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I'm posting these for Lorraine as they are something that brought her joy- the fall altar flowers from Mass yesterday. They are beautiful!

More of cutie Tulora!

Foghat Live. Eagles at The Beacon Theater 1974. (Bootleg)

It's probably been thirty years since I listened to this, a mostly nice trip down Memory Lane.

Is it disrespectful to say the part about your husband made me smile ? Hope they can address your new complaints and glad to see your sense of humor is doing well! :hug2: She just left. This is her report. Cancer is a very selfish disease. It takes everything in the body for itself. What she thought might be being caused by other things (blood pressure/oxygen levels) is, in fact, being caused by the cancer. My cancer is quickly depleting whatever nutrients I have and are taking them in to feed itself and grow. My prediction: It is now September 27th. At the rate I am going downhill, Thanksgiving might be somewhat bearable, but Christmas, if I make it, will be the swan song. I predict I die in early January. It's not pleasant hearing how I go. They don't stick a vacuum up my rear and suck the poop that the tumor won't allow through out. It all just sits there, and solid food ceases, iv's for nausea and other things because pills would only vomit back. That's my reality. Each day, as long as I am given the grace to do so, I hope to make the best of. She said my incessant and unpredictable weeping is normal too. After all, I'm dying. Even though I don't walk around thinking that thought 24/7, my soul still knows it. I am dying. If you had asked me last year what I would think was going to happen to me this year, this little gem wouldn't have even made my list. :hug2:

Here's some music for you, I really like this song myself :clap: Funny video too :LOLsign:

What a lovely kitty, I have a blue cream girl too, so nice to have a cuddle with :heart: :hug2: She's not much for cuddling. Each morning and night I grab her and hug her and give her a kiss, but she doesn't go for any of that type of stuff. I do it just the same. :) It might not do much for her, but it helps me! :) That sounds like the one cat I have. He's a little bit bigger than some cats and looks like he was the alpha of the litter. So, he's a bit aloof and not too affectionate. The younger one I have I got when he was a kitten and he is very affectionate. Almost like a dog would be. Pets are great comfort when things aren't going well. I'm glad you have one to help you through a little bit.

Supertramp all the way although BTO is classic, and Not Fragile is a pretty good album. But when you have an album with Goodbye Stranger, Logical Song, Take The Long Road Home, those 3 alone beat Not Fragile by a mile.

Good idea. I would have a hard time playing because 90 percent of the music I own is from 67-78. Don't have much from the last 20 years.

Cool idea! Might take me awhile.

I'm into this.

1957: Jeru - Miles Davis 1958: Moment's Notice - John Coltrane 1959: Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - Charles Mingus 1960: A Night In Tunisia - Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers 1961: Free Jazz Part 1 - Ornette Coleman Double Quartet 1962: Fleurette Africaine - Duke Ellington 1963: Rhythm-A-Ning - Thelonious Monk 1964: Time Is On My Side - The Rolling Stones 1965: Dolphin Dance - Herbie Hancock 1966: Help, I'm A Rock - Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention 1967: If 6 Was 9 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience 1968: Hapiness Is A Warm Gun - The Beatles 1969: Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin 1970: Lizard - King Crimson 1971: Flyin' High (In The Friendly Sky) - Marvin Gaye 1972: Homeward Bound - Fleetwood Mac 1973: Dancing With The Moonlit Knight - Genesis 1974: Ballroom Blitz - Sweet 1975: Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen 1976: Black Man - Stevie Wonder 1977: White Riot - The Clash 1978: Eruption - Van Halen 1979: Don't Bring Me Down - Electric Light Orchestra 1980: The Spirit Of Radio - Rush 1981: Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - The Police 1982: Thriller - Michael Jackson 1983: The Four Horsemen - Metallica 1984: Computer Blue - Prince And The Revolution 1985: Driver 8 - R.E.M. 1986: Control - Janet Jackson 1987: Sludgefest - Dinosaur Jr. 1988: Open Letter To A Landlord - Living Colour 1989: Pray For Spanish Eyes - Madonna 1990: Metal Meltdown - Judas Priest 1991: Say Hello 2 Heaven - Temple Of The Dog 1992: Date Rape - Sublime 1993: Radio Friendly Unit Shifter - Nirvana 1994: Like Suicide - Soundgarden 1995: You Oughta Know - Alan Morissette 1996: H. - Tool 1997: Exit Music (For A Film) - Radiohead 1998: Open Road Song - Eve 6 1999: All Star - Smash Mouth 2000: Ms. Jackson - OutKast 2001: The Modern Age - The Strokes 2002: Warning Sign - Coldplay 2003: Time Is Running Out - Muse 2004: All These Things That I've Done - The Killers 2005: Heard 'Em Say - Kanye West 2006: Teenagers - My Chemical Romance 2007: Hallelujah - Paramore 2008: Use Somebody - Kings Of Leon 2009: Timshel - Mumford & Sons 2010: C.L.U. - Daft Punk 2011: Arlandria - Foo Fighters 2012: We Are Young - fun. 2013: Migraine - Twenty-One Pilots 2014: The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone) - U2 2015: Mortal Man - Kendrick Lamar 2016: Girl Loves Me - David Bowie 2017: Out Of Tune Piano - Misterwives 2018: Ice Station Zebra - Jack White 2019: In The End - The Cranberries 2020: Murder Most Foul - Bob Dylan 2021: Drivers License - Olivia Rodrigo

Is it disrespectful to say the part about your husband made me smile ? Hope they can address your new complaints and glad to see your sense of humor is doing well! :hug2:

Wasn't me but I understand it. I'm a big fan of VH but imo they made imperfect albums after VH1 in that there were always oddball or imperfect tracks on every album in the Roth-era from 2 onwards. Sacrilege you say! Well I voted for 'Eff' to be eliminated but it's almost as though he Hagar-era, to me, filled up the albums with safer/more boring songs. And that, to me, is in a nutshell the difference between the eras. Steady, safe and bland versus Crazy, high-speed and off the rails. OK hyperbole maybe but that's the feeling one gets of the differences. So take WACF, one might say that the 1st three tracks are ones that don't highlight VH at their best. Sacrilege again you say! Well, one might say that Romeo Delight and In a simple rhyme are by far the best tracks on the album and that the 1st 3 are a bit lazy or experimental or just too kooky to be really representations of VH at their best. I love the synth in And the Cradle.., I love the lazy simplicity of Everybody wants some and I love the bass-heavy style (Spinal Tap anyone!! ;-) ) of Fools. But for me, they are not VH at their best. I wouldn't play them to a newbie to show off Van Halen that's for sure. But Everybody Wants Some gets played a lot and in films and it embarrasses me a bit because it's the laziest, albeit one of the more fun, VH track out there. I know, I know, most of you love those songs. Well for me, the album switches gears from Romeo until the end. I much prefer the acoustic-then-heavy Whiskey, out of control 'Loss of Control' and In a simple rhyme after Romeo. And heck even the fireside acoustic playing on Could this be Magic is more entertaining then the 1st 3 songs. So when you try to compare FU..and 5150 (and even OU812 which is my fave Hagar album...yes, I said it!), then if you step back and compare them with the Roth ones then one always has to accommodate for the oddball/experimental stuff in the Roth era that isn't as 'consistent' as the Hagar era. That's one reason I think some people prefer the Sammy era. I'm going to have a hard time in my heart voting Sammy stuff over Roth stuff but my head says that on a consistency basis, Sammy albums sometimes win albeit they are usually safer, even blander (in the lesser tracks) at times. There, I've said it. Do your worst!! :madra: :finbar: :tongue: You`re a loony! You might even need a new brain :crazy:

I'm doing another one. I am finding a lot of songs I haven't listened to in a long, long time.

This has taken a while! They are all songs from albums I own and no artist is repeated. 1960 Elvis Presley - Blue Suede Shoes from G.I. Blues 1961 Joan Baez - Paisir D'Amour from Joan Baez Vol. 2 1962 Booker T & The MGs - Green Onions from Green Onions 1963 Bob Dylan - Blowin' In The Wind from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan 1964 The Beatles - Eight Days A Week from For Sale 1965 The Who - The Kids Are Alright from My Generation 1966 The Rolling Stones - Out Of Tie from Aftermath 1967 Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love from Disraeli Gears 1968 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Chile from Electric Ladyland 1969 King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man from In The Court Of The Crimson King 1970 The Kinks - Lola from Lola v Powerman 1971 Joni Mitchell - A Case Of You from Blue 1972 Yes - Close To The Edge from Close To The Edge 1973 David Bowie - Drive In Saturday from Aladdin Sane 1974 Genesis - The Carpet Crawlers from The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 1975 Led Zeppelin - Kashmir from Physical Graffiti 1976 Eagles - Hotel California from Hotel California 1977 Television - Marquee Moon from Marquee Moon 1978 Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights from The Kick Inside 1979 Supertramp - The Logical Song from Breakfast In America 1980 AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night long from Back In Black 1981 Rush - Limelight from Moving Pictures 1982 Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name from The Number Of The Beast 1983 Def Leppard - Photograph from Pyromania 1984 The Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane from Love At First Sting 1985 Marillion - Kayleigh from Misplaced Childhood 1986 The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again from The Queen Is Dead 1987 Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning from Deisel & Dust 1988 The Travelling Wilburys - Congratulations from The Travelling Wilburys Vol. 1 1989 UB40 - Here I Am (Come And Take Me) from Labour Of love II 1990 The Black Crowes - Hard To Handle from Shake Your Money Maker 1991 Queen - The Show Must Go On from Innuendo 1992 REM - Everybody Hurts from Automatic For The People 1993 Counting Crows - Mr Jones from August & Everything After 1994 Jeff Buckley - Lilac wine from Grace 1995 Paul Weller - The Changingman from Stanley Road 1996 Sublime - Santeria from Sublime 1997 The Prodigy - Firestarter from Fat Of The land 1998 Arena - The Hanging Tree from The Visitor 1999 Travis - Why Does It Always Rain On Me from The Man Who 2000 The Hives - Hate To Say I Told You So from Veni Vidi Vicious 2001 System Of A Down - Chop Suey! from Toxicity 2002 Queens Of The Stoneage - No One Knows from Songs For The Deaf 2003 Kings Of Leon - Red Morning Light from Youth & Young Manhood 2004 Green Day - Jesus Of Suburbia from American Idiot 2005 Opeth - The Grand Conjuration from Ghost Reveries 2006 Muse - Knights Of Cydonia from Black Holes & Revelations 2007 Porcupine Tree - Anesthetize from Fear Of A Blank Planet 2008 Moon Safari - Bluebells from Blomljud 2009 Them Crooked Vultures - New Fang from Them Crooked Vultures 2010 Haken - Celestial Elixir from Aquarius 2011 Black Country Communion - Cold from Black Country Communion II 2012 Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Walk Like A Giant from Psychedelic Pill 2013 Steven Wilson - The Watchmaker from The Raven Who Refused To Sing 2014 Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost Of Tom Joad from High Hopes 2015 Ghost - Cirice from Meliora 2016 Avenged Sevenfold - The Stage from The Stage 2017 Styx - Radio Silence from The Mission 2018 Riverside - The Struggle For Survival from Wasteland 2019 Rammstein - Deutschland from 'untitled' 2020 Blue Oyster Cult - Tainted Blood from The Symbol Remains 2021 Leprous - On Hold from Aphelion

No rhyme. No reason. Just songs I like: 1956: “Lonesome Train (on a Lonesome Track” – Johnny Burnette and the Rock ‘n Roll Trio 1957: “Walkin’ After Midnight” – Patsy Cline 1958: “What Do I Care” – Johnny Cash 1959: “I Want to Walk You Home” – Fats Domino 1960: “I Gotta Know” – Elvis Presley 1961: “I’m Talking About You” – Chuck Berry 1962: “You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover” – Bo Diddley 1963: “Mean Woman Blues” – Roy Orbison 1964: “She’s Not There” – The Zombies 1965: “Out in the Streets” – The Shangri-Las 1966: “Over Under Sideways Down” – The Yardbirds 1967: “Soul Kitchen” – The Doors 1968: “Wichita Lineman” – Glen Campbell 1969: “Marley Purt Drive” – Bee Gees 1970: “Day of the Locust” – Bob Dylan 1971: “Jesus Was a Cross Maker” – Judee Sill 1972: “The Ballad of El Goodo” – Big Star 1973: “Hard Hearted Alice” – Alice Cooper 1974: “Fear is a Man’s Best Friend” – John Cale 1975: “Love Her All I Can” – Kiss 1976: “Nothing to Do” – Sparks 1977: “New Race” – Radio Birdman 1978: “Teenage Kicks” – The Undertones 1979: “Dancing Barefoot” – Patti Smith 1980: “Bebe Le Strange” - Heart 1981: “On the Loose” – Saga 1982: “I Melt with You” – Modern English 1983: “Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)” – A Flock of Seagulls 1984: “Perfect Strangers” – Deep Purple 1985: “Little Mascara” – The Replacements 1986: “Rise” – Public Image Ltd. 1987: “Ahead” – Wire 1988: “Trash City” - Joe Strummer and the Latino Rockabilly War 1989: “Debaser” – Pixies 1990: “John the Fisherman” – Primus 1991: “Haven’t Got a Clue” – Dramarama 1992: “Jump Around” – House of Pain 1993: “Pets” – Porno for Pyros 1994: “What a Crying Shame” – The Mavericks 1995: “1979” – Smashing Pumpkins 1996: “Hero for a Day” – Metallica 1997: “Say Goodbye” – Cheap Trick 1998: “Ray of Light” – Madonna 1999: “Teenage FBI” – Guided by Voices 2000: “Good Fortune” – PJ Harvey 2001: “Strange” – Built to Spill 2002: “Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect” – The Decemberists 2003: “Maps” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs 2004: “Electron Blue” – R.E.M. 2005: “Fine Line” – Paul McCartney 2006: “A Method” – TV on the Radio 2007: “Ordinary People” – Neil Young 2008: “Inní mér syngur vitleysingur” - Sigur Rós 2009: “While You Wait for the Others” – Grizzly Bear 2010: “Helicopter” – Deerhunter 2011: “Things That Hide Away” – The Dear Hunter 2012: “Borrowed Time” – Parquet Courts 2013: “Bracing for Sunday” – Neko Case 2014: “Blue Moon” – Beck 2015: “From the Pinnacle to the Pit” – Ghost 2016: “Me and Magdalena” – The Monkees 2017: “Finish Line” – Jade Jackson 2018: “Danny Nedelko” – Idles 2019: “Not” – Big Thief 2020: “Shameika” – Fiona Apple 2021: “Strong Feelins” – Dry Cleaning

I have to ask - what's the point of the poll? Does it really matter who loves who and why?

Mariah Carey- Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel (6/10) First half is near perfect, but the album just fades into late 2000s monotony. Not her best work, but it has some real gems (all non-singles, as per usual). Dream Theater- Distance Over Time (9/10) I have no qualms about putting this album in my top five DT albums. I love it start to finish.

Wasn't me but I understand it. I'm a big fan of VH but imo they made imperfect albums after VH1 in that there were always oddball or imperfect tracks on every album in the Roth-era from 2 onwards. Sacrilege you say! Well I voted for 'Eff' to be eliminated but it's almost as though he Hagar-era, to me, filled up the albums with safer/more boring songs. And that, to me, is in a nutshell the difference between the eras. Steady, safe and bland versus Crazy, high-speed and off the rails. OK hyperbole maybe but that's the feeling one gets of the differences. So take WACF, one might say that the 1st three tracks are ones that don't highlight VH at their best. Sacrilege again you say! Well, one might say that Romeo Delight and In a simple rhyme are by far the best tracks on the album and that the 1st 3 are a bit lazy or experimental or just too kooky to be really representations of VH at their best. I love the synth in And the Cradle.., I love the lazy simplicity of Everybody wants some and I love the bass-heavy style (Spinal Tap anyone!! ;-) ) of Fools. But for me, they are not VH at their best. I wouldn't play them to a newbie to show off Van Halen that's for sure. But Everybody Wants Some gets played a lot and in films and it embarrasses me a bit because it's the laziest, albeit one of the more fun, VH track out there. I know, I know, most of you love those songs. Well for me, the album switches gears from Romeo until the end. I much prefer the acoustic-then-heavy Whiskey, out of control 'Loss of Control' and In a simple rhyme after Romeo. And heck even the fireside acoustic playing on Could this be Magic is more entertaining then the 1st 3 songs. So when you try to compare FU..and 5150 (and even OU812 which is my fave Hagar album...yes, I said it!), then if you step back and compare them with the Roth ones then one always has to accommodate for the oddball/experimental stuff in the Roth era that isn't as 'consistent' as the Hagar era. That's one reason I think some people prefer the Sammy era. I'm going to have a hard time in my heart voting Sammy stuff over Roth stuff but my head says that on a consistency basis, Sammy albums sometimes win albeit they are usually safer, even blander (in the lesser tracks) at times. There, I've said it. Do your worst!! :madra: :finbar: :tongue: You`re a loony! You might even need a new brain :crazy:

I remember buying Not Fragile back in the day when the single hit big here in the UK. It's a pretty decent album. Supertramp however were in a different league for me.

I don't understand the problem some fans have with the cover of Dance Of Death. I thought the cover fit the theme of the title track very well. I have no problem saying that Paschendale might be my favorite Maiden song about war. My problem with the art is it looks like a video game does when you slip into an unfinished area due to some glitch where the graphics are full of holes or incompletely rendered. It is a great concept, but it looks like the sketch before the painting, or the story board before the filming. In fact I believe the artist has actually said they used it despite the fact he wasn't done.

Is this becoming a "list the reasons you hate part of Rush's output" thread? Because I feel like that's not what the OP intended.

Only time will tell if we stand the test of time? I actually kinda like that line. Repetitive? Yes, but it has a decent ring to it. Sometimes it's meaningful to state the obvious. It works very well rhythmically.

Supertramp all the way.

Sorry for your loss, Mick. It's wonderful that your father was afforded a graceful exit through hospice.

Just so long as you understand that this is a 2-way street. All the irrational crazies aren't all on one side. I've had trf members give me the axe for voting for Trump. Maybe you will too now. I'm glad I'm almost gone from this increasingly irrational, partisan, and insane world. Sometimes I think there's more hatred in the world today than ever which is why kindness shines out like a diamond. Don't you all think it is high time we call an end to this? If we don't stop it now it will only result in more pain and suffering and sickness and, worse yet, more hatred. Indeed.

Every remaining album is excellent, so I feel wrong voting to eliminate any. So I'll just remove the ones I'm least likely to listen to next. BTW, Despite the worst artwork by far Maiden has ever had Dance of Death is astounding. Paschendale alone makes it a better album than most bands could ever have.

I will enjoy doing this very much!

I agree! :)

Beautiful!

Mick, I am so sorry to read of your dad's passing. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. He must have been a great person, because that is a great song. Also, he has a cool son like you with an amazing taste in music. May he rest in peace. :rose: -Stephen

1998 - A Simple Plan

So my dad passed away today. he had been very sick for quite some time. We had him in hospice and he died peacefully there. he was 85 so he lived a good life. but he was really suffering the past few months. you know my dad wasn't a music person but there was one song he adored. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BjoV6pkA-k RIP dad ii'll miss you. and wherever you are......behave, lol bye dad. Mick

(1996) Star Trek: First Contact, and (1997) Tomorrow Never Dies

What a lovely kitty, I have a blue cream girl too, so nice to have a cuddle with :heart: :hug2: She's not much for cuddling. Each morning and night I grab her and hug her and give her a kiss, but she doesn't go for any of that type of stuff. I do it just the same. :) It might not do much for her, but it helps me! :) I can relate, we have a couple of kitties who aren't the lap and cuddle type. They are learning to like pets on the head but we have to fool them into thinking it was their idea :lol:. That's why I love the blue cream girl, she comes to me for tummy rubs. She loves tummy rubs too and loves to sleep on her back. I've taken care of probably close to 50 cats or more, the last thirty years, and Tulora is the first cat I've ever been in contact that wasn't vulnerable when it came to her tummy.

Let me take this opportunity to give John at Cygnus-X1.net some recognition, not only for his archiving of Neil's articles, but for his entire site, an invaluable resource to the Rush community. John was handing out postcards advertising Cygnus-X.net at the first Rush gig I ever went to, the gig at which I became a fan, and I have been visiting it regularly ever since. Many thanks and much appreciation to John for all his hard work over the years!

Perhaps if they had the right singer on the album nobody would be voting for it yet. Paul or Bruce or whoever aside, the songs just don't work for me as well as their later efforts or the songs on the debut. Dance Of Death is better too :madra:

:goodone: Hands down one of the finest guitar players that has ever lived. Great to see live, too, when he's doing his one man band solo thing..!

Only time will tell if we stand the test of time? I actually kinda like that line. Repetitive? Yes, but it has a decent ring to it. Sometimes it's meaningful to state the obvious.

Hmm, a food item that I've never tried vs. Bon Jovi. Food item gets my vote.

HA! Um..... is that chocolate? Yeah there aren't a lot of things in this world better than chocolate.