Go ahead and critique all you want. If it makes you feel better to say/post something negative about a certain drummer or whoever you like. But please tell me that it's more than just that you have the "right" to do so. What's the point? How is that value added?
Yes, there are drummers that I'm not a fan of. But you'd lose that farm if you find ANYTHING I've posted here on DW that resembles criticism about another drummers' playing.
No, the problem is "some" of us feel better about themselves to voice their "opinions" out loud. To say that NP doesn't swing does not solve a great mystery that needs to be addressed. STOP comparing drummers! It's NOT a competition.
And if you knew anything about NP, you'd know how humbled he was/is about the Buddy Rich Memorial concerts that he has produced and played in. And how honored he was/is to participate in them.
It doesn't matter WHO I'm a fan of, it serves no purpose to find fault in what they do. And this is no exception.
So anybody on here that says something about another drummer's playing that he didn't care for is only doing it to make himself/herself feel better?
When I was talking about making negative comments about a drummer that you didn't care for, I wasn't specifically talking about just on this forum, but in life in general. Do you really expect me to believe that you have never said, in any conversation about drums or drummers that you have had with other people, that you didn't care for a certain drummer's playing or that you didn't care for the way they did something on a certain song, or anything else along those lines?
I never said anything negative about Neil as a person. I'm well aware that Neil is a humble person. Where the hell did I ever attack Neil's character? Stop making accusations that you can't back up.
I never compared Neil to Buddy or anybody else. I just said that I agreed with other members that his playing was lacking that swing feel, and you try and twist it into something that it's not.
Sorry, but how does that work? Nobody is beyond critique.
Take an actor you really like. Now, has that actor ever been in a bad film? ALL actors have been in a bad film - so the answer there is a solid yes. Are we allowed to make that point clear? Yes. Does it help the actor improve and choose better films in the future? Yes. Now replace 'actor' with 'musician' or 'drummer'.
Thank you, Mediocrefunkybeat, for clarifying my point.
So, michael drums, does this rule only apply to drummers, or like mediocrefunkybeat said, is it also wrong to criticize an actor or a movie that they were in? Have you never said that you didn't care for a certain actor, or didn't like a certain move? Have you ever said that you didn't like the food at a restaurant you have been? Have you ever read a book that you didn't like? Because according to you, to make such comments is only because you're trying to find fault in something. These comments, according to you, just mean that the person is just hating on the drummer/musician, or actor, movie, chef, author or anybody else, pick a category. Do you expect me to believe that you never said that you didn't like something? Get off your high horse and stop attacking people on here just because they said they didn't care for something about Neil's playing on the video. If anybody here is trying to make themselves feel better by making negative comments, it's you. You're the one trying to make yourself feel better by attacking others because you're a Peart fanatic who can't stand it when somebody says that they didn't care for Neil's playing on this video. As the old blues song goes "Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself".