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Catcher10 
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 Posted: August 14 2015 at 11:59 |
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. Unlike Geddy and for sure Bruce Dickinson who have strained their chords some.
Steve Hogarth (H), not yet 60 but his voice is holding up pretty well.
We are getting off topic, better for another thread 
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Posted: August 14 2015 at 11:49 |
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Posted: August 14 2015 at 10:51 |
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There is NO rock singer at age 60+ that has a good voice anymore.....Also there is NO rock group at their age that can hold a candle to their live shows |
I agree with the latter, but for a rock singer who's well past 60, Glenn Hughes is something of a freak of nature.
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Posted: August 13 2015 at 22:44 |
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From listening to Geddy's high voice on videos I was really worried before going to see my first Rush show this year in STL. Then I saw them and while Geddy doesn't sound like he did 20 years ago they were amazing. The music was phenomenal and just a wonderful show. I'm sure they will slow down a lot, but I'd be surprised if CWA was the last album and this was the last set of shows. I'd love to have one more shot to see them. STL has always been prime Rush country and hopefully they make it here one more time.
I also compare them to Iron Maiden. A tight professional live band that isn't screwing around, just putting on an excellent show. I'd give Maiden the nod but I'm a bigger fan of them so I'm biased.
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Posted: August 13 2015 at 22:30 |
Catcher10 wrote:
There is NO rock singer at age 60+ that has a good voice anymore.....Also there is NO rock group at their age that can hold a candle to their live shows, Iron Maiden come very very close. Both are one of the only ones that can pack 12,000+ fans a night.
Yea a show with 800-2000 is pretty nice but the power of 1,000's of fans is pretty amazing. |
I'm not sure, how does Jon Anderson sing now, I think it should be fair enough. By the Symphonic Live tour he was as good as ever... at least for my ears. For the final tour DVD's with the classic line-up, I could hear a difference already, but it was still very enjoyable. Now, still other 10 years later, I'm not sure. There were some videos on Youtube actually with Transatlantic and at some event with an orchestra playing Awaken... I think he was singing very nicely. And I think Annie Haslam is still singing nicely, but I haven't heard much from her anyway... I gave a few listens to their last album, and she certainly can sing all right... but I'm not sure, perhaps she lost the edge, the purity in her voice, at least a bit; still, I believe she must be among the most profesional singers around, really taking care of her vocal chords and keeping in shape.
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Posted: August 13 2015 at 19:51 |
No one is judging him, man. But sometimes this is a concern even from the artist himself to retire. I myself just said that the TAAB show of Ian Anderson suffered from his bad voice. But I agree with you, 1200 people claping their hands as goes the "I come down from the upper class" were remarcably. 
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Posted: August 13 2015 at 19:38 |
There is NO rock singer at age 60+ that has a good voice anymore.....Also there is NO rock group at their age that can hold a candle to their live shows, Iron Maiden come very very close. Both are one of the only ones that can pack 12,000+ fans a night.
Yea a show with 800-2000 is pretty nice but the power of 1,000's of fans is pretty amazing.
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Posted: August 13 2015 at 19:30 |
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rush are not in top form - ged's voice is no what it was |
Uh, the elephant in the room. When Geddy Lee sing 2112 I agree with you. More recent songs, however are really ok.
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Posted: August 13 2015 at 19:21 |
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rush are not in top form - ged's voice is no what it was
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Posted: August 13 2015 at 19:03 |
GGGGAAAAAHHHHHHH I WANTED TO SEE THEM LIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  hopefully there's some more projects in the near future for them, and besides, they f**king deserve this "retirement"!!!!!!!!
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Posted: August 13 2015 at 18:51 |
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It's time. It's been time for a while.
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Posted: August 13 2015 at 18:18 |
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Posted: August 13 2015 at 18:00 |
Remember all the talk stems from both Neil and Alex and how the touring affects them physically, they just need longer breaks between the marathon touring and 3 hour shows.
At some point Neil will not be able to play for 3 hours and Alex will succumb to arthritis in his hands....Geddy seems to be the robot of the three.....The Duracell bunny!
But again, I seriously doubt Neil will just sit and let his body go to waste, he is an athlete and will keep training and working out....It's not easy riding a motor bike, need to be in shape for what he does.
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Posted: August 13 2015 at 17:54 |
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They could still do albums and not have the heavy toil of touring to contend with, but of course this is just more speculation.
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Posted: August 13 2015 at 17:53 |
Agree with Catcher. And great pic, Steve  But both comments just let me down and remeber that I may never see them live.
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Posted: August 13 2015 at 17:51 |
Well as you all know I am a big Rush fan. For sure the day they actually call it quits will be a tough one, I don't think that is the case right now though. For sure they are nowhere close to the status of a Yes, Tull or some other geezer groups trying to stretch out another 10yrs. The musicianship of Rush is impressive to this day, there is not an ounce of lacking on their live shows, as I stated on my R40 review. Geddy and Alex have stated several times they have no desire to be on stage trying to still do in 10 yrs what they are doing now....Thank God! The Rolling Stones and others are light years past their prime...sheesh!!
I think what Rush will do is cut down the touring by 70% as a minimum, they probably will still record new albums and those tours will be short and maybe not as grand, for sure they will not go across the pond anymore or hit South America, I suspect it will only be Canada/US and 5-8 major cities for 3 months on the road and done.
I don't foresee any live shows for at least 2-3 yrs....but actually retiring from recording as Rush I don't see that for maybe another 5yrs out. I think they have 2-3 albums left and probably some project stuff before calling it quits.
They have managed their careers probably better than any rock artist of the last 40-50yrs, the Rush machine is well run, they and Ray Daniels are very smart and I seriously doubt any of that will change for trying to eek out another 5yrs past their prime. For sure they don't need the money.......It's all about the music, although Alex says it's about the chicks  .
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Posted: August 13 2015 at 17:49 |
How's this?
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Posted: August 13 2015 at 17:49 |
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Knowing them, I seriously doubt any retirement would be permanent. Packing it in while still in top form is a fine idea, but sometimes, as Neil Young said, "It's better to burn out than to fade away".
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Posted: August 13 2015 at 17:46 |
But hey, what about Rush!?
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