LOL. I always thought dog slobber had some kind of disinfecting property, as in āthat dogs slobber is cleaner than your (insert thing here)āā¦
Come to find out its really not that true. If I let my Loki lick his stitches, it prolongs the healingā¦ Poor guy needs that friggen cone till the scabs are gone!
Yeah but I canāt sound like a woman when I sing either 
Morning Douglas
@JohnnyPotseed You cominā in? 
Have you ever heard Geddy speak in an interview? His voice is much deeper than most think. That falsetto though, thats classic Rush!
I spent my entire childhood into my teens thinking I didnāt really like Rush but it kind of rocked for having a female vocalist. The day I learned it was a man I stopped giving them any credit 
Neil Peart is the man though.
Holy Fudge that covid test, that girl took some brains out I think
Dudeā¦ We canāt be friendsā¦ And I think you might have just lost the Canadian Contingency with those comments as well. 
As a bassist. Rush absolutely infuenced me and introduced me to progressive rock. To see them live on the Presto tour, to see 3 guys on stage, singing, bass, guitar, drums, keyboards, was amazing. To see Alex and Geddy swap roles, geddy singing and on the keys while alex played guitar, and took on the bass parts with taurus pedals, and then, the master behind the drums, Mr. Peart do his insane world drum soloā¦ An epic moment for me.
I will say, saw em a few tours later for Snakes & Arrows, and it was disappointing. I go to a LIVE show to see a LIVE performance. As a musician its easy to hear whatās being tracked, and whats being played. Not hard to see Geddy and Alex, jamming away on the guitars, and wonder who the hell is playing the keyboards??? It was different on Presto, and Roll the Bones tours. But they relied more on sequencers as they aged, and the fact that they DIDNT before, was one of the reasons I loved seeing em live. They were amazingā¦
Same disappointment with Yes thoughā¦ Saw them on Union tour (actually was my little sisters first concert, I started her out GOOD), and it was 8 members of Yes, and they were amazing. Saw them a few years later, minus a keyboardist, drummer, AND Steve Howe (Trevor Rabbin was on guitar then). And they had a poor studio guitarist stuck in the back corner of the stage. Studio guitarist played ALL the solos (and Trevor just acted like he played em while playing rhythm, LAME). The bring out the studio guitarist for like the last song, he goes to do a back to back solo with Trevor, Trevor walks away, poor guy almost falls. Meanwhile heās played drums, keys and almost ALL the lead guitar from the back corner of the stage, in hiding. Lost a ton of respect for Yes that nightā¦
Not fun the nasal oneā¦ Much prefer the saliva oneā¦ With the nasal one Iām always afraid Iām gonna sneeze and jam the q-tip up into my brainā¦
That would be me. Lol
Theyāre all talented, just not my style. Prog in general is pretty hit or miss for me. Thereās a āstoner/doomā band called Elder that has gone in a way more proggy direction though that I really like, Weedpecker is another that is headed in a prog direction that I actually like too.
I donāt know a ton of Yes stuff but what I do know is preferable to Rush for me. Thatās pretty disappointing to hear about the studio guy doing the show single handed in the background. IMO if they had just been obvious about it and gave him credit it would make a world of difference. Pretending to play the lead parts is total BS though. I heard Aerosmith has a Steven Tyler soundalike these day too though. Guess Steven canāt really hit the notes anymore so this soundalike is off stage singing and poor manās Mick Jagger just pretends he is.
And youāre right, I totally forgot! Friends with a bass player? HA! 
R.I.P. Sweet, Sweet Connie!
Itās ok it cleans out your brain wax
Good morning! About to brew a cup and smoke some Pineapple Chunk (H-I) 
I have seen to many old farts from old bands who can barely play/sing anymore. Kind of sad to see actually as a Rush or Aerosmith concert from their youth would be an amazing experience.
Let these old farts go and watch the new music I say. Much more likely to get a great show IMO.
Yes @ the Union tour was impressive. Dueling guitars, dueling keys, even dueling drums, all 8 core members on stage together was amazing.
Rush @ Presto tour was amazingā¦ Roll the Bones saw more sequencers, and each tour they relied more and more.
Iāve seen many of the greats, from Eric Clapton / Elton John in a double bill at Shea Stadium, to The Stones, the Grateful Dead and even Iron Maiden and NIN. AC/DC was my first show, and damn it if Angus Young didnāt have more energy than a schoolkid! Saw Aerosmith in the late 80ās as wellā¦ You name the band, saw them on MTV in the 80s-90s, I probably saw emā¦ I even did Woodstock '94 (and avoided '99 like the plague, by then I was touring followin Phish). Saw The Offspring at a 200 seat club in Rhode island, saw Blind Melon there as well (and then a few weeks later saw Blind Melon at Woodstock '94 in front of 200,000) LOL. Ya think I like my live music??
Edit: forgot 5 Bonnaroosā¦ and 87 Phish shows LOLā¦ Bonnaroo is awesome though, you REALLY get introduced to music you might not otherwise be exposed to. I found Donavan Frankenreiter (sp?) at a cafe stage there with like 10 other people watching. Same for Keller Williamsā¦ Gotta get my ass back to Bonnarooā¦
Mrs Foreigner paid an obscene amount of money to go see Tool. Backstage, dinner with them, etc.
Her Rage tickets got cancelled due to Covid.
Personally Iād rather stay home and listen to Sade.
Ok, but honestly, THAT would be pretty fricken cool! Saw Tool at Bonnaroo as well. LOVE themā¦ Their appearance though, doesnāt really scream industrial to me. Not like NIN or Rage. They looked more like Weezer, or school geeks with pocket protectorsā¦ To be able to have dinner, and BS with them, yeah, thatād be freakinā way coolā¦
I could deal with Sade tooā¦ I took my pops to see Yanniā¦ LOL yeah, musical tastes far and wide, REALLY far and wide!
Yes there is nothing else like live music. I was born in '88, I have seen a lot of greats live but they have always been past their prime. A few have been amazing, but most of them without the nostalgia factor are mediocre at best.
I had volunteered at a Folk Festival for 12 years in a row before COVID. Met a lot of musicians there at the after parties over the years. Highlight being busting out some homegrown to share with The Wailers.
I saw Tool at a small venue years ago before they were as huge as they are. Good show good vibe.
I saw NIN and David Bowie at the sky dome. Ok show lousy stadium vibe.
Like most teenagers I enjoyed angry non parent approved music.
Everyone I would like to see live is dead. I did drink liquor at Jim Morrisonās grave so I guess that counts. And smoked a cigarette at Jean Paul Sartreās
NIN @ the Boston Garden. Last show before they tore it down and rebuilt. Trent says something along the lines of āLets tear it upā. After the show there were MOUNDS of chairs in the hallways, ripped from the foundation, mangled, bent. HOW the hell to humans do that? Awesome high energy show too. Also saw NIN at woodstock '94. Trent had been trapped in his trailer with a live electrical line having fallen. He came out on stage angry as hellā¦ I remember him taking his boot and just stripping all the keys off a kurzweil K2500, a $3k keyboard at the time that I could not affordā¦ True carnageā¦
@TopicalWave Bustin out the homegrowin with The Wailers woulda been epic for me! Never got to share homegrown with any musicians, but Iāve smoked with a LOT of them. Had a precious glass piece that I smoked with most of them with, dropped it and cracked in half. Still kept it for years. Pretty much all of Phish, plus tons of up and coming jam bands like MOE (when they actually played on the Phish lot, not a stage! and at TKE frat parties in Rutgers), String Cheese Incident, Govt. Mule, Galactic, Umphreys McGee, Disco Biscuits etc. That bowl had a list of distinguished users, I was crushed when I dropped it.
I even managed to go scuba diving with members of various bands, a friend of mine is a partner in a scuba shop I worked at. Also the promoter of Summer Camp in IL. Plus involved in CID Entertainment. Hence, he steered musicians to the dive shop when they were in Mexico. Always wanted to dive with the Dead, but none went diving when I saw themā¦
@Foreigner Bowie is one I didnāt get to see and I regret it. Probably woulda enjoyed it more though in the 70s LOL
