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Thunderbird Club
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Yeah, some of the lyrics make me cringe.
very quietly...in his room...very far away from anywhere I am
Back in the day same body, bass and guitar. Strap button on heel as most Gibsons were in that era.
Upsizing body would help, probably close to Grabber/Ripper size...
This is NOT my first rodeo
That makes my pulse race!
I have always wanted a Ripper but only two left handed instruments were ever made.
Here's a little something to freshen up the air...
Since we're being brutally honest... I don't give a rat's butt bow about Rush, Jaco, OR jazz...
Well the screeching vocals persisted for quite a while, but beginning with permanent waves in 79 (Jan 1980 release), the screeching vocals began to subside.
Pinnacle of rush career is 1976-2016 when Neil announced his retirement from touring. It is not a question I can answer, but of it had to be one album it would need to be a live album, and clock work angels tour or R40 live would be the ones to get. I don't own either one and haven't listened to them yet, but I saw each tour twice.
Geddy played a Thunderbird and an NR on a few songs on R40, it was the only tour where he played a million basses, he outdid Alex on number of bass changes, nearly every song a different bass. Very un-geddy.
Get the DVDs and watch the show rather than just listening is what I would recommend.
But if you don't like rush, you don't like rush.
"As for me, I celebrate their entire catalog"
"I told those cock smokers I liked michael Bolton!"
Politics may not be encouraged but a conversation about what we like/don't like is fine. As ling as Niether of us start attacking or get personal all should be well. I know I can handle myself appropriately. Up to you either way.
hillerup
There are basses, and there are Thunderbirds!
Hey. (Rush content again) They were young and full of their own piss, and when it looked hopeless, they got a chance. Screech they did, and with great gusto. Good for them.
Farewell to Kings still makes me shrink, sometimed chuckle just a little. Esp youngest- she likes to giggle at the title track.
Farewell to Kings still makes me shrink, sometimed chuckle just a little. Esp youngest- she likes to giggle at the title track.
It is all subjective, right? Maybe with the exception of Donnie and Marie? Personally, I don't "get" the appeal of bands like the Grateful Dead or Phish. But they are good musicians. I don't "get" Sonic Youth. But they were innovative and pushed musical boundaries. Rush are talented musicians too. However, some of us would rather listen to Dead Kennedys, the Damned or Ramones, where one could possibly question musicianship (which was part of their artistic statement). Their lyrics were arguably not as imaginative as Rush but that's not what drew/draws us to them either. Who among us couldn't appreciate the poetic verse of the DK's Jello Biafra, as he sings: "Too Drunk to F*@k"?
Sincerely yours,
Captain Obvious
This I had to turn off at about the ten second mark. Lol
Gaolee
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I'm not much of a Rush fan, either. I can appreciate their technical skill, but somehow, all that technique drained the joy out of it. For me anyway.
"A bit annoying" <--- understatement.
"but I'll probably have another go sometime." <--- I've walked this path a few times thinking that my taste may have changed.
Flag waving, bacon eating, rock n rollin' son of a gun!
Not a chance!
My bruth-ah from anoth-ah muth-ah!
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You guys are full of piss and vinegar today - play nice!
I LOVE farewell, might just be my fav Rush album. But it did not fare wellnin the market place. Thats pretty normal for me though.
I also tore up some Frank Zappa, not one single person I grew up with like him either. Stange indeed.
Too much work for me. But you gotta say what you gotta say.
I'm not much of a Rush fan, either. I can appreciate their technical skill, but somehow, all that technique drained the joy out of it. For me anyway.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
That works. Music to get bruised by!
Fact is that I really like jazz. I also like the raw, unbridled and often untalented energy that was punk rock.
I like Jazz but I'm very particular, as in I like neither 'trad' nor 'electric' or 'fusion'. Give me an upright, drums and piano and horn(s) and I'm happy.
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hillerup
There are basses, and there are Thunderbirds!
I thought Rush were a Canadian band...?
Love me some T. Monk. My fav jazz tunage.
Far as punk-ethos bands, Flea was in Fear early on, and some of the dudes in The Dead Kennedys were "jazz players"... and they were good. X was another booty-kickin', bunch of very skilled dudes.
Punk tends to get a bad rap. Admittedly though, yeah, there were a good number of ramshackle outfits...
But for the true-blue guy of rock n' roll: The Ramones.
Sorry, had to edit many typos.
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