presumably while the kids are at soccer.
― tipsy mothra, Thursday, 22 May 2008 07:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Aye. "The Manhattan Project" always sounded like a McGeoch-era Siouxsie song to me - especially with that string break in the middle.
You have made my day, mister. I wish you understood just how much shit I was given for listening to Power Windows in 9th grade.
― Bimble, Thursday, 22 May 2008 07:43 (fifteen years ago) link
growing up in a small town, rush was almost served as a kind of "alternative" rock for us before nirvana and all them...we never heard about any cool new wave or punk stuff...so rush was metal enough to get a pass but there was something different about it obviously.
anyway i'm pretty excited about tonight...
― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 22 May 2008 16:12 (fifteen years ago) link
If they were playing here in town, I'd go but I really don't wanna drive for hours to the middle of nowhere etc...
― Bimble, Thursday, 22 May 2008 19:16 (fifteen years ago) link
i can't wait for those opening notes of spirt of radio!!!!!!!!!!!
― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 22 May 2008 19:18 (fifteen years ago) link
"Subdivisions" is going to be the one that gets me the most, I know it.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 22 May 2008 19:41 (fifteen years ago) link
ANY EsCAPE MIGHT HELP TO SOOTH THE UNATTRACTIVE TRUTH!!!!
― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 22 May 2008 19:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, "Subdivisions" is probably my ultimate favorite as well in the end. Though it was kinda funny I first heard one of the best encapsulations of bored/frustrated suburban life crossed with random dreams of something else after I'd already left high school!
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 22 May 2008 19:44 (fifteen years ago) link
I think the perfect midpoint between the '70s prog stuff and the '80s new wave stuff has to be Moving Pictures, and I nominate that album as Rush's platonic ideal. It has a little bit of both realms, and knocks both out of the park
― Bill Magill, Thursday, 22 May 2008 19:59 (fifteen years ago) link
A Farewell To Kings Hemispheres is also great 2112 rules
― HI DERE, Thursday, 22 May 2008 20:25 (fifteen years ago) link
i will (sort of) defend hold your fire as being good too
― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 22 May 2008 20:29 (fifteen years ago) link
2112 is so fucking awesome. From that point up to Signals is my Rush era.
― Bill Magill, Thursday, 22 May 2008 20:36 (fifteen years ago) link
2112 is the one pre-1980 Rush album I prefer the most. I'd mention A Farewell to Kings, but I'm sick to death of "Closer to the Heart". It'd be cool to see Rush perform the title track live, though. Killer tune, that one.
Yeah, that song had a pretty big impact on any kid who was into Rush in junior high/highschool, including me. It's funny, so many people criticize Peart for coming off as so rigid in his lyric writing, especially post-Permanent Waves, but to this day I find his work incredibly eloquent.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 22 May 2008 20:52 (fifteen years ago) link
I want to make a case for "Time Stand Still," a mostly unsentimental and accurate depiction of nostalgia that's perfect for missing a high school you never loved; it's their "Solsbury Hill."
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 22 May 2008 21:33 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^word up! love that song! aimee mann on the hook
― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 22 May 2008 21:34 (fifteen years ago) link
"Time Stand Still" is incredible. I had no idea that was Aimee Mann!
― Euler, Thursday, 22 May 2008 21:34 (fifteen years ago) link
She was in the video, which was a cool touch. Definitely Rush's best pop moment since "Limelight". I want to go watch the Show of Hands DVD now.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 22 May 2008 21:36 (fifteen years ago) link
from the onion AV club, interview w/aimee mann:
O: Speaking of popping up in weird places, what are you doing on that Rush album? [Mann sings on "Time Stand Still" from Hold Your Fire. —ed.]
AM: They called me up and asked me if I would sing. And I thought, Rush? That's not my kind of thing. So I listened to the song, and the part was this little falsetto thing. It was cute.
O: It's a fine enough song.
AM: Yeah. I don't mind the song.
O: Do you still get royalty checks from that?
AM: Oh, I don't think so. I doubt it. They gave me $2,000. That's a lot of dough.
O: Canadian or American?
AM: [Laughs.] That's the question! I think American. They flew me up to Toronto, and they were really funny. Well, except for Neil Peart. He wasn't very funny.
― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 22 May 2008 21:37 (fifteen years ago) link
]She was in the video, which was a cool touch. Definitely Rush's best pop moment since "Limelight".
LURVE the synth line over the chorus.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 22 May 2008 21:41 (fifteen years ago) link
I love Rush as a pop band, which is why I won't say that I'm a Rush fan, having dealt for years with Rush fans who claimed to hate pop.
― Euler, Thursday, 22 May 2008 21:43 (fifteen years ago) link
One of my first alb reviews in high school was Rush's Presto. Still love "The Pass."
― Terrible Cold, Thursday, 22 May 2008 21:46 (fifteen years ago) link
oh man just watched the video for time stands still...i forgot how sweet and melancholy that song is.
― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 22 May 2008 21:48 (fifteen years ago) link
SO many guitar riffs on "Time Stands Still." Lifeson tries something different all over the verses.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 22 May 2008 21:49 (fifteen years ago) link
"The Pass", there's an underrated track. Gorgeous song.
http://www.cbc.ca/mercerreport/video_player.html?neilpeart
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 22 May 2008 21:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Adding 'yes' to all the "Time Stands Still" love. Another example of capturing a mindset in song to a T (and lord knows I'm feeling that more with the years).
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 22 May 2008 21:54 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^^OTM^^^^OTM^^^^OTM^^^^
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 22 May 2008 23:21 (fifteen years ago) link
t-shirts I saw at the Rush concert last night:
Savatage Boards of Canada System of a Down New York Dolls Santana Dead Kennedys
Think of another band where you'd see all those in the crowd??
― M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 23 May 2008 15:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Rush has fans from all over the spectrum. Yes is another one like that, where you see headbangers and Jackson Browne fans at the same concert.
― Bill Magill, Friday, 23 May 2008 15:38 (fifteen years ago) link
I caught them at Irvine Meadows about two weeks ago. It was my 3rd Rush show.
These guys are just fucking fantastic.
Though they played some really exciting tracks like "Overture/Temple of the Syrinx" and "Passage to Bangkok", I have to say the highest energy moment of night was the mid-set "Spirit of Radio". I had it stuck in my head for days and days.
Might have to go see them again in Portland soon... which is silly since it's the same set list. But goddamn it--it's RUSH!
― Nate Carson, Sunday, 25 May 2008 22:15 (fifteen years ago) link
The show tonight was simply one of the best concerts I have ever seen. I was fifth row on the floor, dead center, and it was perfect. They were perfect. Lifeson is such a ham. Personal faves were the 80s fare, no surprise..."Subdivisions", "Between the Wheels", "Mission", etc. But the classics slayed, too. "2112 Overture/Syrinx" especially. And the new stuff fit extremely well with the oldies.
And yeah, such a huge variety of people. Great seeing so many kids, either curious teens or little kids taken by their dads.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 26 May 2008 08:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Wow, I just want you guys to know I have experienced the first album this weekend at long last and had a great fucking time with it. I find if I just relax and accept that it is just a Led Zeppelin knockoff, then I can really enjoy it. I've always ignored their early stuff, which I probably said before on this thread. I only started caring about Rush for a few select tracks on the Permanent Waves album up through Hold Your Fire, then I lost interest. So this is just fantastic fun, this first album of theirs. Thanks ILM!
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Sunday, 15 June 2008 08:33 (fifteen years ago) link
i recall reading an interview of u2 where they were talking about their zooropa tour or something, one of their biggest tours on the back of a huge bestselling album anyway... and they were all hyped cause they sold out some arena in michigan or somewhere - until they they realized rush had sold out the venue across town, on the same night as their concert, with rush's venue holding like 3 times as many people as u2's stadium, for that night *and the next*, and rush hadn't even dented the top 40 in like 10 years at that point....
so, are they pretty good live then? i honestly never understood their appeal myself.
― messiahwannabe, Sunday, 15 June 2008 18:10 (fifteen years ago) link
I see something like a hundred shows a year and anytime I see Rush is a major event. They are that good live.
― Nate Carson, Monday, 16 June 2008 05:56 (fifteen years ago) link
What was that thread about the drummer?
Finding My Way: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mav12Hm8fSs
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Monday, 16 June 2008 12:25 (fifteen years ago) link
fuck you guys, I'll take my '80s U2 over Rush any day
― stephen, Monday, 16 June 2008 23:41 (fifteen years ago) link
oh man -- had Eno produced Power Windows-era Rush...
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 16 June 2008 23:42 (fifteen years ago) link
...then Coldplay would never have existed. (Or not.)
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 16 June 2008 23:53 (fifteen years ago) link
I played Power Windows at the gym this week. Do I get a cookie?
― Bimble, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 02:23 (fifteen years ago) link
yes!
― M@tt He1ges0n, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 02:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Saw them in Austin several weeks ago and it was absolutely mind-blowing.
I've seen them many times before, but this was in a much smaller venue than usual and the sound was insanely loud yet crystal clear.
Between The Wheels from Grace Under Pressure was one of many highlights. I still can't believe that they were that good.
― Moodles, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 03:54 (fifteen years ago) link
"Between the Wheels" sounded so good live, that I wish they'd played more from that album!
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 04:04 (fifteen years ago) link
A childhood friend introduced me to Rush when Permanent Waves came out. I forgot about 'em until I heard Moving Pictures on headphones and was blown away. I was a fan through Power Windows which at first seemed perfect, but later felt a bit sterile. I sold all their records before college, but I couldn't stay away, and gradually got most of the 2003 reissues. In hindsight, Signals has the most consistent songwriting. Grace Under Pressure is a bit of a dense mess, but was I the only one to think of it when I first heard OK Computer?
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 19 June 2008 16:36 (fifteen years ago) link
I guess the reissues were 1997.
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 19 June 2008 16:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Next door in college, a kid from Billerica REALLY LIKED Counterparts
― David R., Thursday, 19 June 2008 16:59 (fifteen years ago) link
http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:7_CEJ6TAwY8PmM:http://www.progreviews.com/reviews/images/Rush-Rush.jpg
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Monday, 14 July 2008 03:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Take yourself a friend
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Monday, 14 July 2008 03:56 (fifteen years ago) link
the words of the prophets were written on the studio wall
concert hall
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Monday, 14 July 2008 04:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Time Stands Still.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e10z-E56PVI
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Monday, 14 July 2008 04:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Okay, but srsly, Time Stands Still rules. Amirite?
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Sunday, 20 July 2008 10:49 (fifteen years ago) link
I spun Passage to Bangkok at my Dj gig tonight.
― Nate Carson, Monday, 21 July 2008 09:38 (fifteen years ago) link