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heh, I remember always having reservations about them, even during the height of my taking whatever Other Music was giving.

is this controversial? i want to say Murmur - and i could - but my heart says Lifes Rich Pageant. that's probably not very controversial unless you hate john cougar drums but we have already established on another thread that i am a brix-era fall fan so big fucking dumb booming drums are no problem for me.

that tour ruled by the way. LRP tour. omg. feelies opened. omg.

I tried getting into Träd, Gräs but something about the music just bummed me out.

it is kind of wild to think about, like is there only one song ever addressing an extremely common fear experienced by billions of people over history?

Beach Boys, "She's Goin' Bald".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7_RFUQW5no

it is kind of wild to think about, like is there only one song ever addressing an extremely common fear experienced by billions of people over history?

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown)

and yet, there's no shortage of songs shaming AMAB femmes for wearing dresses

oh lol i misinterpreted that post. but it _is_ noteworthy that both of the songs posted specifically address fears of _women_ going bald! which by the way is a problem even for cis women. it happens with PCOS. when i was wearing wigs i got them from a place that specialized in selling wigs for women with PCOS.

oh lol i misinterpreted that post.

― Kate (rushomancy)

specifically i thought you were talking about "lady godiva's operation". which obviously you weren't, you were talking about "i think i'm going bald". apologies!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaSVvTYDP1k

Let me guess. Does that go "Rogaine, running all round my brain"?

me to a female relation with alopecia totalis: "don't you ever feel like, just idngaf, and showing up with a scarf or wrap that allows people to figure it out?"

her: "NEVER. EVER."

i mean, it's a good thing she is tough as nails as well as cis and femme as you can imagine, she pulls it off with incredible style and elegance.

as a balding male, all i can think is "fuck, i wish my dome was THAT perfectly symetrical and beautiful." mine looks like a damn dented coconut.

CCR could have totally done sweet jane or foggy notion and other tunes.

scott many of your opinions here have been v otmfm imo, but this one feels like i have said it before! but of course i have not. but i think i've felt it.

i have never tried to figure out why vu and ccr are two of my very favoritest, but just have felt like, "yeah, i think deep down they woulda got each other and been v good with it." fact- i have no idea. and i have disappointed my expectations through investigation enough.

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"let's make a record together!"

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*The Advocate -vs- The Engineer* will be the title of my book on this subject.

https://personalityatwork.co/celebrity/profile/john-fogerty/vs/lou-reed

me to a female relation with alopecia totalis: "don't you ever feel like, just idngaf, and showing up with a scarf or wrap that allows people to figure it out?"

her: "NEVER. EVER."

There's a postal clerk in my town who's completely bald and she just stands at the counter, pink skull gleaming, and is the nicest, most helpful person you can imagine. She's great.

I don’t know why I said Caress of Steel is ‘probably’ my favorite Rush album…after posting I ended up giving it a listen out on a walk in the freakishly warm midwestern sun today and it’s definitely my favorite album of theirs. Every track is good (even …Bald, although turns out he had nothing to worry about) but Necromancer and Fountain of Lamneth just totally make that album for me…two of their best tracks as far as I’m concerned, even if they feel more ‘disjointed’ than something like 2112 where the themes are more seamlessly integrated.

Hemispheres is also severely underrated and probably my next favorite of theirs (although Signals could make a convincing argument when I’m feeling up for the 80s)…I actually am not a particularly huge fan of either The Trees or La Villa Strangiato which seems to be fan favorites, although both are fine, but Cygnus Book II is a top 3 Rush track as far as I’m concerned.

*Seem

necromancer is so good

i think on an album level tho rush really leveled up on hemispheres and permanent waves, those records + moving pictures and signals... helluva run

i did a rush runthrough just last month and now i feel like doing it all over again lol

Continuing down the path of Rush opinions no one wants to hear about, I’d say Moving Pictures is probably my least favorite of their first ten years…I’ve just never been a big fan of tracks like YYZ or The Camera Eye which for some reason (probably unfairly) feel devoid of humanity in the same way that something like technical death metal does…I’m just always left cold by that album…even Red Barchetta doesn’t do a ton for me.

On the other hand, their first album with John Rutsey also feels massively underrated to me…sounds like Led Zeppelin with better bass lines and if nothing were overwrought/bombastic.

Permanent Waves tour was my first rock concert. I made my dad take me. i thought i was gonna die. i was so excited. this is that show in lo-fi.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L7rp0ljc_c

i bought a program and a t-shirt. wore that thing to shreds. it was kinda the peak of my concert-going life. haha! i mean it was just beyond anything i had ever been to or seen or heard.

(that clip is missing a lot though...)

Permanent Waves is probably my fave these days, though I love love love Power Windows, too. The former is perhaps the best blend of first and second wave Rush.

Despite them being my favorite band in high school, I never had or listened to Caress of Steel back in the day. I finally got around to cleaning a copy I had that had been moldering in someones basement for years and ended up loving it. It's an album whose title is also its mission statement.

Singer now shaves his head

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2U-3J5FCbQ

as a balding male, all i can think is "fuck, i wish my dome was THAT perfectly symetrical and beautiful." mine looks like a damn dented coconut.

― a single gunshot and polite applause (Hunt3r)

so, fun fact, i'm a lesbian, and speaking as a lesbian, _bald women are so hot_. persis khambatta in star trek. oh. my. god. one of my friends actually got electro on her scalp so that she didn't have to keep shaving her head. she wears wigs but she looks _amazing_ without one.

Continuing down the path of Rush opinions no one wants to hear about, I’d say Moving Pictures is probably my least favorite of their first ten years…I’ve just never been a big fan of tracks like YYZ or The Camera Eye which for some reason (probably unfairly) feel devoid of humanity in the same way that something like technical death metal does…I’m just always left cold by that album…even Red Barchetta doesn’t do a ton for me.

― Slim is an Alien

YYZ _is_ however the best song ever written about the toronto airport

Hemispheres absolutely rocks. I even like Neil's libertarian screed against egalitarianism, "The Trees."

Hemispheres absolutely rocks. I even like Neil's libertarian screed against egalitarianism, "The Trees."

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux)

when i was growing up i didn't really understand the difference between equality and equity... "harrison bergeron" really confused me because i was like "wait i thought kurt vonnegut was a liberal, why is he against equality"

kurt vonnegut wasn't a liberal, he was a _leftist_ lol. growing up i didn't know _shit_ about the difference between liberalism and leftism

peart, of course, was going through his "ayn rand is a genius" phase. put me off rush for a good long while. my username was actually meant to make fun of rush. i'm cool with them now, though. i just had to deal with too many objectivist meatheads when i was younger.

YYZ _is_ however the best song ever written about the toronto airport

― Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, February 27, 2024 11:04 AM (thirty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

inarguable! i love that song

YYZ _is_ however the best song ever written about the toronto airport

"about"

Or maybe I should say "aboot."

xxxp In addition to her political sins and the malign influence she has had on generations of young men, Rand was just an execrable writer.

Richman to Rush, are we proceeding alphabetically?

I saw someone once loosely organize Rush's albums chronologically into pairs, with the first album being sort of proof of concept and the second one solidifying the idea/evolution. So, first album is their take on hard rock, second Rush album is where they come into their own with it. "Caress of Steel" dips its toe into concept album territory, "2112" nails it. And so on, with paired variations (prog, new wave, synths, AOR, back to basics).

Do you recommend the "Roadrunner" book?
― Lily Dale, Sunday, February 25, 2024 10:08 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
yes indeed.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, February 25, 2024 10:11 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

read most of it on the subway yesterday, it's really great, basically a big essay, propulsive like the song

TY JR&tB

I saw someone once loosely organize Rush's albums chronologically into pairs, with the first album being sort of proof of concept and the second one solidifying the idea/evolution. So, first album is their take on hard rock, second Rush album is where they come into their own with it. "Caress of Steel" dips its toe into concept album territory, "2112" nails it. And so on, with paired variations (prog, new wave, synths, AOR, back to basics).

This absolutely makes sense to me all the way through the 90s at least (Fly By Night as an extension of the self-titled is maybe a stretch but I’ll allow it) and I think I kind of vaguely do this in my head with their albums as well without being explicitly aware of it. The only point I’d disagree on is that it’s always the second one where they nail it…I prefer Caress to 2112, Permanent Waves to Moving Pictures, Signals to Grace, etc.

Also I think of Hold Your Fire and Presto as being a pair which leaves Power Windows as an odd man out (or as a threesome with the two albums prior).

I saw someone once loosely organize Rush's albums chronologically into pairs, with the first album being sort of proof of concept and the second one solidifying the idea/evolution.

I mean, they kinda did this themselves - for a while they were on a cycle of releasing a live album that documented each stage in their evolution:

Rush, Caress of Steel, Fly By Night -> All the World's a Stage
2112, A Farewell to Kings, Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures -> Exit...Stage Left
Signals, Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows, Hold Your Fire -> A Show of Hands
Presto, Roll the Bones, Counterparts, Test for Echo -> Different Stages

And Roll The Bones belongs with Presto and Hold Your Fire as Counterparts and Test for Echo

Richman to Rush, are we proceeding alphabetically?

I have some very controversial opinions on Jennifer Rush.

…seem to be their own thing

from abba to zappa

Zabba would be a crazy idea for a gimmick cover band

abba lend themselves to those much more easily than other groups

just recently i was thinking of an abba/springsteen gimmick band (bjorn to run/in the usa etc)

see also Gabba

Or maybe I should say "aboot."

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I hate Trees, it's like "we will, we will, oppress you."