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02-13-2010, 08:36 PM
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i think this is the right spot, if not could a mod move it? thanks... http://www.examiner.com/x-34432-LA-M...ening-Ceremony
most of you probably know...but
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02-13-2010, 08:47 PM
|  | LICENSED TO KILL - any song I play! | | | | | I was kind of expecting a Rush or Neil Young.
Thanks for the link. Perhaps the Closing Ceremonies.
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02-14-2010, 05:11 AM
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Midtown Guitars | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 810, Michigan | | | yeah, people were upset they kinda skipped over canada and the great lakes, but bumping rush was understandable i guess. |
02-14-2010, 02:06 PM
|  | Friends, Romans, Bass Players... | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Spencer, MA, USA | | That was a bunch of BS! How could anyone percieve a Rush performance as being disrespectful to the late Georgian luger? If there's any Canadian act that deserved to be there, it was Rush. Let's hope the "powers that be" let them play at the Closing Ceremonies. After being disrespected like that, it wouldn't surprise me if they simply stay away! 
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02-15-2010, 06:34 AM
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Midtown Guitars | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 810, Michigan | | | that was the type of answer i was expecting.
im surprised more people arent chiming in. |
02-15-2010, 07:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: :noitacoL | | | I wasn't too surprised Rush wasn't in the ceremonies. They're not "mainstream" enough for the general public. |
02-15-2010, 07:44 AM
|  | On the TB leaderboard for low talent/gear ratios! | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: NJ | | Maybe the IOC was offended by the idea of Rush playing YYZ in Vancouver.
(Rush fans should get what I mean  )
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02-15-2010, 07:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Colorado Springs CO | | maybe they should do a new song called YVR? 
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02-15-2010, 07:53 AM
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Originally Posted by dave64o  Maybe the IOC was offended by the idea of Rush playing YYZ in Vancouver.
(Rush fans should get what I mean ) |
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02-15-2010, 07:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Delaware, OH | | | I have to wonder if the "disrespectful to the luger" explanation was concocted by Rush fans. It certainly wouldn't have been any more disrespectful than that horrible song Bryan Adams and Nelly Furtado were spewing out!
Now of course, there is the possibility that the band scrapped the performance themselves out of respect, and it wasn't an organizer decision, but that's just more Rush fan speculation!
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02-15-2010, 07:57 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Kansas City, MO | | Funny. I said to my wife that I couldn't believe that Rush was not asked to participate in the opening ceremony. She just rolled her eyes and said "probably because they would scare everyone away". She is not a fan. 
Little did I know they were supposed to be there. Hopefully they will be at the closing ceremonies. |
02-15-2010, 07:57 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Tempe, Arizona, USA | | | The Closing Ceremonies idea seems more fitting; save the best for last.
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02-15-2010, 07:58 AM
| | On the TB leaderboard for low talent/gear ratios! | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: NJ | | Quote:
Originally Posted by reedo35 maybe they should do a new song called YVR? | Would that not be AWESOME, a brand new instrumental premiered at The Olympics?!?!?! 
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02-15-2010, 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by geeza I wasn't too surprised Rush wasn't in the ceremonies. They're not "mainstream" enough for the general public. | I'd argue that 40 million albums sold qualifies a band as "mainstream." |
02-15-2010, 07:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: West Midlands, U.K. | | I'd quite like to have seen the Tragically Hip, very understated, and virtually unheard of here. How about seeing the amazing talents of that other great Canadian female artist... Avril Lavigne??? 
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02-15-2010, 08:04 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Somewhere in Canada | | | Disrespectful? Well I guess I could see that...Closer to the Heart is a fairly upbeat song...nonetheless I hope they aren't scrapped entirely!!
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02-15-2010, 08:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Delaware, OH | | Quote:
Originally Posted by oggdawg I'd argue that 40 million albums sold qualifies a band as "mainstream." | Typical Rush fan view! I'm just ribbing here, I'm a Rush fan too ( I actually have a 2112 tattoo!). The fact is, Rush is not mainstream. While 40mil albums sounds impressive, it's less sales than UB40, Roxette, and Anne Murray! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._music_artists
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02-15-2010, 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted by rarisgod Disrespectful? Well I guess I could see that...Closer to the Heart is a fairly upbeat song...nonetheless I hope they aren't scrapped entirely!! | considering where the luger was hit....this would be somewhat of an ironic song.
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