Margana

I agree with a lot of the choices here, Hallow'een, Alien and Poltergeist as being scary. The first scary film I remember seeing on TV was the original Pyscho while the first I saw at the cinema was a 60's "Curse of the Werewolf" starring Oliver Reed. Of more recent times the two that stand out and I would recommend them are Amityville (when you consider that it was based on a true story) and my all time favourite - The Shining. There are a couple of scenes that even though I know what is going to happen, the hairs on my neck still stand up (where the two girls appear in the games room and in the corridor). Its one of the few films where I noticed the photography and setting - great big hotel in the mountains.

Impressive list by Rushead666. Since he is a Saxon fan, I'm suprised that he missed "Wheels of Steel" also "Souped up Ford" by Rory Gallagher. Not being picky but surely "The Trooper" by Iron Maiden isn't a car song - its about a battle like the Charge of the Light Brigade!

As someone who is just getting into Dream Theater, I have watched the Score DVD and am suitably impressed. However, could someone tell me (and I hope it is for technical reasons) why Mike Portny has a mirror as part of his kit?

I was loaned a couple of DT CDs a few months ago and thought that they were worth further investigation. I bought the Score DVD and although I have only watched it once, I was impressed with the skill of the players, particularly Portnoy and Petrucci. It is really good to find something new and interesting to listen to. Forget the comparisons with RUSH, just listen to them for what they are

Like most replies here, I liked the more "popular" tunes and last year I bought the CD "10 from 6" which contains all of these tracks but unfortunately doesn't contain "Good loving gone bad". On the subject of front men I was thinking of starting a thread on the subject i.e singers who generally did not play an instrument. Paul Rogers would certainly be a contender - looks, presence and a great voice. Another who springs to mind is Robert Plant for the same reason.

I agree with GW2 on this one. I think the word play in Anagram is brilliant and I recognised some of it in Dog Years, particularly "people look to Sirius (too serious) but although the music is great, the words don't seem to fit or they are sometimes clumsy or contrived (tortoise from Galapagos....) As always, each to their own.

LIke others, I like the music, but the lyrics are really cringeworthy. In fact, I suspect Neil set out to write the worst song possible as a. an experiment b. a filler c. amusement d. he was in a bad mood! I am quite sure he could have written more thought provoking lyrics about dogs.

A guy is shopping in the supermarket and he notices this attractive young blonde waving at him. Puzzled, he approaches her and asks, "Do I know you?" She replies, "I believe that you are the father of one of my children". He is shocked and thinks back to the one and only time that he was unfaithful to his wife. He says "Are you the stripper that I had sex with on the pool table in the back room of a pub after a wild night of drunken debauchery?" She replies "No, I am your son's teacher"

I voted recently in a poll which looked at age and favourite period of RUSH music. I noticed that there were 3 in the >50 bracket just as in this poll. Glad to be one of a rare breed.

"We are immortal, for a limited time" from Dreamline. This sums up a lot of RUSH type lyrics - profound and in some ways contradictory.

QUOTE (dakota2112 @ Jun 17 2005, 01:20 PM) QUOTE (Margana @ Jun 17 2005, 12:53 PM)Yes Dakota2112 - I have heard Supper's Ready. I went to a Genesis concert in 1977 on the basis of a review in Sounds magazine which reported that they had the best light show of any group in the world. I had never heard any Genesis songs (to my knowledge) before that and thought "what the hell - if it's a crap concert, I can always leave". I was converted after that. For my birthday later that year, my wife bought me the double live album "Seconds Out". Before all you RUSH fans complain about praising Genesis on a RUSH site, the above album contains some Xanadu / Jacob's Ladder type songs (prog rock, I suppose) and is worth a listen but the real treat is for Neil Peart / drumming fans (like myself) is hearing two drummers (Chester Thompson / Phil Collins) play on "Dance on a Volcano / Los Endos". It was awesome in concert. Excellent, a fellow Genesis fan I can't remember the exact timeline... was Peter Gabriel still with the band in 1977 when you saw them? I'm thinking Phil had taken over vocals by that point. Either way, you should consider yourself lucky to have seen Genesis in their prime years! I envy you. Yes, Peter Gabriel had just left and the tour was to promote the Wind and Wuthering album.

Yes Dakota2112 - I have heard Supper's Ready. I went to a Genesis concert in 1977 on the basis of a review in Sounds magazine which reported that they had the best light show of any group in the world. I had never heard any Genesis songs (to my knowledge) before that and thought "what the hell - if it's a crap concert, I can always leave". I was converted after that. For my birthday later that year, my wife bought me the double live album "Seconds Out". Before all you RUSH fans complain about praising Genesis on a RUSH site, the above album contains some Xanadu / Jacob's Ladder type songs (prog rock, I suppose) and is worth a listen but the real treat is for Neil Peart / drumming fans (like myself) is hearing two drummers (Chester Thompson / Phil Collins) play on "Dance on a Volcano / Los Endos". It was awesome in concert.

Like all RUSH fans there are lots of bits I like. Most of mine tend to be percussion and a few that spring to mind are The cow bells on Big Money In Dreamline during the great guitar solo, Neil uses the high hat four times but you have to listen carefully After the singing starts in 2112, Neil does a fill around the drum kit and reverses this fill at the end of the chorus or section I love the bass solo towards the end of Closer to the Heart on the live versions SOH and GUP Strange little percussion sound ocurs once in the middle of Xanadu (Marimba?) The best part though is listening to a RUSH song that you have heard hundreds of times and discovering something new!