman went off the air, that last week was Drummer's Week and the last two drummers for that week were: Gavin Harrison, followed by Neil Peart. Anyway, I cannot encourage (beg?) you enough to PLEASE, PLEASE REACT TO "ANESTHETIZE" by Porcupine Tree. I say start with studio or album version first, but some fans disagree with me on that and recommend the Live Version. (The studio obviously has Alex's solo on it though, so I would say start with the album of that song). Anyway, please, please consider it!! Great channel!! And do 2112 next if you keep on doing Rush!!
Frankly as a professional drummer for many years this was boring me after about 90 seconds. I much prefer Ringo Star and John Bonham. Lots of hits signifying nothing. Technical genius creative purgatory. Ringo said more in any of several recordings than Pert did in this entire solo. Buddy Rich was more technical and creative. Way over rated IMO. Yawn
why to waste the time on drum solo wen u have so mant amazing songs to hear damn this solo and damn to all people that ask for this. god damn it ppl there is alot of rush songs out there who cares about boring drum solo or to see them eat and talk. if somone ask u to see rush dinner say to them no ty
Neil Peart was always said to be " your favorite drummers favorite drummer."
And that’s why they call him “The Professor”! Best drummer ever!! Stay well and God bless… from Texas!!
Listen, this is a great solo, and you should watch it. But everyone reacts to this one. In my own opinion, a much better solo to react to is Neil Peart at the Buddy Rich tribute in the 90s. It’s utterly fantastic.
#Facts 😉
For non drummers oh, the Buddy Rich tribute is not as Dynamic where impressive although I do agree with you that it is a work of art in of itself because he is the one drummer that evening that was doing his utmost not sound like himself but rather to play truly in the style of Buddy.
That is a great solo also!
This isn’t Frankfurt. This is RIO.
@@MARSHOMEWORLD I agree. The Frankfurht and Rio solos are definitely good to both the casual observer and the seasoned drummer.
The Buddy Rich tribute is still fun for all, but there are nuances there that seem mundane to casual viewer, but drummers take notice of. Some are in the way he channels Buddy, and some are techniques/patterns that are more difficult than they appear.
Heck, even in this video most reactors don't even know how the vDrums work, that Neil triggers the video sequence, or that the tambourine pattern is on his left foot.
you watch dinner with rush and you'll see they have a strong sense of humor.
To have seen him in person was just amazing! RIP Neil. Yes, they are washing machines, they gave Geddy a cleaner sound!
"Look at him" .. That's what everyone always said! Lol. RIP Neil Peart, the King of percussion. 🇬🇧
Rush took their music very seriously but not themselves so seriously so that is why they had the dryers on stage. Geddy did it as a joke to visually balance the stage because Alex had a huge amp stack on his side. What's more, the machines were coin-operated laundromat style and when they would stop someone from the crew would come out on stage and put more money in them and start them again, even in the middle of the band playing. On another tour instead of dryers, they had rotisserie chicken roasters like you would find in the deli section of a large grocery store. In that case one of the crew would come out on stage in a chicken suit and casually baste the roasting chicken while the band was playing. This is is Spirit of Radio from the Snakes and Arrows tour where you can see an example of that. th-cam.com/video/QuL_euRslTc/w-d-xo.html
I like how you are saying awesome drumming; and then: Wait a minute, is that a washing machine there?
Keep in mind a typical Rush concert is between 2 1/2 to 3 hours long and for Neil to play at that level is amazing in itself..
Neil did not consider this to be one of his best solos as he was dealing with the flu at the time. Looks pretty awesome to me.
Another drum solo is Where's my thing/Here it is live in Dallas.
The dryers were to balance out the large stack of amps that Alex still had after Geddy started running his sound through the system differently. Sometimes it was a wall of rotisserie chickens, vending machines, popcorn machines. The guys have a real sense of humour and Alex is a lovable goofball! They would love to do skits for before the show. check out Rash the real history of Rush episode two which leads into The Spirit of Radio. Alex is in a fat suit. Also, Dinner with Rush where the whole dinner is filled with a lot of wine and a lot of jokes. Cheers
Gave this video a like 30 seconds in, just for pronouncing Neil's last name correctly! Great job!🤙
THAT WAS THEIR 30TH ANNIVERSARY JOHN, INSANELYYYY AMAZINGGGG, SKILLS AND TALENT WERE OFF THE CHART FOR THIS GUY!😊 YEAH THE WASHING MACHINES WERE SETUP AT THEIR SHOWS 😊HE SET OUT TO BE THE ABSOLUTE BEST AND HE SURELYYYY ACCOMPLISHED THAT GOAL! HE IS SORELY MISSED FOR SURE🙃
seen this so many times. you know what is the best Neil Peart solo? every single song he ever did. Or just YYZ.
6yr old Neil got a 4pc drum set for Christmas. He said, I’ll take a few more of these.
Firs in this show he had a flu with high fever. Neil used to work with D&W company on any part of his kit drums any time to create his unique sound and allows innovate something new, he also changed his grip form Mach to traditional grip like in jazz.
The drum kit is a hybrid kit. The Acoustic drums are Drum Workshop. The electric kit is Roland V-Drums Neil also used Roland foot triggers. The kit also has a Midi mallet. The electric part of the kit is connected to a rack full of synthesizers and samplers. All sounds are being played or triggered by Neil. The jazz part of the piece including all the saxophones, trumpets and other brass instruments. This actually was the halfway part of a three hour concert.
Personally, my favorite drum solo of his was his live performance on "Exit Stage Left" that comes at the end of "YYZ." It is much shorter and predates his inclusion of electronic drums; however, it was (IMHO) his most lyrical and complete drum solo. What he was displaying in this solo were skills he developed later in his career to completely separate his hands and his feet. In one section of this solo he was playing a waltz 3/4 with his feet, and 16th and 32nd note patterns over it with his hands. Technically challenging to say the very least.
That Big Band feel at the end of the solo, is a knod to Freddie Gruber. The Professor, later on in his career went to Freddie to ask for help, tightening up his chops😲Humility was another great trate...of a great Man! Spread the love Brother😎🇺🇸
The washer and dryer are there because the band would put ridiculous things on the crew's stage list just so they could make sure they read it. It ended up to be a joke because the crew would actually put the items on the stage. I believe the dryers were first on the Vapor Trails tour in the very early nineties. I saw them here in Vancouver and the washer and dryer were on the stage, then it just got out of control and became part of the set each and every show moving forward. I love it!
The Drum Master
Drumming has the power to unite people, no matter how varied their language or cultural background might be. On a recent trek through Africa, Neil Peart had a singular experience that proved just that. "I was in Gambia, walking through a small village, and I heard the sound of a drum. So of course I was curious! I looked into a compound and I could hear the drumming coming from a curtained room. I walked up to a woman doing laundry in front of the room. She could see my interest in the sound, so she waved me to go in. Inside I found a young, white missionary from a nearby Catholic school. Sitting across from him was the commanding presence of the local drum master. He was attempting to show the missionary how to play any kind of beat. The missionary was trying as hard as he could, but he wasn't having a lot of success."
After a time the drum master, frustrated by the missionary's lack of ability, noticed the other man who had come into the room. The master had no idea who this person was, but he thought to himself, "Why not see if he can play?" According to Peart, what happened next was fascinating. "The drum master gestured to me to try and play a rhythm. So we began playing together, and he started smiling because he could tell I had a rhythm - maybe not his rhythm, but a rhythm of some kind. We were playing and playing, building the intensity, and little kids started coming in, laughing at the white man playing drums. Then a few women came into the room, and everybody began dancing to our beat! The master and I even started trading fours. It wasn't a spoken thing, but he could tell that I would lay out and listen to what he was doing for a certain amount of time, and then he would do the same. It was just a magical moment." When they finished, a confused and startled missionary ran up to Peart and asked, "How can you do that?" Chuckling to himself, Neil politely responded, "I'm in the business."
World Inspiration
Neil's love of bicycling and travel is well known - it's almost the stuff of legend. While on tour with Rush he's been known to avoid the tour bus and bike to the next town and venue. When not on the road with Rush, he has taken his bike to the four corners of the globe, including Europe, mainland China, and Africa.
Upon entering Peart's Toronto home, one is immediately struck by the fact that this man has seen and experienced locales most people can't imagine. "Here's a prized possession of mine," he says proudly, showing a raw-metal sculpture standing about ten inches high and resembling a tribal version of Rodin's "The Thinker." "It's from Africa. It weighs about twenty pounds, and I had to carry it a hundred miles on my bike. but it was worth it." Neil's passion for authentic African art is obvious. Unique drums, with their rich, hand-carved elegance, are displayed in his home with reverence. Original Chinese gongs decorate a few of the walls. The decor hints at the fact that a drummer lives in the house, shouts at the fact that a word traveler resides there. Peart's love of travel is obvious, but does actually going to other parts of the world inspire him musically? "First of all, I think travel is very important for any person," he insists. "It's affected me enormously, and I'm sure it filters down to my work. Africa is not an abstraction to me anymore - neither is China. They're places I've experienced, places where I've met people, made friends - and just broadened my thinking.
"I've written lyrics that were directly influenced by my travels abroad. In a drumming sense, I've had some interesting experiences in different countries, experiences that may not directly affect the way I play drums, but that certainly inspire my feelings about drumming. And I've gotten very interested in hand drumming. Lately I've been working on playing the djembe."
One way Peart's wanderlust has directly affected the sound of his drums is through sampling. "One of the small drums I brought from China is an antique that's too fragile to play. So I took it and a few of the other delicate instruments that I own and sampled them - along with many of my other instruments like my temple blocks and glockenspiel. I've built up a huge library of sounds, and they've made their way onto our albums in many of the different patterns I play."
A particular pattern Neil has recorded that demonstrates the value of "world inspiration" comes from Rush's last album, Roll The Bones. "On that record we had a song called 'Heresy' that had a drum pattern I heard when I was in Togo. I was laying on a rooftop one night and heard two drummers playing in the next valley, and the rhythm stuck in my head. When we started working on the song I realized that beat would complement it well."
Boy do I miss this guy
You can watch Neil play drums by himself. Just ask your phone. Lmao!! They were so much kick ass fun!
Q: 🤔 What do 🎛️ Drum Machines want to be when they grow up?
A: 🤗 Neil Peart aka 🥁 The Professor! 😔 RIP
He is a musical drummer; take note how he melodically supports Getty's vocals........
Never mind the washing machines: wait 'till you see the rotisserie chicken fryers! [ they also had fridges and other props over time...not all on Geddy's side. ]
Alex ended with 60+ Barbie Dolls around his foot-pedal setup., courtesy mostly of the roadies. The "Time Machine" tour was heavily steam-punk themed. Geddy had old motorcycle mirrors fixed to his keyboard so he could see(?) Neil without turning. Joke. They always felt that only 3 guys on stage was visually insufficient, but as they grew in popularity with commensurate increases in audience and physical stage setups, they replaced the gyrations of youth with visual objects. ]
p/s: HIGHLY recommend an interview with Alex & Geddy released only this past weekend if you want to catch the mist, catch the myth, catch the mystery, catch the drift and get a sense of their intelligence, humour and origins.
ACT NOW!! As a bonus, you'll also catch the witness, catch the wit, catch the spirit, catch the spit of the remnants of RUSH as they live and breathe in the present tense!*
*[ Limited time offer: some restrictions may apply (see below for link)
th-cam.com/video/-U0mnz__iUg/w-d-xo.html
I Love it too! RIP Neil
The man the legend 🙌
"Wait. Are those washing machines on the side there?" 😅 Yes, indeed they are.
I heard be drum teacher react to this and say Neil wasn’t the greatest drummer, but he may have been one of the greatest drum composers. That sounds appropriate, and something Neil would be proud to accept as a compliment…maybe.
Also, if you want to see Buddy Rich, one of Neil’s idols, in action (he was the last drummer featured in the projected images during Neil’s last swing section), check out Impossible Drum Solo. Rumour is that Buddy actually suffered a heart attack during the solo. Urban myth? You decide.
th-cam.com/video/3536n4o5OBo/w-d-xo.html
Those that can do, those that can't teach I rest my case
You want unique? I have been to 21 concerts in their hometown and have watched the progression ot the stage and for the last concert they had roadies rearranging the stage during the show, present to past, till.the encore was two amps and stands with a retactable gym basketball hoop and a mirror ball
It is a song! A song without guitars, bass, keyboards and voices but still a song!🥁🤨
Yeah the washing machines are a joke because back in our day, you had marshal stacks back there and you brought them to every venue. Today you have wireless and the venues all have 1000x the sound systems from even a couple decades ago. But Alex couldn't stand not having his wall of sound behind him so he brought stacks to fill the background. Geddy made light of it by adding the washing machines because they were every bit as necessary as the stacks behind Alex. Later it was popcorn machine and later a chicken rotisserie
I always felt the washing machines were an artistic comment about how artists wash their dirty laundry on stage.
Keep 'em coming John.🤘
The washers and dryers are where they hide the other three guys in the band. Lol
Lol you shouldn't be surprised...it's Neil Peart!
note how fast the crossed hands without missing a step
Just a suggestion: keep the dog barking as part of your show,very unique. Also, I'm a brand new sub & and a huge dog lover so I figure if you have one that's just another reason to like you. First time I saw them (1980) before they came on behind them was a huge screen & all of a sudden a 100 ft. high pictures of the 3 Stooges & their theme song playing which sequel into "Tom Sawyer"!
I forget who said it- y'all other commenters are free to educate me, PLEASE! - but the best quote about The Perfessor is this: 'He's your favorite drummer's favorite drummer.'
Easily the most influential percussionist in the Rock n Roll Era. And he never thought of himself as 'the best,' never let the fans' opinions, or magazine articles, etc, get to his head. He only wanted to improve himself. Every so often, he'd go to a drum teacher, just to get back to basics. Maybe he'd re-learn old rhythms, styles, methods. Maybe he'd pick up something new to incorporate into his own style and writing.
Bizarrely, it reminds me of Bruce Lee's philosophy behind Jeet Kun Do: 'take what is useful to you, discard that which is useless to you. Jeet Kun Do is not a style of fighting, but a style of learning.'
And of all the things Rush, and Bruce Lee, have taught me, that's the most important lesson I've learned: to always be open to new ideas; NEVER stop learning.
"Were those washing machines, on the side there).? Those are Marshall Washing Machines! They go up to 11.
My favourite drum solo is rush in rio. He does a much more energetic drum solo from then. I don't rank this as his best drum solo at all.
Dryers.
Be aware....Neil was influenced heavily by drummers Keith Moon, and Bonzo, but he was also a big fan of Buddy Rich.....hence the ending from "Cottontail".
There are so many great Peart drum solos, if you're so inclined. The instrumental Where's My Thing?/Here It Is! live in Dallas has a great drum solo. Peart was always learning, always challenging himself. He studied jazz in the early 90's under Freddie Gruber, and put together a Buddy Rich tribute album (legendary jazz drummer and bandleader). One of my favorites Peart solos is from a tribue perfomace of Cotton Tail with the Buddy Rich Big Band (link below). In fact, the part at the very end of this Frankfurt solo is the end of Cotton Tail. Another interesting fact, after studying jazz, Peart recorded the 1996 Test for Echo album with traditional grip in order to perfect and incorporate the new techniques he'd learned.
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If you want to get a feel for Rush, watch ‘Dinner with Rush’!
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2112, permanent waves.
Bill Bruford and Barriemore Barlow were the best in my books.
Instead of towers of amplifiers Rush did something different. Yes those are wash machines.
Keep in mind that the horns were all played by triggers. Neil had to hit those on top of all the rest going on.
La Village Strangiatto official video… buckle up.
There dryers not washing machines. Imagine having to hook washing machine’s with a water source?? Hello Rush any that CRAZY! RIP Neil🙏
the other 2 did solo albums he didn't. i assume if he had wanted to he would have done it. he wrote books as well as lyrics.
I have heard that the laundry machines were a jab at a critic that said watching their live show was as entertaining as watching your laundry dry. I saw them live twice and I totally disagree!!!
Amongst one of his smaller kits.😏
There's no talking during drum solo's.
Funny how everyone reacts to this solo. One that he wasn't impressed with as he was under the weather for this performance. I always thought one of his finest solos was on the 'Test 4 Echo' tour.
First reactor to comment on grip change
Noticed this in previous videos but it is sort of reached critical mass this time. During the beginning of the solo,, The sound of you tapping on whatever surface is close to you is being transferred through your microphone and the end result this time is less Neil peart's drum solo and more like a collaboration between the two of you that does not work. Not to sound like a harsh douchebag, because I think your channel is very inspired and your enthusiasm for discovering new music is awesome and infectious. But time to get some insulation or find a way to isolate the area underneath that microphone. Cheers little technical improvements like that are cheap and go a long way towards improving the overall quality of the channel. Yep those are washing machines because Getty discovered going direct into the PA around the 90s or so and stop using base amplifiers on stage by-and-large. So he started having things on his side of the stage to match Alex's wall of amplifiers. There have been chicken Roasters, laundry machines, vending machines Etc.. and of course because Canadian humor is, well, what it is... not only are those laundry machines Mike but they are Mike with extremely, and let me reiterate extremely expensive Telefunken u-47 studio microphones. Because... Rush.
I thought he was tapping on the table 😂
John: So glad you're getting into Rush!! Like everyone here, I'm a huge Rush fan over many decades (and former roadie and soundman). Please react to 2112 (if you have and I missed it, I apologize! But I don't think you have yet). One other thing, since I just recently found your channel, I don't know where or how best to recommend other bands for you to listen to, so I'm going to take a shot here. You REALLY should take a listen to Porcupine Tree (and its founder's solo work - Steven Wilson). The guys in Rush are (were in Neil's case) big, big fans. In fact the first song that I recommend by them is a song off their great 2007 Album (Fear of a Blank Planet) called Anesthesize. Alex Lifeson had really gotten into them by then, and actually CALLED Steven Wilson to see if he could do a solo on one of the songs for the album. Steven of course said "Yes!" And so at the 4:00 minute mark of that song is a guitar solo by none other than: Alex Lifeson. Also, Neil was very good friends with Porcupine Tree's drummer Gavin Harrison (who's pretty damn amazing himself). In fact, when David Letterman went off the air, that last week was Drummer's Week and the last two drummers for that week were: Gavin Harrison, followed by Neil Peart. Anyway, I cannot encourage (beg?) you enough to PLEASE, PLEASE REACT TO "ANESTHETIZE" by Porcupine Tree. I say start with studio or album version first, but some fans disagree with me on that and recommend the Live Version. (The studio obviously has Alex's solo on it though, so I would say start with the album of that song). Anyway, please, please consider it!! Great channel!! And do 2112 next if you keep on doing Rush!!
thats a washer and dryer
Is your dog barking?
Quit banging on your desk dude…
Frankly as a professional drummer for many years this was boring me after about 90 seconds. I much prefer Ringo Star and John Bonham. Lots of hits signifying nothing. Technical genius creative purgatory. Ringo said more in any of several recordings than Pert did in this entire solo. Buddy Rich was more technical and creative. Way over rated IMO. Yawn
Why are you hitting a drum OVER a drum solo? Makes it annoying to a listener.
Sorry about that it was my microphone cable hitting against the bar. I've since fixed that issue!
why to waste the time on drum solo wen u have so mant amazing songs to hear
damn this solo and damn to all people that ask for this.
god damn it ppl there is alot of rush songs out there
who cares about boring drum solo
or to see them eat and talk.
if somone ask u to see rush dinner say to them no ty
Your drumming on your table out of time.