SteveG wrote: When I saw Jethro Tull circa 1986 after Ian Anderson lost his voice, it was heartbreaking. I never saw another Tull show again. There has been a lot of buzz about Rush calling it a day after their 40 year (sic) anniversary tour.   If Rush want to pack it in while they're still in top form, that's fine with me as that's how I would like to remember them. Not as something sub par.   What are your thoughts on Rush possibly calling it a day?

I agree.

Quitting while you're still in good form is the best way to go.

Preferable to doing what the Stones have done and become a kind of sad bumbling parody of an aging rock band.

Catcher10 wrote: I was thinking of Jon A......but he really has not strained his chords like others may have, all his singing has been pretty low key no harsh passages, pretty mellow are Yes vocals. <span style="line-height: 1.4;">Unlike Geddy and for sure Bruce Dickinson who have strained their chords some.</span> <span style="line-height: 1.4;"> </span> <span style="line-height: 1.4;">Steve Hogarth (H), not yet 60 but his voice is holding up pretty well.</span> <span style="line-height: 1.4;"> </span> <span style="line-height: 1.4;">We are getting off topic, better for another thread </span>

Perhaps there's not much of harsh passages on Yes music, but I understand there are some high notes that shouldn't be easy to hold. Benoit had a good voice himself, and yet couldn't convincingly sing some of the high parts when I saw them live... Davison doesn't seem to try altogether, making the music much flatter when he sings it.

^Thanks for the link. Now I won't be out of the loop.

Wow, it's starting to sound like these 60+ year old guys are getting old!

^Ok, but where did you receive that from?

rushfan4 wrote: SteveG wrote: Something that I forgot to mention when I posted this thread. In an interview on VH1's The Metal Show, Geddy said that any retirement plans would be based more on the group's concern for 'quality of life' and he specifically noted that Neil had a young son that he wanted to spend time with. That makes sense to me. A 60 something person with a young son? Damn, time is indeed precious. He actually has a young daughter, Olivia.  In the interview I saw, they were saying that both Neil and Alex are suffering from some aches and pains of getting older.  I think that with Alex, it was arthritis in his hands.  I can't remember what it was with Neil but that it was sometimes painful for him to play as well.  Neil's other consideration was not wanting to leave his wife and daughter for long periods of time, but apparently she was excited for her dad when he broke the news to her that they were going on tour.  (she may not have realized what it meant, but at least that was what she told Neil according to the interview).

My bad. Geddy might have just said 'young child'. It's kind of hard for me to tune in too closely on TMS.

Edited by SteveG - August 14 2015 at 12:54

SteveG wrote: Something that I forgot to mention when I posted this thread. In an interview on VH1's The Metal Show, Geddy said that any retirement plans would be based more on the group's concern for 'quality of life' and he specifically noted that Neil had a young son that he wanted to spend time with. That makes sense to me. A 60 something person with a young son? Damn, time is indeed precious.

He actually has a young daughter, Olivia.  In the interview I saw, they were saying that both Neil and Alex are suffering from some aches and pains of getting older.  I think that with Alex, it was arthritis in his hands.  I can't remember what it was with Neil but that it was sometimes painful for him to play as well.  Neil's other consideration was not wanting to leave his wife and daughter for long periods of time, but apparently she was excited for her dad when he broke the news to her that they were going on tour.  (she may not have realized what it meant, but at least that was what she told Neil according to the interview).

Yeah, after watching the Rush documentary and hearing about his daughter dying and then getting remarried I was wondering if he had any other kids.   So he's 62 and according to wiki he had a kid in 2009.  I think that family time is way more important to him since he's set financially I'd guess.  Would be nice to maybe get another album and a short 8-10 date tour or two.

Apparently Geddy still wants to play a lot more than the other two. I wonder what he's thinking of doing outside Rush?

Ancient_Mariner wrote: I know people who hate Rush just due to Geddy's vocals.  Most of them horrific taste in music though. ;) Personally I love them.  But I love wailing metal singers like Halford, Dickinson, and Tate.  Geddy has a unique character to be sure. I was watching Rush in Rio and even then you can tell time has taken its toll, but not as much as the 2013 CWA video.  They could drop vocals all together and I'll still dig them.  Actually that would be sweet, an instrumental album... I can dream.

The day that Rush retires will be a very sad day for me.  Their concert this summer was still high quality and very enjoyable in my opinion. 

Geddy's singing was truly never one of their better features, and quite frankly is probably one of their bigger detriments.  I guess that it really is an acquired taste.