The Rover Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 (edited) Ā Ā Ā Ā Edited January 11, 2020 by The Rover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reids Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Catching up on some reading this weekend. R.I.P. Neil Peart. ššš Rš Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kiwi_Zep_Fan87 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) Rest in Peace, Professor! Thanks for changing my life forever! With love, best wishes and kindest regards, A Grieving Fan.Ā Ā Edited to add: It is going to be incredibly hard for me to listen to Rush at this time. I may need to wait a few months, as certain songs sound different now. Edited January 13, 2020 by Kiwi_Zep_Fan87 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stryder1978 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Kiwi_Zep_Fan87, You have my deepest sympathies as I know how big of a Rush fan you are!Ā I know it is hard right now, but try to be grateful for all the incredible music that Neil shared with us and that will always be a part of our lives.Ā I will be praying that your heart is healed soon.Ā Take care. D. Ā Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_Zep_Fan87 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 4 hours ago, Stryder1978 said: Kiwi_Zep_Fan87, You have my deepest sympathies as I know how big of a Rush fan you are!Ā I know it is hard right now, but try to be grateful for all the incredible music that Neil shared with us and that will always be a part of our lives.Ā I will be praying that your heart is healed soon.Ā Take care. D. Ā Ā Thank you so much! I do feel grateful that I discovered Rush in the first place. Like another fan said, the Earth formed around 4.54 billion years ago and we were on this earth when Rush existed! Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_Zep_Fan87 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 This is beautiful..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryder1978 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 ...that's how I felt Saturday morning when I heard the news.Ā That is beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_Zep_Fan87 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 SCHAEFFER: Why It Hurts When Great Musicians Pass Away Ā Why do we feel the death of a musician like Neil Peart, even though we have never met him?Ā I hearken back to Ludwig Von Beethovenās funeral for the answer.Ā When he died in 1827, itās estimated that anywhere from 10,000 to as many as 30,000 attended his funeral.Ā Of course, most of these mourners had never met the man personally, or if they did they merely tipped their hats to him on the street (and perhaps got a grumbling insult from him in reply!).Ā But they knew his music.Ā They were so affected by it that they felt compelled to come and mourn his passing.Ā In a way, they felt they did know him.Ā Because they knew his mind and his heart as expressed in those beautiful sounds he left the world as his passing gift. Music is unique in the arts in that it above all others has the eerie power to alter oneās mood and force them to actually feel what the composer is feeling ā not through the words of a sonnet or the brushstrokes of a painting, however frenzied and passionate they may be, but rather in an almost primal way.Ā One cannot avoid it.Ā Who can listen to āOde To Joyā and not feel exalted, a smile forming without even knowing it?Ā Who can listen to a hard-driving rock song from, take your pick, Led Zeppelin, The Who, AC/DC, Nirvana, and a thousand others and not suddenly feel the urge, whatever your mood was before hitting āplayā, to hurl heavy objects, run faster, jump higher, or play air guitar?Ā After all, we donāt work out while reading Milton or staring at a photo of the Sistine Chapel ceiling.Ā Instead, we don our headphones and amp up the music.Ā Why?Ā Because it actually changes us physiologically.Ā The way love does. Those who donāt have an ear, or even those with a mere passing interest in music, must look at those Rush fans sincerely mourning the death of Neil Peart and think them a tad āoff.āĀ But when a favorite musician passes, it feels more real because we actually have been inside his/her head.Ā Unlike a poet who tells us, or a painter who shows us, the musician demands we jump into their most intimate self to experience his/her thoughts, emotions, and pain in an eerie mind-melding way.Ā We become one with them.Ā And so the musical experience feels more personal to us than standing at armās length admiring a static sculpture, inspiring as it may be.Ā Losing a musician is to lose someone who was not just āout thereā entertaining us, but who invited us, even forced us, into their world as they understood it and felt it.Ā It is an intimate, wonderful, painful, relationship ā¦ and one that can impact the musicianās fans very much as might the death of an old friend. Ā So when you see people who seem in mourning over the loss of Neil Peart (or any artist they value and who has enriched their lives in a way only music can) fight off the impulse to shake your head and say: āSnap out of it.Ā You never even met the guy.āĀ Because thatās wrong.Ā Every time they played his music they met him all over again, and got to know him a little better.Ā He became a part of their world, and they his.Ā How often do we hear the term āthe soundtrack of my life.āĀ For those Rush fans who followed this outstanding trio for the past five decades, this tragedy was more than just a news bulletin.Ā To those whose lives Neil Peart touched, to whom he bequeathed the soundtrack of their lives, even if from afar, itās very personal indeed. I respect that.Ā I am sorry for your loss, Rush fans. Link:Ā https://www.dailywire.com/news/schaeffer-why-it-hurts-when-great-musicians-pass-away?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=benshapiro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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luvlz2 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 (edited) https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/neil-peart-statue-1.5426689?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar Edited January 17, 2020 by luvlz2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvlz2 Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 "Our most heartfelt thanks go out to family, friends, musicians, writers and fans from around the globe for the incredible outpouring of love and respect for Neil since his passing. These touching tributes help to lessen the pain of this terrible loss and remind us all to celebrate his remarkable life and our connections to it - Geddy & Alex" link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 I remember this night like it was only last year....amazing performance and had perfect seats for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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reids Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Rush 40th anniversary editions of Permanent WavesĀ https://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/rush-permanent-waves-40th-anniversary-reissue-set-preview-listen/ Rš Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepscoda Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/02/primus-rush-cover-tour-dates-tickets/ PrimusĀ have announced a special North American tour that will see them coverĀ Rushās 1977 albumĀ A Farewell to KingsĀ from front to back. Officially titled āA Tribute to Kingsā, each night of the trek will feature a full performance of the albumĀ in addition to a proper Primus set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reids Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 On 2/19/2020 at 8:51 PM, zepscoda said: https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/02/primus-rush-cover-tour-dates-tickets/ PrimusĀ have announced a special North American tour that will see them coverĀ Rushās 1977 albumĀ A Farewell to KingsĀ from front to back. Officially titled āA Tribute to Kingsā, each night of the trek will feature a full performance of the albumĀ in addition to a proper Primus set. Going to see them 6/5 in Atlanta. i saw them in the early 90s opening for Rush (Roll The Bones tour) and they played āKashmirā,Ā too.Ā Rš Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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reids Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 10 hours ago, The Pagemeister said: Ā Very cool. I pre-ordered the 2 cd version with live concert from the tour. I wish they made a dvd audio version of the album with music videos /any concert footage from that era. They missed an opportunity. Maybe on theĀ 50th anniversaryĀ edition.Ā Ā Rš Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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reids Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/rushs-geddy-lee-to-take-part-in-historic-canadian-covid-19-broadcast/ Ā Rš Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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