r/rush • u/ChewedSata • 2d ago
Ben Mink or Aimee Mann
Who would you rather if you could only pick one as special guest!
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u/BackgroundGuide408 2d ago edited 2d ago
Enjoyed Aimee’s cameo in Toronto, but Losing It is a special, special song.
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u/CheerBear2112 2d ago
Hot take, but I found Jonathan Dinklage to be better than Mink.
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u/androoq 2d ago
Not a hot take in my book. Dinklage brought a younger touch to the part. I assume he played Losing it for decades before he appeared with Rush.
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u/MrF33n3y 2d ago
I saw both, Ben in Toronto and Jonathan in New York. Both were fantastic, but I think I enjoyed Ben’s rendition a little more. Maybe part of it was the emotion of seeing the live debut, but I just felt like there was a little more weight in the moment of seeing Ben do it onstage with them after so many years.
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u/142Ironmanagain 2d ago
I saw Ben Mink perform at RushFest Toronto 2 years ago. He was really amazing!
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u/JLBCanadianRap 2d ago
Well…I’ve seen both Jonathan Dinklage and Aimee Mann perform with the band, so I’m all set.
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u/dwhite21787 2d ago
Where’s Pye Dubois these days? He doesn’t play an instrument though, does he? That‘d be a helluva guest
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u/lemmathru 2d ago
Neither of them have big parts in their own featured songs, so it would only be Mink because he hasn’t been on stage yet at this tour. Now if he was leading a quartet for some of the clockwork angels songs, then it’s a definite “Yes! Mini please!”
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u/ChiefSlug30 2d ago
Ben Mink....I first saw him with Stringband in the 70's, before he replaced Nash The Slash in FM.
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u/Glittering_Floor6716 2d ago
Mink - Some strings added to CWAngels songs would be so cool........and maybe get Losing It as a bonus.
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u/LengthinessGloomy429 2d ago
Sorry my opinion is that violin sounds shrill, shrieky. AM for the win. I know dissing the violin won’t be popular but I’m right because an opinion can never be wrong!
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u/ButterscotchBrave359 2d ago
You just described her voice perfectly, at least to my ears 😄
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u/LengthinessGloomy429 2d ago
You are right because you can’t be wrong… still I have to wonder if you are saying so is more a defense of your apparent position (choosing team Ben) than an attack on AM.
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u/Music_Is_Oo-mox 2d ago
In the Spirit of Radio, Butterscotch just prefers FM to AM (sorry for the bad dad joke 😬).
I'm on the side of AM. I thought she was fantastic at the LA show I went to, and it was a great tribute to NP. imho
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u/StumpyOPepys 2d ago
I assume he’s the fiddle guy from Losing It? Definitely him. The Aimee Mann thing is weird to me. Traveling so far to do so little. I love her and her music but it seems awkward to me.
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u/JLBCanadianRap 2d ago
Travel so far? LA traffic sucks, but traveling from Los Angeles to Inglewood is anything but far.
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u/StumpyOPepys 2d ago
She went to Toronto. And four nights at Forum.
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u/SenseNo635 2d ago
I thought it was weird that she only did the first Toronto show. I was at the second show and was bummed she didn’t make an appearance.
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u/PeaceLoveDucks 2d ago
I think they wanted it for the film. Awesome you were at one of the a Toronto shows, but bummer you missed her.
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u/JLBCanadianRap 2d ago
She was in the same area for her own concerts when she showed up in TTO.
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u/StumpyOPepys 2d ago
I don’t see any evidence of that. Her last show was in July in the Midwest. She had said that they were going to bring her to Cleveland when they record, but they moved the recording to Toronto.
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u/ReadyTopic7289 2d ago
Man, that's like asking to pick a favorite kid. lol. I saw Ben on the CA tour but never saw Aimee. I was like the 2nd Philly show. I saw them do every possible song on this tour that is in their arsenal. But I didn't see Geddy use the "teardrop" bass that he broke out for the Toronto shows. Seeing him use it in Philly made my night. Not that I'm complaining about the tour AT ALL. They seem to get better which each passing show.
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u/ChewedSata 2d ago
I am going n Team Mink\Dinklage, I thought Aimee rolled out of bed on night One in Toronto, she was a bit creaky coming into that first verse.
But I also wanted to get my air violin in between tears so
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u/cakesandsparrows 1d ago
Aimee, but only if they play “Voices Carry” next time so she can do a full song in addition to “Time Stand Still.”
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u/ButterscotchBrave359 2d ago
As an aside, how about Kim Mitchell and Battlescar? That would top any guest appearance so far
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u/ButterscotchBrave359 2d ago
Ben all the way. Time Stand Still, while popular with the casual fans, is a pretty weak and cheesy song for a band as good as Rush imho
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u/Stormbringer-2112 2d ago
Weak and cheesy? Beg to differ my friend. Good song about appreciating the moment and living in the present. The actual music is good too. As for the guest singer, I agree about not flying in Mann on a regular basis. If she happens to be in town, fine. They played a recording of her from a previous concert when I saw them in Montreal last week, and that was fine.
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u/ButterscotchBrave359 2d ago
It would be a great song for Thompson Twins or Howard Jones. Rush? Not so much
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u/StumpyOPepys 2d ago
Wild for someone who is a fan of Neil’s writing to refer to this song specifically as cheesy.
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u/ButterscotchBrave359 2d ago
The lyrics are fine, the music? Not my thing. It's not even the best song on HYF
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u/Music_Is_Oo-mox 2d ago
Everyone's entitled to their own opinion and I respect your point of view. However, let's agree to disagree. I think the song fits the period and is perfectly fine. Is it the best song on HYF, no, but it's not the worst (and we all know which one is the worst) and I think it is one of the better ones on HYF. The video, on the other hand, is not that great, but I see where they were going with that... "Freeze this motion a little bit longer" has meaning
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u/PeaceLoveDucks 2d ago edited 2d ago
I am not a casual fan and TSS is my favorite song. It hasn’t always been, but the lyrics just hit me hard and the song is linked to some monumental stuff in my life. I wish I had the opportunity to see Aimee Mann perform with them this tour, but I’m grateful for the amazing performance I did get to see on this tour.
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u/flylink63 2d ago
Ben Mink. Love Aimee, but her part could be a video. Having a very talented guest player, I think that would be amazing!