I know there's some here , I've barely ever heard any of this bands song's ,, so ummm ,,,, tell em a few good songs ,, i'll check em out ,,,,
Rush fans?
- Thread starter warsofwinter
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i dont really know shit about rush, except they are fucking amazing..... and i know one song, YYZ, it is a great fucking song
My favorite Rush albums are:
1. A Farewell to Kings
2. Hemispheres
3. Moving Pictures
Check those out.
And ditto to the YYZ post; that song is amazing.
1. A Farewell to Kings
2. Hemispheres
3. Moving Pictures
Check those out.
And ditto to the YYZ post; that song is amazing.
dolphz
Black Heart
Well you hit a nerve here. I've been into Rush for 20+ years, seen them every tour since Moving Pictures, have all the cds and lps...I am a Rush fanatic. They are my favorite band and Neil is my favorite drummer. They are why I am a musician and why I am into prog music.
Soul Forlorn
Member
I've been a huge Rush fan for the last 12 years or so. In the early nineties I even went through a phase like I'm going through now with Opeth where I practically listened to nothing but Rush. What can I say, they're freakin brilliant. There style has changed considerably throughout the years, no matter what cd you listen to you always know it's unmistakably Rush.
My favorite Rush albums, in correct order:
1. Hemispheres- contains the epic 20 or so minute song that's also titled "Hemispheres", which also happens to be my favorite Rush song.
2. A Farewell to Kings- every song on this one just rules!
3. Permanent Waves
4. Caress of Steel- you've got to check out "The Necromancer" and "The Fountain of Lamneth". These two ultra-long songs remind me of Opeth quite a bit, with acoustic and distorted parts and chocked full of emotion.
5. 2112- one of their most popular albums. Killer!
6. Moving Pictures
There isn't really a single Rush cd that I don't like, these just happen to be my faves. Rush often has a love 'em or hate 'em effect on most listeners, mainly due to Geddy's high-pitched, strange sounding voice (I actually love his voice), the strong presence of the bass guitar, and the synths (which were most prevalent on the 80's albums). Whether you like 'em or not, there's no denying that they are 3 or the most talented musicians on the face of the planet and have been a huge inspiration for countless bands.
My favorite Rush albums, in correct order:
1. Hemispheres- contains the epic 20 or so minute song that's also titled "Hemispheres", which also happens to be my favorite Rush song.
2. A Farewell to Kings- every song on this one just rules!
3. Permanent Waves
4. Caress of Steel- you've got to check out "The Necromancer" and "The Fountain of Lamneth". These two ultra-long songs remind me of Opeth quite a bit, with acoustic and distorted parts and chocked full of emotion.
5. 2112- one of their most popular albums. Killer!
6. Moving Pictures
There isn't really a single Rush cd that I don't like, these just happen to be my faves. Rush often has a love 'em or hate 'em effect on most listeners, mainly due to Geddy's high-pitched, strange sounding voice (I actually love his voice), the strong presence of the bass guitar, and the synths (which were most prevalent on the 80's albums). Whether you like 'em or not, there's no denying that they are 3 or the most talented musicians on the face of the planet and have been a huge inspiration for countless bands.
Yep, I think soul forlorn has said it just right there. I must admit to having drifted away from Rush in the mid-eighties, but was a huge fan during the 'Hemispheres' and 'A Farewell to kings' era. An album definately worth a listen is their first live one, 'All the worlds a stage', which has a blisteringly raw live rendition of 'By Tor and the Snow Dog'. I am old enough to have witnessed their first ever gig in the U.K. at the Hammersmith Odeon in the mid-seventies, during their 'flowing robes' era.
Vortex
Oh, Beth...
I'm surely one of the biggest fans on the board. Besides Opeth, they are definitely the band that I respect most. I'm a bit different from many Rush fans in the sense that I like practically all of their stuff and I don't necessarily consider their prog years to be their golden age. Not that they weren't freaking brilliant by then already! Anyway, from an Opeth fan's perspective you should start out with these I guess:
Natural Science (my favorite Rush song hands down)
Cygnus X-1 (has many somewhat Opethian passages
)
The Trees
Xanadu
Hemispheres
2112
Natural Science (my favorite Rush song hands down)
Cygnus X-1 (has many somewhat Opethian passages
)The Trees
Xanadu
Hemispheres
2112
JesusChristPose
Logic Dictates
Rush. I seen their first U.S. concert...waaaay back.
2112
A Farewell To Kings
Caress of Steel
Moving Pictures
Hemispheres
Permanent Waves
are my favorites...their newer stuff I do not care for
2112
A Farewell To Kings
Caress of Steel
Moving Pictures
Hemispheres
Permanent Waves
are my favorites...their newer stuff I do not care for
rogue27
Misanthropic Lich
I recently heard Rush when a friend played some of their stuff for me.
All I could say was, "wow, which one would you recommend I get first?"
good stuff.
All I could say was, "wow, which one would you recommend I get first?"
good stuff.
Satori
Destructosaur
Yea, Rush totally sucks now.
That is so sad. Why is it that all great prog bands eventually turn to radio-friendly pop crap? The same goes for Yes and Genesis.
Bastards.
Satori
PS: Did anyone bother reading/understanding the lyrics to Hemispheres. Fuck me that's wicked.
That is so sad. Why is it that all great prog bands eventually turn to radio-friendly pop crap? The same goes for Yes and Genesis.
Bastards.
Satori
PS: Did anyone bother reading/understanding the lyrics to Hemispheres. Fuck me that's wicked.
The lyrics to Hemispheres are fucking awesome! The same goes for most of their songs, especially Free Will. 2112 is probably my favorite album, followed by Hemispheres. La Villa Strangiato kicks ass.
p.s. Did anyone like Geddy's solo album, My Favorite Headache? I thought it was ok, but it wasn't amazing or anything.
n.p. Nevermore -- The Sanity Assassin
p.s. Did anyone like Geddy's solo album, My Favorite Headache? I thought it was ok, but it wasn't amazing or anything.
n.p. Nevermore -- The Sanity Assassin
Soul Forlorn
Member
I don't know if I'd go as far as to say that Rush's latest stuff totally sucks and is radio-friendly pop crap. Yeah, it doesn't hold a candle to their older stuff but there's still some great moments and some great musicianship there.
I've got it. I haven't even listened to all of it. I got bored with it after the first 3 or 4 songs. I don't know, it's ok. After listening to this small portion of the cd I have fully realized that the beauty in Rush is the result of the contributions of all 3 members.
dolphz
Black Heart
As for my favorite lps-
Moving Pictures (side 2 is my favorite Rush lp side)
Caress of Steel
Permanent Waves (Jacob's Ladder and Natural Science destroy!)
A Farewell to Kings
Signals
As for their newer stuff, there are excellent compositions and performances on every cd. I offer the song "Driven" as proof. I think that Test for Echo was the only cd I haven't been completely impressed with in one way or another. Some of their cds take time to appreciate and have to be taken on their own merits, not in comparison to past efforts.
Moving Pictures (side 2 is my favorite Rush lp side)
Caress of Steel
Permanent Waves (Jacob's Ladder and Natural Science destroy!)
A Farewell to Kings
Signals
As for their newer stuff, there are excellent compositions and performances on every cd. I offer the song "Driven" as proof. I think that Test for Echo was the only cd I haven't been completely impressed with in one way or another. Some of their cds take time to appreciate and have to be taken on their own merits, not in comparison to past efforts.
DrX
Get off my lawn
Interesting you should bring this up...
Got my first RUSH CD the other day, Moving Pictures.
Of course I had already heard Tom Sawyer. Witch Hunt is great, too. Now, of course I want to get some others, like 2112 and such.
Got my first RUSH CD the other day, Moving Pictures.
Of course I had already heard Tom Sawyer. Witch Hunt is great, too. Now, of course I want to get some others, like 2112 and such.
HoserHellspawn
Pixel Manipulator
I've also been looking to listen to some Rush recently, and old prog in general. I picked up a bunch of records at a garage sale recently (25 cents apiece, I think it was) including "2112", and Yes's "Fragile" (my fave thus far) and "The Yes Album". I also picked up some Genesis, but have since concluded that the records I happened to find fall into the "radio-friendly pop crap" basket.
Analog_Kid
One of the Ancients of UM
Damn! So close to much of my own musical herritage. I, however, have only seen them on the "Counterparts" and "TFE" tours,(damn! Wasn't TFE amazing!!!???) I have to give special consideration to seeing them on the "Counterparts" tour because I saw them play "THE ANALOG KID" live on that one!
However, I must admit to having a special affinity to the "Signals" thru "Hold Your Fire" era. Don't get me wrong! I adore the 70's releases, especially "A Farewell To Kings", "Fly By Night", and "2112" but the 80's period is emotionally tied to me forever.
Since saying "enough said" is nowhere near good enough for this board,(hey! It's a Opeth board. If we can't be up-front about emotional experiences here, where can we be?) here's why this period of Rush is so signifcant to me:
At the age of 7, I was listening to Rush, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Ozzy, and AC/DC regularly due to the accesability I had to such music on the radio,(96 Rock), in Atlanta, Georgia at the time. I already had a copy of "Back In Black" for myself on vinyl and would soon aquire Ozzy's "Diary Of A Madman" and other Metal releases. Of note; this was in the early 80's.
My Metal taste quickliy grew to include Maiden and other bands but my taste for Rush continued and grew as the years passed.
However, my connection to Rush would become much deeper in 1984. My parents divorced in 1981 due to my mother's addiction to prescription drugs,(Darvon, Darvaset, Xanax, etc.) which was brought upon by her Multiple Sclorosis. My Father had tried all he could to help her off the drugs, even going to the expense of putting her into Peachford Recovery Center,(the place that cleaned up Stevie Ray Vaughn). However, while she was there, her Mother brought drugs to her... IN REHAB! Amazing, huh?
Anyway, after the divorce, I was to spend every other Christmas with my Mother,(who was now living with her Mother in a small town in Georgia. Dad and I had moved to Tennessee by this point). My Mother got progressively deeper into her addiction and would do nothing to rehabilitate herself. In 1984 I went to spend Christmas with her. On December 23rd,(two days before Christmas) I went into my Mother's room to wake her up and found her dead. I need not go into any more detail about that here, I think.
I had in my possesion, on that day, my cassette copy of "Grace Under Pressure" by Rush. I can't begin to explain to you how much that album helped me get through that day and the years that would follow, even to this day. For those who don't know about thsi album, it is Rush's darkest album. Many of the songs deal with the loss they suffered of a mutual friend and also of alienation and simply being at a emotional end. Other topics addressed are the Cold War and the Hollocaust. Put together, these were the songs I NEEDED at that time and on that day.
In the next years which led to the end of the 80's, I grew a kinship to even more Metal because of its' gritty-ness and its' ability to not shy away from reality, no matter how grim. However, at the same time, I also continued to pay close attention to Rush through that period. "Power Windows" and "Hold Your Fire" ascended "Grace Under Pressure"'s dark side and represented a hopeful outlook with songs like 'Marathon', 'Hold Your Fire', and 'Time Stand Still'. At the time and still today, those sogs proviode me with great inspiration and hope. This is why the 80's "synth' period of Rush is special to me.
And now I find myself in the year 2001. Far removed froim the events of 1984. But there is still a connection to that time. Thus, my emotional relationship with the music of Opeth and their real and un-saturated songs of death and loss, as well as their superior musicianship. However, always lingering, there is still Rush. I am extremely interested in hearing the next album by them. Neil Pert,(the drummer) lost both his wife,(to cancer) and daughter.(in a car crash) within the same year several years ago. Rush has been a great catharsis for the greatest loss I have suffered in my life. I only hope that Rush can serve as such for its' members and will help Neil get through his loss through the music they create.
Satori
Destructosaur
Oh yea, "Natural Science" is my second fav Rush tune right after "Hermispheres" (the song).
Another literally amazing fucking tune is Jacob's Ladder (permanent waves). Oh baby.
When I was a young lad me and the boys (we called them "b'ys" in those days) went through a serious Rush and Maiden phase and it got to the point when we did ONLY covers of Rush and Maiden tunes because they sounded so good. We did mostly older Rush covers, but we worked hard and totally perfected Subdivisions and Big Money when we were joined by a keyboardist/vocalist guy. We tried Tom Sawyer but it sounded shitty. We also did Marathon, but we didn't spend as much time on it as we should have. We also absolutely perfected 2112 (the song) and since the drums are relatively simply on this I did the vocals for it while doing the drums at the same time. We also leaned Tears (from 2112) cuz we played at the guitarist's brother's wedding and that was his wedding song (it was a special surprise for them, we asked him and his bride to approach the dance floor and then we started playing it and the waltzed to it, it was great, they were very appreciative). Those were the days, at that time we couldn't believe we were pulling off relatively technical Rush songs so well when we were just 16 or 17, we thought we were going to be super-stars, haahah.
Anyway, once I saw Rush here in their home town of Toronto and they played most of Hemispheres (the song), holy crap, I almost freakin died. It sounded so good. Geddy can't scream like he used to be he really put in a good effort, the rest of it was just flawless. Perhaps it helped that I was fairly stoned on lsd at the time, but even if I wasn't I think I would've still been freaked out. You haven't lived till you've seen Geddy playing keys on 2 different keyboards, doing bass pedals, and singing all at the same time. Damn.
I can't handle the newer rush stuff, it just makes me depressed that this once incredibly progressive and innovative group have removed their testicles and no longer push themselves to be the best at what they do. So sad. I get that same sinking feeling whenever I hear a more recent yes song or anything by genesis or phil collins. It's depressing. fuck, I hope opeth don't follow in their footsteps, cuz if they do then I think I'm going to have just completely give up on music.
A few years back Rush received what's called "The Order of Canada", which is the highest honour which can be given by this country. They were given it for many reasons, but namely for being such an international success and for Peart's lyrics which are still featured as study material in some university literary text books.
When I first came to this province me and friend of mine drove over to Neil Peart's house just to take a look, it's nice, not huge or anything, just cozy and classy. I should've written down the address cuz now I don't know where it is.
Rush are amazing and in their hey-day back in the 70's and early 80's, they were simply ahead of their time.
Satori
Another literally amazing fucking tune is Jacob's Ladder (permanent waves). Oh baby.
When I was a young lad me and the boys (we called them "b'ys" in those days) went through a serious Rush and Maiden phase and it got to the point when we did ONLY covers of Rush and Maiden tunes because they sounded so good. We did mostly older Rush covers, but we worked hard and totally perfected Subdivisions and Big Money when we were joined by a keyboardist/vocalist guy. We tried Tom Sawyer but it sounded shitty. We also did Marathon, but we didn't spend as much time on it as we should have. We also absolutely perfected 2112 (the song) and since the drums are relatively simply on this I did the vocals for it while doing the drums at the same time. We also leaned Tears (from 2112) cuz we played at the guitarist's brother's wedding and that was his wedding song (it was a special surprise for them, we asked him and his bride to approach the dance floor and then we started playing it and the waltzed to it, it was great, they were very appreciative). Those were the days, at that time we couldn't believe we were pulling off relatively technical Rush songs so well when we were just 16 or 17, we thought we were going to be super-stars, haahah.
Anyway, once I saw Rush here in their home town of Toronto and they played most of Hemispheres (the song), holy crap, I almost freakin died. It sounded so good. Geddy can't scream like he used to be he really put in a good effort, the rest of it was just flawless. Perhaps it helped that I was fairly stoned on lsd at the time, but even if I wasn't I think I would've still been freaked out. You haven't lived till you've seen Geddy playing keys on 2 different keyboards, doing bass pedals, and singing all at the same time. Damn.
I can't handle the newer rush stuff, it just makes me depressed that this once incredibly progressive and innovative group have removed their testicles and no longer push themselves to be the best at what they do. So sad. I get that same sinking feeling whenever I hear a more recent yes song or anything by genesis or phil collins. It's depressing. fuck, I hope opeth don't follow in their footsteps, cuz if they do then I think I'm going to have just completely give up on music.
A few years back Rush received what's called "The Order of Canada", which is the highest honour which can be given by this country. They were given it for many reasons, but namely for being such an international success and for Peart's lyrics which are still featured as study material in some university literary text books.
When I first came to this province me and friend of mine drove over to Neil Peart's house just to take a look, it's nice, not huge or anything, just cozy and classy. I should've written down the address cuz now I don't know where it is.
Rush are amazing and in their hey-day back in the 70's and early 80's, they were simply ahead of their time.
Satori
Satori
Destructosaur
There's a band called I Mother Earth, and they play pretty cool somewhat progressive rock (with very cool zen buddhist lyrics kinda like Cynic, just more obvious). Anyway, the drummer of this band once met Peart at a gig and Peart invited him over to his house for drinks and to play around with drums.
He said Neil was totally relaxed and down to earth. Neil told him that he liked their album (they opened for Rush) and also said he like the guy's drumming and lyrics (the drummer from IME also writes their lyrics). Obviously, this made the guy's fuckin year! I can't imagine a god such as Peart telling me he likes my drums and lyrics, that would be just too much for me to take, if he said that to me I think I would just have to drive to Buffalo NY and buy a gun from Walmart and shoot myself in the face cuz after that it's all down hill from there! heheh
heavily dramatized for your amusement,
Satori
He said Neil was totally relaxed and down to earth. Neil told him that he liked their album (they opened for Rush) and also said he like the guy's drumming and lyrics (the drummer from IME also writes their lyrics). Obviously, this made the guy's fuckin year! I can't imagine a god such as Peart telling me he likes my drums and lyrics, that would be just too much for me to take, if he said that to me I think I would just have to drive to Buffalo NY and buy a gun from Walmart and shoot myself in the face cuz after that it's all down hill from there! heheh
heavily dramatized for your amusement,
Satori
