Solitudeix

I guess perhaps the "taking things personally" thing might just come with the deception of seeing opinions that are so different from yours that you feel kind of detached from a discussion possibility, or when someone would quote someone and then drag it down... Kind of meaningless, cause we aren't really going to convince someone they do or don't like something. Me I think it is their best in a while. An album that I don't have to put on certain mental filters to really get into. For the last couple of albums it has been about 50 -50 for me and I kind of liked them just because I really wanted to get into them being a longtime fan. This one i can really sink into. The value of a certain level of complexity / writing / melodies is all relative to each person. What qualifies any of those qualities is too... I guess the one thing that gets me in the back of my mind is, after hearing all the stories of how involved Nick R was in the making of this is that I am wondering if I am not hearing mainly his influence, or if the guys we at this point already... maybe it would have been better if I hadn't read all that beforehand...Perhaps in the past they have been as "collaborative" with producers and just haven't discussed it as much. Not a problem really but I cant help feeling as if half the album was in part "written for them" and not coming from the source.... oh well. I do like it though.

QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ May 8 2012, 09:21 AM)Yeah, I still like it the same, I think... although I haven't been spinning it a lot. I still think the musicianship, especially the bass, is great on "Headlong Flight." It's a fast and fun song to listen to. But I'm off listening to different stuff these days, and seldom listening to Rush. It could even be said that Rush music doesn't have the same pull on me anymore than it did when I was in my teens and twenties or even my thirties. (Gasp!) They'll probably always be "my favorite band of all time," because of their impact on my formative years (if nothing else), but I'm not a daily Rush listener anymore by any means. When the full album comes out, perhaps it'll take over my listening time and maybe even dominate it for awhile. We'll see. I dont think I have ever read a post as much in line with what I feel as this one.

QUOTE (ucsteve667 @ May 30 2011, 02:02 PM) QUOTE (Sarge @ May 30 2011, 06:38 AM) QUOTE (Humbleanddumb @ May 30 2011, 12:10 AM) QUOTE (tangy @ May 29 2011, 11:01 PM) QUOTE (Cosy Toes @ May 29 2011, 05:55 PM) QUOTE (tangy @ May 29 2011, 04:39 PM) Pretty sure that New World Man is rushs highest charting song ever? if thats true than its hard to argue that momentum was lost?? I think The Spirit of the Radio (sic) was. But then Englandland has better taste than the USA perhaps fewer teeth leads to better taste........... ha ha, i can see that austin powers and the simpsons have done us in the UK no favours when it comes to the subject of teeth!!!! i still have a full set (touch wood) and i ought to point out that noone, absolutely no on in the UK talks like powers or like the simpsons UK voices! Yeah Baby yer still not getting what I mean anyway. yer think I mean some way of conforming to a fashion, trend, whatever.so I guess were at a standstill on it. I invited ya to talk about it in a more open way cause everything get sorta misconstrued generally in these posts. But you'd rather keep it in the threads here apparently, being that you started another thread on it and all. Well, so be it, guess it dies here as far as Im concerned. Shame tho, I tried the same approach with Rush Goober and I think we had a pretty decent discussion that laid out our our view in a much more expansive and comprehensive way. I 'd much rather talk for a half hr or hr than type it out 1700 times trying to get what I mean to read better. And then everyone can hear it and add to the conversation. Oh well and anyone can listen to marley, brutal truth, or what have you and not really get what we were up to back then were you talking to me? I didnt see my post in your quotes... But I would talk about it. I am actually tring to understand what you mean by an "open way" I guess I could start a thread about it... I guess we would also have to find what the point of what we are trying to say. Perhaps I would find out I am more "metal" than I seem to be... or what the definition of "metal" would be... I do know that most of the definitions I have heard and seen of what it is to be "metal" dont really apply to me. I dont fit into the most of the metal "scenes" I have been a part of... So no I dont really get what you mean... or where this was supposed ot be going. I dont necessarily think YOU are talking about conforming, but I sure do see that type of thought permeating most of the scenes I have been a part of.

QUOTE (ucsteve667 @ May 29 2011, 11:37 PM) QUOTE (Solitudeix @ May 29 2011, 11:31 AM) QUOTE (ucsteve667 @ May 28 2011, 06:26 PM) Metal has more to it than just the music, at least our crowd always thought so. And when was I a pussy for not being Metal. IMHO, one of the greatest shortcomings of the "Metal" tag. Needing to subscribe to a certain mindset to be considered "metal". I am not "metal". But I make "metal" music. i dont consider it a need to subscribe, but to say there isnt a certain amount of commonality in the genre I think isnt very accurrate. And if you "make Metal music, but I am not Metal" then that could open up a whole new avenue on motivation and what not that might be best discussed in a more open type of forum. Let me know if you'd like to discuss it for MY SHOW sometime. But I have to ask do you think RUSH was a Metal band with Signals and such before it? Or After? I think that a good portion of the music Rush was making from CoS - Hemispheres was more aggressive and "heavier" that most everything that was around at the time and considered "metal". off subject... but related to your motivation thing... I dont get into "scenes". I dont fit in any specific scene. Either by look or philosophy. That is all. And for music appreciation, I will listen to Bob Marley and Brutal Truth and Boris all in the same playlist without blinking an eye.

QUOTE (ucsteve667 @ May 28 2011, 06:26 PM) Metal has more to it than just the music, at least our crowd always thought so. And when was I a pussy for not being Metal. IMHO, one of the greatest shortcomings of the "Metal" tag. Needing to subscribe to a certain mindset to be considered "metal". I am not "metal". But I make "metal" music.

I think I understand where the OP is coming from. I personally have stopped posting in internet forums altogether 1. Because my opinion is only an opinion and I dont think it is worth anything more than another, I give it now and then, but dont expect anyone to care. 2. I think it is a waste of time because either positive or negative posts dont change much if anything at all in reality, and most forums simply get overpowered by people who seem to think that it does change something in the real world. 3..... That is actually all. I have never understood why anyone would take something personally when someone posts a negative opinion about a band. If they are not taking something personally and are just mad about it, I also wonder why. Is said person worried that it will hurt the bands feelings and cause a premature breakup or something? I dont understand. Yes I suppose that if I was to go to a social gathering in the real world, and everyone was bitching I guess I would be disappointed and would leave. But here, on the internets, a simple click and you are gone. No more seeing negativity. I guess some would find it annoying that their outlet to praise the band would be cluttered up by negativity, but then again, do people need to have their opinion validated? If I like a band, no amount of bitching will convince me to not like the band. On the flip side, if I dont like an album, or the current output of a band, feeling lucky that a band it at least out there doing something will not make me like it. Why would I feel lucky that a band is still going if they are not making music I like to hear? Great for them, but to me, my life stays the same. Fortunately I am still into Rush, though. But... yeah, one of the rare times I actually take 5 min to give my opinion... In short... its only the internet.

Love it. Very droney and hypnotic. Love this type of songwriting. No regard to commercial appeal. Just pure indulgence, which in my opinion is what being an artist is about. I dont think the term "self-indulgent" applies to music really. The artist should make the music for themselves first and foremost. We, the listeners, always have the choice to skip the song. Its a take it or leave it situation.

QUOTE (Tommy Sawyer @ May 2 2011, 09:06 PM) I was just thinking, FINALLY, thank goodness that guy's dead! I was just thinking that unfortunately, if its not him, it will be someone else. I guess I could have thought that he really really wanted to live if he hid out this long, but somehow I felt that being as extreme as he was, he had made peace with death long ago.

QUOTE (shaun3701 @ Nov 8 2010, 06:41 PM) QUOTE (Solitudeix @ Nov 8 2010, 05:56 PM) It did sound good live whatever it was. He really had a big, thick and raw sound this time out. The heaviness was a treat. I think that's because of the new amps he's using, not anything to do with changes to his bass. Perhaps. I suppose I don't really care about what made it sound that way. I should have said "on a side note". But if a change in the bass makes a change in the tone, then it would logically factor into the overall sound and it could change the verdict in my mind.

It did sound good live whatever it was. He really had a big, thick and raw sound this time out. The heaviness was a treat.

QUOTE (OldRod @ Oct 25 2010, 09:09 AM) If that had been Guns and Roses, or any one of another bunch of bands, Alex would have thrown down his guitar and walked off the stage. The fact that he didn't is part of what makes this band so awesome! In 10 plus years of playing shows averaging 3-4 bands per show, I have seen my share of technical mishaps and blown up equipment... I have never seen a band throw down instruments and / or walk offstage. I have seen delays of up to about an hour, because it just wasn't working, but never have I seen a band stop and refuse to continue if they had viable options available to them.

QUOTE (cygnus_thegodofbalance @ Oct 27 2010, 10:29 PM) Yeah, I think his voice is putting on the wooden overcoat if you know what I mean. ded?

QUOTE (ghostworks @ Oct 18 2010, 01:54 PM) QUOTE (danielmclark @ Oct 18 2010, 11:42 AM) QUOTE (nobodys hero @ Oct 18 2010, 06:40 AM) My daughter's boyfriend and his Mom wore these things when they went on an 8 mile hike up in Rocky Mountain National Park. Apparently they are super comfortable. I do agree with Mara though fugly they are! No offence DC None taken ...and you thought Ugg's were bad? I've seen two other people wearing these ridiculous things in the past month, and already: I've had enough. Both of these people, by the way, were in a completely urban (city) environment. They weren't hiking or running or on a walking tour or exercising or "experiencing the physical and visceral sensation of going barefoot and conquering the world as you did when you were a child" (paraphrasing from the Vibram site... ) No. They were wearing them as a 'fashion' statement. I almost punched them in the mouth on principle alone. People. Stop before you start. If they were wearing them for the technical aspects... would you still want to punch them in the mouth?

Probably the type of thing that sounds fine when your at the show and you have 10000 watts of Hemispheres blasting in your face, and not so when you play back the tape... but imho, his vox have changed quite a bit since even Different Stages so it might not be that great but who knows.

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