The Analog Cub

We're going to do three things to start out. One is increase the RAM in the server. Second is archive a bunch of old threads that haven't seen new posts in seven or more years -- that will decrease the active database by 40%, which should significantly lessen the strain on things, especially during searches and View New Content. Third is get the site https compliant. Those are low cost and easy things to try that probably should have been done by now anyway. If those don't improve performance then we have to start looking at software upgrades. Cub, by all means keep giving input. More opinions sure can't hurt. Feel free to take it to PM if things get too technical for security or personal reasons. Are you hosting this on-prem on a hard drive or is there some cloud service involved? Adding RAM might not hurt if you feel hardware is the issue for sure. Cleaning out the DB would be a quick hitter (and cheaper I'm sure), just a question of how much you care about the old threads and the data associated. I won't get too into hosting info out here, but the data is on a SSD. RAM is definitely lacking for a site like this so that needed a bump up anyway. The archiving of old threads makes them still visible but read-only, but more importantly moves them to a separate database which isn't involved in searches or normal loading of pages. I've got nothing more I could add here, really. These are all good options, especially if the archived content is still viewable.

Do you think Rush should have dropped Working Man from any future setlist after 1975, since it's not a Rush song but a "Led Company" song? As well as In the Mood and Finding My Way? I may be in the minority but I never liked In The Mood. Finding My Way and Working Man are good rock songs but I don't associate Rush as an entity with them. They felt more like covers when Rush played them live. A big part of what makes a rock band good is the feel of the drummer, and Neil, as great as he was, served the debut's songs well but something was _off_. Almost like asking Gavin Harrison to play a Beatles song, or Dave Weckl to play an AC/DC song. I get the same feeling with any pre-Beast Maiden songs with Nicko, another excellent drummer. Lifeson was close, but Geddy still sounded like he was still searching for his bass identity, too. For your initial question, nah they're great live songs and they played them well. They just felt like covers to me. I might be in the minority there. So you're calling RUSH a covers band now? Nothing but a covers band. So now you're the covers band guy, from now on. :musicnote: I will call you Analog Covers, the god of balance you definitely won't be :musicnote: I'm calling the debut album a garage band album by a bunch of covering nobodies! You've just got it in for Rutsey! You're a Rutsey-hater! His makeup was ugly. Serious answer: the music wasn't bad with Rutsey. Just not my brand, and not what I identify Rush with

Do you think Rush should have dropped Working Man from any future setlist after 1975, since it's not a Rush song but a "Led Company" song? As well as In the Mood and Finding My Way? I may be in the minority but I never liked In The Mood. Finding My Way and Working Man are good rock songs but I don't associate Rush as an entity with them. They felt more like covers when Rush played them live. A big part of what makes a rock band good is the feel of the drummer, and Neil, as great as he was, served the debut's songs well but something was _off_. Almost like asking Gavin Harrison to play a Beatles song, or Dave Weckl to play an AC/DC song. I get the same feeling with any pre-Beast Maiden songs with Nicko, another excellent drummer. Lifeson was close, but Geddy still sounded like he was still searching for his bass identity, too. For your initial question, nah they're great live songs and they played them well. They just felt like covers to me. I might be in the minority there. So you're calling RUSH a covers band now? Nothing but a covers band. So now you're the covers band guy, from now on. :musicnote: I will call you Analog Covers, the god of balance you definitely won't be :musicnote: I'm calling the debut album a garage band album by a bunch of covering nobodies!

We're going to do three things to start out. One is increase the RAM in the server. Second is archive a bunch of old threads that haven't seen new posts in seven or more years -- that will decrease the active database by 40%, which should significantly lessen the strain on things, especially during searches and View New Content. Third is get the site https compliant. Those are low cost and easy things to try that probably should have been done by now anyway. If those don't improve performance then we have to start looking at software upgrades. Cub, by all means keep giving input. More opinions sure can't hurt. Feel free to take it to PM if things get too technical for security or personal reasons. Are you hosting this on-prem on a hard drive or is there some cloud service involved? Adding RAM might not hurt if you feel hardware is the issue for sure. Cleaning out the DB would be a quick hitter (and cheaper I'm sure), just a question of how much you care about the old threads and the data associated.

Do you think Rush should have dropped Working Man from any future setlist after 1975, since it's not a Rush song but a "Led Company" song? As well as In the Mood and Finding My Way? I may be in the minority but I never liked In The Mood. Finding My Way and Working Man are good rock songs but I don't associate Rush as an entity with them. They felt more like covers when Rush played them live. A big part of what makes a rock band good is the feel of the drummer, and Neil, as great as he was, served the debut's songs well but something was _off_. Almost like asking Gavin Harrison to play a Beatles song, or Dave Weckl to play an AC/DC song. I get the same feeling with any pre-Beast Maiden songs with Nicko, another excellent drummer. Lifeson was close, but Geddy still sounded like he was still searching for his bass identity, too. For your initial question, nah they're great live songs and they played them well. They just felt like covers to me. I might be in the minority there.

73, take this from another web developer with a grain of salt: I'm getting lots of 404s from nginx 1.2.1 when attempting to load TRF pages. I'd expect 503s or 502s if the server was unavailable, not 404s. HTTP code doesn't seem to fit the bill semantically?

I'm personally a big fan of PoW, T4E, and AFTK for album art.

Presto is the easiest answer for worst album cover and worst album (caveat - I do not consider the debut as a true Rush album, it's basically a Led Company album), followed closely by Caress of Steel. Snakes is an excellent album cover IMO, as is HYF. Snakes at least has some liner notes and blurbs from Neil on the backstory, and HYF is good when you pair it with the inside art.

The crowd here's a lot older than other band forums might be but Porcupine Tree and Riverside would be a lot of fun. I'd also enjoy Haken as another 21st century band, they have 6 albums currently. Devin Townsend would be cool because his discography is INCREDIBLY varied

All 4 of the albums that remain are excellent albums. I prefer Facelift the least but that doesn't discount its excellence. BGWTB has been on repeat lately, though, and I prefer the darker, heavier sound. DuVall is a perfectly capable co-vocalist with Jerry. I prefer Dirt and Tripod over it, but not Facelift.

Haken 1. Affinity 2. Virus 3. Visions 4. The Mountain 5. Vector 6. Aquarius

I enjoy Rainier Fog but it's an easy vote off, the others are all better. Facelift would go after Rainier Fog.

Clockwork Angels and it's not even close. The other two are middle of the road in the discography for me.

Is this your order of elimination? :P :lol: I could go without hearing Rooster for a long time, I think. Overplayed.

Not even Analog Cub? I'm pretty defensive against artists' later albums, especially if I feel people eliminate them without listening to them, but voting off Dirt early is like voting off Moving Pictures early.

I mainly knew him from QOTSA, damn this one hits

The problem with Dinosaurs is that it runs a bit long. A song or two could have been cut. Hallow, Stone, Voices, the title track, Breathe On A Window, Phantom Limb and Choke are all good. I'm probably due for a re-listen. There are some songs on Dinosaurs that really grate, though. Pretty Done is a step too far into sludge-drone for me. I think they put out a better effort with Rainier Fog

Switching my vote to protect Rainier Fog. The title track, Red Giant, Never Fade, So Far Under, all great stuff.

At least we agree on not hating all the newer albums just because. I like all the lineups, you can hear that Jerry has been the mastermind behind much of the music going all the way back. His presence is ultimately "Alice In Chains". As sad as I was to lose Layne, over time I've been equally pleased with how the band moved forward and enjoy the new albums almost as much as the old. I went to cast my vote and immediately hit a wall. This poll is going to be tougher than I though. IMO Facelift has a few great tracks and a lot of meh. In the 30 years I've been listening, probably my least played album (next would be SAP if EPs were included). The list seems really short and incomplete without SAP and JoF. The DuVall era sounds heavier, darker than the Layne era and I'm here for it. Honestly I think the Layne albums might be "better" overall in terms of the songs but I enjoy the newer era more for its sound. A Looking In View and Check My Brain are perfect examples

1. Dirt 2. Tripod 3. BGWTB - criminally underrated by the "if it ain't Layne it ain't Chains" crowd 4. Facelift 5. Rainier Fog 6. TDPDH - only one I think is genuinely bad

All great albums, prefer Justice the least.

Disappointed that Concrete and Gold sunk as far as it did here and that the debut went as high as it did, but whatever. I'm pretty agreeable with this list otherwise, though I don't think Medicine at Midnight is definitively their worst. The two that are left + ESP&G are untouchable to me

I like a fair amount of Snakes and Arrows. I think Presto is their worst album, not counting the debut since it doesn't even feel like a Rush album.

The greatest Foos album

Never in my mind did I think the debut was gonna make the top 3 but here we are. Just happy Echoes made it as high as it did. Let's get Wasting Light to #1.