Re: Neil Peart announces his retirement
By: Josh Ramsey to Nightfox on Tue Dec 08 2015 02:25 pm
> Re: Neil Peart announces his retirement
> By: Nightfox to All on Mon Dec 07 2015 07:20 pm
>
> Ni> Rush drummer Neil Peart has announced his retirement. IMO he is one of
> Ni> rock music's best drummers. He has shared his awesome talent for 40
> Ni> years.
>
> Though he's definitely earned his retirement, it still sucks. I saw Rush on
> all their tours since 2002 EXCEPT R40. (Ugh! Of course it's the last chance
> to see Peart in that context that I miss.)
>
> I do have to agree on him being (easily) amongst the best in rock. He's one
> of the few who could do simply mind-blowing stuff, both technically and
> theatrically, and at the same time keep things musical, never becoming
> "clinical." That's something I'm sad I'll never get to see again.
I went over-budget on Rush tickets for R40 so I could see them "one last time"
up close and personal and it was awesome (brought my oldest daughter, for her
first concert). I'm prepared for the possibility that that was the last time
I'll ever see Rush or Neil play, but I truly hope it's not.
I read the article (it's "gone viral" as they say) and it doesn't seem to
amount to an official announcment of retirement. I know Geddy and Alex seem
still up for doing more stuff and I think there's the definite possiblity that
Neil will feel the need to do some drumming again in the future, though,
possibly not at the same scale (e.g. world-touring) or possibly not with Rush
(?!?) - but I remain hopeful there will be at least one more album from the 3
of them and perhaps a chance to see them play together live again.
digital man
Synchronet "Real Fact" #9:
The name "DOVE-Net" was suggested by King Drafus (sysop of The Beast's Domain).
Norco, CA WX: 79.9°F, 20.0% humidity, 0 mph SE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs
---
■ Synchronet ■ Vertrauen ■ Home of Synchronet ■ telnet://vert.synchro.net
|
