What would Rush have been like if Neil would have discovered he was the world's greatest travel writer 30 years earlier?

[laughedatbytime]

Well?

[Bigbobby10]

They would have been like, "Good job Neil"

[goose]

Maybe, with royalties from more books, he wouldn't have charged so much for concert tees.

[laughedatbytime]

Maybe, with royalties from more books, he wouldn't have charged so much for concert tees.

Nah, he'd probably use it to give to more homeless people, hoping they'd say "God bless you" so he could set them straight.

[Citizen of the World]

They would have toured to a lot of places that they have missed.

[Lucas]

Let's see ... 30 years ago ( counting on fingers . . . . )

 

Post 1985

 

No Neil Peart

 

No Presto ... No Roll The Bones ... No Hold Your Fire

 

I think you get what I mean

 

 

[New World Kid]

We're on the train to Bangkok

There's a statue of some guy to the west

I'll tell every detail along the way

And afterwards there'll be a test

[laughedatbytime]

Let's see ... 30 years ago ( counting on fingers . . . . )

 

Post 1985

 

No Neil Peart

 

No Presto ... No Roll The Bones ... No Hold Your Fire

 

I think you get what I mean

I meant 30 years before he wrote the greatest travel book of all time, "Ghost Rider: Tales from the road I was forced to share with a bunch of fat, disgusting religious Americans", but I think I like yours better.

[bathory]

do you guys remember the "debate scene" in the africa bicycle book?

[Geddy's Soul Patch]

Well, hopefully in this alternate reality, Neil also meets Brutus earlier and he can fill Rush songs with stories of they're infamous adventures

[laughedatbytime]

do you guys remember the "debate scene" in the africa bicycle book?

Can't say that I do.

[Narps]

Let's see ... 30 years ago ( counting on fingers . . . . )

 

Post 1985

 

No Neil Peart

 

No Presto ... No Roll The Bones ... No Hold Your Fire

 

I think you get what I mean

:rfl: That one banged into the funny bone but good...

[Lorraine]

That would have been a good time - 1985. They would have realized that all that glitters is not gold, hung up their instruments, opened up a AAA Travel Agency, and Neil would write travel brochures to put on their racks.

 

:)

[Lorraine]

Then Hollywood would have discovered Neil's classic good looks back then and swept him up and out of the travel agency to host a cable show entitled Traveling With Neil which would have been a boost for Alex and Geddy's AAA Travel Agency because the entire show would feature AAA ads.

[Maverick]

Awful.

[laughedatbytime]

Then Hollywood would have discovered Neil's classic good looks back then and swept him up and out of the travel agency to host a cable show entitled Traveling With Neil which would have been a boost for Alex and Geddy's AAA Travel Agency because the entire show would feature AAA ads.

Or he could do a spinoff replacing Tom Hanks, in Bosom Buddies Hit the Road.

[Snyder80]

Let's see ... 30 years ago ( counting on fingers . . . . )

 

Post 1985

 

No Neil Peart

 

No Presto ... No Roll The Bones ... No Hold Your Fire

 

I think you get what I mean

 

That would mean no "The Pass", no "Bravado" and no "Mission.

 

That would mean things all of sudden suck ass.

[laughedatbytime]

Let's see ... 30 years ago ( counting on fingers . . . . )

 

Post 1985

 

No Neil Peart

 

No Presto ... No Roll The Bones ... No Hold Your Fire

 

I think you get what I mean

 

That would mean no "The Pass", no "Bravado" and no "Mission.

 

That would mean things all of sudden suck ass.

You do mean "kick", right? Damn that spell check sometimes.

[Lorraine]

Then Hollywood would have discovered Neil's classic good looks back then and swept him up and out of the travel agency to host a cable show entitled Traveling With Neil which would have been a boost for Alex and Geddy's AAA Travel Agency because the entire show would feature AAA ads.

Or he could do a spinoff replacing Tom Hanks, in Bosom Buddies Hit the Road.

 

Or replace Jack Klugman in The Odd Couple which would now be The Odd Trio.

 

They would be an updated version of The Monkees. And they could call themselves Rush.

 

The rest is history.

[laughedatbytime]

Then Hollywood would have discovered Neil's classic good looks back then and swept him up and out of the travel agency to host a cable show entitled Traveling With Neil which would have been a boost for Alex and Geddy's AAA Travel Agency because the entire show would feature AAA ads.

Or he could do a spinoff replacing Tom Hanks, in Bosom Buddies Hit the Road.

 

Or replace Jack Klugman in The Odd Couple which would now be The Odd Trio.

 

They would be an updated version of The Monkees. And they could call themselves Rush.

 

The rest is history.

And when Klugman got too old to act tony Randall could replace him with his infant son and they could call the show Van Odd Couple.

 

ETA: ok, that's called trying a bit too hard with little to no payoff...

Edited October 1, 2015 by laughedatbytime

[goose]

Maybe, with royalties from more books, he wouldn't have charged so much for concert tees.

Nah, he'd probably use it to give to more homeless people, hoping they'd say "God bless you" so he could set them straight.

[bathory]

do you guys remember the "debate scene" in the africa bicycle book?

Can't say that I do.

 

neil argues about something with the people in his bicycle club or whatever. he portrays them as comically ignorant, neil sets them straight

[patjnev]

Neil wrote a book?

[JohnnyBlaze]

Then simultaneously, the world's greatest travel writer would've just happened to be one of the greatest rock drummers of all time. He wouldn't have been able to write himself out of that destiny. Edited October 2, 2015 by JohnnyBlaze

[EagleMoon]

Discovered what? The thread title is too long and it's cut off.