As a fanboy for the whole band it's hard to say, but I feel like I gotta agree with Hyden. He was certainly the non-Bruce guy you were most aware of at a concert.

Well said, Jack the Rabbit.

during* The Fever.

Live at the Hammersmith has some really great sax moments on the jazzier tunes, like Spirit in the Night and Kitty's Back. The Houston '78 show that comes with the Promise box set also has a pretty rad solo duel The Fever between Clarence and Phantom Dan, which is even more haunting now that they're both gone.

I was always amazed by that one. I think the sax is an inherently beautiful instrument in the hands of someone with any idea of how to use it.

And "Thunder Road" is my personal favorite Bruce song, not least for the sax/piano coda.

Darkness might be the superior record all around, but Born to Run (the whole album) is definitely Clemons' finest hour.

Man, did this ever ruin my day.
There's so little that hasn't been said or doesn't go without saying, but it's the kind of moment that makes you wanna say SOMETHING. I saw the guys in 2008, and I remember the Jungleland solo practically silenced Giants Stadium. It's not like we hadn't all heard the thing before, but…

I'm not sure what the long-term plan with River is. Is she gonna stick around as a major part of the show? Seems like she'll have to, since she's got such a long history with the Doctor that still has to play out from his perspective. The only problem with that is that she's been such a major thematic element this…

Predictably enough, the first great moment for the show is the first Moffet two-parter, which I think is like halfway through the first season. But yeah, it's worth starting from there for the continuity/introductions and because Eccleston's an interesting Doctor in contrast to Tennant and Smith.

Meant to post that a thread down, but I guess it doesn't matter?

Okay, somebody help me out here. I'm absolute POSITIVE I've heard that "worked with a guy for three years" joke before. Like, the whole thing. I was even pretty sure I was finishing it with him in my head as he said. Has Ron said that before? Was it a reference to something else? Was it stolen from something else?

Hollyhox, I can never not hear your posts in Joel Hodgson's voice. Needless to say, it made that one fantastic.

Nope. Rush is great. They're not pretending to be anything, and if "self-indulgent" means "playing what you want to play instead of what seems like it'll be liked by the most people," then I will never see that as something worth criticizing.

For all the hate I spew about the writing, I enjoyed the 3-d visuals quite a lot for their own merit, but man, this movie looks like shit on a small screen.

No one I've talked to who liked it has said anything stronger than "it was fun."

Miller, the second-to-last sentence of that post just reads as a command to watch this right the fuck now. Thanks!

Which is ironic, I guess, since the post-Moving Pictures albums are pop-y and theoretically more widely accessible than the stuff from their awesome streak (2112/Farewell to Kings/Hemispheres/Permanent Waves/Moving Pictures)

That's fair, Bourne. Everything after Moving Pictures is kinda for-fans-only.

Opinions from non-headbangers are just as welcome! I just didn't realize the movie had an audience outside of us metal nerds.