oh yeah Geddy doing his thing again

[Killing Floor]

If one of my bands (we played in obscurity in bars for a few years) had kept at it for 40 years, and the drummer died, nobody would be running around saying "you shouldn't play your music anymore". However....somehow, if you get famous doing your music, and millions of people like your stuff, you've signed up to some bizzarre death cult pact where you can't do that? That's silly.

If you don't want to attend the concert, you're free to do that, but saying that an artist can't perform their work that they've created over their whole life anymore is stupid.

Some good points.

There are all kinds of randos performing as Deep Purple and Yes and countless others. Nobody is going to see any Rush show without expecting a different drummer than Neil on account of him being dead and whatnot. I don’t think that would negate Alex and Geddy from playing their hits. And why should it?

Nobody guns Billy Shears for playing old Beatles covers.

 

[Smooth_bass88]

My personal opinion, they shouldn't be out doing Rush stuff. They have solo stuff and other projects. I just think it's disrespecting Neil's memory. I know bands go on after people leave or die, but they've always said Rush is the 3 of them. I have little interest in any "new Rush" music. New projects, sure.

Yes my opinion is maybe closed minded, but it is my opinion.

I agree. It was done in honor of Taylor Hawkins, though, so there's that. No commercial interest whatsoever. I'm all but certain that there won't be any 'Rush' tour. It would be cool if Alex and Geddy collaborated with other musicians for maybe a couple songs on some kind of soundtrack or something, just don't call it Rush.

 

[dalkowski]

Neil only needed 372 things to hit.

 

[Jimmy Howe]

Rush existed before Neil Peart; so why couldn’t it exist after? Really, Rush is Alex and Geddy in my estimation.

 

[5StringBlues]

Ga-ding ga-ding ga-ding da-ding!

 

[NobodyImportant]

I one hand I'm upset that D.C. would play a show to honor a junkie who OD'd, but on the other hand I can't shame a guy for getting to play the role of one of his idols (and f'n nailing YYZ) from Rush.

 

[SteveC]

I agree. It was done in honor of Taylor Hawkins, though, so there's that. No commercial interest whatsoever. I'm all but certain that there won't be any 'Rush' tour. It would be cool if Alex and Geddy collaborated with other musicians for maybe a couple songs on some kind of soundtrack or something, just don't call it Rush.

You understood the assignment.

 

[Smooth_bass88]

You understood the assignment.

I try.

 

[Slough Feg Bass]

Geddy & Alex sounded great, I think Danny Carey sounded best of the drummers, though I long to hear big drum rolls!!

 

[Jim622]

Isn't his thing singing badly? No really, I am by no means a Rush fan, but if they want to continue....they should go for it. I guess that's because I'm not a fan. When Keith Moon died, I felt they should never play a note as The Who again. I may have been on to something, but it's their decision.

 

[callofcthulhu]

I one hand I'm upset that D.C. would play a show to honor a junkie who OD'd, but on the other hand I can't shame a guy for getting to play the role of one of his idols (and f'n nailing YYZ) from Rush.

What a catastrophic take.

When you die I'll make sure to tell your friends and family not to honor your life because I feel morally superior to you.

 

[Koshchei]

I one hand I'm upset that D.C. would play a show to honor a junkie who OD'd, but on the other hand I can't shame a guy for getting to play the role of one of his idols (and f'n nailing YYZ) from Rush.

You're in a special category, aren't you.

 

[rashrader]

So, there can be a bazillion crappy cover bands struggling through Rush covers, but Geddy and Alex aren’t allowed to play a few Rush tunes at a one off show? You folks crack me up.

 

[NobodyImportant]

You're in a special category, aren't you.

When I die it will not be by repeatedly overdosing. If by special you mean that I'm someone that isn't going to kill myself by excessive drug use then great.

 

[Altitude]

The hell are we arguing about? Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins literally inducted Rush into the Hall of Fame. I was there.

Now both Peart and Hawkins have tragically passed. Anything other than Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson performing at Hawkins’ tribute would simply be incorrect.

If anything Grohl himself should have played the drums.

 

[Hot Rats]

I one hand I'm upset that D.C. would play a show to honor a junkie who OD'd, but on the other hand I can't shame a guy for getting to play the role of one of his idols (and f'n nailing YYZ) from Rush.

All people should be judged by the way they die and then apply that retroactively to their entire life.

 

[NobodyImportant]

What a catastrophic take.

When you die I'll make sure to tell your friends and family not to honor your life because I feel morally superior to you.

Feel free. They will be still be celebrating a life, not disguising a junkie with a "tribute".

And at what point did you read me saying not to celebrate his life?

 

[Koshchei]

When I die it will not be by repeatedly overdosing. If by special you mean that I'm someone that isn't going to kill myself by excessive drug use then great.

No, I don't mean that.

 

[5StringBlues]

Don't let him bother you guys, he's NobodyImportant.

 

[alembicbones]

I think keeping great music alive is a wonderful thing. While calling it Rush without Neil might not be the best thing, Geddy and Alex playing Rush music with a different drummer is totally cool in my book.

After Jerry Garcia died some 27 years ago, the thought was the Grateful Dead was "dead". Boy oh boy that didn't turn out to be the case. The surviving members have been playing the music in all sorts of incarnations over the years, and very well in my opinion. Jerry's memory was always held with utmost respect from the fans who enjoyed hearing the music continue on. I'd like to think the same of Rush fans.

Bones