boo boo

How many people can AFFORD that big of a set?

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BananaJelly

Neil Peart, by far.

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Talk and song from tongues of lilting grace,
whose sounds caress my ear.
But not a word I heard could I relate,
the story was quite clear.

breakingbenfan13

Ill go with peart, im not a fan of both but I can see why people like peart I dont see anything good about keith.

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"there all painted by Michael Angelo, not that guitar
n00b I mean the one that painted jesus on that celling and stuff"

-John Petrucci

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKMYeXkYcgs

boo boo

There are more important things than just technical efficiency, perfect timing and preciseness... People like Moon more because his style had a more authentic agressiveness to it.

And even if Neil dosen't have that kind of passion, he can fake it really good, and much more cleanly and professionally too, but i do prefer Moon myself, for probably no justifiable reason other than being more of a Who fan than a Rush fan.

Bill Bruford pwns them both anyway.

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breakingbenfan13

Terry bozzio has got a friggen huge set also.

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"when ever I do this *Picks a string* I go into world domination mode, so I can play over four million notes per second, but I don't really play that fast because people die...yeah..."

"there all painted by Michael Angelo, not that guitar
n00b I mean the one that painted jesus on that celling and stuff"

-John Petrucci

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKMYeXkYcgs

judas_priest

I much prefer Peart as a drummer. Also, Rush are way better than the Who in my opinion.

boo boo

In technical skill, sure.

But i consider kicking ass a technical skill, which The Who are much better at.

The Who were more original as well, not to say that Rush are not original... Though they did borrow a lot from their influences (which include Yes, Zep and you guessed it, The Who) and made it more modern and added a more complex structure to the formula, but without being too complex... One reason for Rush's success was because they had a more "rock n roll" feel than any other prog band as well as writing more accessible and catchy songs, not just because of their instrumental abbilities, since many prog bands either come close to or surpass Rush in that department.

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DearJenny

Yes indeed they are. Watch out when Moon(may he rest in peace lol) and Townshend come to town.

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judas_priest

fair enough, but Rush kick way more ass.

boo boo

Who's better is subjective (here i go again) but i'm further convinced that The Who are superior, and for several reasons... I simply think they had better musical, lyrical and thematic ideas... Which made up for what they lacked in skill (compared to Rush that is, because The Who are actually a very capable band) and more importantly it made them a more effective and influencial rock band... Even though Lifeson is better than Townshend, Lee better than Entwhistle, Peart better than Moon, etc... You could say Rush are a better ensemble, but The Who had more chemestry, someone like Lifeson for example is replacable, sure he is a very good player, but he's the weakest musician in the band, and many musicians can play like him or copy his style to the point that if someone like Steve Lukather joined the band, many wouldn't even notice.... Now The Who could came back with Steve Gadd on drums and Michael Manring on bass but they simply wouldn't be The Who anymore... That's just how important each member's unique style was to the band's sound.

Just my two cents.

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