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I just though I'd post a thread about it. I'm such a yutz. :)

I don't have that one, but I have all of the GBV albums from which the songs on it were compiled (see my rave about them in my first post in this thread). How about Erkin Koray? Eurasian psychedelia from the late '60s. I have a disc labeled "Istanbul LP #8" by him, but I've never verified if that is an actual album title or not.

This. It would really bother me if this place went away. :( Me too. I could count the people on one hand that I could remain in contact with were such a disaster occur. I'd wander aimlessly. :( Fortunately, we have 73 (x'49) and other admins who do a stellar job maintaining TRF. It truly is a labour of love and it shows. Thanks for all you do admins. You bring a lot of light to a lot of people's live and I am one. :clap: :yay: :ebert: :yay: :clap: The Admins and Mods do a great job! :clap: :yay: :ebert: :yay: :clap: D) All of the above Yes! This is what I meant, too! Me three! (Or four, or five, or whatever it takes!)

GedsJeans, I just thought of that yesterday- I could post in multiple parts here (if you can all stand to read that much, hahaha). That is probably what I will end up doing. I'm going to make concerted effort to get the whole thing finished sometime this week. On the subject of lost journals, I have some experience with that. I started writing some really dark (and really pretty bad) poetry when I was about 16 or 17...and I kept writing through college and into my mid 20s. And through that time, I got to be a better writer- I mean, there were a lot of things that I was really happy with. But in one of my moves between apartments, I lost two journals and an entire notebook full of poems that I had written between 1995 and '98. It's still upsetting to me, even now! And ever since then, I haven't been nearly as prolific. The muse only visits once in a very great while, anymore.

I feel the same. Rush helped through the first big dark period of grief in my life, from 1986 to '90 or so, and there are a couple of other specific albums by other bands that are in there, as well. (I'm not willing to specify exactly what it was that i was going through here, because it would spoil some things I'm going to post later on)... So sorry to hear about everybody's losses, recent or otherwise. But we're all in it together, it seems. And that's a good thing!

Very cool that you decided to post all of that, GD- I'm glad you were encouraged enough to do so. My story as I've been writing so far has focused on my brother who introduced me to Rush, when I was just a wee little one...chronologically, I've gotten up to my mid 20s in the story, and there's quit a bit more to say, I think. So many of the stories I've read here so far remind me of my sister...amazing strength growing out of unspeakable tragedy, and a lifetime of trouble. You are all to be commended. For all of us, really- the tremendous power of those three guys on the stage, or coming through our speakers, or just humming through our heads... Again, how fortunate we all are.

I know this thread was originally directed at women, but there have been replies of all kinds, from a lot of different people here. I had started working on my own story as the result of a different thread very shortly before this one appeared. It's going to be too long to post on the board, though, so I'm wondering how everyone will get to read it (I've written about five pages so far and I'm still getting through it, so some editing might be in order- but then I don't really want to edit it at all, you know?). I'll figure it out, though. Rush has been the most important band in my lifetime, and they've been the most positive influence on me, out of all the music I've ever been into. Be well, all. And keep talking, and listening, and...all that! :)

I really don't have any idea what you're talking about...I just joined a little over a year ago, but only posting regularly over the past six weeks or so, something like that. All a matter of perspective, I guess, but I see a lot of people who are having a good time here, and talking plenty about Rush, too. They're certainly the most important band in my lifetime. And hey, you're too young to be nostalgic about anything! :P

Happy happies to you!

:P I wasn't aiming it at you, or anybody else in particular; just an observation... I have actually had that very thing happen with an online forum where I used to spend a ton of time...I had a post count in the five figures, and all that...and one day it was just gone, offline for good. TRF moderators, please don't pay any attention this post! Just let us live! And Thank you for all that you do! :) :) :)

Totally agree. I hold back from calling any one particular guitar sound, or any one particular piece of Rush music to be the best, or even my favorite, because those things vary, for me. But I do love Alex's tone on Hemispheres, and it seems to be unique to that album alone.

I have a couple of rather opposing thoughts about this kind of idea, because on the one hand, when you're talking about a forum like this- an online community- then sure, it's a bummer if the whole thing just vanishes. In that instance, you just hope that you have some other kind of contact information- email addresses, anything- in order to keep in touch with the people you want to. On the other hand, if I'm missing a website that was taken down that kept lists of quirky things sold at garage sales, or how much toilet paper people use on weekends versus weekdays (or whatever other minutiae you can think of; those are just a couple of random things that popped into my head), then I'd say I need to turn the computer off for awhile. There's a great big world out there! :P

Heh heh...that's a pretty fair generalization. Even though it's what I would call a folk-rock record, it does have a hippie vibe to it. A few others to add to the list: Shinki Chen- S/T Twink- Think Pink (some of this sounds aimless and certainly drug-induced, but some of it is really solid psych) Gary Higgins- Red Hash Woven Hand- S/T Kuutarha- Lau Nau

I've thought more about that since I've read some of the replies to the original post. As for myself, I've alluded to it just briefly and very generally in the sobriety thread that I started a month or so ago. I'm also thinking about the 'inspirational Rush story that I've been working on for the proposed ebook that HowItIs posted about (it's taking me awhile to write everything that I want to put in it, and so I don't want to post it all right here), and this first post from GedsJeans is a perfect addition to that project as well, by the way... On the subject of the commonality we discover in the emotional experience of Rush's music- all I can say is that Rush has been the healthiest experience I've ever had with music. They've always been around, doing what they've always done- being true to themselves and creating the music that they like to play, and we like (and need) to hear...I was led astray from the Rush scene for awhile, and there was so much that happened in my life during that time that relates directly to the subject of this thread. And I'm eternally grateful to the band, and to be among all of you now. I've said it before, but it bears repeating- that in the course of all of human history, we've all been able be a part of something that has only been around for these past 40 years. It's a long time in rock and roll parlance, but not long at all, in the scheme of things. How fortunate we all are...

Excellent post, and welcome to the forum. Quite a few of us out here have a truly emotional connection to the band because of its music, and because of what our lives have been; you are certainly not alone in that (well, and sometimes, we just enjoy rocking out to them, too!). In the music and the words, and because they've been together and doing it for so long now, there is all the joy and the pain, all of life's experience, to be found in what they do. Right on, right on... :)

I'll have to send my mother an email if I want to giver any kind of message today- she's in another country and not reachable by phone... Loved your post, though, Nate. Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers!

Out of all of you prog-lovers, I'm surprised no one has mentioned Amon Duul. I really don't listen to prog at all (outside of what Rush has done), but Yeti blew me away when I heard it back in the mid 90s. Goobs- I love Relatively Clean Rivers. Other than the friend who gave me that record, I've never heard anyone else mention them. Also love Jonathan Wilson (I like Gentle Spirit better than Frankie Ray, actually) and Vetiver, too. Here are a few others: Anything by Guided By Voices, or Bob Pollard solo albums (Robert Pollard, if you're going to do a search) or his other side projects. The best among them, in my opinion: For GBV: Same Place the Fly Got Smashed Vampire on Titus Propeller Bee Thousand Alien Lanes Under the Bushes, Under the Stars Mag Earwhig Robert Pollard: Standard Gargoyle Decisions We All Got Out of the Army Lord of the Birdcage Space City Kicks Boston Spaceships- Zero to 99 Boston Spaceships- Planets Are Blasted Boston Spaceships- Let it Beard Circus Devils- Mother Skinny I'm sure I'm forgetting a few others. Also: Devendra Banhart- Rejoicing in the Hands I'll have to dig Through my old stuff to find some more...

Great to hear from some others who love Hold Your Fire. It's been in regular rotation with me over the past few months. It's a really strong record.

Six shows for me, from Presto through the Counterparts tour. On July 2nd, I'll be ending a 19-year drought. :)

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I've gotten accustomed to going to see bands that you could attend three shows in a row with not a single repeated song. Now, would I love it if Rush did that? Sure, of course. I think they could. But that's never been their style, as it were- that might be partly because of the kind of production they always put on (by that I mean that they've always been an arena rock act, and the stage set and the visuals are a significant part of the live Rush experience)...but honestly, I'm happy with anything they choose to play. It would be nice if they played 100 different songs over the course of a tour, sure, but that's not going to happen. And it's OK, really. Sure, a lot of us have been fans for long enough that some people feel that entitles them to be critical of something like setlist choices (or setlist sameness; whatever the case may be). If anyone were asking my advice on the subject, I'd tell them to get over it. But no one is, so I'll be going now. :)

Right, there's my answer, then. OK, carry on... Rush music over the past few decades has had so many different styles and textures that I don't think I could listen to the whole catalog chronologically. At some random time I could be listening to Permanent Waves and a song from Hold Your Fire might pop in to my head. And I have very little self-control about that kind of thing, so I would inevitably listen to some things 'out of order'. WHat can I say, though? I've gotta be me.

I'm a big fan of Force Ten, and on about six out of ten days, I'd pick it- but there are so many other strong songs on this album (I'm a bigger fan of it than most, I think)...Time Stand Still, Open Secrets, Mission, Turn the Page, High Water...those are the other big ones, for me. I really can't decide.

Right on, keep singing. Do it in public, do it anywhere! A Farewell to Kings