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ForeverAutumn
10-21-2006, 07:44 AM
I heard, on TV, this morning that Rush will be going into the studio in early November to record their next CD, scheduled for release in early 2007.

:14:

BinFrog
10-23-2006, 08:35 AM
Nice. Can't wait.

Stone
10-23-2006, 09:20 AM
Is there good news for the rest of us, too?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

kexodusc
10-23-2006, 09:45 AM
Awesome - I felt the writing, from Vapor Trails was killer (largely due to Peart's recent tribulations, no doubt). Their best album in 15 years or more. The recording quality sucked however. I'm sure they've learned their lesson.

I've seen them twice in the last few years. Still lots of fuel left in the tank. Man, I'm glad these guys never made an "Owner of a Lonely Heart".
:3:

GMichael
10-23-2006, 10:00 AM
Awesome - I felt the writing, from Vapor Trails was killer (largely due to Peart's recent tribulations, no doubt). Their best album in 15 years or more. The recording quality sucked however. I'm sure they've learned their lesson.

I hope yu're right. Some new music from them would be very welcomed.




I've seen them twice in the last few years. Still lots of fuel left in the tank. Man, I'm glad these guys never made an "Owner of a Lonely Heart".
:3:

Hey, I saw this tour back in 85. Very enjoyable.

kexodusc
10-23-2006, 10:47 AM
Hey, I saw this tour back in 85. Very enjoyable.

That....explains...things....:ciappa:

GMichael
10-23-2006, 11:33 AM
That....explains...things....:ciappa:

We had to wait over 6 months for Trevor to heal. Some woman dove into a pool and landed on top of him. But it was a good show. It was the first time I saw a hologram in person. And they mostly played their old stuff.

Well, back to the Rush. Yippy, yappy, yahooohoay........

kexodusc
10-23-2006, 12:37 PM
I like Yes a lot. Just not that album. oh well. Rush has a few in between 1991 and 2001 or so I don't care much for too

Slosh
10-23-2006, 01:04 PM
I like Rush except for all of their albums released between 1973 to present. :D

NP: The BeAtles - "White Album" (DTS mix :cool: )

ForeverAutumn
10-23-2006, 01:10 PM
Is there good news for the rest of us, too?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Only if you're one of those people who like bad news. :dita:

ForeverAutumn
10-23-2006, 01:13 PM
I like Rush except for all of their albums released between 1973 to present. :D


You had to go and look up that date on AMG, didn't you? :p

kexodusc
10-23-2006, 01:15 PM
I like Rush except for all of their albums released between 1973 to present. :D

NP: The BeAtles - "White Album" (DTS mix :cool: )

These just keep getting funnier and funnier.

ForeverAutumn
10-23-2006, 01:20 PM
Awesome - I felt the writing, from Vapor Trails was killer (largely due to Peart's recent tribulations, no doubt). Their best album in 15 years or more. The recording quality sucked however. I'm sure they've learned their lesson.

I've seen them twice in the last few years. Still lots of fuel left in the tank. Man, I'm glad these guys never made an "Owner of a Lonely Heart".
:3:

The TV thing that I saw did say that Peart had done much of the writing again. I forget exactly how they worded it, but the words "his faith" was used in the description of the lyrics. I'm sure that we're in for some more Peart introspection.

I saw Yes's 90125 tour also. Then again, I've seen Yes 6 or 7 times (I've lost count)....almost as many times as I've seen Rush. :cornut:

Slosh
10-23-2006, 01:21 PM
:dita:Why is your smilie surrounded by cactuses? :rolleyes: cacti? :confused:

kexodusc
10-23-2006, 05:14 PM
Why is your smilie surrounded by cactuses? :rolleyes: cacti? :confused:
Okay, this one was pretty good...:D

kexodusc
10-23-2006, 05:21 PM
The TV thing that I saw did say that Peart had done much of the writing again. I forget exactly how they worded it, but the words "his faith" was used in the description of the lyrics. I'm sure that we're in for some more Peart introspection.

I saw Yes's 90125 tour also. Then again, I've seen Yes 6 or 7 times (I've lost count)....almost as many times as I've seen Rush. :cornut:

90125 tour?

Man some of you guys must be a bit older than me...back in 1985 my favorite songs were the themes to Thundercats and Transformers. Yes and Rush (though my Dad was a big fan) didn't come until later...

Dusty Chalk
10-23-2006, 05:44 PM
Yes, some of us are definitely older than thou.

ForeverAutumn
10-23-2006, 05:49 PM
90125 tour?

Man some of you guys must be a bit older than me...back in 1985 my favorite songs were the themes to Thundercats and Transformers. Yes and Rush (though my Dad was a big fan) didn't come until later...

Your Dad??? Ouch. That hurt. By 1985 I'd already seen the following live concerts (opening acts in brackets)...

Styx
REO Speedwagon (The Rockets)
Alice Cooper (Goddo)
Triumph (Harlequin, Teenage Head)
Journey (The Greg Kihn Band)
Ozzy Osbourne (Rick Santers)
Elton John (Quarterflash)
Queen (Billy Squire)
Black Sabbath (Johnny Van Gelt)
Ted Nugent, Cheap Trick (Coney Hatch)
The Who (Joe Jackson)
Van Halen (The Powder Blues Band)
Rush (The Payolas) - my first Rush concert in 1982
Aerosmith (Nazareth, Rose Tattoo)
Chicago (apparently I stopped keeping track of opening bands from this show forward -- bummer)
Simon and Garfunkel
David Bowie
Steppenwolf
Chris DeBurgh
Yes (the aforementioned 90125 tour)
Elton John (again)
Jethro Tull
Bachman Turner Overdrive
Burton Cummings
Rick Wakeman
Squeeze
Patrick Moraz and Bill Bruford

kexodusc
10-23-2006, 05:56 PM
I've seen a good chunk of those acts, just not in the 1980's. In fact, the only shows I saw in the 1980's were Kool Moe Dee, Guns N' Roses, Motley Crue, and New Kids On The Block (ugh - girlfriend).

ForeverAutumn
10-23-2006, 06:18 PM
New Kids On The Block (ugh - girlfriend).

Wow. You must have really been in love! :ihih:

kexodusc
10-23-2006, 06:22 PM
Wow. You must have really been in love! :ihih:
Yeah, must have. Think I bought her tickets for her birthday. Don't remember much about the show. Oddly enough, not the worst show I've been to.

Dusty Chalk
10-23-2006, 08:21 PM
Patrick Moraz and Bill BrufordVery cool list. This and Rick Wakeman stand out particularly. I, unfortunately, wasn't into seeing Yes at the time (they were huge in the DC area, very hard to get tickets).

The ones I remember:

Heart
Styx (Angel)
Triumph
Blue Oyster Cult
Black Sabbath
Rick Wakeman (might've been a year or two later than 1985)
Echolyn (I think)
Moraz/Bruford (again, might've been later)
Shriekback
Depeche Mode
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Madonna (not even girlfriend -- but a potential girlfriend that never worked out)
Tangerine Dream
Scorpions/Ted Nugent/Def Leppard (first tour of theirs, they were younger than I)
Genesis? Trying to remember what year that was...
Al Di Meola (although we may be getting later into the 80's by then)
Crack the Sky

...how do you remember all your concerts?!?!?

GMichael
10-24-2006, 04:58 AM
90125 tour?

Man some of you guys must be a bit older than me...back in 1985 my favorite songs were the themes to Thundercats and Transformers. Yes and Rush (though my Dad was a big fan) didn't come until later...

Hah... 1985 was when Rush & Yes were both getting old and starting to play more commercialized music.

kexodusc
10-24-2006, 05:26 AM
Hah... 1985 was when Rush & Yes were both getting old and starting to play more commercialized music.
Yeah, I got introduced to them in music lessons and later curiosity. Some of my guitar teachers were big fans and passed it on. I think a lot of bands who cite them as big influences also encouraged me to dig into their catalogs.
Great. I feel so youthful now. Bad lung, mangled hand, and all.

ForeverAutumn
10-24-2006, 05:39 AM
...how do you remember all your concerts?!?!?

That's a nice list too!

I have to admit that the Rick Wakeman and the Bruford/Moraz shows had more to do with the gang that I was spending time with than it did my own musical tastes at the time. I was hanging out with a bunch of prog musician wannabes. They were actually the ones who turned me on to Gabriel era Genesis and some of the older Pink Floyd stuff. I was really more of a metalhead at the time.

As for remembering all of the concerts, I have most of my ticket stubs from 1981 to 1992. I wrote the opening act on the back of the stub for 1981-1982. I really wish that I hadn't stopped saving them. Man, I've been to hundred's of concerts in the last 25 years and there is no way that I could recollect them all. In fact, I look at some of the stubs that I have and I can't remember being at the show at all. Others I remember like they were yesterday. Those were great years for live shows. Lots of great venues in the city that have since disappeared...makes me kinda sad in a sentimental way.

The good old days...

Sh!t. I'm getting old! :(

kexodusc
10-24-2006, 07:22 AM
Sh!t. I'm getting old! :(

Nah, lots of 3 year olds were going to Van Halen and Jethro Tull shows back then.
Old is when you turn in your Rush CD's for Celine Dion.

GMichael
10-24-2006, 07:58 AM
Nah, lots of 3 year olds were going to Van Halen and Jethro Tull shows back then.
Old is when you turn in your Rush CD's for Celine Dion.

What about all my 8-tracks and 45's?

kexodusc
10-24-2006, 09:23 AM
What about all my 8-tracks and 45's?
What about'em? Celine Dion's on 8-track?

ForeverAutumn
10-24-2006, 10:46 AM
Old is when you turn in your Rush CD's for Celine Dion.

That's not old, that's just CRAZY!!! :crazy: If you ever catch me listening to Celine Dion by choice, well, that's obviously an imposter. Kill it and then go find and rescue the real me.

GMichael
10-24-2006, 11:02 AM
What about'em? Celine Dion's on 8-track?

I don't know. But I know there are/were Boston, Rush, Ledzep, ELP, Yes, PF, Black Sab, Ted Nugent, etc. I don't know about VH. They were a new band. Maybe after 8-track?

C-Z
10-24-2006, 01:09 PM
Wow. Good concert lists. Got methinking about mine [ I am smiling as I write this list (not that all of them were great or even good). Here is my best recollection, not exactly in chrono order with opening acts if I remember them.

BTW, first time I saw Rush was opening for Ted Nugent.

Vic Damone - w/my folks as a little tyke
Kenny Rogers and the First Edition - visiting my older bro at college\
Black Sabbath - 3 different times
Cheech and Chong (Tiny Alice)
Styx (at my high school auditorium - a school sponsered gig)
REO Speedwagon (HS homecoming band)
Deep Purple (Billy Preston - he was better!)
James Gang - between Joe Walsh and Tommy Bolin - darn
Edgar Winter Group (ZZ Top - who are those guys in cowboy hats I wondered?)
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick tour (Wild Turkey w/Glenn Cornick)
Jethro Tull - Passion Play tour (Wishbone Ash)
Blue Oyster Cult (Alex Harvey Band)
Humble Pie (Foghat)
Beach Boys - right outside my dorm in the commoms - too drunk to remember much
Aerosmith
Yes & Frampton & Lynard Skynard & Gary Wright - long day, but went with 3 hot young ladies - Yikes!
Atlanta Rhythm Section
Emerson Lake and Palmer (Butterfield Blues Band, and somebody else good)
Ted Nugent (Rush - later on my list as a headliner)
Stevie Ray Vaughan - twice (once with Steppenwolf - only John Kay still with 'em)
SRV/Don Henley/Stevie Nicks/Bonnie Raitt/Jackson Brown - benefit show (no clue what for)
Heart
Montrose
Mountain
Dixie Dregs - 3 times - awesomwe!
The Who (John Mellencamp)
Steve Miller
Sammy Hagar - before Sam Halen/Van Hagar
Triumph
Judas Priest (Iron Maiden - they sucked, I've never liked them much)
Def Leppard
Michael Hedges (Shadowfax)
Michael Hedges - twice more (fantastic live)
Chic Corea/s electric band
Ozzy
Rush again
John McLauglin/Al DiMeola/Paco Delucia(sp?) (Steve Morse solo guitar opened up!!)
Frank Zappa - twice
Joe Walsh - at Red Rocks
Pat Metheney - twice
Robin Trower
Spyro Gyro
Andreas Vollenweider
Sparks (Belinda Carlisle(sp?))
Larry Carlton
Ambrosia (Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald came on stage unanounced)
Robert Cray - twice or thrice - can't 'member
Radiators
Numerous Santa Barbara Symphony concerts (got me into Prokofiev)
Numerous SB chamber orchestra concerts
Joe Satriani (Eric Johnson)
Ry Cooder
Jackson Brown (David Lindley and Rayo-X)
... long break ...
Camel
Rush yet again
Porcupine Tree - twice