― Conor Kostick, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (11 years ago) Permalink
Are you describing your personal development or that of the band? Because, if anything, the band got less and less showy as the years went on. "Counterparts" (the last one I heard) was even "grunge" influenced, allegedly. Rush was my favorite band all throughout high school.
― Kris, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (11 years ago) Permalink
Guitar mag gruel Less smart than it wants to be Pretty harmless now
Hey, gimme a break, I've never written a haiku before.
― Patrick, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (11 years ago) Permalink
'Tom Sawyer' plays through art class
Turn that shit off now!
― suzy, Saturday, 23 June 2001 00:00 (11 years ago) Permalink
― Kim, Sunday, 24 June 2001 00:00 (11 years ago) Permalink
― Dave M., Sunday, 24 June 2001 00:00 (11 years ago) Permalink
*( I reluctantly but freely admit that both Tom Sawyer and YYZ are both decent songs.)
― Phil, Sunday, 24 June 2001 00:00 (11 years ago) Permalink
― Dan Perry, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (11 years ago) Permalink
― Sean Carruthers, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (11 years ago) Permalink
― Alex in NYC, Friday, 2 August 2002 00:00 (10 years ago) Permalink
― Jack Cole, Friday, 2 August 2002 00:00 (10 years ago) Permalink
― Jeff W, Friday, 2 August 2002 00:00 (10 years ago) Permalink
da BA BA BA BA da-da
BA da BA BA BA...
― Joe, Friday, 2 August 2002 00:00 (10 years ago) Permalink
― Shaky Mo Collier, Friday, 2 August 2002 00:00 (10 years ago) Permalink
― Mr Noodles, Friday, 2 August 2002 00:00 (10 years ago) Permalink
― piers (piers), Friday, 8 October 2004 04:13 (8 years ago) Permalink
― The TAO that can be Posted is not the TAO! (The Tao that can be Posted is), Friday, 8 October 2004 04:42 (8 years ago) Permalink
― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 8 October 2004 04:48 (8 years ago) Permalink
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 8 October 2004 04:57 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 8 October 2004 05:26 (8 years ago) Permalink
― The TAO that can be Posted is not the TAO! (The Tao that can be Posted is), Friday, 8 October 2004 05:47 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Confucius, Friday, 8 October 2004 06:13 (8 years ago) Permalink
subdivisions rockswhich counters all that i've beentold about this band
the lyrics are tooobvious but what can youexpect from hosers?
― derrick (derrick), Friday, 8 October 2004 06:38 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Friday, 8 October 2004 07:31 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Friday, 8 October 2004 07:32 (8 years ago) Permalink
DUD thereafter
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 8 October 2004 09:45 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 8 October 2004 09:51 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Good Dog, Friday, 8 October 2004 10:45 (8 years ago) Permalink
Space-jazz-rock-tronicIf rednecks didn't like themThey'd be Kraftwerk-hip
Geddyvox
Less boy or girl thanAlien; PreciseEnunciation
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 8 October 2004 15:44 (8 years ago) Permalink
― sleep (sleep), Friday, 8 October 2004 16:02 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 8 October 2004 22:33 (8 years ago) Permalink
Great band, I think.
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 8 October 2004 22:50 (8 years ago) Permalink
― dlp9001, Saturday, 9 October 2004 00:01 (8 years ago) Permalink
― m0stly clean (m0stly clean), Saturday, 9 October 2004 13:44 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 9 October 2004 13:46 (8 years ago) Permalink
― eddie hurt (ddduncan), Saturday, 9 October 2004 15:40 (8 years ago) Permalink
― oops (Oops), Sunday, 10 October 2004 00:00 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 10 October 2004 00:19 (8 years ago) Permalink
the wisdom in this succinct observation is humid. i loved rush until i discovered indie and punk rock in high school. hearing that particularly melodramatic cut "the trees" (i think that's the title) is still powerfully evocative of my 13-15 years, playing D&D, obsessing about securing issue # 202 of Spiderman, and committing to memory SNL lines. so i'll grant my meaningless benediction upon Rush in the same manner as the astute scott p.
― j.m. lockery (j.m. lockery), Sunday, 10 October 2004 02:25 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Edward Bax, Tuesday, 19 October 2004 19:10 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Edward Bax, Tuesday, 19 October 2004 19:11 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 19:11 (8 years ago) Permalink
NEER-neer-neener-neenerNEE nee nerrNEER-neer-neener-neener...
That's my "Tom Sawyer" tribute. They should have collaborated with Gary Numan. Maybe there's still time.
― Thea (Thea), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 19:19 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Burr (Burr), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 22:19 (8 years ago) Permalink
― clark, Tuesday, 19 October 2004 22:35 (8 years ago) Permalink
― The TAO that can be Posted is not the TAO! (The Tao that can be Posted is), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 23:09 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Will (will), Wednesday, 20 October 2004 00:03 (8 years ago) Permalink
"I work hard for the money/They call me the working man"
― Faster than food (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 19:26 (5 months ago) Permalink
hah, both of those songs were on my labor day playlist this year!
― Moodles, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 19:27 (5 months ago) Permalink
"Uncle Tom Sawyer/Mean mean pride"
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 19:28 (5 months ago) Permalink
On the (Spirit of the) Radio would be kinda pleasantly weird
― passion it person (La Lechera), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 19:28 (5 months ago) Permalink
oh man: Chuck D rapping the "Roll The Bones" part.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 19:29 (5 months ago) Permalink
i could kinda hear it in chuck's post-terrordome type flow
Jack, relax. Get busy with the facts. No zodiacs or almanacs, No maniacs in polyester slacks. Just the facts. Gonna kick some gluteus max. It's a paralax, you dig? (Flavor does this line)You move around The small gets big. It's a rig It's action -- reaction Random interaction. So who's afraid Of little abstraction Can't get no satisfaction From the facts? You'd better run, homeboy (Flavor does this line)A fact's a fact From Nome to Rome, boy.
― Andrew WKRP (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 19:35 (5 months ago) Permalink
It's a paralax, you dig? (Flavor does this line)
laughed so hard at this
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 19:49 (5 months ago) Permalink
LOL
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 19:52 (5 months ago) Permalink
It must happen!
― grandavis, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 20:12 (5 months ago) Permalink
Intriguingly, the Rush installment of the "Rockabye Baby!" series credits the guys with their given names: N. Peart, G. Weinrib, A. Zivojinovich.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 7 February 2013 01:22 (3 months ago) Permalink
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/20/arts/music/rock-hall-of-fame-embraces-randy-newman-public-enemy-and-others.html?hpw
As the night went on, the mood continued to lighten. Flavor Flav of Public Enemy no doubt assumed he had given the longest, most haphazard speech when he went on about his children and the clock he wears around his neck (among other subjects) until even his band mate, Chuck D, was giving him wrap-it-up signals on the stage.“I only get to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame one time in my life,” Flavor Flav said. “I’m enjoying this.”Not to be outdone, Alex Lifeson, Rush’s singer and guitarist, then gave an acceptance speech in which he repeated “blah blah” over and over for several minutes while aggressively gesticulating, leaving the crowd in hysterics.
“I only get to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame one time in my life,” Flavor Flav said. “I’m enjoying this.”
Not to be outdone, Alex Lifeson, Rush’s singer and guitarist, then gave an acceptance speech in which he repeated “blah blah” over and over for several minutes while aggressively gesticulating, leaving the crowd in hysterics.
― j., Saturday, 20 April 2013 16:36 (1 month ago) Permalink
I'm so psyched for this collab:
― Moodles, Saturday, 20 April 2013 17:19 (1 month ago) Permalink
apparently Rush fans behaved boorishly?
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 20 April 2013 17:22 (1 month ago) Permalink
who are all those old men standing next to geddy lee
― j., Saturday, 20 April 2013 17:42 (1 month ago) Permalink
the universal dream, for those who wish to seem
― reggie (qualmsley), Saturday, 20 April 2013 19:25 (1 month ago) Permalink
tom hanks accepted on behalf of the band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7M7AEi68a20#!
― reggie (qualmsley), Saturday, 20 April 2013 19:39 (1 month ago) Permalink
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, April 20, 2013 1:22 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i imagine many of them were socialized at hockey games
― some dude, Saturday, 20 April 2013 19:49 (1 month ago) Permalink
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 20 April 2013 22:17 (1 month ago) Permalink
you meant subdivisions
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 20 April 2013 22:18 (1 month ago) Permalink
any escape might help to mellow the unattractive truth
― reggie (qualmsley), Saturday, 20 April 2013 22:21 (1 month ago) Permalink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLOUgvsfDtg
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 21 April 2013 01:09 (1 month ago) Permalink
This so should have been a roast of Rush.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 21 April 2013 01:10 (1 month ago) Permalink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-xEr489gHY
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 21 April 2013 01:12 (1 month ago) Permalink
miles of smiles
― I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Sunday, 21 April 2013 03:10 (1 month ago) Permalink
UK tour starts today, I'll see them on Friday - firsttime since '81!
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 09:44 (2 days ago) Permalink
How well do they go over there? How many people, etc.? There's something almost defiantly North American about Rush.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 11:55 (2 days ago) Permalink
Back in the late 70s/early 80s, they were adored here: could sell out five nights straight at the Hammersmith Odeon. But in those days, I think their appeal was more international. This tour they're doing five arena-sized shows across the UK and I think a few tickets are still available for most of them.
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 12:41 (2 days ago) Permalink
Aren't they huge in South America? The biggest shows they ever played were in Brazil, right?
What's interesting is that I also feel like there's something North American about Rush. Yet, their major influences are pretty much all British: Zep, Cream, the Who, Yes, other classic prog (Geddy's a Genesis and Tull fan iirc), the Police and new wave. I think what makes them seem North American is that they started playing a progressive/hard rock synthesis at a time when those styles were becoming unfashionable in the UK but were retaining their popularity in North America.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 12:51 (2 days ago) Permalink
it's so hard to say, sometimes it seems like any hard rock-ish band that released more than 3 major label records in the 70s and 80s can play soccer stadiums in brazil
― unfinest DN (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 15:40 (2 days ago) Permalink
I've never got a strictly 'North American' vibe from Rush, ever, and I'm from the UK. Maybe some elements have felt 'North American', but they don't come across to me as being 'North American' in the same way that, say, ZZ Top do. Rush were quite popular here for a spell: Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, Signals and Grace Under Pressure went Top 5, and Power Windows and Hold Your Fire went Top 10. Not to mention A Farewell To Kings and Hemispheres were recorded here (Rockfield Studios in South Wales), as well as most of Power Windows and Hold Your Fire (in Oxford, Surrey and London).
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 15:50 (2 days ago) Permalink
i dunno rush seems sooo suburban & north american to me
― unfinest DN (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 16:04 (2 days ago) Permalink
Well, first things first. Rush has been a round a long time and is probably popular everywhere. Second, I believe that Brazil show they played may have been their first ever Brazilian, or even South American, show, which combined with the general Brazilian draw for any rock band made for a real event. But third, yeah, there's a real suburban vibe to Rush, probably particular to North America. (And for the record, I would say a band like ZZ Top is distinctly American, which is a different animal). Like, what would be some good examples of music with a suburban UK vibe? It seems to me from this vantage that British music that expresses a similar sense of anomie and isolation to prime Rush largely stems from the cities and less from cookie-cutter neighborhoods of big houses with big yards and sidewalks and SUVs in the driveway and stuff, which seems a mostly American/Canadian thing.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 16:17 (2 days ago) Permalink
Yeah, I don't know exactly what "North American" really means. I will say Rush seem very individualist, in an us-against-the-world kind of way, and that could perhaps be construed as North American, or even just US-American. And despite Peart's often pretentious lyrics, they have always seemed "of the people" to me, almost blue collar in a weird way -- this IMO isn't North American, it's pretty universal, and I think accounts for a lot of their popularity. They're good-natured, inquisitive white dudes, who happen to get off practicing their instruments, being a tight band and musing about various life themes. It's funny, nothing about the vibe I get from Rush suggests to me that they HAD to be a prog-ish band, but the fact they are is kind of fascinating.
I think "suburban" is a valid descriptor, because even when they sing about modern life and technology or whatever, it always seems from the point of view of an outsider, someone who's not comfortable with the hustle-bustle of a big city. In contrast, ZZ Top is not "North American" or necessarily suburban -- tho they're def some sub-sect of US-American. Essentially, ZZ Top don't give a shit about anything except playing rock music, getting high and girls' legs. Couldn't be further from Rush's point of view.
― Dominique, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 16:21 (2 days ago) Permalink
They also like butts.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 16:29 (2 days ago) Permalink
so funny when gene is all perplexed about how rush didn't want to party and get with chicks on those tours, he sounds mystified
― unfinest DN (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 16:43 (2 days ago) Permalink
Be cool or be cast out.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 17:09 (2 days ago) Permalink