RUSH Drummer Neil Peart On New Version Of The Hockey Theme - "I Can Only Hope That It's Received With The Spirit And Sincerity With Which I Offer It"
January 17, 2010, 14 years ago
RUSH drummer Neil Peart's new rock version of The Hockey Theme (available below) made its NHL debut on TSN on January 14th, 2010 during the Philadelphia Flyers at Toronto Maple Leafs game. Toronto-based CTV recently published an article on Peart featuring discussion on a number of topics including his work on the theme music. An excerpt from the report is available below:
After being "blown away" by the invitation to recreate the classic tune, Peart decided on his approach: a "drum solo with horns."
Drawing on every trick in his drumming arsenal -- and it's an understatement to say the famed percussionist has many -- Peart tried to cram as many spectacular flourishes into the one-minute clip as he could.
He imbued a bit of a Latin flavour to the beat, included a breakneck snare fill and his classic double kick-drum fills, played with a tempo and phrasing that Peart says were unique for him.
He's hopeful that Canadians are willing to give his version a chance.
"I can only hope that it's received with the spirit and sincerity with which I offer it," he said."Because, like with anything else, there's bound to be a certain conservative backlash: 'That doesn't sound how it sounded before!' That is human nature, to be comfortable with things they way they were, so I can only hope people will receive it as well as I mean it."
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