Inducted abducted induced & obtuse

Belated Congrat's to Rush for their Abduction in the Disco Hall of Fame.  Pinky Lee can really slappa da bass.

The word induction has an unappealing tone for me.  Sounds like you're drafted.  Or infected.  Against one's will.

Seriously-they deserve it.  Better late than never.  Huge victory for all the fans too.  We were a big part of this honor.  Hope you voted.  The "Industry" has ignored them for years.

I'm big fan of all of them.  Together and individually;

Alex taught me awesome chords over the years.  All those jangly open notes.  Drove me nuts in my early days chasing tone - switched to a Hiwatt, and all those noisy pedals I used to have.  Ahhh! Shimmering Chorus!  I knew I had reached a level of competency when I was able to play La Villa Strangiato all the way through.

Geddy is the king of multitasking!  Saw the original Moving Pictures tour from the balcony over his head and watched him push all the buttons with his feet.  Three instruments at once and singing too!  Not bad for a guy with only two arms & legs.  Had to have a Rick when I started to play bass seriously.  And the poor guy has to sing all those BIG LONG WORDS!!!!

...Which leads me to Neil.  I was never a word guy growing up.  Rolling Stone called him the worst lyricist in Rock.  Yeah, he's a little too heady for R&R.

All I can say is a guy who plays drums like that has earned the right to say whatever the fuck he wants!  And if poor Geddy is willing to sing it, so be it.

I have grown to appreciate Neil more over the years.  My personal favorite early period lyrics are 2112, Free Will, Witch Hunt, Subdivisions.  What kid can't identify with Subdivisions?  Now  rediscovering some of the themes from their "lighter"/later catalog lately - lallallalalla - especially that concept album about SEX.  (Go back and check out their entire catalog and you'll figure it out, kids.  Or just look at the album covers!  Naw-I'm too easy.  I want you listen to it too- so I'll leave a hint on this post.)

As a teenager, Mom checked out all my records for Indecency.  This was way before Tipper Gore.   Especially the morning the local AM talkradio geriatric had listeners calling in shock about the drug references on Pink Floyd's-The Wall.

"Yeah Mom, I already have it!  Here-check it out."  Little pin prick.  Big deal.  Check out Young Lust and the Nazi stuff instead!  It's more frightening as a whole-even worse as a movie.  I really gave a crap about Water's psychosis-I was into the sound effects and guitar solos.  In the end, Mom never banned anything, just curiosity I guess, but sometimes she voiced an opinion.  (Wonder where I get that from?)

I remember showing her the lyrics to The Trees as an example of how harmless and whimsical Rush was at the time.  She didn't approve of the ending and thought it was a bit violent.   ????  Well, If you take it literally.  Parents.  WTF.

Much to my amusement, Mother called today to tell me a'boot my 12 year old Godchild's English class project he worked on while visiting her.  Bring in your favorite song lyric as an example of poetry.

Always protective Mom looked over her grandson's shoulder as he used her computer to look up his favorite song on the internet......


The Trees



Another generation will pass this stuff on, regardless of the Honor from Cleveland.  Warms my rotting heart.

I hope teacher plays the music in class too.