There’s not much of a better all around song that demonstrates Neil and Rush at full roar than Red Barchetta. Plus the lyrics Neil wrote are incredible.
Listening to ‘Red’ right now. At 12.
“Peert” it is. Thank you.
Holy shit! 
I saw this thing somewhere, I think maybe it was a cartoon. It depicted the stool Neil sat on, surrounded by dozens of drums. The stool was thinking, “Without me, none of this would be possible!”
Very sad news. Peart was one of the best drummers ever.
‘Attention All Planets Of The Solar Federation…’
We’ll miss you, Neil.
Damn, that sucks. I saw Rush three times in the 80’s - 90’s, so awesome. And 67! So early for this.
*Suddenly, you were gone
From all the lives you left your mark upon
I remember *
Man, first Mitch Mitchell and now Neil Peart. My favorite drummers are dead.
Thanks Loach for that YouTube video, that was funny.
Truly sad. Among the many things to admire about Neil is that, at around age fifty, he decided to take…drum lessons! He was a lifelong learner, and teacher (including through his books and interviews, and lyrics).
Good 2015 Rolling Stone article here: From Rush With Love: The End of the Road for the Geek-Rock Gods? – Rolling Stone
And this video has some insightful interview clips:
Shocking
Rush was my first concert experience in 1984.
I am deeply saddened by Neil’s passing.
My Uber passengers will now be enjoying the Rush Channel until further notice whilst I drive, teary eyed, on through the night.
Here’s a neat article somebody posted on my FB feed yesterday (it seems like most of my friends are Rush fans, judging by the volume of teary posts). It’s about Neil’s dad and how proud he was of his son when he went off to live his dream by joining Rush.
Thanks for this.
Suggestion: insert “Ginger Baker” between Mitch and Neil.
Just adding my voice to the “this sucks” chorus.
Growing up in Cleveland, Rush was certainly popular and one of those bands who’s music was always playing.
However, it wasn’t until I had some Rush lyrics thrown back at me by a counselor at a very tough time in my life that I really started to “get” it. That lyric at that moment something clicked for me and enabled me to start getting out of where I was, and it’s not an exaggeration to say I likely wouldn’t be here today without that.
So, thanks Neil. I hope you find rest in peace.
I don’t have the musical vocabulary to talk about his unique musical genius. How every bar in every song was unique and meticulously crafted. Beyond his physical prowess at banging the drums, his talent at composing was unsurpassed. I think this article does a pretty good job of analyzing it.
Terrific - thanks. Interesting how the fact that he wrote the lyrics made his drumming fit each part of a song better (including, by not getting in the way of the vocals); it wasn’t just that he did two things well.
Loved this part:
“I don’t think it’s an accident that his drumming uncluttered itself at more or less the exact moment his writing started tackling human emotion directly, without an extra layer of allegorical or sci-fi trappings.”
The “E” is long.
Back when I worked at the grocery store pharmacy, I had several customers with that surname (and no, I’m not in Canada) and they always pointed this out when I pronounced their names correctly.
I found his mom Betty’s Facebook page. She had last posted in 2017, but this implies that his parents are still alive. 
He knew all too well that nobody should outlive their children.