T-Shirt Slogans Seen at Last Night’s Rush Concert:
*”Killing is my Business”
*”God Hates us All”
And about 10,000 male ponytails, backward baseball caps and a surprising number of women.
Realize that if you go to a Rush concert (and my cohorts Merlin, Greg, Albert, Jish and Leslie agree), you are attending a gathering of the misfits. Few of us have friends or family that share our appreciation for the pretentious Canadian rockers. They say Geddy Lee’s voice is shrieky and thin, Neil Peart is an amazing drummer who writes ponderous, soupy lyrics and the guitaring of Alex Liefson, while virtuouso, is in the service of pointless musicial wankering.
Merlin put it best. Rush will not get you laid. It will not give you hipster cred or a reason to storm the barriciades of the establishment. It might only make you think, which is not a very sexy reason to hitch your wagon to three middleaged prog-ers from Toronto.
Maybe. It’s the only explanation I have for why I’ve loved this band for nearly 20 years, because they make me, make me imagine things I wouldn’t otherwise. They inspire me.
So yesterday I decided to grab a carpool to Concord at the last minute and go. It was my 4th concert and nothing all that different from previous shows. What made it unique was driving to Concord, listening to Rush, and giggling and babbling incessantly about the band no one gets and we haven’t really since we were 15. But we stay on anyway, having a great time and wondering why.
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Damn, you shoulda came by, I was sitting outside listening to the show. Well, the cheering, anyway. Heh.
Damn, you shoulda came by, I was sitting outside listening to the show. Well, the cheering, anyway. Heh.
My favorite quote about the band:
“Rush jumps the shark when you move out of your parents’ basement.”
My favorite quote about the band:
“Rush jumps the shark when you move out of your parents’ basement.”