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WTF??? Did someone see Earl run through here?? Or am I imagining things? Weird....I am going to genesis in Toronto

This is one book I am really looking forward to!

Happy Birthday!!

Sorry for your loss PJ

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Post a pic or send me a PM.

We spent over $600 million on an unnecessary election in Canada only to get the exact same results as we had before.

I thought it was pretty good. Not my favourite type of beer....but good

I like the Police and Sting better, but put The Joshua Tree as the best album.

Nice to re-meet you Lorraine!!

Happy 11th Babycat!!

Here is a 1979 concert review so you can see what they were up against. Rush at Varsity Stadium, Sept. 2, 1979 By Bruce Blackadar – Toronto Star “Rush tries to bludgeon audience” Attending a Rush concert is like being a masochist who’d enjoy a heart transplant operation in his friendly neighborhood hospital. But the Rush fanatics – who used to be legion in these parts – seem to be losing their addiction to pain. Only 8,000 showed up last night at Varsity Stadium to happily endure the three-man Toronto heavy metal group’s mind-shattering barrage of technological and electronic wizardry that it cunningly disguises as music. It’s meaningless to attempt to review what Rush is doing; that would be like trying to explain the political necessity of planting bombs in churches to a sweet old nun running a children’s orphanage. However, we can say that the trio – Neil Peart on drums, Geddy Lee, vocals and bass, and Alex Lifeson, guitar – are certainly professional, like a team of frogmen who possess an exquisite mastery of technical matters. First, there’s the overwhelming bass line, always present, steering the electronic carnage that makes up the bulk of the band’s albums, like Hemispheres and 2112, this way and that. Then there’s the dentist drill voice of Lee, which after not all that many songs becomes a deft instrument of torture for the listener. It’s a voice that begins immediately at the level of pain and, miraculously, and very unfortunately, proceeds to a higher plane. Finally, there’s the drum work of Peart, the frightful heartbeat, the rhythm of doom. Other ingredients of the Rush assault include a mind-bending sound system, full of hysterical – and meaningless – distortions, a perfectly synchronized light show, and the band’s weird philosophical stance of intellectually primitive conservatism. Much of what the band does – such as The Spirit of Radio, a new song they introduced to their fans last night – is wildly exciting. But the other material is pointless electronic overkill of the highest order.

Unanimous so far! Are we going to get that one HOF voter who refuses to vote in babe Ruth just to be different?

Ha ha so late 70's early 80's! The drum set with the 3 floor toms and gong etc - a little overkill for that band, but that is what drums were back then - the more and bigger, the better. Funny story that I think I have told before here. I used to go down to Sam the Recordman in downtown Toronto, every Saturday when I was a teenager. I would peruse the latest releases. They got to know me as a regular. One Saturday I was talking to one of the employees, and asked what he would recommend. He gave me two suggestions which I bought. One was the Baby's first album and one was another new first release which kind of stole the Baby's thunder immediately upon listening to both....Van Halen's debut!

I picked up a bunch at Henderson Brewery this morning. I will leave my review once I taste test.

I am amazed that Earl stayed away for this long, being one of the most prolific posters in Rush Forum history! Happy birthday wherever you are!

Hope you had a great one!

Wow this is a long thread. You must be popular Blueschica! I hope you had a fantastic birthday!

You think the Cowboys will be beating them that badly by half time?

Don't get a glossy finish hardwood floor!!! You will regret it - it never looks clean.

Happy Anniversary!!

Happy Anniversary!!

Happy Birthday Alex and thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Happy birthday Goose!!

this says it all https://www.theringer.com/2021/8/24/22640257/charlie-watts-rolling-stones-obituary