GeddysMullet

 

I grieve our loss and yet I am thankful that our friend is no longer in pain. May she rest in eternal peace.

Is anyone actually surprised by this?

Very much appreciate your hard work in keeping this community up and running, 73!

Thanks for the birthday wishes, friends :) It was a good day!

Yeah most of the same shit plus a ton of other shit!

 

This is true of me, too. Although, interestingly, the band I disliked the most when I was 14 is now the love of my musical life. Yes, that's right! I hated :rush: when I was a teenager!

Haven't really heard much Triumph but I get the feeling it's guitarist Rik Emmett's baby primarily.

If so, comparing with Rush being a collective creative force for the most part, does that suggest where the main difference is?

Seen the odd youtube thing where Rik Em duets with other guitarists like Steve Morse on classical or other things. He's obviously a talented player.

But just wondering if Triumph is one-step away from a solo-ish thing. Maybe the other band members would disagree!

 

If I recall correctly, there was a lot of contentiousness in the band because Emmett was, or was perceived to be, on a different level talent-wise than the others.

In my house we call that a Rush forecast :lol:

Comfort and emotional peace and acceptance be with you...

 

This is so beautifully said. laughedatbytime, thank you for giving it words. :hug2:

Lorraine, thank you for making the effort to come here and post. Thinking of you and sending much love :hug2:

CA is in my top 5, hell maybe even top 3. Love the album to death. What a way to go out for this legendary band.

 

This is how I feel. I can never do definitive "Top Whatever" album rankings, but Clockwork Angels is way up there for me. So is the 2013 version of Vapour Trails. Both very meaningful to me, and rewarding to listen to from start to finish as whole albums. There are a lot of Rush albums that I love to pieces but don't feel that way about.

Wow, thank you for that! Sad and beautiful

I miss electromechanicals. They were so much more elegant.

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Thoughts and prayers for you today and every day, dear Lorraine :hug2:

Sending love and good thoughts to you, dear Lorraine :hug2:

I love how Geddy couldn't keep a straight face when he quoted Working Man :lol:

She was gonna make a profit of nine dollars and thirty cents selling something Clapton's never sold himself anyway. It's a bootleg in the first place. Sure you played the notes man, but you didn't make that recording or pay anyone to make it for you. Why be so concerned with someone trying to offload it at a fair price? You already played that show, you can't get it back.

 

This debacle has made me realize that artists have no ground to stand on when it comes to bootleg policing. It's far wiser to let the bootleggers do their thing so more people will know how awesome you are live, then they'll buy tickets to your show and t-shirts at the venue (much more valuable, expensive items than bootleg CDs). Heck, you could even tape your live show yourself for anyone who wants a real pro-quality, official recording, and sell it like you would any other album. It can only help boost ticket and march sales, and that's where you're going to be making money anyway, not from CD sales. I believe music has value, and you should have to pay money to own a musical recording, but I don't believe it's the musician's right to request payment for bootleg live shows from decades ago put up for sale on E-bay.

 

The issue isn't really about whether the artist gets paid for the show that was recorded. The issue is payment for the commercial use of a song he or she or they wrote. Billy Squier is one of the most financially successful recording artists ever, not because of record sales or concert receipts, but because one of his songs was so widely used in sampling by rap artists. If you watch the excellent Go-Gos documentary, Jane Wiedlin talks about how important it was that their relatively inexperienced manager knew enough to hold onto their publishing rights to We Got the Beat. Don't get me wrong, I love bootlegs myself, but I can see why artists don't.

 

I'm not a guitarist myself, and I don't get the Clapton love, but EVH worshipped him (even though Clapton was a jerk to Eddie). I always just assume that there's something about his playing that I just don't see.

 

He married George's ex-wife, which was a scumbag move IMO. As far as his politics may go, there are a lot of artists I love whose opinions on politics I don't share. I never let that influence my feelings about their music.

 

But in the cases of both Billy Squire and the Go-Go's those are recordings they made themselves that got sampled and used in commercials. Not bootlegs someone took of the artists at a live show. I don't think it's really comparable. Sure you may have written the song, but someone's going to play it for someone else who hasn't heard it at some point, and that person's not going to go and buy tickets to see your show or their own copy if you slap a lawsuit on them. I understand music copyright law is tricky though, but it also just seems way simpler to let the bootleggers be. They aren't causing any real harm. Not like Spotify is.

 

Of course it's the same, just not on the same scale as Spotify or Apple Music. But the concept is exactly the same. The woman is selling Clapton's songs, which is what the buyer is paying for, without receiving licensing permission from him. If I write a song, and copyright it, you can't use it for any commercial purpose unless you get my permission. If the bootleggers want to share the music, that's one thing. If they want to sell it, that's another.

 

Well even if it is the same (which I disagree with, but I guess that's a personal opinion), going after bootleggers still seems pointless to me. And mean.

 

I agree that it's punching down. What he did is obviously legal (he did, after all, win a lawsuit) but that's not the same as "right."

 

Clapton could have simply had the eBay listing removed and merely threatened her with legal action should he find her listing it again. That would have gotten the message across. Also, you have to figure she didn't know that it's bad form to sell concert bootlegs.

 

Yes - this would have solved the problem without being a total c=nt.

 

This is the guy who told the world in his autobiography that he only married his ex-wife (you know, the one who he seduced when she was still married to his best friend, after telling her that if she didn't go with him he would intentionally become a heroin addict) to distract media attention away from his arrest for drunk driving. I expect that being a total c*** was pretty much the point of the lawsuit.

I read both his autobiography, and Patti Boyd’s. Between those two books, an excellent well-rounded portrait emerges of just what a nasty piece of work the guy is.

These polls aren't predictable or anything :lol:

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OK, it's TRF! :D You know someone has to put this up, even though it is a word. I do believe it is one of the greatest screams, word or no word. :wub: (Rush playing at the Agora in Cleveland, August, 1974. Live version of In The End.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wxMMml5gqc

 

I came across this while searching for an old post, and had to bump it because it is GLORIOUS :wub:

A true original. :rose: This one really hurts :(

I adore the Who, like some of their new material and have loved every minute of the two gigs I've been to in the past 10 years but at this point the Who are very much a Who tribute act featuring Pete and Roger.

That's really beautiful. I'm assuming you took these pictures yourself?

 

I took some last minute ones on the dying vines. Some of them came out very nice. I've been busy drying out the seeds and give them to others who live here, and to just some friends who might want to plant a sunflower for me next Spring.

 

All the flower pictures I post are taken by either myself or my husband in our pollinator gardens, which we like to plant up in all the awkward parts of our property that aren't suitable for veg gardens or more formal landscaping. Growing pollinator-friendly plants has become an important and meaningful part of my year.

 

I didn't get many sunflowers this year but here are some good ones from a few years ago:

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I have already planned a space for sunflowers next year for you :hug2:

 

Is it possible for me to send you the seeds from my sunflowers? The thought came to me today that you might like to plant them. Only questions are: will they think we are sending contraband drugs via the usps and, if not, what would be the best way to pack them up for you? I know they are going to ask what's in the package. Maybe my age is an asset as I smile sweetly and say, "Sunflower seeds!! from my garden for my friend to plant in her garden"

 

What do you think?

 

Lorraine, I have sent seeds through the mail many times, so I wouldn’t think it would be a problem. If you want to send me some and are comfortable with it, I’d welcome them! Either way, there will definitely be sunflowers at my house :hug2:

Tell me how best to send them and I will do it.

 

The worst that can happen is that the feds will descend upon this place to arrest a woman dying from cancer for sending sunflower seeds to a friend.

 

Put the seeds into a paper envelope and then send that in a padded mailer. It really shouldn’t be a problem.

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That's really beautiful. I'm assuming you took these pictures yourself?

 

I took some last minute ones on the dying vines. Some of them came out very nice. I've been busy drying out the seeds and give them to others who live here, and to just some friends who might want to plant a sunflower for me next Spring.

 

All the flower pictures I post are taken by either myself or my husband in our pollinator gardens, which we like to plant up in all the awkward parts of our property that aren't suitable for veg gardens or more formal landscaping. Growing pollinator-friendly plants has become an important and meaningful part of my year.

 

I didn't get many sunflowers this year but here are some good ones from a few years ago:

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I have already planned a space for sunflowers next year for you :hug2:

 

Is it possible for me to send you the seeds from my sunflowers? The thought came to me today that you might like to plant them. Only questions are: will they think we are sending contraband drugs via the usps and, if not, what would be the best way to pack them up for you? I know they are going to ask what's in the package. Maybe my age is an asset as I smile sweetly and say, "Sunflower seeds!! from my garden for my friend to plant in her garden"

 

What do you think?

 

Lorraine, I have sent seeds through the mail many times, so I wouldn’t think it would be a problem. If you want to send me some and are comfortable with it, I’d welcome them! Either way, there will definitely be sunflowers at my house :hug2: