OFF: French Revolution ? (Was Re: OFF: Geezer...Black Scienc

Ted Jackson jr. 6L6 tojackso at LIBRARY.SYR.EDU
Fri Apr 17 16:01:04 EDT 1998


> From:          Kenneth Magnusson <bishop.garden at FALKOPING.MAIL.TELIA.COM>

> >I only included this because I reckon there has to be _some_ reason Rush
> >& their fans keep going.  One listen to Xanadu on Exit Stage Left was
> >enough for me forever.
>
> Has anyone noticed that Ritchie Blackmore copied the intro on Rush's
> Bastille Day and put it on a song called Kill The King (on the live
> version) ? Bastille Day and Kill The King ? I haven't read the lyrics to
> Kill the King but it sounds like a copy too. By the way, the picture on the
> studio album that sports Kill The King has a picture on an audience from a
> Rush concert, strange, didn't Rainbow have their own audience ?
>
I imagine it was just that Rainbow were all so jealous of Rush!  I'm
surprised that they didn't copy By-Tor & the Snow Dog, or Am I Going
Bald, or The Trees, rather than BD?  What's up with those guys?


> The obvious reason why Rush and their fans keeps going is that the band
> still have something to give, compared to many other band as old as Rush
> they are still relatively fresh in their approach. Did You know that Rush
> is the fourth band when it comes to the amount of recieved gold discs, only
> Kiss, The Beatles and Rolling Stones have got more. It has to mean

Hmm...A lot of people voted for Ronald Reagan too!


> something, okey, they are not the most difficult band in the world but
> neither are they the most accessible.
>
Methinks thou doth protest too much...
theo



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