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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2013 1:15:59 GMT -5
Geddy Lee is even cooler than I thought. Evident through a couple recent quotes about TAAB
“THICK AS A BRICK” Jethro Tull, Thick As a Brick (1972) In my view, this is the first truly successful concept album by a British prog-rock band. They even brought a flute into heavy rock music. How dare they! [laughs] Their music is so brilliantly written and well put together, what with its hard-to-play parts and odd time signatures, not to mention the great guitar sounds of the totally underrated Martin Barre. And I love how, no matter what influences they brought into the music, from classical to folk, they always did it in a rock context
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick My favourite Jethro Tull album. I know it is partly a send up of the idea of 'concept', but it is delivered to perfection. I was a massive Tull fan from very young and they are one of the bands that I saw live in Toronto…yes, we were lucky to see so many incredible concerts when we were very young and, I hope, that too reflects in Rush. I was mesmerised by Ian Anderson. His presentation was simply magical and he delivered it with such a sense of humour and great style. There really wasn't anyone else who looked or sounded quite like them and that holds true to this day. We saw it as a huge challenge to try and create something that can seem so dynamic onstage. They are probably best regarded as a live band although their series of albums around that period were exceptional. This still sounds fresh and it is great to see that interest in Tull is still growing.
I know many who were at that show in Toronto. I wonder if Geddy was at my first show ~ Maple Leaf Gardens 77.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2013 2:18:40 GMT -5
Nice find! Good insight from Geddy Lee--definitely sounds like a big Tull fan.
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Post by Mothfairy on Dec 5, 2013 12:37:39 GMT -5
It's interesting how the music really sounds nothing alike but there's something similar about the two bands. Maybe it's the complexity of the music and especially lyrically. I wonder if the feeling is mutual with IA? Anyone know?
I have lots more to say but it could be boring so I'll go...
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Post by Michael Crowe on Dec 6, 2013 1:16:58 GMT -5
It's interesting how the music really sounds nothing alike but there's something similar about the two bands. Maybe it's the complexity of the music and especially lyrically. I wonder if the feeling is mutual with IA? Anyone know? I have lots more to say but it could be boring so I'll go... I hate when you do that. Now I'll lay awake all night wondering what you were going to say. And same with the your rap post. I'm dangling by a thread over here!
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Post by Michael Crowe on Dec 6, 2013 1:25:09 GMT -5
It's interesting how the music really sounds nothing alike but there's something similar about the two bands. Maybe it's the complexity of the music and especially lyrically. I wonder if the feeling is mutual with IA? Anyone know? I have lots more to say but it could be boring so I'll go... Hey Mothy, Yes both bands have some of the best lyrics I've probably ever read and the music for both is complex but they are quite different. I recognize some Tull in Rush's stage presentations. The humor element is there. I may be wrong but I feel like I saw a rabbit on stage not too long ago? (I'm going on bad memory here) Didn't the 25th Anniversary Tull tour have a clothes line hanging up across the stage? Not long after, Geddy had a clothes dryer tumbling behind him during the show, which was later replaced by racks of rotisserie chickens. I think when Rush show cartoons during intermission it's something that is derived from "The Hare" film. It was the same with Tull and Gentle Giant in the old days. The music was different but one always reminded me of the other, especially live. I think it must have been the dynamics - the quick shifts from acoustic to venue shaking heavy rock. Yeah I think with Rush it's mostly the lyric content, especially the mythical aspects. Love Rush, but Geddy's voice still gives me that cat in the mixer sort of agony at times.
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Post by Mothfairy on Dec 6, 2013 13:06:36 GMT -5
Mike, I barely remember what I was going to say...but I'll try.
TT, I'm trying to recall if I remember any of that...for some reason the cartoon thing sounds familiar but maybe not. I don't know. I saw Rush only once, late 90's, my high school graduation present to myself. It was the largest show I had ever been to and probably still the largest to this day, I've ever seen. Just immense amounts of people. I don't know remember a whole lot because it was probably hard to see around the oxygen I had to use from being in a seat up so high.
I feel like Rush's lyrics are very...intellectual. Yes, mythical and the songs, you can hear a story in the lyrics many times. It's not just like listening to music, it's like listening to a story. And if you're someone that's not into all that anyway, the music can definitely pull its weight.
Oh I know what I was going to say that was probably boring. Ever notice how Aqualung is the most celebrated song from Tull, on the radio and everything. The most recognized song. With Rush it's Tom Sawyer. I don't care for that song, as much as I love Rush! So I never got that...but I could be just different.
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Post by Michael Crowe on Dec 7, 2013 2:42:48 GMT -5
Mike, I barely remember what I was going to say...but I'll try. TT, I'm trying to recall if I remember any of that...for some reason the cartoon thing sounds familiar but maybe not. I don't know. I saw Rush only once, late 90's, my high school graduation present to myself. It was the largest show I had ever been to and probably still the largest to this day, I've ever seen. Just immense amounts of people. I don't know remember a whole lot because it was probably hard to see around the oxygen I had to use from being in a seat up so high. I feel like Rush's lyrics are very...intellectual. Yes, mythical and the songs, you can hear a story in the lyrics many times. It's not just like listening to music, it's like listening to a story. And if you're someone that's not into all that anyway, the music can definitely pull its weight. Oh I know what I was going to say that was probably boring. Ever notice how Aqualung is the most celebrated song from Tull, on the radio and everything. The most recognized song. With Rush it's Tom Sawyer. I don't care for that song, as much as I love Rush! So I never got that...but I could be just different. I never cared much for Tom "Soy" either. I heard it Wednesday at Arby's, and I have to say it make the roast beef more palatable than the fries I almost choked on which coinsided with the beginning of Walk Like An Egyptian. Neither is Aqualung one of my favorites, even if the riff is a classic. Well, at least I can sleep now. Thanks. Oh, and I'll try to stay out of the Paradise Steak House for a while.
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Post by Mothfairy on Dec 8, 2013 1:27:54 GMT -5
Ahhh Mike. Well I'm not going to quote your post because it's too offensive once again. I wanted to stay out of Paradise because of all the hideous food talk. bleh.
You know, it's not that I don't like Aqualung completely. I found Tull through Aqualung...but when I first heard it, I liked it but didn't. Still feel that way. But there is so much more to listen to. It's not the end all, be all. Same with Tom Sawyer but I really don't like that song. Compared to other Rush, it is very dull to me, music-wise.
Never minded Geddy's voice but I believe when I first heard Rush, I thought it was a woman. My first song was Limelight, not Tom Sawyer. I listened to them for a few years, then met Kenneth and he didn't believe it was a man. Still doesn't.
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Post by Michael Crowe on Dec 8, 2013 2:29:55 GMT -5
Ahhh Mike. Well I'm not going to quote your post because it's too offensive once again. I wanted to stay out of Paradise because of all the hideous food talk. bleh. You know, it's not that I don't like Aqualung completely. I found Tull through Aqualung...but when I first heard it, I liked it but didn't. Still feel that way. But there is so much more to listen to. It's not the end all, be all. Same with Tom Sawyer but I really don't like that song. Compared to other Rush, it is very dull to me, music-wise. Never minded Geddy's voice but I believe when I first heard Rush, I thought it was a woman. My first song was Limelight, not Tom Sawyer. I listened to them for a few years, then met Kenneth and he didn't believe it was a man. Still doesn't. Geddy's voice was really silly early on at times, Like an elf being strangled and still trying to sing, but around the time of Exit Stage Left, or whatever that was, it seemed to be more tolerable. I rather like his voice when he more or less talks the lyrics, like Limelight, which is among my top three favorites of theirs. Aqualung was my introduction into Tull too, and I never understood how that one got on radio rotation, being progressive and all. I like Mother Goose the best of that lot. I must say that this is the first time I've ever discussed Prog rock with a woman under the age of forty. Why is that? Well, not since I turned forty that is. Yes, I know why you are staying out of the kitchen, uh, the steakhouse, and that's why I said I would stay away too for a while, as not to tempt you or offend you with talk of goodies at this time. Far be it from me to even mention a nice juicy steak, or buttered squash bread, or anything akin to shrimp, lobster, pasta or even balony, let alone chocolate cake, banana creme pie or peach cobbler. I completely understand. That's all I meant. Glad too that we've gotten beyond the wax foods of Halloween - that was tough. Okay, there it is.
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Post by Mothfairy on Dec 8, 2013 2:46:59 GMT -5
I like Geddy's voice both ways, sometimes it's harder for me to put up with listening to Led Zeppelin, that always sounded shriekier. But Kenneth says the difference is, you can tell it's a guy in Zeppelin. I say whatever. I prefer Cross Eyed Mary. That was played on a classic rock station (which isn't on the air anymore) pretty regularly, Locomotive too, which I got a little burnt out on, but never Cross Eyed Mary. There may be even more younger female Rush fans than Tull. I'm not sure though. It's a hunch. Honestly though I've had more girl friends that liked Tull, but I saw so many different people at the Rush show. I do know one female, two years older than me, who named her dog Geddy after him, but I'm not really friends with her.
That last paragraph was very mean. =(
Here are the food items you are allowed to discuss: Strawberries, grapes, yogurt, Italian Ice, sherbet, breakfast cereal, saltine crackers...that's about it for now.
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Post by Michael Crowe on Dec 8, 2013 3:18:23 GMT -5
I like Geddy's voice both ways, sometimes it's harder for me to put up with listening to Led Zeppelin, that always sounded shriekier. But Kenneth says the difference is, you can tell it's a guy in Zeppelin. I say whatever. I prefer Cross Eyed Mary. That was played on a classic rock station (which isn't on the air anymore) pretty regularly, Locomotive too, which I got a little burnt out on, but never Cross Eyed Mary. There may be even more younger female Rush fans than Tull. I'm not sure though. It's a hunch. Honestly though I've had more girl friends that liked Tull, but I saw so many different people at the Rush show. I do know one female, two years older than me, who named her dog Geddy after him, but I'm not really friends with her. That last paragraph was very mean. =( Here are the food items you are allowed to discuss: Strawberries, grapes, yogurt, Italian Ice, sherbet, breakfast cereal, saltine crackers...that's about it for now. We've always had good prog and classic rock stations here. Not prog anymore but we had them back in my youth. I still hear Tull here fairly often though. Zep is one of my favorite all time bands. I guess Plant's voice doesn't bother me because for one, he's still great, and two, it's based in blues so it works for him. Plus he's not straining to get the notes. He also has that big voice like Greg Lake has a big voice but in a different way. Geddy's voice is narrow and sharp. I bet more men like Heart than girls that like Rush. I wasn't mean, just rascally. I am a rascal, but not mean. .... Okay sometimes, but I know secretly that you really liked reading that. Strawberrys? Grapes? .... Yogart??? Bleh!! That's not food, that's vitamans. Geez, let's go back to corn candy. Okay, for your sake, no more food.
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Post by Mothfairy on Dec 9, 2013 1:28:22 GMT -5
Don't get me wrong, I like Zeppelin...just not all of it, all the time. I've really grown to hate the radio. I do like Pandora though. I get to pick what kind of music mood I'm in, very specifically many times. Regular radio decides for me what I am going to hear and I'm too defiant for that.
I wasn't too sure if I remembered what 'Heart' is so I had to look it up. Oh gosh, definitely not my style.
I was recently reading about why Rush has the appliances like the dryer like TT mentioned...on the stage...sort of interesting
Mike, well not really, the last couple of posts gave me the vapors again. But it's okay. Those are the only types of foods my body will accept right now. Fruity, benign foods. This reminds me of IA's board intro...say benign things...Okay, and I'll eat benign things as well. haha
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Post by Michael Crowe on Dec 10, 2013 3:28:30 GMT -5
Don't get me wrong, I like Zeppelin...just not all of it, all the time. I've really grown to hate the radio. I do like Pandora though. I get to pick what kind of music mood I'm in, very specifically many times. Regular radio decides for me what I am going to hear and I'm too defiant for that. I wasn't too sure if I remembered what 'Heart' is so I had to look it up. Oh gosh, definitely not my style. I was recently reading about why Rush has the appliances like the dryer like TT mentioned...on the stage...sort of interesting Mike, well not really, the last couple of posts gave me the vapors again. But it's okay. Those are the only types of foods my body will accept right now. Fruity, benign foods. This reminds me of IA's board intro...say benign things...Okay, and I'll eat benign things as well. haha I'm like you with radio. I don't listen to music FM anymore much, but find that I do play the satellite radio quite a bit. A lot of "benign" music like New Age and classical. Just nice to have some soothing things going on whilst cooking or some other daily movement as one gets older. I could never listen to Tull as background. Always demanded my attention, as with any serious music that I like. I will play it and stare at the wall as if I'm watching TV, totally attentive to it. So that takes some energy to listen to Tull, or Allan Holdsworth or other favorites. New Age music doesn't require anything on my part. Zep. Well, that had to have been the greatest guitar gig all time. But I like their proggy acoustic stuff from III and IV. They came under the FM album catagory in the old days which evolved into "Progressive Rock." The prog catagory wasn't so narrow as it seems to be today. I saw a pic of Rush in Guitar Player with those washers behind them on the last tour. I have no idea. Well, we can't have you having the vapors. I only thought Southern women had the vapors. So I continue to learn in my time here. I do use the work "benign" now and again and think it to be an honest and applical word in context. Anyway I will try to be more careful. Is banana okay?
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Post by Mothfairy on Dec 10, 2013 18:19:43 GMT -5
Well apparently doesn't use the bass amps and gets plugged right into the venue's sound system, creating lots of extra space...so they stick strange thinks like dryers and vending machines in the would-be empty spot.
Banana is okay. Bagels and cream cheese are okay...I'm getting one brought home to me and I'm beyond excited. My life is sad these days.
Where I live, we get hardly any radio reception...or cell phone reception. I used to be addicted to the Pandora radio on my tablet, but it's like jumping through hoops just to keep my tablet charged.
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Post by Michael Crowe on Dec 11, 2013 1:48:39 GMT -5
Well apparently doesn't use the bass amps and gets plugged right into the venue's sound system, creating lots of extra space...so they stick strange thinks like dryers and vending machines in the would-be empty spot. Banana is okay. Bagels and cream cheese are okay...I'm getting one brought home to me and I'm beyond excited. My life is sad these days. Where I live, we get hardly any radio reception...or cell phone reception. I used to be addicted to the Pandora radio on my tablet, but it's like jumping through hoops just to keep my tablet charged. Yeah I have heard that Geddy uses a preamp into the system. I would just rent the space out. You know, a table, candlelight and dinner to the highest bidder, like Tull did in the 90s. Or maybe an oil well. I saw ZZ Top once and they had a corral and real cattle milling around behind them. I remember doing a gig back in 74 where the club had oil wrestling right in front of the stage. There's all kinds of ideas. Washer/dryer? That's trying too hard. Thumbs down. Well I'm not on dial up for nothing. Being in Nowhere USA is paradise in a way, but the cell phone is hit n miss. I have to climb a tree to call next door. But more to the point, I'm sad you're life is sad at the moment, but one day you will learn that a doughnut is actually something to get excited about when you're old. When I had the death bug a couple weeks ago, I couldn't believe just how good a sip of water can be. But hey, old is permenant, your sad shall pass.
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Post by Mothfairy on Dec 11, 2013 13:43:55 GMT -5
I don't know, I think cattle wrestling in jello and mud and all that could be too distracting. I think I heard that the dryer was filled with band t-shirts that they gave out or something? And the vending machine was operational.
I didn't know Tull did that, tell me more.
Haha, you know, it's weird...I'm not in the most rural of towns, we don't know why we have no radio or cell phone service I guess except that there's no towers around. Cable and internet is fine. If I drive down the road a little, it's actually more rural and more cell phone service. So I dunno. You're in Nowhere, USA and I'm in Small Town, USA. haha.
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Post by Michael Crowe on Dec 11, 2013 16:32:56 GMT -5
I don't know, I think cattle wrestling in jello and mud and all that could be too distracting. I think I heard that the dryer was filled with band t-shirts that they gave out or something? And the vending machine was operational. I didn't know Tull did that, tell me more. Haha, you know, it's weird...I'm not in the most rural of towns, we don't know why we have no radio or cell phone service I guess except that there's no towers around. Cable and internet is fine. If I drive down the road a little, it's actually more rural and more cell phone service. So I dunno. You're in Nowhere, USA and I'm in Small Town, USA. haha. Yeah, wrestling cattle in jello would be distracting. But eating cattle on stage is fine (hope that wasn't vapors inducing). Tull had this little cafe setting some years ago where people were eating and talking and Ian, sitting at one of the tables, starts the show by getting up, whipping out the guitar, and begins playing Mintrel In The Gallery I think it was, whilst strolling around between the patrons as a wandering mintrel type thing. He then steps down to the stage and is joinned by the band and they're off and running. But then I think mega screens are distracting, or anything beyond basic stage lighting really. Music was meant for theaters, not civic arenas IMO, unless you're ELP. They seemed fit for the arena. You must have AT&T. They are the worst. Stand under their bloody tower and can't even get a ring. My phone mail calls come in four days late sometimes. I never have more than a bar unless I drive into town, then I might have two. Drop calls are standard procedure. I remember a time when one could actually pick up a land line phone and it worked every time. I even remember when a fresh loaf of sliced bread could be found, Opra was a vegtable, Tull was a band, hamburger was all meat, smoking was legal, a toaster out lasted the freezer, which out lasted cast iron, and attention spans were longer than a sound bite. I digress. Nowhereville isn't bad otherwise. It's quiet, we're self sufficient, the air is legal to breath and the Milkey Way is always visable on a clear night. Plus I can crank the amps up and have a blow without the police showing up.
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Post by Illoman on Dec 11, 2013 16:54:39 GMT -5
I was a huge Rush fan back in the 70's, and saw them in 1979. In the 80's I got away from them, and my interest in them was rekindled when my daughter and her boyfriend bought me a ticket to their Clockwork Angels tour. They blew me away! I recently bought a biography of the band, and Geddy Lee mentions being influenced by Tull, Gentle Giant, etc. and wanted to write complicated music like them. I would like to think Rush's sense of humor was influenced by Tull's as well. Rush's newest dvd has some great extras that send up the band, proving they don't take themselves too seriously. Geddy Lee is even cooler than I thought. Evident through a couple recent quotes about TAAB “THICK AS A BRICK” Jethro Tull, Thick As a Brick (1972) In my view, this is the first truly successful concept album by a British prog-rock band. They even brought a flute into heavy rock music. How dare they! [laughs] Their music is so brilliantly written and well put together, what with its hard-to-play parts and odd time signatures, not to mention the great guitar sounds of the totally underrated Martin Barre. And I love how, no matter what influences they brought into the music, from classical to folk, they always did it in a rock context
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick My favourite Jethro Tull album. I know it is partly a send up of the idea of 'concept', but it is delivered to perfection. I was a massive Tull fan from very young and they are one of the bands that I saw live in Toronto…yes, we were lucky to see so many incredible concerts when we were very young and, I hope, that too reflects in Rush. I was mesmerised by Ian Anderson. His presentation was simply magical and he delivered it with such a sense of humour and great style. There really wasn't anyone else who looked or sounded quite like them and that holds true to this day. We saw it as a huge challenge to try and create something that can seem so dynamic onstage. They are probably best regarded as a live band although their series of albums around that period were exceptional. This still sounds fresh and it is great to see that interest in Tull is still growing. I know many who were at that show in Toronto. I wonder if Geddy was at my first show ~ Maple Leaf Gardens 77.
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Post by Mothfairy on Dec 12, 2013 1:38:40 GMT -5
I don't know, I think cattle wrestling in jello and mud and all that could be too distracting. I think I heard that the dryer was filled with band t-shirts that they gave out or something? And the vending machine was operational. I didn't know Tull did that, tell me more. Haha, you know, it's weird...I'm not in the most rural of towns, we don't know why we have no radio or cell phone service I guess except that there's no towers around. Cable and internet is fine. If I drive down the road a little, it's actually more rural and more cell phone service. So I dunno. You're in Nowhere, USA and I'm in Small Town, USA. haha. Yeah, wrestling cattle in jello would be distracting. But eating cattle on stage is fine (hope that wasn't vapors inducing). Tull had this little cafe setting some years ago where people were eating and talking and Ian, sitting at one of the tables, starts the show by getting up, whipping out the guitar, and begins playing Mintrel In The Gallery I think it was, whilst strolling around between the patrons as a wandering mintrel type thing. He then steps down to the stage and is joinned by the band and they're off and running. But then I think mega screens are distracting, or anything beyond basic stage lighting really. Music was meant for theaters, not civic arenas IMO, unless you're ELP. They seemed fit for the arena. You must have AT&T. They are the worst. Stand under their bloody tower and can't even get a ring. My phone mail calls come in four days late sometimes. I never have more than a bar unless I drive into town, then I might have two. Drop calls are standard procedure. I remember a time when one could actually pick up a land line phone and it worked every time. I even remember when a fresh loaf of sliced bread could be found, Opra was a vegtable, Tull was a band, hamburger was all meat, smoking was legal, a toaster out lasted the freezer, which out lasted cast iron, and attention spans were longer than a sound bite. I digress. Nowhereville isn't bad otherwise. It's quiet, we're self sufficient, the air is legal to breath and the Milkey Way is always visable on a clear night. Plus I can crank the amps up and have a blow without the police showing up. Yeah there was lots of cringe-worthy moments in the last post but I'm okay. Not really, it's really bad right now..not because of your post...just feels like I have a permanent case of the flu. I don't want one single thing. There is nothing that is good. I actually have Verizon here for a cell but I think most peoples' cell phone companies don't work. Did anyone say what their favorite Rush song is? I'd like to hear it!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2013 6:27:28 GMT -5
Signals, Freewill, Red Barchetta, XYZ, Tom Sawyer....I'm sure there are more but I haven't looked at a Rush album for a few years. I know there were others I enjoyed. Saw them a handful of times always great. Darin
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Post by Michael Crowe on Dec 12, 2013 15:01:55 GMT -5
Yeah, wrestling cattle in jello would be distracting. But eating cattle on stage is fine (hope that wasn't vapors inducing). Tull had this little cafe setting some years ago where people were eating and talking and Ian, sitting at one of the tables, starts the show by getting up, whipping out the guitar, and begins playing Mintrel In The Gallery I think it was, whilst strolling around between the patrons as a wandering mintrel type thing. He then steps down to the stage and is joinned by the band and they're off and running. But then I think mega screens are distracting, or anything beyond basic stage lighting really. Music was meant for theaters, not civic arenas IMO, unless you're ELP. They seemed fit for the arena. You must have AT&T. They are the worst. Stand under their bloody tower and can't even get a ring. My phone mail calls come in four days late sometimes. I never have more than a bar unless I drive into town, then I might have two. Drop calls are standard procedure. I remember a time when one could actually pick up a land line phone and it worked every time. I even remember when a fresh loaf of sliced bread could be found, Opra was a vegtable, Tull was a band, hamburger was all meat, smoking was legal, a toaster out lasted the freezer, which out lasted cast iron, and attention spans were longer than a sound bite. I digress. Nowhereville isn't bad otherwise. It's quiet, we're self sufficient, the air is legal to breath and the Milkey Way is always visable on a clear night. Plus I can crank the amps up and have a blow without the police showing up. Yeah there was lots of cringe-worthy moments in the last post but I'm okay. Not really, it's really bad right now..not because of your post...just feels like I have a permanent case of the flu. I don't want one single thing. There is nothing that is good. I actually have Verizon here for a cell but I think most peoples' cell phone companies don't work. Did anyone say what their favorite Rush song is? I'd like to hear it! Limelight, Red Bachetta. Sorry about the cringe-worthies . Cheer up Mothy!
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Post by Mothfairy on Dec 12, 2013 16:06:07 GMT -5
I like probably too many to list to say, "Oh this is my favorite" you know...when I'm listing the whole catalog. haha.
I was watching this video on Youtube:
I like The Temples of Syrinx and then was listening to Limelight played right after and was thinking about how it sounds pretty similar to what it did 30 years ago. Then I saw in the comments how people said Geddy's voice has really aged and maybe they should do more solos so he doesn't have to sing as much. I am thinking, "umm....what?" Maybe I've been in Tullworld so long where there has been a much more significant change in that area than this. But oh well, whaddya gonna do. I think Geddy looks great, even better than he did when he was younger.
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Post by TM on Dec 12, 2013 17:18:55 GMT -5
Yeah, wrestling cattle in jello would be distracting. But eating cattle on stage is fine (hope that wasn't vapors inducing). Tull had this little cafe setting some years ago where people were eating and talking and Ian, sitting at one of the tables, starts the show by getting up, whipping out the guitar, and begins playing Mintrel In The Gallery I think it was, whilst strolling around between the patrons as a wandering mintrel type thing. He then steps down to the stage and is joinned by the band and they're off and running. But then I think mega screens are distracting, or anything beyond basic stage lighting really. Music was meant for theaters, not civic arenas IMO, unless you're ELP. They seemed fit for the arena. You must have AT&T. They are the worst. Stand under their bloody tower and can't even get a ring. My phone mail calls come in four days late sometimes. I never have more than a bar unless I drive into town, then I might have two. Drop calls are standard procedure. I remember a time when one could actually pick up a land line phone and it worked every time. I even remember when a fresh loaf of sliced bread could be found, Opra was a vegtable, Tull was a band, hamburger was all meat, smoking was legal, a toaster out lasted the freezer, which out lasted cast iron, and attention spans were longer than a sound bite. I digress. Nowhereville isn't bad otherwise. It's quiet, we're self sufficient, the air is legal to breath and the Milkey Way is always visable on a clear night. Plus I can crank the amps up and have a blow without the police showing up. Yeah there was lots of cringe-worthy moments in the last post but I'm okay. Not really, it's really bad right now..not because of your post...just feels like I have a permanent case of the flu. I don't want one single thing. There is nothing that is good. I actually have Verizon here for a cell but I think most peoples' cell phone companies don't work. Did anyone say what their favorite Rush song is? I'd like to hear it! Sorry to hear you're not feeling good MF. Here's a couple of my favs off a fairly recent album:
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Post by TM on Dec 12, 2013 21:56:46 GMT -5
Great tracks Paul! The song which stands out to me as the most exceptional would be "Losing it" from "Signals". Very sad lyrically but musically brilliant and the only track that features a fourth musician besides the band, Ben Fink from "FM" with an amazing electric violin solo. Time signature in 5 then shifting to 11 but still very coherent musically for anyone which is another thing rush are great at. Such a great piece! Never heard that one, thanks for posting Erin. You have to admire the intelligence of the music delivered through so few voices.
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Post by Mothfairy on Dec 13, 2013 12:56:00 GMT -5
Thanks TM, Gatorade is the only thing on my menu that isn't disgusting to me right now. It's not that much fun being me at this point. haha
This song has always been powerful to me, I believe Geddy's mother was a concentration camp survivor
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