Neil Peart - Pieces Of Eight (1987)
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- This solo project was first included as a Flexi-disc supplement in the May 1987 issue of Modern Drummer. Neil later added sections of it to his live drum solos.
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I remember tearing this paper thin record out of modern drummer magazine and slapping it on the turntable. Great memories
Me too. Still got it with all my old Modern Drummer mags. Good times!
I remember it as well. Vinnie Colauita was on the cover that month.
Recorded while he was test driving his new Ludwig kit. Still the best sounding kit he used in my opinion.
I must agree Dan Finn
It was definitely the pinkest
Agree... especially the sound of the toms.
I must admit I loved those candy red Tama's , those concert Tom's were soooo fine , many chapters to this God and many sounds .....Amen 🙏🏻☮️
@teddyray9336 Absolutely 100%
no drummer before or since has had nor needed the kits this man built up over his career-and they most definitely were not there to be looked at! He will always, rightfully so, be "the professor" at the head of the class!
As a ludwig owner i was happy to see neil using em. I hear part of natural science on this track. Them playing it in san jose was a treat
It’s been over a year and the loss is still great. I don’t know if I will ever get over it. He was “the heartbeat” of our RUSH family..........
“Suddenly you were gone......” 😪❤️
Excellent, and I do remember it being released. Neil saying something about 8 bars in a loop. Pieces of 8. I hear Natural Science a lot. Does anyone else hear it??
Word has it that Neil's midi marimba part is Alex's guitar part from,...you guessed it,..Natural Science.
@@AJ-jy6lb That makes perfect sense now you mention it. The drum accents sound like that part too. 👍🥁🍁
I've never seen this before and I must say I'm quite enjoying it.
For anyone wondering. Pieces of Eight means that he plays eight different time signatures on this piece if I remember correctly. Now I have to count it again.
I still have this from Modern Drummer magazine, in fact I liked it so much when it came out, I bought 3 copies in case I wore one or 2 out, which I did! A great piece of music, and drumming, and I like the story about how it all came about, it is really cool too!
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A had a gift subscription to Modern Drummer magazine and recorded versions onto cassettes for my fellow drummer friends. A relative of mine specializes in audio engineering, so we were able to achieve the best quality recordings onto cassette.
He is a man of many talents just remarkable how he composes these songs pure genius we miss you Neil
Sounds like a variation of the Rush song Natural Science.
Yep! was thinking the same thing!
@@corycastleman6351 Similar sound.......
I can definitely hear that.
Same time signature. Same accents as parts of the song. This was to showcase his new Ludwigs and MalletKat(which replaced all the clutter of his percussion instruments)
First time I'm hearing this. Wow!
didn't know the origin of that solo section. cool. thx
I'm just finding this out now too lol
Years ago, I think 1992, I wrote to Modern drummer magazine to find a copy of this. I thought they would send me the flexi album that was in the magazine. They sent me a cassette with all the sound supplements! And the sheet music to go with it. Of course the professor was sound supplement number one. Sounds supplement number two was Simon Phillips. I still have it somewhere. It's awesome!
Happy birthday in heaven, dear Professor *12 sept
He was a beast!
A staple of his e-solos forever
absolutely brilliant!!
Had this Modern Drummer Neil Peart Flexi disc ....have no idea what happened to it though..
I remember the copy of Modern drummer with this disc insert. The cover had Vinnie Colauita on it. Amazing stuff Neil....
Sound supplement.
Same here
First time hearing - wow!
That is why he is the professor!
NO drummer before or since has done anything remotely close to this, on their own or otherwise...ANYBODY NOT THINKING NEIL PEART WAS THE ULTIMATE MODERN PERCUSSIONIST AFTER HEARING THIS NEEDS TO PULL THEIR HEAD OUT AND GET SOME AIR!! Or, better yet, crank it up and listen to it again! His was a once in a lifetime kind of talent: the drive the dedication, the persistence and the desire to be the best percussionist (with thousands of hours of playing and practice-)made this humble and soft spoken man the legendary driving force behind the music that sold 42 million records worldwide and will soon certainly be 43 million plus records as the shows may be over, but the music never ended....and the younger ones coming up are bound to hear it somewhere, some day, as we all did, and go "Hey!!! Who is that?" and get hooked, also.
You should give a listen to some Simon Phillips or Bill Bruford (among others) before yelling in all-caps about ultimate modern percussionists - there are many drummers who played at Peart's level. Doesn't mean he wasn't good...but this composition (somewhat stolen from Natural Science) does not tower above other great drummers' creations.
I turned my kids on to Rush. My son is a drummer and worships Niel. Myself, lucky enough to see them 15 times from 1979 to thier last tour inclusive. All 3 are amazing
*MD Sound Supplement - Still Own It. Immediately Loved The Natural Science (Hyperspace) Homage. They (Rush) Were 180 Degrees From Their Music On Permanent Waves When This Was Released In The Middle Of Modern Drummer. ☆*
Obrigado Neil Peart pela imensa contribuição e monstruosa técnica. Pena ter ido tão cedo. Não sei se existe baterista maior que vc. Descanse em paz e muiito obrigado!!!
Ty for this gem!
Thanks for posting this. I have heard of it over the years but never actually been able to listen to it until now.
Siempre adelantado a su tiempo.....impresionante
Man, this is cool. I don't think I've listened to this since it first came out!
I remember this from MD … it was pretty cool!
Almost positive he played that same marimba section slowed down during his solo in Frankfurt.
He played parts of this song in a lot of his solos over the years. Especially after electronic drums came up to par with pro drummers.
I had this sound page back in the day. Great to see and hear it on YT!
state of the art technology (at the time)
brought us this amazing flexible disc easter egg in fold of a magazine.
I bought the mag just for the disc.
thanks for posting. if I remember correctly, he was working on glockenspiel per his daughter Selena's request
as I think she had a school project he was involved with?
😮never heard it like this before
Right on! I had this soundpage too! Nice to hear it again!! Thank you sir!
Some allusions to "Natural Science" if I'm not mistaken.
Yes, absolutely. I always wondered if that was intentional of if he picked that up unconsciously.
I hear more Red Barchetta
Sections of both of those songs were actually included in this
I shudder to think of what he and Frank Zappa might have concocted.
You should shudder. We're all lucky that never happened, or it would have ripped apart the space/time continuum,...and then some.
Be careful what you wish for my man,...we need to be cautious so as not to take things too far and make everything go POOF! :o)
There is this guy named Terry Bozio who was much better matched to Frank...
I remember getting this little flexi 45 in Modern Drummer mag… I thought it was so cool.
I stoll have this issue and the the record. 😊
If I can remember, I think I found this in a Modern Brummer magazine
Yup. Sound Supplement. Good old days.
Was that only available in Birmingham?
Modern bummer
I remember couple years before this there was a contest in a drumming magazine for best drum solo. It was open to amateurs and some young kid won it. There was a flexible record inside a later edition of the magazine that allowed everyone to put it on a turntable and listen to it. The solo involved Marimba sounds like these and some horns if I remember right as well. It’s been a long long time. sometime after that, a show of hands was released and Neil had a similar solo. Of course I’m not accusing Neil of stealing the idea, but simply being inspired by it.
the section from 2.50 to 3.28 is beautiful! btw i would recommend the album Krimhera by Krimh if you like heavier stuff. what an intelligent talent he is.
It would take a mortal man to have 8 arms to play this.
or two tracks...
@@colinburroughs9871 Yeah but that's still four arms per track
@@meekrob tough but fair
Red Barchetta.
Nice catch
Defiantly elements of his solos in there. Or was it the other way around? '-)
*Definitely
I think he referred to this in "A Work in Progress" as a core to the later solos, and stayed in like DNA.
I'm hearing a WHOLE LOTTA Natural Science guitar/bass melody in it.
Is this track layered, or is it sample triggering? Has he ever done this live?
I do recognise parts of it. His drum solo in the R30 tour (2004).
Parts of this were in his drum solo during the Show of Hands (Hold Your Fire) tour back in the late 1980's.
Where can I get this song ?
Right here. I mean, there's also a copy in my garage somewhere, carefully sandwiched between the pages of the magazine it came in, but that one's not for sale.
RUclips
Tama to Ludwig....1984
Neil switched to Ludwig in 1987 for the RUSH - HOLD YOUR FIRE ALBUM. 1980-1985 he used a TAMA kit.
boring and soul- less
Just like you.
And yet you took the time to listen and comment.
You should post a video of your playing so we can all hear how great you are.
I've listened to Natural Science hundreds of times. It's not anywhere in here. Someone should cite a time in this where it appears.
This entire recording is a version of ‘Natural Science’. It’s much better than Natural Science, in my opinion. Maybe this came before Natural Science and Natural Science is based on this.
It's similar to "Hyperspace".
At 1:22, I hear "Natural Science", and it repeats at 2:27, and again at 4:14.
@@DF-ee8vt: ‘Red Lenses’ has some of these drum scales. I’d like to think Neil helped them a lot with the music. I believe he’s said he often sent a sample of music along with the song lyrics to the guys.
@@magicsinglez I would bet my life that Neil helped with the rhythms, especially on many of the later songs.