Rush is basically the Canadian national band right?. In the pantheon, it's
1. Rush
2. Baren Naked Ladies
3. Bryan Adams
Neil Young converted to (US) American back in the sixties so he doesn't count, plus he sucks.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
matedog wrote:Neil Young converted to (US) American back in the sixties so he doesn't count, plus he sucks.
Wha?
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matedog wrote:Neil Young converted to (US) American back in the sixties so he doesn't count, plus he sucks.
Wha?
I like more Neil Young songs than I like Bruce Springfield songs.
That's because you're not a monster. Or, you're the good kind of monster. A werewolf.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
matedog wrote:Neil Young converted to (US) American back in the sixties so he doesn't count, plus he sucks.
Wha?
Just matedog being wrong, AGAIN!
I don't have a problem with him as a person or a songwriter, it's just his voice that ruins everything. It's so whiny and shrill, whenever he tries to sound as badass as his lyrics, he just fails miserably. For this reason, I can not tolerate the music he sings on. He did have that "bing" song which was good, but he didn't sing on it.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
matedog wrote:Neil Young converted to (US) American back in the sixties so he doesn't count, plus he sucks.
Wha?
Just matedog being wrong, AGAIN!
I don't have a problem with him as a person or a songwriter, it's just his voice that ruins everything. It's so whiny and shrill
Actually, NY would probably concede this last point. Back in the 80s when everyone was doing their starving African songs, Canada's musicians did one, "Tears Are Not Enough" under the name Northern Lights. There was a small documentary that was shown about the creation of song and video. I recall a scene where the producer(?) kept getting NY to redo his part, saying that he's off-key or something like that. Finally, NY says, "Hey man, that's my style." And that's that—the off-key bit is left in the song.
"Grab some wood, bub.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
matedog wrote:Neil Young converted to (US) American back in the sixties so he doesn't count, plus he sucks.
Wha?
Just matedog being wrong, AGAIN!
I don't have a problem with him as a person or a songwriter, it's just his voice that ruins everything. It's so whiny and shrill
Actually, NY would probably concede this last point. Back in the 80s when everyone was doing their starving African songs, Canada's musicians did one, "Tears Are Not Enough" under the name Northern Lights. There was a small documentary that was shown about the creation of song and video. I recall a scene where the producer(?) kept getting NY to redo his part, saying that he's off-key or something like that. Finally, NY says, "Hey man, that's my style." And that's that—the off-key bit is left in the song.
Wow, I had never heard of this:
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It's so Canadian and so...lame.
I only recognized four of the people - NY, Geddy Lee, Bryan Adams, and the sunglasses at night guy. Was that a minor league hockey team at the end??? Thank you so much for sharing that.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
