Who's The Best Live Rock Band In The World Right Now?

[touchfaith]

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I was fairly shocked to see RUSH on this list when I opened it. Nice to see someone with good taste.

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Alright, man I don't get Rush.....at all....what am I missing here/why do I suck?

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It's really all about Neil Peart when explaining RUSH's success.

Neil Peart is probably one of the most under rated writers in history. I'm actually surprised that more of the sci-fi/LOTR croud do not mention his writing. He writes stories with a futuristic twist and often times, they even span multiple albums. He is incredibly imaginative with both his writing and drumming.

Throw in the fact that they have timing, timing, timing. The band simply has great timing. Some of the cleanest starts/stops in the business.

When I first saw them live, back around 84 or so probably, you could bearly tell they where playing live...It was that clean.

Incredible band.

[mmbt0ne]

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You people take music too religiously.

Andrew.W.K.

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I love reading the rants on his website... makes me laugh every single time.

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Seriously, at a concert, I want to go crazy and have fun. What better place than a guy who has the word "Party" in almost all his song title?

[lucas9000]

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You people take music too religiously.

Andrew.W.K.

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I love reading the rants on his website... makes me laugh every single time.

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have you ever read the "interview" he did with the onion? it was very awesome.

[lucas9000]

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Too many losers get their entire identity from music. Things leads to them doing anything possible to appear cool musically, because hey that's what makes up their entire being.

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too many morons automatically assume this just because someone likes an obscure/indie/etc band. can't people just like the music that sounds good to them without clods like you jumping to these ridiculous conclusions???

[DasLeben]

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Neil Peart is probably one of the most under rated writers in history. I'm actually surprised that more of the sci-fi/LOTR croud do not mention his writing. He writes stories with a futuristic twist and often times, they even span multiple albums. He is incredibly imaginative with both his writing and drumming.

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Agreed. There are so many amazing songs/sagas that he's written. A few that stick out in my head: 2112, Xanadu, the Cygnus/Hemispheres storyline, etc. etc.

As far as drumming goes, he's simply amazing. The first time I saw 'The Rhythm Method' being played, my jaw dropped. There are times when you just can't believe that it's just one man. When he started doing that song with a bit of a twist ('O Baterista'), I was just even more amazed.

You're right. Incredible band.

[daryn]

pj baby

[daryn]

the fact that radiohead leads the choices is laughable. it almost makes me think that people didn't read the question.

[DasLeben]

By the way, this discussion made me throw on A Farewell to Kings. Look what you did...I hope you all are happy. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[MoreWineII]

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the fact that radiohead leads the choices is laughable. it almost makes me think that people didn't read the question.

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There's a huge Radiohead following here that I don't even pretend to understand.

[Ulysses]

This one is definitely in the running for worst poll ever.