Wil1972 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Ged is still in denial - he calls Neil's retirement an "extended hiatus". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driventotheedge Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Yeah afraid you're right. Still hoping against hope Neil changes his mind I'd imagine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasbo Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Hope his bird watching is of the feathered variety ,he is a married man. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 He never referenced Neil Peart's retirement. Pure projection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil1972 Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 He never referenced Neil Peart's retirement. Pure projection. What else could he be talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Who knows, maybe when Geddy returns from his extended hiatus, there will be another drummer in the band 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 He never referenced Neil Peart's retirement. Pure projection. What else could he be talking about?Not making music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil1972 Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 He never referenced Neil Peart's retirement. Pure projection. What else could he be talking about?Not making music. ... Because Neil retired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron2112 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Ged is still in denial - he calls Neil's retirement an "extended hiatus". Or it could be simple optimism that Neil will eventually get bored of coloring with his daughter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil1972 Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 Ged is still in denial - he calls Neil's retirement an "extended hiatus". Or it could be simple optimism that Neil will eventually get bored of coloring with his daughter. I wish I could be that optimistic about it but I don't think he will come back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JARG Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Ged is still in denial - he calls Neil's retirement an "extended hiatus". No he didn't. He clearly says the word "I" in reference to his extended hiatus. Maybe he's personally taking a break from pursuing any big musical commitments for a while. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiBeers Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Ged is still in denial - he calls Neil's retirement an "extended hiatus". No he didn't. He clearly says the word "I" in reference to his extended hiatus. Maybe he's personally taking a break from pursuing any big musical commitments for a while.Regardless of how he refers to Rush's status, he's certainly not moping around at home. He has more than enough interests to fill the rest of his life. That's probably the 'joy' of retirement...much less things you 'have' to do and much more things you 'want' to do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JARG Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Ged is still in denial - he calls Neil's retirement an "extended hiatus". No he didn't. He clearly says the word "I" in reference to his extended hiatus. Maybe he's personally taking a break from pursuing any big musical commitments for a while.Regardless of how he refers to Rush's status, he's certainly not moping around at home. He has more than enough interests to fill the rest of his life. That's probably the 'joy' of retirement...much less things you 'have' to do and much more things you 'want' to do. Are you talking about Neil there? Or Geddy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil1972 Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 Ged is still in denial - he calls Neil's retirement an "extended hiatus". No he didn't. He clearly says the word "I" in reference to his extended hiatus. Maybe he's personally taking a break from pursuing any big musical commitments for a while. Guess we will find out tonight, but it surely seems to me by the tone of his answer that he is speaking of the band "ending". And it is only ending because Neil retired. I could be wrong but that is not what I got out of it. Again, we will see tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JARG Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Ged is still in denial - he calls Neil's retirement an "extended hiatus". No he didn't. He clearly says the word "I" in reference to his extended hiatus. Maybe he's personally taking a break from pursuing any big musical commitments for a while. Guess we will find out tonight, but it surely seems to me by the tone of his answer that he is speaking of the band "ending". And it is only ending because Neil retired. I could be wrong but that is not what I got out of it. Again, we will see tonight. So where does the "denial" come into play? You seem to be implying that Geddy can't accept Neil is retired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthemic Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 i think him calling it an extended hiatus means that he's not pursuing any music at the moment but expects to in the future. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil1972 Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 Ged is still in denial - he calls Neil's retirement an "extended hiatus". No he didn't. He clearly says the word "I" in reference to his extended hiatus. Maybe he's personally taking a break from pursuing any big musical commitments for a while. Guess we will find out tonight, but it surely seems to me by the tone of his answer that he is speaking of the band "ending". And it is only ending because Neil retired. I could be wrong but that is not what I got out of it. Again, we will see tonight. So where does the "denial" come into play? You seem to be implying that Geddy can't accept Neil is retired. He should just call it what it is... He paused and chose his words carefully. He should just accept it. He should say, "Now that Neil has retired and Rush is over, I am traveling and pursuing new interests and hopefully soon I can find a new project to focus my energies." Or something along those lines. It just comes across like he cannot accept that his band is over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil1972 Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 (edited) i think him calling it an extended hiatus means that he's not pursuing any music at the moment but expects to in the future. For someone who stated that he was pretty much the last one who wanted the band to stop and still gung-ho about continuing, I would think he would have found another outlet. He had a solo album out within a few years of their previous hiatus. It's been that long now. And he says he can feel the clock ticking on his time on this earth. Even more of a reason to get moving on a new project. So that tells me that he seems to be almost holding out for some sort of Rush related project to surface and that Neil will change his mind. Edited October 24, 2017 by Wil1972 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushman14 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 another clip https://www.facebook.com/theDanRather/videos/10159498532465716/?hc_ref=ARRBVk6I2uZmfMKZ4mRpRie9XjeAU0h3xZLzRh8pDcl6KqSGRIC0VFqiITS63CjdGfM&pnref=story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JARG Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 (edited) Ged is still in denial - he calls Neil's retirement an "extended hiatus". No he didn't. He clearly says the word "I" in reference to his extended hiatus. Maybe he's personally taking a break from pursuing any big musical commitments for a while. Guess we will find out tonight, but it surely seems to me by the tone of his answer that he is speaking of the band "ending". And it is only ending because Neil retired. I could be wrong but that is not what I got out of it. Again, we will see tonight. So where does the "denial" come into play? You seem to be implying that Geddy can't accept Neil is retired. He should just call it what it isI'm pretty sure he did.... He paused and chose his words carefully. He should just accept it. He should say, "Now that Neil has retired and Rush is over, I am traveling and pursuing new interests and hopefully soon I can find a new project to focus my energies." Or something along those lines. It just comes across like he cannot accept that his band is over. Again, it's almost certainly the case that Geddy's hiatus doesn't have anything to do with Neil at this point. Like I said, perhaps Geddy is referencing a decision to take a break from any big musical commitments for the time being. I somehow doubt he was implying that he's just waiting around for Neil to wise up. Edited October 24, 2017 by JARG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil1972 Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 Ged is still in denial - he calls Neil's retirement an "extended hiatus". No he didn't. He clearly says the word "I" in reference to his extended hiatus. Maybe he's personally taking a break from pursuing any big musical commitments for a while. Guess we will find out tonight, but it surely seems to me by the tone of his answer that he is speaking of the band "ending". And it is only ending because Neil retired. I could be wrong but that is not what I got out of it. Again, we will see tonight. So where does the "denial" come into play? You seem to be implying that Geddy can't accept Neil is retired. He should just call it what it isI'm pretty sure he did.... He paused and chose his words carefully. He should just accept it. He should say, "Now that Neil has retired and Rush is over, I am traveling and pursuing new interests and hopefully soon I can find a new project to focus my energies." Or something along those lines. It just comes across like he cannot accept that his band is over. Again, it's almost certainly the case that Geddy's hiatus doesn't have anything to do with Neil at this point. Like I said, perhaps Geddy is referencing a decision to take a break from any big musical commitments for the time being. I somehow doubt he was implying that he's just waiting around for Neil to wise up. Maybe, maybe not. Its all speculation but that's how it comes across to me. Again, we will find out tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JARG Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Ged is still in denial - he calls Neil's retirement an "extended hiatus". No he didn't. He clearly says the word "I" in reference to his extended hiatus. Maybe he's personally taking a break from pursuing any big musical commitments for a while. Guess we will find out tonight, but it surely seems to me by the tone of his answer that he is speaking of the band "ending". And it is only ending because Neil retired. I could be wrong but that is not what I got out of it. Again, we will see tonight. So where does the "denial" come into play? You seem to be implying that Geddy can't accept Neil is retired. He should just call it what it isI'm pretty sure he did.... He paused and chose his words carefully. He should just accept it. He should say, "Now that Neil has retired and Rush is over, I am traveling and pursuing new interests and hopefully soon I can find a new project to focus my energies." Or something along those lines. It just comes across like he cannot accept that his band is over. Again, it's almost certainly the case that Geddy's hiatus doesn't have anything to do with Neil at this point. Like I said, perhaps Geddy is referencing a decision to take a break from any big musical commitments for the time being. I somehow doubt he was implying that he's just waiting around for Neil to wise up. Maybe, maybe not. Its all speculation but that's how it comes across to me. Again, we will find out tonight. Maybe. Maybe not. ;) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil1972 Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 Ged is still in denial - he calls Neil's retirement an "extended hiatus". No he didn't. He clearly says the word "I" in reference to his extended hiatus. Maybe he's personally taking a break from pursuing any big musical commitments for a while. Guess we will find out tonight, but it surely seems to me by the tone of his answer that he is speaking of the band "ending". And it is only ending because Neil retired. I could be wrong but that is not what I got out of it. Again, we will see tonight. So where does the "denial" come into play? You seem to be implying that Geddy can't accept Neil is retired. He should just call it what it isI'm pretty sure he did.... He paused and chose his words carefully. He should just accept it. He should say, "Now that Neil has retired and Rush is over, I am traveling and pursuing new interests and hopefully soon I can find a new project to focus my energies." Or something along those lines. It just comes across like he cannot accept that his band is over. Again, it's almost certainly the case that Geddy's hiatus doesn't have anything to do with Neil at this point. Like I said, perhaps Geddy is referencing a decision to take a break from any big musical commitments for the time being. I somehow doubt he was implying that he's just waiting around for Neil to wise up. Maybe, maybe not. Its all speculation but that's how it comes across to me. Again, we will find out tonight. Maybe. Maybe not. ;) Right! ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GabesCavesOfIce Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Ged is still in denial - he calls Neil's retirement an "extended hiatus". No he didn't. He clearly says the word "I" in reference to his extended hiatus. Maybe he's personally taking a break from pursuing any big musical commitments for a while. Guess we will find out tonight, but it surely seems to me by the tone of his answer that he is speaking of the band "ending". And it is only ending because Neil retired. I could be wrong but that is not what I got out of it. Again, we will see tonight. So where does the "denial" come into play? You seem to be implying that Geddy can't accept Neil is retired. He should just call it what it isI'm pretty sure he did.... He paused and chose his words carefully. He should just accept it. He should say, "Now that Neil has retired and Rush is over, I am traveling and pursuing new interests and hopefully soon I can find a new project to focus my energies." Or something along those lines. It just comes across like he cannot accept that his band is over. Again, it's almost certainly the case that Geddy's hiatus doesn't have anything to do with Neil at this point. Like I said, perhaps Geddy is referencing a decision to take a break from any big musical commitments for the time being. I somehow doubt he was implying that he's just waiting around for Neil to wise up. Maybe, maybe not. Its all speculation but that's how it comes across to me. Again, we will find out tonight. Interesting Geddy referred to himself being on extended hiatus and not retired. But, when Rather asked him at the end if he would ever tour in the future to support his own material, Geddy's demeanor changed completely. Boy did he get defensive. . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron2112 Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 (edited) Interesting Geddy referred to himself being on extended hiatus and not retired. But, when Rather asked him at the end if he would ever tour in the future to support his own material, Geddy's demeanor changed completely. Boy did he get defensive. . I don't know if I sensed "defensiveness," but yes, the vibe did change. I suspect Geddy realizes at this point that he probably can't make the musical statement he wants to make without the other two. Or perhaps he could, but it will take a LOT of relearning how to do things in a band or solo format. And I suspect, to some extent, he's probably hoping he won't have to do that relearning. And it doesn't help that the whole music industry business model has turned upside down, such that recording an album without touring behind it is surely a money-losing proposition. Twenty years ago, you could be a studio-only band -- which might have suited Neil. Today, it's probably a non-starter. Edited October 31, 2017 by Ron2112 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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