GeminiRising79

To one, one too..

QUOTE (ReflectedLight @ Jan 31 2010, 12:49 PM) QUOTE (troutman @ Jan 31 2010, 12:46 PM) Well, there are many. But my favorite has alway's been. Making Memories! love that tune. alex doing some slide guitar. Haha. I have that playing right this moment.

Thanks for your posts everyone. When I say "Smart" I mean in the sense of Rush making intelligent, level-headed decisions throughout their career (versus others who've made emotional and/or drug-fueled decisions). I'm sure they've made some regrettable choices along the way, but nothing that would jeopardize the integrity or stability of the band. And, yes. I did inadvertently leave out "classy" to describe them as well. Despite the Rush guys not having a complete HS education and beyond, I found their material very gratifying, intellectually, when I was in college in the 80's. This is what attracted me to Rush from the get-go. And btw, there are countless #s of college/HS drop-outs who are fabulously successful...Bill Gates for one!

FOH- Surely the dumbest post I've seen in a while. Congrats.

I can truly say it is without bias that I nominate the Rush guys as the smartest band in the history of Rock. Not only have they avoided the numerous and gravitationally-spectacular pitfalls that the vast majority of bands have succumbed to, but they've managed to keep a relatively level head through the whole maddening process of becoming and continuing on through the decades as a rock band. Avoiding gluttony and wretched excess is a extremely tough thing for anyone to do-- and they kept true to their character despite it being in front of them constantly. They've amazingly managed to keep their egos in check and seem to be genuinely nice people, by and large. They've also managed their wealth very nicely through the years (unlike everyone else who have really just pissed away their fortunes). Another notable is that the Rush guys have also avoided the excessive use of drugs and drinking(same) which have destroyed lives and the cohesiveness of many other bands. I'm sure there are things I'm missing here and there, and if so please feel free to add.

QUOTE (jnoble @ Aug 21 2009, 08:55 PM) QUOTE (GeminiRising79 @ Aug 20 2009, 06:15 PM) I could never see a Rush tribute band. The NP air drummers are a pathetic enough site, but seeing a few guys pretending to be Rush makes me want to hurl with embarrassment for them. Its the same feeling I have whenever I hear or see a video of Coldplay (who are nothing more than a U2 tribute band) You would like Power Windows, assuming they ever gig out again They don't try to look like the real band (the keyboardist wears an african type hat like Neil does but that's it) and the singer hits the notes without sounding like he's trying too hard to imitate Geddy Lee. Plus they seemed to always shake up the set list and they play with so much energy and power that they make it look so fun and easy. The guitarist has good stage presence too. But yeah, many of the others do have shitty singers and/or just come across like dorks. I'm sure some are good, but I'm not a big fan of watching adults emulate other adults.

I could never see a Rush tribute band. The NP air drummers are a pathetic enough site, but seeing a few guys pretending to be Rush makes me want to hurl with embarrassment for them. Its the same feeling I have whenever I hear or see a video of Coldplay (who are nothing more than a U2 tribute band)

Some of you are really scraping the bottom of the bowl for things to post about. This, then the KC and the Sunshine band post? Are you guys on drugs, FFS?

QUOTE (SiriusRushFan @ Dec 20 2008, 08:52 PM) QUOTE GeminiRising79,Dec 17 2008, 08:49 PM] Part Two: The next day (second concert date at the Capital Centre, MP tour May 1981) me and a couple guys went to the Capital Centre in the early afternoon to see if we could catch Alex and friends going into the venue before concert time. Dude! I was there on the second day too! First post I have seen on here that someone on TRF was at the old Cap Centre in Maryland doing the MP tour in '81. My first tour! Check my profile out on the best show. And hey, check my old story out below... I was a fan from the 70's but like I said, didn't see them until MP in '81. Well, I got into them from a friend who loaned me a couple albums. Got off on them bigtime, thought they were the best thing ever, and then I came across A Farewell To Kings. I was amazed. CygnusX1 was a trip. Then, I heard the title track and get this, I started thinking, "A Farewell to Kings? Wait, hold on here a sec. To me back then, they were the Kings of Rock. But, are they giving it up for good now? Is this their last album? Forever? No more RUSH? NOOOOO!!!" LOL I know man, how f*cking goofy was that!?!? lol I was worried like hell for months that they were calling it quits, thought that A Farewell To Kings was indeed their 'farewell' album lol, until I finally saw that they were coming out with their next album. I was sooo relieved. Been rocking my ass off ever since, and loving it! Amazing. Small world, no? How fast time goes..27 years already. Seems like a dream. Too bad they did away with the capital centre http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/tours/81may16_ticket.jpg

QUOTE (Clue69Less @ Dec 20 2008, 02:50 AM) QUOTE (GeminiRising79 @ Dec 20 2008, 01:06 AM) QUOTE (Clue69Less @ Dec 19 2008, 11:36 PM) QUOTE (Geddy1001 @ Dec 18 2008, 12:02 PM) These days you only get good tickets if you are rich and that really SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm not rich but we got great seats for the '08 Red Rocks show. I sold off $500 worth of my climbing/mountaineering gear and bought two row 9 seats with the bucks. It was worth it. Not if you're plummeting to earth by virtue of cheap rock climbing equipment That's not a problem. I used to teach climbing and had extra gear. I also had two big wall gear racks. I still have adequate gear for big routes. That's good. Ever thought of carrying a parachute?

QUOTE (Clue69Less @ Dec 19 2008, 11:36 PM) QUOTE (Geddy1001 @ Dec 18 2008, 12:02 PM) These days you only get good tickets if you are rich and that really SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm not rich but we got great seats for the '08 Red Rocks show. I sold off $500 worth of my climbing/mountaineering gear and bought two row 9 seats with the bucks. It was worth it. Not if you're plummeting to earth by virtue of cheap rock climbing equipment

QUOTE (different strings @ Dec 16 2008, 05:19 AM) QUOTE (GeminiRising79 @ Dec 16 2008, 03:39 PM) I remember my 1st Rush concert, Moving Pictures at age 18. What an experience. After the first show (of two), me and some guys followed Rush's limo after the concert. One guy had a camera with only a flash(lol) and proceeded to continue flashing the back of the limo on the way to the Watergate hotel in DC, just to make them think we were totally crazy about them(Crazy, but not totally). When we arrived at the hotel, we were blocked from following them to the back door, but they let us in after some guy yelled "Is this what we get for dedication"(I cringed big time when he yelled this). There we were- Me and three other guys standing right there with Geddy, Neil, and Alex at the small back entrance. It was surreal. They were standing there actually waiting for US. Just us guys and the boys right there, no-one else. I was in shock.. there was my idol Alex standing just three feet in front of me. My vocal chords were nearly paralyzed as I asked if I could shake his hand. He said "sure!". I was shaking and probably as pale as a ghost. They were the nicest guys, I'll never forget that. I left stunned and feeling completely spent from the adrenaline overload. It was an experience I'll never forget and laugh about to myself once in a long while. What you think of when you're just a kid, lmao.. Wow , what a great post and experience. Thanks Different Strings Part Two: The next day (second concert date at the Capital Centre, MP tour May 1981) me and a couple guys went to the Capital Centre in the early afternoon to see if we could catch Alex and friends going into the venue before concert time. Well, amazingly, Alex showed up with his RC airplane to fly around the giant parking lot. There was a small group of about 10 guys watching Alex fly around the airplane. He then got it caught in a big tree and some brave guy actually risked his life to climb the tree to get it. Alex was sort of standing around talking to a couple guys. It was simply amazing to see my idol again standing just a few feet in front of me. Anyway, he decided to leave and started walking to the Capital Centre after his plane was finally retrieved. So their goes Alex walking by himself back to the concert hall. By nature I am not an aggressive person, and back then I was pretty shy, but something overcame my normal nature that urged me to walk up to him. It was absolutely unbelievable for me to be seeing my larger-than-life idol walking away alone. It was really surreal. So there I go, with my Archives album in hand after the lerxster. When I caught up to him I said "Excuse me Mr. Lifeson, could you please sign my Archives album?" He looked a little upset (perhaps from the plane getting stuck in the tree) and said something to the effect that "this really wasn't his work time". He did sign it and continued on. I felt guilty that I had inconvenienced him (By the way, I still have that signed Archives album somewhere!). Later on, before the concert started, I was talking with Howard Ungerleider and Rory Gallagher outside the back door. Both of them were really nice guys. It was great to meet them. Howard gave me floor seats to the show about at the 15th row. It was a tremendous time, but I was exhausted from all the excitement. Great memories

I remember my 1st Rush concert, Moving Pictures at age 18. What an experience. After the first show (of two), me and some guys followed Rush's limo after the concert. One guy had a camera with only a flash(lol) and proceeded to continue flashing the back of the limo on the way to the Watergate hotel in DC, just to make them think we were totally crazy about them(Crazy, but not totally). When we arrived at the hotel, we were blocked from following them to the back door, but they let us in after some guy yelled "Is this what we get for dedication"(I cringed big time when he yelled this). There we were- Me and three other guys standing right there with Geddy, Neil, and Alex at the small back entrance. It was surreal. They were standing there actually waiting for US. Just us guys and the boys right there, no-one else. I was in shock.. there was my idol Alex standing just three feet in front of me. My vocal chords were nearly paralyzed as I asked if I could shake his hand. He said "sure!". I was shaking and probably as pale as a ghost. They were the nicest guys, I'll never forget that. I left stunned and feeling completely spent from the adrenaline overload. It was an experience I'll never forget and laugh about to myself once in a long while. What you think of when you're just a kid, lmao..

QUOTE (liddybuck01 @ Dec 14 2008, 07:07 AM) i hope you realize how lucky you are to have grown up with Rush. i would kill to have been around for each new album release as some as you were, and to go to each tour that went with it. i honestly can't imagine what it would've been like opening a brand new Rush album and putting it on for the first time to hear what they came up with this time. paying, what, about $10 to go see them play a show, which we now know were some of their best. i just can't fathom how awesome it must've been. being only 21(22 in like, 3 days!) and just becoming a fan, sadly, right after S&A was released, i've not experinced that Rush rush yet. i saw them in June but i'm sure it's no comparison to what they were doing 30 years ago. so i just wanted to say that and hope that you appreciate being old! i wish i had a Delorian... Hi Liddy. I was first exposed to Rush in HS with ATWAS. It was the sweet zone for Rush music. Everything up to and including Moving Pictures was simply epic, imo. I really don't think it could have gotten much better, quite like the having planets being perfectly aligned. Just get yourself the old albums and look at the covers while listening, like everyone used to do back then. That will give you a feel for how things looked and felt. You can even find tons of photos here on the net. Just fire up an old Rush cd(not a bong, lol) and look at the older photos. I have such amazing memories of Rush back then and the things I were doing at that time. Have fun..

QUOTE (Janie @ Dec 11 2008, 10:19 AM) You know I saved the best for last. You know which picture I'm talking about! http://i378.photobucket.com/albums/oo228/LifesonPics/2506AA.jpg You can see his cock and balls quite distinctly here

QUOTE (edgyspice @ May 19 2008, 10:30 PM) Oh, I get it. You're Bill O'Reilly. Tell me, Bill-- how does this picture make you feel? http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/edgyspice/YoungHotAlex.jpg Don't hold back, now. I hate Bill O'Reilly- Now I'm offended!! Yes, that's the young hot Alex Lifeson. My biggest idol in the circum-1980 period. Will someone please tell me who the semi-famous drummer is that Neil scorned in this thread? Thanks. And I won't continue my rant against NP anymore.

I'm tempted to spit on him if I ever we cross paths, but I won't because of the contributions he made up to the late 80's. Neil really ought to move to France, join a nouveau elitist French socialist subculture that meets in cafes where they nibble on french bread and Tomme' vert cheese, sipping bordeaux wine, smoking their Gitanes cigarettes while venomously criticising and trivializing everything that isn't in their shitty little circle. That's how I envision Neil Peart & his mentality.

QUOTE (Marathonist @ May 19 2008, 08:01 AM)QUOTE (GeminiRising79 @ May 18 2008, 11:13 PM) QUOTE (edgyspice @ May 15 2008, 11:29 AM) Swell, another "Neil is a dick" thread. These NEVER get old! Neil is the reason I will never purchase anything that he or Rush profits from. Neil wouldn't have made his successes without his fans. He does owe fans some sort of acknowledgment when they greet him, even if its just a nice gesture like a wink or nod. He's damned lucky that John Rutsey (RIP) departed the band when he did, otherwise he'd still be driving around that piece of shit with his drumkit in the trunk. I don't understand why so many people think that Neil (and the other 2 members of Rush, for that matter) "owes all of his successes to his fans" and "we made them what they are." We did not. They've worked their asses off to produce a catalogue of work that is true to them. There happens to be a significant number of people to whom their music, and Neil's drumming, appeals. We CHOOSE to buy the work because we LIKE it. The band makes something that we, the fans, want, and in turn we give them money for copies of their work. It is the same with any other "leisure" or "entertainment" product. No one NEEDS a PS3 or an X-Box, or a Wii. The manufacturers came up with a product, put it on the market, and enough people found it compelling enough to make the manufacturers wealthy. Granted, there are exceptions to this . . . some "artists" have profited not so much from hard work and talent as from brilliant marketing campaigns. But they generally burn out pretty quickly. And Rush have never been very forwardly marketed, which impresses me all the more. On the flip side, when a band fails to make it commercially, no one accuses the music-buying public of "destroying" them and causing them to be big failures. Well, if they all lived on an undiscovered, remote island and busted their asses to make great music, where would they be then? On that same island climbing coconut trees looking for dinner. And another thing- There is an astounding and countless number of "commoners" (as Neil would have it) that have helped Rush and Neil get where they are in the world. In fact they would have never made it without the help of "nonessentials" since the beginning of Rush. If Neil's smart enough, he'll realize this and be nice to the happy, admiring fans that think the world of him. I, too, was once an introverted, snobby person who didn't want to deal with anyone, but it dawned on me one day that life's too short to be shitty to people and I shouldn't take myself too seriously . As individuals, we are all of the same, but we grew up in wildly different circumstances and varying (or no) amounts of "luck" along the way.

QUOTE (Merely Space @ May 19 2008, 07:41 AM) QUOTE (GeminiRising79 @ May 18 2008, 11:13 PM) Neil is the reason I will never purchase anything that he or Rush profits from. It's a well known fact that every post you make on this forum puts a nickle in Neil's pocket. Damn it!

QUOTE (invisibleairwaves @ May 19 2008, 04:01 AM) QUOTE (1-0-0-1-0-0-1 @ May 18 2008, 10:57 PM) QUOTE (GeminiRising79 @ May 19 2008, 12:13 AM) Neil is the reason I will never purchase anything that he or Rush profits from. Neil wouldn't have made his successes without his fans. He does owe fans some sort of acknowledgment when they greet him, even if its just a nice gesture like a wink or nod. He's damned lucky that John Rutsey (RIP) departed the band when he did, otherwise he'd still be driving around that piece of shit with his drumkit in the trunk. Why are you here? [oblig]Because he's here.[/oblig] You beat me to it The Rush I love is the Rush of the past, that's why I come around.

QUOTE (edgyspice @ May 15 2008, 11:29 AM) Swell, another "Neil is a dick" thread. These NEVER get old! Neil is the reason I will never purchase anything that he or Rush profits from. Neil wouldn't have made his successes without his fans. He does owe fans some sort of acknowledgment when they greet him, even if its just a nice gesture like a wink or nod. He's damned lucky that John Rutsey (RIP) departed the band when he did, otherwise he'd still be driving around that piece of shit with his drumkit in the trunk.

QUOTE (MacBob @ Apr 14 2008, 01:52 PM) QUOTE (GeminiRising79 @ Apr 14 2008, 10:56 AM) Dum-dums... I have never made an assumption here. "I know of many people who did this (and would NEVER admit to it). I am not speaking for myself since I was a kid" Your words, not mine or anyone elses. Since no one ever admitted this to you this is an assumption. The others are right though, keep going, this is comedy gold. Its still not an assumption you silly pseudo-intellect.

Dum-dums... I have never made an assumption here.

Bob- Your logic has failed you again...and you look foolish despite your effort to look otherwise. Don't make assumptions about other's personal life experiences otherwise you risk looking less than intelligent.

QUOTE (ILSnwdog @ Apr 8 2008, 12:23 PM) We know which way Neils fence swings...He says so in Nobody's Hero. "I went to his party as a straight minority". So, there you have it. Maybe he is reformed. A lot of people who did the bisexual thing in the drug-infested disco/glam age have reverted back to being straight. I know of many people who did this (and would NEVER admit to it). I am not speaking for myself since I was a kid during those times