Rush

[Prashant Kumar]

You hate Neal Peart?

On 22 June 2012 09:35, <malignd at aol.com> wrote:

> 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>; “pynchon-l at waste.or
> g“ <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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