Rush v. Dirk, Pratt, & Lerxst

[ytserush]

First two shows:
Marillion opening for Rush March 31 and April 1 1986.

My world was forever changed.

[RodrigoAltaf]

 I saw an incredible Rush tribute show on December 21st here in Toronto. The band is called CRUSH, and they're a trio formed by members of the Canadian band Pyramid Theorem. They played deep cuts like Entre Nous, Malignant Narcissism and two songs from Feedback - The Seeker and Summertime Blues. 2112 was played in full, as well as Cygnus X-1 Part 1. They played for three hours!

 As a great bonus, these two gentlemen were in the audience and I couldn't NOT ask them for a picture:

 

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

I don't know who the guy on the left is. Also, that looks like Terry Brown in the background.

[RodrigoAltaf]

I don't know who the guy on the left is. Also, that looks like Terry Brown in the background.

It's Chance Labrie, James' son.

[Mladen]

James is looking more and more like Robert Plant.

[King Postwhore]

I don't know who the guy on the left is. Also, that looks like Terry Brown in the background.

It's Chance Labrie, James' son.

Yup. Chance played on James latest solo album.

[jingle.boy]

pg, I used to tell my dad his music was old as a teen in the 80's and the songs he loved were 30 years old.  Now I listen to music that is 50 years old.

[King Postwhore]

No kidding. Lol

[Orbert]

This was under the tree this morning.  Signed First Edition.





I'm not sure how many he sat down and signed for the sole purpose of creating collector's items, but the number is finite and I have one.   

[Zydar]

Hey, that's great! I'm reading mine at the moment (unsigned though).

[billboy73]

Nice, the wife got me a (unsigned) copy for Christmas.  Can't wait to dive in!

[Setlist Scotty]

"Glee" signed your copy? 

 

(But in all seriousness, very cool gift!)

[Orbert]

My son said the same thing.  "Signed by Glee.  Nice."

[Nick]

I also got the book for Christmas!

[nick_z]

Me too!

Had a quick look at the Prologue...the name stuff is pretty funny, already 

[Orbert]

The next few weeks will be tough.  I've been re-reading a book series that I read years ago, and I have this weird rule that I don't have multiple books going at once.  I don't like jumping back and forth between narratives.  So I have to finish the current book before I can start reading Geddy's book.  I may cheat a little bit, but it's going to be tough.  I tried to finish it before Christmas because I suspected that this would happen.  First world problems.

[ytserush]

This was under the tree this morning.  Signed First Edition.





I'm not sure how many he sat down and signed for the sole purpose of creating collector's items, but the number is finite and I have one.   

Nice! I'm halfway through my unsigned copy (been really savoring it.) and I'm only up to 1977.  Got to cover 40 plus more years in 250 pages. Seems like quite a bit will be skipped over.

[Cool Chris]

My sis got me this book for Christmas. This passage early on hit me hard:

It's a common mistake to assume that when a kid (or an adult for that matter) is quiet, he must be some sort of deep thinker. In my case I;m afraid I t was simply that I didn't have much to say.

[Zydar]

Nice! I'm halfway through my unsigned copy (been really savoring it.) and I'm only up to 1977.  Got to cover 40 plus more years in 250 pages. Seems like quite a bit will be skipped over.

That's sadly the case for pretty much every biography I've ever read. They focus a lot on the early years, and then skip over the majority of the discography. Some albums never even get a mention in some of the books.

I'm up to about 1975 now in this one, and that's just half the book left to go.

[TAC]

Nice! I'm halfway through my unsigned copy (been really savoring it.) and I'm only up to 1977.  Got to cover 40 plus more years in 250 pages. Seems like quite a bit will be skipped over.

That's sadly the case for pretty much every biography I've ever read. They focus a lot on the early years, and then skip over the majority of the discography. Some albums never even get a mention in some of the books.

I'm up to about 1975 now in this one, and that's just half the book left to go.

This is very disappointing to hear. I'll probably skip it then. I can't stand how just about every gook spends half the book on the ery early years and then they gloss over the time period where I was a real time fan.

[King Postwhore]

Nice! I'm halfway through my unsigned copy (been really savoring it.) and I'm only up to 1977.  Got to cover 40 plus more years in 250 pages. Seems like quite a bit will be skipped over.

That's sadly the case for pretty much every biography I've ever read. They focus a lot on the early years, and then skip over the majority of the discography. Some albums never even get a mention in some of the books.

I'm up to about 1975 now in this one, and that's just half the book left to go.

This is very disappointing to hear. I'll probably skip it then. I can't stand how just about every gook spends half the book on the ery early years and then they gloss over the time period where I was a real time fan.

Zy isn't saying that this is the case with Geddy's book.  He's saying that this seems to be a problem for most biographies.  Or am I wrong, Håkan?

[TAC]

Nice! I'm halfway through my unsigned copy (been really savoring it.) and I'm only up to 1977.  Got to cover 40 plus more years in 250 pages. Seems like quite a bit will be skipped over.

That's sadly the case for pretty much every biography I've ever read. They focus a lot on the early years, and then skip over the majority of the discography. Some albums never even get a mention in some of the books.

I'm up to about 1975 now in this one, and that's just half the book left to go.

This is very disappointing to hear. I'll probably skip it then. I can't stand how just about every gook spends half the book on the ery early years and then they gloss over the time period where I was a real time fan.

Zy isn't saying that this is the case with Geddy's book.  He's saying that this seems to be a problem for most biographies.  Or am I wrong, Håkan?

Zy didn't come out and say it, but John did.

[King Postwhore]

This is a book though about Geddy.  Of course is would lean on the early years.  This is not really a book about Rush.

[TAC]

This is a book though about Geddy.  Of course is would lean on the early years.  This is not really a book about Rush.

So I'm not picking on this book, so don't get defensive.

It's my problem though because I've read a lot of rock autobiographies and even band biographies (Lifting Shadows, Run To The Hills), and they all spend half or 60% of the book talking about a short period of time and gloss over the things that would interest me.

[Zydar]

Nice! I'm halfway through my unsigned copy (been really savoring it.) and I'm only up to 1977.  Got to cover 40 plus more years in 250 pages. Seems like quite a bit will be skipped over.

That's sadly the case for pretty much every biography I've ever read. They focus a lot on the early years, and then skip over the majority of the discography. Some albums never even get a mention in some of the books.

I'm up to about 1975 now in this one, and that's just half the book left to go.

This is very disappointing to hear. I'll probably skip it then. I can't stand how just about every gook spends half the book on the ery early years and then they gloss over the time period where I was a real time fan.

Zy isn't saying that this is the case with Geddy's book.  He's saying that this seems to be a problem for most biographies.  Or am I wrong, Håkan?

I don't know yet, I haven't read the whole book. But it appears that way, since I'm about halfway through and it's only 1975 yet.

[nobloodyname]

I'm reasonable Rush fan, nowhere near as hardcore as most of you. I thought the book (well, audiobook. If you're not listening to the audiobook, you're missing out) was paced brilliantly. And yes, time is compressed towards the end but there was still some fabulous stuff about Neil, their last tour, that kind of thing. My guess is the more hardcore you are, the less there'll be anything genuinely new in it for you. But I thoroughly enjoyed it, all of it. And I loved his willingness to name certain people as well as his willingness to hold a grudge

[SwedishGoose]

I'm reasonable Rush fan, nowhere near as hardcore as most of you. I thought the book (well, audiobook. If you're not listening to the audiobook, you're missing out) was paced brilliantly. And yes, time is compressed towards the end but there was still some fabulous stuff about Neil, their last tour, that kind of thing. My guess is the more hardcore you are, the less there'll be anything genuinely new in it for you. But I thoroughly enjoyed it, all of it. And I loved his willingness to name certain people as well as his willingness to hold a grudge

I listened to Geddy read it in the audio book on Audible. Alex gets some spots to...
The extra content in the audio book will sureley not translate well to print...
Two previosly unrelead demos from Geddy

[Lethean]

I'm a little less than halfway through and it's in 1975, but I think it's fine.  We do know so much about Rush from interviews and biographies etc.  It's been interesting learning about his childhood and early life.  I'm just reading for now but definitely plan to listen to the audiobook after.

[Setlist Scotty]

This is very disappointing to hear. I'll probably skip it then. I can't stand how just about every gook spends half the book on the ery early years and then they gloss over the time period where I was a real time fan.

You mean when they worked on, released and toured behind Power Windows? 

[Setlist Scotty]

And I loved his willingness to name certain people as well as his willingness to hold a grudge

Besides Lillywhite, who else?

[TAC]

This is very disappointing to hear. I'll probably skip it then. I can't stand how just about every gook spends half the book on the ery early years and then they gloss over the time period where I was a real time fan.

You mean when they worked on, released and toured behind Power Windows? 

Yeah, I mean who wouldn't want to be a fly on the wall for that one? 

[jammindude]

I suppose my biggest question would be, do we get any more details on the split from Terry Brown.

We always got the feeling that the initial split was fairly acrimonious, but everyone was extremely tight lipped about what actually went down.   Alex and Terry were interviewed together for the 2112 retrospect, but I don’t recall seeing Geddy with Terry in anything recently and I guess hearing that he holds a grudge just makes me even more curious.

[Orbert]

With autobiographies like this, I always figure the emphasis is on the stuff you don't already know, and that's how I prefer it.  Rush's rise to fame and their glory years (such as they are) are pretty well documented.  I look forward to finding out more about Geddy, his roots and influences, and in general gaining some insight into him as a person.  Presumably whatever he says about any period will be what he considers worthy of including.

[wolfking]

Nice! I'm halfway through my unsigned copy (been really savoring it.) and I'm only up to 1977.  Got to cover 40 plus more years in 250 pages. Seems like quite a bit will be skipped over.

That's sadly the case for pretty much every biography I've ever read. They focus a lot on the early years, and then skip over the majority of the discography. Some albums never even get a mention in some of the books.

I'm up to about 1975 now in this one, and that's just half the book left to go.

This is very disappointing to hear. I'll probably skip it then. I can't stand how just about every gook spends half the book on the ery early years and then they gloss over the time period where I was a real time fan.

This is a big reason why I don't read these autobiographies.  I honestly couldn't give a shit about every little thing in their lives growing up.  It needs to be told I know but fuck most of them give ypu every little detail about the family life, school, I just don't care so much about that stuff.

[Setlist Scotty]

Nice! I'm halfway through my unsigned copy (been really savoring it.) and I'm only up to 1977.  Got to cover 40 plus more years in 250 pages. Seems like quite a bit will be skipped over.

That's sadly the case for pretty much every biography I've ever read. They focus a lot on the early years, and then skip over the majority of the discography. Some albums never even get a mention in some of the books.

I'm up to about 1975 now in this one, and that's just half the book left to go.

This is very disappointing to hear. I'll probably skip it then. I can't stand how just about every gook spends half the book on the ery early years and then they gloss over the time period where I was a real time fan.

This is a big reason why I don't read these autobiographies.  I honestly couldn't give a shit about every little thing in their lives growing up.  It needs to be told I know but fuck most of them give ypu every little detail about the family life, school, I just don't care so much about that stuff.

Perhaps, but in all fairness, it helps give the reader a better idea of where a person came from and perhaps why they made the decisions they did or lived they way they did. That certainly was the case with Geddy, and he says that's why he dedicated a chapter to his parents and what went down in the concentration camps - because it had a heavy influence on who and what he became.