I dig the songs on Chronicles a lot but I've never been able to get into the albums---prob. could if I really worked at it but haven't ever felt the need. But I would love to hear a comp of Rush songs that are in the neighborhood of "Time Stands Still", or at least just get a few names of their songs, if any, in this neighborhood.
― Euler, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 17:47 (thirteen years ago) link
pretty much the whole Hold Your Fire album is big pretty synth-rock songs like that. Power Windows also has the same production/arrangement style, though its songs are less sentimental
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 17:51 (thirteen years ago) link
hmm also "chain lightning" from presto and maybe the aforementioned "ghost of a chance"
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 17:52 (thirteen years ago) link
I remember Peart saying somewhere how he gets choked up every time he plays "The Pass" live. Love that song.
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 17:57 (thirteen years ago) link
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B_Rx5hXIEJ0/RsC1YGAYSjI/AAAAAAAAAB0/0hSg2THqZqY/s400/jackrelax!.PNG
― -hot-dean ge-fever- (buzza), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 18:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Some loosely sentimental power-ballads a la "Time Stand Still:"
"Losing It""Marathon""Emotion Detector""Grand Designs""Mission""The Pass""Ghost of a Chance""Ghost Rider""The Larger Bowl"
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 18:19 (thirteen years ago) link
"The Larger Bowl"
I thought they were drug free.
― raging hetero lifechill (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 18:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Ha. They do joke in the movie that they must have been pretty high when they wrote their '70s prog epics.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 18:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Just noticed one of the deleted scenes on the DVD is about the rap part in "Roll the Bones." Geddy Lee claims it was just a joke, a couple fans express their displeasure, and even Les Claypool pops up to say "it was a bit hard to take, even for me."
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 19:47 (thirteen years ago) link
i for real get goosebumps from "mission" tho i recognize how cheezy it is...
― who's got the (platform) 9 3/4ths? (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 19:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Not exactly 80s synthy, but I'd also recommend "Entre Nous" and "Different Strings" as great Rush sentimental power ballads.
― Moodles, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 19:53 (thirteen years ago) link
I had a quote from "The Pass" in my high school senior yearbook.
― Moodles, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 19:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Also in the movie (see the movie!) Billy Corgan says young withdrawn Billy Corgan once sat his mom down to play her "Entre Nous" to try to teach her how music connected with him. He also says at one point he knew how to play the first side of "2112" from start to finish.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 20:01 (thirteen years ago) link
...no "Closer to the Heart"?
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 20:26 (thirteen years ago) link
"Rush goes pop!" impromptu POX
New World ManBig MoneyManhattan Project (if you ignore Geddy, this is basically a Siouxsie song)Time Stand StillThe PassWar PaintDreamlineGhost Of A ChanceNobody's HeroEarthshine
― Stockhausen's Helicopter Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 21:13 (thirteen years ago) link
New World Man
I remember hearing this as some sort of theme for a bio of an athlete on Wide World of Sports or something in 1986. I suppose it works as that!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 21:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Manhattan Project (if you ignore Geddy, this is basically a Siouxsie song)
The middle section -- so expensive for 1985! -- is awesome.
― raging hetero lifechill (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 21:21 (thirteen years ago) link
One week to see the Time Machine show. Very excited
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 21:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Pretty much every track on Power Windows has an epic and beautiful middle section.
― Moodles, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 21:31 (thirteen years ago) link
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Wednesday, September 29, 2010 5:27 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark
Saw it recently in VA. I won't spoil it for you, but I'll say this much: Rush should have their own weekly sketch-comedy show.
― Sterling, Cooper, Nash & Young (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 21:38 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k4cFMVfnCE&feature=related
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 21:54 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwpGXfHmY-A&feature=related
That second one is a gem and a half.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 21:55 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRuVCW0JQQ8
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 21:56 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_AsnTHJ52s
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 21:58 (thirteen years ago) link
That tobogganing safety video is hilarious.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 22:13 (thirteen years ago) link
People should really be talking more about the new single Caravan. It's so awesome.
Also look at this: Rush gets major love from Brendon Small and Guitar Hero et al:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/gaming.gadgets/09/29/warriors.of.rock.nerds/index.html?cid=mkt_face_tech&t=128579038698872
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 30 September 2010 07:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Hah, Geddy's "scream" while tobogganing (sp?) is totally musical. What a pro.
― grandavis, Thursday, 30 September 2010 15:15 (thirteen years ago) link
"We need someone to talk toand someone to sweep the floors"
^rush otm
― who's got the (platform) 9 3/4ths? (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 1 October 2010 19:56 (thirteen years ago) link
2nd leg of Time Machine tour just announced and tickets going on sale tomorrow! Pretty sure I'll be seeing them in Austin and Seattle. I highly recommend this tour to anyone with an interest in Rush, it's an amazing show.
Woot!
― Moodles, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 18:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Kinda cool:
As a tribute to the U.S. city that first played their music on the radio, the Cleveland performance at The Quicken Loans Arena on April 15, 2011 will be filmed for full-length release, making it the first full-length live performance filming of Rush on US soil.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 18:48 (thirteen years ago) link
omg ne ohio is totally gonna flip out -- i have never lived an area more densely packed with rush fans than northeast ohio
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 18:55 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm amazed that they haven't filmed a US show in all these years.
― Moodles, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 19:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, but their live releases are outnumbering their studio albums by a 4-1 margin over the last few years. Seriously, dudes, maybe come up with a concept record where the concept isn't something like "the first live Rush album since Thursday!"
― Son of Sisyphus of Reaganing (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 19:51 (thirteen years ago) link
I think this happens because they are in marketing overdrive and are trying to cash in in the biggest way possible while they still can. I'm pretty sure the tour DVDs sell way more copies than their actual studio albums.
― Moodles, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 19:58 (thirteen years ago) link
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Tuesday, January 18, 2011 1:55 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
I think they are pretty huge throughout the Great Lakes, upper midwest. I grew up in Chicago, and they were utterly huge there. Cant imagine much has changed.
― The Curse of Dennis Stratton (Bill Magill), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 20:01 (thirteen years ago) link
What the fuck is that guy doing in my post.
According to Neil Peart, studio albums have basically become vanity projects for them that they just break even on, while they rake in ridiculous sums of money for touring.
Still, yeah I agree with you Tarfumes, I'd be much more excited to hear Clockwork Angels than another tour album.
― Moodles, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 20:02 (thirteen years ago) link
i was wondering the same thing
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 20:02 (thirteen years ago) link
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_leftkrHJkw1qf8yek.gif?
― normal_fantasy-unicorns (contenderizer), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 20:05 (thirteen years ago) link
today's variation...
i'm just wondering what region "uppermdet" refers to
― normal_fantasy-unicorns (contenderizer), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 20:06 (thirteen years ago) link
hacked the sub out. Uppper what, Bill Magill?
― Krap$ha (Pashmina), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 20:07 (thirteen years ago) link
midwest?
― brownie, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 20:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah it must be. Fixed.
― clang honk tweet (Pashmina), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 20:14 (thirteen years ago) link
my der beek
― normal_fantasy-unicorns (contenderizer), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 20:14 (thirteen years ago) link
I want more haikus.
― NYCNative, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 20:21 (thirteen years ago) link
― Moodles, Tuesday, January 18, 2011 3:02 PM (28 minutes ago) Bookmark
I totally get that (about the studio albums), but pretty soon they're gonna run out of studio recordings to recycle live ("It's the first time they're doing all of Hold Your FIre live!"). And it's not like the live shows are much different from the studio recordings. Lifeson has said that, when he saw Cream live as a teenager, he was disappointed that they didn't play the same solos as on the records; as such, he's tried to never (or barely) stray from the recordings when playing live.
― Son of Sisyphus of Reaganing (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 20:36 (thirteen years ago) link
That's true, Rush is never going to deviate much from the studio recordings in their live performances. They are all about trying to recreate those songs as faithfully as possible right down to doing the same drum fills and guitar solos. It's an unusual approach, but also interensting in a way because it becomes this challenge to play the songs in an extremely specific way, and part of the joy of seeing them is being able to confirm that yes indeed, they do play all of those songs exactly as you would imagine they would.
I'm pretty down with this approach with one big exception: they've taken up the practice of playing canned backing vocals and extra guitar tracks on lots of their newer songs. I think it's an unnecessary step that doesn't really add much.
― Moodles, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 20:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Canned, perhaps, but still triggered live, no? Foot pedals and whatnot?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 20:57 (thirteen years ago) link