GabesCavesOfIce

2012 was the best Rush year

Two year anniversary is almost here. This time two years ago, they were about to mail the set list out to vip ticket holders. Hopefully no one will get sick in section 335.

Google "Royal Thunder" and try some songs. I think you'd love them! Burning Trees or April Showers are good starting points... Well, I can do a search on the internet for them. But I won't be using Google. It's curious how 'Google', the verb, has entered the vernacular. To me, it's just a company. Anyway, enough of my nonsense...okay, I'll look for it! Google is the most popular search engine in the world. Plus you've got gmail, google play and whatever else they've got their name in. So, it should be no surprise that the word has entered the popular vernacular. What search engine do you use and what do you have against using google? As for Mr. Rogers question, yes, i've been doing that with songs/bands when I hear them for many years now. When one company changes its privacy policy and it makes national headlines...I smell something fishy, that's all. That's what happened, five years ago, and I stopped right there. Yes, I'm aware of how omnipresent Google is. But the interwebs are certainly navigable without it. Bing and Ask Jeeves are also acceptable if you approve of their privacy policies. DuckDuckGo is much better for privacy. As for looking up songs, I usually do that for ones I hear on commercials. It's almost like some bands write songs knowing they'll end up in a commercial. Their forced AMP pages on mobile are quite annoying

Pretty much the same reason why I've grown cold towards the band. I'll throw Lateralus, Ænema, and (to a lesser extent) 10,000 Days every once in awhile, but not that often these days. I never liked Undertow that much either when I was into the band and I'm sure I'll downright hate it now. B-but Adam's getting fresh lobsters in Maine, so the new album is almost here ;) Fairfax one month from today!!

Geddy and Alex interviewing their new drummer... http://pic.twitter.com/blak5JGB01

This guy's got it all wrong, 2112, Cygnus X-1, Hemispheres those are all good lyrics. It's when Peart got to The Larger Bowl and Dog Years and some other Test For Echo stuff that he started to go wrong... I agree - somewhere around CP his lyrics really started becoming ... awkward, to say the least. Cringe-worthy to say the most. Although he found his voice again briefly on VT, he derailed again on SnA, and only partially recovered on CA. According to the article, this is a higher quality lyric than what Neil writes Love in an elevator Livin' it up when I'm goin' down Love in an elevator Lovin' it up 'til I hit the ground Jacki's in the elevator Lingerie second floor

Who has the periscope link for Geddy's last public performance?

It's only one day and one commenter, my friend ;)

Doubt all you want son. I was partying with other members of TRF before and after the show. Pretty pictures of my smile to prove it! I was at the last show of the Snakes & Arrows tour in Kansas City. WHERE WERE YOU TULSA??? Wow. You're a member for a little over a week, and know enough about other members to make that kind judgement? You're good. It took me years on this forum before I could do that! Have you read any of Zumbi's posts yet? Welcome to TRF. You're on the road to have lots of fun here. Thanks man! ✌️ It was pretty obvious he did not have the intelligence to be a RUSH fan! really....you're welcome I guess. Oh, were you being sarcastic? Guess I missed that. I was really just saying thanks for welcoming me. You are correct about the Tulsa show of course, but did you notice the douche could not answer it? Kinda proved my point! I promise....JR knows about the opening song in Tulsa. I think you are just being ignored. And I was welcoming you. You're off to a great start! Have fun! JR was definitely at the Tulsa R40 show. Ask him about the vomit smells in section 335. But the honest man knows this. Because either THM will tell us his other TRF aliases, or 73 will. This warrants a poll. Name the alias. I take Jennifer Garner. .

It's called boredom. Here's my contribution to boredom: A Permanent Waves douchebag tribute... Permanent Douchebags 1) The Spirit of Douchebag 2) Free Douchebag 3) Jacob's Douchebag 4) Entre Douche 5) Douchebag Strings 6) Natural Douchebag I. Douche Pools II. Hyper Douche III. Permanent Douchebags ***Bonus tracks 7) Red Douchechetta 8) Douche Douche Zed That's not nice. Maybe he works for Summer's Eve! ;) (That's a female joke, btw. You guys who don't know, look it up. :P) I'm a douchebag just like we've been told by big boss man Honest Man so of course I'd know about Summer's Eve. :P Which, of course is a 70s album.

As a yuuuuge fan of everything 70s Rush. I have always liked the soaring pace of this synth era tune. It could almost pass as an epic, with differing themes appearing and reappearing. And interesting lyrics regarding the dangers of populism. Very relevant message, over 30 years later. 9 of 10. .

Ged mentions in the latest doc that he was "...once kicked out of Rush."

rough crowd yes, it is old news, but still, it's good to hear that Geddy and Alex will be there as a part of the honor Hopefully they will play some music together, and with that as a springboard, Geddy and Alex will get back to doing what they love A TRF no no. Oh How many times was I lampooned for not using the search function. Great to hear the story again! .

Grand Finale (studio version) Yes yes yes

Understood, and as others have said already, it hasn't always been like that. I'm not an 'old-timer' on TRF, but I've been here for roundabout five years. The community goes through periods of negative and positive in fits and starts. And I think it also makes a difference what sections of the forum a person frequents, too, as to the opinion that he or she gleans from the content. Some sections are generally a little testier than others. A little? Beware SOCN, the politics subforum ;) Also careful aboot commenting if it's all Neils fault that Rush is retired. Please enjoy the forum and take it for what it is...An internet forum. And don't worry if you get corrected....After all, PeW is a 70s album, not 80s. Where else can we "meet" fans that were there in the beginning, and learn a little about our favorite prog rock trio? .

Of course the 1970s. This era they rocked hard, they studied their instruments and dedicated themselves to be the best guitarist, bassist and drummer on the planet on a 24/7 basis. Wrote music to the outer reaches of what existed at that point in time. Strived to extend what was acceptable to record and release as a rock band. No other era can they make these claims. And of course since Permanent Waves was written, recorded and produced in the 70s...

I didn't know you were Super Bowl fan. Quite funny picture. You look good. :) :cheers: Hey JB, since the super bowl is Monday morning over there, how many people take off from work or school to see the game? Or is it more in the background? That bar looks fairly crowded for a Monday at 8.30am!

I think I just puked in my mouth a little bit.

Both are great tunes, but when I go to the Dr and they take blood, they always ask me why there's an r and a u and s and h in my blood

I've mentioned several times on TRF that YBYL reminds me of that Joel song...which I also dislike. Funny, but YBYL always reminded me of the below classic, which relevantly rawks That's great! It starts with an earthquake, Birds and snakes, an aeroplane. Lenny Bruce is not afraid. Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn. World serves its own needs, dummy, serve your own needs. Feed it off an aux speak, grunt, no strength. The ladder starts to clatter with fear fight, down, height. Wire in a fire, representing seven games In a government for hire and a combat site. Left of west and coming in a hurry With the furies breathing down your neck Team by team reporters baffled, trumped, tethered, cropped. Look at that low playing! Fine, then. Uh oh, overflow, population, common group But it'll do. Save yourself, serve yourself. World serves its own needs, listen to your heart bleed, Dummy, with the rapture and the rev-'rent and the right, right. You vitriolic, patriotic, slam, fight, bright light Feeling pretty psyched. It's the end of the world as we know it. It's the end of the world as we know it. It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine. Six o'clock - TV hour. Don't get caught in foreign towers. Slash and burn, return. Listen to yourself churn. Locking in uniforming, book burning, bloodletting. Every motive escalate, automotive incinerate. Light a candle, light a motive. Step down, step down. Watch your heel crush, crushed. Uh oh, this means no fear, cavalier. Renegade steer clear! A tournament, a tournament, A tournament of lies. Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives And I decline. It's the end of the world as we know it It's the end of the world as we know it (I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine (It's time I had some time alone) I feel fine It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone) It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine (It's time I had some time alone) Funny thing is, I have memorized those lyrics. I have a buddy that sings along when it's on the radio. I just stare in amazement when he does that. Like a cat watching a bird.

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https://www.amazon.com/Fear-Blank-Planet-Porcupine-Tree/dp/B008FVZHKO/ref=tmm_acd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1486328101&sr=8-1 One of my favorites! Thanks! I should have been more specific. The spoiled instant gratification version of me was looking for just the MP3 download version. I see on the link you provided, the cd version includes an MP3 (according to the "fine print.") Edit...come to think of it, my phone app does not include the cd option, so I should have checked on the iPad. Silly me! .

Animals, indeed. The usually overlooked coming of age genius of Roger Waters. .

Wish you were here (song) is a brilliant, but fairly simplistic (for the Floyd ) overplayed radio song. I actually consider skipping when listening to the album. I've heard it waaaay too much. The first part of Shine On, that extended instrumental, is a ground breaking, historic moment in prog history. seminal music right there. The attention to detail is astounding, considering the year of release and what other prog recordings sounded like at that moment. Machine on side one is just a silly bonus. Side one by a progressive mile. Well, not really. Side two is great also ;)