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pratt53

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  • Number of Rush Concerts Attended
    38
  • Last Rush Concert Attended
    4/10/11
  • Favorite Rush Song
    Too many
  • Favorite Rush Album
    Moving Pictures
  • Best Rush Experience
    Vapor Trails Shows
  • Other Favorite Bands
    Pink Floyd, Genesis, Dream Theater, Yes, Iron Maiden
  • Musical Instruments You Play
    Drums
  1. It obviously meant something to Neil and Geddy and they were gracious. I thought Alex was pretty cringe worthy. Alex is a very funny guy, but i didn't find him very funny at that moment.
  2. Sorry prat, but they don't look like total assholes at all. They were just being honest. Alex and Geddy obviously didn't want to give phony answers. Didn't they wear 'Disco Sucks' t-shirts back in the day? That would be funny if someone printed photo of Geddy wearing a Disco Sucks t-shirt and under it is the quote you wanted from Geddy gushing about Donna Summers and how glad the Queen of Disco is finally in the RRRHOF. I thought Geddy said nothing at all about Ms. Summer herself and Alex's answer was mature, and gave her deserved kudos. I think you have a lot of misplaced anger, of some kind. There's a time and a place to be honest and a time and a place to edit yourself. And I don;t think it's really mature of a 60 year old guy to say he wouldn't vomit from something. No one has to gush. just be respectful. And to someone else who responded, it's not about being respectful of the dead, which should be some consideration, but be respectful of a fellow inductee. You don;t have to praise the music. They didn't praise public enemy and rap, they just weren't negative or disrespectful. it's about time, place and context. it seems hard to explain that to you. As for the misplaced anger, really? that's what you get from this?
  3. And let's not forget what big DEVO fan Geddy was. That sure is Rock and genius next to that crap Donna Summer put out. Whip it! Whip Good! Maybe Geddy's just jealous of someone who can actually sing.
  4. Hmmmm... I really don't think they're comments were rude or "assholish." Geddy made a valid point... hard rock was getting its ass kicked by disco back then. Alex was talking about vomitting over disco music, not Donna Summrs. In fact, he said she had a "fantastic" voice and was an accomplished painter. One of the biggest problems with reading text on a screen or in a magazine, is that it's hard to "feel" what they're saying. That's why we have these silly little emotion icons (that are very handy sometimes!) I think you may be taking their comments the wrong way... maybe. These guys have never ever dissed anyone... not that I've ever heard or seen anyway. Sorry. There shouldn't even be the opportunity to misinterpret or have to parse words. They should be smarter. And Geddy wasn't just making a valid point about disco and not Donna Summer. if a song by the 'Queen of Disco" elicits that response then she's not shielded by the comment. Under no circumstances should anything negative about her or the genre she was a part of, have been uttered at this time in that context. It just showed no class. Alex's comments about her arrangements and her voice should have been it. And saying that you wouldn't vomit from it, isn't really a compliment. I however did vomit the first time I heard side two of Roll the Bones.
  5. Rolling Stone played Alex and Geddy a song by each of their fellow 2013 RRHOF Iinductees. Their comments, (that you can read below) about Donna Summer were totally inappropriate. You don't diss someone on an occasion like this and not someone who recently passed away. Save your anti-disco feelings for another forum/interview/time. Just really inappropriate and makes them look like total assholes, which I fear a little mainstream attention has caused them to become. LEE: This brings back memories of a terrible period of music to me. We were hardcore rockers and disco was so counter to that. The divide was stark back then between disco and rock. LIFESON: We’re not going to vomit listening to it now, as we might have back then. The arrangements of all of her songs are very well done, and her voice is fantastic. She was quite an accomplished painter as well.
  6. Any of the guys from Metallica would be a better and more appropriate choice. They're in the Hall and go way back with Rush, gave them a thank you in their liner notes and there was even talk of Geddy producing for them back in the eighties. All three are huge fans. Alex was a big influence for Kirk. Just would have made more sense. They are respected by the music industry and I would think have the respect of a larger number of Rush fans. None of my die hard, fanatic Rush fan friends own any Foo Fighters albums or have ever been to a show. Not the case with Metallica.
  7. They should and i think they will play both Spirit of Radio and Limelight. Spirit of Radio is a direct FU to the music business, like the one that held up their nomination for over a decade and limelight is what sets them apart from all the posers. There will be a lot of 'those who wish to seem" in that audience. Both songs rock, are commercial successes and the lyrics are some of the most meaningful to their career and apply well to the whole RRHOF situation.
  8. I totally agree that they should do more of a good night and thank you. Neil will never do it, but I've never understood the other two guys, especially Alex. Alex is a very outgoing and gregarious guy. It certainly wouldn't be out of character for him to do more than waive as he runs full speed off the stage, handing a roadie his guitar. It's almost like he thinks that some sort of rock star thing to do. Back in the day, especially in New York, you had to get off stage by 11p or union over-time kicked in. I use to think that was why they ran off, because they would cut it so close. Anyway, standing still for 30 seconds would be a welcome change.
  9. I never understand how these numbers are calculated. No one can know what someone's net worth is. How would they know what investments anyone has made over the years? Who bought real estate? Who bought Apple or Microsoft at the start? Who took a bath in the dot com bubble? That said, I would be surprised if Charlie Watts was only worth $165M, Mick Fleetwood at $8.5M, and Nick Mason at $75M.
  10. There was actually a double-album, full concert bootleg from the Moving Pictures tour called Rush 'n' Roulette. I bought it in 1984. It was terrible. The recording was very low tech and Geddy was having a terrible night singing.
  11. Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, Signals, Power Windows. No one should discount Power Windows. (Big Money/Territories). Put Hold Your Fire in for good measure. And then remember that all Rush albums starting with Fly By Night have great drumming.
  12. I don't think they do a fall tour simply because I don't think they can fill the arenas in every city. It's one thing to fill 8-10,000 seats in the sheds, but having to fill 15-18,000 seats a night in arenas would be hard for them. They can do a few arena shows in certain places, but not an entire tour.
  13. Lists like this are ridiculous in general. Yes, it is silly that if such a list exists that Springsteen, Paul Simon and Willie Nelson are even on it, let alone ahead of Alex, but even more ridiculous than the slight you feel that Alex is #98 are the players who didn't make the list at all, like Satriani, Vai and Howe.
  14. QUOTE (1 of the 7 @ Nov 9 2011, 10:47 PM)If she knows what he looks like, didn't she realize it was him right away? How cool though. Not necessarily. Similar thing happened to me. I was walking my dog and ran into two guys who were walking their dogs. We stopped and talk about the dogs while they were getting acquainted (sniffing and stuff). Stood there for about five minutes. One of the guys was wearing a baseball hat and sun glasses. A few minutes after I walked away, I thought how the guy's voice sounded familiar and then realized it was Jim Parsons, Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory.
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