>>>>>>You'll never see me drop an f-bomb on a public site - but if I ever did, it would be to say that Rush is the most _______ awesome band in the universe.
>>>>>
>>>>>Here's my testament:
>>>>>
>>>>>Rush's music is so awesome that even Geddy Lee's voice doesn't ruin it! :)
>>>>
>>>>It's interesting that most of the bands mentioned so far in this thread have noteworthy male lead vocalists.
>>>
>>>After Ians voice problems started in eighties this was not true any more - and it has gotten worse.
>>
>>Ian? don't know who you're referring to...
>Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull
>instead oh hiring at least a secondary vocalist, they have to arrange their concerts around the weakness.

Ah OK, I never was much of a fan. I dislike almost all jazz, their tracks I've heard veer uncomfortably close. It seems there was an era when it was de rigueur for "serious" bands to include flute, but I view that the same way one might some of the excesses of the Cambrian Explosion.