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"RUSH will perform live on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report Wednesday, July 16th!! The show airs at 11:30pm et/pt. Please check your local listings for air times. This rare TV appearance is one you don't want to miss!"

"The Rush Newsletter"

FYI.

NB: Other Colbert/Rush threads were dead.

7/16/2008 1:03:59 PM

You subscribe to the Rush Newsletter

7/16/2008 1:15:40 PM

And?

7/16/2008 1:16:55 PM

and...

HA-HA!

7/16/2008 1:18:04 PM

is peart going to ride his bike from 50 miles away into the city?

7/16/2008 1:18:36 PM

My DVR and I thank you.

7/16/2008 1:18:46 PM

^ You got it.

7/16/2008 1:19:27 PM

7/16/2008 1:47:05 PM

I posted this info just as an FYI for those that might be interested--not as an invitation for shitheads to post here. Go shit in somebody else's thread.

7/16/2008 1:54:21 PM

nothing wrong with subscribing to a Rush newsletter

7/16/2008 1:58:03 PM

CANADIAN NOODLING

CANOODLING

7/16/2008 1:58:40 PM

Dave the Lighting Guy: Everybody say, "Geddy Lee!"
Joe Young: Who's Geddy Lee?
Dave the Lighting Guy: Geddy Lee, best bass player EVER, come on!
Everybody: Geddy Lee!

7/16/2008 3:19:39 PM

dammit, i thought this was about Rush Limbaugh so I sent it to my dad, then realized it was RUSH the band. oh well, he likes Rush anyway.

7/16/2008 3:23:32 PM

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"what about the voice of geddy lee how did it get so high? i wonder if he speaks like an ordinary guy? (i know him and he does!) and you're my fact-checkin' cuz (Aww...)"

7/16/2008 3:27:45 PM

OF SALESMEN

7/16/2008 3:30:31 PM

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"My DVR and I thank you"

7/16/2008 6:14:02 PM

The church who rents my space out on Sunday mornings plays this intro song every week that is seriously "Spirit of the Radio" but changed to be about Jesus.

Seriously.

No, seriously.

7/16/2008 8:07:08 PM

ohmygod

can i come?

i wanna hear

jesus

(on two levels)

7/16/2008 8:21:41 PM

Rush was good on Colbert

7/17/2008 12:48:37 AM

7/17/2008 8:47:35 AM

Um. What the hell happened to those guys?

I just watched Colbert. WHAT HAPPENED to Neil Peart???? I've never seen 'em live, but that was NOT the same guy who was playing on any studio cut I've ever heard.

And I know he's getting old and all, but surely Geddy can still try to pronounce actual words.

Lifeson held his own.

I freakin' love Rush. That was incredibly disappointing. Just awful.

7/17/2008 7:39:09 PM

http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/cc_insider/2008/07/rush-plays-rock.html

7/24/2008 1:18:48 PM

I think Alex failed and they didn't know how to save him.

7/24/2008 1:45:36 PM

i can understand that. thew few times I have ever played guitar hero Ive sucked horribly. And I have only ever played songs that I can play on real guitar quite easily haha.

7/24/2008 1:46:50 PM

1. Rush was musically awesome and funny on the show.

2. Colbert fucked up Rush's performance with that bullshit at the end--you don't fuck with a song, especially a Rush song.

3. Alex Lifeson has been and continues to be grossly underrated as a guitarist.

4. Concerning the backstage video, it's a good demonstration of why I don't fuck around with Rock Band--or many other video games, for that matter (FWIW, I prefer pool, foosball, and pinball). I mean, why play at something when you can actually play the real thing?

As a drummer, I can see what Peart was trying to do there--for one thing, he was still concerned with keeping time and was trying to get shitty little plastic toys to respond like top-of-the-line, often custom-made drums and hardware. It was all just for fun, but some dumbasses out there that don't know how great Rush is will undoubtedly say, "Rush sucks! They can't play their own song on Rock Band!"

7/25/2008 2:12:45 AM

In all this arguing and discussion, I think we're losing track of an important fact here, which is that Rush is a terrible band which ruined a perfectly good episode of the Colbert Report.

They might as well be Canada's ABBA.

7/25/2008 4:21:34 AM

^ And one more drunken asshole projectile vomits his putrid opinion into this little thread. Thanks for the stink, FrumpyFOP.

7/25/2008 4:59:28 AM

When I think shitty objectivist Canadian rockers I think Rush



Then Alanis Morrissette

7/25/2008 8:07:24 AM

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"2. Colbert fucked up Rush's performance with that bullshit at the end--you don't fuck with a song, especially a Rush song."

i'm sure Colbert blindsided them. Nope, it couldn't have been rehearsed or planned before. I mean, Colbert has never put himself in one way or another inside any of the bands that have performed on his show. That's just not like him

jesus, grow the fuck up. and oh yeah

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"Rush is a terrible band which ruined a perfectly good episode of the Colbert Report"

7/25/2008 8:10:20 AM

if you can explain what makes Rush terrible, I might accept the statement. But something tells me you'd have to bullshit through that a good bit.

Rush is/was an extremely musically talented and unique band and I really enjoy them.

[Edited on July 25, 2008 at 8:45 AM. Reason : ]

7/25/2008 8:44:52 AM

what happened at the end of the show that the band sucked at so much? other than Rock Band, apparently...

7/25/2008 8:46:54 AM

^^ i actually don't care about rush. i don't like them, per say, but i don't dislike them. I do like some of their songs.

During a drum solo near the end of the song, Colbert ran out and said something like "Alright, thanks to rush, Good night!", then the guitars started back up and they kept playing, and he acted surprised and said something like "ok then.... I guess they'll keep playing and we'll go to commercial" and he ran off. That was it. BFD
that was followed by a commercial, and when they came back, Rush was still playing and Colbert was at his desk and he pulled out a pillow and blanket and went to sleep. It was obviously planned and rehearsed this way, and the band obviously agreed to it. If hooksaw wants to see a Rush concert, I suggest he goes somewhere besides a late-night comedy talk show.

you can see it near the end of the episode here
http://www.hulu.com/watch/26824/the-colbert-report-wed-jul-16-2008#x-0,vepisode,1

7/25/2008 9:36:14 AM

At the beginning of the following night's episode Colbert is asleep at his desk and Rush is still playing. He then wakes up as they finish and says something like "Wow that was long!" and then introduces the episode. I thought it was a decent continuation joke.

7/25/2008 10:56:52 AM

anybody see Nas on there the other night?

7/25/2008 11:36:07 AM

gangsta, gangsta

host, host

7/25/2008 11:44:55 AM

Reggin please.

7/25/2008 12:15:34 PM

haha that was funny

7/25/2008 12:36:00 PM

on CBS, I SEE BS

7/25/2008 12:54:07 PM

hahaha evidently hooksaw didn't get it.i think he's a little too old for colbert jokes

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"I can't believe how many really didn't get it.... it was a great joke!! to make fun of how long the songs are... and for those who are saying that Rush should be pissed for being cut off... they were in on it!! come on... the show is scripted.. they probably practiced it..."

the Colbert staff knew how long Rush was going to play...every second is planned on shows like that. it's not like Rush would go over by that much time and HAVE to be cut off. it was a joke since Rush's songs are so long in the first place. you think he just happened to have a pillow, nightcap and blanket behind his desk?

7/25/2008 1:35:24 PM

Well now I'm a sober asshole, and I still say that taking half the show to pay tribute to those grating has-beens did indeed ruin that episode.

7/25/2008 2:52:47 PM

i dont know that "has beens" is much of an insult for a band like Rush. one hit wonders or people who are one trick ponies and ride a trend like limp bizkit sure.

7/25/2008 2:58:00 PM

wow that was pretty funny
i cant believe anyone wouldnt get that joke

7/25/2008 3:02:46 PM

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"it's not like Rush would go over by that much time and HAVE to be cut off."

not that it matters, because it would just be edited down anyway, like many of his interviews are

7/25/2008 3:04:11 PM

hehe yea now I want to see their set to see it.

7/25/2008 3:04:24 PM

Would you have preferred "grating geriatrics who should stick to performing shows where people with bad taste can pay money to see them instead of coming on and gaying up a half-hour of comedy"?

7/25/2008 3:06:18 PM

wow. It's like all the TSB hookshaw haters followed him to Entertainment to troll in a non-political thread about a rockband's upcomming TV appearance.

7/25/2008 3:10:03 PM

Actually, for once I didn't. I saw a thread called "The Colbert Report." I enjoy the show, so I clicked the thread, and it immediately reminded me of my blind rage the other day when I had to cut it off halfway through to avoid having my eardrums assaulted.

That it's hooksaw turned out to be an added bonus.

[Edited on July 25, 2008 at 3:16 PM. Reason : I will fully admit that I went after him specifically in chit chat, though]

7/25/2008 3:15:59 PM

^ yah, it's a bonus to ruin entertainment threads.

I am actually a fan of many TSB folks posting....somewhere else.

7/25/2008 3:17:54 PM

I ruined the thread? Sir, you think too highly of my impact here. Rush will continue to go on being popular and discussed in this thread, in spite of all common sense and decency.

7/25/2008 3:20:55 PM

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"Would you have preferred "grating geriatrics who should stick to performing shows where people with bad taste can pay money to see them instead of coming on and gaying up a half-hour of comedy"?"

if it takes bad taste to listen to some good, creative musicians then so be it.

[Edited on July 25, 2008 at 3:21 PM. Reason : ]

7/25/2008 3:21:49 PM