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Impossible. Bell bottoms were a 70's fad.

The hidden reference in 2112: "Attention all planets of the solar federation" - 7 words repeated 3 times = 21 "We have assumed control" - 4 words repeated 3 times = 12

I suspect CA rankings (and the rest of the catalog) are strongly correlated to the age of the Rush fan. I'm 47 and would rank CA somewhere in the middle or a bit lower in their catalog. I'm sure younger fans will rate CA and S&A far higher than I would. And many fans older than myself think any 80's and beyond albums (that is, Permanent Waves on) show Rush past their prime.

Available Light is sooo underrated. I would make the argument it's one of their best post-MP songs. Lyrics are great too. "Promise offered in the east/Broken in the west"

Rush has never been a democracy where the majority could "force" the minority into decisions. They have always been a unanimous operation. All three would need to be in agreement on any decisions they made. Neil didn't want to do anything between 1997 and 2001, do you feel that he was being a jerk then, since certainly Ged and Al "did what Neil wanted without any input of what they would want"?

Just to be clear, this happened during the tour: "I thought the spacious landscapes of northwestern Arizona would be ideal, and we arranged to meet in Seligman on July 26, a day off between shows in Vegas and Phoenix."

My parents more or less refused to buy me rock music for Christmas so I appealed to my grandmother. She bought me cassettes of MP and Signals in either 1982 or 1983. From there P/G (cassette), PoW (vinyl), HYF (vinyl), then HYF & 2112 - my very first CDs. Then every current release on CD after that. I bought Archives and ESL on vinyl and PW on cassette somewhere in there. Not sure exactly when I started to pick up the rest of the back catalog...

How about the "ding"? At 2:29.

$500 CDN? Wayyy out of my league!

What are canadian content rules? Radio must play so many canadian bands per hour or something? http://www.crtc.gc.c...ancon/r_cdn.htm 35% canadian in most cases Wow. I thought it was a radio station promotion or something: "Canadian Content RULES!!"

So I moseyed on over to Syfy.com and they had a "Fun Facts" section for Season 1, Episode 5. One of the fun facts read: "The Rocinante is a reference to both Cervantes' Don Quixote and the name of the ship in the Rush song "Cygnus X-1."" So there's that...

The first episode's title was "Dulcinea". Another episode (only episode 7) that'll air this month is called "Windmills". It couldn't be a more obvious reference to Don Quixote than those two titles. Now I'm wondering why the show has so many Don Quixote references...

Still, it could be a nod to Rush. It's a sci-fi show and obviously X-1 is a sci-fi song. Unless they are tilting at windmills in the show (haven't watched the latest episode yet).

In Kenowhere, no less.

Yes, so everyone could get the FIRST ALBUM OF THE 1980's. :haz:

Just rewatching the R40 concert this morning and he totally tears it up on Working Man.

Why not? You got a point when you look at most of the other threads started in the Rush section. At least a thread about Geddy's fish hasn't already been made over a thousand times. Be grateful I didn't start a thread: Geddy and His Crabs ;) As a keyboardist, I'm sure Geddy understands it's better to have a lobster on your piano than crabs on your organ! I Why not? You got a point when you look at most of the other threads started in the Rush section. At least a thread about Geddy's fish hasn't already been made over a thousand times. Be grateful I didn't start a thread: Geddy and His Crabs ;) As a keyboardist, I'm sure Geddy understands it's better to have a lobster on your piano than crabs on your organ! Reminds me of this bit on Robot Chicken featuring the ghost of Liberace:

I think there's a picture out there of Ged and Les Claypool on a boat holding up a fish.

The song was entirely inspired by "A Nice Morning Drive" written by Richard Foster and appearing in the November, 1973 issue of Road & Track. It imagines a future where government safety regulations result in cars being overbuilt for safety: "But in the late Seventies, with no major wars, cancer cured and social welfare straightened out. the politicians needed a new cause and once again they turned toward the automobile. The regulations concerning safety became tougher. Cars became larger, heavier, less efficient. They consumed gasoline so voraciously that the United States had had to become a major ally with the Arabian countries. The new cars were hard to stop or maneuver quickly. but they would save your life (usually) in a 5O-mph crash. With 200 million cars on the road, however, few people ever drove that fast anymore." Article link here: http://www.2112.net/xanadu/articles/a_nice_morning_drive.htm

What's a time signature? It's how musical passages are grouped/arranged. Go listen to the intro to Kid Gloves. If you count each note that Alex is playing, you're counting quarter notes. You'll notice that the notes are arranged into groups of 5 (1-2-3-4-5, repeat). That means the intro is in 5/4: 5 groups of quarter notes per measure. The verses are in 5/4 as well. When the music changes to fit the "call it blind frustration" sections, it switches to 4/4 (you count 1-2-3-4, repeat). The duration-value of the notes in both those sections is the same -- they're quarter notes, but the grouping changes from groups of 5 to groups of 4. I'm pretty bad at figuring time signatures but a very illustrative example (if it hasn't already been mentioned) is Workin' Them Angels. The verse is 3/4 and the chorus is 4/4.

We should start a couplet thread. My favorite: I feel the sense of possibilities I feel the wrench of hard realities Sooo much truth there.

Is the record company going to get is "bang for the buck" with an album in which Peart may be "mailing it in" in regard to the contract? I don't think it's in Neil's DNA to mail anything in. ....including his retirement plans. ;) Touche!

Is the record company going to get is "bang for the buck" with an album in which Peart may be "mailing it in" in regard to the contract? I don't think it's in Neil's DNA to mail anything in.

Or perhaps his Aston Martin Vanquish needed new tires (or, in the Queen's English, tyres).

There should be three categories: Retired From Touring Retired From Drumming Not Retired