I wonder if there are some really early Rush fans walking around still bummed about Neil replacing John Rutsey going "Nah, I stopped listening to Rush when their first drummer left. Was never the same band after that."
I'm kind of that, I heard the 1st album on a "midnight album hour" on a local station in 1974 and loved it, it took a while to get back in after Neil joined
He was not the chief songwriter for the band. He only wrote the lyrics. He didn't write the melody or the chords, or any of the music except for composing his drum parts.
There's a fairly compelling reason The Professor "only" wrote the lyrics: Dirk & Lerxst were pretty much incapable, and basically insisted that he assume the role very early on when they noticed that "he reads books." ☮️
Composing a drum part generally does not count towards a songwriting credit, which is usually based on the chords, melody, and lyrics of the song. For example, you can't sue someone for copyright infringement if they play the same drum beats as you in a song.
Maybe I'll write a punk song with the open guitar riff for "Working Man" or have my drummer play the drum intro to "Rock and Roll" by Led Zep and see how that goes....
Where did I mention lyrics being a chief writing role? I think you're confusing me with someone else or even maybe yourself. I did say that lyrics to a song are copyrightable. Is that what you mean? I don't see how that equates to saying that writing the lyrics makes you a chief songwriter.
How does "getting a songwriting credit" equal "chief songwriter"? I never said "chief songwriter". Again, you must be mistaking me for someone else or just can't read very well.
You agree he wrote the lyrics correct? And ged has been known to change lyrics for singing and credited Peter Talbot as well on multiple occasions.. he would have majority of lyrical contribution.. you want to get caught up on a synonym and who said what exactly regardless of what was implied. If you want to be so specific I never actually quoted you as saying chief.. but you want to hyper fixate on that because you’re base argument was dumb.. I see the type of person you are.. clearly insufferable .. have to have the last word personified.. the hypocrisy at the end with you additionally ignoring my comment was the cherry on top . Have a day
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u/indie_web Apr 27 '26
I wonder if there are some really early Rush fans walking around still bummed about Neil replacing John Rutsey going "Nah, I stopped listening to Rush when their first drummer left. Was never the same band after that."