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I don't even need a support group to help me stop buying Rush stuff. I just have to look at what they're selling. I am grateful.

Camera Eye for sure. I think it's a great song - I love the composition, the ambient sound effects, the sound of the guitars and bass, the puzzling but compelling drum parts - and even the synthesizer. Plus I like the lyrical portrait of the city, the kind of tableau style lyric that I've always liked better than those earnest (and punning) "striving to elevate the human condition" sorts of things - which I also like, just not as much. And the solo is just damned cool.

I got mine!

Whatever happened to that system we were all using to watch the r40 shows - I can't remember what it was called - where a bunch of people would use their phone cameras and sign in, and we'd get the majority of the show from different views? Geez, that was 10 years ago!

The last JT album I bought was TAAB2 (by "Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson") - which I just couldn't warm up to. Sometimes I wonder if I'm getting too cynical. When I listen to this Curious Ruminant track, I'm trying to enjoy it but these thoughts keep interrupting - "that guy's doing a pretty decent job of sounding like Martin Barre"; "Anderson sounds like a tired old performance poet"; "those backing musicians are just playing along" . . . It seems I can't get my inner critic to shut the hell up.

What do these guys do??

As an educator who wonders more and more if I might have said something to offend someone, this song's title frequently comes to mind. Warren Smith's story is both inspiring and demotivating.

Same lack of vocal melody as over the last several albums - the tendency for lines to use the same note over several words followed by a slight dip or rise - often bordering on spoken word. I respect that he's still making music as he approaches 80, but I miss the fire in his voice. I miss the chemistry of the classic line-ups, too. The guitarist is doing a serviceable job of sounding like Barre, but over all, this is Jethro Tull lite, once again.

I tried a little experiment with ChatGPT: Me: Can you write song lyrics? ChatGPT: Sure, I can help with that! What kind of song lyrics are you looking for? Me: Song lyrics on the subject of "being misunderstood" in the style of Neil Peart. Three four-line verses with 4 iambs per line and one four-line chorus with 4 iambs per line. ChatGPT: Certainly! Here are some song lyrics in the style you requested, inspired by the theme of "being misunderstood" and the poetic style reminiscent of Neil Peart: Verse 1: In shadows cast, I walk alone, The whispers fade, my thoughts unknown. A soul adrift, in silent night, Misunderstood, in fleeting light. Verse 2: Beneath the surface, words unsaid, A tangled web, in heart and head. Seeking solace, in quiet tears, Lost in echoes, of endless fears. Verse 3: A restless mind, a quiet storm, Unseen truths, in silence born. Yearning for the dawn's embrace, To find a place, where words find grace. Chorus: Misunderstood, in shadows deep, Lost within, the secrets keep. In the quiet, of the night's refrain, Seeking solace, in the echo's pain. I hope these lyrics capture the essence of being misunderstood, echoing the introspective and poetic style often associated with Neil Peart's songwriting. Let me know if there's anything else you'd like to explore or if you have further requests! Eesh.

There seems to be a dead dude (?) with no pants in the foreground, too. He's dead - get his pants!

Page stole from the great blues musicians. Lifeson ripped off the Looney Tunes.

Welcome to the forum! For me, it's got to be the run from A Farewell to Kings to Signals. I guess that's six albums . . . but then, numbers (and sometimes dates) don't really count when dealing with Rush.

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Did some Artificial Intelligence program make the second video?