Re: Rush & Who, Prog-rock, etc.

["Scott Schrade" <schrade@akrobiz.com>]

> I would certanly get shocked if someone said
> to me that the bassist from Ramones is much better
> than Entwistle or Geddy 

1-2-3-4 !!!!

> Well, do you think that Alex Lifeson is on the same
> level as, say, Johnny Ramone???

Most of the crowd I run with would say Johnny Ramone is
a much more important & exciting guitarist than Alex Lifeless.
And I'd have to agree with me mates!

 > If the deal was with The Who with a punk band, as
> O'Neal supposed, then it would be really easy to say
> who had more quality in their music,

Would it?  Depends on your definition of "quality."  Punk fans
have their own definition of quality, & Rush figures nowhere in 
it.  Rush is the opposite of what *they'd* call "quality."  I think
"bollocks" might be the term they'd apply to Rush.

> To me, it's a personal statement. There are lots of
> things that Neil Peart or Bill Bruford do and Keith
> just couldn't do. At the same time, both Neil Peart
> nor Bill Bruford had Keith's style. 

You seem to have avoided saying that there were things Keith
could do that Peart or Bruford couldn't.  So I'll say it:

There are things Keith did that Neil Peart & Bill Bruford couldn't. 

Really.

> So, I think we just can't say that one is better than the others

Sure we can!  I say Moon is better all the time!  

Please don't think I'm picking on you personally.  I'm not.  I argue
stuff like this over beers with my friends all the time!  And by the
way, unlike that mean Kevin from VT, I think Geddy Lee is a
fabulous bass player!  Cheers!


- SCHRADE in Akron