RUSH vs. YES vs. THE GRATEFUL DEAD

Maybe I was confusing U2 with REM??

REM is almost that old, too! Formed 1980.

REM has broken up and also changed line-ups at one point.

did you Deadheads see this?

Spring 1990

― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, August 1, 2012 5:24 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I'm listening to 3/24/90 this morning (some of which is on Dozin' at the Knick, but the "Help/Slip/Frank" and "Loser" are not, and they are excellent this night. Brent helps this band in myriad ways. Between this and the first JGB (also recorded spring of '90) I've come to think this might be my favorite Dead-related era, probably some kind of hippie heresy.

REM has broken up and also changed line-ups at one point.

Really? When did this happen? You sure?

Sarcasm aside, I was responding to this:

Maybe I was confusing U2 with REM??

That is, even confusing U2 (which was mistakenly cited as starting in 1983) with REM, both formed a surprisingly long time ago, regardless of subsequent break-ups or line-up changes.

Yeah, I just read back in the thread. I missed a couple posts of context.

berry left in 97, and wiki says they called it quits last year

xxp

Their first album was released in 1983, which is what I was thinking of.

berry left in 97, and wiki says they called it quits last year

No, pretty sure the band has not broken up. Wiki is wrong. REM has definitely not broken up.

I mean, if they had broken up, we all would have heard about it.

Months ago.

huh. i have no way to know, and you're speaking as though you do, so i defer. but NPR carried the breakup story (source for the wiki page), and the announcement is still hosted on REM's site. curious as to why you're so certain...

Because I'm taking the piss?

that'd explain it, yeah

"sarcasm aside"

^ igin

ZZ Top is really the only one, because Rush isn't the original lineup.

UK peeps: Does Status Quo have original members? They are one of those bands that's around forever right? Or are they like a Kansas thing where it's like 2 dudes left?

i love the hell out of rush but the dead take this

curiously unaffected by yes

The Quo have 2 original members but are actually touring later this year with the original rhythm section, just a one-off though I think.

ooh do ppl say The Quo over there? that's dope i'm adding that to my repertoire

ZZ Top may have had the same dudes longer, but they also performed at a Republican National Convention, while Rush demanded that their music not be played by those sorts of folks.

And nobody misses the late John Rutsey on drums.

i find it hard to believe three pervy hot rod driving weirdos from texas have less than progressive politics

Not quite sure how political views have any basis in quality music. I personally couldnt care less what a band's politics are.

what if they were nazis

Theyre not

but yr cool w/liking nazi skin music, like r3sist@anc3 records shit?

Never heard it to tell you the truth. I dont need to apply a political litmus test to entertainment I enjoy, be it music, sports, movies, etc.

but if you liked nazi music you would listen to it?

what if there were a band that all the proceeds of their record went to nambla?

hahahahahaha, yeah, sure

id say those examples are a little more extreme than "playing at a Republican convention". I like Ted Nugent's music, but i think he's a total idiot when he opens his mouth politically.

reallllly nervous about the outcome of this poll guys

You have already voted in this poll and cannot vote again.

>:-(

feel like it might be a three way tie and then we'll all have to fight in some sort of classic rock thunderdome

and i will kill you if i have to

yes.

not even close for me. close to the edge is amazing ("siberian khatru"!!) and the other albums from that era ain't too shabby. could never really get with rush but the dead are aiight I suppose.

expect yes to annihilate this, tbh

Not quite sure how political views have any basis in quality music. I personally couldnt care less what a band's politics are.

what if they were Red Wings fans

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice

Let's get some people quoting some Yes lyrics in here, for the LOLs. Anyone?

Like, are "All Good People" and "One NIght in Bangkok" the only two pop songs ever written about chess?

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Shining, flying, purple wolfhound, show me where you are

got this open in a tab right now

feels like Yes is gonna win

My money was on Rush. They've easily sold the most albums and seem popular on ILM.

fingers crossed for yes

ILM is offically yessed out, if anyone else wins it will be a minor upset. by "anyone else" i mean rush, of course. if the dead win it will be a sad fart day.

I hope the Dead win, but they inspire stronger antipathy than the others - I can imagine Yes or Rush votes by people who don't really love Yes or Rush but who dislike the Dead, but I can't imagine any Dead votes by anybody except partisan 'heads

xp qed