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I am at my brothers. It's just now midnight....
I called him in hysterics as Jeff clawed at me, burst through the door and threw me to the ground.
I screamed at the top of my lungs. I screamed and did not stop.
He and his gf called the cops- 3 of them came in and just circled Jeff, glaring.
My baby girl screamed that she needed me....I feel like the shittiest mother alive. My hearts torn into pieces.
Jeff begged me to stay but I had to leave. His dad came in and scooped my baby girl up. Jeff didn't care that she saw it all.
I can't do this. I can't be treated this way.
And how did it all start? A freaking child care application. He flipped out and that was that.
My marriage is over. I don't have a husband. I have a bully. I miss my baby girl so much and can't stop crying.
I'll go back in the morning. He will be given an ultimatum but I'll tell him he basically needs to jump through hoops of fire to convince me to stay.
He won't change.
He could still convince you to stay?
Please, for your own safety and the safety of your child, cut this man out of your life completely. No second third forth more chances. No hoops of fire. No nothing. Please. You deserve better than this.
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I like Snakes and Arrows a lot actually. It's my second favorite Atlantic-era album.
It's all about the guitar on this one. Alex demonstrated his mastery of understated atmospherics all over this thing.
EDIT: Just listened to Spindrift. This song gets wayy too much hate.
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Led Zepplin
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RUSH covers Zepplin Tour:
Set 1:
In the Evening
The Song Remains the Same
Immigrant Song
Battle for Evermore
Over the Hills and Far Away
Going to California
No Quarter
When the Levee Break
Ten Years Gone
Achilles Last Stand
Set 2:
In My Time of Dying
The Rain Song
Since I've Been Loving You
Baby I'm Gonna to leave You
What is and What Should Never Be
Misty Mountain Hop
Houses of the Holy
Four Sticks
The Ocean
Whole Lot of Love
Moby Dick/ Drum Solo
Dazed and Confused
Whole lot of Love
Encore:
Black dog
Kashmir
Stairway to Heaven
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/fonzie-jumps-shark.jpg
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It's an impersonation of a Yes cover. Nothing to do with Rush.
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To the original question:
Vapor Trails is in my top spot.
I like the guitar, beautiful vocal layering (yeah I love the Geddy Choirs) and overall sound of Snakes and Arrows. For those reasons, it edges out the somewhat less interesting Counterparts and Clockwork Angels, both of which I consider equals.
Test for Echo is my least favorite Rush album.
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Wow! VT just sounds wrong. Nothing else like it comes to mind, so I guess thats a good thing!
For me, it definitely is a good thing. The "wrongness" is what I like about it. Something about it seems completely disconnected from time and everything else. It's impossible to actually explain.
The Remix, I feel, actually does the album something of a disservice in that regard. Sure it sounds "better" but that quality comes with a price. I think that Mr. Botrill kinda nailed the album to a specific, "2000's" kind of feel.
I think CA is a more modern album than you may care to admit.I think that might be the problem. I don't want Rush to say "hey lets just make a modern album". I feel like that's kinda what they did here. Being "Modern" and being "Forward-Thinking" are 2 very different things.
Not to bury CA. I'm a big fan. I just feel like the album doesn't really tell us anything about Rush that we didn't already know.
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So, I'm trying to rip the audio from some concert DVDs on VLC. I'm trying to figure out how to separate the tracks. Currently I can only get it to record one big, long track of the entire DVD. Any help would be appreciated.
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You guys are crazy. Listen to the Vapor trails LOUD on headphones and tell me it's not the most inventive sounding rock record Rush produced post 1985. CA sounds like a fan service to 1970's fans because it is. Might be fancily arranged but it lacks the quirks and unique nature of VT. I love Counterparts but some songs in the middle can drag and the album sounds too "clean" at times for a proper rock record
I agree with much of this. CA is good, but it doesn't feel very forward thinking. Vapor Trails, on the other hand is one of the band's most original sounding albums. I'm especially fond of the writing style: jam sessions that were chopped up and arranged into songs after the fact.
Ceiling Unlimited is the sound of triumphant return. How It Is is equal parts defeat and hope. Freeze is unlike any song I've heard before, anywhere. It's noisy, manic, and incredibly gorgeous. There really aren't enough good things to say about Vapor Trails. My favorite Rush album since at least Power Windows.
None of the others are even close.
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Not to be super sensitive or critical but the last two words in my sentence were "I believe". I would never use the "fact" word with things that are open to varying opinions. Just because I think it's better, doesn't make it "fact". My honest opinion as always.... :)Yes, so the 70's and early 80's was better music as pretty much everyone around here knows I believe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvdf5n-zI14
You say that like it's a fact or something.
I find the 70's to be kind of "meh" compared to what they did throughout the 80's. For me, Permanent Waves is the when Rush became more than just a stonerish Prog band. Don't get me wrong, I still love a lot of the earlier stuff, but most of it pales in comparison to what came afterwards. I'd listen to POW and HYF over AFTK and Hemispheres.
Allow me to clarify.
The way that your original quote was phrased seemed to suggest that the early music was unequivocally better than everything that came afterwards and that you believe that most other people are aware of that fact. (I'm aware that you never used the "f-word" but it was strongly implied by the tone of the sentence)
The problem is that the "I believe" part was too late in the sentence. Had it been earlier, it would have been modifying the correct part of the sentence to show that your opinion was on the quality of the music and not the rest of the board's views.
I know what you mean now. Sorry about the sentence structure rant. Lets just throw on Caress of Steel and forget the whole thing even happened. :haz:
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Yes, so the 70's and early 80's was better music as pretty much everyone around here knows I believe.
You say that like it's a fact or something.
I find the 70's to be kind of "meh" compared to what they did throughout the 80's. For me, Permanent Waves is the when Rush became more than just a stonerish Prog band. Don't get me wrong, I still love a lot of the earlier stuff, but most of it pales in comparison to what came afterwards. I'd listen to POW and HYF over AFTK and Hemispheres.
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Geddy, occasionally donning the Rickenbacker for a deep classic or two. Alex, the ES-355 or tobacco LP. Neil, reverse drumstick grip, bringing the raw Atwas sound with a retro kit? Thoughts?
Well, Alex plays his 355 at least once every show (This tour it was for Far Cry).
Neil isn't going back. He's happy with what he is using now. The great thing about DW is that they make a solid, workhorse drum. An older kit will not be nearly as reliable. Besides, he doesn't even own his old drum kits. They were all given away. So, he'd have to get a different old school drum kit to use and it wouldn't really be authentic.
But, it doesn't matter what equipment they use. So long as they're having fun.
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To pull up my ratings from "The Rush Ratings Project" thread:
Test For Echo 8
Driven 7
Half The World 5
The Colour Of Right 5
Time And Motion 7
Totem 7
Dog Years 2
Virtuality 5
Resist 6
Limbo 3
Carve Away The Stone 3
Additionally I had this to say:
"I found that Test for Echo was the hardest of these albums to rate, just because I can't really remember a lot of the tracks. Totem is in particular a tough one to rate because it contains a solid 9 part ("lunatics and monsters") but that part is surrounded by such mediocrity."
That pretty much sums up my entire view of the album. Very little stands out. It's such a "meh" album. Sure, Limbo probably doesn't deserve a 3 (Maybe a 5) and Resist is probably better than a 3 also, but still, they are nothing more than average.
It's my least favorite album by Rush. Your mileage may vary.
EDIT: Listening to Limbo again. It's better than I remember it being. Very atmospheric, surprisingly interesting. Definitely not a 3, but probably no more than a 6.
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I think it's one of those albums that's worth it for the good tracks. And as for the grungy sound, those songs wouldn't be the same without the techniques borrowed from that era.
That grungy sound is a big part of the reason I don't like it, I'll admit. I hated the entire grunge era
I've passionately hated that era/sound as well. The same CP grunge-sound still negatively taints Rush's new music to this day. Its like they're stuck in a loop, and much of the reason I refuse to digest anything new from them.
At least they stopped ripping off Neal Schon.
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Sounds kinda like Porcupine Tree or Tool to me. No Rush I've ever heard.
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Finding My Way 6
Need Some Love 5
Take A Friend 4
Here Again 5
What You're Doing 5
In The Mood 7
Before And After 8
Working Man 8
Fly By Night
Anthem 9
Best I Can 5
Beneath, Between & Behind 6
By-Tor And The Snow Dog 8
Fly By Night 8
Making Memories 7
Rivendell 2
In The End 8
Caress Of Steel
Bastille Day 8
I Think I'm Going Bald 6
Lakeside Park 3
The Necromancer 8
The Fountain Of Lamneth 4
2112
2112 9
A Passage To Bangkok 7
The Twilight Zone 7
Lessons 6
Tears 7
Something For Nothing 8
A Farewell To Kings
A Farewell To Kings 8
Xanadu 9
Closer To The Heart 10
Cinderella Man 8
Madrigal 6
Cygnus X-1 8
Hemispheres
Hemispheres 7
Circumstances 8
The Trees 8
La Villa Strangiato 9
Permanent Waves
The Spirit Of Radio 10
Free Will 9
Jacob's Ladder 6
Entre Nous 7
Different Strings 8
Natural Science 10
Moving Pictures
Tom Sawyer 9
Red Barchetta 10
YYZ 9
Limelight 9
The Camera Eye 9
Witch Hunt 9
Vital Signs 9
Signals
Subdivisions 9
The Analog Kid 10
Chemistry 6
Digital Man 9
The Weapon 8
New World Man 7
Losing It 9
Countdown 6
Grace Under Pressure
Distant Early Warning 8
Afterimage 7
Red Sector A 7
The Enemy Within 8
The Body Electric 7
Kid Gloves 7
Red Lenses 5
Between The Wheels 9
Power Windows
The Big Money 9
Grand Designs 8
Manhattan Project 7
Marathon 9
Territories 7
Middletown Dreams 9
Emotion Detector 7
Mystic Rhythms 6
Hold Your Fire
Force Ten 9
Time Stand Still 9
Open Secrets 7
Second Nature 9
Prime Mover 8
Lock And Key 7
Mission 9
Turn The Page 8
Tai Shan 6
High Water 6
Presto
Show Don't Tell 7
Chain Lightning 7
The Pass 9
War Paint 7
Scars 6
Presto 9
Superconductor 6
Anagram (for Mongo) 6
Red Tide 7
Hand Over Fist 6
Available Light 8
Roll The Bones
Dreamline 8
Bravado 9
Roll The Bones 8
Face Up 6
Where's My Thing? 8
The Big Wheel 7
Heresy 7
Ghost Of A Chance 5
Neurotica 7
You Bet Your Life 8
Counterparts
Animate 8
Stick It Out 6
Cut To The Chase 7
Nobody's Hero 6
Between Sun & Moon 9
Alien Shore 6
The Speed Of Love 5
Double Agent 9
Leave That Thing Alone 9
Cold Fire 6
Everyday Glory 6
Test For Echo
Test For Echo 8
Driven 7
Half The World 5
The Colour Of Right 5
Time And Motion 7
Totem 7
Dog Years 2
Virtuality 5
Resist 6
Limbo 3
Carve Away The Stone 3
Vapor Trails
One Little Victory 8
Ceiling Unlimited 9
Ghost Rider 9
Peaceable Kingdom 7
The Stars Look Down 7
How It Is 9
Vapor Trail 9
Secret Touch 8
Earthshine 8
Sweet Miracle 5
Nocturne 8
Freeze 9
Out Of The Cradle 8
Snakes And Arrows
Far Cry 9
Armor And Sword 7
Workin' Them Angels 7
The Larger Bowl 8
Spindrift 5
The Main Monkey Business 8
The Way The Wind Blows 6
Hope 7
Faithless 8
Bravest Face 8
Good News First 7
Malignant Narcissism 8
We Hold On 7
Clockwork Angels
Caravan 8
BU2B 6
Clockwork Angels 7
The Anarchist 9
Carnies 8
Halo Effect 8
Seven Cities Of Gold 6
The Wreckers 9
Headlong Flight 7
BU2B2 6
Wish Them Well 5
The Garden 9
I found that Test for Echo was the hardest of these albums to rate, just because I can't really remember a lot of the tracks. Totem is in particular a tough one to rate because it contains a solid 9 part ("lunatics and monsters") but that part is surrounded by such mediocrity.
I also may have been too generous with the 8's and 9's throughout my reviews but I made sure to only give a handful of 10's to songs that really deserved it. This was hard.
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"GRAPHIC NOVEL"
Arrgghh... A comic book by any other name.
So called "graphic novels" are written by people that can't actually write, for people who can't read books without pictures.
I can't belive that Peart signed off on this shit.
I think you might be just a tad naive into what goes into writing comics/graphic novels. You aren't writing the way you write a book, you write a script closer to the way you would a movie. It's not easy, and you'd probably suck at it.
Firstly, I am not remotely interested in what goes into the making of a graphic novel (masqeurading as a book) nor it's relevance to film stucture.
I have a problem with it being considered an "art form"
So, you are saying that you want to just ignorantly dismiss an entire art form without bothering to know what goes into it? Good thing you are a mature adult.
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Death Grips - Experimental Hip-Hop. Described by many (including myself) as "Screaming Hobo Rap".
I recently listened to The Money Store and by the third time through I started to enjoy it. It's good stuff once you "get it."
The Money Store is pretty steadily considered their best work. I didn't like it as much as Exmilitary or No Love Deep Web (WARNING: Album cover is a Penis) but it's still pretty great. Two weeks ago they just randomly released an LP for free download called Government Plates and it's pretty good too.
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Pretty light. The general public was not into it. Even the more "hardcore" looking fans were kinda drifting in and out. Pretty much the whole show was like that both times. After Force Ten and until YYZ the reaction was pretty mild.
Damn Casuals...
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Who are two artists that you like equally that you feel represent opposite ends of the musical spectrum?
For instance my spread is:
Fleetwood Mac - Pop rock/blues. Radio friendly, pleasant rock music.
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Death Grips - Experimental Hip-Hop. Described by many (including myself) as "Screaming Hobo Rap".
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I recently asked somebody what music they liked. The response I got was "I Like All Music". I then asked them what their "spread" was (two artists that you like equally who represent totally opposite ends of the musical spectrum). They said Taylor Swift and Drake :/
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Rock Band 2 has an alternate version of The Trees. The guitar solo is different.
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More instrumentals and more instrumental versions of older songs. Our buddy Losingit2k's old idea about an "instrumental" tour is along the right lines, but they don't need to play ALL of their instrumentals (sorry Limbo) but most of them would be cool. Where's My Thing was great this tour. Add an instrumental rendition of a song like Xanadu or something really rare (Fly By Night? Before and After?) and you have the potential for something really cool.
Another thing that I would like to see is an atmospheric jam between Geddy and Al. Sort of an expansion of Alex's solo from this tour with Geddy joining in on bass.
No more entire albums live. Moving Pictures live was a one off. Moving Pictures is special. The songs are perfect and their sequencing is perfect. No other Rush album (not even Permanent Waves
) would ever work nearly as well in that format. I love Clockwork Angels and I loved it's involvement in the show, but you could sense the audience's lack of interest by the time The Garden rolled around. Casual fans just weren't into it.Mainly though, if this is the last go around, variety is key. They should play as much material as possible from as many different eras as possible.
EDIT: I almost forgot, the 1993-2007 period was grossly underrepresented on this tour. One or 2 songs from Counterparts or Vapor Trails would be nice.
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Thoughts on Snakes and Arrows?
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Vapor Pails?
It's VT, man.