Neil Peart dead at 67. He was fighting brain cancer for 3 years.

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Re: Neil Peart
By: The Millionaire to All on Sat Jan 11 2020 02:14 pm

Neil Peart dead at 67. He was fighting brain cancer for 3 years.

Yes, terrible news. :-(

digital man

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Re: Neil Peart
By: Digital Man to The Millionaire on Sat Jan 11 2020 02:45 pm

Neil stands alone! Rush is my favorite band, and I'm still torn up about it. This really has not been a great year, has it?

Re: Neil Peart
By: Analog Kid to Digital Man on Wed Sep 16 2020 11:00 pm

Re: Neil Peart
By: Digital Man to The Millionaire on Sat Jan 11 2020 02:45 pm

Neil stands alone! Rush is my favorite band, and I'm still torn up about it. This really has not been a great year, has it?

No, no it has not been a good year. On Saturday, Neil's birthday, Modern Drummer had a 3 hour (paid) online festival with much/most of it dedicated to Neil's life and legacy. It was good to hear from those close to him and the drummer/fans only knew him through his music and words and the inspiration he gave to them. It was pretty good (especially if you like *lots* of drum solos). I can try to put it online for you to see, if you want.

digital man

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Re: Neil Peart
By: Digital Man to Analog Kid on Thu Sep 17 2020 01:10 am

I would check it out if you decided to share it, no obligation on your part, though, of course.

Re: Re: Neil Peart
By: Analog Kid to Digital Man on Thu Sep 17 2020 05:54 pm

Re: Neil Peart
By: Digital Man to Analog Kid on Thu Sep 17 2020 01:10 am

I would check it out if you decided to share it, no obligation on your part, though, of course.

Should be up about 45 minutes from now: https://youtu.be/YtqPjxUIfL8
Enjoy!

digital man

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Re: Re: Neil Peart
By: Digital Man to Analog Kid on Thu Sep 17 2020 07:06 pm

Should be up about 45 minutes from now: https://youtu.be/YtqPjxUIfL8
Enjoy!

What a nice tribute to Neil. Some of my favorite songs of all time are Rush songs, and all of those songs had lyrics written by him.

"Red Barchetta" is a masterpiece that makes me stop and listen every time it comes on. In fact, I'm listening to it right now...

Down on his farm, my uncle preserved for me an old machine
For fifty odd years.
To keep it as new has been his dearest dream.
...
A brilliant red Barchetta
From a better vanished time

The funny thing is, that time is now.

Sorry for the meandering thoughs. I'm just playing around with the editor and seeing what composing messgaes on this is like. This has got to be the best editor I've ever used on a BBS. Well done.