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  1. It takes nine months to come up with content of this quality! Hey this is hard work dude, imagine if I just did stuff off the cuff?
  2. And this is why you are so loved my man! The world needs more of this shit
  3. Making babies and naming them Covid. What about you my man? The Bills finally found a QB...let all of Buffalo rejoice!!!
  4. Which one are you going with? If you've ever had one, you know the feeling. Leave your response below
  5. Man...seeing that pic really makes it burn that I passed on attending. Why man why did you pass? 8+ hour drive, and I had seen them twice No excuse! I drove from north Georgia to Toronto, then on to Montreal to see them! Besides, seeing them at every stop still wouldn't have been enough! That's the spirit, man! :cheers: Would love to hear more stories from that trip... R40 was an unbelievable experience for me. I flew in 9,297(google)km from Frankfurt to LA. I had no ticket when I first booked this flight, and somehow strangely a "TRF Angel" appeared. Right out of that nowhere I ended up somewhere, in Inglewood... Last show... 3rd row... Geddy's side!! I still can smell The Forum!!! :smoke: The greatest and most important Rock'n'Roll trip in my life! :rush: Thanks for the ticket, Gina!!! Thanks for the beers, brought all the way from Germany dude. They were tasty
  6. It wasn't that desolate. Jigga was there sellinh t-shirts, telling us how many people he's shot
  7. That's crazy 14. I didn't know that we had this in common. My LA Forum show was the 60th for me as well. RUSH ON! Wow! When was your first show? By the way here is the pic again. Looks like the link is broken That was a such a great time!
  8. Preach it Brother! Excellent stuff. Truth is, there are great coping mechanisms available all around: Plant a garden. Get a goldfish. Volunteer at a homeless shelter. Hike. Read a book. Bake cookies. Spend time at a museum...the list could go on forever. Kudos to you Blue J! You know my story, and I've been edified sharing my struggles with you as the former partner of an alcoholic. Proud of you dude!
  9. Neil was an introvert. That kind of personality is hard to understand for a lot of people especially in today's world when everyone puts everything out there on the internet trying to get themselves known in whatever way possible. But introverts don't crave that kind of attention. They just want to go about their business without much fuss or attention. It's not something you can just snap out of one day. You can have a family, close friends and a successful career with it but it's not something that ever leaves you just like any other lifelong personality trait somebody has. This is one of the things that made Neil such a great drummer and lyricist. Introverted people spend more quiet time alone and think deep on many topics. It turns out the one thing that many fans disliked about him was the very thing that helped him to be so gifted at his craft. I've always said that Rush would have been finished by 1980 like a lot of other bands from the 70s if Neil didn't join them. The first album is a good 70s rock album and nothing more. There isn't anything I hear on it that leads me to believe that they would have gotten to the heights that they did if Rutsey stays in the band. The addition of Neil with his unique playing style and lyrical content caused Geddy and Alex to up their games immensely. Neil was too humble to admit it but he is exactly what was needed for the band to ascend to the greatness it did. I'm glad you now realize the true genius of Neil. It's just too bad it took you so long to figure it out. Neil was an introvert. That kind of personality is hard to understand for a lot of people especially in today's world when everyone puts everything out there on the internet trying to get themselves known in whatever way possible. But introverts don't crave that kind of attention. They just want to go about their business without much fuss or attention. It's not something you can just snap out of one day. You can have a family, close friends and a successful career with it but it's not something that ever leaves you just like any other lifelong personality trait somebody has. This is one of the things that made Neil such a great drummer and lyricist. Introverted people spend more quiet time alone and think deep on many topics. It turns out the one thing that many fans disliked about him was the very thing that helped him to be so gifted at his craft. I've always said that Rush would have been finished by 1980 like a lot of other bands from the 70s if Neil didn't join them. The first album is a good 70s rock album and nothing more. There isn't anything I hear on it that leads me to believe that they would have gotten to the heights that they did if Rutsey stays in the band. The addition of Neil with his unique playing style and lyrical content caused Geddy and Alex to up their games immensely. Neil was too humble to admit it but he is exactly what was needed for the band to ascend to the greatness it did. I'm glad you now realize the true genius of Neil. It's just too bad it took you so long to figure it out. Well said young man
  10. They're ok on this one. Ok, sometimes they listen and other times they talk too much before even letting the song settle into its groove. They range between very good and very annoying for me. They do some interruptions on this but not enough so it becomes annoying. Yeah, looks like they're paying attention to the comment section
  11. A lot weirder than i thought it would be
  12. Dang, I was hoping for a "Dazzler" flick. Maybe Lena Dunham as the star
  13. Yeah they really did some research before this one. I think they discovered Neil was/is a giant in the music world when they put in the time
  14. Dude, this is so awesome - thank you so much for sharing :cheers: Glad you enjoyed that. I know I certainly enjoyed the interactions and meeting interesting folks from TRF. Like I said, it was a gift of eternal magnitude to go. Funny thing, when I met one TRF'r, she was expecting someone who looked like Yosemite Sam. Yosemite Sam. My posts inspire the image of the Yosemite Sam. WOW!
  15. I am so glad I documented this. Had no idea what to expect when I flew in, but was given such a gift. In many ways the sadness I feel with Neil's passing is assauged by watching this https://youtu.be/uR6Ja7JgvpI
  16. A really good movie. It'll hit you like a ton of bricks. Never heard of it until I saw it on Netflix
  17. That's the only other one I could agree with. If it weren't for Tai Shan and High Water, HYF might have PoW beat. Lol, those are two of my favorites from HYF. Said nobody ever lol. Tai Shan is a real momentum killer. It's not as bad as a lot of fans make it out to be but those eight songs before just flow so well and take you on this great ride. Then Tai Shan comes on and just kills it. Just like Speed Of Love. Counterparts is going along tremendously until that song halts things for a few minutes. I do think because of the dislike many have for Tai Shan that High Water gets an unfair amount of hate because it has to try and save the album and end it on a good note. I feel the song does that. I'm not sure how Rush fans could listen to what Neil is doing on High Water and not like it in some way? He's really getting down with drum groove on it. I agree on every point. High Water is a good track. Same here. With the exception of Available Light, I like High Water more than any closer from every album that followed. And yes that includes The Garden which I like just fine. I wouldn't go that far! :-) I liked it the first time I heard it. And it’s grown on me even more over the years. BUT to be honest, I think every album closer from Bones and onwards (with the exception of The Garden) is mediocre or worse. YBYL is one of their worst tunes ever imho So interesting. I LOVE YBYL. I found a lot of TRFers like it...and a lot dislike it. You are mostly correct Ming! Long time no see. Hope the nut of Goat has been treating you well Still flamin' I see. You remember Ming...that's funny!
  18. That's the only other one I could agree with. If it weren't for Tai Shan and High Water, HYF might have PoW beat. Lol, those are two of my favorites from HYF. Said nobody ever lol. Tai Shan is a real momentum killer. It's not as bad as a lot of fans make it out to be but those eight songs before just flow so well and take you on this great ride. Then Tai Shan comes on and just kills it. Just like Speed Of Love. Counterparts is going along tremendously until that song halts things for a few minutes. I do think because of the dislike many have for Tai Shan that High Water gets an unfair amount of hate because it has to try and save the album and end it on a good note. I feel the song does that. I'm not sure how Rush fans could listen to what Neil is doing on High Water and not like it in some way? He's really getting down with drum groove on it. I agree on every point. High Water is a good track. Same here. With the exception of Available Light, I like High Water more than any closer from every album that followed. And yes that includes The Garden which I like just fine. I wouldn't go that far! :-) I liked it the first time I heard it. And it’s grown on me even more over the years. BUT to be honest, I think every album closer from Bones and onwards (with the exception of The Garden) is mediocre or worse. YBYL is one of their worst tunes ever imho So interesting. I LOVE YBYL. I found a lot of TRFers like it...and a lot dislike it. You are mostly correct
  19. Word. And the vocals and power chords are great as well. I especially like Neil's usage of the prototype 1" finger cymbals from Zildian on Territories, Why didn't they make that shit into a documentary? They money they left on the table. Where in the song can I hear these? At the top? Huh? Oh. I made that up. I just say stuff sometimes. Part of the quirky nature of Goatnut residents. We're natural storytellers
  20. Word. And the vocals and power chords are great as well. I especially like Neil's usage of the prototype 1" finger cymbals from Zildian on Territories, Why didn't they make that shit into a documentary? They money they left on the table.
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