Best drummer in my opinion, and wrote 90% of Rush lyrics. Man was a genius!!!!!!! 🇨🇦

Good ear on Buddy Rich. Neil produced and performed on two Buddy Rich Tribute cd's.

Best part of this? The end when you say "I'm inspired and now I want to go practice!" And the professor lives on.

I've seen this drum solo a zillion times and my lower jaw is still falling on the floor. Every time. At the end, I have to refrain myself from standing up and applause. RIP Neil.

NEIL PEART IS THE TRUTH! Neil is always trying to be the best Neil... Everyone else is trying to be Neil! THE GOAT!

The man was at the top of his game, then went back to study and learned how they swung during the big band era. Then studied even more to gain independence. He's proof that there's always something to learn. The professor was an amazing musician, and man. There's rockstars and then there's people like him.

The dryers were a joke. Rush has been touring since 1970's. At one point, Geddy Lee, the lead singer, bass, keyboards and peddles decided to get rid of his amp stacks and run his sound through the house speakers. The lead guitarist, backing vocals, foot pedals and keyboards, so had his giant stack behind him. Geddy didn't want a big nothing behind him so he started having the stage hands put dryers, popcorn machines, rotisserie chicken ovens etc... behind his side of the stage. Geddy and Alex were best friends from highschool and loved to have a good time. Over a 40 year career, they never forgot their friendship and loved to have fun teasing each other.

So Neil Peart noticed that the drummer for journey had improved his drumming, so 20 years into his career, the band took a year off because Neil wanted to relearn how to drum. He took lessons from the danger drum teacher as Journey's drummer. There's a whole 1.5 hour video with Neil Peart taking about how he relearned his craft and the drum layout is one of those changes. Yes, you did recognize Buddy Rich. Neil studied Buddy Rich and did a while tribute concert of Buddy Rich music. He also spent a year riding his bike across Africa listening to local rhythms and integrated them into his playing.

One last comment. Try 'Xanadu - Exit Stage Left' It's pre-electronic drums and you'll see his full kit... multiple sets of triangles, glockenspiel, wind chimes, full chimes, xylophone, wood blocks etc...

Like you, I am also an African-American and (now part-time) Gospel drummer. Unlike you, I think I am probably 20 years older and I got seriously into Neil and Rush when I was about 14, so it's been north of 35 years. I am SO GLAD that you did that, got to experience this and enjoyed it as much as you did. Your reactions were spot on. He IS in the circular pattern family--derived from Steve Smith by way of their teacher Freddie Gruber. The solo IS in fact in specific pieces and arranged as an actual song. He WAS very influenced by Buddy and spearheaded two multi-drummer tribute albums to him. You couldn't have been more on point. As far as your later statement of, feeling inspired to practice, I have to say this...In many of the churches I've played in I'd get compliments about how 'good' I am. In reality, what I really am is, as I'd describe it, "solidly competent", nothing more. The reason I believe so many of them see it differently is really because I grew up playing with such a Neil-based perspective as well as so deeply in the church. Therefore, I tend to 'hear' and construct drum parts slightly differently than folks would typically expect. The same is probably true for the many rock bands I've been in. I think you'd really love listening to Neil's song work even more. For greater accessibility (sorry old school Rush fans), I'd recommend any album 1980 (Permanent Waves) or later (except Test For Echo) to start.

I love the reactions of people when they see Neil's drumkit for the first time.

Neil said he wasn't blingy but it's okay for his drums to be. The Professor on drums ladies and gentlemen.

It has been said many times before but Neil Peart is your favorite drummer's favorite drummer. R.I.P. to The Professor.

Peart was 52 years old when he performed this solo - 52 not 22 - and that's what makes this performance of his even more amazing! Speed, Dexterity and Creativity - he truly was "The Professor" and the undisputed champ (in my opinion) Krupa and Rich were big influences Check out Peart's kit in "Xanadu" from Exit...Stage Left in 1981 - real sweet set-up

Neil Peart once said: "What is a master but a master student? And if that's true, then there's a responsibility on you to keep getting better and to explore avenues of your profession." ...and that's exactly how he lived. RIP Professor ❤ 🙏🏻

The greatest band of all Time. I have been a fan 40 years. UNIQUE. Neil .R.I.P A Musical Genius and a Humble private man. Respect to him. As you will listen to Rush I subscribe .

A friend of mine, a big jazz fan, who was in his 70's at the time, went to the Buddy Rich tribute at Carnegie Hall. He came back asking me "who the hell is this guy Neil Peart?" He was too old school jazz to get into Rush, but he was blown away by his solo in the concert.

He traveled the world to pick up different drum styles. He never stopped learning.

I'm a Neil Peart fan and this is the 2nd time I've enjoyed watching your reaction to his Incredible talent!

I don't think I'm ever going to get tired of watching that solo.

My favorite comment is "Neil Peart is your favorite drummers favorite drummer".......awesome comment...I LOVE that you showed Neil in big screen mode...kudos from Canada 🇨🇦

Every time I see this it brings me to tears. He stands immortal next to the giants who he loved and who inspired him.

Being a drummer myself, you don't just hear it but you feel it. Neil pulls you in..

So I've been a Rush fan for over 40 years, and I've got to say, his solos are amazing!...but his playing within his songs, is what really shines! After all these years, I'm still incredibly moved and inspired by Moving Pictures. You are missed, Neil.💔

My latest path to joy is watching drummers reactions to watching Neil Peart perform this solo. My 10 year old niece recently took up the drums which caused me to dive back into RUSH and the amazing Neil. Enjoyed your reaction vid - it sorta warms my heart to see people who know what drumming is all about (unlike myself) discover an old hero of mine. Saw RUSH twice in the 80’s. Cheers!

He was referred to as the Professor! And he really was. He was the greatest!

Neil's solos were on another level for sure, but I think any drummer would truly appreciate his work on the entire Rush catalog. He tried to challenge himself on every song, and he managed it without detracting from the song, itself. His drumming in each song will impress. I'm not a drummer, myself, but even the way he simply varied the basic drum part on Tom Sawyer always impresses me.

He's called the GOAT for a reason !!!

These reaction videos to Neil's solos are priceless. I don't know how anyone that studies drums doesn't know anything about The Professor?

I heard one professional drummer say he might not be the greatest drummer of all time but he was the greatest drum composer of all time.

Danny Carey definitely has Neil as a major influence to what he wanted to do. He's the most air drummed drummer, he's your favorite drummers, favorite drummer, he was a lyricist, and an author. He's The Professor and he is deeply missed.

Canadians can be proud ... From the lower 48 with respect and awe ... I'm also 54 and am blessed that Rush was a part of my youth.... Subdivisions

I grew up in the 70s and really got into RUSH when I was in Jr high and from day 1, Peart was the #1 drummer out there. Nobody that I knew even questioned it. He's always been my favorite and probably always will be. Glad to see his music and talents are still being discovered and appreciated.

Respect to anyone who give props to the great Steve Smith. My second fav drummer. RIP Mr. Peart.

Thanks! I enjoed your take on Neil. RIP Neil.

RIP, one of the last (formerly) remaining greatest drummers of all time, you were taken from everyone too soon.

Simply the GOAT!!!

Neil Peart Greatest Drummer of all time,,!!! Forever!!!!!

That’s crazy shit. Canada’s own Neil P from Rush. One of the most underestimated drummers in the world. For me, the best drummer in the world. Thank you Canada.

The kit was made of 10,000 year old trees they found in a swamp, and they are covered in 24KT gold, cost somewhere near $80,00 per kit, and he always had 2., and took up to 2.5hrs to set up. He only had one tech, and he had to put the kit together by memory, every time.. Most awesome! KBT Drummer, you have a nice percussion knowledge. Thank you..

The highlight of every Rush show was Neil's solo. And its all technical. All pre written, nothing improvised. He planned out every single beat. He's a genius. That's why he was known as The Professor.

He's the man! The reason its so musical is he wrote all the bands songs.

Love watching young people discover Rush, but really love watching young musicians being exposed to what those gentleman could do. As you noticed, he's very creative / melodic. I've always thought of him as a composer who plays drums and he plays them oh so well. Enjoy the ride. Lots of inspiration coming your way ! Great video.

Creative, I think that’s a beautiful way to describe him. I saw rush 35 years ago, he didn’t have near the kit back then, but he was stunning, it took him decades to arrive at that kit he played in frankfurt

Neil's drum fills in Rush's songs are awesome.

I've been a Rush fan since the beginning. Every one of them is top at what they do. If listening, or watching a musician, make you want to practice, or learn an instrument, they have a gift, and also given the gift of inspiration.

I've played drums almost my entire 30 years of life and that polyrhythm at around 5:00 is still one of those big walls I'll never be able to get past.

Best the best! FOREVER NEIL PERT IN MY HEART!!!

Greatest ever. I miss Rush...

Hey Neil Pert is my favorite drummer this is why they refer to him as the “Professor “ ! I have seen Rush in concert 14 times and got something new each time!! I want to tell you young man that I enjoyed this react from you! You were very professional and respectful and I thank you for that! I wish you all the best, and you have gained a life time fan. I hit the subscribe button and like! You are a class act!!!!

Time for you to start listening to Rush, I guess

I absolutely cannot believe that drummers do not no who the GOD of drumming is , great reaction man

By far the best drummer in history. The maestro

The best ever.....period!

I love the ‘Big Band Blast’ at the end! EPIC ENDING!

Great reaction! I too am a Rush fan from the beginning! Glad you loved it! Neil Peart ( thats "ear" with a p in front and t in back!)is the Professor! And missed greatly by all that know him!

Great reaction to the greatest of all time!

He studied EVERYTHING about drums then he took lessons and retrained everything he knew

No better drummer than Peart. He had a tough life before he went out too. If he wanted he could drum with his eyes closed haha! Peart was a perfectionist. He cannot be replaced. Good review man. Subscribed and thank you.

The fact you removed your cam from the last few seconds of his performance, is such respect. I can't word it properly.

Great reaction! Neal has always been my favorite.

He writes Music. Not just rhythm , has influenced more young drummers than anyone in my 62 years of life

and I saw Rush about 5 times. I am SOOOO glad I did!

The Professor!! GOAT!!!!!!!

Thanks for bringing this to the younger generation

Neil Peart has passed away now but he is still a presence in the community. RIP Neil.

you can definately see the buddy rich influence in neil's playing. Mush respect and R.I.P. Neil

Never get tired of hearing this solo! And always great to see someone experience it for the first time.

Your kind words during this brutal loss, are soothing. Keep on listening they do not disappoint. I've been a fan of rush for 40 plus years. Good luck to you.

My late Mother saw in person Gene Krupa, Dave Tough, Buddy Rich, Chic Webb all the Big Band Era drummers; then heard Neil Peart; in hers and mine the greatest drummer of all time.

I was honored & privileged to have met Neil Peart in 1981, and Buddy Rich in 1983. In my opinion, these two gentlemen were the very best drummers I've ever seen.

Indeed, *The Professor* was (is) one of a kind. Starting in the prog 70's, then taking the tech up levels with his talent as he went into his later years. On top of his drumming/percussion genius, he was also into sci fi & wrote the lyrics/story to my favorite Rush album, 2112. He also wrote much of Hemispheres, another concept LP. *Him & Bonzo* are 2 of the main the reasons I started drumming in the late 70's *(as well as Ian Paice & Bill Buford).*

If Neil is not your favourite drummer, then he’s your favourite drummers, favourite drummer.. the man the myth the legend R.I.P. Neil

The most impressive part is the 3/4 bass drum and tambourine pagination (feet) and the different time signatures over the top with his hands around the toms , etc

Nice to see an actual drummer reaction to this. Someone who actually knows their way around a kit. Most drum solos, people go get a beer or a concert t-shirt. Not during a RUSH show. I was lucky enough to see a RUSH show and there was an amazing drum solo. Too many great songs to recommend. Just keep going down the rabbit hole.

Three of the greatest role models in the entire music industry, in my opinion(whatever that's worth). Peace-out from a Canucklehead! (;

Huge RUSH fan here- props to you for noticing the triggering! Most reactions to this think it's music being played through a speaker. The Professor was beyond amazing! Humble and intelligent. Check out YYZ in RIO!

There is a documentary on the making of this kit. It was made from 1500 year old wood. Neil Peart was the greatest drummer I have ever seen

You can live in grace and comfort In the world that you transform

Neil Peart = GOAT... 'Nuff Said ! ! ! R*I*P* Neil

Freddy Gruber taught him the old time hand positions. He was willing to learn and knew he didn't know it all. The sign of a person willing to learn.

I love these "drummer reacts to Neil in Frankfurt" videos. They all have the same reaction to that first overhead camera shot: *pauses video* "LOOK AT THAT DRUM KIT!" Who wants to tell him about Bozzio?

i can't say enough about this solo man. Neil, last name pronounced Peert, is just a genius at work. He is the father of progressive drumming, I have been playing for years and I STILL have not caught up with this guy. As EVH was destined to be a guitar player, Neil was destined to be a great drummer. He is what you get when you want to listen to a true master of his instrument. He is simply the best there is, I can't believe he is gone.

One comment I always make is how I regret never having seen Rush in concert. I'm also a drummer and for literally decades John Bonham was my fav. drummer until recently, but I've always liked Rush. Neil cannot be beat for sheer expansiveness, skill and creativity.

Neal decided to take jazz drumming lessons late in his life, to push himself. He retired from playing when his health prohibited him from nailing everything perfectly. So thankful to have seen Rush live 4 times between 1978-1984.

The Drum Master- (circa 1994) 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."

Neil's drum solos are not like your everyday drum solo. Any of this drum solo he created, he made them musical, not just him just drumming.

……and…. You see where he found his chops…. 40s and 50s jazz….. he’s The Best! Nobody can top this!

I wish you could have seen Rush live. It's an experience.

Neil is the best of all time. Hands down. Not the only thing he was good at.

I could not have put better than the previous gentleman, he was inspiring!

That drum set is very very special. There is a video that has the story of that kit. It was made from oaks that were dredged in a river Bosnia. The trees were carbon dated and found to be over 1500 years old. A real storyline from so long ago to the 40th anniversary tour of Rush and the solo you watched. Give it a watch inspiring.

I commented on someone else's reaction, yes he reacted similar to you, but here is the comment, "You just watched , basically , a history of drumming of various era's & styles. His technique is always flawless. He always tried to produce music with his solos and continued to show improvement, not only in various genre's , but also influences from swing to jazz to rock to even drum core bands. He will sorely be missed by many. It has been said he is your favorite drummers favorite drummer. Oh and his name is pronounced "P-eert" . Just helping you out. Now you can go down the Rush Rabbit Hole and see the progression of his drumming & the rest of the band's amazing journey of greatness. His lyrics or "bars" will have you thinking deeply. enjoy" and his solo's were usually in the middle of a 3 hour concert. so he has been already playing for an hour and a half. and still brought it...every time. Great reaction. keep up the good work.

Genius composer. This is what almost 50 years of touring playing and practice gets ya lol. I grew up listening to this man and I'm 51! Think of who his influencers were. The end was his tribute to who and what influenced him. He's greatly missed but thank God we have videos like this that live on. Great review and reaction!

Neil is hands down the best drummer ever

Really no one better than Neil Peart..................nobody!

My first time watching you. I appreciate your knowledgeable take on this. From one drummer to another, my dad was a drummer since he was 5. He was still playing at 84. He would have loved Neil Peart's talent. He adored Buddy Rich. So, thank you.

Great job ... nice sincerity.

5:05 Good ear! Neil started studying Buddy Rich late in life and re-invented his style around his drumming.

Thank you for doing this!! Neil is my favorite drummer of all time. If you liked his solo, I would strongly encourage you to listen to other RUSH songs. Neil's drumming on all their music is fantastic!! One song in particular is called 'The Trees' I personally think it's better then his solos. I love for you to do credit on that particular song. I think you'll enjoy it! God Bless!!😊