Scars

So the entire point of this thread is to share that you got annoyed by some woman at the gym because you had to pause Rush for a few seconds?

Voted 5150 and I'll leave it at that.

QUOTE (softfilter @ Aug 14 2011, 08:12 PM)

QUOTE (Scars @ Aug 14 2011, 08:03 PM) What about "I Think I'm Going Bald" That's not a instrumental... Light hearted and silly attempt by Rush at a hippie anthem of changing times. Good guitar jam by Alex (Plus i guess it's title is aimed at Alex who had concern he was losing his hair) Please read the original quote. The poster said "worst title of ANY Rush song" not "worst title of all Rush instrumentals." So I brought up ITIGB as an example of a song that possibly has a worse title than WMT

QUOTE (laughedatbytime @ Aug 14 2011, 12:59 PM)

Where's My Thing? gets my vote. Also gets my vote for the worst title for any Rush song.

QUOTE (ColdFireYYZ @ Aug 10 2011, 06:39 PM)

Also, is everyone who bought tickets in the 1st 30 rows eligible? I bought them from the official website, not from scalpers. Just making sure I was supposed to get the package.

It's one thing to say that maybe MalNar, Limbo, or WMT aren't exactly the greatest Rush songs, but how could anyone consider those full-on band efforts to be worse than just Alex droning on for 2 minutes on an acoustic?

There are similarities, but if Rush were to get "sued" it would probably get immediately thrown out. A court would have to prove that Rush knowingly ripped-off that song. A constant pulsing synth bassline exists in far more songs than just those two (which is really the only distinct similarity). Aside of that, the drum work between the two songs are completely different. Yes they both involve a relatively similar constant closed-and-open hi-hat pattern sound-wise (but again, so do a million other songs), but The Weapon clearly has a far different--and more complex-pattern.

 

Everything else about that song sounds NOTHING like The Weapon. Once the vocals kick in on the Visage song, it loses pretty much any similarities it had to the Rush song. Now if Fade to Grey had a similar vocal delivery as The Weapon, then it would be kind of a different story...

QUOTE (apetersvt @ Aug 4 2011, 06:47 PM)

There's a decent chance you can find it on MItA's site (music in the abstract). I don't have a link for it but it probably won't be too hard to find his site.

Awww, I saw Michigan and hoped you guys would be near the GR area, but SE isn't quite where I'm at Hopefully you guys can manage to get the show filmed, I'd love to see it. What songs do you plan to do for the medley?

QUOTE (Mara @ Aug 3 2011, 09:43 AM)

I'm curious: of those of you who've had this done, did you adhere to the "no solid foods, clear liquids and/or hard candies" rule the day before? Or did you cheat just a little? Can ANYONE suggest something I can drink that actually has some nutrition in it besides sugar? Is there a clear liquid protein drink out there? Because I really am not looking forward to the fast.

Though I know it's the minority opinion, my top 3 albums are: PoW, HYF, and GUP respectively--so the choice was easy for me

Been a faithful Zune user for about 3-4 years (not so happily the past year though). Ever since the enormously overpriced ZuneHD came out what seems like seconds after the original 120, I've sort of lost interest. When Zune first came out it was "on-par" with iPod at best and at no point in it's life did it ever make a significant attempt at outdoing the iPod (besides catering to Apple-haters). I've owned two 80GB models for as long as I've had a Zune and never did I feel like I was holding something better than anything else on the market.

 

I use the Zune software today as my primary source of playing music from my PC (probably just because I own a Zune and I love the layout of the software). The fact that there is no EQ to be found on the device or the software is COMPLETELY ridiculous though. I've also ran into a million-and-one problems with syncing, deleting, tagging, organization, even playing. I suppose I've just learned to deal with it since I'm stuck with it as long as I have a Zune.

 

I loved the look and feel of the Zune, I loved the idea behind the Zune. But Microsoft absolutely refused to do anything that would make people go "I could get an iPod, but check out what the Zune does better!" They rushed out the HD and simultaneously pissed off those who realized the HD wasn't all it was cracked up to be and those who owned the original models who realized that they're being ditched.

 

I'm not an "Apple-lover" at all, but if you look at them, you'd see that they managed to create a completely efficient and versatile software (iTunes) and also were able to fully support 4 different models of iPods (which in turn were constantly kept relevant by iTunes). Microsoft never bothered to even fully support their original 2 Zunes when they were current (before the HD, us Zune owners had to download a crapload of third-party apps just to play someones homemade games) before jumping to the HD.

 

...Sorry, I'm ranting.

Well done! I'm usually pretty critical of Rush covers but you did the song justice. The guitar was put in the mix perfectly. Did you teach yourself or did you watch a lot of TM tour boots? Haha.

 

By the way, feel free to cover that song that opened the video

I may not be a "New World Woman" but I did have a colonoscopy about 2-3 years ago. As you said, the worst part is definitely the prep (unless you're a complete wuss like me and are deathly afraid of needles, in which case that will be then ). I don't know if the stuff has changed but the prep liquid was pretty much the equivalent of drinking plastic syrup a thousand-times in 24-hours (to which I was allowed to add *some* powder "flavoring").

 

As you've been told, you should definitely continue on with the procedure the way it's set (you have no idea how badly I wanted to just cancel it). A day of sitting on the toilet and drinking the prep and eating nothing can ONLY be worth it once the procedure is over and done.

 

If it helps, I watched a few YouTube videos of people going in for a colonscopy (LenEdgerly had a particularly notable few videos). It helped me knowing that their were people who were able to make light of the entire experience so I could realize there's nothing to fret over and only good comes from going through with it

Drats, upon first reading I thought I'd be getting involved in an ELO thread!

QUOTE (liddybuck01 @ Aug 1 2011, 12:01 AM)

^ i think we need to be friends lol You're the only other person to mentioned Tusk, which is my favorite FM album.

 

While the "retrospective" is cool (except for the cut-off parts)--in the context of the black guitar, it looks absolutely horrendous. Is that an Ibanez? I'll give the guy credit for going the extra mile to make it look authentic, but the true problem here is that it's clearly NOWHERE near authentic. I would absolutely love to see this "full page letter complimenting us on our design, dedication and craftsmanship." Craftsmanship? The thing LOOKS like it sounds like crap.

 

Also, note how the description says that two of those guitars were made, but on the back of the head-stock, it reads "1 of 1." Please guys, make all effort to report this item before some poor sap buys into this crap (literally).

 

QUOTE (SignatureAurora75 @ Jul 31 2011, 07:20 PM)

QUOTE (mrbarlint @ Jul 31 2011, 03:37 PM) Plus, he took a huge gamble by not taking Sig's offer of $250. LOL. The ad never even mentioned exactly what kind of wood was used to build this. Any guesses what it might be? Plywood?   Balsa?

His covers are absolutely flawless. I watch his videos of songs I don't even know or like because that is how spot-on and amazing he is.

I'm indifferent to the song. As mentioned, that cowbell is completely unnecessary and I think it completely detracts from that particular section(s) of the song. As much as I think Frusciante was an invaluable asset, I rather like the tone and style the new guy had in the verses (he seems to really lack in the soloing/licks department though). The guitar gives the song some atmosphere, which then gets lost once the chorus hits. Flea as always makes this track for the most part, just a nice, groovy, simple, and catchy bassline (even though I can't seem to un-think "Seven Nation Army" when I hear it). Outside of that, nothing really stands-out for me in the song--5 minutes later and I can't remember how the song went or what a single lyric was.

- Fleetwood Mac - Tusk

- Prince - 1999

- Prince - Sign o' the Times

- Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

- The Beatles - The White Album

Though I'm a MUCH, MUCH larger fan of the 1978-onward music of Genesis, I look forward to seeing more of this list and see where "Ripples" and "Dancing With the Moonlit Knight" end up (two of my favorites of the era)

It was a tough decision between WTA and Faithless, but I went with Faithless. What would I replace it with? Anything. Realistically, something from one of the untouched albums this tour, probably "Test for Echo."

I wish I could say that was entertaining in some way, but I can't.

Is there also a "Dead Tide" and "Dead Lenses"?

Went with Countdown (again).