Very well said thank you for that I was thinking the same thing but couldn't figure out how to word it

That is the best comment!! Thank you!! RIP Neil!!

Amen, I was in absolute shock and disgust when Rolling Stone magazine had Neil 4th on the list of best drummers.

In our Fathers Realm, I will hear the band play again and watch with amazement Neil. Thank you, Mr. Neil Peart. Thank you.

"Squirming! Squirming! Squirming!" Haha just kidding 🤣

My sincere condolences. Although I was never a big Rush fan I so respected them as one of the best rock trio in history and Neil Peart as one of the best drummers and best lyricists around.

So many cruel ironies in Neil's hope for the future. He seemed like a man constantly caught between lives, yet always turning circumstance into opportunity and making the most of every day. Neil was my hero for over 40 years, but l never felt the need to meet him.....to quote Sam Elliot in The Big Lebowski, "I don't know about you, but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there".

I hear you. I feel the same. His impact on me was more than just the music, his skills, his lyrics etc. Those talents were impressive without question. The sum of all that was impactful.

Josh M I feel like you do. They had a fiercely loyal fan base that knew no boundaries, (although I’d be lying if I didn’t mention how proud I was to share Canadian 'blood' with RUSH). That 3 Musicians could create a wall of sound and reproduce each song in a live show just as well, or better, is amazing. I only got to see them twice, but...I got to see them twice. Never again will those three friends create something new, not even to have a conversation, hard to accept. My heart goes out to the 'Lee' & 'Lifeson', and Peart families.

I could never have framed the words any better than you did, so I will simply leave my gratitude for your thoughts

Here here! Or is it Hear hear? Or a combination of both? Neil would know. That's for sure.

Absolutely, this past week for me has been going back to listen to this well spoken, intelligent man who has experienced so much in life both good and bad. We have lost a truly gifted artist and human being.

Neil was a Gift to all of us...

Neil was a master craftsmen but let’s not make him out to be a god who bears “gifts.” None of us personally knew him. We only knew of his awesome playing and some of his personal thoughts. That’s it. He seemed to be a cool guy but nobody here knows; he could’ve been a major prick for all we know. Neil had a very full life and experienced things that not to many people get the chance of doing. I’m sad for his family and friends but as far as being in mourning.........come on peeps.

@@apieceofdirt4681 what an obnoxious thing to say.

Very well said.

Is that an atlas shrugged reference?

Yeah!!!! Neil rules!!!!

@Steve Adams Actually owning a pair of his drumsticks would be priceless.

best words ive heard

agree you'd had to have a dictionary around to look up some of those fabulous words he intertwined in Rush songs

Paul, he would have loved to have known that.

I agree. I learned so much from Neil's lyrics, doesn't say a lot for my parents!lol

Perfectly said, though for me luckily most of my friends of those times were into Rush.

Absolutely identify with this Ronda. Too right. 💔✌️X

He's like that favourite uncle that you hardly ever get to see because he's so busy and lives far away...😢

I couldn’t have said it better. Life won’t be the same. It does bring me a little comfort knowing that I’m.not alone in the way I feel. Thank you brother

I'd do the same thing.

That’s awesome

According to the few "insiders" to the group who were made at all privy to his illness, his diagnosis wasn't until after he had opted to retire from drumming. This interview was just before the band would go out on what would be their "farewell" tour (though it wasn't fully decided nor publicized as such--Geddy and Alex, as well as fans, held out hope the band might continue to work together in some kind of capacity even if they didn't do actual tours in the future). But at this point, Neil was simply "over" (mostly because of the physical rigors he felt his body was getting too old to hold up under) the notion of being a touring musician, and wanted to spend his time at home and with family. His sentiments would prove somewhat prophetic, given his remaining time was going to be tragically limited.

Everybody dies. But not everyone lives an amazing enriched life like Neal Peart did.

Chris Michaels - very well said.

@@tose917 Thank You!👍

they were an exempler of harmony Geddy,, Alex and Neil. not having Neil is like not having the bus driver on the bus on a cold winter night!

One should expect one's friends to pronounce one's name correctly.

Jim Ladd was/is a legendary DJ on the West Coast for decades who was well known and respected by the artists. As a DJ, he represented the free form radio Neil wrote about in the Spirit of Radio. "Begin the day with a friendly voice A companion unobtrusive Plays that song that's so elusive" Well, Ladd was a bit obtrusive, but it was all about the music. He knew his shit, and you learned something new every time you tuned into his show.

Is it odd he went home at age 67? I think their is a kind if poetic beauty to that. So much of their music was in 6 or 7 or both.

I thought the same exact thing. I'm heartbroken😢❤

I felt the exact same way when he said that :( ... he was too good for this world

@@atomicvinylreviews3420 I don't think so. Maybe he was better than most, but I know what you mean. Life's irony can be cruel. One of the brightest minds getting g*d damned brain cancer. It's just so sad

I know, Ironlord2015, hard to hear Neil talk about "when I'm in my 80s" referring to his drumming mentor Freddy Gruber. He was taken way too soon, but the gifts he left us are immeasurable! This was a great interview!

Yep! I could never repay the inspiration, music, and words he gave over the years.

Very well said " thinks his words vs just saying them" that truly is a lost art in modern communication- people are not listening to you to hear what you have to say , they are anxiously waiting for to opportunity to interrupt and hear themselves talk unfortunately

true...getting older changes us doesn't it..?

That's not really true. In Toronto he was on the radio all the time whenever a new album was released. He talked a great deal on the radio.

All of the images in this video were simply taken from a Google Image search of Neil Peart. So yes, I guess the sketch was scanned in by someone and thrown out into the Cyber Sea. It's a great sketch, nice job by Felicity! Glad to have it in my video. EDIT: she posted it to DeviantArt in 2010: tsunamiraine.deviantart.com/art/Neil-Peart-the-drum-king-184830857

Craig Nielson I also do graphite portraits.She did a great job. I graph my work to make sure you know exactly who you are looking at.Does she?Or do you know?

+metzingerwasright Thrown out to cyber sea: I see what you did there. (Virtuality)

It's from the Mystic Rhythms video, yes?

So very true. Glad we got to hear it live on the last tour. Ben Mink's electric violin is breathtaking and so emotional. Beautiful.

@@toddwalker2161 Yes! The violin solo alone is worth the price of admission:)

The Analog Kid was the first song I went to when I heard he passed. Losing It was next, such a beautiful song

Scott Jennings, those tunes are priceless masterpieces. My vintage Power Windows album is in a frame, hanging on my wall. The cover shows many scars from thirty-plus years of existence. I played that album over and over for a year. I also think of Countdown, Middletown Dreams, The Manhattan Project. Big Money really floored me. His drums sounded incredible, and different. I think he played Ludwig for that album. His acoustic sound was enormous, but his electronic voice was just awesome. Mystic Rhythms was played as close to eleven as I could manage.

I saw them play Losing It at their last show at the Forum. Little did we know how relevant that song would be only a few years later.

You can choose from phantom fears or kindness that can kill... He chose Freewill. Long live the Professor!

Probably that was the same way I was introduced to them :). I was 18 in 81, and became a fan.

KMET loved Rush so much, I was so impressed how much they played them when I visited for LA for the first time in the summer of '83.

A little bit of heaven 94.7 KMET, tweedle-ee.

If anyone deserves a "pass"...it would be him. God should be very proud.

Neil didn't believe in God. Neil claimed to be an atheist, and that you take a dirt nap forever when you die. Why should he get a pass. Fortunately God can forgive egregious sins. God doesn't grade on a curve. All are sinners that have freewill. God forgives everyone who believes Jesus is God. It is the only path that leads to freedom. All other paths lead to destruction and are built by liars. You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice, if you choose not to decide you still have made a choice, you can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill, I will choose a path that's clear, I will choose freewill. Neil clearly chose a celestial voice to listen too. Clearly chose not to decide about God. Clearly chose freewill. If Neil has freewill he cannot bow to the power of God unless he believes in Jesus. Freewill means he thinks he is God, and God doesn't make the decisions about what happens in the universe, but Neil does. This is the same stance Dio takes, claiming not to believe in a supreme being or Jesus, but yet calls himself God himself. Dio = God in Italian. Sorry Neil, freewill is an illusion created by the Devil. If you want to live forever, you have to do what is right and obey the 10 commandments, and love your neighbor as yourself, and God above all. Since we all fail at obeying the 10 commandments, we need redemption, and this is why we love God above all, because he gave us a role model of a perfect being in Jesus. If we do what he did we would be perfect, since we can't, we have to ask him for forgiveness to get into heaven. This is the truth, and just because Neil doesn't/didn't believe it, it doesn't save him from death. Freedom and Freewill are not the same thing.

@@christophermyers8157 Wow....what a rant! I'm still struggling with my faith...as God designed me to do. I can;t help but feel God may not always work in the exact way humans think. I know...this goes against Jesus and the Bible. My faith in God is substantial... my faith in Mankind not screwing things up, either intentionally or accidentally...enormously less. I get it...you think a very gifted and good person seemingly persecuted as much as Job.... won't go to heaven just because of that. Well I can ask, right? Shouldn't hurt. Frankly...I am a little befuddled by Neil's attitude on religion. He's a person that THINKS (KNOWS?) he knows what the ways of God SHOULD be...doesn't see it...then acts like God can't exist. Flawed logic for such a logical person.

Neil and God were on a journey to meet each other... "The Watchmaker keeps to his schemes... and has time up his sleeve"

@T A So you haven't made a space ship to Mars, nor cured cancer...but you think you are smart to figure out there's no God? Hmm...the arrogance is thick! So God doesn't sit you down and show you all, give you health and riches....so It can;t possible exist, eh? Poor baby. You don;t have to be so resentful about i!

china type2 bass rocker. Same here. Remember this jingle? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q6yensKQ363Tp4k.html

Ladd's the best music DJ ever imo, I mean who else toured with Roger Waters?

I feel the same. As a lifelong amateur drummer, enjoying all of those hours as a kid trying to figure out his drum parts. It was like communicating on a different level with someone you admired. Still hard to believe Neil is not here anymore.

It will when it earns it again. There are some great bands that do. But rock got extravagant and empty like most hip hop is now. It'll be back when it finishes learning from its mistakes.

@@pitpride1220 amen

Amen

@@pitpride1220 yeah it'll need to come back correctly to convince the record labels and other big money industry people to go back to pushing groups with 3+ members and instruments vs the cash cow single artist that screeches into a microphone format they got rolling now.

Yyz baby,every show!!! I swear every single cymbal was rocking on his kit! He hit them all in such an incredible blur of synergistic talent it astounded me always! As much as I would've liked to have met him,i always remember his lines from limelight, I can't pretend a stranger is a long awaited friend, to me it seems a sadly cold line,but his truth no doubt. R.i.p. Neil.

@art matters My IQ does not go up a lot. My soul goes up a lot.

Jim Ladd is alive and well

@@iverstim I was, like, Oh, shit, Ladd died, too?

@Rheann Roman I heard that saying Jim Ladd is dead keeps you from getting coronavirus. :)

Which one?

I see you on every rush video.

I definitely hear you it's so sad he's gone such a brilliant man RIP NEIL 🙏 I CRY EVERY TIME I HEAR THE SONG ,THE GARDEN IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND SAD AT THE SAME TIME.

@@michaelmiceli9889 Never, ever, be afraid to admit to being weepy when you encounter something wonderful. This is coming from a guy who came from an ethnic background where such a thing was not possible. Gradually, my 2 brothers are finally in the same camp as me, though not quite there when encountering intense beauty. I intensely identify with great artists. Not meaning I was ever as good as them.

@@chuck482 thanks so much for your response I was able to see them live 23 times and every show was just as great as the previous ones ,I have so much respect for RUSH i just wish Neil was still here his lyrics mean so much more than some of this other crap you hear today I hope everything goes well with your family as you explained. God speed Neil Peart RIP 🙏.

Exchanging pleasantries can make a big difference in someone's like. Even a simple "have a nice day" can really make people happy. Plus, it's good for Neil, because he appreciated being seen as just "a guy" and not "Neil Peart, famous drummer from Rush".

I am delighted when the ladies comment on my choice of shirt.

I get the impression that it was these encounters with folk in everyday situations that Neil really enjoyed.

A bit like when you have a cake and you have to decide how to share it out. We'll you have one person slicing it and the other gets to have first pick.

You did. Start at 2112...

No you didn't. All the music from the past is still available to listen to. You really didn't miss shit.

@@getstew Start at the first album. Great stuff before 2112.

@@Mozart1220 Eh... I never cared for it. Not bad, it's just 2112 is where they hit their stride.

@@getstew Working Man? By tor? Fly by Night? Bastille day? Great stuff before 2112. According to Peart, "Moving Pictures is when we became Rush", but MY favorite album is Farewell to Kings. And would you leave out Permanent Waves? No, START AT THE BEGINNING. Don't encourage people to disregard great songs. Rant over.

Loved your comment.....'til ya brought that god shit in.

Neil was an atheist... unless he had a change of heart toward the end, which none of us will ever know. It's interesting that intellectuals sometimes have the hardest time believing in God, needing some kind of empirical scientific proof of something that cannot be touched or measured.

@@Bpjames I found this quote from Neil in an interview with him, "I’m a linear thinking agnostic, but not an atheist, folks."

@@paultaurone5634 Reading the quote made me look into the definition of atheist and agnostic, which brought me to this article www.learnreligions.com/atheist-vs-agnostic-whats-the-difference-248040 . Interesting read if one is curious like me, makes me wonder if Neil was an agnostic theist or agnostic atheist. But no matter which or what, I choose to believe that a kind and gentle soul such as his is in a good place.

@@Bpjames I found his statement to be rather naive.

Such a great, beautiful and sad song THE GARDEN. I THINK HE KNEW. RIP NEIL 🙏 MISS AND LOVED YOUR TALENT, SO BRILLIANT.

One of the many of my favorites from them. Very well said, thank you. Coming up on his anniversary hearing this makes me mourn his loss over again. Rip Neil, deeply.

I can tell you another fantastic drummer who does not do that, Carl Palmer of Emerson, Lake and Palmer, saw them several times, could not take my eyes off him, i'm a drummer playing in that vein. And there are so many other drummers that are that great.

He does huh?just without the pomposity. Lol!

4 years ago and this interview really strikes me deep now knowing not too long after this interview he would have been diagnosed with a literal death sentence . . . . never in my wildest nightmares! we will all miss your talent. I know he would be done drumming but I always held out hope there would be much more writing.