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I'm starting to think that maybe 73 should be giving music aptitude tests and also a test to test one's Rush I.Q. to all who wish to become members of this prestigious forum. He can then group everyone together into their own section so they can be with their own kind. You will find me (if, of course, you are looking for me) playing with Rush bobbleheads in the kindergarten class listening nonstop to Xanadu with a glazed look in my eyes. :laughing guy:

It's a heavy metal classic! :haz: :haz: :haz: :haz:

Yeah they need the YBG staff bad to help 'em out. I'll get busy writing. I always said I should have been a comedy skit writer. SNL would've loved me.

Doesn't have to be hard to love it. Plus, don't get me wrong. It ain't gonna be the first thing you learn at your first lesson, it's just not as hard as it sounds. I know. It's just one of those bass lines that when I hear it, I can just picture Geddy standing there, playing it like, that's right f*ckers, another killer line! And it is. It is clever, interesting and melodic. And like I said, it ain't too easy, just once you got it, you got it. I love how you can sing Geddy's bass lines. Not just his solo lines, all of 'em (except that solo in La Villa that's so damn fast I wanna shoot myself in the head). He is the David Gilmore of the bass guitar. He can play as fast as you wish you could but what makes him truly great is the soulful, melodic and perfectly fit parts that he comes up with. Who else plays that aggressive and still beautifully at the same time. Uh... nobody!

E.T. really got old and he's still homeless

Yes, the production is a bit muddy but that seems to be a trademark of whatever NR gets his hands on. Go listen to In Your Honor by the Foo Fighters, which he also produced. That album has its sound problems, too. Enough of that BS, though, I'm no audiophile. I love this album, and this is after that "new album euphoria" went away, it's been 2 years. I loved Snakes and Arrows when it came out, and now I have it sitting at #9 out of 19, so middle of the pack. Clockwork Angels is sitting at a very nice #6, behind Counterparts, Grace, Signals, Hemispheres, and MP. The songs on this album are just top-notch to me. Solid opener, great followup, then you hit the first musical peak with the god-tier title track and DAT ANARCHIST :D Carnies is also a good song, with that gnarly Lerxst riff, then you get a really nice ballad, and a nice mid-album groove on SCOG. Then you hit the second musical peak with the best "single" of the album and then Rush's best live tune since Secret Touch or even Dreamline. Skip BU2B2, who cares. I still don't like Wish Them Well because it sounds too damn cheery-poppy, something that would've fit on anything from '87-'91 (yuck). Then the album's finished off nicely with The Garden. I don't praise it to the high heavens like a lot of people, but I like it, especially the guitar solo. It's quirky, but beautiful, a la Limelight or Between The Wheels or Alien Shore. Well done, boys. You've succeeded in creating a masterpiece after decades of existence. Best album since Counterparts and Grace Under Pressure.

Yeah they need the YBG staff bad to help 'em out.

S :o M :o I :o T :o H :haz: Hawks 2 Kings 0

L E D D Y :dweez: Hawks 1 Kings 0

Normally I find that I'll only sit down and draw a few pictures (that i think are worth keeping) per year...For some reason, just in the past few days, I've done nothing but draw. I've been enjoying my recent productivity and I feel like each one is better than the last. Been drawing musicians mainly...it's nice to zone out listening to whichever particular album my subject is related to. I normally stick with the good ol' high quality pencil and paper...maybe a little charcoal...at this point I'm not feeling adventurous enough to venture into too many colors and other mediums. *Disclaimer: I don't consider myself a professional at all...a few art classes through elementary and high school...and a little inspiration :smoke: is the only training I've had.* These have been done in just the past 2 days: Here's some others that have been done over the past year or so...some of these arent musicians. ( ^ My Grandfather and Grandmother )

The f**k you say.

All I wanna know is, what can I eat that will make me poop the biggest?

I've listened to the album earlier today and I must say that it hasn't lost its magic, that it had from the very beginning. For me it contains a lot of great songs with fantastic melodies, haunting riffs, soulful solos and not to forget a brilliant story, told with some outstanding lyrics. It's still a very good album which captivates me every time I give it a spin. :rush:

I think they're funny, too. A little absurd, a little weird ... but I guess I'm that way too

Technology is great, But at the same time. Just observing so may people texting and on their phones all the time is sad too me. It's like watching robots out of touch with reality. JMO. ;)

No one here thinks those skits are funny? I love the one at the end of the show. Every time that big bird sits down next to the guy and says, "Howdy do. You are a very thin man!" I start laughing. I also laugh every time I hear "Shake it toots!" This could also mean I am nothing but a Rush moron.

Big tobacco starting off attacking the e-cigs and still try and make laws against them as they get into the market fully. That should be enough of a reason to support ecigs. A good point. Do you believe that big tobacco has a hand in e-cig? I'm asking out of genuine curiosity. I don't know the answer. I would think that RJR or PM would at least be testing the waters and thinking about how to make money in a new market segment (that market being people who like to inhale things). To your point, lawsuits against independent e-cig manufacturers slow them down while the giants come up to speed. Just my skeptical nature, I suppose... Yup. That's exactly the plan. Big tobacco has entered the market and are playing catch up, while at the same time stopping the market from growing through advocacy for laws which restrict the use and sale of e-cigs. It's a smart strategy, but it doesn't make me hate them less.

The bass guitar in Red Sector A was so difficult that Geddy didn't even dare record it

Definitely passes the test. Modern classics: Caravan BU2B Clockwork Angels Anarchist 7CoG Very Good : Carnies Wish Them Well HLF The Wreckers (when this is maybe the 9th best song on an album... wow!) Good: Halo Effect Mostly Harmless: BU2B2 ____________________________ :zzz: The Garden

21 May 2014 Wednesday Kinkajou In light of recent complaints about the abundance of spiders in this thread ( :eyeroll:), here's something cute and fuzzy. Its name means “honey bear,” but it’s not a bear. It’s a carnivore, though it mostly eats fruit. It has a prehensile tail, but it’s not a primate. The kinkajou is awash in contradictions. But what is it? This mammal is a procyonid, a member of a group of small animals with long tails that includes raccoons. Kinkajous can be found in tropical forests from southern Mexico to Brazil. They fill the same ecological niche as the New World monkeys they sort-of resemble, but unlike the monkeys, they’re nocturnal and they don’t use their tails for grabbing food. The kinkajou’s tail helps it to balance as it reaches for food–it’ll grab a branch with its tail as it reaches. And if it falls and catches itself with its tail, the kinkajou can twist itself in such a way that it can climb back up its own tail. http://i.imgur.com/2Q1Raxx.jpg http://i.imgur.com/CSbk1tf.jpg http://i.imgur.com/caa4emP.jpg http://i.imgur.com/19jhGVl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/g8fXBxT.jpg http://i.imgur.com/xIEw5eo.jpg

My favorite Rush album can beat up your favorite Rush album.

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I agree with this completely. I just can't bond with Clockwork Angels. CA could have been a great album but it just sounds ordinary with a few great moments thrown in. With all due respect, and I mean this with great humility—what is "ordinary" about CA? If it sounds like no other Rush record, wouldn't that make it special? I have an ear. I'm a musician. In fact, I'm a BassMeister (not self-proclaimed. thanks Narpski). What makes it "ordinary"? Because it's still kicking my ass two years since the release. It makes every previous studio album (save PeW, AFTK, PoW) sound dated and thin. Yes. I said thin.

1-0 Yay!

Chinatown "Forget it, Jake."

As i stated 2 years ago, when the album was released, Clockwork Angels is a MASTERPIECE!!!!! nuff said :rush:

Yes and no. I'd like to think part of the reason for the ensemble was for the excitement of having other great musicians onstage, musicians who would add to the sound but not overwhelm it, and also not be rock musicians in their own right (not "special guests" for instance). But I assume the real reason is so they could have a big, full, layered sound without having to resort to backing tapes. So in a way that would be taking some of the stress off of Rush in terms of producing all the music themselves (either live or via backing tapes).

To me, BU2B2 isn't so much a song as it is an interstitial, tying together the songs on either side. Yes, exactly.

Still sucks. You are a troll, and clearly are living under a bridge next to some hazardous chemical plant in the deep recesses of New Jersey.

The epics are like an awesome epicopalypse where epicness and awesomeness have a baby in the Fountain of Lamneth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvdLJclxcDc&feature=kp

Couple more I've just finished up...

Crap 2-1

Some of it was a little heavy-handed. I know Rush isn't known for its minimalistic approach, but did they really need that many string instruments? That, plus the maddening steampunk imagery everywhere on the tour came across as something that would collapse on itself any minute. If they ever decide to do something different, maybe cutting down on the excess would be a nice and refreshing start. Also, I'd prefer it if they would get someone to write jokes in those skits that are actually funny, rather than incoherent excuses to show more random stuff. I feel insulted at times as a fan when they stoop so low.

PeW, AFTK, & CA are my top three as well :D You are obviously a person with great taste

Two years on (damn where does the time go) I still think it's a crackin' album. Was listening to it today as a matter of fact. I'm not a fan of the mix and master (the older 'single' versions of Caravan and BU2B sound crisper and clearer... whadya do Nick?) buuutttttt... meh. I try not to let that get to me, but it does fatigue my ears after a while. The one-two-three punch of the title track, the Anarchist, and Carnies still kicks my ass. I'm a little puzzled by some people being a little turned off by BU2B2. It's essentially an "intermission" of sorts, a transitory piece. I kinda wish there were more atmospheric bits like that throughout the album. This is a pretty obscure reference I'm about to make, but Planet P Project's album Pink World (a concept double-album) has a few short atmospheric BU2B2-esque tracks between some of the primary songs that recall previous musical themes and lyrics, and I think it works great.

Hawks

I never thought I would be saying this. Go Hawks!!

Indeed, Go Hawks! :madra:

So do you

Regarding the production: It is considered to be mastered fairly "hot". From the lowest level to the highest is only 6 decibel (that's not a lot) which is why is seems squashed. Yes, it is dense but I like it anyway. There's excitement, energy and raw sound to it. I like how their albums sound different, because every time I put on a record it sounds fresh to my ears compared to one I heard before, and so forth and so forth. The only one I had a problem with was the original mix of Vapor Trails because it has clipping. If you want your dynamics back buy a turntable. ;)

Yeah you got 4 of my five favorites on there. I agree, these are their masterpieces, in this order for me though1. POW 2. AFTK 3. CA 4. Pew 5. HYF

PeW, AFTK, & CA are my top three as well :D

Arrrrrrghhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! What's with the spider pics?! :outtahere:

I don't mind spiders. They catch flies, and flies annoy the hell out of me.

So? What are you gonna do about it? Beat me up? :madra: Give me a demerit? Suspend me from TRF? Take away my Rush discs? You snooze. :zzz: You lose. And the next time you want to start a festive birthday thread, drag yourself out of bed in the wee hours of dawn and do it! :goodone:

Happy Birthday to one guy with a pretty cool username. :ebert: :cheers:

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