People got upset about Robin Williams, and I guess I understand that, but I like a lot of movies, actors, comedians. It hardly affected me because he was just a member of a huge group. My music taste, however, is much narrower.
When I choose to listen to music on the radio, I flip between 25 Classic Rock, 38 Ozzy's Boneyard, 39 Hair Nation hoping for music from a small handful of bands. It's less than 10 for sure. Rush was one of them.
If I choose to listen to music I have copies of, there's a good chance I'll hear a Rush song without 20 minutes or so.
So this one is different. There is absolutely no chance I'll see him perform again and the finality of it is quite a bummer.