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So badass. I am digging all the Rush activity. Something is on the way.

You probably know this but Ralph used to sing in Atomic Punks and they were incredible

I don’t know how far along you are in the book but the mention is subtle yet striking - to me anyway.

I love Satch but watching him struggle with Summer Nights brought a smile to my face.

NPs home gathering after Selena’s passing was an eye-opener.

Me too. But I guess that’s a bit of naïveté on my part? I mean of course they were taking anything, being on the road so much. Their image was always of being “nice nerds” too - so maybe that crafted imagery influenced the way I looked at the band.

By the way. I can’t recommend the audible version enough. Geddy is a fantastic narrator. Listening to the chapter about his parents is incredible, harrowing and very touching.

Yes - though it sounds like some of the singing was recorded much later.

I downloaded the audiobook and it comes with 2 treated demos. They’re f***ing great! Weightier than what’s on MFH.

I will see it but it looks to be severely historically wrong. and no I did not really like Gladiator.

I have always loved XTC, especially their post Dear God output. One album I retroactively discovered in recent years is the Big Express. And this song just connected. The 80s production, the Copeland style halftime beat, the apocalyptic tone and lyrics. Just beautiful and melancholy.

I think this is it.

God bless the Peart Family.

Not for me. Did not enjoy it at all. Sounds like someone asked AI to make a Beatles song. And it’s a f***ing dirge - f***ing depressing. That’s where the Beatles were going in 1970? That what’s we were to expect? god awful The fan made track I heard is leagues beyond the official track. That track has now been taken down for obvious reasons.

Mangini breathed life into this band. I never cared for DT before he joined. Portnoy is an OK drummer in this genre. He’s certainly a pioneer in this vein, but I think there are better versions out there for this type of prog music. Distance Over Time, with Mangini, is their best album.

I am loving the album. Get Close is my favorite track. I did not like Angry at first and wrote it all off. But hearing the album, I’m very surprised. Keef rips on it for one, and Mick sounds incredible.

Yes. I’ve seen him live a couple times. He was not helped by the dated production on his biggest albums. Seeing him live was an entirely different thing. Loud, heavy, funky. It helped that Chad Wackerman and Jimmy Johnson were his rhythm section when I saw him at the baked potato.

Yeah for sure. He improves the song quite a bit.

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Nick Mason’s Pink Floyd book. very good so far.

I think he was majorly influenced by Sting and Peter Gabriel. Many similar themes expressed among the three of them. Pete Hammill too.

If you listen to Sparkle in the Rain by Simple Minds you can perhaps hear what GuP would’ve sounded like with Lillywhite. And you can see hear Lillywhite’s influence on Power Windows for certain.

pretty much down to the band and their mixing decisions. Geddy attended just about every mixing session for every album.

Traditionally, The Producer is the apartment manager, director, head of operations, Jack Woltz of the project. He budgets the recording project, pays the team, hires and fires, and makes final, cost based, executive decisions. The guy with his hands on the faders, setting up mics, and doing the physical recording of the band is the engineer. Like Kevin Shirley, who engineered Counterparts. The engineer makes gear decisions - what amps might be good. Or what drum miking technique is best. In some cases, the producer will also be the recording engineer. But that is in many cases a budgetary decision since both are full time jobs. Peter Henderson was a producer -engineer. Rush liked him personally but hated his approach. Couldn’t make command decisions- probably because he was too close to the project artistically. Rush absolutely loved working with Peter Collins - who was a big picture producer and let the guys he brought with him handle the little issues. Peter Collins helped Rush achieve their artistic vision by staying out of their way - and by keeping all manners of day to day non-artsy bullshit out of their sphere. Also, the producer will get points on album sales. This is why Bob Rock is worth 100 million bucks.