Why are Americans so jealous of Canadians?

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Thu May 14, 2009 10:14 am

...and Euros for that matter?

Is it because we are so good looking? Smarter? More cultured?

Don't be haytin', Yanks.

Wolfman · Post by **Wolfman** » Thu May 14, 2009 11:14 am

We are ?

Diogenes · Post by **Diogenes** » Thu May 14, 2009 1:40 pm

For the same reason billionaire CEOs are 'jealous' of homeless crack hos.

The crack makes the ho delusional.

Sirfindafold · Post by **Sirfindafold** » Thu May 14, 2009 2:20 pm

RUSH.

Diogenes · Post by **Diogenes** » Thu May 14, 2009 2:30 pm

Sirfindafold wrote:RUSH.

What does that fat blowhard have to do with Canada?

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Thu May 14, 2009 2:32 pm

Sirfindafold wrote:RUSH.

Rack.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Thu May 14, 2009 4:43 pm

I live so close to Canada I can get Canadian radio stations simply by driving to the beach. Yet for some reason not a single cable/satellite outlet carries the CBC. Wassup wit dat?

Diogenes · Post by **Diogenes** » Thu May 14, 2009 4:47 pm

BSmack wrote:I live so close to Canada I can get Canadian radio stations simply by driving to the beach. Yet for some reason not a single cable/satellite outlet carries the CBC. Wassup wit dat?

As if I needed one more reason to loath you.

Sin,

Posting from the land of 700 Spanish language stations.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Thu May 14, 2009 4:53 pm

Diogenes wrote:
BSmack wrote:I live so close to Canada I can get Canadian radio stations simply by driving to the beach. Yet for some reason not a single cable/satellite outlet carries the CBC. Wassup wit dat?
As if I needed one more reason to loath you.

Sin,

Posting from the land of 700 Spanish language stations.

Contain your jealousy of my near Canadianism. It does not become you.

Derron · Post by **Derron** » Thu May 14, 2009 4:56 pm

Diogenes wrote:
BSmack wrote:I live so close to Canada I can get Canadian radio stations simply by driving to the beach. Yet for some reason not a single cable/satellite outlet carries the CBC. Wassup wit dat?
As if I needed one more reason to loath you.

Sin,

Posting from the land of 700 Spanish language stations.

Then move the fuck away.

Derron · Post by **Derron** » Thu May 14, 2009 5:00 pm

BSmack wrote:
Diogenes wrote:
BSmack wrote:I live so close to Canada I can get Canadian radio stations simply by driving to the beach. Yet for some reason not a single cable/satellite outlet carries the CBC. Wassup wit dat?
As if I needed one more reason to loath you.

Sin,

Posting from the land of 700 Spanish language stations.
Contain your jealousy of my near Canadianism. It does not become you.

Come now Bri..can you not feel that gravitational pull of socialism tugging at you ?

Come over to the other side Bri...it is all waiting for you there...

Here is one the Canadian's and most of the jerk offs on here won''t know much about..

Van · Post by **Van** » Thu May 14, 2009 5:17 pm

Bitchin' white ES335.

:swoon:

Christ, Geddy has one nails on a chalkboard voice in that one.

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Thu May 14, 2009 5:22 pm

BSmack wrote: Wassup wit dat?

Talk white, for fuck sakes

Diogenes · Post by **Diogenes** » Thu May 14, 2009 5:25 pm

Derron wrote:
Diogenes wrote:
BSmack wrote:I live so close to Canada I can get Canadian radio stations simply by driving to the beach. Yet for some reason not a single cable/satellite outlet carries the CBC. Wassup wit dat?
As if I needed one more reason to loath you.

Sin,

Posting from the land of 700 Spanish language stations.
Then move the fuck away.

Fuck off,bitch. I'm still having fun making the local yokels heads spin and stealing their women.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Thu May 14, 2009 5:37 pm

Cuda wrote:
BSmack wrote: Wassup wit dat?
Talk white, for fuck sakes

Aw shit my nizzle. Why you gots to front like dat?

Terry in Crapchester · Thu May 14, 2009 5:46 pm

BSmack wrote:I live so close to Canada I can get Canadian radio stations simply by driving to the beach.

Gotcha beat. I can pick up Q107 on the drive home from Buffalo, without ever approaching the lake.

I'm jealous of all the stuff to do in Toronto (my kids like Niagara Falls, I'll go there for their sake but it's a little campy there for my taste), but that's about it.

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Thu May 14, 2009 5:52 pm

Derron wrote: Come now Bri..can you not feel that gravitational pull of socialism tugging at you ?

It's pretty intense, you'll have to admit.

WAR ~ By-Tor And The Snow Dog

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Thu May 14, 2009 6:02 pm

Diogenes wrote:stealing their women.

Derron · Post by **Derron** » Thu May 14, 2009 6:50 pm

Diogenes wrote: Fuck off,bitch. I'm still having fun making the local yokels heads spin and stealing their women.

So you like fucking the fat spic bitches ??

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu May 14, 2009 6:54 pm

I'm jealous of Canada because apparently NONE of The Crew are from there.

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Thu May 14, 2009 7:25 pm

PSUFAN wrote:I'm jealous of Canada because apparently NONE of The Crew are from there.

Thanks in large part to our Wet Foot/Dry Foot refuge policy.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Thu May 14, 2009 7:47 pm

Derron wrote:Come now Bri..can you not feel that gravitational pull of socialism tugging at you ?

No, but I do feel the immense tug of 10,000 Tim Horton's shops.

LTS TRN 2 · Post by **LTS TRN 2** » Thu May 14, 2009 8:02 pm

Why is Rush such a piece of unrelenting crap band? Is it the weird whiny voice of the singer? The pretentious themes upon which they hoist their tedious and loud exercises in sonic assault? The utter lack of any true rock beat?

Wolfman · Post by **Wolfman** » Thu May 14, 2009 8:24 pm

good golly Miss Molly--here's one now !!

RadioFan · Post by **RadioFan** » Thu May 14, 2009 11:03 pm

LTS TRN 2 wrote:Why is Rush such a piece of unrelenting crap band?

The Zionists infiltrated the Toronto area for about 6 months in 1972, before quickly slipping out.

Pretty simple, really.

Derron · Post by **Derron** » Thu May 14, 2009 11:08 pm

LTS TRN 2 wrote:Why is Rush such a piece of unrelenting crap band? Is it the weird whiny voice of the singer? The pretentious themes upon which they hoist their tedious and loud exercises in sonic assault? The utter lack of any true rock beat?

Yeah the complete lack of skill and ability of a 3 man band to produce that kind of sound, consistently for 30 years really sucks and Geddys ability to play 2 instruments at one time makes them a piece of crap band.

Move the fuck to Canada, or kill yourself..or better yet..both.

Wolfman · Post by **Wolfman** » Thu May 14, 2009 11:42 pm

Guess I'm guilty of "stealing" a Canadian woman, but since 2004 Mrs.O is a US citizen !

Wolfman · Post by **Wolfman** » Thu May 14, 2009 11:43 pm

only TWO ??? What a loser that Geddy Lee.

Van · Post by **Van** » Thu May 14, 2009 11:50 pm

Wolfman's posts are just painful. They're like watching goldfish constanty re-discovering the castle in their fishbowl.

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Fri May 15, 2009 12:00 am

Van wrote:Wolfman's posts are just painful. They're like watching goldfish constanty re-discovering the castle in their fishbowl.

Stop reading my mind!

Atomic Punk · Post by **Atomic Punk** » Fri May 15, 2009 12:26 am

These guys are musicians. After "Grace Under Pressure," I just lost interest... This is the last song that I've liked from these guys. I don't listen to the lyrics in general and just focus on the actual music and sound. I think Alex went too spacey on the effects and I don't like Geddy because he sounds like a castrated male taking hormones originating from sheep. Other than that, Geddy is a very good musician.

Neil Peart's style was what drew me into listening to these clowns eons ago. Best technical drummer I've ever heard. No Van, I'm not going to say Alex Van Halen is better. Keith Moon yes... not Alex =VH=...

After awhile I've learned to appreciate Alex's coordination of sound to the pace of the band's methodical style. His overuse of effects started to disturb me as I liked the album "Grace Under Pressure," but he kept fucking up his sound with more stuff.

Several months ago I started acquiring effects and seeing how they can change my sound. The old sound was like what this place is... stale and predictable.

I hope at least one person on this board likes the Rush YouTube link. Enjoy!

Van · Post by **Van** » Fri May 15, 2009 12:31 am

AP, I totally agree about Lifeson's overuse of effects. I hate overly processed guitar tone, and that includes Vai, too. I love his basic tone; hate his Harmonizer based whiz bang tones.

EVH uses a little too much chorus and phaser for me, too.

As for Moon being better a better drummer (technical or otherwise) than Peart, well, no. There are better drummers, especially technically, but Moonie ain't one of 'em.

smackaholic made good point recently, about guys like Peart. Why the need for such monstrous kits? Buddy Rich made it happen with a Coke bottle and a couple of chopsticks.

Geddy's a great musician. Too bad he looks like a forlorn 80's era flannel lesbian. Worse, his singing voice sounds like strangled queef.

Atomic Punk · Post by **Atomic Punk** » Fri May 15, 2009 12:40 am

I meant Keith Moon is/was a better drummer than Alex Van Halen. Waaaaay beter I hate to see guys like him and John Bonham go down for the count. Mebbe that's what "Spinal Tap" was all about with its drummer references.

You got me though... I never liked effects other than a good Mesa Boogie amp. I was criticized for hiding my mistakes and played through a dry sound on the Boogie. Now I hear there is a Boogie Mk-5 that guys that I know that play really good compared to me are raving about.

No, Peart is the man... Moon is better than =VH= --> that's what I meant

Van · Post by **Van** » Fri May 15, 2009 12:48 am

Is the Mark V available now? Last I checked, a month or two ago, it was listed on Mesa's website but dealers hadn't yet received any.

I'm slightly curious about it, as I loved my Mark IV. The main thing about the Mark V is that it includes the Mark IIC+ and the Mark I, and I have no need for either of those. For me, the Mark V might as well still be the Mark IV.

If I were to do a Mesa again it'd be the Road King II, or another Mark IV, but probably the Road King II.

Atomic Punk · Post by **Atomic Punk** » Fri May 15, 2009 12:56 am

I heard the Fresno Guitar Center has/had a few of the Mk-V's. They are very pricey from what I'm told. I too have a Mk-IV that I am cool with. The only thing I've heard is that this new amp is more versatile and people are suppose to fall in love with it. So you are probably right on the emulations of other amps.

shutyomouth has a version of a Mk-II... if I remember correctly. He has the same amp as a guy that sold me the Randall 4x12 cabinent back in 1986. That guy was friends with warren DiMartini of RATT. I think Warren had the same set up. Those amps are/were awesome.

So if this Mk-5 can do what you've said, then there is no need for another type of rock amplifier.

Van · Post by **Van** » Fri May 15, 2009 1:15 am

Well, for one thing, the Mark V loses the Mark IV's reverb. No reverb. That's a big bummer to me. Other than that, it has the IIC+'s metal tones and the Mark I's cleans.

No Progressive Linkage, no assigning of cabinets to different channels, no individual channel assignable Lone Star sourced reverb, no Lone Star sourced cleans, including the Lone Star's gritty "Tweed" and "Brit" cleans...no ability to use both 6L6s and EL34s, in any combination you wish, on any channel.

Yeah, I'd go with the RKII. It'll do more, and it's less fiddly. It has Mesa's best cleans, other than the Lone Star Special's Class A cleans, and by mixing EL34s with 6L6s on the "Liquid" channel it has some of the best soloing tones ever, and you still have that massive Dual Recto fourth channel for metal rhythm crunch.

I wish the Mark V still had reverb but okay, I admit it, even though I'd prefer the Road King II I wouldn't exactly turn my nose up at a Mark V either. I'm sure it's seriously bad ass. It has the Mark IV's lead channel, so it has to be good.

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Fri May 15, 2009 1:33 am

you're just making this shit up now, aren't you?

Atomic Punk · Post by **Atomic Punk** » Fri May 15, 2009 1:34 am

If that is the case, then I think that was the idea for creating that amp in which m2's engineering buddies from Cal in the Mt. Tam area --> ("Bay Area") intended.

No reverb on the Mk-5? That doesn't make sense. What makes sense is the Mk-5 would be marketed as a generic quality amp to a larger crowd that doesn't differentiate what the tubes in different stages in the amp can do. Hmmm.

Mebbe the new consumer with another tattoo inked on some heavily used body location... next to the piercing(s) wants that product? Gimme my Mk-IV any damn day.

Truman · Post by **Truman** » Fri May 15, 2009 1:51 am

Yo, Calis:

These cats ain't half-bad on the skins either...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0g2-NTv_h0

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Fri May 15, 2009 1:53 am

Cuda wrote:you're just making this shit up now, aren't you?

You've obviously not spent much time with guitarists.