What I'm saying here is that we are similar to the British in a lot of ways. For example we both have better comedians than the US, but Britain's are better than Canada's. And our vocabulary and pronunciation is somewhere in between the two.

Of course we are 100% Canadian, but if you don't know what that means, its just to help you get an idea.

I don`t know any Canadian comedians so I can`t say whether ours are better.

As for your pronounciation, lets just say I couldn`t tell the difference between an American or a Canadian if they spoke. Similiarly I couldn`t tell the difference between and Australian or a New Zealander.

As far as American accents go, the only ones that sound really different to me are those from the southern states.

:laughing:

Joking aside, I think Canada really has more in common with the US than with Britain: Similar accent, similar architecture, similar geography, similarly spread out infrastructure, similar sports, similar food, similar ethnic mix, similar fashion, similar history, similar music, more closely-related entertainment industries, etc., etc.

THANK you lol, someone gets it

btw, our comedians include: Mike Myers, Jim Carrey, John Candy, Tom Green, Eugene Levy, Russell Peters, etc.

basically all the good comedians you might have thought were american are Canadian.

You`re right I thought most of those were Americans, I was always a big fan of John Candy.

Really now? Let's see...

Louis CK? Jim Gaffigan? Richard Pryor? Dave Chappelle? Tina Fey? George Carlin? Zach Galifianakis? Paul Mooney? David Cross? Jerry Seinfeld? Daniel Tosh?

Lmao!

those are all very american comedians in their own way. Every country will obviously have their own comedians. That's all I'm going to say.

edit: well, let me just add that each country we are talking about here has it's own style of comedy, to a certain degree, and in general I prefer those styles in this order: British Comedy; Canadian Comedy; American

and everyone is entitled to their own taste

anyone else seen Between two ferns with Zach Galifinakis? One of the funniest things I've ever seen.

Right. All I'm saying is that "all the good comedians I might have thought were american" are, in fact, actually American.

What? This doesn't make any sense.

did you read the context of my statement?
as in the posts before it

I think he understood, but was using Canadian humour on you ay?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

thats a Fail

on my part

I hate myself :(:(:(:(

'goes off in a corner to cry'

2112 = Epicness

I'm only a mild Rush fan annd have only heard 2112 and The Camera Eye so I can't really vote......

Finally found a Rush song I love!
 

Digital man by rush, for sure. And unfortunately since I recently just joined this forum I can't post it, but please look it up on youtube if you aren't familiar with it. Such sweet, sweet basslines.

Rush rocks man.

top 3

1.2112
2.Xanadu
3.Jacob's ladder

could never get into them to be honest

Love rush, although some of their songs are overplayed in my opinion.

That's sort of vague; I mean, some songs by nearly every artist are overplayed. There are so many rush cuts that NEVER get on the radio.

Do you guys think the 97 remasters are good?

What are the 4 essential Rush albums?

1. Moving Pictures
2. A Farewell to Kings
3. 2112
4. Grace Under Pressure

Grace Under Pressure over Permanent Waves?

yes. Grace Under Pressure is essential Rush.

Where is Caress Of Steel? Their debut of Neil Peart (album) Fly By Night is a good one to own. Of course Fly By Night sounds like a completely different band when compared to their other albums. As so does the Rush-Rush, their first album which included their original drummer John Rutsey. I personally think that Caress Of Steel is one of their best, but that's just my personal opinion.

So what would your four essential Rush albums be?

Caress Of Steel and 2112 would be my first two.

Grace Under Pressure is an essential release from their rock pop sounding era and it was the first Rush album I ever heard and it still sounds great today. The sound on the album is very different to Rush of the 70`s and there is a much heavier emphasis on synthesizers as well and its on their previous album "Signals" where synthesizers became very dominant. Also on the Signals album is one of their best ever songs "Subdivisions" which had a great video. In fact Grace Under pressure has far more in common with other similiar sounding albums of that time period, such as Journey "Frontiers" and Toto "Isolation" etc than it does with the previous recordings of Rush.

Only problem is with this era, is that Alex Lifeson looks more like a member of Spandau Ballet than a member of a rock group:yikes:

Its tucked away in my cd collection collecting dust and cobwebs. Next time I`m in the mood for some Lord of the Rings nostalgia, I`ll dig it out.

Caress Of Steel is basically (same in style) the prelude leading to 2112. Caress Of Steel is the album where it all came together for Rush as a band that distinguished their sound and style.

i only have Moving Pictures

it's pretty good for the radio-ish style prog

same here, their epics put me to sleep.

Geddy Lee said what you`ve written above too. I think you`re taking this Lord of the Rings obsession a bit too far now...........especially with the name change!

So I can get either A Farewell To Kings or Permanent Waves for $7.50 brand new from Amazon. Do you guys think it's worth it? Or should I pick up some Priest/Who/Zeppelin/ACDC?

:laughing: "I hear ya Brother".

I would go with Rush or Led Zeppelin.

Zeppelin> Rush> Priest> Who> AC/DC

I think the Who as band are on the same level as Zeppelin and Rush, but they are let down by having a less consistent discography.

So I should pick up "Presence", "III", and "In Through The Out Door" before more of that other stuff?

i would go with The Who or Priest

i didn't really any of those three Zep albums you mentioned, cept for a few select songs

like I said, try before buying

i like xanadu more than anything on 2112

Presence is flat sounding hard rock album with only a couple of good songs especially the opening track "Achilles Last Stand". In Through the Out Door is about as bad as it gets really!!! Led Zep III though, is one of their classic albums and a must buy.

I picked Xanadu but it was hard as I like 2112 also!