Matt Stone joins Rush on stage

2022-08-15 by DatsNotDaMetulz | 44 Comments
Rush duo Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson performed live together last week for the first time since the prog-rock giants retired from touring in 2015 (followed by the band's overall retirement in 2018 and death of Neil Peart in 2020).

At Red Rocks Colorado for South Park's 25th Anniversary concert, the organizers surprised South Park co-creator Matt Stone by bringing out Geddy and Alex to perform the classic "Closer to the Heart" from 1977's A Farewell to Kings. The trio were accompanied by progressive funk metallers Primus, who have recently been touring a Rush tribute set titled "A Tribute to Kings" and helped Stone learn the song ahead of the show.

Watch the clip here:


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Nomos2
August 15th 2022
1873 Comments


I love every single thing about this & this concert. Been watching since 1997. I can't believe how long it's been going!

Colton
August 15th 2022
15260 Comments


honest to god thought Geddy Lee was dead

GhandhiLion
August 15th 2022
17643 Comments


ok


SomeCallMeTim
August 15th 2022
4104 Comments


do you mean Rush joins Matt Stone

Josh D.
August 15th 2022
17845 Comments


https://c.tenor.com/sWQu_pBYT1kAAAAC/pointing-wojak.gif

DavidYowi
August 15th 2022
3512 Comments


can't stand South Park but seeing Primus, Rush, and Ween perform on the same show is inherently cool. I just can't fundamentally dislike anything where Primus and Rush jam together, it's in my blood

Flugmorph
August 15th 2022
34212 Comments


South Park is one of the worst things ever made right next to leaf blowers and SUVs.

SomeCallMeTim
August 15th 2022
4104 Comments


I never really thought about how stupid a leaf blower is

DatsNotDaMetulz
August 16th 2022
4317 Comments


You could tell even Les was fanboying a little bit at getting to perform with Geddy and Alex.

SteavisButthead
August 20th 2022
41 Comments


"South Park is one of the worst things ever made right next to leaf blowers and SUVs".

Drugs are bad, mmkay? You shouldn't do drugs.


Parallels
August 20th 2022
10146 Comments


You could tell even Lifeson was fanboying a little bit at getting to perform with Geddy.

Parallels
August 20th 2022
10146 Comments


Really weird to think that U2, Rush, and Primus toured together but this show just seals the latter two as a canon friendship.

KevinKC
August 20th 2022
1263 Comments


"South Park is one of the worst things ever made right next to leaf blowers and SUVs."

Sometimes, instead of uttering complete embarrassing nonsense, one can remain quiet.

Flugmorph
August 20th 2022
34212 Comments


larp

beefshoes
August 20th 2022
8443 Comments


Classic South Park was great. You're lying to yourself if you didn't absolutely love it as a kid

conesmoke
August 20th 2022
7875 Comments


If only we took these lyrics as gospel

Flugmorph
August 20th 2022
34212 Comments


"You're lying to yourself if you didn't absolutely love it as a kid"

sry american hegemony enjoyer, not everyone actually grew up in the us.

Wildcardbitchesss
August 20th 2022
11968 Comments


lol I like South Park now. Fuck the haters

Supercoolguy64
August 20th 2022
11788 Comments


First few seasons of SP were/are still dope. The NAMBLA episode is my personal counter to the “if it’s dated, it’s inherently not funny” argument you occasionally see with TV shows. There were stupid political takes in the earlier seasons too, sure, but they were usually kind of far in between the more light-hearted episodes.

Now the show just serves as Trey’s personal expensive version of Twitter, which is one thing but to add onto it he stopped writing jokes like forever ago and the animation team makes zero attempt to make the art style cohesive so it’s ugly as shit to boot. I saw that first COVID special a while back and man that shit sucked.

Wildcardbitchesss
August 20th 2022
11968 Comments


I’m not as crazy about it as I used to be but man those earlier seasons had some classics. Even some of the new ones are good.

Randy strangling Winnie the Pooh in that Band in China episode had me in tears.

Supercoolguy64
August 20th 2022
11788 Comments


@Flugmorph I always thought the idea of South Park airing in other continents as weird. it’s such an American show that (especially now) relies on our pop culture so much that half of the appeal would be gone if you’re watching it from the point of view of like, a European or something.

keaton_86
August 20th 2022
759 Comments


wtf are you people on about? south park has overall, only improved with time.

Wildcardbitchesss
August 20th 2022
11968 Comments


The season that Garrison ran for President was the last one I watched but man that was some funny shit.

The debate with Clinton had me in stitches.

“Oh fuck oh fuck why the fuck did it have to be her?”

Cormano
August 21st 2022
4086 Comments


@supercoolguy you do realise how much american media is consumed outside the states, right? your take is kinda undermining tbh

"sry american hegemony enjoyer" this one is just as bad

Supercoolguy64
August 21st 2022
11788 Comments


True, but American culture is still inherently different in the sense that it wallows in its trashiness so watching shit like Barba Streisand turning into Godzilla to destroy some redneck small town is going to come across as random and unfunny to someone who has only a vague idea and a lack of interest of any of the subjects involved

FreakMachine
August 21st 2022
1913 Comments


best band ever agreed m/

Shemson
August 21st 2022
4156 Comments


I’m English and I’ve been watching South Park since I was around 10 years old when it was first out - I remember staying up ever week to watch season 3 when it premiered in the UK.

South Park is enjoyed across the whole world, there was rarely anything too American for me to follow even as a kid.

Flugmorph
August 21st 2022
34212 Comments


fam you're literally the closest one can be culturally to the US as a british person

Shemson
August 21st 2022
4156 Comments


That’s a pretty sweeping statement. The culture is pretty wildly different in San Francisco to Texas to Aldershot where I’m from just outside London but I’m sure South Park has fans all over these places.

Some a little bit country, some a little bit rock n roll. (That won’t make much sense if you don’t watch South Park).

MCJACKDAHL
August 22nd 2022
345 Comments


adults engaging in discourse about the quality of media aimed children and teenagers makes me want to hook my eyes up to a car battery via jumper cables. Anyway, the performance was wholesome

Flugmorph
August 22nd 2022
34212 Comments


ah yes animated media is for children only, sry.

conesmoke
August 22nd 2022
7875 Comments


Or for those whose imagination hasn't been atrophied by... you know.. everything

Shemson
August 22nd 2022
4156 Comments


Shit man, I need to be more careful regarding what topics I engage in discourse on

PizzaBear
August 22nd 2022
533 Comments


"best band ever agreed m/"

This was all that needed to be said tbh

beefshoes
August 22nd 2022
8443 Comments


Remember that episode with Radiohead?

DatsNotDaMetulz
August 22nd 2022
4317 Comments


Yeah Kenny exploding and Micky Mouse goading Randy into having sex with a bat is definitely child-friendly content.

StormChaser
August 24th 2022
2111 Comments


this was fucking awesome, look at all the people who can't stop smiling at these geezers, man this must've been magical

Shemson
August 24th 2022
4156 Comments


Beefshoes - I can’t even hear Creep anymore without thinking of Cartman and Ned’s duet

smaugman
August 24th 2022
5448 Comments


some pretty cringy takes on south park here lol

SitarHero
August 25th 2022
14703 Comments


Damn, Geddy and Alex get on stage together for the first time in 7 years, and all y'all wanna do is argue about South Park?

sixdegrees
August 25th 2022
13127 Comments


epic

beefshoes
August 25th 2022
8443 Comments


I'd prefer to talk about that episode of TPB with Alex Lifeson.

StormChaser
August 25th 2022
2111 Comments


he's a fucking legend for doing that

Divaman
August 28th 2022
16120 Comments


Great to see Geddy and Aex together again. This was fun as hell.



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