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I was driving along "in town" (as all of us country people call it) today and on my radio Tom Sawyer started playing. I was slowly pulling up to a red light and in my rear view mirror I was watching these crazy chicks who were approaching from behind. It was SO obvious what radio station they were listening to - The chick in the passenger seat was air drumming to Tom Sawyer and when the drum solos came up, she was going wild, her hair and her arms flying everywhere! By this time they were right beside me at the red light... the driver was playing air bass... the "drummer" looked over at me and yelled out her window "Rush Fuc*in' Rules"... all I do could was laugh! So, the moral of the story... if there are any air drummers anywhere near you in traffic, you'll always know if they are listening to the same classic rock station that you are.... provided that Rush in on the air. Holy shit.

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WTF is growing out of his bellybutton? It's a small member of Rush All of this time you thought Geddy was really the one playing the synths. *gets out keyboard vacuum* *snort*....keyboard vacuum... Buhahaha!! It was either that or an air can but who wants to have cold compressed air blown into their navel? Air can FTW! ***refuses to say anything about sucking or blowing***

I must marry the driver.

Guide to british comedy. Inspired by geds words on his affection for British comedy, i thought a run down of all the greats and obscure in British comedy may be interesting. Cultural backdrops may mar the translation or effectiveness of comedies, especially over the pond. Never the less, a rough guide to British comedy seems in order. best of the beast. 1 Only fools and horses. Steeped in british culture only fools and horses is officially the nations favourite comedy. Running on national t.v. for 22 yrs with certain episodes seen by 25 million people (a huge watching figure for the u.k.) on occasion. The writing skills of John sullivan in fools, have been compared to Charles Dickens. Comparisons such as these are well founded, as the script is written with such empathy pathos and clarity, that laughter is often accompanied with tears; an amazing and powerful combination, rarely achieved in film or t.v. A favourite episode of mine deals with the subject of death in series 4 episode 2 - 'strained relations'. Rarely is a script as powerful, combined with the sublime acing of David jason and Nicholas lyndhurst. To cry and laugh at how the subject matter is dealt with in this episode, is nothing short of astounding. Also there are visual gags that would make Buster keaton proud - the chandelier and bar scene. Its quite possible that in 200 yrs these scripts will be so revered, that they may make the screen as with scrooge, oliver twist etc Favs recommended; series 4 episode 2 'strained relations' Series 6 episode 3 'chain gang' Series 5 episode 4 ' tea for three' bar scene;

I dunno. To me, that's not what it looks like, but I could see where some would think that. It's just another style choice. I would be completely creeped out if a guy asked me to shave bare. I would also be creeped out if a guy mowed the grass all they way around the tree. That said, I did it once. Once. In college, and I do not remember why; I've probably forgotten for a very good reason. It just looked all kinds of wrong on a 20 year old. What I do remember is that it itched in a way that made me feel like 50 generations of sand fleas had taken up residence in my bikinis. I vividly recall waiting in anguish for class to end so I could run into a bathroom stall and scratch. Never shave your lady bits. You gotta wax. No stubble and no itch. And that's my TMI for the day! Having said that, I'm done and over the total bare thing. Ok now I'm done with my TMI for the day. You're over it? Does that mean you grow a bit now, like a little strip? http://saintsreport.com/forums/images/smilies/scratch.gif Cleared for landing!

I've had Geddy's red bass on my mind for a while now (probably because I've sat my new red bass beside the tv and keep staring at it!), so thought I'd share one of my favourite pictures of Geddy and his red bass, though there are good live ones, too! This is from the Snakes and Arrows tour book, I think. BTW, is anyone else a bit disappointed that there was no Geddy portrait in the CA tour book? There's the Geddison contraption where his portrait should be, and when I flip through the book, I'm always sad that there's no actual posed Geddy picture, as in all the other books. What were they thinking, in terms of us Geddy girls? Why in the world would we rather feast our eyes on a steampunk keyboard than on Geddy? Gah, poor decision by someone, that. Anyway, here: http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g454/GoddessMika/Rush/snakes-and-arrows-8-l_zps80693fae.jpg

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And I don't appreciate all you Geddicorns trolling my troll thread!

WTF is growing out of his bellybutton? It's a small member of Rush All of this time you thought Geddy was really the one playing the synths. *gets out keyboard vacuum* *snort*....keyboard vacuum... Buhahaha!! It was either that or an air can but who wants to have cold compressed air blown into their navel? Air can FTW!

WTF is growing out of his bellybutton? It's a small member of Rush All of this time you thought Geddy was really the one playing the synths. *gets out keyboard vacuum* *snort*....keyboard vacuum... Buhahaha!! It was either that or an air can but who wants to have cold compressed air blown into their navel?

Fellow TRFers, I have great news to report: I decided to bring Deadwing to work today, and I guess taste changes with age more than I thought - I´m really digging it! Shallow and Lazarus are my favourite so far. I haven´t had a chance to listen to the longer tracks yet, but I´ll try Deadwing and "Arriving Somewhere..." in the afternoon. I guess this proves that some bands/albums take more than one or two listens to be fully understood, right?

Happy Birthday! Something tells me it's a good day to have a birthday! :cheers: :cheers: :ebert:

Kodachrome and Loves Me Like a Rock were sentimental faves ... I was only 13 in 1973, but kudos to Paul nonetheless! There are several more that I enjoy as well such as Mother and Child Reunion.

I get email for PM's only. I'm here enough to know if someone liked something or sent me a friend request. ;)

What did you womens do to my thread?

Rivendell topped the charts for 2 1/2 months in Middle Earth.

Happy Birthday TM!!! :D :ebert: :clap: :cheers:

Here's one for TM ... hang one more year on the line... and have a good time. :cheers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVwTbWmOsfw

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Went to the grocery store tonight to get some things before the snow hits. Come home and while I'm putting the stuff away, my mom-in-law asked "Did you buy Jell-O?" No, I didn't buy any...if she would have TOLD me she wanted it, I would have bought it. Time for the ESP-less alert! She said afterwards, "I should have called you while you were at the store". Really?? No shit..... :rage:

Foxy minx is still loading.......... :sigh: Unhelpful woman that Foxy Minx... Still loading?? No wonder...Sheldon forgot to pay her!! :laughing guy: :laughing guy:

Just for the hell of it, I wrote to Nels Cline, lead guitarist for Wilco, and to my utter shock and disbelief, I actually got a very personal response! I like bands whose members don't let fame go to their heads and actually care about their fans. He seemed like a real humble guy, and I have all the respect in the world for him! :D I had to share this experience, it was just too amazing!

Thanks a lot for posting this. This was a little different than the average interview...at least from the ones I've heard.

Geddy always gives a great interview. I remember one I listened to when I was living in Savannah, GA, back in 1980. He was less funny then and more "intellectual." He spoke circles around the poor interviewer...

They did so many good songs. I kind of lost touch with them after 1975 or so - Rush came along you know - and a whole lot of other great bands. It was hard to keep up with all of them. I'm glad Alice is still around and active. He was at the top in the early to mid seventies. He had this girlfriend, Cyndi Lang, back then. I wonder whatever happened to her. They were together for a long time. I know Cooper has been married to the same woman since the late 70s or early 80s. I don't know her name though. Since it's been such a long time you should try to start catching up on all the Alice Cooper material you've missed. Some of his albums have been hit and miss but every album at least has a few good or great songs on them worth listening to. He is awesome live now. For a guy in his mid 60s he still puts on one of the best shows you'll see. He's been clean and sober for 30 years now and that no doubt helps his live performances to be so good. I'm glad he still has fans so that he can give life performances. I forgot - but you are right - he used to drink a case of beer a day I think I remember reading back then. He was in the newspaper out here a few years ago. I laughed at what he said because he was right, and I thought to myself that he hadn't changed at all. Still down to earth. J2112YYZ, what is the best album he has done since 1980? My favorite he's done since 1980 is probably Brutal Planet which was released in 2000. He did go pretty heavy and dark on the album but it's still Cooper all the way. The Last Temptation, which came out in 1994 is also really good. If you're want to hear what the more commercial stuff sounded like check out Trash (1989) and Hey Stoopid (1991). I'm sure you would know some of the songs off there like Poison, Hey Stoopid and Feed My Frankenstein. Here's the title track off Brutal Planet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA3OWll_Das This is my favorite off The Last Temptation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPR4NSfjyJc

It is indeed, along with ocean noises. "I Am The Sea." I'm a little younger than you are and didn't get the opportunity to see Quadrophenia live (well, until this year, which is a whole other story), but the record was a great source of solace to me during some very difficult teen years. The other day I listened to it through headphones with my eyes closed the way I used to, and it still felt the same.

I thought Lisa's rejection of an interracial relationship set race relations back a generation.

Foxy minx is still loading.......... :sigh: Unhelpful woman that Foxy Minx...

great call. Add the douche who owned Melville' Seafood to that.

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I wrote this on Facebook the other day: If Indian food Chris walks through that door, he will KILL Chinese food Chris!

I know it's not a classic character, but I've never wanted to hurt a TV character more than I do that little Joffrey f**k from Game of Thrones. I'd love to dropkick him through a window.

Great song. Fantastic album all the way through. The very first CD I ever purchased, by the way. This album will forever hold a special place for me.

How's she getting along?

Lots of families these days, just be prepared to explain the funky smell in the air and the typical loser drunk guys who aren't really rush fans who got free tickets close to the stage and are constantly going back and forth for more beer and then returning and spending the whole time talking loud and yucking it up with themselves.... personally I'd rather have the funky smell than the loud drunken aholes who ruin a show.....there's nothing like a beautiful quiet moment during the garden being destroyed by loud obnoxious people who don't care about what's going on up on stage...

Wow...guess I shoulda checked first...do you feel violated? No - the quotes are old school and look like shit. Paul deserves a nice clean thread. :)

Love the titles! :ebert: Thanks, Duck! :smoke:

This is a fantastic piece guys and gals —TM http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/10/11/paul-simon-looks-back-on-the-anniversary-of-the-amazing-graceland/ Paul Simon Looks Back on the Anniversary of the Amazing “Graceland” These days Paul Simon enjoys music from Mali, which he discovered two years ago in his continual lookout for new sounds. Twenty-five years ago, it was music from South Africa that caught the attention of the singer-songwriter, who reached international acclaim with his 1986 solo album, Graceland, the most commercially successful of his career. The album, which integrated South African music styles like isicathamiya and mbaqanga with elements of good old American rock and pop, was received with both praise and protest. Critics loved it, but others thought the choice to record the album in apartheid South Africa breached the UN’s cultural boycott on the country. Still, the music prevailed. The album proved to be an immediate hit, reaching the tops of charts all over the world, selling 14 million copies worldwide, and earning two Grammys, including Album of the Year in 1986 and Record of the Year in 1987, with the title song. This year, Paul Simon released a 25th anniversary album edition of Graceland in a boxed set that includes Joe Berlinger’s Emmy-nominated documentary, “Under African Skies,” which follows Simon’s 2011 return to South Africa, from which the original story of Graceland’s making unfolds. In honor of this special occasion, National Geographic’s Pop Omnivore spoke with Paul Simon about what has changed in the quarter of a century since he first set foot Under those African Skies. And of course, we couldn’t help but ask his opinion on the .-by Rena Silverman You first thought of creating Graceland in your car, after driving around to a cassette of South African music. How did one thing lead to another? There was a group called the who made an album of accordion music, “Township Jives” and that’s what I was listening to. It was instrumental music with an accordion, electric guitar, bass, and drums. It reminded me of a certain kind of fifties rock ‘n’ roll. It was a couple of months before it dawned on me that this was something I liked so much that I could write to it. I had just been listening to it for fun, but then I become obsessed with it.You have a history of discovering and collaborating with musicians from different parts of the world. Graceland and The Capeman are only a few examples. How far back does your interest in different cultures go? It goes back to before Graceland, to the first music I was interested in, which is early rock ‘n’ roll. Without really understanding because I was just 12 or 13 years old, this kind of music that I liked came from a combination of different cultures. It was African American cultures, like doo-wop singing, which comes from gospel singing. It was Louisiana rhythms. I liked the Ethel Waters and that kind of Appalachian, Celtic tradition and Johnny Cash, which also has country roots. And Elvis Presley is both: the combination of Anglo-Saxon and African American. So, I grew up in an environment like that and when I was with Simon & Garfunkel, we recorded [1970], a very famous song from Peru, hundreds of years old. We recorded that song with a group called Los Incas [known currently as Urubamba].And then I went to Jamaica to record “Mother and Child Reunion” [1972], so I’ve been interested in pursuing music that I like regardless of where it comes from. I learned pretty early on if you want to get the music right you should probably travel to where it’s being played as opposed to asking musicians who are not familiar with it to copy it. But, once you hear something that you like does it mean you can play it? When I first realized that I was free to go to any place that I wanted, I didn’t really think about how well I could play and there were times when I didn’t think I played very well. Like, “Gone at Last” [1975], an up-tempo gospel song and I just don’t think I’m good at up-tempo gospel singing. I was better with gospel quartettes, something like “Loves Me Like a Rock” [1973]. So, just because I like something doesn’t mean I’m necessarily going to play it well or even necessarily understand it. I never really had a deep grasp of Latin music and clave [a five-stroke rhythmic pattern used in many famous Afro-Cuban genres, including rumba, mambo, salsa, Latin jazz, and more] and so in The Capeman I had a lot of help from band members and singers like Rubén Blades and Marc Anthony. When you first got to South Africa, was the music a challenge? It was difficult to play. No, it was difficult to play well, and to play it as well as South Africans play it. To play that guitar style and to play it well takes a long time. Even though the chords are relatively simple, it’s about how you play those chords. It’s about touch, like Johnny Cash’s music—boom-chick-boom-chick-boom—sounds easy, but only Johnny Cash could make that stuff swing. And everybody else who tries, well they just sound like an imitation of Johnny Cash. The music in South Africa was not difficult to write [lyrics and melody], but what I was writing was a hybrid and was not purely South African. It was American and South African. You recorded the tracks then did the writing? That’s right. I start with the structure. There was a lot going on in South Africa at the time of your arrival in the mid-eighties, like apartheid. You were accused of breaking the United Nation’s cultural boycott of the country at one point. Did you see that coming given you just wanted to learn about the music? Were you surprised? They didn’t really say that while I was there or before the record was released. After the record was a hit, then there were some people who were saying that. And I never would have guessed that scenario was going to be our reality when I began recording in the months before the record came out. Other people knew that there were political implications. But, it was sort of kept from me, as you see in the documentary. My producer Koloi [Lebona] didn’t want me to be intimidated by anyone’s objections, so he kept the objections from me. Once released, Graceland was an international hit, climbing the charts in the UK, Australia, the Netherlands, and Austria. Are you ever surprised by where your music is received? I’ll tell you a story that’s good for National Geographic. I was on a trip in the Amazon in the eighties, before Graceland, maybe in the middle eighties. And we stopped in this very small village, really completely away from anything. It was so small it didn’t really have roads in it. And we were walking through the village and a girl was sitting in a hut playing a nylon string guitar. We listened for a while and I said to her, I know a song from Peru. We were that far on the Amazon. I played “El Cóndor Pasa,” and she knew that song and then she said, I know a song from America and she played Wow. That’s pretty good Yeah! That is good. So, there are times when I’ve been surprised. Did you tell her who you were? No. She had found the song in a book. Somebody had given her a book of mine or a book of a bunch of songs that were popular, probably a bunch of songs that were popular. I mean it was not easy to understand each other. We sort of communicated by picking up the guitar. But, it didn’t matter who I was. The situation just struck me as a really rare coincidence. In the middle of the Amazon, to find that your songs have gotten that far. Have you heard about Psy, the Korean rapper on YouTube? Yeah! He’s the guy who dances that kind of horse dance, right? Yes. Now it’s a different story with YouTube and the Internet although I doubt the internet has gotten that far into the Amazon. We don’t really hear pop music from China. But, you just saw a Korean rapper. There’s censorship in China, so there’s less that we see, but undoubtedly stuff will come from China that we will see. Graceland was released well before the Internet. I’m curious about your earlier point about writing a hybrid. The rhythms in the album are South African, while the melodies, themes, and subjects seem more American, like the name of the title song, which refers to Elvis’ home in Tennessee. What was the impact of merging these very different worlds? What was unusual about Graceland is that it was on the surface apolitical, but what it represented was the essence of the antiapartheid in that it was a collaboration between blacks and whites to make music that people everywhere enjoyed. It was completely the opposite from what the apartheid regime said, which is that one group of people were inferior. Here, there were no inferiors or superiors, just an acknowledgement of everybody’s work as a musician. It was a powerful statement. We were able to accomplish that symbolically because music is so accessible and people liked it. And the political implications came later than they would have if the songs had been overtly political. And in that way Graceland was a different and slyer kind of political view. Graceland was also making a relatively new musical music statement, though it wasn’t the first the world music attempt by any means. Graceland was the first to become an example of a hybrid that was mainstream popular . Something like [the Russian feminist punk-rock collective] Pussy Riot is overtly political. Because we’re in an Internet world now, everyone knows about them. And the spotlight is shown on the Russian judicial system. But, it’s not that people are evaluating what they did musically. Do you see anything happening more like Graceland now, globalization or introduction to cultures from the music itself? Yes. I think what’s going on around the world with rap in different languages says something. In the Arab world there are rappers who are talking about political subjects. In authoritarian societies, music has long played a role of being a component of the political process. I’m sure there are more, but I don’t know enough about the musicians to tell you what I think. Have you seen the movie Searching for Sugar Man? No, but everybody keeps asking me that. Does it have something to do with me, or something I’m interested in? It’s about a musician, apartheid, South Africa, Detroit, the ‘70s. I better see it. Have you discovered more music lately from different parts of the world? Two years ago, I started to get into a lot of music from Mali [music in Mali has been influenced by several strong musical roots, including the ancient Mande empire, local ethnic rhythms, and Moorish-European form]. And now I wonder what is going on because there is a revolution in Mali. But, I listen to music from everywhere. Electronic music is interesting to me now, or new instruments. I’m just interested in new ways of expanding sound, making sound, finding things that appeal to me in a sound. Music is just sound. When I hear a sound that I like, I incorporate it into the music. I’ll record a field just to give a track air, you know with birds and things, you can hardly hear it, but I’m always fooling around with sounds and overtones. The earth always hums. Yes. And, there’s space, too. NASA has done recordings of sounds in space. That’s very interesting to me, too. This spring, you released the 25th anniversary edition of Graceland. Once again, it climbed the charts in the UK. You went on tour in honor of the anniversary. How was performing? That was fun. We played some concerts in Europe. It took a little practice to get back to where we were, but we got there. I liked it a lot. We were able to have all the original musicians. It was nostalgic and it was fun. Here's another cool article from NatGeo...hope you enjoy!

Here's something that's really touching...Paul played at a teacher's funeral. What a special person http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20810417 21 December 2012 Last updated at 06:03 ET Paul Simon plays at teacher's funeral http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/64894000/jpg/_64894370_simongetty.jpg Simon played the song, simply, on an acoustic guitar Paul Simon performed his classic track The Sound of Silence at the funeral of a teacher who died in the school shooting in Connecticut on 14 December. The 1966 song was understood to be a favourite of 27-year-old Victoria Soto, a first-grade teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The singer, a family friend, performed the song in front of some 400 mourners, at Soto's local church on Wednesday. Twenty six people were killed by Adam Lanza in the mass shooting last week. Among them were 20 children, all aged between 6 and 7. Soto was killed while shielding her pupils from gunfire. She is understood to have hidden some of the children in a closet, ensuring they were safe, and then told the gunman that her class was in the gym. Simon is believed to know the Soto family through his sister-in-law, who is a nurse like Victoria's mother. He received no introduction at the funeral and left without making any comment. Soto grew up in Stratford, Connecticut and graduated from Eastern Connecticut State University. She was studying for a master's degree in special education. "She lost her life doing what she loved," her cousin, Jim Wiltsie told ABC News.

soooo cool...this little Paul Simon thread has made me smile at 5:50 in the morning...that's hard to do.

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Excellent link, TM! :ebert: Thanks! :yay: :geddy:

The gig was absolutely fantastic! After a slightly tentative start the band caught fire rapidly and the playing went stratospheric. I wish I was going to Glasgow tomorrow. Not for the non 70s Prog PT fans. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v619/reedlover/Iphone/20130301_211842_zpsd2e5d20c.jpg

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This was fantastic! Thanks for the link.