Had to come here today 1/11/2020. Still in shock. I saw a quote that I liked, "Always be yourself - Unless you can be Neil Peart, always be Neil Peart" Exit the Warrior. RIP Neil
And Neil always exemplified two things as to why we have seen a dumbing down of our nation. 1.) We no longer read books 2.) We don't listen to people who read books. RIP Professor!
Those guests on the show that night probably didn't know who Neil was. They probably thought he was a Harvard professor! Truly a deep thinking, intelligent and cerebral individual!
Bill was just a glib clown, more interested in cheap jokes than really thoughtful discussion. I think as he’s grown older he’s achieved a better balance. Neil Peart was and is brilliant, thoughtful, and witty. I wish we could have heard more from him on this show
Neal is without dobt the most intelligent Rock and Roll drummer this planet will ever see..one only has to listen to him interview or sit back and take in his lyrics....he's a brilliant, talented man....how painful it must have been for him to sit in the same room with bill maher.
He's a rock star. If you think these people are bad, look at some of the people that go to his concerts. Just because you operate on a higher level, doesn't mean you avoid the dummies. He wouldn't be rich and famous without a heck of a lot of stupid people.
@@jamlive6650 www.bing.com/search?q=Was+Neil+Peart+A+Democrat%3F&search=&pc=U316&form=CHRDEF In 2015 he gave an interview with Rolling Stone & told them he supports the Democratic party. He might have been an Independent but he was an Independent who was a leftist & supported the Democratic party. Also, you can tell he was a leftist & would lean that way, even though Independent (by his lyric's). It's a no-brainer. Also more info also on this link www.mrctv.org/blog/bleeding-heart-libertarian-neil-peart-support-democrats
13:23 - Neil calls out Maher! Brilliant!! I've never been a fan of Maher - his overly-inflated ego, HUGE arrogance and very little talent. Maher (even then) puts himself up on a pedestal of being an authority on things he knows little (if anything) about, just so he can belittle those he disagrees with. His arrogance and ingnorance starts with the pronunciation of Peart's name! It's nice to see Maher surounded by actual thinkers who have something meaningful to say! Bravo, Neil!!!
Neil is a god, Bill Maher is a walking, talking sess pool!!!!!! I love it when people who became rich & famous in a country like the US, spend all their time telling people how much the country sucks! Even the great Neil Peart couldn't make Bill Maher's show worth watching!
The moment Neil opens his mouth, you learn the difference between an intellectual and a pseudointellectual. Everyone else on the panel - host included - is grasping at straws to demonstrate their "superior" intelligence and desperately looking for validation. Neil listens, waits patiently, and he begins speaking to them on the level they've self-qualified themselves to be on. Almost immediately, they poke fun at his use of "facile," like crabs in a bucket. Folks like Maher have more or less taken over pop culture, and our culture has become dumber - not smarter - as a result. A wide cross-section of our population gets their opinions about social and political issues from late-night comedians. These talk show hosts tell us they're smart - mostly by dragging down others - and we take them at face value. Nobody wants to be one of the dumb people in the monologue, so they fall in line and pretend to "get it." The emperor has no clothes. We are a culture of dumbasses in disguise, living in constant fear that we will one day be found out for the impostors we are.
In contrast to Neil, I think she felt more regret about how she lived her life but I did like her quote "whoever said youth is wasted on the young actually got it wrong; it's more that maturity is wasted on the old."
i love how i come here and every comment is about neil. nobody even knows who those other people are and it seems even maher is secondary. :) makes me happy. i love maher but i think even he himself scratch his head and squint at the worldwide fascination with peart and go to sleep jealous that evening. neil said like 2 sentences and people will debate about it for the next 30 years.
For those wondering why Neil would do such a sub-par show as this it's to promote a hero of his - Buddy Rich. That's the CD Bill was holding at the intro.. Neil you are a class act.
Gosh I miss watching rush in concert in Cleveland Ohio I've learned alot from Neil peart I learned how to play a bunch of rush songs on guitar 🎸 I hope to see Neil in paradise earth if I make it there I always loved the lyrics to the larger bowl I can relate
they mentioned something about short attention spans...that was were I came in from skimming anyway....but after that I kinda trailed off a bit...clicking on something else now....what was I talking about? I guess if I was in Australia I wouldn't have this problem. WTF?
maher didnt even try to begin to deal with anything neil peart said, he just bailed both times, probibly the right move for him, he should bail on his career while hes at it
Douglas Stephens Bill Maher pronounces it like "Pair-t". The correct phonetic pronunciation is "Peer-t". He (Neil) has made this clear in various other interviews. I can provide links if you have any doubts about the correct way to say it.
I liked Neil Peart the best when he was into Ayn Rand. I read Anthem and the Fountainhead because of him. That led me to Atlas Shrugged eventually. Rush is smart to avoid overt political messages, which I respect, unlike, say, the Ditsey Twits. It's hard to figure Neil out. He chose to live in LA, which would lead me to believe he's a big lib, but then he's best friends with Trey Parker and Matt Stone, who definitely aren't liberals.
lol I think not. Peart is humble, inclusive, open-minded, slow to anger, selfless more than selfish, indulgent, kind, foregoing etc. ALL that Maher, Gesh! I hate even typing his name, is NOT!
@philosopher2king BTW, you're welcome for the posting. I don't mean to fight with you or anyone else but most of my frustration here is that I really posted this from the perspective of a Rush fan and 90% of the posts I have to read in my inbox are "conservatives suck" and "liberals suck". It's just tiresome and I shouldn't have even gotten involved, I guess. Anyway, thanks for the nice comment.
Regrettably, I've seen that video as well. I'm convinced talk show hosts are the lowest common denominator when it comes to comedians. Strangely, they get paid the most. Such is the world
Love that Peart gets back at Maher for his jab at Peart's Canadian/French pronunciation of facile, with the Shakespeare reference to play vs. literature.
@shrumpkin ... no, it's NOT pronounced like the fruit.... it's as StellarJetman states: like "ear" with a P and T at either end! Trust me. I'm Canadian. LOL.
*i came here because of neil peart but looked up the other guest elizabeth wurtzel, apparently she also just passed away ... **_on the same day!_** :-(*
I love AUS and it's true I find them interesting and far superior in intelligence to American and many other countries.Also love ya Neil ya did good bro
And to be fair, several of the criticisms of Maher that include "blows dog dicks" and such are over the top, too. I've got my own strong political beliefs but let's please try to keep this just about Peart since that's the whole reason I uploaded it. There are a million other places on the web to shout obscenities at each other. I just wanted to upload this stuff for Rush fans to watch. Thanks a lot, guys! I'm not trying to lecture anybody up but let's try to be civil.
@einarabelc5 One last thing is to look closely at Rush's lyrics. The line in Tom Sawyer (which is all about the individual spirit) describes Neil well. "No his mind is not for rent, to any god or government" sums him up perfectly. Broadly speaking, conservatives want religious authority over the individual and those of the left want government authority over the individual. Peart (and I) would prefer not much of either. So there's my long-winded take. Thanks for commenting!
neil's a smart guy. he's logical. he makes sense. he's got common sense. whatever he missed out on being programmed in school he learned on a social level through experiences and he obviously loves books
When did Neil Peart stop using this lispy speech pattern? Maybe it's the audio quality of this clip, but there's a sharp contrast with his current speech pattern.
How did Bill Maher ever get a show? He is very depressing to listen too...it's like listening to a old lady complain about coupons in line at the grocery store!
Bill could've asked Neil if he felt things were any different in Canada. Bill also could've asked if short attention spans existed in the world of music, given that RUSH was known for writing 12-minute songs.
you know i just looked up"facile" and you are correct it in fact does not mean the same thing as "easy" in English it means creating the illusion of simplicity by ignoring relevant complexities. how could i doubt Neils sincerity? in French it means easy
@xxxx15us - Thank you! Perfect word for Bill Maher. I find it ironic that Maher is always attacking people's intelligence, but yet makes the dumbest arguments. I guess it is to be expected.
Neil seemed open minded. Definitely understands human nature more than maher. It's not intelligent to berate people based on prejudices. Maher should know this but then again it just shows how unintelligent he really is.
@mmsun44 No doubt, and what's really odd is how he not only says Peart's name incorrectly but he screws it up in a way I've never heard anywhere else. Like Peart is French or something. Bizarre.
What is the word Peart uses after Maher's Wyne's World comment (10:39)? Peart says, "it's too ___ to say that people are getting dumber"? What is the term he used. I couldn't hear. Thank you.
This was in 1994, way before he was any sort of polarizing figure and before most of the general public even knew who he was. It was more light entertainment than political.
it's just a fucking crime when you are interviewing if you don't get the names correct. PAREt? It's not pear like the fruit. PEER as in PEER pressure. PEERT.
its like einstien visiting sesame street
so he's a smart guy...not a genius.
@@eddiegalon3714 eddie? how the hell would you know ? shithead
+rockhard just a hunch. Same as you soft serve
@@eddiegalon3714 compared to the high school drop out, Bill Mahr... Neil Peart IS a genius..
@@larrylar2112 Both are Democrats, so both have more intelligence and morals than about 95% of Republicans.
Had to come here today 1/11/2020. Still in shock. I saw a quote that I liked, "Always be yourself - Unless you can be Neil Peart, always be Neil Peart" Exit the Warrior. RIP Neil
9:14 9:14 9:14 9:14 9:14
And Neil always exemplified two things as to why we have seen a dumbing down of our nation. 1.) We no longer read books 2.) We don't listen to people who read books. RIP Professor!
I love how Bill immediately cut to radio once Neil challenged him and he couldn't counter it.
Exactly. Don’t mess with the Big horns !!!!
Those guests on the show that night probably didn't know who Neil was. They probably thought he was a Harvard professor! Truly a deep thinking, intelligent and cerebral individual!
but he's only a 'rock drummer' lol
He was THE Professor. The Professor of the drum kit.
Neil is the smartest one in the room...
RIP Neil. The world lost a great human being on 1/7/20
neil chooses freewill.
Bill was just a glib clown, more interested in cheap jokes than really thoughtful discussion. I think as he’s grown older he’s achieved a better balance. Neil Peart was and is brilliant, thoughtful, and witty. I wish we could have heard more from him on this show
Neal is without dobt the most intelligent Rock and Roll drummer this planet will ever see..one only has to listen to him interview or sit back and take in his lyrics....he's a brilliant, talented man....how painful it must have been for him to sit in the same room with bill maher.
That Shakespeare line was so good! Well said.
Neil is clearly the smarter one of the bunch !!!
I'm really surprised that Neil would even be on a show like this. Neil operates on a much higher level that this show.
He's a rock star. If you think these people are bad, look at some of the people that go to his concerts. Just because you operate on a higher level, doesn't mean you avoid the dummies. He wouldn't be rich and famous without a heck of a lot of stupid people.
I think Neil knows exactly where he needs to be always. YOU, on the other hand, presume too much.
Neil was a Democrat. I'd say that is definitely operating at a much higher level than GOP party is operating.
Elaine S Neil was an independent btw. And decided to stay away from politics at all cost. “ I will chose freewill”
@@jamlive6650 www.bing.com/search?q=Was+Neil+Peart+A+Democrat%3F&search=&pc=U316&form=CHRDEF In 2015 he gave an interview with Rolling Stone & told them he supports the Democratic party. He might have been an Independent but he was an Independent who was a leftist & supported the Democratic party. Also, you can tell he was a leftist & would lean that way, even though Independent (by his lyric's). It's a no-brainer. Also more info also on this link www.mrctv.org/blog/bleeding-heart-libertarian-neil-peart-support-democrats
13:23 - Neil calls out Maher! Brilliant!!
I've never been a fan of Maher - his overly-inflated ego, HUGE arrogance and very little talent. Maher (even then) puts himself up on a pedestal of being an authority on things he knows little (if anything) about, just so he can belittle those he disagrees with. His arrogance and ingnorance starts with the pronunciation of Peart's name!
It's nice to see Maher surounded by actual thinkers who have something meaningful to say! Bravo, Neil!!!
Neil: mentions a classic playwright
Everyone: what
It's so weird to see Neil Peart on TV like this, in front of a crowd, not drumming. He's so media shy...
Neil is a god, Bill Maher is a walking, talking sess pool!!!!!! I love it when people who became rich & famous in a country like the US, spend all their time telling people how much the country sucks! Even the great Neil Peart couldn't make Bill Maher's show worth watching!
You'll have to tell us what "sess" means.
How does scumbag Maher have a better hairline now than he did 20 years ago?
Neil is a seriously intelligent man! He should have his own show!
Neil knows he is superior.
It's fun to see Neil Peart make a statement, and see Bill try to backtrack. There was no politics involved, but Bill brought them to bear.
I bet Neil was internally cringing this whole time. I feel for you Neil, introverts get it.
The moment Neil opens his mouth, you learn the difference between an intellectual and a pseudointellectual. Everyone else on the panel - host included - is grasping at straws to demonstrate their "superior" intelligence and desperately looking for validation. Neil listens, waits patiently, and he begins speaking to them on the level they've self-qualified themselves to be on. Almost immediately, they poke fun at his use of "facile," like crabs in a bucket.
Folks like Maher have more or less taken over pop culture, and our culture has become dumber - not smarter - as a result. A wide cross-section of our population gets their opinions about social and political issues from late-night comedians. These talk show hosts tell us they're smart - mostly by dragging down others - and we take them at face value. Nobody wants to be one of the dumb people in the monologue, so they fall in line and pretend to "get it." The emperor has no clothes.
We are a culture of dumbasses in disguise, living in constant fear that we will one day be found out for the impostors we are.
Cam VanDerHorst Very well said.
@@rickkentner1713 Thank you, Rick.
A sad coincidence: both Neil Peart and Elizabeth Wurtzel died from cancer and on the same day, January 7, 2020.
melodiez001 ho Lee crap
Bizarre
What???
In contrast to Neil, I think she felt more regret about how she lived her life but I did like her quote "whoever said youth is wasted on the young actually got it wrong; it's more that maturity is wasted on the old."
Wow! They sure did. www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/books/elizabeth-wurtzel-dead.amp.html
I would love to just get drunk and have a long conversation with Neil Peart.
coreeeey420 Neil was a wine drinker so take your whole paycheque and pick a nice bottle, or 4.
neil is a high school drop out, maher graduated from cornell
moral of the story, forget saving for collage,. buy your kid some drums.
i love how i come here and every comment is about neil. nobody even knows who those other people are and it seems even maher is secondary. :) makes me happy. i love maher but i think even he himself scratch his head and squint at the worldwide fascination with peart and go to sleep jealous that evening. neil said like 2 sentences and people will debate about it for the next 30 years.
Look at the title...
Franklyn Ajaye was a great comedian from the 70s and 80s. I remember him on The Midnight Special in the mid-70s.
niel peart should have a show on tv where he talks about whatever or to whoever he wants.
the national IQ would be elevated 20 points
Holy shit, what was Neil doing on this show?
Always great to see Neal's take on interesting subjects!
Peart did well there. You can always count on THE PROFESSOR
I'm pretty sure that Neil would bury Maher on most subjects..Maher is not worthy of blowing Rush's roadies...
troll
+Eddie Galon How so? Neil is way smarter than Maher.
+Ambrose Burnside how so?
Maher started off by butchering the pronunciation of Peart.
Eddie Galon Are you?🤓
For those wondering why Neil would do such a sub-par show as this it's to promote a hero of his - Buddy Rich. That's the CD Bill was holding at the intro.. Neil you are a class act.
That's the first thing I said too. But Neil is far too classy to correct him.
Two of my favorite humans ever! Thanks for sharing.
Gosh I miss watching rush in concert in Cleveland Ohio I've learned alot from Neil peart I learned how to play a bunch of rush songs on guitar 🎸 I hope to see Neil in paradise earth if I make it there I always loved the lyrics to the larger bowl I can relate
Jump to 10:00 to see anything involving Peart.
It's so weird to see Neil Peart on TV like this, in front of a crowd, not drumming. He's so media shy...
"How much smaller could they (attention spans) possibly get?" - it's hilarious listening to that question today.
Neil Peart comes in with the articulate comments ....a brilliant mind !
they mentioned something about short attention spans...that was were I came in from skimming anyway....but after that I kinda trailed off a bit...clicking on something else now....what was I talking about? I guess if I was in Australia I wouldn't have this problem. WTF?
The cd "Burning for Buddy" was released october 4, 1994. This show was november-ish, 1994.
maher didnt even try to begin to deal with anything neil peart said,
he just bailed both times,
probibly the right move for him,
he should bail on his career while hes at it
troll
Eddie Galon Says the dullard with noting useful to add.
Who's the Troll again?
in a room full of dummies, Neil takes over at 10:43
Holy crap! I didn't see this one and thought I saw them all! Of all the episodes to miss. :(
He actually said Peart wrong! haha
No, read Peart's book. He explains how to pronounce his name, and Maher said it correctly, it's the rest of us who usually get it wrong.
Douglas Stephens Bill Maher pronounces it like "Pair-t". The correct phonetic pronunciation is "Peer-t". He (Neil) has made this clear in various other interviews. I can provide links if you have any doubts about the correct way to say it.
I liked Neil Peart the best when he was into Ayn Rand. I read Anthem and the Fountainhead because of him. That led me to Atlas Shrugged eventually. Rush is smart to avoid overt political messages, which I respect, unlike, say, the Ditsey Twits. It's hard to figure Neil out. He chose to live in LA, which would lead me to believe he's a big lib, but then he's best friends with Trey Parker and Matt Stone, who definitely aren't liberals.
lol I think not. Peart is humble, inclusive, open-minded, slow to anger, selfless more than selfish, indulgent, kind, foregoing etc. ALL that Maher, Gesh! I hate even typing his name, is NOT!
@philosopher2king BTW, you're welcome for the posting. I don't mean to fight with you or anyone else but most of my frustration here is that I really posted this from the perspective of a Rush fan and 90% of the posts I have to read in my inbox are "conservatives suck" and "liberals suck". It's just tiresome and I shouldn't have even gotten involved, I guess. Anyway, thanks for the nice comment.
Exact and concise.
Have you noticed that Maher has Geddy's nose, and Alex's hair?
That is probably why Neil is there...
13:26 'what are you saying?' says how much of a dunce Blii Mahr really is..
This wasn't the format for Neil, he's too smart and thoughtful for this.
Those guys should be in awe of just being in the same room with NP.
Regrettably, I've seen that video as well. I'm convinced talk show hosts are the lowest common denominator when it comes to comedians. Strangely, they get paid the most. Such is the world
You nailed it. Exactly what I wanted to say. Glad I'm not the first.
Neil Peart: GENIUS in a round table discussion with a bunch of SIMPLETONS !! Sigh..........
Love that Peart gets back at Maher for his jab at Peart's Canadian/French pronunciation of facile, with the Shakespeare reference to play vs. literature.
omg MrHillbillyfromhell made a good point about Elizabeth saying the word "stupider"...unbelievable...and she's a writer????
I always thought this was painful to watch. Not because of how Neil himself did on the show, but because of how he was received by the other guests.
Neil Peart & Elizabeth Wurtzel passed on the same day. January 7, 2020.
Thanks for posting! It's nice to know Maher wasn't always so hateful!
@shrumpkin ... no, it's NOT pronounced like the fruit.... it's as StellarJetman states: like "ear" with a P and T at either end! Trust me. I'm Canadian. LOL.
This is an excellent topic and both Peart and Mahar come off well.
he interupes neil fucking peart to tell a beer can hat joke
thats like vandalizing a michealanglo
*i came here because of neil peart but looked up the other guest elizabeth wurtzel, apparently she also just passed away ... **_on the same day!_** :-(*
That is a bizarre and fascinating coincidence!
Oh I figured it out !!! Neil got a speeding ticket on his bike and had to do community service
I love AUS and it's true I find them interesting and far superior in intelligence to American and many other countries.Also love ya Neil ya did good bro
And to be fair, several of the criticisms of Maher that include "blows dog dicks" and such are over the top, too. I've got my own strong political beliefs but let's please try to keep this just about Peart since that's the whole reason I uploaded it. There are a million other places on the web to shout obscenities at each other. I just wanted to upload this stuff for Rush fans to watch. Thanks a lot, guys! I'm not trying to lecture anybody up but let's try to be civil.
Neal Peart from Rush.
Wrong again. Geesh.
@einarabelc5 One last thing is to look closely at Rush's lyrics. The line in Tom Sawyer (which is all about the individual spirit) describes Neil well. "No his mind is not for rent, to any god or government" sums him up perfectly. Broadly speaking, conservatives want religious authority over the individual and those of the left want government authority over the individual. Peart (and I) would prefer not much of either. So there's my long-winded take. Thanks for commenting!
neil's a smart guy. he's logical. he makes sense. he's got common sense. whatever he missed out on being programmed in school he learned on a social level through experiences and he obviously loves books
why can't anyone in the universe get Neil's last name correct....not that damn difficult...PEE-YERT, or PEERT.....not PAIRT, PART, or PERT
When did Neil Peart stop using this lispy speech pattern? Maybe it's the audio quality of this clip, but there's a sharp contrast with his current speech pattern.
10:16 he asked how much smaller attention spans could possibly get. Well, we made Vine a thing so.....
Neal is the least formally educated of the panel yet the most intelligent and insightful - a true testimony to the irony of contemporary education.
Education is indoctrination.
Indeed. He who distinguishes well, learns well
rush+politics=very funny
How did Bill Maher ever get a show? He is very depressing to listen too...it's like listening to a old lady complain about coupons in line at the grocery store!
He blew Harvey Weinstein
Neil always represented himself and his country with dignity and respect.
The smartest man(Peart) said the least but made the most! The rest as they say: Morons!
Tai Shan really is not a bad song.
Jonathan Lynch compared to what?
LOL! Agreed. Well said.
Bill could've asked Neil if he felt things were any different in Canada. Bill also could've asked if short attention spans existed in the world of music, given that RUSH was known for writing 12-minute songs.
0:28 "Neil pairt"
you know i just looked up"facile" and you are correct it in fact does not mean the same thing as "easy" in English it means creating the illusion of simplicity by ignoring relevant complexities. how could i doubt Neils sincerity?
in French it means easy
Neil Peart and Elizabeth Wurtzel passed away on the same day. Weird coincidence.
Well said.
@xxxx15us - Thank you! Perfect word for Bill Maher. I find it ironic that Maher is always attacking people's intelligence, but yet makes the dumbest arguments. I guess it is to be expected.
murdock owns dairy queen
Neil seemed open minded. Definitely understands human nature more than maher. It's not intelligent to berate people based on prejudices. Maher should know this but then again it just shows how unintelligent he really is.
@mmsun44 No doubt, and what's really odd is how he not only says Peart's name incorrectly but he screws it up in a way I've never heard anywhere else. Like Peart is French or something. Bizarre.
Not p-air-t, P-ear-t!
Rest in p-eac-e.
10:42 Neil Peart - Bastille Day
If i had my own tv show............... I mean my favorite drummer and my favorite band and the plug bill gets it wrong. I mean really dude.WOW.
What is the word Peart uses after Maher's Wyne's World comment (10:39)? Peart says, "it's too ___ to say that people are getting dumber"? What is the term he used. I couldn't hear. Thank you.
I gotcha, I didn't read the whole conversation which I obviously should have, haha! Thanks for watching!
thank you pert.. he said as he shook hands..
Neil was sitting on his hands so he wouldn't give in to the urge to strangle everyone on the set, including whoever booked him for this appearance.
Nobody got Neil's Shakespeare joke.
Ironic that Beavis And Butthead mocked Stick It Out.
"I think it's Lenny Kravitz!"
This was in 1994, way before he was any sort of polarizing figure and before most of the general public even knew who he was. It was more light entertainment than political.
it's just a fucking crime when you are interviewing if you don't get the names correct. PAREt? It's not pear like the fruit. PEER as in PEER pressure. PEERT.