Neil Peart - RIP
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It's amazing to me that 90% of the people lamenting Neil Peart's passing mispronounce his last name, thereby exposing them as faux-Rush fans.
But, then, I'm not surprised ...
But, then, I'm not surprised ...
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I always thought it was like "pert." Is that right?
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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That’s what I was led to believe.
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Me too. Are people saying Part?
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I've always said Pee-at but that might be my Geordie accent. My mate called him Neil "Pert" about 4 years ago and I thought he'd gone mad. I guess he was right then?Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Jan 2020, 7:30pmMe too. Are people saying Part?
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And to back me up, Britain's most popular DJ, Ken Bruce pronounced it that way today on Radio 2. He is Scottish though.Heston wrote: ↑13 Jan 2020, 8:28pmI've always said Pee-at but that might be my Geordie accent. My mate called him Neil "Pert" about 4 years ago and I thought he'd gone mad. I guess he was right then?Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Jan 2020, 7:30pmMe too. Are people saying Part?
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Excuses can be made for you, given that English is not your first language.Heston wrote: ↑13 Jan 2020, 8:28pmI've always said Pee-at but that might be my Geordie accent. My mate called him Neil "Pert" about 4 years ago and I thought he'd gone mad. I guess he was right then?Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Jan 2020, 7:30pmMe too. Are people saying Part?
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Rhymes with "heart" is a good approximation.
Better is the vowel sound in how an Englander would pronounce the first vowel in "Hertford."
Better is the vowel sound in how an Englander would pronounce the first vowel in "Hertford."
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I would rhyme it with "knee-hat."
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Well, I'll be:
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Rush is one of those groups who, while I don't care for their music, seemed decent down-to-Earth guys. It's funny how their fans are such insufferable douche bags.
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Ignoring the Randian crap, of course. I remember hearing about KISS touring with them in the 70s, and while Gene et al were working the statutory rape game backstage, the Rush guys were sitting around and reading. I picture them underlining passages from Atlas Shrugged and wondering how to write songs about parasites.BostonBeaneater wrote: ↑13 Jan 2020, 10:32pmRush is one of those groups who, while I don't care for their music, seemed decent down-to-Earth guys. It's funny how their fans are such insufferable douche bags.
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I would suspect their Randian leanings were Somewhat overblown. I just did a little googling and found this Peart quote from 2012,Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Jan 2020, 10:51pm
Ignoring the Randian crap, of course. I remember hearing about KISS touring with them in the 70s, and while Gene et al were working the statutory rape game backstage, the Rush guys were sitting around and reading. I picture them underlining passages from Atlas Shrugged and wondering how to write songs about parasites.
For me, [the work of Ayn Rand] was an affirmation that it’s all right to totally believe in something and live for it and not compromise. It was a simple as that. On that 2112 album, again, I was in my early twenties. I was a kid. Now I call myself a bleeding heart libertarian. Because I do believe in the principles of libertarianism as an ideal — because I’m an idealist. Paul Theroux’s definition of a cynic is a disappointed idealist. So as you go through past your twenties, your idealism is going to be disappointed many many times. And so, I’ve brought my view and also — I’ve just realized this — libertarianism as I understood it was very good and pure and we’re all going to be successful and generous to the less fortunate and it was, to me, not dark or cynical. But then I soon saw, of course, the way that it gets twisted by the flaws of humanity. And that’s when I evolve now into . . . a bleeding-heart libertarian. That’ll do.
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What an odd way to come at Rand. That is, there are so many other belief systems that validate ardent faith and action without all the other crap. It'd be like becoming a Nazi because you're a nationalist.BostonBeaneater wrote: ↑13 Jan 2020, 10:57pmI would suspect their Randian leanings were Somewhat overblown. I just did a little googling and found this Peart quote from 2012,Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Jan 2020, 10:51pm
Ignoring the Randian crap, of course. I remember hearing about KISS touring with them in the 70s, and while Gene et al were working the statutory rape game backstage, the Rush guys were sitting around and reading. I picture them underlining passages from Atlas Shrugged and wondering how to write songs about parasites.
For me, [the work of Ayn Rand] was an affirmation that it’s all right to totally believe in something and live for it and not compromise. It was a simple as that. On that 2112 album, again, I was in my early twenties. I was a kid. Now I call myself a bleeding heart libertarian. Because I do believe in the principles of libertarianism as an ideal — because I’m an idealist. Paul Theroux’s definition of a cynic is a disappointed idealist. So as you go through past your twenties, your idealism is going to be disappointed many many times. And so, I’ve brought my view and also — I’ve just realized this — libertarianism as I understood it was very good and pure and we’re all going to be successful and generous to the less fortunate and it was, to me, not dark or cynical. But then I soon saw, of course, the way that it gets twisted by the flaws of humanity. And that’s when I evolve now into . . . a bleeding-heart libertarian. That’ll do.
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I can't believe you got me to defend Rush and Neil Peart. I need drink.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑14 Jan 2020, 7:19amWhat an odd way to come at Rand. That is, there are so many other belief systems that validate ardent faith and action without all the other crap. It'd be like becoming a Nazi because you're a nationalist.BostonBeaneater wrote: ↑13 Jan 2020, 10:57pmI would suspect their Randian leanings were Somewhat overblown. I just did a little googling and found this Peart quote from 2012,Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑13 Jan 2020, 10:51pm
Ignoring the Randian crap, of course. I remember hearing about KISS touring with them in the 70s, and while Gene et al were working the statutory rape game backstage, the Rush guys were sitting around and reading. I picture them underlining passages from Atlas Shrugged and wondering how to write songs about parasites.
For me, [the work of Ayn Rand] was an affirmation that it’s all right to totally believe in something and live for it and not compromise. It was a simple as that. On that 2112 album, again, I was in my early twenties. I was a kid. Now I call myself a bleeding heart libertarian. Because I do believe in the principles of libertarianism as an ideal — because I’m an idealist. Paul Theroux’s definition of a cynic is a disappointed idealist. So as you go through past your twenties, your idealism is going to be disappointed many many times. And so, I’ve brought my view and also — I’ve just realized this — libertarianism as I understood it was very good and pure and we’re all going to be successful and generous to the less fortunate and it was, to me, not dark or cynical. But then I soon saw, of course, the way that it gets twisted by the flaws of humanity. And that’s when I evolve now into . . . a bleeding-heart libertarian. That’ll do.