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Strange R30 Review discusses Alex's Package

Sun, Dec 4, 2005@8:39PM | comments removed/disabled

[Review: Rush R30 Deluxe Edition DVD]

In the end, I think this guy liked the DVD - but at times I wasn't sure. For one thing, he started the review off this way:

I knew this chick... I always thought she was kind of a whore ... Anyway, the only thing this has to do with Rush is that in between assorted alcoholic beverages on certain lovelorn evenings-drinks that I purchased by the way--this woman kept going and on about Alex Lifeson's "package".

"It's soooo big." She said.

"F**k that." I said. "You want something big between your legs, why don't you go and straddle Geddy Lee's nose?"

I think I really ended up hating that lady---it seemed like she was always giving it out to everyone else but me. Maybe I've always taken that resentment and held it against Rush to a certain extent. I don't know.

"Nope, they're f**king boring." My friend Chipps said when I asked him to comment.

I guess I always sort of fell in between that woman's package worship and my buddy's downright hostility towards the group. ...

So does that mean he's a fan or what?? At this point the reviewer just sounds like an arse in my opinion. He did end up having these positive things to say though:

Alas, after viewing several hours of vintage Rush material, I saw no evidence of any gigantic Lifeson "package"---maybe it's an Easter Egg--but then again, I had kind of forgotten about that whole agonizing period of my life sometime during the opening melody of the first performance. That is important to note because part of the beauty of this band is that you can actually manage to get lost in the music of Rush. ... it is obvious that Rush went the extra mile for their fans to make this a complete project. The deluxe version of R30 even comes with a couple of collectible guitar picks and replica backstage pass--I know, I know--that alone doesn't mean much, but when combined with all the interviews and vintage performances, it helps make this DVD a worthy retrospective for thirty years of amazing rock brought to us all by three Canadians who did nothing more than play music on their own terms for the benefit for those who had minds open enough to accept it.

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