Rush Cocky

QUOTE (Gompers @ Jun 10 2009, 10:44 AM) I would be one. K.......and?

The last album I bought was S&A. The last NON-Rush album I bought was Tool's 10,000 Days. That ought to give you an indication of how selective I can be with my music purchases. In an era where 95% of the music on the local rock station sucks (raise that number to 99.5% if you throw in pop, rap, and R&B), I hardly even bother anymore.

Curious to find out from the 5 who voted "Rush sucks".....what the hell are you doing posting here?

EXCELLENT stuff Presto-digitation!!! I enjoyed reading your "novella" post to start this thread. You should write for a magazine, that was an outstanding piece. I, too, was 8 years old when Star Wars came out. I was excited! I finally got to see it, and let's just say that it took movies to a whole new level for me. As a kid, I marveled at the action, the action and the action. Naturally, shortly thereafter, I got the action figures! ALL of them. I also got trading cards that they used to sell in packs at the local mini-mart, and I even persuaded my mom to buy extra loaves of Wonder Bread, because Star Wars had a series of 16 cards they were putting out, one in each loaf! Yes, Star Wars went a long way in shaping my childhood. The followup movies did not disappoint either! I still remember the shock I felt in learning that Darth Vader was Luke's father (sorry if that spoiled it for anyone....LOL), and we used to talk about Empire in school, always wondering what was going to happen in the next movie. And sure enough, in 1985, Return of the Jedi completed what was a very formative and satisfying adventure. Although by this time I was 17, I believe, and so this was not a movie I took my girlfriend to.....but my best buddy and I saw it together instead. I didn't know any females that were into Star Wars period back then. I found that excitement aroused at the age of 30 when I learned of the release of the first prequel. My wife took me to it for my birthday (good wife!) and I thoroughly enjoyed it. A few months later, I was in Charlotte for a training course at my wife's alma mater, and there was a theater about a half mile away that was showing the movie. We got out at 3:30 from class, and I caught the 4:00 matinee just in time. Including myself, there were THREE people in the entire theater. I didn't know what to make of that, but I got the best seat in the house to watch it again and judge for myself whether this series was gonna be worth it. Yes.....yes it would be. As you said, times have changed, and I had grown much older at this point, but this is Star Wars, man! It transcends time and culture and is able to stand on its own in "A galaxy far, far away". The second prequel was even better than TPM, and the third, while extremely dark, really did a ood job in setting the stage for the series I grew with and loved. Fast forward to now....about 9 months ago, my 4-year-old son was complaining to me: "Daddy, I'm bored with my toys" OK, I can relate to that one. And I knew what was locked up in the closet, that he would love......my ORIGINAL Star Wars action figures!!! Well, minus a few that had been taken by some of my younger cousins over the years. But no matter, I brought them out. My son's eyes LIT UP, just like mine had so long ago. He started asking me questions, and we started watching the movies. He was INSTANTLY hooked. That year for Christmas were requests for all the characters in the prequels. To date, we have managed to get MOST of them. We also have not one, but TWO light sabers around the house. We have light saber battles, and somehow I always end up being the Dark Lord of the Sith (he never wants to be the bad guy). Coincidentally, he is heavily into "The Clone Wars" cartoons. He loves it, and that love shows no sign of waning anytime soon. Like I said, Star Wars transcends time and culture and stands on its own.

I am in the "majority....by far" category.

I just took a long trip....totalled 2112 miles.

QUOTE (RUSHHEAD666 @ Jun 6 2009, 04:38 PM) A buddy of mine just told me that this tragedy is now a murder. I KNEW IT! I told somebody the other day that it was a murder that was made to look like a suicide!!!

QUOTE (RUSHHEAD666 @ Jun 6 2009, 04:47 AM) I'm an old school rap fan. Grandmaster Flash, RUN DMC, BEASTIE BOYS and WHODINI. I actually saw the RUN DMC "RAISING HELL" TOUR in 1986 when I was a senior in high school. LL COOL J and WHODINI opened, and I loved it. Awwwwwww, yea.... Totally agree about old school rap. I have a good bit of that in my collection, to be honest, including some songs from every artist you named.

QUOTE (HisCounterpart @ Jun 4 2009, 06:27 PM) "I'm a murdering bastard, you know that. And there are consequences to breaking the heart of a murdering bastard." How I loved him in Kill Bill! That dialogue is one of the most exciting scenes I've ever seen. That dialogue is a favorite of mine on YouTube.

QUOTE (HisCounterpart @ Jun 4 2009, 11:14 AM) Sad... I fell in love with him after Kill Bill My thoughts/feelings exactly!

Lynch Mob was so-so to me. Dokken was great. I had the first three albums on cassette for a long time. Never invested in the CDs, but do have some select Dokken MP3s on my computer.

There..........I finished it now. That was a 5-star difficulty? Wow, I must be improving.

I was going to say nothing to it. And then I got stuck. Nevertheless, good find....thanks.