Rush
malignd at aol.com
malignd at aol.com
Thu Jun 21 18:35:19 CDT 2012
You guys can't be serious. This is Spinal Tap stuff, particularly (but by no means only) the flat-footed drummer. The guy's surrounded by a kit of some fifty or so drums and he couldn't play drums on The Syncopated Clock. This is shit of the first order
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com>
To: Charles Albert <cfalbert at gmail.com>
Cc: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>; āpynchon-l at waste.or
gā <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wed, Jun 20, 2012 9:54 pm
Subject: Re: Rush
My friends who have music degrees and are male love them, but with a
sheepish acknowledgement that this is really geeky. The band
themselves are aware of their reputation and have fun with it.
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Charles Albert <cfalbert at gmail.com> wrote:
> Back in the late 70s, Rush was the object of much ridicule........then
> sometime on the mid 80s one of those "100 Greatest Bassists" lists placed
> Geddy Lee near the top and, like AC/DC, Rush became "respectable"......Their
> iconic status persisted with frequent references on Aqua Teen Hunger Force -
> which took a very hard line against Loverboy....
>
> I second rich's emotion.....the lyrics may be emetic, but the musicianship
> is top shelf...
>
> love,
> cfa
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 4:38 PM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> yup. almost as worse as their clothing on the album circa 1976. but
>> the music is cooking
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Wasn't "2112" based on Ayn Rand's ridiculous "Anthem"?
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 2:18 PM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> new album description reminds one a bit of AtD/2112
>> >>
>> >> In a young man's quest to follow his dreams, he is caught between
>> >> the grandiose forces of order and chaos. He travels across a lavish
>> >> and colorful world of steampunk and alchemy, with lost cities,
>> >> pirates, anarchists, exotic carnivals, and a rigid Watchmaker who
>> >> imposes precision on every aspect of daily life.
>
>
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