NO! NO! NO! NOOOOO! "Geddy Lee: New Rush Album Ready in Early 2012" NO! NO! NO! NOOOOO!

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Rush's Geddy Lee Says New Album Will Be Ready By Early 2012
Band will likely tour next year: 'We feel like we're playing the best we've ever played as a live band'

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/rushs-geddy-lee-says-new-album-will-be-ready-by-early-2012-20111028



Geddy Lee called into Rolling Stone earlier this week to chat about the new Rush DVD Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland. We previewed "Tom Sawyer" from the package earlier this week, but we couldn't pass up the opportunity to talk to Lee about Rush's new album, the possibility of a 2112 tour, the band's surprising presence in mainstream culture in recent years and what the future holds for the trio.

Do you pay much attention to what the fans want on the Internet?
I try not to. I don't like to go on those sites. I think it kind of warps your sense of yourself. But certainly it comes to our attention through people saying, "Well, fans are asking for this." We do try to bring one or two songs back every tour that we haven't played or that are a little obscure. That is fun for us. I think the mainstream fans want to hear the big songs, but the fans that are really dedicated to your entire catalog, they want to hear the obscure stuff. It's fun to pick out a couple of songs that maybe we thought got overlooked or songs that, x number of years later, we thought we could probably do a better version of.

[Maccagirl]

1. Don't worry too much

Older bands never get any airplay anyway, so you probably will never hear any of it.

[Bake]

2. Thank God for THAT!!!

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!

:hi:

Bake

[TZ]

5. They have never gotten airplay

Yet the are right behind the Rolling Stones and the Beatles for numbers of gold records. Airplay doesn't matter to them. They have a VERY large and loyal fanbase. The sell out on a regular basis arenas of 15,000 or so people. In fact if you read the article, you will see that their audience has been expanding in the last decade. Its hip to "hate" them but they are one of the most successful bands of all time.

[Bake]

7. Never? Never EVER??

Then how come I hear Tom Sawyer on the classic rock station ALL THE FREAKIN' TIME????

Honestly, I almost broke my finger trying to get to the change-station button too fast!

:hi:

Bake

[TZ]

11. One or two songs out of what TWENTY albums at least?

Tom Sawyer and maybe Spirit of Radio. But thats it.

[OriginalGeek]

3. Will buy the album

And go to the show. Probably more than one as they usually hit two or three spots in Florida.

Easily one of the best rock bands in the universe - past, present and future.

[LynneSin]

4. Rush is near the top of my list of Bands I want to see in concert

:woohoo:

[TZ]

6. Seen them twice now

My iphone wallpaper is from my last one where I was 16 rows from the stage. That was completely awesome.

[Bake]

8. They're near the top of my list too ...

But it's a different list!

:hi:

Bake

[OriginalGeek]

9. Before we were married

Rush was the first concert I ever took my wife to - it was the Grace Under Pressure tour and her enjoyment of the show went a long way towards me deciding she was a keeper.


(Now she may have been faking it for my benefit but I've never been against women faking it - if they wanna go to that much trouble for me I should be flattered.)


We got VIP seats for the last tour - that was the closest I've ever been but wayyyy more than I should be spending on concert tix. lol, regular seats for me next time.

[JCMach1]

10. Very very good in concert!