RIP Neil Peart

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  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    edited January 2020
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  • System
    System Posts: 13
    This discussion was created from comments split from: 2020 United States & Canada Tour Rumors.
  • Given2Fly-Fish
    Given2Fly-Fish Posts: 826
    Huge bummer and loss...fuck cancer
  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    edited January 2020
    System said:
    This discussion was created from comments split from: 2020 United States & Canada Tour Rumors.
    Yeah, I don’t know why/how that happened. Sorry about that everyone. 

    EDIT - Sea did it. With all due respect this was the wrong thread to split that conversation into.. there was another that would have been more appropriate. 
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  • Jimminez
    Jimminez Posts: 217
    Sad news indeed. Same cancer that took Gord Downie. 

    I hope PJ does some nod to him in the upcoming shows. 
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  • YourDirtisMyfood
    YourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,668
    edited January 2020
    Am very lucky to have seen them live a few times and I am greatly saddened for Neal's passing.  Loved the Roll the Bones tour and album.  Why are we here?  Because we're here - Roll the Bones.  Thank you, Neal.  Rest in Peace and thanks for all the entertainment.
  • PureandEasy
    PureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    Heard this on my way home tonight, very sad and shocking.  RIP indeed. 
    Don't come closer or I'll have to go
  • sebasti
    sebasti Posts: 12
    I was so excited when PJ update their social accounts last night that I woke my husband up to tell him. I was glued to my computer all day with anticipation. Then I heard this. Now I’m just spinning 2112 and periodically cursing. 
  • halv
    halv Posts: 716
    sebasti said:
    I was so excited when PJ update their social accounts last night that I woke my husband up to tell him. I was glued to my computer all day with anticipation. Then I heard this. Now I’m just spinning 2112 and periodically cursing. 
    Me too. The day started off so great and was destroyed when I heard this news. It's been Rush all day. I'm devastated. 
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,146

    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • sxwxgirl1
    sxwxgirl1 Posts: 63
    As a Canadian growing up in the 80's, Rush was one of the first concerts I saw and was in complete awe!  Their songs were anthems.  The shows I saw throughout the years and their music were so influential.  So glad I was able to bring my 2 Daughters to see them in Montreal 2012(they were then 15 and 17)  they were equally in awe.  RIP Neil.
  • danny
    danny Posts: 2,283
    rip neil what an amazing drummer
    danny d
  • boobooliscious
    boobooliscious Hebron, KY Posts: 263
    I'll never forget waiting in line in 1993 for the midnight release of Counterparts. Another album was released that same day - Vs. Of course I loved Ten, but I figured Pearl Jam would probably be like most bands - release a great album with a few hits, then fade away into mediocrity. I went back to my apartment with both CD's, listened to Counterparts once, listened to Vs. about 10 times, woke up the next afternoon, and realized that Rush was no longer my favorite band. There's still a special place in my heart for Rush. That heart goes out to Geddy & Alex. Neil lost his daughter and wife way too soon. May they all rest in peace. Neil's drumming and his amazing lyrics will live forever.
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    Bummed about this one. RIP to one of the best drummers ever.
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  • BIGDaddyWil
    BIGDaddyWil Michigan Posts: 3,080
    mfc2006 said:
    Bummed about this one. RIP to one of the best drummers ever.
    ..same here!  Listening to RUSH albums all day!
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  • Eddieshometown
    Eddieshometown Evanston, IL Posts: 986
    This is probably the first time I teared up when about the passing of someone I didn't even know.  Neil was not the typically rock star.  He didn't not like fame and left Alex and Geddy handle the meet and greets.  Like meet he's an introvert in a world that really doesn't understand them.  His lyrcis weren't only about sci-fi and fantasy, they were about climate change and social injustice.  Writing about these long before most others.  He will be missed
    6/26/98 & 6/27/98 - Alpine Valley, 10/9/00 - Allstate Arena - Rosemont, IL 6/18/2003 - United Center, 5/16/2006 - United Center,
    5/17/2006 - United Center (7th row center, caught Eddie's pick), 6/29/2006 - Summerfest with Tom Petty,
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  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    FYI Deep Tracks Ch 27 on Sirius is in the middle of a Neil Peart Rush tribute. It’s for a limited time, but I’m parked in front of my house listening to The Camera Eye and I can’t get out of my truck... 
    The longest this stereo has been off Ch 22 in a decade. 
  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    mfc2006 said:
    Bummed about this one. RIP to one of the best drummers ever.
    Agreed.
    Also one of the most underrated lyricists ever. 
  • densan
    densan Posts: 563
    F CANCER. I Piss on you cancer. RIP Mr. Peart. Gb you and your family. I am forever grateful to have heard/experienced your art
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  • YourDirtisMyfood
    YourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,668
    euchrid said:
    RF283499 said:
    Vedd Hedd said:
    Image result for eddie vedder and rush
    I forgot about that and I was there. Little stoned I suppose. Ed mentioned him, maybe more than once during the show. Didn't somebody play a few bars of a Rush song too??
    Yep they tried to :) .. but just acknowledged him and that was it.


    Ed:  "XYZ, we're in the MNOP area" when trying to cover Rush.  LOL

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