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Just shootin' them off with no second-guessing . . . The Prophet's Song Supper's Ready La Villa Strangiato Freewill Red Barchetta Dogs Nobody's Fault (Aerosmith) Fool's Overture Wiseblood (CoC) Evil (Cactus) Lenny (SRV) On my journeys back and forth to work, I will think of about 1,000 or more possible replacements, probably. It's difficult not to let Rush take over the list. Not to mention Genesis. And I've just noticed I have no Yes. That's f***ed up.

Happy birthday, and many happy more!

Ultravox . . . could we just maybe give it isolated guitar parts from those other songs, though?

I would love to hear him play that Canora!

The stand-up comedian. If you like his stuff, you'll probably dig this. It has some pretty cool insights.

Unbelievable. Three years before I moved to Kitchener. Damn. Wild seeing Lifeson going nuts at 5:11!

Fingers or pick? Sounds like a pick to me. Whoops - guess I'm wrong.

I agree about the lack of heart (which I am grabbing between the lines of I.J.'s post). It's good to know that fans understand that there is actually a lot of heart in Rush's music. (Insert puns now).

Right . . . don't feed it Test for Echo, either. I'm thinking everything from Fly by Night to Signals. A very fine run.

So, if we fed machine learning algorithms all of the Rush albums, could the AI generate anything even remotely as good? Maybe if we left out Roll the Bones and Presto...? Apologies if this has been previously discussed. My students have been writing about this stuff lately and it got me wondering.

I don't have any Doors (never cared for them), and I don't have The Last Waltz (although I have the movie, so maybe that counts).

8 out of 10, but I hardly listen to any of them any more. Looks like an idea for a poll . . . what would TRF's top ten essentials be? Too much math for me, but I'd be interested to see the result.

The amount of Rush swag available on that Henderson site is unbelievable! https://shophendersonbrewing.com/collections/rush

For me, yes. Ten Years Gone is a great song - very moving. But I find The Prophet's Song more stirring - the vocal harmonies, the guitar tone, and the whole mysterious vibe of the thing. It'll never be knocked out of my top 5 favorites.

Only one of those records has "The Prophet's Song" on it.

Merry Christmas, every one - or whatever you celebrate! Did I have a dream? Crimson misty memory At the fireside Through the endless winter storm Endless rooftops from my window Silver, blue and frozen silence A deep Sahara of snow Frozen in an everlasting view I see red A pleasant-faced man His beard is white, his face is lined Bearing a gift beyond price The things I’ve always been denied, Precious gifts beyond compare Time stands still Feelings run high As excitement shivers up and down my spine Then all at once Fly by night away from here To blaze across the heavens like a brilliant shooting star

At first I thought I was voting like everyone else. Then I discovered that I'm the only vote so far. Oh well, at least I agree with myself.

I'm not sure if anyone can answer this, and I'm not sure I even know how to describe it - or if there is a term for it. Sometimes when you watch movies on an old film projector, the image will seem to "drop" for a second. I'm not sure if it's the film slipping as it goes past the lens. Or maybe the speed isn't constant? Does anyone know what the hell I'm talking about? Is there an explanation for this?

Always dug this tune. So great to hear it live - thanks!

I think of him more as a favorite musician than favorite guitarist. I have no idea if that makes sense.

I think some people call it "grammar shaming." I think you're better off critiquing the content. At some point over the last several years, proper grammar has become an ideological issue - something about how our so-called "formal English" derives from the rich merchant class of long-ago England, and so forcing it on people is discriminatory. Where I teach, some of my colleagues think you should no longer use the term "error, " but refer to grammatical "differences." Who needs clarity? Ambiguity makes communication more like an adventure!

Thin Lizzy - Johnny the Fox.

Right! Is that still a thing?

A youtube video called Buckethead Megaliths - so many great grooves!

What was the name of that technology that a lot of us accessed for the final Rush tour - where people would hold their cellphones up and we could watch in real time?