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Timbale

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  1. Yeah, I don't mind it on Counterparts...it's a little overdriven for my taste, but not distracting. He's going for a thing with it, and I think he achieves it in a musical way, even if it isn't my fave of his tones. But I totally agree with the 2000s stuff (his solo album not withstanding...) - it's just too much for me. I've mentioned this elsewhere....but it makes me think of John Entwhistle's sound in the later part of his career. Early on, he got that awesome level of drive from having his amp at insane levels of volume - you can tell it is an amp being overdriven. But as those guys aged, and I'm sure the need for lower stage volumes became a priority, you can hear that he's using "distortion" instead of drive...and it is not the same. it's a very processed sound. And while Geddy's thing sounds a bit more organic...it's similarly too much of a 'rock guitar' sound for me.
  2. For sure - such a talent. It really is astonishing that The Band had 3 lead singers...each of whom was just an unbelievable singer. Most bands don't have one singer that good.
  3. I always thought the PRS guitars were kinda lame...like from a stupid, ""they don't look cool or classic" way...and I loved when he started playing Les Paul's again. But when I really listen back...Alex's foray back into Gibson is actually TOO heavy for me a lot of the time, too muddy and big. The guitar tone on this live track is just so perfect - heavy but not grungy and taking up too much of the frequency so the other instruments can also shine. So good.
  4. I wish Counterparts had a bit more proggy-ness to it. The songs, for my taste, are all quite good...but I agree with you that few better the great Dreamline and Bravado. (Maybe Cut To The Chase...) The songs on CP mostly just find a thing and stick to it - I wish they were more "part"y. But..again for my taste, there aren't any songs on CP that are as bad as Face Up or as bland as Big Wheel or Heresy. And while both things are a bit embarrassing to me...the rap in RTB is worse than the spoken part of Double Agent - and Double Agent (not my fave song at all) at least takes some interesting chances.
  5. It does surprise me - I would have expected something much more clever...some play on words or something. I'm not a prude and don't care if he swears, but it seems out of character to me.
  6. I am definitely a bigger fan of Geddy's 80s-90s vocal choices than his 70s stuff. Of course I have a love for all the 70s records, and there is total classic material there...but hearing him screech at the end of Cygnus hasn't really aged all the well for me. I really have to be in a "retro" mood to crank songs like that up. I think he sings quite well on HYF through RTB as well. I just think there's a warmth and relaxed nature to his vocals on Signals that is not matched anywhere else. In comparison (I'm talking subtle differences...), I find HYF and Presto a little more brittle and cold. "You move me, you move me" from Analog Kid...it just goes straight to my heart. Same with all of Losing It. It's sort of a tough call between Counterparts and RTB, I guess. I do think Counterparts is more consistently good, although there are some forgettable tunes on there too. For me RTB starts so promisingly, with the awesome 1 2 punch of Dreamline and Bravado (both some of Geddy's best vocal performances!)...but then it just sinks for me. Ghost Of A Chance is a bit of a bright light later in the record, but otherwise it's uninspiring. Alien Shore, Double Agent or Everyday Glory are not in my top 10 Rush songs...but they are WAY better than Face Up, Heresy or Neurotica. Although it's an 80s album...I actually prefer Presto as an overall listening experience to RTB...
  7. I remember that feeling with Keith Richards' "new" album Crosseyed Heart....it was like a really enjoyable 33 minute album...that ran 58 minutes. 🙄😂
  8. That's really up front! Can you see yourself in the GUP video?!
  9. My mistake...it wasn't in order of release and I missed it. :)
  10. You'd think the bass player from Genesis would have more sympathy for a band stretching out and progressing.... 😉 Seems like a lot of people felt like that at the time. Mourning the loss of a "rock" band for whatever they were becoming. The review looks pretty silly now.
  11. It was interesting to see the albums categorized that way...when you put Permanent Waves in the 80s (which I guess technically it is) for me it makes that decade tower over the 70s. PeW, MP, ESL and Signals in a row?! What a run... I picked Hemispheres for the 70's - it is the best side long piece by quite a margin for me...and although the Trees is a pretty silly song lyrically to me now as an adult, side 2 is still super solid. The 80s was super hard, but Signals continues to be a super special album for me...and I think it is the best singing Geddy did in the whole catalogue. The drumming, and drum sound, is also arguably Peart's best work. Stellar...but obviously PeW and MP are no slouches... (also, you missed ESL in the poll...I might have picked it just barely above Signals...) The 90s I went with Counterparts. I don't listen to it very often at all..but I think I like it better than the other choices. RTB has a few good songs...but a bunch of forgettable filler to me. T4E, again, for my taste, is really their most forgettable album. Not even their worst maybe...but it just could cease to exist and it would make little impact. The 2000s....I picked CA...but that's mostly for The Garden and maybe Caravan a bit. All the 2000s stuff is pretty middling to me. The Garden sticks out. Far Cry does, too...but the rest of that album is a slog to me, so CA gets the vote.
  12. Peter Gabriel. He is releasing a song a month this year (on every full moon) until by the end of the year a whole new album is out. There are 5 new songs at this point, and they are really good! I am obsessed by them...particularly, at the moment i/o. I love that he is still making great music.
  13. I love, and am very familiar with the live Deep End version of this cover…but this version, which only seems to be available on YouTube, tops it for me. It’s magical…and I think recorded at the height of his singing abilities…
  14. The first Scoop was the moment for me of realizing that The Who were not a “normal” band who jammed stuff out to come up with songs. The were a hard rock band with a singer/songwriter at the centre of it all…who really really worked it all out. I adore a bunch of the Scoop songs that didn’t end up anywhere else.
  15. I go through phases of different listening approaches...there are certainly albums by some bands that I have worn out - I will very seldom spin Who's Next, and I cannot remember the last time I listened to Moving Pictures. But sometimes I deep dive into a band, and then I tend to listen to the whole discography. I recently have been on a big Genesis kick - they are totally matching my internal emotional temperature...and a lesser loved record (for me), their self titled record from '83 revealed some hidden gems (not like I didn't know those songs....). Because I almost never listen to it ( I can go the rest of my life without hearing Illegal Alien ever again, thank you very much) I forget about some of the other stuff on side 2 - Silver Rainbow and particularly It's Gonna Get Better, which I think is one of their truly underrated songs. My lord, I might even have to spin Invisible Touch soon!
  16. Both great, great records - but even the weakest songs on Who's Next (for me My Wife and Goin' Mobile) are still solid bangers. Who's Next gets extra point for me because it's not even the fully realized thing it was supposed to be! When you hear the songs that didn't make it...and bled out over other projects and as singles, you realize how on fire Townshend was. Imagine having Pure and Easy, Relay, Too Much Of Anything, Mary, Join Together etc in the bag and they don't even make the cut because no one gets what you're on about with your concept. And after that "failure", he writes Quadrophenia. Insane.
  17. I remember in elementary school, classmates, particularly girls, making fun of me for loving Rush. I can remember at some point telling one of them that Rush was from our hometown...and they couldn't believe it! They were certain, given Geddy's voice, that they were British. They cited Closer To The Heart as the example...that there was no way that was a Canadian accent! I find that funny now....BUT...for me, songs from around this era, the songs on Farewell in particular... he does have a sort of odd affectation to his enunciation that puts me off a bit... and of course we're talking a classic album with a handful of classic songs. But this is totally why for me the ESL version of Closer To The Heart is WAY more enjoyable to listen to - his vocal is great on that track - the best he ever performed it, probably.
  18. I agree - perhaps “equal” was the wrong word to use. He IS saying that all have a part to play…and that putting care into their individual efforts is the best way forward. I dig that message.
  19. LOVE Zevon getting in.... and Kate Bush definitely deserves induction - she's a genuine and unique artist. The whole R&R Hall thing is pretty stupid...and it has long become about things other than "rock and roll". I actually thought Rush didn't deserve to be in - they are not rock and roll. But if you're going to limit the hall to that narrowly defined thing, you're gonna have the Stones, Springsteen, all the 50's guys, maybe the Black Crowes and the Black Keys... it's gonna run dry. And actually, George Michaels' biggest hit (Faith) is about as Rock & Roll as it gets...
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