Are RUSH fans the Trekkies of Rock and Roll? Think about it.

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 9:19 am

I was thinking about this last night as I was thinking about our dear RushCon goers. Trekkies have conventions, right? Just like we do. LOL

EndlesslyRocking · Post by **EndlesslyRocking** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 9:51 am

awip2062 wrote:I was thinking about this last night as I was thinking about our dear RushCon goers. Trekkies have conventions, right? Just like we do. LOL

Yep.

Instead of Spock Ears, convention goers could wear Geddy Noses...

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 10:53 am

awip2062 wrote:I was thinking about this last night as I was thinking about our dear RushCon goers. Trekkies have conventions, right? Just like we do. LOL

Much much bigger conventions!

Of course... Trekkies don't get to go to concert tours. Rush comes here and sells 10,000 tickets. If Shatner came here to perform his music I doubt he'd sell anywhere near that...

*Lifesonite · Post by *Lifesonite » Sat Aug 21, 2004 12:36 pm

I wonder how many people would pay to see Geddy act!

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 2:09 pm

There could also be kimono costumes, and Neil mustaches, and all sorts of things like that.

Most people did not like hearing Spock sing. His poetry and his music got really bad reviews.

Kares4Rush · Post by **Kares4Rush** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 2:32 pm

My older brother had the Nimoy Spock album when we were growing up and I thought it was a RIOT!!!!

"Bilbo! Bilbo! Bilbo Baggins! Bravest little hobbit of them all!"

But I thought his reading of Disiderata was cool. Every time I read that I think of Spock (Nimoy) reciting it with his deep voice.

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 4:27 pm

Kares4Rush wrote:My older brother had the Nimoy Spock album when we were growing up and I thought it was a RIOT!!!!

"Bilbo! Bilbo! Bilbo Baggins! Bravest little hobbit of them all!"

But I thought his reading of Disiderata was cool. Every time I read that I think of Spock (Nimoy) reciting it with his deep voice.

I remember the Bilbo Baggins song! That one and the Highly Illogical thing. Those were way more fun than Shatner's Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds!

Kares4Rush · Post by **Kares4Rush** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 2:32 pm

PICture...yourSELF...on a BOAT...on a RIVer...

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 3:36 pm

Kares4Rush wrote:PICture...yourSELF...on a BOAT...on a RIVer...

Did you ever hear it? I remember Dr. Demento playing it a couple of times. It was SO bad...

schuette · Post by **schuette** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 6:53 am

ElfDude wrote:
Kares4Rush wrote:My older brother had the Nimoy Spock album when we were growing up and I thought it was a RIOT!!!!

"Bilbo! Bilbo! Bilbo Baggins! Bravest little hobbit of them all!"

But I thought his reading of Disiderata was cool. Every time I read that I think of Spock (Nimoy) reciting it with his deep voice.
I remember the Bilbo Baggins song! That one and the Highly Illogical thing. Those were way more fun than Shatner's Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds!

I've got it on my comp at home and the kids....including myself....love it

.....it gets played quite a lot....

EndlesslyRocking · Post by **EndlesslyRocking** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 6:58 am

schuette wrote: I've got it on my comp at home and the kids....including myself....love it .....it gets played quite a lot....

Which one, the Shatner song? Your kids must have quite a sense of camp!

Of course, then you have Stewie from Family Guy going Shatner on Rocket Man. So bad it's...really bad.

"This is the worlds only working phaser. It was only used once, to prevent William Shatner from making another album."
- Comic Book Guy

schuette · Post by **schuette** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 7:13 am

no the Nimoy one ye numpty

EndlesslyRocking · Post by **EndlesslyRocking** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 9:36 am

schuette wrote:no the Nimoy one ye numpty

Oh...that's much better...

You know, in the United States, we have child abuse laws that cover this sort of thing...

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 9:46 am

Dr. Demento! Dr. Demento!

I miss hearing his shows. Songs like Cheerleaders on Drugs, Boomer the Bassgrunge, Three Blind Jellyfish, Fisheads, The Great Smoke Off, The Scotsman, and who can forged the perennial punk classic, Dead Puppies!

Kares4Rush · Post by **Kares4Rush** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 11:29 am

ElfDude wrote:
Kares4Rush wrote:PICture...yourSELF...on a BOAT...on a RIVer...
Did you ever hear it? I remember Dr. Demento playing it a couple of times. It was SO bad...

Yah, Elfie, my brother had BOTH (I'm embarassed to say). Hee hee.

Elfie and t, Dr. Demento ROCKED!