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Scooch

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About Scooch

  • Birthday 04/22/1968

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  • Number of Rush Concerts Attended
    10
  • Last Rush Concert Attended
    R40 - June 2015
  • Favorite Rush Song
    Natural Science
  • Favorite Rush Album
    Hemishperes/Hold Your Fire
  • Best Rush Experience
    Meeting Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson an hour before they took the stage at Mohegan Sun on July 9, 2007. I also won photo pit access for the first 3 songs of their set (Limelight, Digital man and Entre Nous) and was allowed to take as many pictures as I wanted... I took 347 pictures.
  • Other Favorite Bands
    Living Colour, U2, Prince, The Hold Steady, Kings of Leon & R.E.M.
  • Musical Instruments You Play
    Bass
  1. I'm okay with them being retired. Their last album being Clockwork Angels and their last tour being R40 is an epic way to end an epic career. I don't want to see them on stage when they're 70 years old, and I certainly do not want them to tour with some sort of changed line up. Most bands don't stay true to their word, comeback and it's never the same. Rush are not most bands!
  2. I bought a new turntable recently and my vinyl copy of Moving Pictures has been sounding mighty fine on it!
  3. Well said. Vapor Trails is unique for Rush. They really have no other album that wears its heart on its sleeve with such sincerity. Rush had to do it and it seemed painful reflected in the 14 months it took to make. I personally love this album. The sound issues embellish the albums emotive point of view and reaffirm the vulnerable place the guys were at - making such a faux pas as many see it. Its a polarizing album for sure, but I love it as much as other Rush albums including the detrimental qualities many hear. Well put! And I completely agree regarding the 'sound issues'!
  4. Personally, I love this album and consider it among their best, and I have been a Rush fan for 35 years. IMO Rush has one of the best discography's out there in terms of consistency. I'm not saying I love everything they have done, but I really believe each album has many great things about them. It almost seems unfair to rate an album. I do it, so I'm not saying we shouldn't rate albums. But there is a sincerity to Vapor Trails that is stronger than any of their other albums. I see this as the album they had to make, that they had to get out of their systems. The fact they spent 14 months putting it together and also they rereleased it a few years ago, shows us what this one means to the band. To nitpick and grade it, it just feels like we're missing the point. I'm sure if I were to sit in front of them and say something like "I think this song is kind of forgettable" or "I think you guys rocked the shit out of this song" I don't think they would even respond to it, because they weren't trying to "rock out" or write the perfect hook. This came from the heart. There's much more to this album. Personally, it speaks to me. I could relate to Neil's message of arriving at a better place after going through hell. It's not preachy at all - it's just hopeful, and he put it all out there for us to see (warts and all). And the music just helps deliver that message. It has a sense of urgency to it. But I get why it doesn't relate to a lot people. It's certainly a different album for them. Not very clean. To be honest, I wasn't sure if I liked it when it came out. For a while it sat there for me. But over the years, once I dropped all my expectations and just appreciated it for what it is, I've really grown to love this one.
  5. Not sure if this has been shared before, but check this out. Start at 7:30 -
  6. I caught Rik Emmett's show this past Saturday night and it was great. His voice may be lower but it's still in great form. And he still plays a mean guitar. He did a ton of Triumph tunes - Hold On, Fight The Good Fight, Magic power, Somebody's Out There and my favorite of the night - Suitcase Blues. He joked around and offered a few entertaining stories throughout the night. The best part was he came out about 30 minutes after the show to meet those of us who stuck around. He seems a like a good dude - he posed for pictures and signed stuff for people. If you get the chance to check him out, I highly recommend it!
  7. I'm going to see him this Sat night in Plymouth, MA... which is how I stumbled across the fact he was doing the new album (saw it on his web site).
  8. I'm not sure if this has already been shared (if it has, my apologies). Rik Emmett, the former guitarist and singer of Triumph, has a new album coming out that features Alex Lifeson on a couple of tracks, and a few tracks with James LaBrie. Also, there is one track that is a new Triumph song. Sounds interesting - check it out: http://www.rikemmett.com/
  9. Yikes... I still clearly remember getting this the day it came out. It doesn't seem like 20 years at all LOL! I've always liked this album. I thought the singers throughout the album served the songs well, the production was solid and I liked hearing Alex doing his own thing. It was interesting for me - It wasn't like a Rush album, yet I could hear what he brought to Rush's sound.
  10. I'm have no problem with what can be called their synth era. I think many of he arrangements during this time stand up with their most powerful in their catalog. I don't consider myself a fan or non-fan of any era, as I don't really view any part of their discography as an era. I either like the album or I don't. I like Power Windows just as much as I like A Farewell to Kings. To my ears GUP though HYF rocks just as much as anything from 2112 through MP. With that said, it was cool to see them return to a more organic, 3 piece sound with Counterparts. When they returned to it, they were different writers and arrangers than they were 15 years earlier so it was great seeing how they had changed. The "synth era" should be respected as much as any other album from the 70's IMO...
  11. I started getting into Rush when Signals came out (it was my first Rush album). Around Thanksgiving of 1982 I acquired Moving Pictures and Exit... Stage Left. For Christmas I got a gift certificate to Record World, so on New Years Day of my Christmas vacation my buddy and I went Record World to buy a new Rush album. I vividly remember wanting to buy them in reverse order so I was looking at the backs of the album, trying find the album that came out before Moving Pictures in 1981. When I went to the register this older guy rang me up (he was probably college age, but I was 14 at the time so he seemed like an adult to me). When he saw that I was buying Permanent Waves he explained to me I was buying the album on it's 3rd birthday. So it was 33 years ago today I bought Permanent Waves :codger:
  12. http://berickson5.tripod.com/webonmediacontents/thumbs/DSCN0146.JPG?1451661451107
  13. My wife and I combined our album collection when we started living together... until I saw she was mixing in the Grease Soundtrack and Sha-Na-Na with my albums by Yes, Rush and Genesis. So now her albums come first, then my collection :P
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