Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!samsung!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!auvm!UWPLATT!UCSKRT From: UCSKRT@UWPLATT.EDU (By-tor) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.allmusic Subject: Rush Message-ID: Date: 5 Feb 90 01:59:00 GMT Sender: Discussions on all forms of Music Reply-To: Discussions on all forms of Music Lines: 23 Approved: NETNEWS@AUVM Gateway X-Organization: University of Wisconsin--Platteville X-Envelope-to: allmusic@AUVM.BITNET X-VMS-To: IN%"allmusic@auvm.bitnet" Comments: Host UWPLATT.WISC.EDU has been renamed to UWPLATT.EDU Yes, Drummer, you can just delete this sucker, since I've read your anti-Peart messages, but I'll voice my opinions anyway. TD, you've asked something that puts me in a bind. My favorite Rush song is something I always have to re-evaluate, since my moods change from day to day. This follows for most bands I like also, but none have produced the music that gets me high like they do. I've always maintained that "The Spirit of Radio" is my favorite, until I start listening to something else, and then my objectivity disappears. "Red Barchetta" is awesome from a songwriting standpoint of view, and represents my perfect driving song. I still love their instumentals "YYZ" (partly because I can play it :) ) and "La Villa Strangiato" because of its many related parts; it sort of reminds me of several movements of a symphony. Neil is still my favorite drummer, even if he is a bum (although I can't imagine that with the money they must make). Technique-wise, he might not be "best in the world", but his active and innovative style is what appeals to me. By the way, unless someone can prove differently, I wouldn't be surprised if he *can* play a samba. After all, he is in a rock band, right? You don't generally hear too many samba beats in mainstream rock. For that matter, you don't hear too much of what Neil does anywhere else in rock. Also, for the record, he plays with Jeff Berlin and Alan Holdsworth on Berlin's "Champion" LP. (Read... jazz, or if you prefer, jazz fusion!) By-tor (even the nick comes from them)