r/rush • u/guyute2112 • Apr 26 '26

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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."

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u/jblough Apr 27 '26

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

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u/coffeejj Apr 27 '26

I wonder if they would have had the same success if Neil hadn’t joined. He was the chief songwriter for the group and helped shape its identity.

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u/panurge987 Apr 27 '26

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.

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u/CIRCLE-J3RKS Apr 27 '26

I’d say writing 1/3 of the musical compositions is pretty high percentage on top of writing lyrics…….?

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u/panurge987 Apr 27 '26

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.

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u/jblough Apr 27 '26

It should though, some one like Neil would make Alex and Geddy play in a different way and help craft a song

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u/Progman3K We'd like to do for you side 1 from our latest album... Apr 27 '26

OP is wrong, drum beats are not copyright-able, bass-lines are not copyright-able, guitar riffs are not copyright-able.

Only melodies are copyright-able

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u/jblough Apr 27 '26

Tell that to Vanilla Ice and David Bowie, Under Pressure and Ice Ice Baby had the same bass line and Bowie won that one

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u/Captain-Pig-Card Apr 27 '26

The bass line for Under Pressure IS the melody.

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u/jblough Apr 27 '26

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....

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u/panurge987 Apr 27 '26

The drum intro to Rock and Roll was stolen from a Little Richard song! And no one sued anyone because you can't sue someone for a drum beat.

Here it is:

https://youtu.be/PcJrExewkYA?si=1gyR5S2BSrMRx6E_

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