Also, was on their Spotify page today and ho lee fuck have they released 15 live albums since 95?
― sinister porpoise (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 12 June 2014 01:10 (nine years ago) link
they basically do one for each tour now, which is definitely excessive, but I've enjoyed all the HD tour DVDs
― nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Thursday, 12 June 2014 01:13 (nine years ago) link
yeah i mean i was just shocked...i guess i knew about rush in rio, but god i thought they had that and maybe one other one after show of hands
― sinister porpoise (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 12 June 2014 01:21 (nine years ago) link
The most recent one, Clockwork Angels Tour, is great.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 12 June 2014 02:08 (nine years ago) link
rush is a great live band but i dunno they usually stick so close to the originals i've never listened to a ton of their live stuff, except show of hands which i had as a kid
― sinister porpoise (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 12 June 2014 02:12 (nine years ago) link
On the last tour, they added a live string section for about 2/3 of the set. It really transforms some of the older songs.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 12 June 2014 02:13 (nine years ago) link
oh cool, that's different for them using outside musicians...that must be a first to have any backing musicians right?
― sinister porpoise (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 12 June 2014 02:15 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, first time ever. I saw the show in Newark - it was really amazing.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 12 June 2014 03:01 (nine years ago) link
I saw it in Dallas. It was fantastic. I think that was the show in the dvd
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Thursday, 12 June 2014 04:10 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, that tour was incredible. Wonderful setlist.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 12 June 2014 05:48 (nine years ago) link
I'm majorly disagreeing with the low assessment of Caress Of Steel. I think "Fountain Of Lamneth" is one of the best things Rush ever did. I just wish the Didacts And Narpets section was 5 minutes longer, it rocks the fuck out and I think they didn't fully exploit the brilliance of the ideas in it. I think "Necromancer" is really dull though.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 12 June 2014 19:23 (nine years ago) link
But I'm glad Signals was high up, some of their best stuff on that. But I have to say I feel no Rush album is totally classic from start to finish.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 12 June 2014 19:33 (nine years ago) link
there isn't a song on 'hemispheres', 'permanent waves', or 'moving pictures' i don't love. i'm more fond of "natural science" than say "different strings" but still, i wouldn't change a thing. three classic albums as strong as any other band's best three
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 12 June 2014 20:16 (nine years ago) link
Hemispheres still does it for me in the same way as it did on my first listen. If I had to choose one, and only one Rush album, then that one would definitely be it.
― Toni Braxton-Hicks (Turrican), Thursday, 12 June 2014 20:23 (nine years ago) link
I might say Hemispheres too.
Don't get me wrong, they are one of my favourite bands and they have more great albums than most great bands do but I always think there is a substantially weaker track (or two or three) on their albums, which makes it difficult for me to know which album to recommend to other people as a starter. But all I have is all the albums from 1975 to 1984. I've got catching up to do but I doubt anything will top that period.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 12 June 2014 21:04 (nine years ago) link
http://37.media.tumblr.com/614e0c938a770837e8f78d92127eeca3/tumblr_n8yonqm6Di1thoekio1_1280.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 31 July 2014 02:27 (nine years ago) link
they posted this today....a 1974 school assembly performance with original rutsey lineup doing a previous unreleased song called "i've been running"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYvJ3XmrHF4
good stuff! i love the first album a lot
― u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 31 October 2014 14:07 (nine years ago) link
I never had school assemblies like that.
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Friday, 31 October 2014 15:12 (nine years ago) link
"This video is private.":(
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 31 October 2014 16:03 (nine years ago) link
weird i watched it twice
― u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 31 October 2014 16:13 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJqxiWmH76E
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 17:37 (nine years ago) link
Nice stuff here, too:
http://music.cbc.ca/#!/blogs/2014/11/Neil-Peart-on-the-10-best-Rush-songs-ever
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 17:45 (nine years ago) link
Neil Peart doing publicity? I think i just saw a pig fly out my window.
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 19:04 (nine years ago) link
His list is good on my end. I know it's cool on ILM for people to say that Rush's best stuff is on synth heavy albums like Grace Under Pressure and Power Windows, but I truly dont like that stuff. I dont even like Signals.
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 19:10 (nine years ago) link
Im sure Geddy's list would be completely different.
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 19:11 (nine years ago) link
I think Neil's reasons are really kind of lovely.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 19:22 (nine years ago) link
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Wednesday, November 19, 2014 1:10 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i dunno i feel like all the eras are good and they are true to the band no matter the instrumentation. some are better than others, but like grace i think is just great songs....but at the same time hemispheres, which is their heaviest progged out math rock record is awesome too. i don't feel the need to choose between eras. but like i dunno, i wouldn't say caress of steel is necessarily better than grace under pressure because it's more guitar, any more than i'd say hold your fire is better than 2112.
― i did it all for the 'nuki (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 22:22 (nine years ago) link
Its over for me after Moving Pictures. I'm not saying Caress of Steel is Close to the Edge or Exile on Main Street or anything, but i'd rather listen to something that sounds like Bastille Day than something that sounds like Emotion Detector.
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 22:40 (nine years ago) link
R40 Tour.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 22 January 2015 19:49 (nine years ago) link
already eyeing the May 16 show in Austin, should be awesome
― Free Me's Electric Trumpet (Moodles), Thursday, 22 January 2015 21:32 (nine years ago) link
For me the choice is Prudential Center (saw 'em there in 2013), MSG (saw 'em there in 2011), or...both?
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 22 January 2015 21:35 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7tsXHkLf9w
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 20 March 2015 19:49 (nine years ago) link
http://www.metalinjection.net/latest-news/rush-reveals-drummer-neal-peart-has-chronic-tendonitis-next-tour-is-the-last-tour
― Dominique, Tuesday, 12 May 2015 13:32 (nine years ago) link
yeah, that sucks, but I guess not surprising seeing how much he has to push his body night after night.
Seeing them on Saturday, not quite reconciled with the fact that this is probably the last time.
― Free Me's Electric Trumpet (Moodles), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 13:38 (nine years ago) link
Not surprised, tbh. His movements were incredibly stiff until the mid-90s, when he started studying with Freddie Gruber. And even lately, he sits hunched over, and though he plays with much less rigidity, he still positions many of the components of his kit almost comically out-of-reach. You shouldn't have to almost stand up to hit a cymbal.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 13:43 (nine years ago) link
an old friend who i was rush dorks w/in junior high hit me up on facebook, has free tickets through his job for tonight, gonna be fun to see them
very weird to think this will be the last time
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 13:45 (nine years ago) link
aw man
i will cherish their show at the great minnesota get together a few years ago
he should get into programming-heavy film score writing now like stewart copeland did
― demonic mnevice (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 15:39 (nine years ago) link
Sad news. May never tour UK again? Really glad I got to see them on the Clockwork Angels tour now.
― Jeff W, Tuesday, 12 May 2015 18:50 (nine years ago) link
yeah sounds like the big touring days are done and anything from now on will be special one-offs, or like they mention something like a 5 night stand at madison square garden or things of that nature
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 18:54 (nine years ago) link
amazing show last night, really cool selection of songs and a sweet retrospective concept to go along with them.
― too young for seapunk (Moodles), Sunday, 17 May 2015 19:07 (eight years ago) link
they make me laugh now as my co worker listens to all RUSH all the time -and even HE admits Lee's voice sux
― Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Sunday, 17 May 2015 23:45 (eight years ago) link
― too young for seapunk (Moodles), Sunday, May 17, 2015 2:07 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah was cool the reverse chronological order
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 18 May 2015 15:55 (eight years ago) link
without spoiling too much, the way the stage changed during the show was really neat
― too young for seapunk (Moodles), Monday, 18 May 2015 15:58 (eight years ago) link
yeah very clever and the very last set up was very cute and nostalgic
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 19 May 2015 16:10 (eight years ago) link
crushed that I can't see them on this tour. closest show is on a day where I have something else at the same time.
guh. maybe I can sneak to the Atlanta one
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 16:24 (eight years ago) link
That set list is astonishing. Lots of stuff I thought they'd never play again.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 16:29 (eight years ago) link
yeah they did Jacob's Ladder at my show!
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 19 May 2015 16:53 (eight years ago) link
Rush is such a weird band in terms of being sort of pretentious at the same time not taking themselves seriously at all
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 19 May 2015 16:54 (eight years ago) link
fuck it. after you all raved I looked at setlist.fm and....yeah. I bought a ticket to the Alpharetta show and am just gonna go up on Memorial Day and work one day from a hotel.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Wednesday, 20 May 2015 05:52 (eight years ago) link
Yay!
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 21 May 2015 00:19 (eight years ago) link