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Cool, link us up when it hits youtube please.

I recently got a commision check for $2112. Thought that was pretty cool.

RR is dead so of course he was better. Saw 'em both live back in the day. EVH couldn't carry RR's pick. If he was ever sober maybe, but as it was.... A studio queen.

QUOTE (RASH 2112 @ Oct 13 2010, 09:39 PM)QUOTE (1 of the 7 @ Oct 11 2010, 10:38 AM) One for the "thought I was mishearing but really wasn't" category - the intentional "evelate from the norm" line in Vital Signs. I'm sure that this has been discussed about a million times, but I couldn't find much info on it. Does anyone know if Neil told Geddy to sing it like that, or did Geddy (or Alex) come up with the idea? It's funny, in any case I've always wondered about the "evelate" thing myself. And, for some time now, he throws in the word "emancipate." Poetic license I guess. That's definitely Ged. And the only thing I can think to compare it with is Steve Miller's (unfortunate comparison I know) 'pompatus of love' from 'the joker'. Are they inventing words to get people talking? At least in Ged's case I think there is some poetic liscense. The flow of the sound of the words works very well in the song. Whatever the meaning, or lack thereof.

QUOTE (Jomboni @ Oct 6 2010, 07:36 AM) "He's a little bit afraid of dying, but he's a lot more afraid of your lion." What kind of person has a pet lion? My cousin had a cougar for several years. It had it's fangs but was de-clawed. Playing with that beautiful animal was the only thing that could get me to enter that litter box of a trailer he lived in.

Of many this is the most funny to me: 'than tears that fall from eyes that have no whites'.

Same as it ever was. I first heard 2112 in '78 and was a fan instantly. I then had 5 albums to discover. After a federally imposed vacation from '86 to '93 I then had several more albums to discover. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. That's why I listen in spurts. So to speak.

QUOTE (ChiliFan @ Sep 13 2010, 03:52 AM) I think it's not so much his voice going, as his voice becoming less reliable. He can still hit the notes perfectly on a good day, but he has more off-days than in the past. Doesn't make him any less enjoyable to listen to though! Dead Solid Perfect.

Good on ya. Got to meet Al and Ged back in the day, but front row, a pick and sticks... Dude! X3

Very nice. Al has become quite the salesman.

QUOTE (28steve @ Aug 31 2010, 02:50 PM) Hi First post from a long standing british fan. I am lucky enough to be in Dallas for the weekend of the Rush show and I wondered if anyone had any advice on the best way to get tickets ? I have checked stubhub and there are a nuber available on there (but of course I need electronic tickets cos I will not be in dallas until the Saturday) - any advice most welcome Steve There should be tickets for the lawn still available at the box office on the day of the show, but if you buy from Stubhub they are open late for ticket pick up on Saturday I believe at the downtown office. All the info should be at their site. I'm a life-long Dallas guy and can give you any advise you need on getting around, and would be glad to do so. Southwestern hospitality and all. Be sure to get to the Dallas pre-party at the Amsterdam bar. It's within walking distance, the parking is much easier, and they'll have some brews you can appreciate. http://amsterdambar.blogspot.com/ Pm me if you'd like.

I first heard RUSH on 8-track. The way it would break up that great epic really sucked. Of course I loved it anyway, and driving a 75 Camaro with no AC didn't bother me either. Once we would take water...

QUOTE (Tinwoodsman @ Sep 3 2010, 05:35 PM) oh yeah ... there was ambergis all over the damn place! -------------------------------- I hope this thread isn't referring to Al's weight gain during that period.

The first time I ever heard RUSH was on 8-track, so it's a hallowed format for me. Had plenty of other albums on 8-track as well, but the format just plain sucked.

Well, since every one of my CD's has at least one track that's F'd up, (consistently my favorite track) I'd welcome a remastered release of the catalogue. VT would particularly benefit.

QUOTE (drgrendel @ Jul 23 2010, 04:45 PM) "Blue Collar Man" perhaps? Styx is a very good act. I miss Dennis DeYoung - but I am a fan of Lawrence Gowan. Candlebox and MSG were decent Rush openers. Anyone here see Max Webster open for Rush. That would have been killer!!!!!!!! Yeah BCM is what I meant. How did I mix that up? Yup saw MW open up for 'em and Al and Ged joined them for the encore Battlescar. Pretty cool.

My very first concert was KISS. Ok, cut me a break I was 13. Styx was the opening act, I had never heard of them. Styx stole the show, musically anyway. I went right out and bought Pieces of Eight, and my KISS records got traded. Many years later Styx headlined the Texas Jam. Uriah Heep, Ted Nugent, Triumph, and Sammy Hagar were all excellent. Rik Emmett and Terrible Ted joined Hagar on stage for a cover of Whole Lotta Love. This was after Theodore tried to upstage Sammy by climbing the scaffolding and watching much of his set from up in the lights, once using them as monkey bars. After all this, Styx comes on with kilroy was here, or mr. roboto or whatever that BS was. The crowd made a point of waiting till they took the stage before walking out. If they had led off with Working Man or Wanted Man or some other Tommy Shaw greatness, it might have been different. Pride goeth before the fall DeYoung.

Couldn't care less about the lights, etc. I'm there to see and hear RUSH play. The peripheral stuff is nice, but totally secondary, even tertiary. TSoR is a spectacular opener.