Posted on 03/08/2014 7:02:20 PM PST by bakeneko
Just put of by Netflix streaming. Rush was the most solid and cool and allaround awesome band of the past half century. 'Now I didn't ask for no argument'.
Agree those are great songs, “Red Barchetta” and “Distant Early Warning” are also high on my list.
No.
Worst ever.
Gawd awful castrato squaling over random hyperactive notes.
Yup, they're some kind of wonderful indeed.
Rush are three of the most talentless hacks to ever abuse musical instruments. Their music sucks, their lyrics suck, their playing sucks and Geddy’s dog probably hates him. Not one remotely listenable thing ever came out of that band. Not one.
Aside from that minor gripe, I think what they did with the entire Moving Pictures album was among my favorite musical things ever. Especially Red Barchetta ;)
I didn't, either. I thought he was a radio talk show host.
You never hears “The Spirit of Radio? ‘)
I was never able to reconcile Deadheads with the dull earnestness and rigid conformity of the Left. The Leftists actually went to the music festivals to support a cause. Bleah. The weird thing I noticed about Deadhead couples was that they tended to settle into traditional sex roles. I wonder if they realized it. Anyway ...
It was and is a weird part of the counter-culture that I still like to interact with from time to time. Of course here in the South we are all Allman Brothers and Widespread Panic fans as well.
He actually has two bands, AM and FM.
I think I know the Dead’s catalog of songs fairly well and they dealt with such universal messages and so on, from the songs I know it would have been hard to pigeonhole them into leftist politics, “We bid you goodnight” is obviously a Church hymn which I know you all know as their usual closing, then you have “St. Stephen” too. And then, there other songs too many to mention, “Friend of the Devil”, “Ripple” of course, probably their defining song to me, so many songs and yet from the ones I am familiar with, unpolitical. “Jack Straw”, “Playing in the band”, I even enjoy most of “Shakedown Street”. I once had a friend who was very knowledgeable on music and he said they were sort of like the American Beatles. I’ll always remember that and it seems to have the ring of truth to it.
Calm down, it’s not like it’s Helix or something!
Helix rocks! That was a low blow man...you wound me...Deep cuts the knife ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8I1SDHuLxY
not even close...
yeah..way better than Rush. Jethro Tull is better too! By far.
I’m with you on Black Sabbath. But only the early years.
NOTHING shall ever surpass the awesomeness that is The Shaggs!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxPsXPCR5MU
> Thanks. You are absolutely correct; it even surpasses this bit of musical genius, which is hard to do.
Gotta give them credit for trying, though.
Nope. Right over my head with yards to spare ;) Movie? Band?
I don’t like them either.
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