― Johnny Badlees (crispssssss), Thursday, 3 February 2005 00:27 (nineteen years ago) link
1. Bastille Day2. Anthem3. Fly By Night / In The Mood4. Something For Nothing5. Lakeside Park6. 2112(I.) Overture(II.) The Temples Of Syrinx(III.) Presentation(IV.) Solioquy(V.) Grand Finale7. By-Tor & The Snow Dog8. In The End9. Working Man / Finding My Way
― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 3 February 2005 00:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― darin (darin), Thursday, 3 February 2005 00:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Thursday, 3 February 2005 00:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 3 February 2005 00:41 (nineteen years ago) link
I recall it being better than the studio version. 'Course, it was probably the second studio whack, overdubbed with new parts on the concert masters except for the crowd noise. It's what everybody did. And that's a good sounding set.
― George Smith, Thursday, 3 February 2005 00:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― PiersT, Thursday, 3 February 2005 02:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― mcd (mcd), Thursday, 3 February 2005 02:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Thursday, 3 February 2005 03:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 3 February 2005 03:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― dave q (listerine), Thursday, 3 February 2005 03:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― mcd (mcd), Thursday, 3 February 2005 03:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― dave q (listerine), Thursday, 3 February 2005 03:56 (nineteen years ago) link
Frame your answers in a haiku...l
Rush: Classic or Dud?
― Edward Bax (EdBax), Thursday, 3 February 2005 04:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― Brian Turner (btwfmu), Thursday, 3 February 2005 06:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Bimble... (Bimble...), Thursday, 3 February 2005 06:50 (nineteen years ago) link
Their first album is also very good, in that it straight out rocks. Nothing proggy there. But I like most of their stuff up to and including Moving Pictures.
― David A. (Davant), Thursday, 3 February 2005 07:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― mentalist (mentalist), Thursday, 3 February 2005 07:09 (nineteen years ago) link
They've had (nearly?) 20 some odd records, several style and sound shifts and that record still stands out as a high-water mark in their output.
― Edward Bax (EdBax), Thursday, 3 February 2005 13:54 (nineteen years ago) link
This is probably the most OTM thing I've read on this thread.
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 3 February 2005 14:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― #1 rush fan, Thursday, 3 February 2005 14:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 3 February 2005 14:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 3 February 2005 14:24 (nineteen years ago) link
(This was like 2 months ago by the way)
― David Allen (David Allen), Thursday, 3 February 2005 14:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 3 February 2005 14:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 3 February 2005 14:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 3 February 2005 15:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― my city was gone, Thursday, 3 February 2005 15:24 (nineteen years ago) link
Yeah! TESTIFY!
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 3 February 2005 15:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― Scott CE (Scott CE), Thursday, 3 February 2005 15:58 (nineteen years ago) link
As far as a recommendation, would have to go with Moving Pictures. YYZ's drums, Tom Sawyer, Limelight, Red Barchetta, etc. But Signals comes a very close second with Subdivisions. Those two are classics in my stacks. That mid-period stretch from MP to Power Windows brings back a lot of good memories.
― terrible style, Thursday, 3 February 2005 16:00 (nineteen years ago) link
For all that windy rambling, I'll still take Chronicles, for the big picture. (Another admirable aspect of Chronicles, for both casual and fanatical Rush fans: It contains NOTHING that isn't on any of their other LPs, i.e. nothing to entice superfans into buying all that stuff they already have just for a single new song or two. Ya gotta respect that, even if it is a moot point in these days of file-sharing.)
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Thursday, 3 February 2005 17:28 (nineteen years ago) link
it is entirely possible to not take ayn rand seriously and still adore rush (with qualifications perhaps).
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Thursday, 3 February 2005 17:32 (nineteen years ago) link
Also, how do you see Rush as unenthusiastic? They seem pretty ecstatic to me most of the time. (questions for A. Soto, obv.)
― Scott CE (Scott CE), Thursday, 3 February 2005 17:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 3 February 2005 17:55 (nineteen years ago) link
Another admirable aspect of Chronicles, for both casual and fanatical Rush fans: It contains NOTHING that isn't on any of their other LPs, i.e. nothing to entice superfans into buying all that stuff they already have just for a single new song or two. Ya gotta respect that, even if it is a moot point in these days of file-sharing.)
Haha -- you know what, this isn't exactly entirely true! When they first coverted the Rush catalog to Compact Disc, they left off a song from each of the first two live double LPs, All the World's A Stage ("What You're Doing") and Exit Stage Left ("A Passage to Bangkok"), in order to fit each of them onto a single CD. Then when Chronicles came out they put those two songs on there.
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Thursday, 3 February 2005 18:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 3 February 2005 18:09 (nineteen years ago) link
And even though I can still get some enjoyment out of (old) Rush, I empathize with Alfred 100%: Rush fans who play instruments can be some of the most obnoxious fans of any band you'll ever meet.
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Thursday, 3 February 2005 18:13 (nineteen years ago) link
I was among the young rockers who thought they sold out a little with "Tom Sawyer" and stuff like that. I thought the same about Styx too when they started getting played on KISS-FM. I was such a purist then, I'm younger than that now.
― The Obligatory Sourpuss (Begs2Differ), Thursday, 3 February 2005 18:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 3 February 2005 18:15 (nineteen years ago) link
Hell, Exit Stage Left is one of the most enthusiastic live albums I have ever heard. And I don't just mean that it's loud or fast or anything like that. I mean it sure sounds like the band is really BEHIND what they're doing, that it means something to them and they are having a fucking blast.
(compare this enthusiasm to, say, some Steve Vai records or Killroy Was Here, and I think you can see the stark contrast).
I sat next to a hardcore rush fan at a brekafast counter a couple of months ago. Dude had a huge 2112 tatoo on his upper arm. I had never met anyone like him; he was willing to explain, in great detail, why every Rush album was great, IN ITS ENTIRETY. He even defended the rapping on Roll the Bones. It was awesome. He was also really nice about it and not obnoxious at all.
― Scott CE (Scott CE), Thursday, 3 February 2005 18:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 3 February 2005 18:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 3 February 2005 19:45 (nineteen years ago) link
Oh and Moving Pictures still sounds like the BEST. But Signals is the surprise album I thought I didn't really like, but is now kicking my arse. And a friend is bringing over Power Windows on the wkend. It's a good week.
― PiersT, Friday, 4 February 2005 01:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― Bimble... (Bimble...), Friday, 4 February 2005 05:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― Bimble... (Bimble...), Friday, 4 February 2005 05:47 (nineteen years ago) link
presto may not be the best RUSH album but i'd swear it's the most underrated
― reggie (qualmsley), Monday, 14 May 2018 18:31 (five years ago) link
I like Presto, but for me the answer to this is all the albums from 1976 to 1985.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 14 May 2018 18:42 (five years ago) link
I said it on one of the other threads, but I think it may have the band's best songwriting, with the playing supporting the song, as opposed to the playing/sound/arrangements being the focus. It's almost an experiment, how pared down it is.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 14 May 2018 18:42 (five years ago) link
Presto is my favorite Rush album. Their best is Rush In Rio.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 14 May 2018 18:46 (five years ago) link
Not sure I agree with that: 'Fly by Night', 'Beneath, Between and Behind', 'Lessons', 'Something For Nothing', 'Closer to the Heart', 'The Spirit of Radio', 'New World Man' etc. are all fine examples of the playing supporting the song.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 14 May 2018 18:48 (five years ago) link
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In fact, even on stuff like 'Red Barchetta' and 'The Analog Kid', the song is pretty much the focus.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 14 May 2018 18:49 (five years ago) link
We're talking about an album, goofball. Not individual tracks. I think start to finish, as an album, that Presto sounds very songwriter-y, emphasized even more by the sound of the record being so relatively spare and subdued.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 14 May 2018 19:10 (five years ago) link
You said - and the post is above - that you think Presto may have the bands best songwriting. I disagree, as there are examples of better songwriting from them elsewhere.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 14 May 2018 19:20 (five years ago) link
I meant Presto the album. Start to finish. Not that Presto particularly features songs that exemplify the band's best songwriting - plenty of Rush albums have songs that exemplify good songwriting (in the guy in a coffee shop with guitar sense) - but that stylistically the album, as a whole, of a piece, feels very much like this. Just very straight forward. Nothing else they've done is this stripped down and subdued. Even Show Don't Tell, the busiest track on here, is kind of chill.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 14 May 2018 20:03 (five years ago) link
"Grace Under Pressure" (along with Yes's "Drama") makes me wish that Disco-Prog (or, at least Post Punk Prog) would have become a real genre instead of a Kohoutek-like musical comet, arriving and departing without leaving a trace of influence. Then again, I could be wrong, and there might be hundreds of bands who build awesome songs upon the foundations provided by "Tempus Fugit" and "Between the Wheels".
― Prefecture, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 01:05 (five years ago) link
Does that voice at the end of 2112 completely scare the piss out of anyone else? It's always given me chills ever since I was a kid and still does.
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 13:27 (five years ago) link