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TMV Drummer Philo Tsoungui hears Limelight for the first time ever!
JARG replied to Entre_Perpetuo's topic in Rush
I bet it took more than 5 takes for Neil to compose that perfect drum part, and I bet he got feedback from his fellow composers as he went along. -
TMV Drummer Philo Tsoungui hears Limelight for the first time ever!
JARG replied to Entre_Perpetuo's topic in Rush
Very cool take. She followed the vocals for the punches. -
What's the most emotional passage in a Rush song for you?
JARG replied to condemned2bfree's topic in Rush
D-minor, the saddest of all keys. -
How else is she going to get men to notice her?
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I loved his Guy Caballero character.
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New Sloppy Foot Cowboys - Straitjacket
JARG replied to Fridge's topic in Exercises in Self-Indulgence
Just finished listening, here are the notes I jotted down. Edge Of Life - vocals and bass lost in the mix. Cool guitar parts, crashes are too loud, solo has elements of lifeson and thayil Invisible Hand - love how it starts, but ok we're 1:28 minutes in and still noodling...vocals mixed well Ready Player One - it's been forever since I've heard it, still a cool song...clearly I'm summoning the ghost of p/g-era Alex here Shoulder - another cool intro, and super cool guitar parts throughout Hearts - "oh hell yeah" at lone intro guitar, delightfully bizarre organ solo, killer guitar solo Spades - "oh hell yeah" at lone intro guitar again! Clubs - cool middle section, didn't see that coming - slight hint of Hocus Pocus Diamonds - cool groove, really like how raw the guitar is here, sounds like single guitar tracks for most part Sometimes It Does - sounds like a Carter composition, nice song, well-executed guitar solo Variable, This is Knife - like the bass level in the intro Words that Hurt to Hear - very interesting, so Jeremy Sarajevo Rose - interesting choice for a closer, nice guitar work -
YYNOT "La Villa" LIVE RUSH Cover - Bubba Bash 2024
JARG replied to Stugotz's topic in Exercises in Self-Indulgence
Very well executed. You guys kept the tempo under control, and your drummer in particular seemed very much in control, taking his time to execute the fills with precision. -
Holy necropost, Batman! OK, now that that's out of the way, imo there have been three guitarists who been game changers in popular music. First off, Chuck Berry who showed the world that the guitar could be the focus of attention, sharing melodic and expressive duties with the human voice. Hendrix came along and said, "yes, but look what else you can do with the guitar". He took the guitar to a completely different level. EVH came along and said, "thanks for opening the door, Jimi, but look what else you can do with the instrument". Certainly there have been enormously talented players sprinkled in the mix - Lifeson, Gilmour, SRV, Paul Gilbert, and Billy Gibbons are among my faves - but Berry, Hendrix, and Van Halen are the three true pioneers, imo. Eddie would have to work far less to passingly cover the Working Man solo than Alex would Eruption.
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There was a time when the members of Rush were like gods in my eyes. They were powerhouses on their respective instruments, writing amazingly involved pieces of music and expressing atypical concepts in a thought-provoking and poetic way. Clear that idle idol worship was all just me projecting onto them what I wanted to be true. The veneer really began to slip away as I developed enough facility on guitar to play in a Rush cover band. The more I knew about how Alex played his parts, and, by extension, the ins and outs of music composition and arrangement, the more human he, and they, became. And once I was OK with them just being "regular" guys, the less I was affected by rumors of drug use. Many of my musician friends did inordinate amounts of drugs, but that didn't lessen them as friends in my eyes.
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A lovely cover. I really liked the drum fill that brought in the drums in initially -- very tasty. I really disliked the drum fill that brought in the guitar solo. The bass playing was nice -- some interesting runs and implied chords.
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Agreed that the movie, in retrospect, seems to have whitewashed certain "seedier" elements of Rush's backstory. It's possible, I suppose, that that was a management call given that the band was still an active business pursuit at the time -- perhaps Ray and company were not willing for the "warts and all" version of Rush to be made public.
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Post here when your My Effin Life book arrives and what you think after reading!
JARG replied to blueschica's topic in Rush
Maybe Geddy needs to write another book: My Effin Job where he can go into greater detail about recording sessions and whatnot. -
Post here when your My Effin Life book arrives and what you think after reading!
JARG replied to blueschica's topic in Rush
F#7add11?