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Not sure if there has ever been a more influential musician on any instrument. Seems like EVERY drummer is influenced by Peart. If you are a guitarist, you might be influenced by Van Halen, or SRV, or Vai, or Malmstein, or BB King, Jimmi, Clapton...but I don't recall any one particular musician have such a universal influence on virtually ALL drummers like Peart did. Nobody dislikes Peart. I know guitarists who can't stand SRV, Malmstein, and Vai.... I have never heard a single drummer say a disparaging word about Peart.
The cool thing is that if you listen to Rush on a stereo it's pretty cool stuff. But if you put on some good headphones, you will hear something entirely different. There is so much going on that you don't pick up through normal speakers.
All this drumming talk made me go back and rewatch one of the craziest drum deconstruction videos I've ever seen. Meaning no disrespect of the loss of Peart by sidetracking this a bit, but if there are any drum fans that have never seen this then I have a feeling you will thoroughly enjoy it.
It's a deconstruction of Rosetta S.t.o.n.e.d. (censored, really??), focused on the drums but also the rest of the band as well. I always liked the song, but before watching this I didn't realize how ridiculous and intricate the composition was and the genius behind it. Not to mention how impossible it seems Carey's drumming is here.
So sad! Unbelievable at what he did. I always told others with no knowledge of Rush music? Rush is a 3 man orchestra!!! Rest In Peace Neil. 💔
The fills on By-Tor and the Snow Dog rolling from one ear to the other and back again with a good pair of headphones is my favorite example of this.
Cue the 3:48 mark and enjoy for those who haven’t done this recently. His first album recording with the band, no less (Fly By Night). What a debut!
Glad to see this thread's still getting some life.
Agreed on your points, @pgjackson and By-Tor is a great call, @razorachilles.
I've always envisioned they'd live intro live versions of "La Villa Strangiato" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNilsLf6eW4) by saying, "And here's the one where we're just showing off." I've probably listened to it two dozen times the last couple of weeks and have asked myself, "Why did I stop listening to these guys on a regular basis???"
La Villa Strangiato is really peak Rush in terms of musicianship for those guys and that’s saying something! The fact that they would play that thing live start to finish also boggles the mind.
It’s also peak hi-hat work for Peart, IMO. His open hits are pristine on any record but to hit that many that close together on that song and still hit each one so cleanly still defies logic.
if you haven’t seen the documentary “Beyond The alighted Stage” it’s really worth a view. They go into detail about what went into recording Villa and how it almost killed them as a band.
Even if you’re not a a Rush fan per se, it’s a great insight into a band that inspired o many other artists with interviews with everyone from Dave Grohl to Billy Corgan to Gene Simmons. It can be found on Netflix.