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Talk about a synchronicity moment. I just finished watching Beato's breakdown of "Closer to the Heart"!

Rush doesn't owe you anything. All you entitled die-hards need to get over yourselves.

You asked for it...

An homage, perchance (to dream)?

New Galactic Cowboys.

Come on what? i'm not a musician. I don't know which song took more talent to write. Just because something sounds good doesn't necessarily mean it's better. Sorry, I shouldn't assume the difference in complexity is always obvious to everyone. To my ears as a musician, a great deal of skill and talent went in to the performance and execution and recording of both of these tunes, but Stairway had to be way easier to write, and that's the deciding factor. The idea of Stairway is essentially a song that builds from a somber acoustic intro all the way to a euphoric blast of heavy metal and touches every base in between. Not necessarily easy to pull off, but easy enough to understand. Once you have the idea, it almost writes itself. The idea of Bohemian Rhapsody is far less intuitive and requires a truly unique talent to imagine. It begins with an eery a Capella intro which fades seemlessly into a gorgeous piano power ballad. The ballad section escalates into a righteous guitar solo before crashing down into something more identifiable as opera than rock and roll. The opera section is thoroughly entertaining and dynamic, and ends with an astounding climax that immediately breaks into pure heavy metal thunder, which then slowly fades away (and how) into yet another gorgeous and somber piano led ballad section which closes out the piece with only a few lyrics and a perfectly placed gong. To even come up with this idea implies being some kind of madman musician who got carried away, but to make it work, to make it defy all expectations and actually touch the hearts of millions and become one of the most renowned songs of all time? That implies a genius musician who may have gotten carried away, but knew exactly what he was doing. That kind of compositional talent puts Freddie up there with Mozart and Beehtoven in my book. And the whole band are of course monstrously talented in actually being able to pull the thing off. Slow clap. Especially in the Mozart observation. Both were geniuses and died far too young.

Bo Rhap all day.

Galactic Cowboys- Long Way to the Moon Iron Maiden- Book of Souls Live Chapter

Wrong. It's actually a good album.

Book of Souls Live drops Friday. The same day as the new Galactic Cowboys.

Counting down the days till 12/1. Have the 17-track deluxe edition pre-ordered.

A bit of both, actually. :P

The other night, I dreamed I went fishing with Geddy and Neil (not sure where Alex was, probably belting out karaoke in a bar); then the legendary Kerry Livgren inspired me to pursue my dream as a professional drummer. Good times.

Robert Plant- Carry Fire Red- Gone Sons of Apollo

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Two

Picked up both Paranormal and Along Came a Spider last week. Still haven't listened to them, lol. I often have to be in the right mood to enjoy X artist.

Robby Steinhardt.

I have this pre-ordered.

Happy belated birthday, Mr. Lee. Thank you (and the band) for gifting us this incredible music over the last 40+ years.

I was an IndieGogo backer, so I should be getting the CD anytime. Have to settle for the download! :)

My only complaint about The Mission: it's way too short. I would have loved to see this as a double album. Man's first visit to the Red Planet is much more noteworthy IMO.

Yes. Mine has already shipped. And it's a concept album to boot.

Piece of Mind for me.

Pretty much.

Hahahah! I've been saying that about Clayton forever! At least Larry can play the drums. Henry Rollins agrees. ;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKntmoeS7Uk Don't care. I don't go for empty appeals to authority.