Palmer vs Peart

both of them are outstanding  but  one of them must win.....Well???

I know somebody will hate me for this , but I have to vote for Neil - even though Palmer is also one of my favourites.

Stéphane Galland. 

No surprise with The Professor way in the lead. As bombastic as some may say some of his (and his band) work may be, the guy is your typical canadian, humble & personalbe. ELP, if memory serves me correct, are often given as a synonym for pomposity & overblown importance ... (not by me, I can only talk about two of their songs - Simple Man, & Karn Evil 9, I think 0/

Yawn. Another drum poll where none of my canditates gets the vote. Moerlen would have drummed circles around them, wrapped them up in aluminium foil, put them on the ends of his drumsticks and thus have given them a close experience what drumming is really about.

Edited by BaldFriede - February 03 2007 at 14:14

Tony R wrote: BaldFriede wrote: Yawn. Another drum poll where none of my canditates gets the vote. Moerlen would have drummed circles around them, wrapped them up in aluminium foil, put them on the ends of his drumsticks and thus have given them a close experience what drumming is really about.   You've just given me a great idea! How about a facility where you can make an automatic response depending on the topic? If the topic mentions drumming you could just press a button and..........

I would, but it is not necessary; the Peart fans already invented it.

You are not even well informed, Tony; first of all I usually mention a 45 minute drum solo, and second it was not by Moerlen but by Vander. Unlike the Peart fans I am not a broken record that is stuck and goes repeating "Peart...Peart...Peart" all the time; on the contrary, I have given my acknowledgements to numerous drummers again and again. It is just typically of Peart fans that they react like spoiled little brats when one does not join in their chorus. And when one repays them a bit they react like little kids who have been stolen their facourite toy.
Sorry, I accidentially hit the pick-up of your record player. I will put it on again.
"Peart...Peart...Peart".


Edited by BaldFriede - February 03 2007 at 14:50

After watching various concerts (only video) of ELP and Rush I think Palmer is slightly better than Peart. His performance on California Jam 1974 was really outstanding!

Edited by MattiR - February 03 2007 at 14:56

I prefer Pearts drum soloing. "anatomy of a drum solo" convinced me of that. Palmer has awesome solos too but Pearts are more varied and thought-through. However, I much prefer Palmer's drumming during songs. It is incredible. Palmer gets my vote.

Peart is a monster tho...

Tony R wrote: BaldFriede wrote: You are not even well informed, Tony; first of all I usually mention a 45 minute drum solo, and second it was not by Moerlen but by Vander. Unlike the Peart fans I am not a broken record that is stuck and goes repeating "Peart...Peart...Peart" all the time; on the contrary, I have given my acknowledgements to numerous drummers again and again. It is just typically of Peart fans that they react like spoiled little brats when one does not join in their chorus. And when one repays them a bit they react like little kids who have been stolen their facourite toy. Sorry, I accidentially hit the pick-up of your record player. I will put it on again. "Peart...Peart...Peart". I voted for Palmer......

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