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RE: Overrated/Underrated



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>From: "Chuck R. J. Vinyard" <crv@ipat.com>
>To: "TheWho@igtc.com" <TheWho@igtc.com>,
>        "'Keen, John B.'"
>	 <john.keen@lmco.com>
>Subject: RE: Overrated/Underrated
>Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 12:12:22 -0600
>
>Rush is overrated and they blow goat.  Fuck you all!
>
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>From:  Keen, John B.[SMTP:john.keen@lmco.com]
>Sent:  Wednesday, January 27, 1999 9:42 AM
>To:  TheWho@igtc.com
>Subject:  RE: Overrated/Underrated
>
>Thank you Lucas! I was going to say something about the Rush overrated
>comment but you beat me to it. I agree 100% with you there. 
>
>John Keen 
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:	Lucas Bleicher [SMTP:bleicher@who.net]
>> Sent:	Tuesday, January 26, 1999 9:33 PM
>> To:	TheWho@igtc.com
>> Subject:	Overrated/Underrated
>> 
>> > Personally, I think Rush is overrated.  They do nothing for me, 
they
>> try to
>> > be epic and simply wind up overproduced, pompous and 
self-indulgent.
>> 
>> Oh, why? I have some Rush records and I can say they're REALLY good.
>> Their first one (without Neil Peart) sounds a lot like who-style 
rock.
>> Then came Peart and they became (IMO) the best power trio I ever 
heard
>> (and I know - and like a lot - Cream). Peart is just a complete
>> drummer:
>> he can keep unusual tempos like 7/8 without sounding dull, he can
>> swing
>> perfectly well, and he can even sound moon-like (This is noticed in
>> the
>> "All The World's A Stage" album). Geddy Lee is a fantastic bassist 
who
>> has a style very similar to John Entwistle's: he is always melodical,
>> and don't just use the bass to keep playing the root notes all the
>> time.
>> Alex Lifeson is not a fantastic instrumentist as the other two, but 
he
>> has some creative moments. I love everything from the first album to
>> "Exit... Stage Left" (A really great live album), and I used to think
>> that their other stuff was pretty boring. I didn't like anything they
>> released after "Exit... Stage Left" until I knew the "A Show Of 
Hands"
>> album. After some listenings I really liked that one, they made their
>> 80's stuff sound much better onstage.
>> I don't think Rush is overrated. They're very good musicians, Peart 
is
>> a
>> very good lyricist and I think they deserve their place.
>> 
>
>


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