# They're gonna buy 10 copies for their mothers! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 15, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-gonna-buy-10-copies-for-their-mothers/722623 "2015-06-15T22:32:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-gonna-buy-10-copies-for-their-mothers/722623/21 "2015-06-16T15:46:45Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > What…when did Limbaugh cut a record!!! > > Oh. > > Nevermind… No, that was Nirvana. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-gonna-buy-10-copies-for-their-mothers/722623/22 "2015-06-16T15:48:21Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > It’s finally happened - Rush will finally get on the cover of Rolling Stone. > > 🆒 > > [Rush (finally) on the Cover of Rolling Stone! | Rush.com](http://www.rush.com/rush-finally-on-the-cover-of-rolling-stone/) > > I realize a lot of Dopers aren’t fans of theirs. That’s OK, folks. They look ready to follow Dylan onto the cover of AARP’s magazine. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-gonna-buy-10-copies-for-their-mothers/722623/23 "2015-06-16T15:58:19Z")
Damn, I was excited for a minute, thinking there was a **Dr. Hook** reunion. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-gonna-buy-10-copies-for-their-mothers/722623/24 "2015-06-16T16:04:47Z")
My dad would play Dr. Hook when we were kids. I remember that song, and it brings back memories. Also love RUSH. If I had points to give, I would share them with the OP. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-gonna-buy-10-copies-for-their-mothers/722623/25 "2015-06-16T17:16:10Z")
> [@stillownedbysetters](#): > > FWIW, I got it immediately and don’t care if you did double the number of copies, it was a cute title and totally appropo. Heck, as long as they waited for this recognition, they should buy 20 for their mothers! And I’m not even a fan. I wonder if any of their mothers are still alive, honestly: all three of those guys are pushing 60. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-gonna-buy-10-copies-for-their-mothers/722623/26 "2015-06-16T17:33:32Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I am waiting with bated breath to hear what is relevant. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-gonna-buy-10-copies-for-their-mothers/722623/27 "2015-06-16T17:55:32Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > I wonder if any of their mothers are still alive, honestly: all three of those guys are pushing 60. Perhaps tasteful display at the gravesites? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-gonna-buy-10-copies-for-their-mothers/722623/28 "2015-06-16T18:07:44Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > What makes them irrelevant? Their circulation? I think he means it’s irrelevant because we got old and popular music has pretty much passed us by. But damn, RUSH had to a wait a long damn time to get any respect from the music press. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-gonna-buy-10-copies-for-their-mothers/722623/29 "2015-06-16T18:32:01Z")
I have a running (and entirely genial) battle of public notice with a sibling. We gleefully trade clips and “notice by the public” mentions. He’s got the crown right now, and beating the cover of a very prestigious science magazine is going to be a _bitch_. That it could well lead to a number of high-profile cover appearances could mean game over for me. Our mother died some time ago, so there’s that… ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-gonna-buy-10-copies-for-their-mothers/722623/30 "2015-06-16T18:36:31Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Ten bucks is ten bucks. 😉 Beauty, eh? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-gonna-buy-10-copies-for-their-mothers/722623/31 "2015-06-17T00:41:10Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > The thread title is referring to a band that finally got on the cover of Rolling Stone, cleverly quoting a song about a band that finally got on the cover of Rolling Stone. Why is this confusing to you? I’m not _confused_. I was annoyed the title got my hopes up so asked the question in reproach. I like the band who wrote the line and was disappointed it was about Rush instead of Dr. Hook. Me too, Channing Idaho Banks. I still know most of the words to Sylvia’s Mother - I was probably one of the only twenty-somethings who thought “oh, that’s a lot like that Dr. Hook song” when I first heard Ms. Jackson by Outkast 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-gonna-buy-10-copies-for-their-mothers/722623/32 "2015-06-17T01:25:02Z")
Living in the limelight… ---
**Author:** ![splatterpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@splatterpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/splatterpunk)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-gonna-buy-10-copies-for-their-mothers/722623/33 "2015-06-17T02:09:24Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > I have a running (and entirely genial) battle of public notice with a sibling. We gleefully trade clips and “notice by the public” mentions. > > He’s got the crown right now, and beating the cover of a very prestigious science magazine is going to be a _bitch_. That it could well lead to a number of high-profile cover appearances could mean game over for me. > > Our mother died some time ago, so there’s that… 😕 Did you post in the wrong thread? _Rolling Stone_ is not a science magazine, and I’m guessing your sibling is not named Alex, Geddy or Neil. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-gonna-buy-10-copies-for-their-mothers/722623/34 "2015-06-17T05:18:05Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > I’m not _confused_. I was annoyed the title got my hopes up so asked the question in reproach. I like the band who wrote the line and was disappointed it was about Rush instead of Dr. Hook. [Shel Silverstein](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shel_Silverstein) wrote _On The Cover Of The Rolling Stone_ and many other Dr Hook And The Medicine Show songs. Check out his Wikipedia entry, he did some great stuff! “One’s On The Way” - Loretta Lynn “A Boy Named Sue” - Johnny Cash “The Unicorn” - The Irish Rovers I also loved “Sylvia’s Mother” and “The Queen of the Silver Dollar”. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-gonna-buy-10-copies-for-their-mothers/722623/35 "2015-06-17T06:45:29Z")
> [@jimbuff314](#): > > [Shel Silverstein](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shel_Silverstein) wrote _On The Cover Of The Rolling Stone_ and many other Dr Hook And The Medicine Show songs. Check out his Wikipedia entry, he did some great stuff! > > “One’s On The Way” - Loretta Lynn > “A Boy Named Sue” - Johnny Cash > “The Unicorn” - The Irish Rovers > > I also loved “Sylvia’s Mother” and “The Queen of the Silver Dollar”. And he wrote the children’s book “[The Giving Tree](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giving_Tree).” Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-gonna-buy-10-copies-for-their-mothers/722623/36 "2015-06-17T11:20:12Z")
> [@splatterpunk](#): > > 😕 Did you post in the wrong thread? _Rolling Stone_ is not a science magazine, and I’m guessing your sibling is not named Alex, Geddy or Neil. He counts your repost as a “public mention.” No, I am not related. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-gonna-buy-10-copies-for-their-mothers/722623/37 "2015-06-17T15:37:53Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Take off, eh! This thread was, like, my idea, eh! ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-gonna-buy-10-copies-for-their-mothers/722623/38 "2015-06-17T16:14:53Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > And he wrote the children’s book “[The Giving Tree](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giving_Tree).” Wow. And “Where the Sidewalk Ends”. I once half-joked that the top three American poets of all time are Walt Whitman, Robert Frost, and Shel Silverstein. That’s probably exaggeration, but Mr. Silverstein doesn’t get enough credit given his talent. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-gonna-buy-10-copies-for-their-mothers/722623/39 "2015-06-23T18:18:08Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > I wonder if any of their mothers are still alive, honestly: all three of those guys are pushing 60. Geddy and Alex are 61, and Neil is 62. All their mothers (and Neil’s father too) were interviewed in the movie that came out a few years ago, and Geddy’s mother was his “date” at the R&RHoF ceremony, so it’s possible that they might be. There’s a story in the article about Alex riding the train to Bangkok 😛 :D. If I had psoriatic arthritis, which is one nasty disease, I’d be doing that too. ☹ Speaking of Neil, there’s a long-running urban legend that he has a Ph.D. He does not, but Geddy’s son Julian Weinrib, who’s in his mid 30s, does. He’s a professor at the University of Toronto in the college of education, so in other words, he teaches teachers. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-gonna-buy-10-copies-for-their-mothers/722623.md?page=1)