R.I.P. 2020
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They were Spinal Tap, if Spinal Tap were virtuoso musicians.
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If you watch any of the concert footage you will always see flags from various countries in the audience. I knew a Kiwi who flew to LA to take in multiple shows every tour. I regret not seeing them myself when I lived in the US.
That photo must be the billboard on the I95 near Philly that I read about.
Beyond The Lighted Stage is available on Netflix NZ.
As to local radio airplay, you still hear Tom Sawyer and Limelight on The Sound. For those that haven't heard Rush before Tom Sawyer is their biggest "hit". Even if you don't like the song you will enjoy the video intro they have used on recent tours.
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The other thing I will add is that Neil Peart also wrote some well-received books detailing his travels around the world. I haven't read them myself but those people that have enjoyed them.
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I found Rush by accident. My Mum went into Musicor record shop in Whangarei and asked the owner for something for me for Christmas, random 17 year old who liked The Led Zeppelin. He had an import of “Archives” that he convinced her I would love. I did, but funnily enough it was “Working Man” from their first album (that Peart wasn’t on) that grabbed me first. Soon loved the weirdness of By-Tor though, and loved them ever since. I can’t remember where I read it but I recall they toured with Kiss when they were at their debauched worst, and Gene Simmons said the Rush boys were very straight and nice. They would go out and play volleyball instead of getting wasted and laid.
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Rush are a bit musicians musician.
I’d only heard of them in the same way as Grateful Dead- knew they were legendary US musicians with hardcore fans but that’s it. When I first saw “I love you man” I enjoyed what I heard so did some Spotify of them and found a lot of it recognisable. Similar to Led Zeppelin you hear a lot of their riffs / timings in other music.
Real artists.
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@JC By-Tor was one of the earliest songs that I liked, as far as 70s prog goes it’s an amusing fun song. They supported Kiss on a number of tours, played quite a few dates when Kiss exploded ‘74-76. In the Rush documentary Simmons talks about how they were always trying to get Rush out to party and score females, but were dismayed ‘cos they just wanted to go back to their hotel rooms and read books.
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@Bovidae The Washington Post published it’s 4th tribute yesterday, a story by one of their columnists about how Peart saved a relationship with his father. But that’s beside the point. What boggles my mind is that number. The Washington Post published FOUR tributes to a drummer of a Canadian metal band.
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@Salacious-Crumb Jeff Bezos could be a Rush fan.
He did pick up The Expanse for Amazon which has a Rush reference in the name of their ship, the Rocinante.
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@Godder said in R.I.P. 2020:
RIP Rocky Johnson. Former WWE tag team champion and Hall of Famer, but best known for being Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson's father.
I saw him wrestle several times in person, and fondly remember when The Rock made his debut in WWE (as “Rocky Maivia”) my buddies telling me he was Rocky’s kid. Must have made Dad extremely proud to see the enormous success that Dwayne had. RIP.
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Was reading today that Godsmack drummer said Peart was sick before the end of the last tour; and he said Peart had been confined to a wheelchair for months and couldn’t speak. Very sad. Nice to see people are discovering his legacy, though...
Rush Claims 23 of 25 Spots on LyricFind Global Chart After Neil Peart's Death
Rush Claims 23 of 25 Spots on LyricFind Global Chart After Neil Peart’s Death
"Tom Sawyer" debuts at No. 1.
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@Salacious-Crumb said in R.I.P. 2020:
I’d say not. I seem to recall hearing “Closer to the Heart” played on Hauraki, maybe once, in 1978, and that was it.
It’s also notable that critics hated them for the first decade of their existence, and Geddy Lee’s voice was certainly a part of that.
Geddy's voice was one of the things I specifically liked. His voice reminded me of David Surkamp's which was a good thing give I was Pavlov's Dog's only fan.
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Two things I read the past week describing Geddy’s voice; 1) testicles crushed in a vice; and 2) makes Robert Plant sound like Leonard Cohen. Both made me laugh.
I also learned this week that Geddy is not his real name. His actual name is “Gary,” but his mother was a European Jew (holocaust survivor) and always pronounced “Gary” as “Geddy” and since he was a kid that’s what his friends called him and it stuck. That might have been covered in the documentary, but if it was then I forgot it.
Peart wrote a song for Geddy about his mother, on “Grace Under Pressure,” from stories she told. If there’s actually such a thing as a cool uptempo rock song about the horrors of Holocaust, “Red Sector A” might be one of the few.
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Red Sector A is my favourite song from GUP.
The band all had nicknames amongst themselves too.
Geddy = Dirk
Neil = Pratt
Alex = Lerxst (Lifeson is not his real surname either, it's Živojinović)Their sense of humour was evident in the videos used at their concerts. For example:
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Derek Fowlds: the Yes Minister star who was more than just a sidekick
While never a top-billing name, the actor also known for his turn on Heartbeat could steal a scene off anyone – even Basil Brush
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Christopher Tolkien, son of Lord of the Rings author, dies aged 95
An award-winning author in his own right, Christopher Tolkien will perhaps be best remembered for drawing the original maps found in Lord of the Rings and for being a guardian of of Middle Earth after his father's death
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Terry Jones: Monty Python star dies aged 77
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51209197
Dementia, a rare form. Hits close to home. Very sad.
Rest In Peace, Terry.
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