Slim

Happy Independence Day to my British friends.

 

 

Unless it's very different from Rush, I hope they don't play together again. That souffle is past warming up.

 

 

Are there five great ones? Let's see ..

 

2112

Hemispheres

Moving Pictures

Power Windows

 

.. I make that four

A biccie.

I've read the first 13 Reacher novels now (somehow). The second series is based on is the 11th, Bad Luck and Trouble, definitely one of the best.

 

I didn't watch the first series but from the clips, the guy who plays him is perfectly cast.

Nice.

 

However although the CTTH chorus thing is always associated with Glasgow, it was actually the Newcastle City Hall audience that invented that, in February 1978.

I quite like it, and most of his stuff leaves me cold.

Underrated. Although one or two contributors to this thread have overrated him slightly.

On 12/2/2023 at 5:14 PM, grep said:

 

F#m11

 

 

 

But there's a flat 7 in there as well. Not sure what it would be called, actually. F#11b7 maybe.

I was thinking more of Alex being identified in the caption as "Neil Peart"

Spot the mistake

Something that I found quite striking, from the later part of the book.

 

 

Just saw this on Instagram a few minutes ago. I assume the spelling mistake isn't interntional.

 

 

19 hours ago, Wandering Hermit said:

Hi James!

Hi Kevin!

 

Mini CP reunion

 

Hey Mike, hope you're well!

On 11/14/2023 at 1:26 PM, Rush Didact said:

Since my copy is coming in December at the Toronto show, I opted for the audiobook rather than buying a second copy of the book.

 

Folks, the audiobook is so good.  This is actually the first audiobook I've ever listened to, but hearing Geddy tell these stories himself (I haven't gotten to the parts where Al shows up yet) is really special.  He's a great narrator, and I love the Yiddish accents he uses for his family members.  It really brings things to life.

 

I listened for an hour before work this morning and I can't wait to get back to it...

 

I finished the book today and would echo these sentiments about the audiobook. Geddy has a wonderful, storyteller's delivery and it's nice to hear him chuckling while telling some of the funnier stories. Plus - Alex has a couple of cameos, as well.

 

I must say though, the two unreleased MFH outtakes tacked on the end are awful, both really inelegant dirges. But then I don't like MFH at all.

On 3/7/2022 at 4:35 AM, JARG said:

 

Amazing coincidence. You had a cameo in a dream I had last night: My family and I were visiting some sort of water-themed amusement park and we ran into you. Introductions were made. You seemed slightly disappointed.

 

I certainly wouldn't have been.

I'm most of the way through this now, up to 1989 and Presto.

I can't overstate what a joy this audiobook has been. It works as a heartfelt, warm, personal memoir but it's also a goldmine of experiences and anecodotes from the Rush touring and recording years. Like others here I was an enthusiastic consumer of those records and tours so to hear these insights, all these years later has been amazing. Geddy covers the whole spectrum, from the consequences of the amount of time he spent on the band to his marriage and how he tried to fix it, to nerd details like why the mixing desk at Trident is better than the one at Advision.

No spoilers here but there's a very humble and sincere reminiscence from Alex, voiced by the man himself on the audiobook, about the recording of Power Windows that's touchingly personal.

Not that he owed it to us, but - this is something like the book we wished Neil had written, though we knew he never would have wanted to. He could have written a brilliant Rush memoir, at least covering 1974 onwards. It would have been massive.

Still - we got one anyway.

 

Here's a fun fact.

 

Just wondering when everyone saw Rush for the first time? Really curious if anyone here saw them with the late, great John Rutsey or on Neil's first tour with the band.

 

June 11th, 1977

Grace Under Pressure is by far the worst, for me. Looks like a cheap sci-fi paperback cover.

It was a part of my life for 20 years; I was one of the most frequent contributors there. Thanks for your kind thoughts.

Heard about this on Facebook a few minutes ago. Very sad to hear about this. I'm sorry to say that I never got round to reply to a very kind personal message that he sent me here in March, really annoyed with myself for that.

By the way there are other compilation albums you can get Jumpin' Jack Flash on, of course - Forty Licks is a good one.

80 dollars, for all that work. Just goes to show how tight Mick and Keith are.

I'd much rather see this band than the current Judas Priest. The other guitar player is nowhere near the calibre of Glenn Tipton at his best, but in that genre - who is? I'm not sure how good the two guitar players currently in Priest are; I just wouldn't want to see a version of the band without KK or Glenn.

 

I'm sure Geddy could manage the less demanding vocal material still, like The Garden for example - no? As for six string duties, I have no idea what condition Alex' hands are in these days. Five years ago Geddy said that his arthritis was "not a small thing". I doubt he'll ever tour again. Maybe they'll play a couple of songs at some charity or award event in the next couple of years.

 

What would the ideal "setlist" for a couple of songs be? Something a bit wistful or sentimental. Limelight and Bravado, or The Pass.