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From: pat@mtu.UUCP (Pat Waara)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Rush
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Date: Fri, 3-May-85 08:39:04 EDT
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Posted: Fri May  3 08:39:04 1985
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I feel I must explain myself after all the letters and postings I got in
reply to my posting about Rush.  First let me point out that I never said
that Rush was comprised of bad musicians.  They are talented in their own
right.  Let me also point out that at the time I saw Rush in concert, I
was a big fan of theirs; in fact, they were my favorite band.  (Perhaps
I was expecting too much.)  Still I found their portion of the concert
boring.  Sorry.  As to the statement "just sit back and enjoy the show",
where I saw them (typical ice arena concert), there were no seats to use 
on the floor, and the sound is horrible from the seats.
It may also be worth pointing out that it was a long time ago that I saw
them (1977?).  From what I've heard, their show has changed a lot, because
when I saw them they had virtually none. (This is fine with me, I've never
been overly impressed with light shows.)

All this being said, I still must stand by my opinion (and it is only an
opinion) that their show was flat--the music uninteresting.  Since then
my tastes have gone in other directions.  I've given up on my older heavy
metal tastes and moved on to different things, such as, jazz, fussion, and
punk.  Let's turn the discussion then on to other topics as it would be very 
difficult to alter my opinion, and I have no desire to alter yours.

                                                     Pat Waara

                                     "Absense makes the heart grow fonder,
                                       So I never want to see you again."