Anthemic

good god, WHY?!?

I'd be more than happy if they worked with another drummer, called the project something else, and worked with Brown for even a one-off EP. No way... No Neil, No Rush!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH! geddy and alex should never work again now that neil doesn't want to! how dare anyone even think of it! geddy and alex have to be RUSH and if they can't be RUSH they can't be anything! hell they probably shouldn't even hang out together because then they might jam and that would be too close to RUSH! jeez people have some respect for the greatest drummer of all time and the band he was the only member of who mattered!

Disembodied Spirit, with all due respect to you, would you please show a little respect...people are more than a little saddened by this loss and you making "jokes" isn't really appropriate...thank you, I appreciate it. In order to maintain some level of decorum, I'll only say, you've got to be kidding me. I'll bet no one here knew Prince personally. No one here knows any of his family. No one here is going to his funeral. If a joke is harming your delicate psyche, seek help. People deal with death in different ways. A joke is a great way to bring some people back to reality when they are so absorbed in an event that really has nothing to do with any of us. In other words, get over yourself. ReGorLaTroy is the epitome of class on this forum, and you have a long way to go So ... Mr Mao Zedong, I am sure you can understand when I say: 他妈的关闭 Ahh, so solly. Me no speak Chinese. Classy. Crassy* ;) I was once run over by Toyota. Ohhhhh what a feeling. you asked for it, you got it!

If I squint and mentally superimpose the Starchild face paint, I believe Bea Arthur could pass as Paul. http://www.kissarmy.sk/FanclubSlovakia/fotky/Paul%202006.jpg i think she looks more like gene! http://www.necramonium.com/photos/-Rare-Gene-Simmons-Pict/Gene85.4.jpg

Which is what exactly? Musicians can vary in their determination to keep going. It's easier for Geddy (and/or Alex) to keep going than it is for Neil since playing drums is more of an "all over body" workout than playing a guitar/bass. exactly. that age in and of itself doesn't dictate whether someone wants to quit! i love it when people pay attention to what they're replying to! or was it my fault for not using the quote chain doohhh

neil is less than a year older than geddy, the point is still the same.

I think he was more or less just parroting Ray Daniel's opinions. Ray's just annoyed thinking about all the $$$ lost. I find it amusing that someone like him - a wheeler and a dealer if there ever was one - should suddenly get moral. What Ray fails to realize because its his job to protect his and the bands bottom lines is that being ripped off is up to the consumer with regard to recording quality. In the absence of a live album people were happy to pay for an audience recording (and just look at what the Dead and Pearl Jam have done with that) to get more and different live recordings (I even remember Vapor Trails tour boots). To dismiss them as crap is too much, yes they are not professional recordings, but if not, then why are people buying them? Ray says what Ray has to say, but some of it is just obviously support for his industry, especially because many in that industry are becoming wholly irrelevant now. this interview may or may not still reflect how ray danniels feels, but some things are different now. someone said earlier this interview was from the spring of 80. back then audience recordings WERE crap, and the music industry was still powerful.

He KNEW it was coming - there was no betrayal. Granted, he heard about it in a round about way, but that doesn't excuse his dictating the number of shows and totally dissing the overseas fans in the process. Heheheh, so you're convinced of that, huh? Then please allow me to introduce you to the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, and the Lock Ness Monster! :D You do know that the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, The "Loch" Ness monster and Neil have never been seen at the same place at the same time. Coincidence? I think not. If he was officially finished...there would be no reason for Neil not to come out and say "Geddy and Alex can do what they want with my blessing, but I'm finished!!!". It's possible that he wanted to give some time to see how he feels and will make an announcement then, but the longer it goes, the better the vibes I get. either that or he just doesn't think he owes anyone any explanations. that whole "my daughter says i'm retired" thing was passive-aggressiveness at its finest!

chuck is not really all that honest. he might not lie outright but he's devious as f**k. he lies by omission and in his own way is just as much of a con man as jimmy. chuck is not actually a 'good' guy. he might be upstanding and respectable but he'll stab you in the back in a hot minute if it suits him. and jimmy is dishonest but is not evil, he is loyal almost to a fault to his own people. you can't put these characters into a simple scheme of 'good' and 'bad.' the moral complexity makes this show so fascinating.

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about ten years ago i heard an interview with geddy where he said that as a band they were driven by the feeling that they'd done some pretty good albums but that they still hadn't done their best work, and still hoped to. regardless of what anyone might think about when they peaked creatively, that's a fantastic attitude that i have always admired.

As a musician you should always strive to be the best you can be on your instrument. Ultimately they play for their own enjoyment, and if others like it that's great. That doesn't necessarily mean you can write good songs. Songwriting and technical proficiency are two different things. ha, much better answer than mine :goodone:

so what, you should just go die after you reach some theoretical creative peak that you don't even know you've reached until years later when a bunch of overly critical fans decide you did? also, geddy was never the world's greatest singer but overall journey's best material barely touches rush's worst.

Ged, you're gettin old! "I think we played 2112 in its entirety on the R30 tour" :laughing guy: they don't care about those kinds of details the way fans do.

they won't call it dirxst if they know what that really refers to!

fair

Like, technically or the will to actually do it? I'm sure they had no problems making fun of their own material as they often do anyway You can be the captain, but to my captain, you're no captain! Don't you think it was hard for Geddy to sing a song in an accent? He's quite good no matter what accent he chooses to imitate. I called him a performer the other day, and this is part of the reason why I call him that. He's just a multi-talented man. I don't know. He's brilliant at that Yiddish/Eastern European type accent. His Scottish one is also funny...what's THAT smell? he just imitates his mother!

well thank goodness they do what they want and not what you want

"when he discovered conditoner" BAHAHAHAHA

aaaaaaaaaand /thread!

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the diet-wreckers!