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bootruss

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  1. His live vocals have been sketchy at best for a few years, and singers on here will know, each night can be different depending on all sorts of things, health, tiredness, on stage sound, crowd response. But to keep things in some perspective, there is no way anyone at his age can replicate notes they had sung 20 or 30 years previous. The fact he could perform at all is incredible.
  2. As someone who didn't particularly like his higher singing, especially on his early album efforts, the change for me was on signals. Can remember thinking at the time how his vocal sound had changed. The human voice is not designed for sustained abuse, 200 shows a year for 10 years will take it's toll. It's a miracle that he can make any sort of musical noise at this stage of his life.
  3. The yodelling comes about through a variety of factors, a bad habit,a kind of way of 'guiding' his voice to hit a particular note, notes that are above his natural range at this stage in his life. His range has shrunk through overuse and age. His vocal chords sound clear, a rasping distorted choice would be a sign of damage, say Rod Stewart, and the falsetto part of his voice would be diminished, the yodelling would suggest that is not the case, so maybe just ageing and key choices. Love his voice around grace under pressure tour, power windows and hold your fire. Even my favourite headache contains some nice vocals, albeit with a folky slant.
  4. Pretty sure that is the permanent waves version, and it is a reminder that when you think you can play something.. When you realise what is going on.. You realise that you can't!!
  5. We're talking about the "yarmulke" of pain quote, he was talking about fatigue and when it gets to such an extreme level it feels like the description he gave, not a new thing I guess, but a way to describe how tired he was.
  6. Seems very quick to have the funeral 3 days after passing. Would friends and family already been in LA?
  7. I get and respect how he lived privately and didn't understand adoration but man, reading all of theses tributes from every walk of life truly is beyond words. This man made a difference and I hope he was aware of the level of love and respect he actually achieved. It's sad that he didn't wish to receive the overwhelming positive thoughts and love that would have flooded in had the fans known. That was the biggest enigma to me, that he concentrated on the negative that may come from such a tiny minority to the detriment of the massive number of people (I won't use the word fan!) who merely wanted to wish him well, admired his work and sometimes just to say thank you and spread a little positivity.
  8. I can bet that there were many times Ged broke down in tears in hotel rooms on his book signing tour :( perhaps, but Canadians by nature are pretty stoic. Imagine how many times he got the " How's Neil?" question. Anyone think that the last time they met up was maybe a kind of goodbye. It wasn't so long ago.
  9. Agree, and it may be months down the line, but I think it'll come.
  10. They may respect Peart's family's need for privacy more than fans' sense of entitlement.
  11. Played 'the garden' this morning and boy, does that song have some meaning now!
  12. Like it was said earlier, I think it was unlikely and not a reason that Neil retired from playing,but tragically crept up shortly after. The picture with Gump that was released I think confirmed to me that he was ill, but hoped and prayed that it wasn't life threatening.I guess we'll have a period of mourning and radio silence, quite rightly, but it is inevitable that Ged and Alex will come forward at some point and clear up those questions that most of us will have.
  13. Everyday glory.. Even though Neil thought it sucked.. Paints a very evocative picture.
  14. Isn't there a French horn in there too! (For you..the truth)
  15. Best experience, front row at Sheffield UK, getting a smile from GED, and acknowledging a rare mistake from Neil, which he also winced at. Getting Alex's pick at the end was the highlight, still got it, as it was, complete with sweat and DNA, in a jewellery box. On Clockwork Angels, being very underwhelmed at the first set, despite it containing some of my favourite songs, and being completely blown away by the second set, audio and visuals went up several notches!!
  16. One from me, who came up with the arrangement for'tears' and why was those specific instruments from the mellotron chosen?
  17. Possibly with a heavy chorus effect and reverb? That would give a similar sound, the oberheim couldn't quite give the warmth that a Jupiter could. Always thought that the bass riff was also ob-x, a simple 16 note sequence that ran through the intro. Miss those keys!!
  18. Just sounds like an early choir patch or synth voice from an oberheim that's layered in on a separate track to give that section a bit more gravitas on the b minor chords. With new world man are you on about the bass riff at the start or the single notes before the middle eight?
  19. Ged looks like Jagger!
  20. I thought it was common knowledge! It certainly explains the clarity and drive that the video captures!
  21. Really? I didn’t know Terry Brown produced the live recording of GuP. I had no idea either. Wikipedia shows credits for Rush, Terry Brown and Jon Erickson. Cool!
  22. My favourite live recording, superbly produced by Broon, very well mixed with drums exceptional and vocals sat well upfront, without the frequency Mish mash of Ged's bass and Al's guitar fighting to see who can be the loudest!
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