― 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
― naturalaw-dp, Wednesday, 20 October 2004 16:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― udu wudu (udu wudu), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 17:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Roy Williams Highlight (diamond), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 17:33 (nineteen years ago) link
I do enjoy themSince, unlike so much prog-rockThey have some real hooks.
― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 17:50 (nineteen years ago) link
And I don't mean toBe facetious. That stuff wasCool to a young me.
― Dominique (dleone), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 17:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― darin (darin), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 17:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Edward Bax, Thursday, 21 October 2004 23:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― Edward Bax, Friday, 22 October 2004 00:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― The TAO that can be Posted is not the TAO! (The Tao that can be Posted is), Friday, 22 October 2004 00:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― Roy Williams Highlight (diamond), Friday, 22 October 2004 00:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― Roy Williams Highlight (diamond), Friday, 22 October 2004 00:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!!st, Friday, 12 November 2004 04:53 (nineteen years ago) link
oh my fucking godi mean, oh my fucking godoh my fucking god
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Friday, 12 November 2004 15:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― bg, Friday, 12 November 2004 15:15 (nineteen years ago) link
______________________
Look at videosThe Trees to Power WindowsGeddy has nose job
― Mehama Mama, Friday, 12 November 2004 22:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Saturday, 13 November 2004 05:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 13 November 2004 05:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Saturday, 13 November 2004 05:39 (nineteen years ago) link
There once was a Canuck named Geddy,Who sang in voice nasal and heady,His pretensions grandplus ideas from Ayn RandCause my gastric juices to eddy.
― Ken L (Ken L), Saturday, 13 November 2004 18:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Saturday, 13 November 2004 20:41 (nineteen years ago) link
I did too a lot at the time -- you have inspired me, I am listening to Presto for the first time in who knows how long. (The start to "Show Don't Tell" is a freakin' treble-fest.)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 13 November 2004 20:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 13 November 2004 20:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 13 November 2004 21:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 13 November 2004 21:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Saturday, 13 November 2004 21:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ken L (Ken L), Saturday, 13 November 2004 21:37 (nineteen years ago) link
Imagine getting high with Tony Banks
― sophie glanced up, looking concerned (Matt #2), Tuesday, 12 December 2023 16:39 (three months ago) link
cool he can be insufferable at a higher tempo
― STUPID CRAP FACE (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 12 December 2023 17:39 (three 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 (three 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 (three months ago) link
The Geddy book is *great.*
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 12 January 2024 14:12 (two 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 (two 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 (two months ago) link