RUSH & washing machines
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Topic: RUSH & washing machines
Posted By: NutterAlert
Subject: RUSH & washing machines
Date Posted: July 15 2005 at 03:38
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Why do Rush have two washing machines onstage for their live performances? and why does a 'washing machine' roady re-fill them mid-set?
Always wondered if any deep significance to this..... ------------- Proud to be an un-banned member since 2005 |
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Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: July 15 2005 at 04:07
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Right before their encore, they throw the shirts that are inside out to the fans. I believe they keep it running so they are toasty warm when they are thrown out. Let's see what Tony will say about this topic. ------------- 
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Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: July 15 2005 at 06:19
Not wishing to steal Mr R's thunder but I heard that the washing
machines were placed on stage at Geddy's request to counterbalance
Alex's huge bank of amps and equipment. One of the reason's that I like Rush is the subtle
brand self deprecating humour
that runs through a lot of their work. You only have to read one of
their tour programs to understand that even though they are serious
about their music, they also understand how ludicrous the music
business can be. ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: Tiresias
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 22:12
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Its also because geddy routes his bass directly through the P.A. and the unit that he uses could fit into a backpack. he claimed: "Well, we couldn't just set it onto a chair behind me, so we needed to do fill the space.." I guess large Maytag appliances are so prog, it became the logical choice
------------- Wh'ghal ng'fth mglw'y Ry'leh, Cthulhu fhtagn... 
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 22:26
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I always asked myself the same question and don't have an answer, but it's funny. Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 03:46
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I think Rush was trying tio find a meaning of the expression: washing the dirty linnen in public
------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 08:50
Correctomundo! Sean Trane's just jealous because his boxers would take up two loads..... |
Tiresias wrote:
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 09:10
Yeah Tony, Not like your, apparently ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
but if they are so big, it is because there is something in them! Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 17:23
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I dont know about that Strane....many a time I've heard "Tony" and "big dick" in the same sentence!
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Posted By: cucacola54
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 17:36
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yeah that ------------- Most listened albums last week 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 18:14
Pedantic point! Is it, rather than two washing machines, three tumble dryers?------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: July 21 2005 at 03:56
Blowing your own horn does not count! You dream too much during daytime and this leaves you dreamless at night! ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: July 21 2005 at 09:40
I stand corrected and hope that my clothing comes back warm and smelling of summer glades. ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: Anonymous2112
Date Posted: July 21 2005 at 21:26
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Geddy is lipsinking, they really have a midget with a big clamp on his balls singing. The midget is hidden in the washing machine. I think I might have figured out why his voice is so high, and why the washing machines are there! ------------- And The Meek Shall Inherit The Earth |