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01-09-2020 , 06:22 PM

#3051

Zeno

Le Misanthrope

Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 22,617

Mel Brooks is still alive. Stated just so Dom doesn't trip up and fall on his face again.

And Mel Brooks came up with/invented the shoe phone. To set the record straight*.

*Both Mel Brooks and Buck Henry worked on/wrote for Get Smart.

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01-09-2020 , 08:08 PM

#3052

mrbaseball

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RIP Edd "Kookie" Burns. 77 Sunset Strip was must see TV when I was a kid and Kookie was the coolest guy ever back then.

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01-09-2020 , 08:30 PM

#3053

MofoAgro

journeyman

Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 338

Pete Dyobolic Dye dead at 94.

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01-10-2020 , 09:43 AM

#3054

DC2LV

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Originally Posted by mrbaseball

RIP Edd "Kookie" Burns. 77 Sunset Strip was must see TV when I was a kid and Kookie was the coolest guy ever back then.

Absolutely! And who of us of a certain age can ever forget "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb."

"Younger" people probably remember him more for his role as Vince Fontaine in Grease.

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01-10-2020 , 05:32 PM

#3055

R*R

I wish I was Einstein

Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 12,717

Sadly,

The amazing Rush drummer Neil Peart dead at 67.

Rolling Stone has him at #4 GOAT.

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01-10-2020 , 05:43 PM

#3056

TimTimSalabim

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Stunned. For many years, I pretty much only listened to Rush (yeah I was one of those guys) before gradually broadening my music interests but never lost my appreciation for their amazing musicianship.

RIP to the GOAT.

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01-10-2020 , 06:57 PM

#3057

Dominic

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#4? That's 3 spots too low.

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01-10-2020 , 08:08 PM

#3058

chillrob

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Originally Posted by Dominic

#4? That's 3 spots too low.

Certainly couldn't ever put him above John Bonham or Keith Moon.

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01-10-2020 , 08:32 PM

#3059

Bighurt52235

I was born to eat hamburgers

Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 24,130

What are the metrics elite drummers are judged by?

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01-10-2020 , 08:38 PM

#3060

Eeyorefora

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Evidently dying young in a popular band.

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01-10-2020 , 09:14 PM

#3061

AllInNTheDark

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RIP Neil, true poet.

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01-10-2020 , 09:18 PM

#3062

MofoAgro

journeyman

Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 338

1. Buddy Rich
2.
3
4.
5.

Nobody could hold Buddy's left nut sac, stop.

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01-10-2020 , 09:57 PM

#3063

R*R

I wish I was Einstein

Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 12,717

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Originally Posted by Eeyorefora

Evidently dying young in a popular band.

Sent from my LM-V405 using Tapatalk

Nice knock.

If you listened to his stuff and saw him live you would understand why he is in the top 5. His drum kit is probably #1. He also wrote most of the Rush's lyrics.

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01-10-2020 , 10:08 PM

#3064

Eeyorefora

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Originally Posted by R*R

Nice knock.

If you listened to his stuff and saw him live you would understand why is in the top 5. His drum kit is probably #1. He also wrote most of the Rush's lyrics.

Uh i did. Great songwriter, but its really hard to quantify drummers.

It really is.

But Bonham and Moon get stuck at the top of the list primarily due to dying while in a popular band at the time.

They were good, but im in the Buddy Rich and Tommy Lee camps.

Why Tommy Lee?

Cause he's done as much drugs as Bonham and Moon and still can play drums.

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01-10-2020 , 10:28 PM

#3065

Bighurt52235

I was born to eat hamburgers

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Originally Posted by MofoAgro

1. Buddy Rich
2.
3
4.
5.

Nobody could hold Buddy's left nut sac, stop.

My thought was, how could these old ****s be better than some of today's lightning fast metal drummers? Then I watched a video of Rich (never heard of him before) doing a solo on Carson at 60 something years old.

Yeah, I'm sure that old fella could drum for any heavy band today.

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01-10-2020 , 10:31 PM

#3066

mrbaseball

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RIP Peart. He was good! For the old guys Rich was always considered the best but I liked Gene Krupa better. For Rock drummers gimme Ginger Baker.

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01-10-2020 , 10:43 PM

#3067

R*R

I wish I was Einstein

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Buddy has always been number 1 for a lot of people. He just doesn't fit in the rock'n'roll genre.

Rolling Stone top 5:

1) John Bonham - September 25, 1980 (aged 32)
2) Keith Moon - September 7, 1978 (aged 32)
3) Ginger Baker - October, 2019 (aged 80)
4) Neil Peart - January 7, 2020 (aged 67)
5) Hal Blaine - March 11, 2019 (aged 90)

They're all gone now. Sad.

They have Buddy Rich at #11.

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01-10-2020 , 11:17 PM

#3068

702guy

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dammmmmmn

Since my high school days I had more Rush CDs in my collection than any other single band. RIP Neil Peart

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01-11-2020 , 02:34 AM

#3069

Phat Mack

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What are some Rush songs where the drumming stands out?

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01-11-2020 , 03:15 AM

#3070

MofoAgro

journeyman

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Originally Posted by R*R

Rich, Belson and Kruppa in that order. Technique, musicality and speed.

Any rock drummer is an Edsel compared to these archetypes.

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01-11-2020 , 03:18 AM

#3071

MofoAgro

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Peart was a pusher. He pushed the drum sticks. He was heavy handed. Musically speaking he was horrid. His ideas and phrasing were lumbering. His bass drumming was worse.

He is not in the same equation as a Buddy Rich.

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01-11-2020 , 04:08 AM

#3072

R*R

I wish I was Einstein

Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 12,717

Anyhow, RIP NP.

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01-11-2020 , 04:42 AM

#3073

xander biscuits

watching a movie

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Originally Posted by Phat Mack

What are some Rush songs where the drumming stands out?

not sure if you want studio versions where it stands out or not but here's a live version of Spirit of Radio with a great introduction where the drumming stands out.

I love how Geddy and Neil look like band members and Alex Lifeson just looks like some guy they pulled from the crowd.

My father always said that Neil Peart was one of the best technical drummers. He could play the same thing again and again without a single beat sounding different.

RIP Neil. Too young.

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