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Points: 1376 		Direct Link To This Post 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. Wink


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Originally posted by Catcher10 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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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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Originally posted by Catcher10 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
 
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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Rush never quits. 
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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 Smile
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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.
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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.


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Originally posted by Ancient_Mariner 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.
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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.
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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?
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

Originally posted by Catcher10 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
 
I agree with the latter, but for a rock singer who's well past 60, Glenn Hughes is something of a freak of nature.


Roy Harper's voice is honestly as good as it's ever been on his most recent album, and for some reason folk singers in general seem to improve with age a bit rather than folding like rock acts do. Rush aren't my favourite band but full credit to the quality of what they're doing at the age they're doing it at.

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Originally posted by SteveG 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).
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Points: 20617 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2015 at 12:50
^I think that Roy Harper is a vampire. An extremely talented vampire, though. LOL
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Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

Originally posted by SteveG 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. LOL

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Points: 66588 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2015 at 13:04

Rush drummer Neil Peart's chronic tendonitis a factor in retirement plans
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Points: 20617 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2015 at 13:11
^Ok, but where did you receive that from?
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I knew about his tendinitis and figured it would be a killer for a powerful drummer like him. But apparently Alex's arthritis can be a real problem for him. 
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Wow, it's starting to sound like these 60+ year old guys are getting old! Shocked
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

^Ok, but where did you receive that from?
From here.  http://www.examiner.com/article/rush-drummer-neil-peart-s-chronic-tendonitis-a-factor-retirement-plans
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