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If I had missed R40 maybe I’d be bitter.

I would have to agree with you on that. I've never seen Rush live before so I pretty much have been feeling bitter about it since then.

Same mate same

 

Why would you agree when you said this?:

 

Tbh Rush doesn't seem like a good live band

 

Bc I would've saw em live, I said same bc I felt that way some of last year.

 

Thou they don't seem like a good live band.

 

So you’re bitter about not seeing a band you think wasnt good live?

 

Is that correct? If so, how does that make sense?

 

And before you think you’re getting attacked or something similar, I’m simply trying to make sense of that.

You may not be attacking him but I just think he's talking stupid shit!

 

I'm a girl n I do understand he is not trying to attack me lmao

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To be honest, part of me feels kind of glad that they bowed out when they were somewhat healthy....I would have loved to see Rush live a second time, but I think that them retiring is a less painful than say, a few years down the road, one of them gets hooked on painkillers and then dies of an overdose....

 

More often than not R40 was a pretty painful watch on most nights (via periscope anyway. Saw three shows in person and the consistency wasn't what it had been.) But that's just my opinion.

 

Live, the show was great fun. The CD? It’s not a very good listen. It’s understandable. If you think Geddy sounds as good now as he did in 1981, you’re denigrating how great he was then.

 

Discounting a lot of the R40 shows I prefer Geddy's voice in the years after Moving Pictures. I don't get how that would be "denigrating" his voice.

 

I think he'd even tell you he became a better singer in the following years, but that doesn't make what he did before that bad...just different.

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I'm shocked to see how well the forum is taking the final split up of Rush

 

Some of has have known since 2013. R40 was never supposed to happen but Neil gave it one last shot. Like him, I wasn't sad either but proud.

 

I'll be the first to admit that I've been spoiled by this band and I'm likely to have a different point of view than someone who has never seen them before or has become a fan in the last several years or whatever other circumstances there are.

What point of view do you have? I have been a fan for 40 years and Rush never failed to amaze me. I guess that i can be called a "fanboi" as I have pretty much zero complaints about anything that Rush did. I don't care about drop tuning or whatever...i don't care if Geddy sounds worse...i don't care if Alex or Neil missed a few more notes..Rush just brought me pure joy and excitement!

 

A similar point of view to yours, apparently. I only have a few minor complaints. I'm extremely proud of this band and what they have accomplished.

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"Music. Friendship. Integrity. The pursuit of excellence. Hard work. A sense of humor. Intellectual rigor. A reverence for the written word and the beautifully articulated musical passage alike. A belief that being different, weird, averse to the mainstream was not only acceptable, but desirable."

 

 

 

Decent summary.....

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Not much left to discuss on this forum anymore then and even the Neil bashers can't have a go at him due to his silence! Shall we wrap it up?

 

Well, I suppose you're right. Website cancelled. Adieu, everyone!

 

[/The Rush Forum]

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To be honest, part of me feels kind of glad that they bowed out when they were somewhat healthy....I would have loved to see Rush live a second time, but I think that them retiring is a less painful than say, a few years down the road, one of them gets hooked on painkillers and then dies of an overdose....

 

More often than not R40 was a pretty painful watch on most nights (via periscope anyway. Saw three shows in person and the consistency wasn't what it had been.) But that's just my opinion.

 

Live, the show was great fun. The CD? It’s not a very good listen. It’s understandable. If you think Geddy sounds as good now as he did in 1981, you’re denigrating how great he was then.

 

Discounting a lot of the R40 shows I prefer Geddy's voice in the years after Moving Pictures. I don't get how that would be "denigrating" his voice.

 

I think he'd even tell you he became a better singer in the following years, but that doesn't make what he did before that bad...just different.

 

I actually think the peak of his voice was Signals through PowerWindows.

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To be honest, part of me feels kind of glad that they bowed out when they were somewhat healthy....I would have loved to see Rush live a second time, but I think that them retiring is a less painful than say, a few years down the road, one of them gets hooked on painkillers and then dies of an overdose....

 

More often than not R40 was a pretty painful watch on most nights (via periscope anyway. Saw three shows in person and the consistency wasn't what it had been.) But that's just my opinion.

 

Live, the show was great fun. The CD? It’s not a very good listen. It’s understandable. If you think Geddy sounds as good now as he did in 1981, you’re denigrating how great he was then.

 

Discounting a lot of the R40 shows I prefer Geddy's voice in the years after Moving Pictures. I don't get how that would be "denigrating" his voice.

 

I think he'd even tell you he became a better singer in the following years, but that doesn't make what he did before that bad...just different.

 

I actually think the peak of his voice was Signals through PowerWindows.

 

I agree, but would extend that through HYF. Say what you will about the songs -- HYF is a very polarizing album among Rush fans -- but Geddy wrote some really nice vocal melodies on that album, and he sang them well.

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To be honest, part of me feels kind of glad that they bowed out when they were somewhat healthy....I would have loved to see Rush live a second time, but I think that them retiring is a less painful than say, a few years down the road, one of them gets hooked on painkillers and then dies of an overdose....

 

More often than not R40 was a pretty painful watch on most nights (via periscope anyway. Saw three shows in person and the consistency wasn't what it had been.) But that's just my opinion.

 

Live, the show was great fun. The CD? It’s not a very good listen. It’s understandable. If you think Geddy sounds as good now as he did in 1981, you’re denigrating how great he was then.

 

Discounting a lot of the R40 shows I prefer Geddy's voice in the years after Moving Pictures. I don't get how that would be "denigrating" his voice.

 

I think he'd even tell you he became a better singer in the following years, but that doesn't make what he did before that bad...just different.

 

I actually think the peak of his voice was Signals through PowerWindows.

 

I agree, but would extend that through HYF. Say what you will about the songs -- HYF is a very polarizing album among Rush fans -- but Geddy wrote some really nice vocal melodies on that album, and he sang them well.

HYF lacks all 'pole' so it's not polarizing...it just sucks balls.
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God forbid we should have a little clarity. Go on, then: go back to your ambiguous syntax.

 

...your in good company.....Christopher Walken approves ambiguity... :D

 

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CP will live on m***********!

 

the spellin was : in spirit of the ambiguity of syntax....

 

You made Chris angry! :P

 

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To be honest, part of me feels kind of glad that they bowed out when they were somewhat healthy....I would have loved to see Rush live a second time, but I think that them retiring is a less painful than say, a few years down the road, one of them gets hooked on painkillers and then dies of an overdose....

 

More often than not R40 was a pretty painful watch on most nights (via periscope anyway. Saw three shows in person and the consistency wasn't what it had been.) But that's just my opinion.

 

Live, the show was great fun. The CD? It’s not a very good listen. It’s understandable. If you think Geddy sounds as good now as he did in 1981, you’re denigrating how great he was then.

 

Discounting a lot of the R40 shows I prefer Geddy's voice in the years after Moving Pictures. I don't get how that would be "denigrating" his voice.

 

I think he'd even tell you he became a better singer in the following years, but that doesn't make what he did before that bad...just different.

 

I actually think the peak of his voice was Signals through PowerWindows.

 

I agree, but would extend that through HYF. Say what you will about the songs -- HYF is a very polarizing album among Rush fans -- but Geddy wrote some really nice vocal melodies on that album, and he sang them well.

HYF lacks all 'pole' so it's not polarizing...it just sucks balls.

 

So, I take it you don't like HYF?

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To be honest, part of me feels kind of glad that they bowed out when they were somewhat healthy....I would have loved to see Rush live a second time, but I think that them retiring is a less painful than say, a few years down the road, one of them gets hooked on painkillers and then dies of an overdose....

 

More often than not R40 was a pretty painful watch on most nights (via periscope anyway. Saw three shows in person and the consistency wasn't what it had been.) But that's just my opinion.

 

Live, the show was great fun. The CD? It’s not a very good listen. It’s understandable. If you think Geddy sounds as good now as he did in 1981, you’re denigrating how great he was then.

 

Discounting a lot of the R40 shows I prefer Geddy's voice in the years after Moving Pictures. I don't get how that would be "denigrating" his voice.

 

I think he'd even tell you he became a better singer in the following years, but that doesn't make what he did before that bad...just different.

 

With all due respect, this is something of a straw man. I’m not talking about whether Geddy sounded better on Signals than he did on PeW. I’m talking about Geddy circa 2015 vs. Geddy in his prime.

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To be honest, part of me feels kind of glad that they bowed out when they were somewhat healthy....I would have loved to see Rush live a second time, but I think that them retiring is a less painful than say, a few years down the road, one of them gets hooked on painkillers and then dies of an overdose....

 

More often than not R40 was a pretty painful watch on most nights (via periscope anyway. Saw three shows in person and the consistency wasn't what it had been.) But that's just my opinion.

 

Live, the show was great fun. The CD? It’s not a very good listen. It’s understandable. If you think Geddy sounds as good now as he did in 1981, you’re denigrating how great he was then.

 

Discounting a lot of the R40 shows I prefer Geddy's voice in the years after Moving Pictures. I don't get how that would be "denigrating" his voice.

 

I think he'd even tell you he became a better singer in the following years, but that doesn't make what he did before that bad...just different.

 

I actually think the peak of his voice was Signals through PowerWindows.

 

I agree, but would extend that through HYF. Say what you will about the songs -- HYF is a very polarizing album among Rush fans -- but Geddy wrote some really nice vocal melodies on that album, and he sang them well.

 

Very true. Mission and Turn The Page are two of my favorites..

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To be honest, part of me feels kind of glad that they bowed out when they were somewhat healthy....I would have loved to see Rush live a second time, but I think that them retiring is a less painful than say, a few years down the road, one of them gets hooked on painkillers and then dies of an overdose....

 

More often than not R40 was a pretty painful watch on most nights (via periscope anyway. Saw three shows in person and the consistency wasn't what it had been.) But that's just my opinion.

 

Live, the show was great fun. The CD? It’s not a very good listen. It’s understandable. If you think Geddy sounds as good now as he did in 1981, you’re denigrating how great he was then.

 

Discounting a lot of the R40 shows I prefer Geddy's voice in the years after Moving Pictures. I don't get how that would be "denigrating" his voice.

 

I think he'd even tell you he became a better singer in the following years, but that doesn't make what he did before that bad...just different.

 

I actually think the peak of his voice was Signals through PowerWindows.

I think his voice on Presto and Roll the Bones is stellar.
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To be honest, part of me feels kind of glad that they bowed out when they were somewhat healthy....I would have loved to see Rush live a second time, but I think that them retiring is a less painful than say, a few years down the road, one of them gets hooked on painkillers and then dies of an overdose....

 

More often than not R40 was a pretty painful watch on most nights (via periscope anyway. Saw three shows in person and the consistency wasn't what it had been.) But that's just my opinion.

 

Live, the show was great fun. The CD? It’s not a very good listen. It’s understandable. If you think Geddy sounds as good now as he did in 1981, you’re denigrating how great he was then.

 

Discounting a lot of the R40 shows I prefer Geddy's voice in the years after Moving Pictures. I don't get how that would be "denigrating" his voice.

 

I think he'd even tell you he became a better singer in the following years, but that doesn't make what he did before that bad...just different.

 

I actually think the peak of his voice was Signals through PowerWindows.

I think his voice on Presto and Roll the Bones is stellar.

 

Geddy's voice is amazing on every record up to "Counterparts."

 

JMO

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If I had missed R40 maybe I’d be bitter.

I would have to agree with you on that. I've never seen Rush live before so I pretty much have been feeling bitter about it since then.

Same mate same

 

Why would you agree when you said this?:

 

Tbh Rush doesn't seem like a good live band

 

Bc I would've saw em live, I said same bc I felt that way some of last year.

 

Thou they don't seem like a good live band.

 

So you’re bitter about not seeing a band you think wasnt good live?

 

Is that correct? If so, how does that make sense?

 

And before you think you’re getting attacked or something similar, I’m simply trying to make sense of that.

You may not be attacking him but I just think he's talking stupid shit!

 

I'm a girl n I do understand he is not trying to attack me lmao

 

So then how about answering my question?

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Regarding Geddy's vocals:

 

He did all right on the R40 tour, but it was clear that there was plenty of older material that didn't quite fit him anymore, especially Lakeside Park, which might have worked better as an acoustic song. You'll note that they didn't even try to do any of the vocals from Cygnus X1, turning it into an instrumental.

 

It's hard to say when Geddy was in his prime in terms of his voice. Certainly he could do the screams in the 70's and early 80's, but he became a much better singer in the late 80's and 90's. Plus, any artist worth their salt will realize their limitations and write songs that take those limitations into account. Thus, even material from VT, S&A and CA fit his current vocals quite nicely.

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