Reacting To Neil Peart From Rush Drum Solo

To me, it's "wrong" to try to rank drummers. Everyone has their favorites. Many drummers would say, "Oh, Dave Lombardo is better than Lars Ulrich" or even "Buddy Rich is better than Louie Bellson." Know what? Dave Lombardo, Lars Ulrich, Buddy Rich, and Louie Bellson are ALL tremendously awesome drummers.

That said, I like watching AyeJay reaction videos. Here's the video, followed by my comments about some of the comments under the video:

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1. If neil peart was my neighbor,I woukd build a deck nearest his house,put up a bbq and umbrella and just sip my beer and listen for hours.
• I would just sip my Mountain Dew and listen for hours.
2. just so you know what your actually looking at
   the crazy bit in the middle?
   hes playing in 3\4 with his feet and 7\8 with his hands
   HUMANS CANT DO THAT
   but, he of course is not human
   hes niel peart
   thats its own thing
   BTW, this IS NOT ANYWHERE NEAR HIS BEST
   this is his playing after he quit playing for 5 years and then came back and relearned to play
   he never really recaptured his early greatness
   its a long story, his child and wife died and he kinda went off to think for about half a decade
• I don't agree that "this is NOT ANYWHERE NEAR HIS BEST" and I had no idea he was playing 7/8 with his hands.

Editor's Note: Added the Louie Bellson tag with this post. It's insane he has never been mentioned elsewhere on this blog!