Rush: Classic or Dud?

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I have a friend who
says his favorite bands are
Rush and Hum. What the...!

― richard wood johnson, Thursday, 29 September 2005 21:58 (7 years ago) Permalink

When I was a kid
"Afterimage" made me cry
cuz my dad had died.

I haven't heard that
song in years I wonder if
it would still be sad?

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 29 September 2005 22:18 (7 years ago) Permalink

3 months pass...

Hey, is it just me
Or does Geddy sound like the
Sleater-Kinney chick?

― darin (darin), Friday, 6 January 2006 17:48 (7 years ago) Permalink

"The ugliest chick
I've ever seen!", a letter
To CREEM once proclaimed!

(Damn, those are hard! I don't see how Haikunym can do it so consistently, mine are always so stilted. Practice makes perfect, I guess.)

― Myonga Von By-Tor (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 6 January 2006 18:53 (7 years ago) Permalink

Rush are so classic
ILX, as usual
is dead fucking wrong

It is very fun
Living vicariously
Through gaggles of geeks

In the backs of cars
Be rockist or be cast out
Dream of ILX

― Rock Friendster, Sunday, 8 January 2006 17:23 (7 years ago) Permalink

I stand by what I wrote in 2004. The songs (works) themselves are often very good, but I can't stand Geddy Lee's voice, their general Led Zeppelin complex, or those fascistoid Ayn Rand-influenced lyrics.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 9 January 2006 13:16 (7 years ago) Permalink

I haven't listened
To 2112 for years.
I would like to now.

― Excelsior Syndrum (noodle vague), Monday, 9 January 2006 14:01 (7 years ago) Permalink

their general Led Zeppelin complex

of course, most of their music, esp. everything after Moving Pix sounds absolutely NOTHING like Led Zeppelin at all....

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 9 January 2006 16:53 (7 years ago) Permalink

Geddy Les Claypool
Sounds so uptight.
Might farts help ?

(dudski)

― blunt (blunt), Monday, 9 January 2006 17:51 (7 years ago) Permalink

Rush reveal secret
to success - four studio
albums, then one live

― Edward Bax (EdBax), Monday, 9 January 2006 21:14 (7 years ago) Permalink

were they born but three
decades later would they be
RPG coders?

― Elliot (Elliot), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 07:57 (7 years ago) Permalink

Those naughty Canucks
They borrowed from Raymond Scott
They almost got sued!

― Edward Bax (EdBax), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 17:35 (7 years ago) Permalink

Those cheaky Canucks
borrowed from Tchaikovsky, "We
have assumed control."

― Edward Bax (EdBax), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 17:35 (7 years ago) Permalink

Those silly Canucks
Using airport and morse codes
in song, Y Y Zed

― Edward Bax (EdBax), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 17:35 (7 years ago) Permalink

If I could still play
AD&D to ol' Rush like
When I was a boy. . . .

― vomit redux, Tuesday, 10 January 2006 17:38 (7 years ago) Permalink

"Power Windows" was
brought to you by the letter
'M'. Why that letter?

― Edward Bax (EdBax), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 00:20 (7 years ago) Permalink

Oh sweet Rivendell
Led Zep weren't alone with the
Tolkien fixation

― Edward Bax (EdBax), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 00:20 (7 years ago) Permalink

So many rumors
Like this - no, Neil Peart does not
have a doctorate

― Edward Bax (EdBax), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 00:20 (7 years ago) Permalink

Who is John Rutsey?
You may well ask this question.
Well, heard of Pete Best?

― Edward Bax (EdBax), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 00:20 (7 years ago) Permalink

Plato, Socrates,
What use do I have of these,
When I have "The Trees"?

― Edward Bax (EdBax), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 00:21 (7 years ago) Permalink

geddy's real name is
gary, but his grandma used to say
"geddy", and it stuck

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 00:24 (7 years ago) Permalink

Geddy sings so high
I say we blame Canada
It gets cold up there

I love first record
I might be the only one
Besides John Rutsey

I survived high school
because of "Subdivisions"
That and Minor Threat

― Brian O'Neill (NYCNative), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 10:55 (7 years ago) Permalink

Tai Shan is the name

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 12:58 (7 years ago) Permalink

Tai Shan is the name
Of the DC zoo panda
Influenced by Rush?

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 12:59 (7 years ago) Permalink

"Hold Your Fire" cover?
Geddy sez: "It has nothing
to do with brown rice."

― Edward Bax (EdBax), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 19:29 (7 years ago) Permalink

Geddy Lee - who else
could sing for the Great White North?
"Take off, you hoser!"

― Edward Bax (EdBax), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 20:43 (7 years ago) Permalink

Rush: bringing you so
many record covers to
examine while stoned.

― Edward Bax (EdBax), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 20:43 (7 years ago) Permalink

Listen to those toms;
Peart gets a lot of flack now,
but he gets around.

― Dominique (dleone), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 20:47 (7 years ago) Permalink

Neil Peart, a drummer
The only one of the three
who names his solos

― Edward Bax (EdBax), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 23:19 (7 years ago) Permalink

I love first record
I might be the only one
Besides John Rutsey

No, dude, I do too
Working Man is a hard-rock
jam for the ages

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 23:23 (7 years ago) Permalink

Fans read liners, ask:
"No music credit for Neil,
are drums not music?"

― Edward Bax (EdBax), Thursday, 12 January 2006 02:44 (7 years ago) Permalink

"Didacts and Narpets"
could be an anagram for
"Addicts and Parents"

― Edward Bax (EdBax), Friday, 13 January 2006 12:47 (7 years ago) Permalink

WTF? Neil's drums
toured North America but
without Neil. That's weird.

― Edward Bax (EdBax), Friday, 13 January 2006 22:34 (7 years ago) Permalink

Talk about Rand but
Unlike Saints Joni and Neil
They're not tax exiles

― Sundar (sundar), Saturday, 14 January 2006 17:23 (7 years ago) Permalink

I am new to Rush -
what song is the best showcase
for Neil Peart's drumming?

What song, most of all,
makes you wonder how the fuck
he did what he did?

― Deluxe (Damian), Saturday, 14 January 2006 21:48 (7 years ago) Permalink

That's arguable,
But the best known Peart showcase
Would be YYZ

― dlp9001, Saturday, 14 January 2006 22:23 (7 years ago) Permalink

I thank you, and will
keep this tune in mind next time
I'm CD shopping.

― Deluxe (Damian), Saturday, 14 January 2006 22:27 (7 years ago) Permalink

it must be rush day on vh-1 classic, all rush all the time.

― keyth (keyth), Sunday, 15 January 2006 05:27 (7 years ago) Permalink

I'd like Rush a lot more if they wore black capes covered with gold $ signs...

How about robes?

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― Brian O'Neill (NYCNative), Sunday, 15 January 2006 09:48 (7 years ago) Permalink

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― Brian O'Neill (NYCNative), Sunday, 15 January 2006 09:49 (7 years ago) Permalink

rickenbacker bass
slingerland and tama drums
gibsons for alex

gibsons for alex
yes, it was true, now mostly
he plays Paul Reed Smith

― Edward Bax (EdBax), Sunday, 22 January 2006 05:37 (7 years ago) Permalink

Wow, I count over 100 Rush haiku here!

(25 of 'em are mine)

― Edward Bax (EdBax), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 04:59 (7 years ago) Permalink

How was R30,
anyone who bought it?
Looked good on TV.

― Sundar (sundar), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 05:10 (7 years ago) Permalink

R30 gives you
two dvd, two cd,
and two guitar picks

― Edward Bax (EdBax), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 05:39 (7 years ago) Permalink

i have been to both
la villa strangiato
and sphyrinx's temple

― prince rupert, Tuesday, 24 January 2006 05:48 (7 years ago) Permalink

4 months pass...

new "Replay x 3"
three videos, one cd
Best Buy has bonus

― Edward Bax (EdBax), Thursday, 22 June 2006 20:26 (6 years ago) Permalink

Rush pretty much rocks my world. I'm always saddened by the amount of unfounded hate that is heaped upon them. These guys have been cranking out consistently high quality albums for over 30 years, you'd think someone would cut them some slack!

The string of albums starting with Permanent Waves and ending with Power Windows were basically flawless, and there are many great songs throughout their catalog.

Please stop the hate!

― Matt Olken (Moodles), Thursday, 22 June 2006 20:53 (6 years ago) Permalink

I have to say, Matt
I appreciate your love
But that's no haiku

― Jesus Dan (Dan Perry), Thursday, 22 June 2006 20:56 (6 years ago) Permalink

Good point Jesus Dan, just had to get that off my chest.

Here you go:

Rush in Rio rocks
Brazilians go nuts during
Alex's solos

― Matt Olken (Moodles), Thursday, 22 June 2006 21:06 (6 years ago) Permalink

Your bad haiku has
One too many syllables
In the second line

― Matt #2 (Matt #2), Thursday, 22 June 2006 21:09 (6 years ago) Permalink

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