Sorry for the rant guys. I just don't understand peoples criteria sometimes. I guess I look at the whole package.
If you don't mind me saying, it's because you don't listen to enough music.
You've been on this forum for a year now, and it's still this same speech, which tells me that you're not so willing to expand your ears to understand there's far, far more out there than you're willing to admit...for reasons I think have nothing to do with music. To me, this always comes off as an issue that's more about one of us taking away your childhood or something...and I've never gotten this.
For instance man...How does his righteous viewpoint change his pocket? What is this age thing you keep bringing up when there are guys ten years or older absolutely killing it? Geez man...Peart's #1 idol Buddy Rich played one of his greatest
West Side Story solos several years older than Peart is now
while having a heart attack. There was stuff Louie Bellson played deep in his sixties that was technically off the hook.
Mostly, Peart himself seems like a pretty nice humble guy who is on record again and again essentially agreeing with the musical comparison peculiarities used here. I mean you do know he goes on these interviews and pretty much says the lion's share of this stuff himself?
So why do you so overreact if a Peart comment isn't on both knees?
Again, I think it's because you don't listen to enough music. And when you do it's with a bias already slanted towards your guy as if the very humble Mr. Peart of all people thinks you slam some other random guys when someone even mentions the smallest contrary. As for this Bonham negative you keep grabbing for...listen to Peart tell it. He thinks Bonham is the stuff. And who that listens to a wide range of music and is serious about his craft disagrees with this?...Well, apparently not Neal Peart.Frankly, I've always liked him for seeing the world in this bigger light. Kudos to him for that. For that reason, it's pretty silly to believe he would come to this forum upset that some of these prickly things we bring up here would bother him...because ...yet again...He says all this himself.
Man, I used not to have much time for you but over the past year I realized I was wrong about a lot of that. Now I think it would be great if you improved your overall drum game a notch (which includes listening and objectivity) before making judgments where none are required. I just think it will make your debate a lot nicer all around.