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Syzygy 
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 Posted: December 22 2004 at 19:05 |
 Reed Lover wrote:
Syzygy wrote:
After seeing Spinal Tap do 'Stonehenge' it's impossible to keep a straight face through '2112'.
They have a well deserved place in my heart, my adolescence and the archives, but the world has moved on since then.
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And so have RUSH!.
been thinkin How do you pronounce your nickname?
Is it sausages?
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Close enoughh - think of an adjectival form of sausage.
Edited by Syzygy
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'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'
Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom
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Reed Lover
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Posted: December 22 2004 at 19:08 |
Syzygy wrote:
Reed Lover wrote:
Syzygy wrote:
After seeing Spinal Tap do 'Stonehenge' it's impossible to keep a straight face through '2112'.
They have a well deserved place in my heart, my adolescence and the archives, but the world has moved on since then.
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And so have RUSH!.
been thinkin How do you pronounce your nickname?
Is it sausages?
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Close enoughh - think of an adjectival form of sausage.
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As in that sausage tasted very sausagey?
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Syzygy
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Posted: December 22 2004 at 19:27 |
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'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'
Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom
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Garion81
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Posted: December 22 2004 at 19:27 |
I had a friend back in the late 70's and we had this discussion about Rush back then. He kept pulling out their early albums and compared them to ELP. (Of course he played guitar and I played keyboards so you can imagine which side of the fence we were on) But in the end I did respect Rush for creating prog music. Not completely in the box prog but prog none the less. I think of several songs even their radio cuts, that could be classified as prog as the structure of the song was so different than your usual rock and roll or pop song. They are not huge favs of mine but I do like them and I do think they are prog and they do belong here.
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 "What are you going to do when that damn thing rusts?"
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Reed Lover
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Posted: December 22 2004 at 19:31 |
Rush are not prog.
They are unique.
So they defy classification!
So don't do it.
Or else.
OK?
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Garion81
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Posted: December 22 2004 at 19:42 |
Reed Lover wrote:
Rush are not prog.
They are unique.
So they defy classification!
So don't do it.
Or else.
OK?
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Kind of like you Reed boy. 
I say prog just because they are different. I know they have multi sides to them. Kind of like I band I like.
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"What are you going to do when that damn thing rusts?"
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Reed Lover
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Posted: December 22 2004 at 19:47 |
Garion81 wrote:
Reed Lover wrote:
Rush are not prog.
They are unique.
So they defy classification!
So don't do it.
Or else.
OK?
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Kind of like you Reed boy.
I say prog just because they are different. I know they have multi sides to them. Kind of like I band I like.
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Well alright then. You may go now!
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Dan Bobrowski
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Posted: December 22 2004 at 20:04 |
Syzygy wrote:
Reed Lover wrote:
Syzygy wrote:
After seeing Spinal Tap do 'Stonehenge' it's impossible to keep a straight face through '2112'.
They have a well deserved place in my heart, my adolescence and the archives, but the world has moved on since then.
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And so have RUSH!.
been thinkin How do you pronounce your nickname?
Is it sausages?
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Close enoughh - think of an adjectival form of sausage.
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Syzygy is the alignment of three celestial bodies in a straight line. It's also the name of a newer Prog group (three members) that rocks very hard. Not quite metal, but no droopy sausage.
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Reed Lover
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Posted: December 22 2004 at 20:13 |
Love is..........................................never having to say syzygy.
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Dan Bobrowski
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Posted: December 22 2004 at 20:15 |
Ooops.... It's pronounced: Siz eh gee
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Reed Lover
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Posted: December 22 2004 at 20:20 |
danbo wrote:
Ooops.... It's pronounced: Siz eh gee
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I could say it to myself-but no-one else comes close!
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Syzygy
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Posted: December 22 2004 at 20:22 |
It also describes a pair of linked or correlated things, and gets a massive amount of points if you get it on a triple word score (of course, you need a blank to do it).
As for pronunciation, I don't know how to get the IPA on this machine, but the second syllable is unstressed and close to a schwa. A good approximation would be Siz uh jee, but I think 'sausagey' sounds better.
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'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'
Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom
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Dan Bobrowski
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Posted: December 23 2004 at 00:00 |
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Have you checked out the band? Syzygy, that is.
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Sweetnighter
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Posted: December 23 2004 at 00:51 |
danbo wrote:
Have you checked out the band? Syzygy, that is. |
I have one song of theirs on my comp, off of their recent release
MOTH... its not bad! They're very ELPish (no, i didn't say elvish, you
silly prog geeks).
Syzygy.... if you say "Sizzle G" quickly then that almost does it.
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I bleed coffee. When I don't drink coffee, my veins run dry, and I shrivel up and die.
"Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso? Is that like the bank of Italian soccer death or something?" -my girlfriend
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Pixel Pirate
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Posted: December 23 2004 at 03:33 |
Alex Lifeson characterizes Rush simply as a power trio,no great definition mystery in it for him,apparantly. 
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Odi profanum vulgus et arceo.
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headboy
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Posted: December 23 2004 at 03:54 |
i have an album called 'Frying Tonight' by Sausagey....
are you referring to that?
www.atascape.com
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excuse me,is this the 5min argument or the full half-hour?
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dropForge
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Posted: December 23 2004 at 04:11 |
see what www.progarchives.com, calls them?
boy does this describe this forum!!! |
Hey, I thought you were supposed to be outta here? Grand exit and all that, etc.
| Counterparts ... their worst ever. |
...and this is your brain on crack.
| I know Peart's lyrics are pseudo-everthing garbage |
What's an everthing? Look, Peart's a great lyricist. He's had his off days (like some songs on Hold Your Fire, Presto, and Roll The Bones) but you can't dismiss him as a sh!tty lyricist.
| I dont hate them, but when I think of progressive rock I certainly dont think of RUSH. |
So? Many people don't. Rush was a prog at one time; now they're not. It's not because they're not making great music, it's because (like Yes, King Crimson, Kansas, etc.) they cemented their style twenty or more years ago and are just building on it. You can't tell me that Spock's Beard is truly a progressive band just because some long tunes came out of those guys. Much of the music we hear nowadays is a variation on one theme or idea or another. That doesn't mean we can't enjoy it.
Hey, I thought you were supposed to be outta here?
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sigod
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Posted: December 23 2004 at 04:13 |
Sweetnighter wrote:
passionfruit?
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Hee Hee....
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
- Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill
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sigod
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Posted: December 23 2004 at 04:16 |
Reed Lover wrote:
Rush are not prog.
They are unique.
So they defy classification!
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Like Elvis then?
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
- Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill
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Emperor
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Posted: December 23 2004 at 04:42 |
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Rush is Hard'n'Art to my opinion (or maybe Proto-Prog-Metal :-)), but there's no such version for reply...
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I Prophesy Disaster...
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