OT: Rush...the best or the greatest?
by UnleashTheGore on Mar 13, 2009 10:58 AM PDT
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Been slow around here lately, hasn't it? With the Manny rumors out the door, we're left to discuss such thrilling matters as: Will Bengie Molina hit 15 or 20 HRs this year? Will Fred Lewis become Randy Winn 2.0 (and is that a bad thing?)? What will Barry Zito's fastball top out at this year? And, of course, can Bochy's head actually get bigger as he ages?
So, with it being a Friday, I present this poll, that as far as I know, has not been made yet. It is, of course, one of the "McCovey Insider ©" (only $5.99 a month) jokes, and I was curious what the overall opinion actually is here: Do you like Rush?
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Rush Limbaugh?
Noonan. Nooooonan!
by Giant Fan in Singapore on Mar 13, 2009 11:19 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I don’t like either Limbaugh or the band.
by SFGuy on Mar 15, 2009 1:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm also not a fan of the drug addled windbag...
the band’s OK.
by Jakespaar on Mar 19, 2009 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
rush hour
i have a nice 12" radio single on clear vinyl: New World Man backed with a killer live version of Vital Signs, probably my favorite Rush song.
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by The Gene Hackman on Mar 13, 2009 11:21 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I didn’t even know they ever made CDs that big.
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by EliminateMe on Mar 13, 2009 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
they called em laser discs, but that’s another story, from another thread.
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by The Gene Hackman on Mar 13, 2009 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No.
No.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
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by jponry on Mar 13, 2009 11:32 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
everybody got to deviate from the norm
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by The Gene Hackman on Mar 13, 2009 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Doesn’t count. Boners don’t have voting rights.
by chilibean_3 on Mar 13, 2009 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
seriously
just because they can stick themselves up, doesn’t give them the right to a “yay”
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Mar 13, 2009 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
they need to stand up for themselves.
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Mar 13, 2009 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
a tired mind become a shape-shifter
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by The Gene Hackman on Mar 13, 2009 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Everybody need reverse polarity.
I haven’t heard that in , oh , a decade. Thanks for reminding me!
Truth…ever since this kicked up again recently I can’t stop thinking about “The Trees.”
Hatchet (Peart) , axe (Lifeson) , and saw (Lee).
OK if I adopt Randy Johnson?
"What kind of a stupid question is that?"
by victor frankenstein on Mar 13, 2009 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
IATRS
Don't think, it could only hurt the ballclub.
by ResDog on Mar 13, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The good guys are winning 6-5!
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 11:42 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The poll needed a “Hell yeah!” option. Instead settled for yes.
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by can of corn on Mar 13, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
disgusting
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Mar 13, 2009 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We’ll stop when Rush stops.
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rush will outlast you with their greatness.
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by can of corn on Mar 13, 2009 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL RUSH R OLD
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m counting any that are not making a choice to be yeses anyway.
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by WalrusMan on Mar 14, 2009 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice.
OK if I adopt Randy Johnson?
"What kind of a stupid question is that?"
by victor frankenstein on Mar 14, 2009 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve been listening to the first album and Fly By Night all week. They’re both good. “By-Tor and the Snow Dog” rocks harder than anything anyone’s making today.
by '83 Fleer on Mar 13, 2009 11:46 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
fixed
"By-Tor and the Snow Dog" Rush rocks harder than anything anyone’s making today.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Mar 13, 2009 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like everything up through Signals.
After that the guitar tone became gay.
Also enjoyed the movie about the undercover cop becoming a heroin addict.
Fairley odd parent to Wendell
by WTF on Mar 13, 2009 11:52 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
everybody got mixed feelings
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by The Gene Hackman on Mar 13, 2009 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t fault them for embracing technology and changing tastes in music like they did, it just didn’t do much for me. I like the big dumb 70’s rock kinda stuff better.
Fairley odd parent to Wendell
by WTF on Mar 13, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I spun Monster Magnet’s Spine of God yesterday. Now that’s big dumb 70’s rock from the 90’s!
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
by bgunn on Mar 13, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think they do have an off period after Signals up to Roll The Bones.
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by WalrusMan on Mar 14, 2009 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heck to the affirmative.
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
by Kitspool on Mar 13, 2009 12:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Loved Rush since the mid 80s
Having said that, I will also say the following:
I don’t care if I ever hear Tom Sawyer, Limelight, Red Barchetta, Spirit of Radio or Closer to the Heart ever again.
I’ve come to the conclusion that as good as Neil Peart is, he’s generally overrated.
Presto and Roll the Bones, for the most part, suck.
Vapor Trails sounded like shit.
Snakes and Arrows = meh
I will also say:
I love Counterparts and Test for Echo. Most people don’t. Phooey on them.
Power Windows is underrated. Marathon and Mystic Rhythms and two of the best songs in their entire catalog.
The R30 concert rocked the shit.
By-Tor and the Snow Dog is the epitome of ass-kickingness.
Anagram of "Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum" = TENSE, CLIMACTIC, TRIUMPHING
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Mar 13, 2009 12:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
In this week's Entertainment Weekly
there’s a very funny interview with Geddy Lee, who’s a HUGE baseball fan. He said, perhaps not jokingly, that during Peart’s long drum solos at their shows, he spends his time offstage checking how his fantasy team is doing.
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
by Kitspool on Mar 13, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That is teh awesomez.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
by cornball on Mar 13, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’d put Tom Sawyer and Limelight in my don’t care about hearing again.
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by WalrusMan on Mar 14, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, and Test for Echo is something I like as well quite a bit.
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by WalrusMan on Mar 14, 2009 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
what in the hell is Rush?
Dodgers fans eat their young.
by redhornet78 on Mar 13, 2009 12:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
A Canadian prog rock band whose fans eat their young. Perhaps to distract themselves from drum solos, pretentious lyrics, and Ayn Rand references.
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A Canadian prog rock band whose fans eat their young.
I am no Dodger fan!
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Mar 13, 2009 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OK, I’m just wondering who in their right mind would want to be distracted from drum solos?
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by WalrusMan on Mar 14, 2009 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
poop.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Mar 13, 2009 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
However, I would recommend nobody else Google Image Searches for Rush Sucks. At least with the filter turned off.
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd wear that shirt
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Mar 13, 2009 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’d pay to put that on a billboard.
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
by WilliamVanLandingham on Mar 13, 2009 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hose off, you knob!
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by The Gene Hackman on Mar 13, 2009 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
rush = personal pepperoni pizza? mmmm…
by lincypoo i wuv u on Mar 15, 2009 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
by bgunn on Mar 13, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“NOW I’m ready.”
OK if I adopt Randy Johnson?
"What kind of a stupid question is that?"
by victor frankenstein on Mar 13, 2009 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No.
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by groug on Mar 13, 2009 12:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
One of the greatest days of my life was when I went to see Rush live in Vancouver, Canada. I was going to school in the NW and a friend had a sister who had some extra tickets. We rallied north slamming Lebatt’s and Molson’s the whole way while wearing our Canadian tuxedos (denim jacket, denim jeans). Arrived at the venue and were surrounded be a) mullets, b) matching Canadian tuxedos and/or hockey Starter jackets and c) people really saying “eh” after every other sentence…all the stereotypes were true! Once Geddy hit the fist note of “Tom Sawyer” the place erupted, pure unadulterated Candian joy.
Do I like Rush? Yes.
Any type of mongering is A-OK in my book.
by Man-o-War on Mar 13, 2009 12:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
If by “terrifying” you mean “terrifyingly awesome” then you are correct, it was terrifying.
Any type of mongering is A-OK in my book.
by Man-o-War on Mar 13, 2009 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Awesome.
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by WalrusMan on Mar 14, 2009 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Big No
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by WilliamVanLandingham on Mar 13, 2009 12:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Googling around about Rush and how they suck lead me to this weblog, which ended up offending me more for its color scheme than its politics:
http://punkrockrepublican.com/
And his Presidential rankings just confuse me:
http://punkrockrepublican.com/?page_id=16
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 12:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
THEY’RE IS NOTHING LIBERAL ABOUT DEMOCRATS
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PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Mar 13, 2009 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
…which explains why those public schools Punk Rock Republican attended weren’t good enough for the Obama or Ayres kids.
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know what you mean,
but the meaning of words does change. They’re liberal today because everyone knows they are liberals. They’re not, however, Josiah Bounderby/Thomas Gradgrind liberals.
I am your teacher, fledgling historian.
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by Idaho Nick on Mar 14, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s from the link.
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by groug on Mar 14, 2009 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And jponry was making for of they’re grammer.
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by jcb9 on Mar 14, 2009 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is the FDOR comment
suppose to be derogatory to Obama? B/C he ranks FDR in his top 10. Also no Clinton in the 10 aqnd who is Andrew Johnson?
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Mar 13, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m really confused as to who would have both FDR and George W. Bush both in their top ten. Or Hayes and Harding and Grant so high up, or Wilson (who I l don’t like, but still) below both Pierce and Buchanan. And he has Andrew Jackson near the bottom, which usually indicates a dislike for Jackson’s racist war-mongering, but then he has James Polk at #14, and people who rank him high usually do so beause he expanded the nation’s borders – through racist war-mongering. It’s just a very strange, all-over-the-map list.
Are you serious about Andrew Johnson? He was Lincoln’s second VP and succeeded him as President. He was a pretty awful president by any measure I can see, although some people defend him.
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And most historians that I’m aware of don’t rank Clinton in the top 10.
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I rank former presidents based on their ability to create Giants rallies.
by Lars The Wanderer on Mar 13, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
RALLY WARREN G. HARDING FOREVER
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Mar 13, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now there’s a man with his priorities straight.
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Mar 13, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is clinton even on the list though? I didn’t see him. I forgot who Johnson was!
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Mar 13, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol you’re right, Clinton’s not on there at all.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Mar 13, 2009 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
CLINTON WAS NEVER REALLY PREDISENT HE DOSNT EVEN HAVE BIRTH SERTIFICATE
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by EliminateMe on Mar 13, 2009 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
SUPREEM CORT BRASS!!!!!1 GET OFF YUR HANDS!!!
Fairley odd parent to Wendell
by WTF on Mar 13, 2009 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The list only has 41 names, even though there have been 43 presidents (Cleveland is counted twice).
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
by cornball on Mar 13, 2009 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He also left out John Adams. Maybe he doesn’t realize John Adams and John Quincy Adams were different people.
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for figuring out who the other one was. I mean, he realizes there is only one Grover Cleveland but not that there are two John Adamses? Wow.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
by cornball on Mar 13, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe he is fucking with his readership.
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by Idaho Nick on Mar 14, 2009 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
PROTIP
He probably just put a couple famous liberal presidents and conservative presidents in the top 10 and likewise with the bottom 10 so he could appear non-biased
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Mar 13, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is bizarre. Polk is responsible for what is probably the most unnecessary and unjust war in American history. Also, am I the only one who noticed that Nixon is #7? I mean, shit.
..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.
by Cookyman on Mar 14, 2009 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A lot of people rank Polk highly because he expanded the borders. Although his expanded borders include my home state, I find that kind of nuts because of HOW he did it.
There’s been a lot of Nixon revisionism among conservatives since his death.
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by jcb9 on Mar 14, 2009 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Andrew Johnson was lincoln’s VP when he got shot, and totally fucked the country over, Reconstruction-wise.
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by groug on Mar 13, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
One of Johnson’s famous sayings
This is a country for white men, and by God, as long as I am President, it shall be a government for white men.
Tells you most of what there is to know about him.
..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.
by Cookyman on Mar 14, 2009 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Holy shit, how is Harding that high?
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by groug on Mar 13, 2009 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
His excellent taste in lids.
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by EliminateMe on Mar 13, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Didn’t he bag a lot of chicks?
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
by SF Pete on Mar 13, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but look how low Kennedy is.
I think it’s safe to say that’s not the defining criterion.
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by groug on Mar 13, 2009 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Van Buren, Taft, and Buchanan were super studs too.
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Taft?
Seriously? William Howard Taft?
I really really really don’t wanna know.
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by EliminateMe on Mar 13, 2009 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Okay, maybe he wasn't in Buchanan's league, but he was still H-O-T-T.
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Body bias!
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
by SF Pete on Mar 13, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He was a handsome dude.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Mar 13, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Side note: in Harding’s lifetime, there were persistent but unsubstantiated rumors that he was part-black.
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
which part?
Fairley odd parent to Wendell
by WTF on Mar 13, 2009 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, that’s one weird list.
But I found “Chester B Arthur” to be quite amusing.
Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
..and this 10 is for the World San Francisco fans Classic.
by thehavenot on Mar 16, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Okay, so I Googled Rush Lyrics, and clicked on a random song, and this is what I got:
Basic temperamental filters on our eyes
Alter our perceptions
Lenses polarize
Alternating currents force a show of hands
Rational responses force a change of plans
….Really? REALLY?
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 12:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Really.
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by can of corn on Mar 13, 2009 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can deal with ridiculous lyrics if they’re clever or self-effacing – Morrissey comes to mind – but Rush is both ridiculous and terribly, frightfully earnest, and that just makes me want to gouge my eyes out.
Again, just clicking on a random song here:
In the city where nobody smiles
And nobody dreams
In the city where desperation
Drives the bored to extremes
Just one spark of decency
Against a starless night
One glow of hope and dignity
A child can follow the light
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yet you do seem to spend time actively seeking out their lyrics… lyrics which would otherwise be unknown to you.
jcb9 = burgeoning rush fan?
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by The Gene Hackman on Mar 13, 2009 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, if you look at my first comment with lyrics, I spent about five seconds googling “Rush lyrics” and then clicked on a random song. I figured any of their songs could provide a cringe-worthy example. I was right!
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I will say, though, that you lot have gotten me to think about Rush more than I ever had before. I had never given them much thought, but I enjoy he MCC RUSH WARS!~ a great deal.
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
the frightening earnestness of most prog rock is what eventually turned me off from the genre. THEY’RE JUST SO SERIOUS ABOUT IT ALL D:
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Mar 13, 2009 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nothing takes itself more seriously than GRIM BRUTAL METAL… I love death metal bands, hilarious!
by xanthan on Mar 13, 2009 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Norwegian Black Metal bands
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Mar 13, 2009 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Immortal was teh awesomes!
Fairley odd parent to Wendell
by WTF on Mar 13, 2009 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I had a friend in high school was later in a progressive metal band. I think it was called Hacksaw to the Throat.
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The lead singer of Opeth basically does standup between songs. It’s awesome. Seven minutes of chuggachuggachugga growl, and one minute of “I just flew in from Sweden, and boy are my arms tired….”
by Grant on Mar 13, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mikael is a pretty funny dude. I don’t listen to Opeth much anymore but it always seemed like he didn’t take it all too seriously.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Mar 13, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
whoops hit submit too early
My friend saw them live once and she said he opened one song by saying, “This one is about Satan. (sarcastically) Yay, Satan.”
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Mar 13, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Morrissey
puke
co-dad of IshikaBOOM w/AfDC.
Ishikawa, let the boy hit against lefties.
by kennv on Mar 13, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rising , like a carp...to defend the sarcastic vegetarian celibate.
In my life
Why do i smile
At people who i’d much rather kick in the eye ?
My life , simply.
OK if I adopt Randy Johnson?
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by victor frankenstein on Mar 13, 2009 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Puke
Morrissey >puke>you.
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by Idaho Nick on Mar 14, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And you go right to the top of MY Christmas card list as well.
OK if I adopt Randy Johnson?
"What kind of a stupid question is that?"
by victor frankenstein on Mar 15, 2009 12:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s okay that you just don’t get it. Really, it is. :)
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Mar 13, 2009 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
do not want rush
i boycott bands who put certain words or phrases in songs that bug me
for example:
live- they once used the word placenta in a song and now i spit on them (figuratively)
erik sermon- he once rapped “im so high i could float in the sky like birds” natch
rush- used the name ‘rocinante’ as the name of their ship in some stupid song, veritably pistol whipping me with their dennis miller-esque reference. enough already with the literary references…do not want
i look forward to angry feedback :)
[Brayen] of sabean, your semi- conscious potato trip across "to gold winches" democratic pavement will bring Communist pride to the orange and black democratic perfection. your [randay] of Johnson – spy for the Russian Mafia. warn yourselves they warn themselves! you will purchase smirnoff the vodka
by Headhunter Rollins on Mar 13, 2009 1:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Angry feedback!
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
by can of corn on Mar 13, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOUD NOISES!
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Mar 13, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Live is one of the worst bands ever. A friend of mine grew up in the same town in Pennsylvania as they did, and I will never stop making fun of him for this fact.
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
by Kitspool on Mar 13, 2009 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cygnus X-1 + Dave Dravecky
The first time I heard Rush it was Cygnus X-1 July 4th weekend 1987, the same weekend we got Dravecky, Mitchell, and Lefferts…..Ahh…..memories…..as we rode the Rocinante to the Playoffs
Tommy Lasorda HATES GIANTSBOARD.COM
by merkin on Mar 13, 2009 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Grant true fact #48: He was once detained for shoplifting Rush cassettes at age 13.
Grant true fact #49: His month-long punishment for #48 included the shredding of AC/DC concert tickets.
Grant true fact #50: Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleading I denied. No one but me to blame ’cuz mama tried.
by Grant on Mar 13, 2009 1:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Grant true fact #48: He was once detained for shoplifting Rush cassettes at age 13.
Two Q’s…
1. What albums?!
2. LOL
by xanthan on Mar 13, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let’s see…I’m thinking “Exit Stage Left” and “Permanent Waves”, but I’m not sure. And your second question wasn’t a question.
by Grant on Mar 13, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Bon AC/DC or the (cringe) Brian AC/DC?
I own one AC/DC album…Highway To Hell.
I need no other.
Saw them in ‘80. First time I’d ever seen a cordless electric guitar.
OK if I adopt Randy Johnson?
"What kind of a stupid question is that?"
by victor frankenstein on Mar 13, 2009 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fail, no High Voltage.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
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by WalrusMan on Mar 14, 2009 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My shoplifting experience was of Star Trek and other science fiction novels. Never got caught, though!
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Merle Haggard>Rush
I'm spent, just can't rosterbate anymore.
by oldjacket on Mar 13, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
YES
GROUGTHINK ALERT
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by groug on Mar 13, 2009 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
fixed
Merle Haggard >>>>>>>>> Rush
Adoptive father to the All-Father. Does that make me the All-Grandfather?
by EliminateMe on Mar 13, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like them both equally. I’m going to make a Rush/Merle split trucker hat.
by Johnny Disaster on Mar 13, 2009 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It could have been worse. You could have been detained for shoplifting cassingles.
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
by Kitspool on Mar 13, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The store declined to press charges when they realized Grant had upgraded their inventory
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Mar 14, 2009 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No individual artist, no band, no human EVER can match the genius that is “Detachable Penis”.
by Lars The Wanderer on Mar 13, 2009 1:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
“Cheescake Truck” and “Jesus Was Way Cool” are better, in my book.
by Grant on Mar 13, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
King Missile, FTW.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
by can of corn on Mar 13, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
meh
it’s ok
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Mar 13, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Martin Scorcese" is hilarious.
OK if I adopt Randy Johnson?
"What kind of a stupid question is that?"
by victor frankenstein on Mar 13, 2009 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Need often trumps taste.
I’m glad you finally found one you could use.
bringing you moral turpitude since 1963
by Idaho Nick on Mar 14, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The lyrics are just fun drivel, but the music in that song is way cool
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Mar 15, 2009 6:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My how droll.
bringing you moral turpitude since 1963
by Idaho Nick on Mar 14, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s 19-19 now. I blame it on my boyfriend at the time. He and his roommate listen to Rush all the time, I mean that literally. When I could finally name that tune, boy the party they threw.
by timmeh on Mar 13, 2009 1:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
i would love for you to describe this party
[Brayen] of sabean, your semi- conscious potato trip across "to gold winches" democratic pavement will bring Communist pride to the orange and black democratic perfection. your [randay] of Johnson – spy for the Russian Mafia. warn yourselves they warn themselves! you will purchase smirnoff the vodka
by Headhunter Rollins on Mar 13, 2009 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
was it a...pants party?
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Mar 13, 2009 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m probably like that with Led Zeppelin.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
by WalrusMan on Mar 14, 2009 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was in college, with this information I’m sure you could probably describe yourself.
by timmeh on Mar 13, 2009 1:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
well, i’m 5’9, 250, i love eudora welty and diedrich bader’s short lived show “the searcher”…thats about it for me
[Brayen] of sabean, your semi- conscious potato trip across "to gold winches" democratic pavement will bring Communist pride to the orange and black democratic perfection. your [randay] of Johnson – spy for the Russian Mafia. warn yourselves they warn themselves! you will purchase smirnoff the vodka
by Headhunter Rollins on Mar 13, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oops, not only a reply fail for me but I forgot the word “it”. But thanks for the description
by timmeh on Mar 13, 2009 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i figured ;)
[Brayen] of sabean, your semi- conscious potato trip across "to gold winches" democratic pavement will bring Communist pride to the orange and black democratic perfection. your [randay] of Johnson – spy for the Russian Mafia. warn yourselves they warn themselves! you will purchase smirnoff the vodka
by Headhunter Rollins on Mar 13, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If there’s a worse song than “The Trees” then it was probably written by Lenny Kravitz.
I'm spent, just can't rosterbate anymore.
by oldjacket on Mar 13, 2009 1:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
if there's a worse opinion than yours
then it must have been given by Bruce Jenkins
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Mar 13, 2009 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
heh
I'm spent, just can't rosterbate anymore.
by oldjacket on Mar 13, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
People should pay attention to oldjacket more. He often says things that are true.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
by SF Pete on Mar 13, 2009 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My Six Year Old Daughter
Loves “The Trees”. Which further proves your point.
by VidaWantsYourCar on Mar 15, 2009 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Everything else > Rush
That is why Rush is made of epic fail.
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner (unless someone tells me he's already been adopted)
by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 13, 2009 1:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Who is this "everything else"
Sounds very EMO…
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Mar 13, 2009 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Everything else = every other band in the world not called “Rush”
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner (unless someone tells me he's already been adopted)
by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 13, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Everything Else
I think they opened for Nickelback.
Anagram of "Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum" = TENSE, CLIMACTIC, TRIUMPHING
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Mar 13, 2009 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, they opened for The Killers.
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner (unless someone tells me he's already been adopted)
by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 13, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who suck a lot
Why does Sabean always look constipated?
by TexasRanger on Mar 18, 2009 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nickleback sucks
This, I hope we can all agree on.
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree. Nickleback fails.
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner (unless someone tells me he's already been adopted)
by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 13, 2009 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m not a Rush fan, but can we at least agree that Rush>Nickelback?
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
by cornball on Mar 13, 2009 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I do not agree.
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner (unless someone tells me he's already been adopted)
by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 13, 2009 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What about
Rush > Dodgers, true or false?
That’s a tough one for me…
Adoptive father to the All-Father. Does that make me the All-Grandfather?
by EliminateMe on Mar 13, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
…
That, I might agree with.
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner (unless someone tells me he's already been adopted)
by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 13, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rush are the Dodgers of musical groups.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Mar 13, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I AGREE WITH THIS COMMENT
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner (unless someone tells me he's already been adopted)
by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 13, 2009 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This would be an interesting game – matching musical acts with their equivalent baseball team or player.
For example:
Creed = Derek Jeter
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mark McGwire = CCR
Adam Dunn = Jimmy Buffett
Rod Carew = Al Green
Tony Gwynn = Otis Redding
Pete Incaviglia = Boston
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Mar 13, 2009 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Arod = Madonna ?
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Mar 13, 2009 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rush are the Dodgers of musical groups.
by microwave donut on Mar 13, 2009 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
FAIL
this is wrong.
they’d be like, les expos, or something.
ted nugent is the dodgers of musical groups
"ever so cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"
by The Gene Hackman on Mar 13, 2009 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ted Nugent = Jeff Kent
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Mar 13, 2009 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How dare you insult the Expos?
GROUGTHINK ALERT
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by groug on Mar 13, 2009 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
sorry,
Ted Nugent is the Texas Rangers.
Redneck-ish and marginalized.
by microwave donut on Mar 13, 2009 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rush = Toronto Blue Jays
And not just for obvious reasons. They have the visual esthetic of a domed stadium and the production value of astroturf. Every once in awhile though, for about a two year period, they are pretty unstoppable and kick ass, but then fall back into oblivion. Plus, Neal Peart is the Tony Fernandez of musicians … he is one of the greatest to ever play there, but rarely gets credit from anyone that doesn’t play his position.
by StickRat on Mar 14, 2009 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, but I LIKE the Blue Jays.
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by jcb9 on Mar 14, 2009 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I feel the same way about Fleetwood Mac … so I feel your pain.
by StickRat on Mar 16, 2009 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stevie or Christine?
OK if I adopt Randy Johnson?
"What kind of a stupid question is that?"
by victor frankenstein on Mar 16, 2009 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I loved 2/3 of Fleetwood Mac, songs sung by Christine and Lindsey. I’m not a Steveie fan in the slightest. Now that Christine has retired, they’re not worth the price of the ticket.
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Mar 17, 2009 6:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Peter Green?
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
by bgunn on Mar 17, 2009 8:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Peter Green FTW!
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Mar 17, 2009 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Christine.
Just , you know , warmer.
OK if I adopt Randy Johnson?
"What kind of a stupid question is that?"
by victor frankenstein on Mar 17, 2009 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ll endorse this.
I'm spent, just can't rosterbate anymore.
by oldjacket on Mar 13, 2009 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In the parade of suck
Rush>Nickleback>Creed>Celine Dion
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry, but
Celine Dion>Rush
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner (unless someone tells me he's already been adopted)
by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 13, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There is nothing in this mortal plane that Celine Dion is better than.
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, there is and that is Rush. And that is because Rush is the worst band in the history of the universe.
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner (unless someone tells me he's already been adopted)
by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 13, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
To be fair, Celine Dion isn’t really a band.
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You have a point there.
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner (unless someone tells me he's already been adopted)
by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 13, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rush>Michael Bolton>Celine Dion
USA Musicians>>>>>>>>>Canadian Musicians
Any type of mongering is A-OK in my book.
by Man-o-War on Mar 13, 2009 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ERROR!
Rush>Bryan Adams>Celine Dion
USA Musicians>>>>>>>>>Canadian Musicians
Any type of mongering is A-OK in my book.
by Man-o-War on Mar 13, 2009 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Guess Who belong on this list.
I'm spent, just can't rosterbate anymore.
by oldjacket on Mar 13, 2009 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There are good Canadian musicians. Just not those three. Or Bachman-Turner Overdrive. Or Bryan Adams.
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And – yeah, you already caught Bolton.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Tragically Hip > Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner (unless someone tells me he's already been adopted)
by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 13, 2009 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like the Tragically Hip.
I'm spent, just can't rosterbate anymore.
by oldjacket on Mar 13, 2009 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed. I also like Neil Young very much. He is an exempted Canadian in my book.
Any type of mongering is A-OK in my book.
by Man-o-War on Mar 13, 2009 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Neil Young is awesome.
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner (unless someone tells me he's already been adopted)
by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 13, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This happened.
Social Distortion opened for Neil.
OK if I adopt Randy Johnson?
"What kind of a stupid question is that?"
by victor frankenstein on Mar 13, 2009 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sonic Youth as well. And Patti Smith w/Tom Verlaine.
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
by bgunn on Mar 13, 2009 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like:
Joni Mitchell
The Weakerthans
Feist
Tegan & Sara
The Arcade Fire
The New Pornographers
…and a bunch of others.
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And I was just listening to Emm Gryner, a Canadian musician who probably nobody else here has heard of, but I’ve been a fan for about a decade.
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like bands from Vancouver.
I don’t like Joni Mitchell.
In fact, if there’s a worse song than “The Trees” then it’s “Big Yellow Taxi”.
I'm spent, just can't rosterbate anymore.
by oldjacket on Mar 13, 2009 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Joni Mitchell herself doesn’t like that song very much. I don’t really mind it, but it’s hardly her best.
The Counting Crows cover of “Big Yellow Taxi” may be the worst thing ever done, though.
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and yet again
we disagree. it’s funny at this point, really.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Mar 13, 2009 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nah.
It’s “Twisted”.
Chong: “What , no driver on the top?
Cheech: ”Man , that chick is twisted! Poop chutin’! Hip flip city!"
Ms. Mitchell may be hard to look at (See Sara Jessica Parker)
but her art is good…“For Free”.
OK if I adopt Randy Johnson?
"What kind of a stupid question is that?"
by victor frankenstein on Mar 15, 2009 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Canadian musicans >>>>>>>>>>USA musicans
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner (unless someone tells me he's already been adopted)
by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 13, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Neil Young, The Band, Leonard Cohen.
..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.
by Cookyman on Mar 13, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, yeah, and Leonard Cohen. I can’t believe I forgot him.
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No Niel Young/The Band love?
..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.
by Cookyman on Mar 13, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve heard his stuff over the years, of course, but I’ve never really explored his music.
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t like his solo stuff that much, but CSNY were amazing.
..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.
by Cookyman on Mar 13, 2009 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
♥Leonard Cohen♥
And I love Neil as well
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Mar 13, 2009 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cohen Beacon show d/l
You can download the recent Beacon NYC show here.
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
by bgunn on Mar 13, 2009 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Canadian musicians are awesome.
..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.
by Cookyman on Mar 13, 2009 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you forgot RHCP
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Mar 13, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And Hootie and the Blowfish.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And Rush
Don't think, it could only hurt the ballclub.
by ResDog on Mar 13, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow
apparently we have opposite tastes in music. I’m pretty okay with Hootie
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Mar 13, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where do you stand on the Beatles vs. Rolling Stones question?
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually
I can’t stand listening to either, but with a gun forced to my head, I’ll have to say the Stones have a few songs that don’t make me want to pull the trigger of the gun put to my head. I can’t say that for the Beatles.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Mar 13, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, we don’t have so much in common, it would seem.
I am fond of Steve Holm, though.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
the big question is
Do you like Bruce Jenkins? ;)
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Mar 13, 2009 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I found that awful picture below earlier today when Googling World’s Wrong Man in honor of his latest article…so that would be a no.
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
…….I’ve never actually met anyone in the world who say that The Beatles make them want to shoot themselves. Well I did meet one but she was an idiot.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
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by WalrusMan on Mar 14, 2009 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And Coldplay.
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner (unless someone tells me he's already been adopted)
by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 13, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I basically support everything about this hierarchy. Although I might have to throw Limb Bizkit in there somewhere, just so we can cover that awful awful subgenre that nearly ruined high school for me.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
by cornball on Mar 13, 2009 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh my gentle Jesus
i don’t think i’ve hated a band as much as I hated Limp Bizkit in their prime. Disgusting.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Mar 13, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, they’d be sub-Creed.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whoa
WITH ARMS WIDE OPEN! might be the worst song ever
Why does Sabean always look constipated?
by TexasRanger on Mar 18, 2009 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Crazy Town
I'm spent, just can't rosterbate anymore.
by oldjacket on Mar 13, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hoobastank.
Actually, I don’t think I’ve ever heard their music. But that’s the worst name I ever heard.
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hoobastank was the worst name I had heard of until I heard Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner (unless someone tells me he's already been adopted)
by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 13, 2009 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They’re like Incubus without the turntables. Also
Incubus
by Natto on Mar 13, 2009 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
Meh, Incubus’s first album wasn’t bad. Then they started getting all experimental and different for different’s sake.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Mar 13, 2009 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What’s that idiot Hoobastank song that starts out “I’m not a perfect person…”Jesus H. Baldheaded CHRIST that song sucks big dead donkey dicks what a funeral dirge and then im looking for the gun or the rope to end my suffering
OK if I adopt Randy Johnson?
"What kind of a stupid question is that?"
by victor frankenstein on Mar 13, 2009 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
a couple of their songs are okay
but in general i agree.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Mar 13, 2009 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It doesn't bother me that some people don't like Rush
It’s the bands that those people often DO like.
Seriously, if you’re writing an Amazon review and you’re bagging on Rush while creaming yourself over stupid shitty bands like Coldplay for their “integrity”, you forfeit your right to have an opinion on the subject.
Anagram of "Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum" = TENSE, CLIMACTIC, TRIUMPHING
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Mar 13, 2009 2:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Thank freaking God I'm not doing that!
I don’t mind you hating Rush and Coldplay so long as it doesn’t mean you are writing online reviews of shit like Hootie and the Blowfish and praising the fact that a black man actually writes like Bob Dylan.
Because he doesn’t.
If he’s still alive.
He’s probably broking stocks.
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by Idaho Nick on Mar 14, 2009 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
now I’m wondering if my music taste would pass muster.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
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by jponry on Mar 13, 2009 2:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Can you please pass the mustard?
by Lars The Wanderer on Mar 13, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
reply fail
meant to reply to SJT
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Mar 13, 2009 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mine probably won’t.
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner (unless someone tells me he's already been adopted)
by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 13, 2009 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
One thing I've learned as I got older:
The only muster your musical taste needs to pass is your own.
I listened to the Shins and Danny Paisley today. One or the other probably makes me uncool with a bunch of people. But really, so what?
Adoptive father to the All-Father. Does that make me the All-Grandfather?
by EliminateMe on Mar 13, 2009 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
One thing I've learned as I got older:
Rush really sucks.
I listened to them a lot in high school, then I figured out what they were singing about, and stopped listening to them.
Life immediately improved dramatically.
by Louis XVI on Mar 14, 2009 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nope. Only part of your music taste that would pass is the part when you listened to Rush.
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by WalrusMan on Mar 14, 2009 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Opening Lyric:
“I woke up in a Soho doorway a policeman knew my name”
Pay attention kids, THAT is how you set a mood.
by Lars The Wanderer on Mar 13, 2009 2:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Good song as well.
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by WalrusMan on Mar 14, 2009 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
BEST song.
Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below.500
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by S.F. Giangst on Mar 14, 2009 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
moar funny pictures
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Mar 13, 2009 2:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
How can you look at that man and his soul patch and his ridiculous little sunglasses and not think he’s a douche!?
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
because he makes awesome music
I can get past pretty much any look if someone can make good music.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Mar 13, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What if this guy started a band?
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by jcb9 on Mar 13, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
stop it!
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
by SF Pete on Mar 13, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D: D:
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 13, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Looks like the love-child of Shane McGowan (of Pogues fame) and Boy George.
Any type of mongering is A-OK in my book.
by Man-o-War on Mar 13, 2009 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Any type of mongering is A-OK in my book.
by Man-o-War on Mar 13, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Any type of mongering is A-OK in my book.
by Man-o-War on Mar 13, 2009 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NOOOOOO NOT SHANE MCGOWAN’S TEETH NOOO
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Mar 13, 2009 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Mar 13, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is this just some random person or someone I should know of.
Either way, this poor kid creeps me out.
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by Goofus on Mar 16, 2009 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don’t make fun of grm
Why does Sabean always look constipated?
by TexasRanger on Mar 18, 2009 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
actually
he kind of looks like Sean Penn if you squint a little
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Mar 13, 2009 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have that bass. I also have a fretless version of that bass.
by Lars The Wanderer on Mar 13, 2009 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
doesn’t he also play a Ricky?
"ever so cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"
by The Gene Hackman on Mar 13, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, moreso on their earlier albums.
by Lars The Wanderer on Mar 13, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
May I touch you?
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by EliminateMe on Mar 13, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You ever listened to Rush?
You ever listened to Rush…. ON WEED!?!? 
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by merkin on Mar 13, 2009 5:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
You ever torn apart Jim Cramer and CNBC…ON WEED?
GROUGTHINK ALERT
Chatterbalks dot com: Now with updates!
by groug on Mar 13, 2009 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice.
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
by bgunn on Mar 13, 2009 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What movie is this from?
..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.
by Cookyman on Mar 13, 2009 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stewart was in that? I didn’t know.
..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.
by Cookyman on Mar 14, 2009 2:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Enhancement Smoker.....
video here
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=37530386
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by merkin on Mar 14, 2009 8:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.
by Cookyman on Mar 14, 2009 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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OK if I adopt Randy Johnson?
"What kind of a stupid question is that?"
by victor frankenstein on Mar 15, 2009 6:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like Rush. Haters to the left.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Mar 13, 2009 7:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
*hates*
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Mar 13, 2009 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
To the left!
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Mar 13, 2009 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There are two kinds of girls on the internet: middle-aged dudes in basements, and FBI agents.
Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below.500
We are at war with Los Angeles. We have always been at war with Los Angeles.
by S.F. Giangst on Mar 13, 2009 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sometimes they are both!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Mar 14, 2009 8:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sometimes girls who know FBI agents, and yes I do.
by timmeh on Mar 14, 2009 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sometimes basements that have middle-aged dudes tied up and whipped by FBI agents.
by Lars The Wanderer on Mar 14, 2009 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Voted “no”
Before anyone rips me for not liking them, keep in mind that they suck.
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Mar 14, 2009 9:40 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
*high five*
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Mar 14, 2009 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
+109 x 109
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner (unless someone tells me he's already been adopted)
"He [Frandsen] had 4 strikesses per three innings his twenty year, then dropped to an cool 1th. But Burriss essentially skipped over AA and AAA after compiling a . But doctrines arrive forever as they say so I'm sure fans of the Philadelphia Phillies and the Detroit Tigers, if given a chance, would trade a down year in 2008 for a World Series title in 2007. 285/.347/." -sfgiantstoday
by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 14, 2009 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Goof I thought you were cool!
Well not really but still!
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by WalrusMan on Mar 14, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
IATRS
Don't think, it could only hurt the ballclub.
by ResDog on Mar 14, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Alright here.
As a Rush liker I just want to ask why you don’t like them. I’ve heard “pretentious lyrics” and references to “Ayn Rand” and all that, and I can at least hear that come out of your mouths. What about the music? How about songs like YYZ? I’m not as much concerned with examining the lyrics of a band as much as listening to the feel that I get from the music.
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by WalrusMan on Mar 14, 2009 1:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I’ll admit to not being super familiar with them, but everything I’ve heard of theirs has sounded overly pretentious, lyrically and musically. They sound like they’re “showing off” more than playing good music. (I also have this complaint regarding Van Halen live.)
Mostly, Geddy Lee’s vocals annoy me. He sounds so wimpy.
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by Goofus on Mar 14, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And I guess I’ll give Lee’s vocals, since clearly he is not the greatest singer in the world.
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by WalrusMan on Mar 14, 2009 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
YOU TAKE THAT BACK SIR
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Mar 16, 2009 8:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve never really read any of Rush’s lyrics. It’s the music itself that bothers me. It’s my least favorite genre of music, right next to modern country.
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner (unless someone tells me he's already been adopted)
"He [Frandsen] had 4 strikesses per three innings his twenty year, then dropped to an cool 1th. But Burriss essentially skipped over AA and AAA after compiling a . But doctrines arrive forever as they say so I'm sure fans of the Philadelphia Phillies and the Detroit Tigers, if given a chance, would trade a down year in 2008 for a World Series title in 2007. 285/.347/." -sfgiantstoday
by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 14, 2009 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve said this before, but I put them in the same category of Phish – obviously they’re talented as musicians, but the music they actually produce makes me want to run for the hills.
The trouble with them, musically, is the problem with a lot of prog – it’s the Hey, Look At What We Can Do! school of making music.
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by jcb9 on Mar 14, 2009 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly, the “look what I can do” thing is what I was referring to above with the “showing off”.
I’m not into bands that make music that you’re supposed to respect instead of enjoy.
Does anyone really enjoy a 20 minute drum solo?
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by Goofus on Mar 15, 2009 6:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah... drummers
And for the record, Peart has never played a 20 minute solo. They max out at around seven. And they’re strictly for live shows, never on a studio recording.
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Mar 15, 2009 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OK, the “20 minute” was hyperbole, but jumpin’ jiminy, 7 minutes is awfully long for a drum solo.
The longest drum solo I ever heard was at the recent Van Halen reunion tour. Alex went on and on…
Bor-ring!
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by Goofus on Mar 15, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I meant to add that it’s a big contrast to a band like Green Day, where the closest thing Tres Cool has to a drum solo might be 2 or 3 measures of just drums in the middle of a song (like “American Idiot”). To me, that’s much more enjoyable and I prefer to marvel at a musician’s ability within the context of a song and within what the band is doing.
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by Goofus on Mar 15, 2009 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OT
How was VH?
I’m a fan.
NOT a Van Hagar fan , IMHO.
They’re the only band I ever wrote a fan letter to. (Hey , I was 19 faChrissakes.)
That tour came through Vegas when I was there , but I balked at tix starting at $200.
Later I read that they rocked.
rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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by victor frankenstein on Mar 15, 2009 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Disappointing.
I was REALLY looking forward to the reunion show with DLR (I too am not a Van Hagar fan) but we found the show to be disappointing. As referenced above, I’m not into the “look what I can do” type of concert and that’s what a lot of it was. In addition to Alex Van Halen’s drum solo that seemed to go on forever, Eddie did a solo that went on even longer. It was sort of an “Eruption” times 20. I guess they’ve never heard the expression “Leave them wanting more.”
They also really missed Michael Anthony’s backing vocals. Wolfgang and Eddie can’t sing to save their lives.
Aside from a few really tight songs, “Unchained” and “Dance The Night Away” come to mind, a lot of it was more overbearing than entertaining…like they were trying too hard to prove how great they are.
I will say though, that David Lee Roth is an entertainer in the 1st degree.
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by Goofus on Mar 16, 2009 6:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Opinions are like hard drives...
…every computer has one.
To be fair and honest you’d have to preface that with “I think that…” or “Entire nations believe that…” It’s wrong to make blanket statements when a group has had some measure of suck…
…when they’ve actually been suck…
Damn. Maybe they do.
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by victor frankenstein on Mar 16, 2009 6:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Those are our eastbay boys, don’t be hatin’.
by timmeh on Mar 16, 2009 6:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Boulevard of Broken Dreams is the worst song ever.
by xanthan on Mar 16, 2009 6:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Counterpoint
“Holiday” and “Basket Case” are awsum
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by Goofus on Mar 16, 2009 6:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep Basket Case is awsum.
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by timmeh on Mar 16, 2009 8:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I’m from the East Bay and I love it, but there are plenty of terrible morons who’re from here. Counting Crows, for instance,
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by jcb9 on Mar 16, 2009 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree with that, but I do like the Foxboro Hottubs.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 16, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes. I do. And that’s not a hyperbole. I’ll sit down and listen straight through some of John Bonham’s 30 minute expeditions.
Peart generally does have 7-9 min drum solos during live shows, but they’re so diverse that it’s not even really like a drum solo too.
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by WalrusMan on Mar 16, 2009 7:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I admit to kinda liking YYZ.
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by jponry on Mar 14, 2009 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That said, it’s never been the lyrics or Geddy that’s bothered me about Rush. The music just bores the crap out of me. And Rush fans are fun to rile up so I get a bit hyperbolic with my dislike. :)
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by jponry on Mar 14, 2009 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ha! Secret Rush lover.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
by can of corn on Mar 17, 2009 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oops
I thought you were talking about Rush Limbaugh, but the answer is the same. Who the fuck could like Rush?
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by Idaho Nick on Mar 14, 2009 3:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Fun Fact
Geddy Lee does the lead vocals for the 1982 song by Bob and Doug McKenzie (Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas of the television show SCTV) “Take Off”, which peaked at 16 on the Billboard charts.
by SFGuy on Mar 15, 2009 1:17 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Take off, you hoser!
Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below.500
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by S.F. Giangst on Mar 15, 2009 3:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's a beauty way to go.
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by victor frankenstein on Mar 15, 2009 4:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by The Second City.
Bummer , eh?
OK if I adopt Randy Johnson?
"What kind of a stupid question is that?"
by victor frankenstein on Mar 15, 2009 4:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I loved their movie.
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by Goofus on Mar 15, 2009 6:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, beauty…
Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below.500
We are at war with Los Angeles. We have always been at war with Los Angeles.
by S.F. Giangst on Mar 15, 2009 7:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I voted Yes
for nostalgic reasons. My friends and I couldn’t get enough of them in middle school circa early 80s. By the time high school came around, we felt we had outgrown them. Playing the air drums no longer held much appeal, and we no longer wanted our themes and morals to be filtered through snow dogs and necromancers.
I still get a kick out of seeing them interviewed; they seem to come by who they are pretty honestly. Their appearance on the Colbert Report was great. Towards the end of the song they were playing at the end of the show, Colbert came out front to thank everyone for watching, and then realized in mock embarrassment they were still playing. Then the next night’s show opened with Rush still playing and Colbert asleep at this desk. Of course being aware that your music is lengthy and ponderous doesn’t change the fact it still is, but that’s their niche, and I was part of it for a short while.
by VidaWantsYourCar on Mar 15, 2009 1:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
that Colbert episode was hilarious
On a related note, my wife found this women’s shirt in SLO this weekend and I begged her to get it, but to no avail:
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Mar 16, 2009 8:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Walrusman’s Home Town
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by Giant among Angels on Mar 17, 2009 10:01 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This is supposed to be about Mahogany Rush, right?
Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below.500
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by S.F. Giangst on Mar 17, 2009 10:06 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
"No" is currently losing
And I’ll bet there were a lot more Rush dislikers that didn’t even open this thread.
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by Goofus on Mar 17, 2009 3:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
As long as we bag on musical groups who blow, you know who really sucks a golf ball through a garden hose, Muse
Why does Sabean always look constipated?
by TexasRanger on Mar 18, 2009 10:38 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
No leads Yes by a 10% margin.
Democracy works!
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by jcb9 on Mar 19, 2009 10:13 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Fact: There are more people who dislike Rush than people who actually like Rush.
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner (unless someone tells me he's already been adopted)
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Mar 19, 2009 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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