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  1. New Rush Gives ME the Summer Time Blues

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    True, a few RTAers came and saw me play around that time. Actually you might have enjoyed that band, it was mainly pretty authentic 60s and 70s material with some interesting song choices like "Badge", "Under My Thumb", "Have You Ever Seen The Rain?", "The Rover", "Tie Your Mother Down", etc. There were a few forays into doing "modern" tunes such as "Roll The Bones" and a very ill-advised "Smells Like Team Spirit". :P

    - M.

  2. New Rush Gives ME the Summer Time Blues

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    Fuck! I can't wait thaaat long for an Uncle Seth version of " Roll The Bones ".

    Bah, I did that in a cover band back in '93 or '94. We were the greatest thing since Joyslam. I was even nominated for a "Most White Rapping by a Non-White Guy" award. I'll see if I can dig out a recording for your birthday Dave. ::

    - M.

  3. New Rush Gives ME the Summer Time Blues

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    From the bit I know about copyright, rights are retained by the author for their entire life plus 70 years, unless they are transfered to someone else (i.e. sold or otherwise signed away). After that they are pubic domain, free to everyone. This means that ironically "Imagine" and anything Lennon wrote as solo artist will be in the public domain long before "She Loves You" or anything he wrote much earlier with McCartney.

    I don't know of any case where rights automatically fall to the record company, although the rights to actually reproduce the recordings (as opposed to record the songs) are different. That's why you sometimes have things like Pink Floyd re-recording "Money" for A Collection Of Great Dance Songs 'cus CBS didn't own the original recording.

    - M.

  6. New Rush Gives ME the Summer Time Blues

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    Honestly Jay, this track listing is predictable and boring. I'm tired of all these songs outside of The Seeker and the original Crossroads by Robert Johnson.

    Yeh okay I can see that, and frankly I thought "Summertime Blues" was a bit of a lame choice for a single. But that was why I posted Neil's comments - if you're those guys trying to get into the space of being 13 or 14 again, this is a prefect list. They really stayed very true to that concept actually, I think pretty well all of those songs (at least the versions they are probably thinking of, not necessarily the originals) were released between about '66 & '69, correct? And they're exactly the songs that you could imagine them in their bedrooms picking away for the first time - can't you just see Geddy slowing down his 45 of "The Seeker" down to 33 to figure out what the hell Entwhistle was doing? I mean, they could have equally gone to the bands that inspired them later, such as Zep, Floyd, King Crimson, Yes, and even bands that inspired them in 80s like The Police & Ultravox, but they had a concept and the stuck to it. I think that aspect is very cool, even if the track list itself is indeed a bit predictable as a result.

    - M.

  10. New Rush Gives ME the Summer Time Blues

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    Keep your chin up, Mr. Musicface.....! We still love ya!

    Hah, you know I was so trying to stay out of this, but now that I've been mentioned by name I can't resist... :P

    I've actually only heard the full "Summertime Blues" a couple of times, although there's a short clip on rush.com that I re-listened to based on some of the comments here. For what it's worth as resident Rush-defender, here's my two-cents:

    Musically, I honestly don't see what everybody here is complaining about. The Rush version of "Summertime Blues" is basically the Blue Cheer arrangement with some Who-isms thrown in. They've taken very little in way of liberties, other than a couple of breaks later in the song if I remember correctly. They didn't add any weird 80s synth sounds or a five-minute drum solo, and other than the fact that they're cleaner 21st century recording equipment and techniques, they've kept fairly true to the 60s sound.

    As for the "voice synthesizer" that people are complaining about, I believe this is actually a combination of flange and a little distortion, again used in an attempt to emulate the kinds of vocal treatments/recording artifacts from the Blue Cheer & Who versions.

    Now, I do understand a lot of people don't like Geddy's voice... okay, I'm not going to try and defend that here, if you don't like his voice fine, you're never gonna like it.

    As to the motivation for the project and song selections, here's a quote from Neil:

    "Geddy, Alex, and I were channeling back to 1966 and 1967, when we were thirteen- and fourteen-year-old beginners," writes Peart in the liner notes to "FEEDBACK." "We thought it would be a fitting symbol to commemorate our thirty years together if we returned to our roots and paid tribute to those we had learned from and were inspired by. We thought we might record some of the songs we used to listen to, the ones we painstakingly learned the chords, notes, and drum parts for, and even played in our earliest bands."

    Seems like a reasonable and worthy rationale, paying tribute to your roots is a bit of fun and something for the fans. I know they are playing a number of these songs on their current tour. I suspect "Summertime Blues" was probably selected as a single by the label 'cus it's one of the more recognizable tunes, probably no other reason. Personally I'm looking forward to hearing "The Seeker" & "Shapes Of Things" which are better suited to Rush's style IMO.

    And I've said this before but I'll say it again - if you don't like what Q107 plays, for gawdsake don't blame the band! It's hardly Rush's fault that they are one of the few Canadian classic rock acts with a large, decent catalog of material. Every time you hear a Rush song on Q, it's part of them fulfilling their licencing agreement. Just thank your lucky stars they aren't replacing every Rush play on Q with a Triumph or Loverboy song.

    And hey here's a thought - if you don't like what's on the radio, we've got this great new technology called a Compact Disc player that allows you to listen to whatever music you like - go get one, I hear they are available all over the place.

    Peace,

    Mr. M.

  11. Rubber Soul & Revolver...Thursday!

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    Yeh, I saw the warm up show for the White Album in November as well, and it KICKED ASS. I was skeptically too, but it was really fun.

    B&Z, I totally understand what you're saying, but the real fun of it is seeing how they pull off some of these really bizarre studio arrangements live. For the White Album, they had like 3 or 4 guitarist, horns, strings and tonnes of singers to pull everything off, and it was really a riot. And you really had the impression these guys were totally into, they weren't just playing like jobbers.

    I also noticed on his website that an acquaintance of mine, Greg Wyard, is singing and playing guitar. Greg's a very talented guy, as I'm sure are all the folks involved.

    All that said, I'm busy tonight and likely won't go, but for those that do enjoy!

    Peace,

    - Mr M.

  12. Matt Osborne Kitchener Memorial Show SUNDAY!

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    Wow, that is awesome

    You planning to attend Mr. M??

    Absolutely! Matt was a close friend of mine and I know a lot of the folks involved in this show, plus I'm co-organizing the Toronto show so I have to go see what they're doing in KW so we can one-up them in August. ;)

    Seriously thou, this is going to well-worth checking out. Many of Matt's fantastic songs will be played, and the money raised is going to Matt's trust funds in support of young musicians.

    - M.

  13. Matt Osborne Kitchener Memorial Show SUNDAY!

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    PRESS RELEASE

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    Memorial show celebrates life and music of late local musician Matt Osborne.

    Matthew Osborne Kitchener Memorial Show

    80 Schneider Ave

    Kitchener, Ontario

    3 pm - 11pm

    Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario: The Matthew Osborne Kitchener Memorial Show will celebrate the life and music of the late Matthew Osborne, one of Kitchener-Waterloo's most talented musicians.

    On Sunday, June 6th, over 50 musical acts will gather together to perform in Matthew's honour at the Victoria Park Pavilion in Kitchener. Performers include Daddy Longlegs, Dinocopter, Rob Szabo, Mary Anne Epp, Lynn Jackson, Intrasition, Kicking Trudy, High Diving Act, Mark Perak, Organic Groove and many more. The Pavilion is located at 80 Schneider Avenue, in Kitchener's Victoria Park. The show will run from 3:00 pm until 10:00 pm.

    The cost has been set at $5, although organizers promise no one will be turned away.

    As testimony to the number of lives Matt touched during his too short life, The Matthew Osborne Kitchener Memorial Show is just one of three shows paying tribute to Matthew. Memorial shows are also being planned in Toronto and Guelph.

    "Matthew John Osborne was an ever-present fixture almost anywhere live music was played in K-W for the last decade," states Brent Hagerman, a guitar player in one of Matt's bands and Echo Magazine editor, adding, "Besides being an immensely talented singer, songwriter, guitarist and writer (Matt contributed Echo's first ever wrestling story), Matt worked tirelessly at helping younger musicians gain exposure and confidence."

    The City of Kitchener is donating the use of the venue at no cost. Sherwood Systems is donating all the necessary sound equipment needed to run the Kitchener memorial show.

    At the time of his death, Matt was working on a CD, presently being completed by his band mates.

    All proceeds from the memorial shows and CD will go to the Matt Osborne Musicians Trust Fund.

    For more information about the CD and Matt Osborne Musician's Trust Fund, please see www.mattosborne.com

    For more information about The Matthew Osborne Kitchener Memorial Show please contact Brent Hagerman by email at brent@echoweekly.com or phone at 519-743-9315 ext. 101

    For more information about the memorial show being planned in Toronto, please contact Jay Moonah by email at jay@musicface.com

    For more information about the memorial show being planned in Guelph, please contact Craig Norris by email at craig@thekramdens.com

    For more information about Matt Osborne, you can go to his website at www.mattosborne.com

  14. Who do you like?

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    mr. musicface, haven't had the pleasure yet either, but you make me laugh really hard too, and i like it when you fight with everybody. plus you're really fun to tease about rush. heehee

    Awww, that's sweet Princess. :o BTW, amoung your many other wonderful qualities, you still have one of my all-time favorite avatars. :)

    (And for the record, only [color:"red"]34 days 'til the new RUSH album. Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!)

    As for me, any list I would try to make of the folks here that have touched me with their words and or deeds here would only serve to be exclusive rather than inclusive, so I'll simply say I've enjoyed interacting with everyone I've met through this board, to a person. Cheers to all y'all!

    Peace,

    Mr. M.

  16. If you're going to write a bad review, do it well

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    The best part of this thread so far is when kung slipped back into kung-isms when he was trying to write like Shain: "I think the Slip is just trying to hard to be smart even though their effortless mastery of their instruments and craft is undebatable at the most fundamental of all levels."

    Old habits die hard eh kung? The problem is that it's only undebatable 'cus no one but you knows what "the most funamental of all levels" actually means!

    Although I must admit this was gold: "When I smoked marijuana and listened to Dave Matthews for the first time I realized that this was it for me, it was more profound then my first thumb through Cheri or Swank (which incidentally took place around the same time)."

    And Shain, I loved the line "jester-like penchant for SCI". Freakin' killer.

    I'm with AD, best thread ever! Keep it up boys!!!

    Peace,

    Mr. M.

  18. YES at ACC tonight and this afternoon at SAM'S

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    Jhamie... you've had the clap? And you got it from Steve Howe? I hear it's pretty painful - I don't know how you could possibly have enjoyed it.

    Actually it's funny 'cus Steve Howe really named that piece "Clap" (no "The") for the very reason of avoiding that joke, but unfortunately Jon Anderson called it "The Clap" in his intro on The Yes Album, and that's how it got listed on the sleeve. But if you ever see it on Yes setlists or subsequent live albums, it's usually just listed as "Clap".

    It looks like after much hemming and hawing, it looks like I'm going to this show after all. Any news on cheap late-release seats or anything like that? I used to love Yes so much, but I'm still not big on the idea of spending 60 bucks (which is what it adds up to with the S/C and crap) on seeing them in 2004. Still, I saw a setlist from the current tour and couldn't resist.

    For anyone who wants a spoiler, there's one on the Q107 site:

    http://www.q107.com/setlist_yes/setlist_yes.cfm

    Yes usually plays basically the same set every night on a tour, so with minor variations this is probably more or less what they'll play.

    Peace,

    Mr. M.

  19. Matt Osborne has passed away ...

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    Thanks again Mark.

    Things are starting to shape up with the tribute shows. It looks like one will be organized in KW by the aforementioned Brent Hagerman, one will be organized in Guelph by Craig Norris of The Kramdens, and one in Toronto organized by myself and some others. Details as far as dates and locations are still up in the air, but we're looking at no sooner than the end of this month or early June for these to happen.

    Mark or anyone else, if you'd like to pitch in for either KW or Guelph, please contact Brent and/or Craig respectively. I don't want to post their emails but if you need them contact me at jay@musicface.com and I'll set you up. And of course if anyone wants to get in on the Toronto, drop me a line as well.

    Also, in addition to keeping the Tuesday night jams going in Matt's name, beginning Tuesday, May 4th and continuing for the next 15 weeks, a finished mix of one of the tracks from the album Matt was working on just before his passing will be played at 11:00pm at Circus Room (729 King St. E., Kitchener).

    It's great that he's being remembered in so many way, he was a talented and much loved guy, and deserves every bit of it and more.

    - M.

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