The Trees (Rush) - Neil Peart Isolated Drums

[MrGtr2go]

dweebs!!!!



[mpc3po]

WATCH THE VIDEO CHRONICLES...THIS IS THE DRUM TRACK FROM THAT....i just remember it.

[thenakedeye100]

whatever, its good. what a class act. every new tour, he gets new drums, or changes the look of them. what could be better.

[Zombieman27]

guys. this IS neil playing, this is NOT the version from ESL, and it IS the vault edition that they used for rock band(the video game)

[majfauxpas]

2:53: in the studio and live versions Neil doubles up on the snare here.

[semiLivedj]

How cool!

[notnilccm]

How the F do Alex & Geddy play along with this? I would be in left field with my finger up my ass.

[majfauxpas]

@notnilccm Because Neil is playing along with Geddy and Alex as well. Also, they write the music together, so all three know where it's supposed to go.

[Homie0static]

This is off of the Rush Chronicles VHS and DVD. I think this is the best version of the Trees. It was done as a warm up for a show they did so many years ago. You or they (the makers of Rock Band) should have left the wood block beats in at the end of the song.

[1701mcfly]

It sounds great to me! But the tempo sounds s l o w

[Astrosimi]

While trolling around Rush videos, one user identified it as the track from the performance of this song that the boys did for the promotional video of the song, which appears on the Rush Chronicles DVD... I'm willing to believe this assumption as the minor differences are almost identical as are the outros.

[ltuomela]

i tell ya the thing about Neil..is 1) he tunes his drums different then almost all..2) almost every chorus he plays o all songs are different!..and that to me makes all the difference man..he is a amazing drummer...he has many versions of this song,so i wouldn't argue about what its from or if its him..its great..even if its someone else, they did a hell of a job..sure sounds like him..but the tunings of the drums sound a bit loose for him..all the same the wood deal he does is just to cool man

[bigskyrockies]

Not ESL...hi hats in the intro the the 5/4 bridge are different (1:58 to 2:06). With ESL...he's using his foot to open 'em up all the way thu the pasaage...here, just playing a syncopated beat on closed hi-hats. This sounds alot like the live Trees version that came from the side two/Hemispheres videos.

[TheGreeneyes777]

HIS MUSIC IS LIKE A JIG SAW PUZZLE..ITS SCATTERED EVERYWHERE.. BUT HE PUT'S IT ALL TOGETHER AND IT BECOMES A MOVING PICTURE...""AWESOME""

[blobdy]

easily the best in the world bar none!!!

[psuperpsycho]

He looks eerily like tom hanks in the pic, if tom hanks actually had any talent i might think they were related, but the skill gap is just too great

[humbledrumah]

the cymbals crashes say Neil, the version seems to be ESLeft. but the 32nd notes are Neil.... those who doubt, don't know.... also the woodblock progression is wrong... he needed to start higher then go low..... itssound like ESLeft to me......

[TheBrutalDrummer]

Great tune!

[skat4evr9]

Vault edition not hemispheres version. This take was cut and replaced by the one on the record.

[johnnylarue1]

slow??

[snarlingrabiddog5150]

It love it.....is it just me or is this sounding a little slow? Amazing though! :)

[Ryu12543]

One of my favorite Rush drum fills at 3:31, I love that one so much.

[scootermojo]

you sure this isn't the drum track from exit..stage left? the middle bridge where neil throws in some splash cymbals sounds just like what the played on that live albums version.

[thebigguyconnor]

@scootermojo if this was the ESL drum track, then there would be a LOT more bleedthrough. This is an alternate take of The Trees, not the original drum track

[Homie0static]

@scootermojo This track is from The Trees (better sound). Straight from Chronicles the DVD, it's a sound check version and the best one. If I were to rate my top five Rush tunes this would be in there somewhere.

Rush - proof that a Christian, a Jew and agnostic can live side by side by side and make transcendent music.

[VonTrousers]

@scootermojo You're right.  ESL

[boratanice]

@scootermojo Your right

[VonTrousers]

@scootermojo That's precisely what this is

[BDizDaBest]

I headbanged at 2:17

[gitchigoomi]

This guy has a great sound. I think he's going to make it! :)

[Ace4217]

@gitchigoomi Actually, he's said to be one of the best drummers alive, if not THE best. So i'm sure he's already made it :)

[gitchigoomi]

@Ace4217 No offense, Ace, but you are a little slow on the uptake.

[Ace4217]

@gitchigoomi Sorry, my time machine wasn't working, if it was I would've viewed this video for the first time 3 weeks ago and commented earlier to make you feel better.

[gitchigoomi]

@Ace4217 You're clueless. You should re-read our exchanges and get on track.

[BDizDaBest]

@Ace4217 lol dude....it's not about how quickly or slowly you responded. It's about how you completely missed the irony. Gitchi was joking when he said "I think he's gonna make it." Obviously he knows who Neil Peart is, and how great he is...

[jgeorgel]

This vid proves once again why NEIL PEART is the greatest ROCK drummer to ever live.

[66Drums]

That is Totally Neil!! His articulation is very definitive...and those woodblocks in the bridge..

[Bulzeeb15]

I have the original version of the trees on my ipod, but I vastly prefer the vault edition on rock band 2 mainly with how Neil's temple block solo sounds and his hi-hat work following the solo. That and the ending where Geddy stretches out the part where he says "Saw". On the original he just says it quick and there's no more echoic guitar afterwards.

[kingcherub]

I have no doubt that is actually neil.

[amrasmord]

yes, it's the Vault Edition.

[Petitisszz]

Vault Edition ?

[gordymcneil]

that is Neil playing, plus you can hear all the zildjian cymbals...ping ride etc...

sounds like the clear head on the snare too he famously used back in the day.

[jeffkdrums]

This is NOT Neil playing, however it is ALMOST a spot on reproduction.

[thebigguyconnor]

@jeffkdrums This IS neil playing, although it is NOT the original version of the song - it is an alternate take of the song they did in the studio.

[ruleta74835]

@thebigguyconnor - Well, you can certainly hear a tympani, which he stopped lugging around after 1980 or so.

[H1GhVoL7aGe]

@jeffkdrums

yeah your right its not neil peart it must be.. Angus Young or better yet Jim Jones how about that

.. no shit its neil peart any RUSH fan knows this is the alternate take

[twinstickpete]

@jeffkdrums This is Pratt

[ep3gers]

@jeffkdrums This is Neil playing , you can see this live performance for tv ie no audience in 1978 on bonus material on either r30 on snakes and arrows dvd's.

[1612HavenhurstDrive]

@jeffkdrums

Why do you guys insist on going to every isolated track and trying to debunk it? Find other, less idiotic ways to spend your time. This is Peart as everyone else but you knows.

[Lujodedetalles]

Hi, how are you? Could you tell me the program you used to isolate the track? I'll thank you so much. And I have a Mac... Do you know if exist any program to isolate tracks for Mac?

PD: Sorry for my english.

[Frozen4322]

@Lujodedetalles He turned all the other instruments down on Rock Band, then recorded the drums, by my guess going into practice mode on vocals.

[thebigguyconnor]

@Frozen4322 This was actually extracted as a FILE off the rockband disc. For the newer stuff on new rock band games for which encryption hasn't been broken yet, i guess you could try it that way.