Guitar mag gruel Less smart than it wants to be Pretty harmless now
Hey, gimme a break, I've never written a haiku before.
― Patrick, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
'Tom Sawyer' plays through art class
Turn that shit off now!
― suzy, Saturday, 23 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Kim, Sunday, 24 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Dave M., Sunday, 24 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
*( I reluctantly but freely admit that both Tom Sawyer and YYZ are both decent songs.)
― Phil, Sunday, 24 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Dan Perry, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Alex in NYC, Friday, 2 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jack Cole, Friday, 2 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jeff W, Friday, 2 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
da BA BA BA BA da-da
BA da BA BA BA...
― Joe, Friday, 2 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Shaky Mo Collier, Friday, 2 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Mr Noodles, Friday, 2 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― piers (piers), Friday, 8 October 2004 04:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― The TAO that can be Posted is not the TAO! (The Tao that can be Posted is), Friday, 8 October 2004 04:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 8 October 2004 04:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 8 October 2004 04:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 8 October 2004 05:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― The TAO that can be Posted is not the TAO! (The Tao that can be Posted is), Friday, 8 October 2004 05:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Confucius, Friday, 8 October 2004 06:13 (nineteen years ago) link
subdivisions rockswhich counters all that i've beentold about this band
the lyrics are tooobvious but what can youexpect from hosers?
― derrick (derrick), Friday, 8 October 2004 06:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Friday, 8 October 2004 07:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Friday, 8 October 2004 07:32 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.clevernet.on.ca/pierre_trudeau/images/pic_trudeau_beer.jpg
DUD thereafter
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 8 October 2004 09:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 8 October 2004 09:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― Good Dog, Friday, 8 October 2004 10:45 (nineteen years ago) link
Space-jazz-rock-tronicIf rednecks didn't like themThey'd be Kraftwerk-hip
Geddyvox
Less boy or girl thanAlien; PreciseEnunciation
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 8 October 2004 15:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― sleep (sleep), Friday, 8 October 2004 16:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 8 October 2004 22:33 (nineteen years ago) link
Great band, I think.
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 8 October 2004 22:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― dlp9001, Saturday, 9 October 2004 00:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― m0stly clean (m0stly clean), Saturday, 9 October 2004 13:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 9 October 2004 13:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― eddie hurt (ddduncan), Saturday, 9 October 2004 15:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Sunday, 10 October 2004 00:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 10 October 2004 00:19 (nineteen years ago) link
the wisdom in this succinct observation is humid. i loved rush until i discovered indie and punk rock in high school. hearing that particularly melodramatic cut "the trees" (i think that's the title) is still powerfully evocative of my 13-15 years, playing D&D, obsessing about securing issue # 202 of Spiderman, and committing to memory SNL lines. so i'll grant my meaningless benediction upon Rush in the same manner as the astute scott p.
― j.m. lockery (j.m. lockery), Sunday, 10 October 2004 02:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Edward Bax, Tuesday, 19 October 2004 19:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Edward Bax, Tuesday, 19 October 2004 19:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 19:11 (nineteen years ago) link
NEER-neer-neener-neenerNEE nee nerrNEER-neer-neener-neener...
That's my "Tom Sawyer" tribute. They should have collaborated with Gary Numan. Maybe there's still time.
― Thea (Thea), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 19:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― Burr (Burr), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 22:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― clark, Tuesday, 19 October 2004 22:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― The TAO that can be Posted is not the TAO! (The Tao that can be Posted is), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 23:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― Will (will), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 00:03 (nineteen years ago) link
(uh, not that i knew very much about 'em)
― naturalaw-dp, Wednesday, 20 October 2004 16:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― briania (briania), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 16:27 (nineteen years ago) link
once rock as a cultural force was pretty much spent.
side topic but this does not matter to me at all one bit? who cares?
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 27 July 2023 18:20 (eight months ago) link
just hammer out some 74-75 material
Except Geddy mostly hates that stuff, and hasn't been able to sing it either for decades.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 27 July 2023 18:24 (eight months ago) link
Please tell if Geddy Lee's new television show is worth watching.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 28 October 2023 22:54 (five months ago) link
I'm sure it's worth watching but I don't really want to sign up for whatever service this is on
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 28 October 2023 22:55 (five months ago) link
He's also touring his memoir.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 29 October 2023 03:09 (five months ago) link
i had no idea that he had a solo album until about a week ago. #thingsyoulearnedwhenyouwereold
― scott seward, Sunday, 29 October 2023 14:33 (five months ago) link
With Matt Cameron on drums, I think.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 29 October 2023 15:00 (five months ago) link
is every song about how much ayn rand sucks?
― scott seward, Sunday, 29 October 2023 15:08 (five months ago) link
All the songs are about being a Working Man who is In the Mood.
― Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 29 October 2023 17:55 (five months ago) link
https://i.redd.it/1av52ozxomxb1.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 01:51 (five months ago) link
Woah!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 02:46 (five months ago) link
This is a great piece:
https://wapo.st/3QzxgNL
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 11 November 2023 00:39 (five months ago) link
Thanks for that.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Saturday, 11 November 2023 04:04 (five months ago) link
Would Rush have had the success they did with Gershon Eliezer Weinrib and Aleksandar Živojinović fronting them? Given the era, I suspect not.
― I don't want to catastrophise but there's a catastrophe looming (Matt #2), Saturday, 11 November 2023 15:53 (five months ago) link
That WaPo article is wonderful, thanks for that.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 11 November 2023 16:31 (five months ago) link
KISS featuring Chaim Witz and Stanley Eisen.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 11 November 2023 17:36 (five months ago) link
Anyone seeing the Geddy Lee book tour?
I forget why it came up, maybe it was that WaPo feature, but my wife watched the Rush doc and really liked it. She doesn't like the band, but did gain a newfound respect for them. She had a best friend in high school who was really into Rush, and could never figure out why this shrieky hard rock band clicked with her. Supposedly the doc helped her understand.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 20 November 2023 16:32 (five months ago) link
And oh shit, apparently Alex just guested on a Tool song in Toronto the other night?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 22 November 2023 00:14 (five months ago) link
my wife watched the Rush doc and really liked it. She doesn't like the band, but did gain a newfound respect for them.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 1 December 2023 05:17 (four months ago) link
^^^
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Friday, 1 December 2023 14:07 (four months ago) link
Nice interview with Geddy transcribed here:
https://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/rush/mojo-01.2024.php
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 12 December 2023 03:20 (four months ago) link
Nice, thanks for the link!
Meanwhile, the other day I learned that one of Neil's biggest inspirations for his drum technique on "Animate" were Lush and Curve. Colour me pleasantly surprised!
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 12 December 2023 03:38 (four months ago) link
Great Geddy interview. Love that guy. Sort of surprised about the coke revelations.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Tuesday, 12 December 2023 14:14 (four months ago) link
It just goes to show that apparently *every* musician was doing coke, to some extent. Even Geddy Lee. I was kinda shocked at the revelation a few years ago that Mike Rutherford was a big coke abuser. (Whereas Phil was largely a teetotaler).
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 12 December 2023 14:46 (four months ago) link
yeah it seems like it's pretty much impossible to comprehend how prevalent coke was in the entertainment biz in the 80s
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 12 December 2023 15:16 (four months ago) link
As soon as the first Zeppelin LP dropped we all bought it and thought, What is this? It had a kinda Humble Pie vibe
Geddy has his chronology a little mixed up, the first Humble Pie album came out seven months after Zeppelin's debut.
It's touching to see how moved he is discussing Neil and Alex.
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 12 December 2023 15:17 (four months ago) link
(Whereas Phil was largely a teetotaler).
Maybe with coke but he was apparently hitting the weed pretty heavily back in the day, plus his notorious problems with alcohol.
― dinnerboat, Tuesday, 12 December 2023 15:58 (four months ago) link
Imagine getting high with Tony Banks
― sophie glanced up, looking concerned (Matt #2), Tuesday, 12 December 2023 16:39 (four months ago) link
cool he can be insufferable at a higher tempo
― STUPID CRAP FACE (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 12 December 2023 17:39 (four months ago) link
I think Phil's drinking problem came much, much later, like after he had (first) retired and had too much time and money.
I found the Curve/Lush quote btw!
For the opening track, 'Animate,' for instance, I used a basic R&B rhythm that I played back in my early days, coupled with that hypnotic effect that a lot of the British bands of the turn of the 90's had - bands like Curve and Lush. The middle section of the tune is the result of the impact African music has had on me, although it wasn't a specific African rhythm. I hear a section of a tune, and immediately I have to make choices, and many times those world influences I talked about earlier will come into play and contribute to my parts.
I can ... kind of hear it? Fwiw, I remember seeing Curve with Steve Monti and his playing made a big impression on me.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 12 December 2023 17:50 (four months ago) link
the biggest Rush fan I know is also a big Curve fan, so this makes lots of sense to me
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Tuesday, 12 December 2023 17:53 (four months ago) link
The Geddy book is *great.*
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 12 January 2024 14:12 (three months ago) link
Yeah I need to get that. Too much backlog!
The Lush/Curve detail above, I like that. (I'm kinda not surprised at a Curve/Rush fan continuum, Dean Garcia being such a studio hound in the best sense.)
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 12 January 2024 19:04 (three months ago) link
I'm going to publish my suspicion that there will be some musical project to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first album.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 12 January 2024 19:15 (three months ago) link
Seconding Josh, Geddy's book is a wonderful read. Re-listening to everything but now picturing the studios and cast of characters. He uses the pet nicknames for his band-mates throughout, and they change constantly from year to year!
Hearing Tom Sawyer/Limelight/Spirit on the school bus blasted from a boombox in the back seats where the cool kids sat. Journey sounded futuristic but Rush was on a whole other level. Subdivisions sealed the deal. Classic forever.
― Psychocandy Apple Grey (Pyschocandles), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 05:03 (one week ago) link