I don't think RUSH gives a SHIT whether or not their in the RRHOF. They're professionals musicians and care only about their style of music and fans like myself that love their music. It's the same thing that they've never been on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine they don't give a damn it's really only a title or a picture. Some bands find that gratifying I believe they don't.
I saw them month or two ago in Palm Beach, FL and Bristoe, VA and they packed the place 25+ thou and this after 30 years of touring. They were honestly the BEST RUSH shows I've seen and I've seen them all except one since g under p.
It's funny though that their first show ever in the US was you guessed it was in Cleve fucking land. Go figure.
Peace
Rush don't need no fricking Hall of Fame...in through THE CAMERA EYE one of my favorites. I just love Neil's drumming on this track, all the different paces and tempos.
Peace
O
Peace
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
The Hall of Fame doesn't seem to give much love to prog rock bands. I could be wrong, but I don't think King Crimson is in there either. They defeintiely should be.
All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
Obviously, look at some of the horseshit bands that Canada has given us......Nickelback, Barenaked Ladies, Three Days Grace, RUSH, Sum 41, etc.
Point taken. But at the same time, we've also given you Neil Young, The Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, The New Pornographers, The Tragically Hip, Feist, Sarah Harmer, The Weakerthans, Sam Roberts Band, Kathleen Edwards, Wintersleep, Matt Mays & El Torpedo, Metric, Sloan, Hayden, and countless other brilliant artists.
You're welcome.
"I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."
They would be a disgrace to the rock and roll hall of fame. Absolutely dreadful band and those screeching woman vocals do not help at all.
coming from someone with a thirdgrade username and constantly bashes emo bands, i myself hate them but i dont give a shit enough to bash them.
and by the way geddy lee, whether you like his voice or not has one of the most, if not the greatest vocal range in rock, i saw them recently and how old is he now, like mid-late 50's and his voice still sounds incredible.
and this is apparently coming from someone who has such great taste in music.
G under P: does your username stand for grace under pressure?
They should definitely be in, if only for Neil Peart drumming ferocity. Those guys are all monster players and you hear them and you instantly know its them. Sure their not everybody's cup of tea but if Skynyrd is in Rush should be in. They both fill a very small niche in the rock scope.
coming from someone with a thirdgrade username and constantly bashes emo bands, i myself hate them but i dont give a shit enough to bash them.
and by the way geddy lee, whether you like his voice or not has one of the most, if not the greatest vocal range in rock, i saw them recently and how old is he now, like mid-late 50's and his voice still sounds incredible.
and this is apparently coming from someone who has such great taste in music.
G under P: does your username stand for grace under pressure?
Why most certainly. However it goes much further than that which I may get into later. I have to fix lunch for my patient.
Peace and Love everybody
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Point taken. But at the same time, we've also given you Neil Young, The Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, The New Pornographers, The Tragically Hip, Feist, Sarah Harmer, The Weakerthans, Sam Roberts Band, Kathleen Edwards, Wintersleep, Matt Mays & El Torpedo, Metric, Sloan, Hayden, and countless other brilliant artists.
You're welcome.
I dont consider all those to be brilliant artists, the only artists I really like alot from Canada are Neil Young and The Guess Who...........Canada has given the world way more shit bands than quality bands.
Alpine Valley 2000
Summerfest 2006
"Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
Canada has given the world way more shit bands than quality bands.
The same can said of ol' Red, White and Blue.
PBM
"We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"
Obviously but at least I can name a hundreds of good artists from here while I can name two from Canada.
Yeah but, to be fair, you're from Wisconsin...you're going to be more familiar with bands from The States.
I'm sure there are a lot of great bands in Canada that you've never heard of or taken the time to seek out.
Making a blanket statement like that is suspect.
PBM
"We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"
Yeah but, to be fair, you're from Wisconsin...you're going to be more familiar with bands from The States.
I'm sure there are a lot of great bands in Canada that you've never heard of or taken the time to seek out.
Making a blanket statement like that is suspect.
PBM
Agreed. Just because you've never heard of the bands I mentioned, it doesn't mean they're not amazing artists. Bands like the Arcade Fire, Feist, and The New Pornographers are actually quite popular in the U.S. (as well as the rest of the world). Pick up any current music magazine and you're bound to see their names either on the cover or featured somewhere inside, and they've all been guests on Letterman, Leno, Conan, and SNL. Neil Young, Rush, and The Guess Who are just the tip of the iceberg. There's so much more to Canadian music than that, as many people on this forum will attest.
"I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."
Oh c'mon now, the Canadian government has already apologized for Bryan Adams on numerous occasions.
"I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."
Obviously but at least I can name a hundreds of good artists from here while I can name two from Canada.
Their population is about 1/10th of ours or some such number.
All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
coming from someone with a thirdgrade username and constantly bashes emo bands, i myself hate them but i dont give a shit enough to bash them.
and by the way geddy lee, whether you like his voice or not has one of the most, if not the greatest vocal range in rock, i saw them recently and how old is he now, like mid-late 50's and his voice still sounds incredible.
and this is apparently coming from someone who has such great taste in music.
G under P: does your username stand for grace under pressure?
Why most certainly. However it goes much further than that which I may get into later. I have to fix lunch for my patient.
In my field of work which is medical I use this terminology to handle the many situations I come across more efficiently to avoid a panic mode. It's also the name of my mother, and daughter.
The Grace Under Pressure Tour was my first for RUSH and still in my top 3 RUSH albums.
Oh my patient told his sandwich was excellent!
Peace
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Agreed. Just because you've never heard of the bands I mentioned, it doesn't mean they're not amazing artists. Bands like the Arcade Fire, Feist, and The New Pornographers are actually quite popular in the U.S. (as well as the rest of the world). Pick up any current music magazine and you're bound to see their names either on the cover or featured somewhere inside, and they've all been guests on Letterman, Leno, Conan, and SNL. Neil Young, Rush, and The Guess Who are just the tip of the iceberg. There's so much more to Canadian music than that, as many people on this forum will attest.
No shit those bands are popular, Nickelback are also popular.........what is your point? I have heard half of the bands named on that list.
Alpine Valley 2000
Summerfest 2006
"Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
No shit those bands are popular, Nickelback are also popular.........what is your point? I have heard half of the bands named on that list.
I've already made my point (with a little help from PissBottleMan.) If you need more clarification, go back and read the above posts again.
"I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."
In my field of work which is medical I use this terminology to handle the many situations I come across more efficiently to avoid a panic mode. It's also the name of my mother, and daughter.
The Grace Under Pressure Tour was my first for RUSH and still in my top 3 RUSH albums.
Oh my patient told his sandwich was excellent!
Peace
from the albums i have, i think their best work is counterparts and vapor trails. as for their older stuff id say grace under pressure is probably their best, moving pictures is very overrated imo, but my favorite rush song is natural science. the only albums im missing is their first 2,hemispheres and hold your fire.
from the albums i have, i think their best work is counterparts and vapor trails. as for their older stuff id say grace under pressure is probably their best, moving pictures is very overrated imo, but my favorite rush song is natural science. the only albums im missing is their first 2,hemispheres and hold your fire.
My top 3 has to be g under p, Vaper Trails and 2112. Counterparts was the only tour I missed since g under p, they played the same night as my touring A League softball season started. I think S & A is at best subpar too much of the same pace and tempo throughout.
Top songs Red Sector A, The Camera Eye, La Villa Straitigo and Earthshine.
I remember once on the Hold Your Fire Tour when I knew the next song coming up was Red Sector A I told this girl next to me that's my favorite she said, "you don't know the words cause that's mine too". I said "Oh Yeah," I kicked out those lyrics word for word and she hung right with me. Later she had to admit it was my favorite song after I told her what the song was about. I got her number too and.......
Peace
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
My top 3 has to be g under p, Vaper Trails and 2112. Counterparts was the only tour I missed since g under p, they played the same night as my touring A League softball season started. I think S & A is at best subpar too much of the same pace and tempo throughout.
Top songs Red Sector A, The Camera Eye, La Villa Straitigo and Earthshine.
I remember once on the Hold Your Fire Tour when I knew the next song coming up was Red Sector A I told this girl next to me that's my favorite she said, "you don't know the words cause that's mine too". I said "Oh Yeah," I kicked out those lyrics word for word and she hung right with me. Later she had to admit it was my favorite song after I told her what the song was about. I got her number too and.......
Peace
I'm old nough that I saw Rush on the Moving Pictures and Signals tours. I love their early stuff and the Exit Stage left dvd was recorded at the Moving Pictures show I caught. Signals tour marked the launch of abbreviated versions of a lot of their epic songs, 2112 was part of a medley, Villa Strangieto as well. I'm not sure if they've played Xanadu live since.
My fave songs are Limelight, Trees and Xanadu. I think Trees has some of the most intelligent lyrics ever.
“One good thing about music,
when it hits you, you feel to pain.
So brutalize me with music.”
~ Bob Marley
I'm old nough that I saw Rush on the Moving Pictures and Signals tours. I love their early stuff and the Exit Stage left dvd was recorded at the Moving Pictures show I caught. Signals tour marked the launch of abbreviated versions of a lot of their epic songs, 2112 was part of a medley, Villa Strangieto as well. I'm not sure if they've played Xanadu live since.
My fave songs are Limelight, Trees and Xanadu. I think Trees has some of the most intelligent lyrics ever.
They played Xanadu on the R30 tour. So completely badass. One of my faves too.
coming from someone with a thirdgrade username and constantly bashes emo bands, i myself hate them but i dont give a shit enough to bash them.
and by the way geddy lee, whether you like his voice or not has one of the most, if not the greatest vocal range in rock, i saw them recently and how old is he now, like mid-late 50's and his voice still sounds incredible.
I know Neil is 54 so I imagine Geddy is about the same age.
I saw Rush every tour from Moving Pictures thru Test For Echo. They were just here last Friday but their tickets have gotten to be too $$$$ for me, I am spoiled by PJ I think.
Oh and a random useless fact about me, when I was pregnant with my twins and we thought I was going to have boys I wanted to name them Eddie and Geddy soooo bad. I guess it was lucky I had girls,LOL, they are Clara and Eleanore. But my first son's middle name is Neil and my second son's middle name is Alexander, I really needed a Geddy!
To 10c; "Your PJ tshirt should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady." - bionicamy
I'm old nough that I saw Rush on the Moving Pictures and Signals tours. I love their early stuff and the Exit Stage left dvd was recorded at the Moving Pictures show I caught. Signals tour marked the launch of abbreviated versions of a lot of their epic songs, 2112 was part of a medley, Villa Strangieto as well. I'm not sure if they've played Xanadu live since.
My fave songs are Limelight, Trees and Xanadu. I think Trees has some of the most intelligent lyrics ever.
Trees is great! My favorite Rush song is Resist. It has great lyrics. I think it may be my favorite song of all time, from anyone.
I can learn to resist
Anything but temptation
I can learn to co-exist
With anything but pain
I can learn to compromise
Anything but my desires
I can learn to get along
With all the things I cant explain
I can learn to resist
Anything but frustration
I can learn to persist
With anything but aiming low
I can learn to close my eyes
To anything but injustice
I can learn to get along
With all the things I dont know
You can surrender
Without a prayer
But never really pray
Pray without surrender
You can fight
Without ever winning
But never ever win
Without a fight
To 10c; "Your PJ tshirt should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady." - bionicamy
Can't wait to see them! A little more than 3 weeks.
Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
I know Neil is 54 so I imagine Geddy is about the same age.
I saw Rush every tour from Moving Pictures thru Test For Echo. They were just here last Friday but their tickets have gotten to be too $$$$ for me, I am spoiled by PJ I think.
Oh and a random useless fact about me, when I was pregnant with my twins and we thought I was going to have boys I wanted to name them Eddie and Geddy soooo bad. I guess it was lucky I had girls,LOL, they are Clara and Eleanore. But my first son's middle name is Neil and my second son's middle name is Alexander, I really needed a Geddy!
At the Virginia show I didn't have a ticket, I walked up and saw a guy holding one ticket. I asked how much he said face value $100. I said I only wanted lawn seats for $30 we went back and forth till we settled on $75. I knew it's much tougher to sell off a single ticket.
When I finally found the seats I found out why he wanted to keep the price high. I was dead center on the aisle about 30 rows back, awesome. Just before the show started that same guy sat right next to me, I offered him many beers and he accepted. We had a great time and come to find out he's a huge fan of my friend's band Michael Franti and Spearhead.
Out of the many shows since g under p tour that one a month or so ago was the best just ahead of the show in W. Palm Beach, FL only their 3rd of the S & A Tour. BTW the ticket prices have gone up quite a bit all over but every now and then one can catch a deal.
Peace
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
At the Virginia show I didn't have a ticket, I walked up and saw a guy holding one ticket. I asked how much he said face value $100. I said I only wanted lawn seats for $30 we went back and forth till we settled on $75. I knew it's much tougher to sell off a single ticket.
When I finally found the seats I found out why he wanted to keep the price high. I was dead center on the aisle about 30 rows back, awesome. Just before the show started that same guy sat right next to me, I offered him many beers and he accepted. We had a great time and come to find out he's a huge fan of my friend's band Michael Franti and Spearhead.
Out of the many shows since g under p tour that one a month or so ago was the best just ahead of the show in W. Palm Beach, FL only their 3rd of the S & A Tour. BTW the ticket prices have gone up quite a bit all over but every now and then one can catch a deal.
Peace
My favorite RUSH song...
Red Sector A lyrics
All that we can do is just survive
All that we can do to help ourselves is stay alive
Ragged lines of ragged grey
Skeletons, they shuffle away
Shouting guards and smoking guns
Will cut down the unlucky ones
I clutch the wire fence until my fingers bleed
A wound that will not heal
A heart that cannot feel
Hoping that the horror will recede
Hoping that tomorrow we'll all be freed
Sickness to insanity
Prayer to profanity
Days and weeks and months go by
Don't feel the hunger
Too weak to cry
I hear the sound of gunfire at the prison gate
Are the liberators here?
Do I hope or do I fear?
For my father and my brother, it's too late
But I must help my mother stand up straight
Are we the last ones left alive?
Are we the only human beings to survive?
Peace
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Loved Rush in the 80s....then PJ came along and stole my heart.
Still have a soft spot for their ealier stuff like The Trees and Losing It is my favorite. And about Canadian bands.......
Lover Boy anyone??? . ((I think they are from there).
LOSING IT
The dancer slows her frantic pace
In pain and desperation,
Her aching limbs and downcast face
Aglow with perspiration
Stiff as wire, her lungs on fire,
With just the briefest pause
The flooding through her memory,
The echoes of old applause.
She limps across the floor
And closes her bedroom door...
The writer stare with glassy eyes
Defies the empty page
His beard is white, his face is lined
And streaked with tears of rage.
Thirty years ago, how the words would flow
With passion and precision,
But now his mind is dark and dulled
By sickness and indecision
And he stares out the kitchen door
Where the sun will rise no more...
Some are born to move the world
To live their fantasies
But most of us just dream about
The things we'd like to be
Sadder still to watch it die
Than never to have known it
For you, the blind who once could see
The bell tolls for thee...
So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
Comments
Rush don't need no fricking Hall of Fame...in through THE CAMERA EYE one of my favorites. I just love Neil's drumming on this track, all the different paces and tempos.
Peace
O
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
wrong.
http://www.myspace.com/brain_of_c
Point taken. But at the same time, we've also given you Neil Young, The Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, The New Pornographers, The Tragically Hip, Feist, Sarah Harmer, The Weakerthans, Sam Roberts Band, Kathleen Edwards, Wintersleep, Matt Mays & El Torpedo, Metric, Sloan, Hayden, and countless other brilliant artists.
You're welcome.
-Tom Waits
coming from someone with a thirdgrade username and constantly bashes emo bands, i myself hate them but i dont give a shit enough to bash them.
and by the way geddy lee, whether you like his voice or not has one of the most, if not the greatest vocal range in rock, i saw them recently and how old is he now, like mid-late 50's and his voice still sounds incredible.
and this is apparently coming from someone who has such great taste in music.
G under P: does your username stand for grace under pressure?
8/7/08, 6/9/09
Why most certainly. However it goes much further than that which I may get into later. I have to fix lunch for my patient.
Peace and Love everybody
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
I dont consider all those to be brilliant artists, the only artists I really like alot from Canada are Neil Young and The Guess Who...........Canada has given the world way more shit bands than quality bands.
Summerfest 2006
"Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
The same can said of ol' Red, White and Blue.
PBM
Wishlist Foundation: http://wishlistfoundation.org
Obviously but at least I can name a hundreds of good artists from here while I can name two from Canada.
Summerfest 2006
"Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
Yeah but, to be fair, you're from Wisconsin...you're going to be more familiar with bands from The States.
I'm sure there are a lot of great bands in Canada that you've never heard of or taken the time to seek out.
Making a blanket statement like that is suspect.
PBM
Wishlist Foundation: http://wishlistfoundation.org
Agreed. Just because you've never heard of the bands I mentioned, it doesn't mean they're not amazing artists. Bands like the Arcade Fire, Feist, and The New Pornographers are actually quite popular in the U.S. (as well as the rest of the world). Pick up any current music magazine and you're bound to see their names either on the cover or featured somewhere inside, and they've all been guests on Letterman, Leno, Conan, and SNL. Neil Young, Rush, and The Guess Who are just the tip of the iceberg. There's so much more to Canadian music than that, as many people on this forum will attest.
-Tom Waits
Oh c'mon now, the Canadian government has already apologized for Bryan Adams on numerous occasions.
-Tom Waits
In my field of work which is medical I use this terminology to handle the many situations I come across more efficiently to avoid a panic mode. It's also the name of my mother, and daughter.
The Grace Under Pressure Tour was my first for RUSH and still in my top 3 RUSH albums.
Oh my patient told his sandwich was excellent!
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
No shit those bands are popular, Nickelback are also popular.........what is your point? I have heard half of the bands named on that list.
Summerfest 2006
"Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
I've already made my point (with a little help from PissBottleMan.) If you need more clarification, go back and read the above posts again.
-Tom Waits
from the albums i have, i think their best work is counterparts and vapor trails. as for their older stuff id say grace under pressure is probably their best, moving pictures is very overrated imo, but my favorite rush song is natural science. the only albums im missing is their first 2,hemispheres and hold your fire.
8/7/08, 6/9/09
My top 3 has to be g under p, Vaper Trails and 2112. Counterparts was the only tour I missed since g under p, they played the same night as my touring A League softball season started. I think S & A is at best subpar too much of the same pace and tempo throughout.
Top songs Red Sector A, The Camera Eye, La Villa Straitigo and Earthshine.
I remember once on the Hold Your Fire Tour when I knew the next song coming up was Red Sector A I told this girl next to me that's my favorite she said, "you don't know the words cause that's mine too". I said "Oh Yeah," I kicked out those lyrics word for word and she hung right with me. Later she had to admit it was my favorite song after I told her what the song was about. I got her number too and.......
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
My fave songs are Limelight, Trees and Xanadu. I think Trees has some of the most intelligent lyrics ever.
when it hits you, you feel to pain.
So brutalize me with music.”
~ Bob Marley
They played Xanadu on the R30 tour. So completely badass. One of my faves too.
j/k
I saw Rush every tour from Moving Pictures thru Test For Echo. They were just here last Friday but their tickets have gotten to be too $$$$ for me, I am spoiled by PJ I think.
Oh and a random useless fact about me, when I was pregnant with my twins and we thought I was going to have boys I wanted to name them Eddie and Geddy soooo bad. I guess it was lucky I had girls,LOL, they are Clara and Eleanore. But my first son's middle name is Neil and my second son's middle name is Alexander, I really needed a Geddy!
I can learn to resist
Anything but temptation
I can learn to co-exist
With anything but pain
I can learn to compromise
Anything but my desires
I can learn to get along
With all the things I cant explain
I can learn to resist
Anything but frustration
I can learn to persist
With anything but aiming low
I can learn to close my eyes
To anything but injustice
I can learn to get along
With all the things I dont know
You can surrender
Without a prayer
But never really pray
Pray without surrender
You can fight
Without ever winning
But never ever win
Without a fight
At the Virginia show I didn't have a ticket, I walked up and saw a guy holding one ticket. I asked how much he said face value $100. I said I only wanted lawn seats for $30 we went back and forth till we settled on $75. I knew it's much tougher to sell off a single ticket.
When I finally found the seats I found out why he wanted to keep the price high. I was dead center on the aisle about 30 rows back, awesome. Just before the show started that same guy sat right next to me, I offered him many beers and he accepted. We had a great time and come to find out he's a huge fan of my friend's band Michael Franti and Spearhead.
Out of the many shows since g under p tour that one a month or so ago was the best just ahead of the show in W. Palm Beach, FL only their 3rd of the S & A Tour. BTW the ticket prices have gone up quite a bit all over but every now and then one can catch a deal.
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
My favorite RUSH song...
Red Sector A lyrics
All that we can do is just survive
All that we can do to help ourselves is stay alive
Ragged lines of ragged grey
Skeletons, they shuffle away
Shouting guards and smoking guns
Will cut down the unlucky ones
I clutch the wire fence until my fingers bleed
A wound that will not heal
A heart that cannot feel
Hoping that the horror will recede
Hoping that tomorrow we'll all be freed
Sickness to insanity
Prayer to profanity
Days and weeks and months go by
Don't feel the hunger
Too weak to cry
I hear the sound of gunfire at the prison gate
Are the liberators here?
Do I hope or do I fear?
For my father and my brother, it's too late
But I must help my mother stand up straight
Are we the last ones left alive?
Are we the only human beings to survive?
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Still have a soft spot for their ealier stuff like The Trees and Losing It is my favorite. And about Canadian bands.......
Lover Boy anyone???
LOSING IT
The dancer slows her frantic pace
In pain and desperation,
Her aching limbs and downcast face
Aglow with perspiration
Stiff as wire, her lungs on fire,
With just the briefest pause
The flooding through her memory,
The echoes of old applause.
She limps across the floor
And closes her bedroom door...
The writer stare with glassy eyes
Defies the empty page
His beard is white, his face is lined
And streaked with tears of rage.
Thirty years ago, how the words would flow
With passion and precision,
But now his mind is dark and dulled
By sickness and indecision
And he stares out the kitchen door
Where the sun will rise no more...
Some are born to move the world
To live their fantasies
But most of us just dream about
The things we'd like to be
Sadder still to watch it die
Than never to have known it
For you, the blind who once could see
The bell tolls for thee...
Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me