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Women's Toilets at Rush Concerts Are the World's Loneliest Place, Says Blogger
- Posted on Jun 30th 2011 12:30PM by Matt Glazebrook
Peter Hartlaub
No? Then let us ask you this: Do you like really clean toilets with no queues at all? Because if you do, we may have a new music recommendation for you.
Rush completed their umpteenth world tour this week, and in doing so provided evidence that there is no band more male-friendly -- and, conversely, more conducive to speedy and hassle-free female washroom usage -- than the authors of 'Cygnus X-1 Book I: The Voyage.'
San Francisco blogger Peter Hartlaub attended the trio's show in Concord, Calif., and took a photo of the respective facilities prior to the encore. The gents' loos apparently had a three-abreast line snaking out of the door, and the ladies restroom was almost eerily empty.
The snapper called his pic "proof that there's no place on the planet lonelier than the women's bathroom at a Rush concert," although we suppose there is a possibility that all the group's female fans had made to sure to relieve themselves pre-gig and were down the front, eager to catch every moment of 'Xanadu.' He's promised to reverse the process soon, taking a pic of a no-doubt under-utilised men's room at a forthcoming Tori Amos gig.
Watch Rush Performing 'Xanadu'
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You can't go by whats on the radio OhWhen. Singles are typically much simpler compilations. Most people do not have a musical ear to understand much more than simple riffs what-have-you.
July 12 2011 at 8:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyCuz we know good music. Most chicks like crap. Sorry but it's true. I have found this to be the case with many bands, not just Rush.
July 12 2011 at 8:13 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySo you went through the trouble of looking up lyrics to obscure passages in order to prove that Rush is "weird" but you couldn't be bothered to look up how many tours they've been on? The fact that they've been on so many tours that you can't count them and the fact that you took time out of your day to talk about toilets in a music blog make me think that you are the weird one. Rush is third in album sales behind The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, but you're slamming them as some odd, unfit-for-daily-consumption-by-cool-people kind of band, as though they have no relevance, no influence, and no credibility in modern music simply because they're Canadian and older than you are. Sounds like "you just don't get it/neurotica" to me. Rush is one of the only bands out there that is actually concerned about their music above all else. They never were in it for the girls, the drugs, the money, or the image (unlike every other band that Spinner gushes over). We fans hardly notice the lack of girls at a Rush show because the music is entertaining enough. It's not about "living in the limelight" or what I imagine attracted you to the music business: "glittering prizes and endless compromises". It's about the simple fact that for one night most men can completely forget about women because three hours of Rush is simply worth it.
Maybe there aren't any talented women in music these days, so maybe they don't attend Rush shows because none of them are able to take lessons from three of the world's best musicians. Too many girls ask, "What can this strange device be/when I touch it, it gives forth a sound/it's got wires that vibrate and give music/what can this thing be that I've found?"
By the way, when you post a public piece and expect to be taken seriously as a writer–whether you're writing seriously or tongue-in-cheek is irrelevant—edit your work. The joke's on you when your work sounds like it was written by a child who is more concerned with doing the peepee dance in a long line than with giving credit where it's due.
please stop unapropreate words it is between you and your doctor out in public
& always be respectful to your world & GOD will Bless you for it & it is so inbarrising to others & please have considoraion for the public Thank you & We all hope for the Best & respect others & God Made this Blessed World & respect it & Peace
Try Mens Lines at a Taylor Swift Concert
July 01 2011 at 12:16 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWhat't the big deal? Iron Butterfly's Inna Godda Davida played live (heard them live at a Penn State Concert back in the day) was about 18 minutes. No one went potty then, either. And the crowd was mixed about 50/50 male to female.
June 30 2011 at 11:30 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySaratoga performing arts transformed their rest rooms into the same condition. Mind you the mens line does move quick as he ergonomics of the situation lends itself. What ever happened to big troughs instead of individual urinals? So much more efficient all around especially when it comes to plumbing
June 30 2011 at 9:26 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI'm a female metalhead and I can assure you there are fewer girls at Slayer shows than Rush. (I've been to both) In fact, nearly every metal show I've ever been to is fairly devoid of women save for the hot girls getting dragged along and paraded around by their boyfriends, who are actually fans.
June 30 2011 at 8:45 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyNothing makes me change the radio station faster than Rush.
And I am a Hot Redhaired Girl.












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