Rush v. Dirk, Pratt, & Lerxst

[RodrigoAltaf]

Huh; had you asked me to guess what song it was, neither of those would have been in the top 20.    Not knowing who the band is/was, my first guess would have been Black Dog, followed by Rock And Roll, Whole Lotta Love, Communication Breakdown and maybe Bring It On Home.

 Let me call the Rush headquarters and make sure they ask you next time!

[ytserush]

More Rush beer from Henderson Brewing Company:

https://www.lcbo.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/en/lcbo/rush-moving-pictures-40th-anniversary-limited-edition-ale-22258#.YaTzUC9yahA

Whoa, this beer will get you ripped! 14% alcohol   🥴

Can't say I care about the beer, but I did get few of the t-shirts and some tumblers.

[ytserush]

Alex playing some Zeppelin the other night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x92C_2UhjT0

That was nice.

I guess the Envy of None album will come out sometime next year.

[gazinwales]

For others not aware of the Neil thing, here's the link:

https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Drummer-Legends-Anthology-Stories/dp/170511279X/

Thank you, I had no idea about this and jumped on it and my copy arrived today from the USA.
Though I am not a drummer this is well worth getting.

[RodrigoAltaf]

Alex playing some Zeppelin the other night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x92C_2UhjT0

That was nice.

I guess the Envy of None album will come out sometime next year.

I went to a charity event in early October which was supposed to have Alex as a guest, playing one song. Bought two tickets way in advance, excited about seeing him play on such an intimate setting, only to find out that he cancelled in oder to focus on this Envy of None release. Oh well, at least Rik Emmett of Triumph was there.

[Setlist Scotty]

Can't believe I'm the first to post this, but happy international Rush day everyone! 

[nick_z]

Indeed!

And this year there's some additional, pleasing symmetry when you write the date out in yy/mm/dd format...21/12/21 

Bonus content for the day - a couple more funny Rush beer segments:

Hammer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lP0Ol923UI

Refreshing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GYB0GoKYOw

A good chuckle or two, as usual 

[TAC]

Not to be That Guy, but it's too bad Neil isn't part of these.

[jammindude]

Still too soon for me.

Almost 2 years and to be honest, I haven’t been able to listen to Rush in all that time because I just get to choked up.

Maybe January 7 I will finally have a cathartic purge.

[KevShmev]

I am the opposite.  Revisiting Rush is like a joyous celebration, one that will go on until they toe tag me.

[TAC]

Yeah J-dude you fogey. Better to listen to Rush while YOU still can!

[RodrigoAltaf]

Still too soon for me.

Almost 2 years and to be honest, I haven’t been able to listen to Rush in all that time because I just get to choked up.

Maybe January 7 I will finally have a cathartic purge.

The week after Neil passed was REALLY tough, and I couldn't listen to Rush either. Even now, it's a bit strange...I do listen from time to time, but not with the same frequency as before.

[jammindude]

I haven’t been abstaining completely, but I haven’t sought it out either. I haven’t had that cathartic binge listen that I thought I might. When it does come on in passing, I have good emotions, with a sad undercurrent that I haven’t fully processed yet,

But I’m overdo, so maybe I’ll go on a tear soon.

SO MUCH going on in my life right now. I may have a evisceral post/thread in my near future.

[TAC]

SO MUCH going on in my life right now. I may have a evisceral post/thread in my near future.

Our core music is so cathartic. It has always been there for us. Before high school/college. Before wives and children. On the ride to work from our first job to our ride in this morning.

[jammindude]

SO MUCH going on in my life right now. I may have a evisceral post/thread in my near future.

Our core music is so cathartic. It has always been there for us. Before high school/college. Before wives and children. On the ride to work from our first job to our ride in this morning.

SO MUCH THIS

And I’ve been hiding more in it lately. The recent DT top 100 and new IQ announcement have been a good distraction for me the last week or so.

[nick_z]

Not to be That Guy, but it's too bad Neil isn't part of these.

I know 

[Kram]

I am the opposite.  Revisiting Rush is like a joyous celebration, one that will go on until they toe tag me.

I'm the same.  I've run through their complete discography a few times since Neil's passing.  It never gets old!

[romdrums]

I am the opposite.  Revisiting Rush is like a joyous celebration, one that will go on until they toe tag me.

This is me as well. 

[Mladen]

I am the opposite.  Revisiting Rush is like a joyous celebration, one that will go on until they toe tag me.

This is me as well.

Same here. I listened to Rush last year as much as I did the years prior. How much? A lot.

[Stadler]

I must be weird.  I'm sad when people die (I'm afraid of death, myself, if I'm honest) and I'm certainly reflective when (some) of those people pass, but I don't - and never have - really adjusted so radically when someone died.  Several musicians have passed that I had a deep affinity for their work - Randy Rhoads, Chris Squire, Greg Lake, John Wetton, Freddie Mercury, Neil Peart - but it's not like I can't listen to their music.  That was, after all, probably my only connection to them.  I never met any of those people and, honestly, other than John Wetton, I never felt like I might as well have, because I "knew them so well".  I didn't.  I only knew what little pieces they wanted me to see.

I will sometimes lament that we don't have new material from them (Squire, Wetton), or lament what might have been (Rhoads), but I celebrate their work, and accept their passing as one of the many millions of milestones the world has experienced since mankind came to being.  I'm better for having experienced them, but not beholden to them.

[King Postwhore]

My brother and I found out about Neil's death on a night we were seeing a Rush Tribute band, "Lotus Land."  It was surreal.  It was actually cathartic for us. It was an emotional night I was glad to share with my brother.

[jammindude]

I must be weird.  I'm sad when people die (I'm afraid of death, myself, if I'm honest) and I'm certainly reflective when (some) of those people pass, but I don't - and never have - really adjusted so radically when someone died.  Several musicians have passed that I had a deep affinity for their work - Randy Rhoads, Chris Squire, Greg Lake, John Wetton, Freddie Mercury, Neil Peart - but it's not like I can't listen to their music.  That was, after all, probably my only connection to them.  I never met any of those people and, honestly, other than John Wetton, I never felt like I might as well have, because I "knew them so well".  I didn't.  I only knew what little pieces they wanted me to see.

I will sometimes lament that we don't have new material from them (Squire, Wetton), or lament what might have been (Rhoads), but I celebrate their work, and accept their passing as one of the many millions of milestones the world has experienced since mankind came to being.  I'm better for having experienced them, but not beholden to them.

When I was a child, I definitely had more childlike viewpoints about my superstars than I do today. Now that I’m in my 50s, I am exactly in harmony with what you posted here.

The difference with Neil is, even though I didn’t know him, and whether he knew it or not, The poetry he wrote completely shaped my worldview more than anyone with the exception of God, and my own father. The effect he had on my formative years cannot be understated. So in many ways, though he may not have intended it, he did in a sense “raise” me.

So it hit me quite a bit harder than any other rockstar‘s death.

[romdrums]

Neil's death hit me kinda hard because I had lost my Dad a few weeks prior.  He and my Dad were the same age, and I think had even lived almost the exact same amount of days, and both had battled cancer for about the same amount of time as well.  I know it's pretty much entirely coincidental, but man, it had a huge impact on me. 

[DTA]

Been addicted to this performance of The Big Money from A Show of Hands:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyeeO8sb-A8&ab_channel=rileysquarepants

Truly the peak of their playing and every member is an absolute joy to watch. I know there's a lot of people who aren't fans of the 80's material, but I think those songs really brought out the best in everyone's playing and performance.

[RodrigoAltaf]

Been addicted to this performance of The Big Money from A Show of Hands:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyeeO8sb-A8&ab_channel=rileysquarepants

Truly the peak of their playing and every member is an absolute joy to watch. I know there's a lot of people who aren't fans of the 80's material, but I think those songs really brought out the best in everyone's playing and performance.

I absolutely LOVE 80's Rush, and played ASOH to death when I got it!

[KevShmev]

Been addicted to this performance of The Big Money from A Show of Hands:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyeeO8sb-A8&ab_channel=rileysquarepants

Truly the peak of their playing and every member is an absolute joy to watch. I know there's a lot of people who aren't fans of the 80's material, but I think those songs really brought out the best in everyone's playing and performance.

Those people are communists.

80s Rush is the best Rush (collectively). 

[TAC]

Been addicted to this performance of The Big Money from A Show of Hands:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyeeO8sb-A8&ab_channel=rileysquarepants

Truly the peak of their playing and every member is an absolute joy to watch. I know there's a lot of people who aren't fans of the 80's material, but I think those songs really brought out the best in everyone's playing and performance.

Those people are communists.

Jeez, can't a guy wear a red sweatshirt around here?

[KevShmev]

Only when driving around in your red barchetta.

[TAC]

Only when driving around in your red barchetta.

Wearing red lenses..

[pg1067]

Been addicted to this performance of The Big Money from A Show of Hands:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyeeO8sb-A8&ab_channel=rileysquarepants

Truly the peak of their playing and every member is an absolute joy to watch. I know there's a lot of people who aren't fans of the 80's material, but I think those songs really brought out the best in everyone's playing and performance.

Rush produced some incredible music in the '80s....

[Stadler]

Neil's death hit me kinda hard because I had lost my Dad a few weeks prior.  He and my Dad were the same age, and I think had even lived almost the exact same amount of days, and both had battled cancer for about the same amount of time as well.  I know it's pretty much entirely coincidental, but man, it had a huge impact on me.

See, I think that's different; there IS a connection there.  Someone else here (it's his story to tell) has a relationship with an artist tied to his father as well, and that's moving. 

EDIT: Not to suggest that others', like Jammin's, aren't a connection.  I'm just making a general comment about death as opposed to critiquing other people's life experiences, which I patently cannot do.

[Stadler]

Been addicted to this performance of The Big Money from A Show of Hands:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyeeO8sb-A8&ab_channel=rileysquarepants

Truly the peak of their playing and every member is an absolute joy to watch. I know there's a lot of people who aren't fans of the 80's material, but I think those songs really brought out the best in everyone's playing and performance.

Those people are communists.

80s Rush is the best Rush (collectively). 

I see what you did there.  Clever!

[TAC]

Been addicted to this performance of The Big Money from A Show of Hands:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyeeO8sb-A8&ab_channel=rileysquarepants

Truly the peak of their playing and every member is an absolute joy to watch. I know there's a lot of people who aren't fans of the 80's material, but I think those songs really brought out the best in everyone's playing and performance.

Yeah, from 1980-1981.

Rush produced some incredible music in the '80s....

[romdrums]

Neil's death hit me kinda hard because I had lost my Dad a few weeks prior.  He and my Dad were the same age, and I think had even lived almost the exact same amount of days, and both had battled cancer for about the same amount of time as well.  I know it's pretty much entirely coincidental, but man, it had a huge impact on me.

See, I think that's different; there IS a connection there.  Someone else here (it's his story to tell) has a relationship with an artist tied to his father as well, and that's moving. 

EDIT: Not to suggest that others', like Jammin's, aren't a connection.  I'm just making a general comment about death as opposed to critiquing other people's life experiences, which I patently cannot do.

I also noticed that, when Neil's car collection went up for auction, that he had a 63 Corvette.  That was my Dad's favorite model year for the Corvette, and I think if money were no object, he would have tracked one down.  My Dad did have a 2007 Corvette though, that he really, really enjoyed. So, when my Dad died, my way of honoring him was to get my Corvette, which happened to be a Drum Workshop Pure Purpleheart kit, that I had finished in my Dad's two favorite Corvette colors: Daytona Blue and Silver Blue.  DW did a fantastic job on the finish!  So I ended up with a kit that pays tribute to both my Dad and Neil, in a way, since Neil was a DW and Sabian endorsee.

[pg1067]

Been addicted to this performance of The Big Money from A Show of Hands:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyeeO8sb-A8&ab_channel=rileysquarepants

Truly the peak of their playing and every member is an absolute joy to watch. I know there's a lot of people who aren't fans of the 80's material, but I think those songs really brought out the best in everyone's playing and performance.

Rush produced some incredible music in the '80s....

Yeah, from 1980-1981.

1980-82 and February through the end of 1989.

1984 through January 1989 were dark times.