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!

More Skins being Slayed

Buddy Rich died when I was in high school. I remember not really understanding who he was as a drummer. I purchased some of his recordings and was in awe. Our band instructor dismissed Rich. I vividly remember him telling me that he must have died from a drug overdose. I don't think I've heard as insensitive of a remark about a person's death since that day. What an ass. I've seen a now-deleted video of Buddy Rich playing a drum duet with Louie Bellson. Buddy Rich played a Slingerland set and Louie Bellson played a double kick set.

I met Louie Bellson. My friend Serbi and I went to go see him. He played at Kirkwood Community College with their jazz band and man, the guy had chops. I don't know where modern drummers fit in with these old cats.