I regret very much that I missed this thread earlier in my life.

I am bumping in the hopes that I will have time to start at the beginning later, and it will be far enough towards the top for me to find it.

The Google Image Search method of assessing a band is...probably...foolproof.

tmidgett wrote:The Google Image Search method of assessing a band is...probably...foolproof.

Yup.

I love the Rush. I love the Big Shellac. How could I have never seen this thread until today?

Whoever mentioned the Slint had it right. You take someone who enjoys the random meanderings of "La Villa Strangiato" or "Cygnus X-1", there's no reason he (and I'm sure it's a he) won't enjoy Spiderland.

Or Don Caballero's For Respect for that matter. Damon Che told me once he'd never heard any Rush before, but I think he might have made a little fib.

The Ayn Rand fixation is pretty freshman lit. I'm suprised some people never get over that shit (to be fair, I'm suprised that people never get over their Marxism fixation either).

I hear less of Rush in Slint than Can. Don Caballero is more Krautrock than Canukrock too. I respect Rush for their musicianship but I can't listen to it.

Look, folks, it's really simple:

Ayn Rand is crap. Via the transitive property, Peart's lyrics are crap.

BUMP.

simmo wrote:

tmidgett wrote:The Google Image Search method of assessing a band is...probably...foolproof.

Yup.

Nothing like judging a band based on its drumset.

kazoozak wrote:

simmo wrote:

tmidgett wrote:The Google Image Search method of assessing a band is...probably...foolproof.

Yup.

Nothing like judging a band based on its drumset.

Are you saying it's inaccurate?

Andy wrote:

kazoozak wrote:

simmo wrote:

tmidgett wrote:The Google Image Search method of assessing a band is...probably...foolproof.

Yup.

Nothing like judging a band based on its drumset.

Are you saying it's inaccurate?

Oh no, I'm agreeing. I just find it amusing that of the picture used in the "Google Image Search method of assessing a band" is Neil Peart's ridiculous drum kit. Jamming econo this ain't.

Though I'm sure finding a picture of the actual band would lead to the same conclusion.

kazoozak wrote:Neil Peart's ridiculous drum kit. Jamming econo this ain't.

What's ridiculous about it? It fits the band, it fits what they do. It's an accurate reflection, but not a bad one.

I also appreciate that Geddy, suffering from gear envy because of Neil's kit and Alex's stacks of cabinets, fills up his side of the stage with chicken rotisseries. In tours past, it's been washing machines and vending machines.