Best Neil Peart songs?

[Chichiri]

My brother, a rock drummer, normally doesn't like Rush, but he's told me that more and more he's listening to and trying to emulate Neil Peart. His birthday is coming up soon, and I thought I'd give him a mixed CD of Peart's greatest performances, drumming-wise. Aside from the drum solos on the live albums, what songs would you guys suggest I put on the CD to showcase Peart's drumming talents? I have pretty much the entire Rush discography to work with.

[KyndCulture]

1. I have a few ideas.

YYZ
Xanadu
Bytor and the snowdog
Fly By Night
ANY of the drum solo tracks on the live albums
All of 2112
Cyngus X 1



"The song "2112" focuses on the struggle of an individual against the collectivist forces of a totalitarian state"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Peart

[tuvor]

2. I'm not a Rush fan, so this might be a dumb idea.

But I just saw something on the Web today that reminded me that Peart put out a couple of solo CDs in the early 90s that were tributes to Buddy Rich.

I'll bet that's something your brother wouldn't expect!

[Zomby Woof]

3. La Villa Strangiato

Different Strings
Subdivisions (the Chinese cymbal at the coda is particularly cool)
Tom Sawyer (best drum roll ever)
YYZ - live version from "Exit...Stage Left"

[sueragingroz]

4. Tom Sawyer

I agree on the tom sawyer endorsement.

Great Song.

Lyrics here: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/r/rush/tom+sawyer_20120001.html