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The US newspapers have no jurisdiction outside of the US. I suppose they did not publish that issue outside the US so had no international copyright.

One of them said that if anyone else leaves that would be it, however I don't think the others should have to stop doing what they love. Just call it Jagger & Richards or something similar.

Over the years many album's go out of print, some permanently and some temporarily. At some point there may be another run produced but anyone who really wants it can probably find it. The main thing I never got is the 1997 Toronto show because I didn't want to buy a box set for one thing I didn't have.

Not sure that Terry was driving the prog sound. I was told by a friend after P/G came out that Terry had listened to some early songs and wanted a more commercial sound, and they balked at that, but later interviews blame the synth transition. A producer isnt really supposed to decide the musical style or direction, but should help to sort out the best songs, and get the best performances from you, while making suggestions to improve the music. Terry might have pushed for a less lush and layered sound but would not have steered them away from synths, just maybe lessened them a bit.

What is the source?

I enjoyed that show less than the previous two tours and less than the next. It was the shortest show they ever did from the time i first saw them live in 1981 at 1 hour and 45 minutes, but i loved the video of that show, which i was at. The band has stated that the rest of the show was shot on video but they did not save it after the video was produced.

And the strange thing is, they made a point on insisting on recording the drums at Bearsville I believe to get a good drum sound.

Not interested in the remade memorabilia and while I have a pretty good turntable from 1984, the only thing I would consider buying as a reissue would be a high resolution dvd or blu ray version of albums that were originally analog or high resolution versions of digital album's that were originally recorded at greater than CD resolution.

Hemispheres Permanent Waves (released in 1980) Counterparts Snakes and Arrows Clockwork Angels but only choice here

I don't think most here understand what 'atmospheric' means.

Often he would slip in from the back a couple of minutes before the house lights had gone down and would orient himself at the kids while it was covered.

I never liked that song. On the Grace Under Pressure tour (my third tour) my friend and started yelling NOOOO when they started to play it. While I agree that Neil used to overplay on the songs from the first album, I thought his drumming on In The Mood on the ASOH video was so uninspiring and I thought at the time that he was either really tired of that song or just tired.

My head says Power Windows but my heart says Hold Your Fire.

After Moving Pictures they became self conscious and tried too hard not to repeat themselves and the result was still great but not as great. After Hold Your Fire they became more self conscious and tried to push the guitar, and while I agree that keyboards were not their strength, I think they found themselves on a search for their sound and made things more difficult for themselves. I like most of all the albums after HYF but I often skip a track or two on most of them.

Far Cry: Catchy and pretty good lyrics. Workin Them Angels: I like the odd time signature and the drumming, and how the lyrics mix Rush and Neil's story. The Way The Wind Blows: Great playing and lyrics. I don't understand all the praise for Armour and Sword. It seems to plod along painfully.

Signals tour shirt. That was the last band or concert shirt I bought. Decided they were not worth the money and bands don't need me to advertise for them.

I think Genesis were fairly democratic but Tony and Mike were the more prolific writers. I don't know how much influence Peter Gabriel had on the music but for The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway he wanted to write all the lyrics and the rest of the band didn't like that. I think Steve Hackett was a bigger loss although his reason for leaving was that he felt not enough of his ideas were being used. Phil didn't write alot early on but upped his when he began singing and more when he had started his solo career, but he never eclipsed Mike and Tony. Steve Hackett is brilliant but the music was more often keyboard driven with guitar textures.

I like Anagram (the song) but not so much the movie. I was about 15 when Mel Brooks' History of the World came out and I thought it was hilarious and saw it twice. About 5 years ago I got the DVD and didn't find it very funny at all. Hold Your Fire has the big but soft production of the time but they built up to it and it was in my top 5 Rush albums for years. After going a few years without playing it the production was a bit jarring. In 1989 the change in production to Presto was more jarring. However, the songs are not as pop sounding to me as on RTB.

There was à time i would have bought the 2112 reissue and anything else they released, but as student life transitioned to paying the bills and then family, the relative importance has decreased and I have become more selective. I stopped buying the shirts and posters after the Signals tour. I bought Chronicles just to get What You're Doin' on CD because it was left off the first release of ATWAS on CD. I did not buy Feedback. My interest in them playing cover tunes was not more than a mild curiosity. I have purchased every album and DVD within a couple of days of release and have seen every tour since Moving Pictures. I did not buy the DVD box set. I was at that Molson Amphitheatre show and want that concert but I'm not gonna re-buy the other live releases to get it. I may pick up the remastered 2112 but am satisfied with my multiple versions. If they release live shows from previous tours I will buy them and if they release any new music I will also buy it. I was a little disappointed in the latest documentary. The devoted fans part was a little cringe worthy. Some extras with rehearsal footage of fully produced versions of songs not played that night, more of the final show, in depth road crew and equipment discussion, would have been welcome. More history of their tours, decisions about the shows getting bigger (their shows were quite conservative in terms of lighting and sound when their sales were at a peak but got much bigger later).

There is pro shot footage from the Counterparts tour, bits of which were used when Rush were inducted in the Canadian music hall of fame after 20 years in 1994.

Every album starting with Power Windows was digital from the start except for the drums on Everyday Glory (I may be wrong about the song). So easy to reverse the solo. Not as hard as you might think it the time signature is not strange.

It rules out faith for the author but is not specific about whether the author is agnostic or atheist. The attitude is 'live and let live' but I will forge my own path.

The double bass drum looks cool because it makes the kit look bigger but Neil is too practical for superficial choices. It preferred the acoustic chimes and accessories and didn't find the sound improved when he went to samples.

You can see the band through it but the lasers can project on it as well.

I doubt that Rush has the biggest hard core fan base out there. There are probably a bunch of artists and bands that have a similar or larger hard core fan base. Where Rush stand out from the crowd but are probably not unique is that they built a big enough fan base to play arena sized venues without much mainstream radio play or press, they sustained it for 35+ years, and their hardcore fans are a big chunk of their audience. Some bands and artists were much bigger than Rush for a period of time, but it didn't last and they now play fairs, theatres and casinos. Some may have a similar hard core fan base as Rush, but enjoyed much more mainstream success and exposure so the hard core base that is left was a smaller percentage of a much larger peak. The fact that they avoided record company interference and maintained their relative independence is something many bands would love to have had. Asia had just come off a 10 million selling debut album and yet the record for company edited the songs on the band's second album without permission. They've had a career most musicians would dream of, being quite succesful doing what they want and not so succesful that they can't live relatively anonymous fulfilling lives.