briremo

although this tour had some dud songs, this tour was ELECTRIC! the encore is worth the price of the DVD alone. so is all of MP

QUOTE (WorkingMan2112 @ Jan 6 2011, 03:01 PM) This past fall was my first RUSH show and went because I got my dad tickets for Father's Day. At the concert I immediately realized I could listen to this band for now on and hope to expand my collection of their CD's soon. I'm a younger fan and also a new member here but I am kind of disappointed because I was looking forward to this CD coming out. Good on ya buddy!

Seriously Steve? You think after just 40 US tour dates they'd just bag the whole MP tour and start fresh? It's one of the best stage shows and productions they've done in years, or ever, and you're surprised they're gonna stick with it? They did Snakes and Arrows for two years also...

I'm psyched as is the whole family. Granted it's not LOST or even near it but it has some interesting metaphors in the story line. I LOVE the whole immigration and health care thing that permeates the show and the cautionary tale that nothing is free.

QUOTE (Presto_a RUSH fan_06-08-90 @ Jan 1 2011, 07:11 AM) QUOTE (briremo @ Dec 31 2010, 09:04 PM) I'm gonna agree with everyone here. The guy has serious chops. I put him up there with Gary Oldman. The Score was the DeNiro film right? And Primal Fear was the Vatican thing I think...hmmm off to IMDB Yep, "The Score" had DeNiro. Such a great movie, and unbelievably DeNiro is upstaged by Norton. Here is the IMDB plot summary for "Primal Fear". If you haven't seen it this doesn't have any spoilers. I guarantee if you like a good suspenseful drama, you will LOVE "Primal Fear". Richard Gere plays opposite Norton. Primal Fear Courtroom thriller about a slick, hotshot lawyer who takes the seemingly unwinnable case of a young altar boy accused of murdering an eminent catholic priest. An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not have been a "third person" in the room during the murder. The intensity builds when a surprise twist alters everyone's perception of the crime and what really happened. Yep, I've seen that, that's what I meant about the vatican; Foggy Memory That was a great flick!

QUOTE (KenJennings @ Jan 2 2011, 11:47 PM) QUOTE (briremo @ Jan 2 2011, 09:53 PM) QUOTE (KenJennings @ Jan 2 2011, 04:40 AM) I got Inception and The A Team on Blu Ray for Christmas, and I have to say, I actually enjoyed the A Team a lot more. While this was my second time seeing Inception, I found myself EXTREMELY disappointed on my second viewing. I caught nothing new, and I found no deeper meaning than what was obvious on the first viewing. Maybe I just don't get it, but Inception was really a let down after the hype leading up to it. A Team, on the other hand, was fun as hell. LOl! Surprising to hear this from you in some ways. From most of your posts Ive read, I presumed a more intellectually challenging display to be up your alley. Although I haven't seen The A-Team, I've heard it is fun and I'm sure 90 minutes of explosions will get me off as well. But I found Inception to be really enveloping and I just love a flick that begs you to listen and think a bit. I doubt Barachus and the boyZ will require too much of that. Hey, I love Stone Crab and Cheese-doodles. But not together. The A-Team was certainly no mind-bending brain burner, but the skill in that movie was their trueness to the original form. I really enjoyed seeing the distorted physics of the original (which were due to budget restrictions) re-created with modern big-budget technology- they didn't make the movie look perfect, and the imperfection is there in all the right ways. The feel, the attitude, the cheese, it's all there from the original, and all the parts were cast very well. I enjoyed it thoroughly, and recommend it to anyone else who grew up on Hannibal, Murdock, Baraccas, and Faceman. Inception, while a clever film, just struck me as 'trying to hard'. I understand that the movie is built on several layers of intricacies that tie together very well; but it all seemed so forced. I felt a lack of subtlety and mystique... even though that's what I was told specifically to look forward to. I'm really not trying to knock Inception, because it IS clever, and I did enjoy watching it. I just didn't appreciate everything they tried to do, I felt like it was unnecessarily complicated, and lacked a natural 'flow'. It's like Dream Theater; I love Dream Theater for their technical ability and musicmanship: they're one of my favorite bands. But sometimes Dream Theater's technical touch turns into directionless wankery. That's what Inception felt like; it almost felt like a film maker showing off just to show off. Sometimes you just want something more seemless, more pure of heart... like Porcupine Tree. Do you think maybe you feel this way because they took so much effort to explain everything as they went along? I kind of feel that in a way. I love it when things just unfold in your mind, the director gives you the events, but you figure out the story...what's really going on. Like at the end of American Beauty (SPOILER!) when Spacey dies with a smile on his face. His wife didn't walk in and say "Oh at least you died happy when the guy next door shot you because you finally had a cathartic moment when you realized you love your life and now I'm going to go throw myself into your clothes because I can;t stand the thought of life without you and boy I really f*cked up."?

I'm curious about the opening show in Ft Lauderdale. They finished the US tour in West Palm Beach literally 45 minutes away (with traffic ). So just about any RUSH fan in South Florida from Miami to Orlando went. I'm from Orlando and everyone around us was from Ft Lauderdale and Miami already! I think about 9,000 were there. I don't see any way this one gets anywhere close to selling out! I wanted them to play Jacksonville so all the North Florida and So GA fans could see them. Stupid in my mind.

QUOTE (KenJennings @ Jan 2 2011, 04:40 AM) I got Inception and The A Team on Blu Ray for Christmas, and I have to say, I actually enjoyed the A Team a lot more. While this was my second time seeing Inception, I found myself EXTREMELY disappointed on my second viewing. I caught nothing new, and I found no deeper meaning than what was obvious on the first viewing. Maybe I just don't get it, but Inception was really a let down after the hype leading up to it. A Team, on the other hand, was fun as hell. LOl! Surprising to hear this from you in some ways. From most of your posts Ive read, I presumed a more intellectually challenging display to be up your alley. Although I haven't seen The A-Team, I've heard it is fun and I'm sure 90 minutes of explosions will get me off as well. But I found Inception to be really enveloping and I just love a flick that begs you to listen and think a bit. I doubt Barachus and the boyZ will require too much of that. Hey, I love Stone Crab and Cheese-doodles. But not together.

Sweet, I'll check it out. I do think that BD was a bit polished but EC puts out amazingly clean albums that are very dynamic and I LOVE HIS STUFF. He has a way of making a great sounding record. From the Cradle being one of my favs. Now I need to go stand on my Candlebox soapbox.

QUOTE (The Owl @ Jan 1 2011, 10:44 PM) I have seen this move 3 times now...... This film without a doubt has clinched a spot in my top 10 of all time, If I think about it, perhaps my top 5.... The second of Nolan's flims in my top 10

@ the oaks, thanks for your reply. I think some of your message gets into what I'm trying to say in that he has other albums more rock oriented and Blues Deluxe was his "blues" album. Following the formula. Perhaps it's also because the guy who turmed me onto him praised him as the second coming of SRV and that got my hopes up so high. I do see him as more of a rock guitarist however. I don't mean to detract from his obvious skills. You know as an older guy I have a vision or prejudiced for my blues "Gods" of SRV and EC. I saw his Royal Albert Hall show on Palladia and he looked like he was trying too hard with EC on stage, while EC was like "Go ahead Sonny, ham it up." The sunglasses still irk me. I'll scope out some more of the vids you've posted as well, I'm always on the look out for good tunes and you definately got some up there. Peace!

OK, here's my opine on JB. Something about him makes me think 'canned, polished, country club poser." I'm sorry, but although he's technically good (even great) he just doesn;t light my fire. I had a friend recommend him to me and I bought the Blues Deluxe album. There are some good songs on it, but to me he sat down and said, "Ok, I need one blues tune from each genre (Delta, Chicago, Texas, Swing, etc) and put them all on one record so I can prove I'm a blues man". To me it's uninspired. A collection of check list items. His Aviator sunglasses and Perry Ellis shirts just rub me wrong. SRV. EC. Buddy Guy. Those guys are blues men. Now BCC sounds like something more up his alley. The stuff I've heard sounds good. Look forward to it.

I'm gonna agree with everyone here. The guy has serious chops. I put him up there with Gary Oldman. The Score was the DeNiro film right? And Primal Fear was the Vatican thing I think...hmmm off to IMDB

I think the greatest line in Caddyshack is when Rodney Dangerfield's character is in the clubhouse buying stuff for his guest and picks up that hat and says "Boy, you buy a hat like that and you get a free bowl of soup", then looks at the steaming mad Judge Smells and says "Oh but it looks good on you" and rolls his eyes. classic!

1. All Lord of the Rings 2. Inception 3. Fight Club/MP's Holy Grail (Tie) 4. Forest Gump 5. Appollo 13 IDK, there are so many great movies. Thats what comes to mind right away.

QUOTE (ColdFireYYZ @ Dec 25 2010, 11:04 AM) QUOTE (MCM @ Dec 25 2010, 09:50 AM) For those who may like bluegrass/country: http://thegreatdividemusic.com/ Apparently he's been working on this for years. I'd heard rumors of it for quite awhile, but never thought it would actually come to fruition. Not my favorite genre of music, but will check it our when released. I never really listened to bluegrass, but because its Tommy Shaw, I'll check it out. I listened to snippets of songs on his facebook and it sounded interesting. this sounds fantastic!

QUOTE (bigmoney2112 @ Dec 29 2010, 03:32 AM) QUOTE (briremo @ Dec 28 2010, 12:16 AM) QUOTE (bigmoney2112 @ Dec 25 2010, 06:37 PM) QUOTE (Cowtothesky @ Dec 22 2010, 07:28 PM) Not enough westerns are made anymore. Westerns just aren't that popular any more. A Hughie Thomason fan! I like it! Finally an other person who knows who he is. And you're a New Yorker to boot! Jeez, thought only us rednecks here in the south knew about the Outlawa, one of the greatest guitar bands of all time!

QUOTE (bigmoney2112 @ Dec 25 2010, 06:37 PM) QUOTE (Cowtothesky @ Dec 22 2010, 07:28 PM) Not enough westerns are made anymore. Westerns just aren't that popular any more. A Hughie Thomason fan! I like it!

Just got it on BRD for Christmas and watched it tonight. Still brilliant. Best movie in a long time

Saw TRON today. Some Thoughts; 1. Story was about as uninteresting and undeveloped as anything I've ever seen. 2. Characters equally uninteresting. I only STARTED to care about them in the last 20 minutes. 3. Special Effects and choreography were fairly good to superior but only in very small doses. 4. The chick has the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen. I would not recommend anyone spend $60 for 4 people to see this movie, which is what we paid for IMAX 3D. Sorry, just plain borring

Up in the air over this one. Reviews please.

QUOTE (TheBluePhoenix @ Dec 10 2010, 03:49 PM) All this complaining about concert ticket prices seems really silly to me. The complaining isnt silly. This IS a forum right? Look, a lot of people can't afford the luxury right now and it upsets them because they love the band and want to go. I understand the pain. 3 years ago I easily plunked down $600 for thrid row seats from scalpers cause I could afford it. I don;t have the money now, and it bums me out.

QUOTE (irish_matt @ Dec 9 2010, 10:56 PM) Get some of the $65 tickets and enjoy the show. excellent point. Each of these shows has seats available for lower prices. On the last leg I somehow missed the presale date (and $140 seats) and bought seats further back for $40 ea and had a great time. The good news for the OP is if he's going solo he can prolly get a good seat on regular sale date for $60 or so.

This is the ultimate Top Gear segment. Bugatti at 253mph!

I just logged in at 10:35 and saw plenty of great floor seats