Comments on: 5873 was their best album

5873 was their best album

ericbop — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:21:31 -0800

(Happy birthday, Neil) Did you enjoy VH1's rockin' Passover special, "Matzo and Metal?" How about "Matzo and Metal II: Back to the Desert?" Then you're going to love "RUSH HASHANAH!!!!1!1!!"

As the Rolling Stone article points out, the title is not just an excrutiating pun, or an excuse for a 24 hour Rush marathon. Challah Fame member Geddy Lee is also a child of Holocaust Survivors.

By: felix betachat

felix betachat — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:29:41 -0800

Mah nishtanah haProgRock hazot?

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:36:24 -0800

After that challah fame pun, matzoh is no longer the bread of our affliction.

By: chihiro

chihiro — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:39:30 -0800

Okay, I'll have to re-subscribe to cable now. This has been the weirdest year ever for Rush fans, methinks. :) :) :)

By: proj

proj — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:44:29 -0800

Even if Geddy Lee is the child of Holocaust Survivors, Challah Fame is still an excruciating pun.

By: Plutor

Plutor — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:48:44 -0800

ericbop: "As the Rolling Stone article points out, the title is not just an excrutiating pun, or an excuse for a 24 hour Rush marathon." Just count your blessings. "Hashanah" (השנה‎) means "the year". It could be a 8760-hour Rush marathon if they were feeling extra literal.

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:53:45 -0800

I hear you can do a lot in a lifetime, if you don't burn out too fast.

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:57:00 -0800

It could be a 8760-hour Rush marathon if they were feeling extra literal. 1493-hour drum solo! As opposed to the usual 948-hour ones.

By: boo_radley

boo_radley — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:57:35 -0800

... RIGHT YOU LOT. I'm going to have my name changed for this marathon. I'm going to be named "Excitement", and I'll sneak backstage and ambush the band. But the lead singer won't mind, he'll be happy; thrilled even . In fact, he'll be Geddy with Excitement.

By: swift

swift — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:09:55 -0800

We are the priests.

By: cimbrog

cimbrog — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:20:25 -0800

In fact, he'll be Geddy with Excitement. boo_radley, you are now my hero.

By: turbodog

turbodog — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:27:16 -0800

We are the plumbers of Syrinx.

By: turbodog

turbodog — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:29:48 -0800

Also, a round of beers on me for anyone who can make a pun on Živojinović.

By: porn in the woods

porn in the woods — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:44:16 -0800

"What about the voice of Geddy Lee? How did it get so high? I wonder if he speaks like an ordinary guy?"

By: davebush

davebush — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:46:51 -0800

My neighbor spent 20 years working for Rush. According to him, Geddy's a gentleman and all around nice guy.

By: LordSludge

LordSludge — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:50:35 -0800

A link to Red Sector A, their song about prison camp, seems appropriate here.

By: The Tensor

The Tensor — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:51:32 -0800

Also, a round of beers on me for anyone who can make a pun on Živojinović. Not on your life, son.

By: Snyder

Snyder — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:00:31 -0800

Živojinović Živojinović Živojinović Živojinović Živojinović Živojinović Živojinović Živojinović In the jungle The quiet jungle The Lifeson sleeps tonight

By: The Gooch

The Gooch — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:11:51 -0800

Either Geddy Lee and Howard Stern are the same person or they're twins sons from different mothers.

By: jonp72

jonp72 — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:15:36 -0800

Supposedly, Gary "Geddy Lee" Liebowitz got the nickname Geddy, because his bubbe couldn't pronounce the R in Gary.

By: Sys Rq

Sys Rq — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:40:20 -0800

Either Geddy Lee and Howard Stern are the same person or they're twins sons from different mothers. Now that you mention it, all Jews do look alike! OMG!!!111!!1bunchofones Howard Stern, as it happens, is a good three feet taller than Geddy Lee. They're not exactly identical voice twins, either.

By: Kid Charlemagne

Kid Charlemagne — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:55:50 -0800

Wow. Red Sector A was never exactly "easy listening", but knowing the Holocaust Survivors thing kind of kicks that up a notch.

By: metrocake

metrocake — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:58:01 -0800

Shouldn't that be a 2112-hour drum solo? ... Just sayin'. :D

By: askmehow

askmehow — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:46:10 -0800

"What about the voice of Geddy Lee? How did it get so high? I wonder if he speaks like an ordinary guy?"
I know him, and he does

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:53:42 -0800

Really? How do you know Geddy?

By: koeselitz

koeselitz — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:00:00 -0800

askmehow just happens to be porn in the woods' fact-checkin' cuz.

By: koeselitz

koeselitz — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:02:32 -0800

By: boo_radley

boo_radley — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:03:22 -0800

Živojinović Are we not men? we are zivo "Don't feed me no Ćevapčići don't want no Karađorđeva šnicla I want a Živojinović meal."

By: LordSludge

LordSludge — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:07:07 -0800

For anybody still wondering about the "5873" thing. Took me a WHILE...

By: ZenMasterThis

ZenMasterThis — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:47:53 -0800

Challah Fame is still an excruciating pun. Oh yeah? How 'bout Dropping the Baum?

By: marxchivist

marxchivist — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:49:31 -0800

I don't know, I just feel like I gotta say something in this thread. I was nuts about these guys in high school, probably saw them about six times around the Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures period. I really haven't kept up with them, some of their '90s stuff sounds (just reading about it, not hearing it) intriguing. Good to see the Colbert video and even better to see they can still deliver.

By: LSK

LSK — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:52:50 -0800

Matzo & Metal 2: Back to the Desert sounds compelling. Where can I watch it?

By: jonmc

jonmc — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:15:30 -0800

"What about the voice of Geddy Lee? How did it get so high? I wonder if he speaks like an ordinary guy?" You can hear it at the beginning of "Take Off" by Bob & Doug McKenzie. Aside from a mild Canuck accent, he sounds normal. He also proves he has a sense of humor.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:17:13 -0800

...and all these bad puns are tearing me a-peart.

By: thrakintosh

thrakintosh — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:42:36 -0800

Entre Nu?

By: Turtles all the way down

Turtles all the way down — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:47:37 -0800

Aside from a mild Canuck accent, he sounds normal. Oh, please, jonmc, you're better than that.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:51:12 -0800

Dude, I didn't realize 'Canuck' was that serious a slur. In Vermont where my mom grew up it was used like a casual slang term. No offense intended. (although there's a hockey team in your province by that name).

By: Turtles all the way down

Turtles all the way down — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:56:20 -0800

No problem, jonmc, it's just that I took it as you might take "other than a yank accent he sounds normal."

By: jonmc

jonmc — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:58:41 -0800

I can see that upon reading. It was meant more along the lines of 'aside from the 'eh' it's a pretty generic voice.' (and I have to figure he laid the 'eh's' on thick for that record.)

By: Turtles all the way down

Turtles all the way down — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:09:29 -0800

Fair enough, jonmc. That's how we talk, including the "eh"s, and I admit that Geddy and Dave and Rick might have laid it on a bit thick in the GWN days. But not that much.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:23:31 -0800

As someone with numerous relatives who have been known to say 'yooz,' 'g'head,' and 'yooman beens,' I know what you mean. (and I will say this. Canada takes better care of their mullet rockers than Americans. When i was 17, my family went on vacation to Quebec City. After dinner, we kids were let loose on our own and I wandered into some metal/biker bar. There was a video screen playing the usual suspects-AC/DC, Kiss,- and everybody bobbed their heads politely. Then Triumph's 'Follow Your Heart,' came on and the place went apeshit cheering and singing along. When I told that story to a Torontan friend (and MeFite) he said 'Oh Yeah, Rik Emmett never has to pay for drinks in Canada, man.')

By: davebush

davebush — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:05:43 -0800

Triumph played my high school gym in 1976. The Max Webster gig a couple months earlier was far better.

By: suki

suki — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 06:15:09 -0800

Oh! I am a 40 year old woman and in the past year I have just discovered Rush (having found them "too commercial" during the 80's, when I was kind of an idiot). My resistance cracked when I happened to catch the Rush in Rio DVD - they ROCKED. And then I saw the Alex Lifeson Cameo on Trailer Park Boys (ytl). After seeing the band live (and nailing it), from the 10th row, I was hooked. (it didn't hurt that I had the stadium women's room all to myself). Of course there was the Colbert appearance, then the RockStar clip. Plus Geddy Lee has aged in a way that I find most appealing, Neil Peart drives a BMW motorcycle, and they all seem like truly nice guys. I know what I'll be doing the weekend of September 29th.