Rush Retirement Rumors: Your Thoughts.

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

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.

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.

Ann Wilson could still knock em dead last time I saw her sing.

Finnforest wrote: Ann Wilson could still knock em dead last time I saw her sing.

I'm no Rush fan.....far from it, but I love digging up the early stuff once in a while - especially side 1 of Caress and side 2 of FBN...and Hemispheres was a hoot.....can't forget MP and 2112.....and Exit and ATWAS.....I even saw them twice in two days in Worster, Mass. in '84.....blistering shows.  But I'm not a fan....far from it. 

I really hope the boys aren't throwing in the towel.

If they don't want to retire.
I'm gonna be happy with it.
But if they want to retire.
I understand.
Because they did great job.
And the legacy will live on.
That's it.

Edited by kjtheguitarist - February 18 2016 at 21:43

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.

This is a very good idea. The idea of vocals (always) for rock is a very outdated idea. As most popular music has become a non-commercial proposition then being, uh, progressive (doing things different) would be interesting. The only downside is not hearing the lyrics -n the case of Rush. In other cases... brilliant.

Anyway it's Neil Peart whose hung up his sticks - arthritis.

While I'm (really) glad to have seen Rush twice the DVDs are a much better idea.

If he improves they may do selected and smaller tours. Webcasts, DVDs and even, radio might even reach an audience. Better to do what they can if they can and do it well than not at all. But if there is a compromise and he makes his arthritis worse then it's time to move on.

He could be a, er, proper writer.

BaldFriede wrote: I don't care at all because I never liked them (which is no secret here). In my opinion they are epigones. Sorry for being negative, but you asked for my thoughts.

how are they epigones?

you don't like them, ok, fine, but "epigones"?