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So Narps, what was it like for you to ready about this in the paper when it happened?

70 years ago today, the Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Three days later, the B-29 Superfortress Bockscar dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, bringing an end to the Second World War.

Though the lyrics were heavily based on the experiences of Geddy's parents during the Holocaust

Corn Dogs :cheers: and pass the Pepto.... :|http://s3.postimg.org/m4dtqi7yr/20140926_155206.jpg

Oh for f**k's sake. Keith's dad's ashes are messing with what's left of his senile brain. Satanic was a mess, because the Stones did not have the songwriting nous(Brian was melting down) at the time & they didn't have George Martin. Sgt. Pepper, although it has dated in parts, is glorious. It's prog, it's pop, it's musichall, a wonderful mess of a thing, it comes in colours everywhere, it's like a RAYYYNNNNBOOOOWWWWWWW! I love you Keith, but you're just being a withered old c***.

Are you serious? Wow. I'm really getting old.

The amazing thing about a list of 5 things is that it contains only five things. It starts with one, adds a second, third and fourth and finishes with a fifth item. Amazing.

http://youtu.be/EQxvJCwnzaM

I tell ya this. if it happens i'm paying front row just so i can wear a Dramatic Turn of Events t-shirt, lol Mick

I agree with Xanadu, what a bummer man, it wasn't for lack of trying on your part, just bad luck I suspect, crossing fingers that LA is a miracle for you.

Without the Sgt Peppers album, the movie with Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees would never have been made. Think about that the next time you criticize the album.

Love the song and always have. One of my favorites from the 80's for sure. It should always be in the set list...

Not a big Todd R fan but I respect him as a producer. "Remote Control" by The Tubes comes to mind but man I found the MFSL Gold double cd used today in a cardboard slipcase for 40 bucks! I had to buy it!! It's incredible!!!! UTOPIA RULES!

Indeed. Just tickets alone. :o I've noticed that the same people tend to do it for every tour. I just can't imagine especially the way ticket prices have been. Then to add on a hotel, transportation to and from wherever you go while you're there, food....etc.

My daughter Sam got a promotion at work today. She has worked hard for it.

Tell me about it, yesterday I was driving through town thinking of something else and turned right into a one way street going the wrong way- I have only lived here 25 years :D I can smile because it is a very quiet street, no other cars, I just turned around in someone's driveway, I realized it right away. I was wondering why I don't usually go that way, ha ha ??!!

I would think Cornerstone would be right up your alley, but you don't care much for it, do you?

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I was 6. Silly songs like My Ding-a-ling and On Top of Spaghetti were more to my liking at the time.

Juxtaposing bright, poppy sounding music with dark and sad themes and proving that even when going electronic synth pop rock, their songwriting prowess still shines on. Red Sector A, compared to 70s Rush is a strange specimen. Alongside Afterimage, Geddy only plays the keyboards and doesn't even touch his bass guitar. But that doesn't stop it from being a musically impressive song with Geddy's keyboard skills and Alex's unusual chord patterns. Something that was never lost on them. The song itself is quite upbeat, and danceable, almost as if someone could make an extended dance mix of the song. What makes this fact interesting is the subject matter of the song itself. It's about the Holocaust, an event where millions of people were senselessly slaughtered for not being "perfect" in the eyes of a crazed, evil dictator. The fact that a band could write a 1980s synth driven pop song about such a heinous chapter in history and have it be a considered a great song just proves, Rush is one of the most versatile bands in the history of music.

Too right. "Just a Game" was pretty awesome too. As a 7 year old kid, I used to play the board game that was part of the album artwork with my older bros while we listened to it. A few years later 3-4 of those tunes used to get a lot of MTV airplay.

:o :outtahere:

Sorry folks. After all these years, I finally decided that Rush was at their best up to and including Signals. After that it was hit and miss.

As they should be... :cheers: My list and this ones easy... 2112 A Farewell To Kings Hemispheres Permanent Waves Moving Pictures

Come on Tony, you know Rush fans. 50% would refuse to pick 10 for fear of leaving out one of their babies, 30% would feel the need to put some additional honorable mentions, 15% would pick 10 and alphabetize them, and the last 5% would just f***ing pick 10! I'm in the "just f***ing pick 10" 5% group.

Coming from a Bon Jovi lover.

When i saw Billy In 98 i think it was. Liberty's drumming just about shook the building. Amazing playing. Mick

Aw man, I feel bad. I hope by some chance you get it back signed from LA. My excitement over receiving my items signed is always tempered a bit by hearing that others have not been so fortunate. :(

78 degree winters? USA can easily provide that in a couple of states. Can't get any more diverse than the climates/geography/metropolises in the states: rugged Alaskan wilderness, beautiful tropical Hawaii, 4 Corners, Sedona, Colorado, Pacific Northwest, Florida, the Big Apple, L.A., Chi-Town, New Orleans...feels like James Brown is singing some ditty while Apollo Creed is dancing around in an Uncle Sam costume... ;) Don't get me wrong, I'd love to visit Brazil and dozens of other countries. But the states just has too much to offer anyone to skip.

I'm not online that much these days due to very long hours at work, but just wanted to let you know that I read your suggestions, take them to heart and are grateful for you time. Thank you! :)

The major reason SF is on my list is the gorgeous nature nearby. If I can read a map correctly it isn't that far a drive to Yosemite and Grand Canyon. But then I would have to take that drivers license. Yosemite is about three hours away, and I think you can get there via bus. The Grand Canyon is at least a full day's drive, and it would be easier to fly there. But if you're in SF make sure you spend at least a day exploring the coast. We have some sandy beaches here, but the real beauty is in the wild and mountainous coastlines. Good suggestions! San Fran intinerary: The City: Two days Yosemite: One day Napa/Sonoma Wine Country: One day Redwoods: One day Beaches: One day There's your week! Nothing wrong with this but I doubt it would be possible on public transportation. That's what I was thinking. Plus, I'd factor in arrival & departure days as soaking up a big part of the city time. Six day itinerary on a seven day vacation. Book tours for the excursions, or do it the Greyfriar way and rent a car for the day or two. Rent a wagon and sleep in it. EDIT: Or call me. I'll travel with him. It's possible but he also didn't sound to jazzed about having to get a driver's license before all of that. Ah yes...forgot. Chicago to New York, then. Experience two extremes...Experience (pizza) to extremes! It becomes clear to me that having a drivers license will add immensely to my experience of America. I will have more freedom and who knows it might turn into a TRF trip I should get that license :)

I think both The Beatles and The Rolling Stones are overrated.

A given for me! "LOSING IT!" LA FORUM!

WHAT. YOU'RE. DOING.

The thing that struck me when I saw it live was how danceable the rhythm section was. It's got this heavy, driving bottom end. But that seems incongruous with the lyrics, so you almost feel guilty bopping along to it.

No restrictions aye? OK... By Tor/In The End (live from ATWAS) That's 2 2112 Lessons Something For Nothing Xanadu Cinderella Man Cygnus Book II Hemispheres Natural Science Witch Hunt This is nearly impossible to do by the way. There are really only 4 or 5 that are givens and the rest are tough. A top 20 or 25 as we have done many times is much easier...

If you had a broken leg you'd go to the doctor. You wouldn't deliberate. The aching discomfort of the leg would be too great. This IS the same thing. Mental health workers would consider the best course of action to take...in a similar manner that a general practitioner would about a broken leg. Signed, a former mental health worker

Be afraid. Be very afraid. As we were driving out, I noticed how many Rush fans were unwisely walking to God knows where well past the Forum. I prayed for them.... Our group had to leave the Forum grounds to find a taxi. (Didn't want to wait in a line that was probably a block long!) There were some, uh, interesting characters out there. (There were so many concertgoers around, and on a busy street, so I didn't feel in danger, but I'm glad I wasn't there alone.) We'll always have Jigga confessing about the five people he shot. BTW Jigga, thanks for the shirt! Hmm..wonder if that's the guy we bought our shirts from. He wanted $20 but we talked him down to $10. :D What the hell is a Jigga? The question you want to ask is who is Jigga? I know he shot like 5 people....not us though You saved our souls, by payin' those 4 bucks. ;)

From my touristic adventures I can tell, the best way to explore America is to rent a car. The American countryside has lots of spectacular things to do and see. Plus, you're independent. If it's good, stay, if it's not, drive away.

We still have the music. Rush in the past tense has been sooner rather than later for some time now. Heck, I was pretty darned sure we'd never hear anything from them again after Neil's personal tragedies, so when they came out with Vapor Trails and started touring again, it was a lot like a resurrection, but as they moved from their 50s into their 60s, I knew that retirement was looming. They were strongly hinting at it in the lead up to the Time Machine tour, and so far as I'm concerned, at least Neil had every intention of making Clockwork Angels the band's swansong (I mean, just listen to the lyrics on Headlong Flight and The Garden). I fully expected the CA tour to be the last one, so when R40 was announced, I took that as a bonus. I'm a little sad, because Rush has been a big part of my musical experience since I first watched the video for the Show of Hand's version of Marathon all the way back around 1989 or 1990. It was something for me to belong to a kind of an underground who loved this so-often ridiculed and chronically under-appreciated band. Their renaissance after Neil's return was the icing on what would have been, even without the later albums, an extraordinary career. But, at the same time, nothing can go on forever, and I would rather have my last memory of Rush be that extraordinary concert I saw a couple of weeks ago in Vancouver, which, for all the really great concerts I've seen in my time, stands as being the single best three hours of musical rapture I have ever experienced. I'm afraid that if they come back in a couple of years, they will have already crossed that line from amazing musical forces to a diminished act that is only a shadow of its former self. I think, as much as I would love them to go on, that I would rather they stop while they still enjoy most of their legendary prowess. There's no way I want them to become like BB King or Elvis, a phantom trotted out on stage to sell tickets.

IDK. I don't think there will be one, they just seem... done; however, I find it odd they didn't end the tour in Toronto. I would think they would have a huge grand finale in their hometown. Absolutlely! Well LA is now Neil's hometown.

Rise To Your Knees I have heard it before somewhere but it has a nice ring to it... :cheers: A more appropriate one would be Bend Over and Spread Em. Ok. I can go with that if you prefer...

People got angry? Time for some anger management? Sugar's going to just make people go off the deep end so maybe we need some sugar free options? Beer? Herbal tea? Hugs from me in a three piece suit? Maybe some shots of The Macallan.

This sounds gorgeous! I will make this, maybe tomorrow... They are legit. To avoid dryness find a recipe that uses some canned cream corn and it will change your life sir.

That looks good.

I recommend the M&Ms ones :)

I'm not quite there. What I might like to see is a "Geddy Lee of Rush" tour where he does Rush songs with a new drummer and guitarist. He also might need to hire a vocalist.

I have a better idea: Lee, Lifeson and Harrison. *drops mic*

Good song off a solid album from an under appreciated band.