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  1. Thank you so much everybody!! I meant to log in yesterday and completely forgot. I had a great birthday. I'm so glad to be a part of this community
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  2. Technically not a fav band but ranking just your fav bands is boring, lol. Pearl Jam. 1. Ten 2. Vitalogy 3. Vs. 4. Gigaton 5. Backspacer 6. No Code 7. Yeild 8. Pearl Jam 9. Lightning Bolt 10. Riot Act 11. Binaural The first 6 i call their most enjoyable. The rest to me represent PJ at their worst which is not bad just super bland. As i mentioned no matter how many times i've heard Riot and Binaural. they just never stick. In one ear out the Other. but i have 6 i really like and 5 that are completely disposable to me. Also Gigaton May be their best album since no code, I said what i said. Mick
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  3. I called the Anthem office a couple of times in the early 90's asking about Rush news, next albums and stuff. She always held the line for the band, but was also very friendly and personable on the phone. RIP - and thank you for being nice to a slightly annoying fan.
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  4. To be honest, I had my closure when I first heard that Neil had retired. I knew then that the band was all done. No reunion tours. No more albums. I felt really good about it, and I was happy for Neil.
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  5. RIP Pegi. A huge part of Rush's history, and a name we heard a lot when we first opened this board almost 20 years ago.
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  6. ...if you wanna rock n roll "This week, AC/DC returns to No. 1 on Billboard’s Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart. "
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  7. actually they made two albums when you think about it. 1 with Bon Scott 1 With Brian Johnson Mick
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  8. It appears that Pegi Cecconi, original Anthem office manager and huge supporter of Rush, has passed away. Howard Ungerlieder has posted a tribute on his social media. I don't have any other news about it right now. From Howard- "Goodbye to an incredibly wonderful and exciting friend who really knew how to enjoy a good time. Godspeed Peg, they have no idea who is arriving on their doorstep. You were always so awesome- we love you!" News confirmed by Alex- “I’m going to get the f**k outta here.” - Pegi Cecconi, QOFE. On her chosen date and time, because she was the Queen Of f***ing Everthing, Pegi got the f**k outta here. Bless you EC and RR - incredible ladies-in-waiting for her Royal f***ing Highness." This article talks a lot about her background, and her accomplishments in the Canadian entertainment industry. She will be missed! https://ca.billboard.com/fyi/queen-pegi-earns-walt-grealis-special-achievement-honour
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  9. Pearl Jam-Gigaton (9/10) you know what? i love this album. it's my fav later PJ album. and it's not cause i'm new to this band. i'm very familiar with them. I just really enjoy this album. Mick
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  10. I fully went into my R40 show expecting this to be the very final show I'll ever see from them. I was seeing my favorite band go out on top. I even bought Neil's R40 travel book, Far and Wide and went to see Geddy & Alex do an interview/signing at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2019, but that more just felt like an epilogue. Following Neil's death, that stung quite a bit especially with the 1-2 punch of COVID and a crisis in my personal life almost immediately after. His death caused me to return to their music after a bit of a hiatus and made me appreciate his words and his talent behind the kit even more. Geddy's book just feels like an additional epilogue to a book i closed long ago. It's a great read and I'm grateful that he released such a detailed retelling of his life and time in the band, even if he could have given us another 200 pages. It gave me a better understanding of how much he and the others truly busted their asses to make it and the sacrifices that came with his level of fame. And again, after not listening to Rush for a long while, I burned through the entire discography (studio and live) as I read through the book. This band remains my absolute favorite even if my listening wanes every now and then. It just hits harder when I return to it after a long time away.
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  11. RHCP They’re fascinating to me in a really relaxing way. I’m not excited or enthralled exactly, just finding myself happily centering on what it is they do.
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  12. I also spun this yesterday. Been honing in on the Chili Peps lately, reading Rick Rubin’s book simultaneously. I’m really fascinated and inspired by their chemistry. More so than almost any other band, I think the thing that makes them great is their spiritual bond to both each other and to the source of their art. The fact that they excel at writing accessible pop songs is more miraculous than any of their individual talents to me.
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  13. Oh god the songs left off...thank you Lost Dogs and single CDs! I've always loved Binaural. It's an album I turn on, and just let it go through me. It's so, so intoxicating. I've always seen derision for Pearl Jam after Vs. It started with Vitalogy. But you know what? Live and let live, PJ have only smashes for me. Even Gigaton won me over. Least favourite for sure but I can play it now happily.
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  14. Is good, but can't reach the heights of By The Way and beyond
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  15. Yeah but I love all their albums so for me, Gigaton is the best album since whatever last came out I like a little less than last place. No dips for me in this discography. Binaural is an all time fave for me, for example.
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  16. I'm sure sex operation is out of the question. Not back then.
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  17. Shortly after his book tour ended, something Ged said in an interview struck me: one of the reasons he did the tour was for closure - for himself, yes, but also for us. That the way Rush had ended was so murky and dissatisfying, and ultimately tragic, he felt we needed to see him and Al on a stage together again to give the band a proper goodbye, even if they weren't up there playing music. At the time, it seemed like the kind of thing that people say in situations like this, just another cliche. What is "closure", anyways? But now that a few months have gone by, I'm starting to realize that I actually did need some kind of closure, and that Neil's unexpected death had left me in a sort of limbo that I couldn't get out of. From January 2020 until last December, when I saw Ged's show at Massey Hall, I probably listened to more Rush than I did in the whole decade before it. Their music was constantly playing in my car, I listened to the entire Something for Nothing podcast from first episode to last, and I spent countless hours talking about the band online. But all the sudden, since that evening, it's like I found something I didn't even realize I was looking for, and I've been able to let go. I've gone from listening to the band compulsively, to hardly listening to them at all. I've left a bunch of Facebook Rush groups, stopped looking for news and videos, and they've generally been less present in my life. It doesn't feel like neglect so much as acceptance, though. It feels okay. Turns out Ged was right, and he gave me exactly what I needed. I'm curious if anyone else went through something similar...
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  18. The first show I saw was on the VT tour, and they were absolutely killing it. It's probably the most memorable concert of my life.
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  19. true. I think every bon album is a 10/10....like not joking. they're the only band that gets that from me. I LOVE bon AC/DC. Mick
    1 point
  20. To be fair, the Scott albums evolved sonically, for certain. The Johnson era, though, was pretty redundant after Flick of the Switch. The one-two album punch of Black Ice and Rock or Bust alone yielded eight songs with the work "rock" in the title
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  21. This might sound snarky...but I don't mean it to - I think there was some mythologizing around R40 and the idea that they were going out "at the top of their game". Certainly Geddy wasn't in peak form as a vocalist...and I think Alex had some less than stellar moments on that tour as well. As for Neil...I think he played very competently, as always...but there had been a fire missing for quite a few tours, I think. I say that so that you don't beat yourself up too much on missing the tour. It was a pretty great set list, especially the 2nd half...but it's quite likely you saw a better tour.
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    1 point
  23. If you ain't fouling you ain't trying! Those stats actually say a lot. Zona was sleepwalking.
    1 point
  24. '70s porn star with no mustache or black socks, eh?
    1 point
  25. Clemson was called for almost twice as many fouls as Arizona. Seems like they might have been the one's getting jobbed but they overcame.
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  26. He gets the girl...or the bullet.
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  27. Digital sales? That's nice. How many 8-tracks did they sell?
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  28. Happy, happy Birthday Leanne! I hope it was a wonderful day for you! Rush on!
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  29. I think my own experience is a little bit different in that I missed the R40 tour. (The last time I saw them was the S&A tour in 2008; I was out of the country for the CA and Time Machine tours.) I was in Toronto the week that they played there, and if I'd put some effort into it, I could have found a ticket. For whatever reason, I didn't. It just wasn't important at that particular moment in my life, I guess — I was a week away from leaving for the Arctic for a year, and I had other things on my mind. When it became clear that R40 was the last tour, that decision started to bother me and slowly morphed into regret. When Neil died, it suddenly became much bigger and more painful. I suppose I assumed there would be some one-off reunion down the road, that I'd have a chance to make up for missing it, and then without warning that possibility was gone. Seeing Ged and Al on stage at Massey Hall wasn't exactly going back in time to fix that mistake, but it did let me forgive myself.
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  30. Rush was and is my favorite band but my feelings are not in line with yours. I saw them in the CA tour at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn NY. I watched the show and was 100% positive it was a farewell tour. I already viewed the album as a farewell album and The Garden as there last song. I made my peace with them going off the stage then and there. I actually saw them latter on the tour at SPAC but it was .... I don't know how to phrase it. Just an after thought. A nice afterthought, but an afterthought. I had already said goodbye. I never saw them on the R40 tour. MSG was the nearest show and it was sold out before I could get a ticket. I assumed they would come to SPAC as they normally played SPAC when on tour but they did not. Disappointing? Yes. But not earthshaking. I would have been nice to see them but emotionally I had said goodbye already. I had closure when I walked out of the Barclays Center show on the CA tour.
    1 point
  31. Next two concerts are The Stones in May. Starting to get in the mood so I'll be listening to a lot of Stones over the next month+ Hackney Diamonds and this great tune that really stands out for me.
    1 point
  32. Still on a high from seeing Pornos two weeks ago. Too bad this was their farewell tour ( ha, I've heard that before ) Great album and great track off this album.
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  33. [If dogs could talk, Chapter 337] Dorothy: "I miss Kansas." Toto: "I miss the rains down in Africa."
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  34. Yes, a very Happy Birthday to you!
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  35. Ok, Avs got beat by Montreal Tuesday . Strange that both times we have played them this year we lost Got the Rangers coming to town tonight, let's hope we woke up from that funk on Tuesday...GO AVS
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  37. Good to see her out and about, didn't know she was a Boston fan
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  38. I think I'm in agreement with you. When Rush just up and stopped after the short R40 tour in 2015, I kind of just tried to forget about the band itself. Listened to little of the music and didn't think much of for a few years. Once Neil died, I started remembering a bit more, listening to a little more of the music again. When Geddy's book was announced, I really started thinking about the band and how long they were a big part of my life. Reading the book nearly instantly upon release felt like reliving parts of my younger life, and like you, it felt like the closure I didn't know I needed, but ended up happy to have. Thanks for 400 pages of word salad, Geddy!
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  41. What do you say to a hitchhiker with no legs? "Need a lift?"
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  42. What do you say to a one-legged hitchhiker? "Hop in!"
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  44. Pearl Jam Namely, Lightning Bolt and Binaural.
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