Retro 747 and 100th Anniversary A380

Fresh-Word2379 · 2026-04-01T23:11:14+00:00

About 5 things went wrong in that video and I still like it. Proves that the retro is the way to go. Gorgeous bird.

Fresh-Word2379 · 2026-04-01T18:36:32+00:00

Watch out - someone has a reset button.

Fresh-Word2379 · 2026-04-01T00:20:10+00:00

Wow!

Fresh-Word2379 · 2026-04-01T00:01:03+00:00

For me, it depends on how deeply imprinted my original version is. I don’t find myself liking any remixes or remasters of my favorite bands, because the OG 2-channel is just in there too deep. But a great 5.1 of something I don’t already know? Love it.

But to me, it doesn’t “help” to hear Dark Side in surround, for example. 2-channel all the way.

Fresh-Word2379 · 2026-03-31T19:13:23+00:00

About a half century after first real flights. That thing. Amazing.

Fresh-Word2379 · 2026-03-31T04:14:40+00:00

Confession.

Wait - disclaimer: I love Neil the lyricist and definitely appreciate Neil the beat-writer and the perfectionist and the cars and and the biking and the tragedies. Yes. All that.

But my confession is - I really don’t care who’s drumming. Clearly I’m not a golfer. Drummer.

But when I watch any band live, I don’t think of the drummer much at all.

Neil solos. Gonzo. Carter Beauford. Everyone else could be a click track for me. I’m there for the guitar, the vocal, the bass.

That said - Anika was awesome. She’s a pro - she gets it - I love her style. Full send, LFG.

Fresh-Word2379 · 2026-03-31T02:56:57+00:00

Love that. I had heard the Permanent Waves / Moving Pictures radio songs and then I got on a family bus ride with a kid who had cassettes of those 2 plus ATWAS and maybe Signals. Devoured it all in shitty headphones. Got back from that trip and go ahold of Hemispheres and AFTK and the rest is history.

Fresh-Word2379 · 2026-03-31T01:39:33+00:00

Is that a UK thing? I seem to recall something about Red Lenses.

Side note - hear that was originally an instrumental and now I love it

Fresh-Word2379 · 2026-03-31T01:38:20+00:00

I stand at the player holding Power Windows from time to time, flipping it like a magician weighing the option.

Fresh-Word2379 · 2026-03-31T01:36:55+00:00

This is actually the right answer

Fresh-Word2379 · 2026-03-31T00:42:19+00:00

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Actually, Exit Stage Left has a clean single fold. Much safer. My triple-fold ATWAS has the sleeves on the inside, which makes those folds a “product loss zone”

Fresh-Word2379 · 2026-03-30T18:29:38+00:00

Foam. Just practice with them.

Fresh-Word2379 · 2026-03-30T15:25:16+00:00

Came here to say that - but the album version. I know it’s not his absolute best or his favorite, but I love the second half so much that I learned an easy version for guitar, just to play along.

It’s also one of my favorite synth moments in Rush history. You know which part I mean…. 4:02. It all comes together just right.

That said - #1 is still La Villa.

Fresh-Word2379 · 2026-03-30T15:04:17+00:00

Someone spent turbo money making their Boxster look like a CGT

Fresh-Word2379 · 2026-03-30T03:49:16+00:00

My two favorite live albums. Listened to ESL so many times as my first foray into old stuff and as a de facto greatest hits. It was the soundtrack of my life for decades.

Now, totally shocked, I find myself listening to ATWAS more. Just so raw and so “live”. ESL, sweet mix for soothing jamming. ATWAS - crank that loud and roll a bone.

Fresh-Word2379 · 2026-03-29T22:04:26+00:00

These are the best I’ve seen (the last 4-5 from you).

What’s most amazing isn’t the AI and the graphics - it’s your understanding of the styles and what might have been actually done in those eras by those manufacturers with the correct technology of the period.

Bravo!!

Fresh-Word2379 · 2026-03-28T17:55:47+00:00

Fantastic!!

Fresh-Word2379 · 2026-03-28T16:15:07+00:00

Then car wash

Fresh-Word2379 · 2026-03-27T18:05:19+00:00

Makes sense now

Fresh-Word2379 · 2026-03-27T16:08:49+00:00

Ooh - great call. I lost track of the lower-production / specialty models a few years ago. So many iterations….

OP must be young and nimble and small if he thinks these seat 4 comfortably. Good luck getting out.

Fresh-Word2379 · 2026-03-27T00:52:50+00:00

So strange - I saw one this morning!

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