APOLLO WAS ASTONISHED!DIONYSUS THOUGHT ME MAD!
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 4 May 2018 20:44 (five years ago) link
a quantum leap forward!in time and in space!the universe learn to expand!
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 4 May 2018 22:52 (five years ago) link
of salesmen.
OF SALESMEN!
oooooooooooOOOOOOF SALESMEN!
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 4 May 2018 22:55 (five years ago) link
new wonders in the world theywonders in the WORLD THEYwonders in the world theyWROUGHTTTTTTTTTTTT
― henry s, Saturday, 5 May 2018 12:50 (five years ago) link
Better the pride that residesIn a citizen of the worldThan the pride that dividesWhen a colourful rag is unfurled
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 5 May 2018 13:36 (five years ago) link
Think about it!
SPIN-NING! WHIRL-ING!STILL DE! SCENDING! LIKE A! SPI-RAL!SEA UN!!!1!ENDIIING!!1!!!1
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Saturday, 5 May 2018 13:56 (five years ago) link
I heard "Manhattan Project" on the radio when I was doing a long drive a little while ago and was struck by how clear and precise Geddy's enunciation of that text came across, relative to most of what I was hearing.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Saturday, 5 May 2018 13:58 (five years ago) link
If there's anything I want to break out into singing, it's the "Didacts And Narpets" section of "Fountain Of Lamneth"
"Stay!Go!Work!No!Think!Live!Earn!Give!Wait!Fight!Laugh!Right!LISTEN!!!"
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 5 May 2018 14:09 (five years ago) link
Wish that part was longer. I'm sure there's a band that based their career on it.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 5 May 2018 14:10 (five years ago) link
Years ago, Mr Big was on tour w Rush on their Presto tour, Geddy was late for soundcheck -- stick in traffic from LA to San Diego. They asked me to get up and jam w Neil & Alex for sound check, and recorded it. I played through Geddy's rig on his... https://t.co/3clsOIxrxo— Billy Sheehan (@BillyonBass) May 7, 2018
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 8 May 2018 20:05 (five years ago) link
la villa strangiato book ii: addicted to that rush
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 8 May 2018 20:31 (five years ago) link
Alfred's latest "Worst Songs" post is also a celebration of one of Rush's best
https://humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2018/05/08/worst-songs-ever-arcade-fires-we-used-to-wait/
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 8 May 2018 20:35 (five years ago) link
"I think of The Moody Blues as "post-psychedelic" rather than "proto-prog" ..."
watching justin sing nights in white satin on that hall of fame thing and all i could think of was the first king crimson album. the flute! the mellotron! greg lake's justin homage!
― scott seward, Tuesday, 8 May 2018 20:40 (five years ago) link
procol harum in 1967 and moody blues in 1967 = most prog to come!
― scott seward, Tuesday, 8 May 2018 20:42 (five years ago) link
'Grand Designs' came up on shuffle earlier and... fucking hell, I love this band.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Tuesday, 8 May 2018 21:09 (five years ago) link
By the way, that Billy Sheehan clip I posted, that's one of the very few times I've heard Rush playing anything but Rush songs with anybody but the core three members, let alone jamming.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 8 May 2018 21:17 (five years ago) link
i saw that tour. sheehan did a bass solo with a power drill
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 8 May 2018 21:30 (five years ago) link
I think he and Gilbert both did!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 8 May 2018 21:49 (five years ago) link
That may have been the last time Rush even bothered with an opening act.
I saw Primus open for Rush on the Roll the Bones tour. I think Primus toured with them again in 1994.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 8 May 2018 22:49 (five years ago) link
ooh, that sounds right. I wasn't sure if they traded off with mr. big behind presto.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 8 May 2018 22:57 (five years ago) link
I had to sit through Vinnie Moore on that tour, horific.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 8 May 2018 23:13 (five years ago) link
I can't spell...
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 8 May 2018 23:14 (five years ago) link
the first big rock concert i ever went to. i made my dad take me. now i can listen to a bad bootleg of it on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwmEQTCf8bU
― scott seward, Wednesday, 9 May 2018 00:52 (five years ago) link
Jealous
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 9 May 2018 02:13 (five years ago) link
I saw Primus open for Rush on the Roll the Bones tour. I think Primus toured with them again in 1994.― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, May 8, 2018 3:49 PM (three hours ago)
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, May 8, 2018 3:49 PM (three hours ago)
check the intro y'all:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ato_YTBQpu4
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 9 May 2018 02:37 (five years ago) link
When I saw Primus at Lollapalooza, they played a bit of A Passage To Bangkok.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 9 May 2018 02:40 (five years ago) link
Huh:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piLUfNc-96w
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 9 May 2018 03:57 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IOKT_sC9ac
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 24 May 2018 19:53 (five years ago) link
that rules, schroeder's keybsbrown's shredding, pigpen's peart, snoopdoggy dog's bass damn
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 24 May 2018 20:11 (five years ago) link
last time I heard Madonna's "Ray of Light" the only thing I could think of was how much it sounded like Rush
― frogbs, Thursday, 24 May 2018 20:20 (five years ago) link
xxp So many perfect touches to that, not least the running time :)
― Jeff W, Thursday, 24 May 2018 20:23 (five years ago) link
Neil Peart Completely Dominates Subway Busker With 20 Bucket Setup
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 24 August 2018 14:37 (five years ago) link
hemispheres rules so much
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rush-geddy-lee-interview-prog-rock-hemispheres-738828/
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 00:32 (five years ago) link
Cool interview. Hemispheres is where it really all coalesced for them.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 01:46 (five years ago) link
for historical purposes, this is a good post about power windows
Imagine a POLL Where It All Began: Rush- Power Windows Poll
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 October 2018 02:39 (five years ago) link
Great interview!
― The nexus of the crisis (Sund4r), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 12:43 (five years ago) link
After decades of sentimental favoritism, I'm willing to admit that "Hold Your Fire" is relatively weak. However! The entire first side (give or take "Second Nature") is some great songwriting and arranging. "Hold Your Fire" is lovely. "Force Ten" is rousing, "Open Secrets" is some great lyrics writing and features a neat coda, and "Prime Mover" is of course awesome. Side two ... "Mission" is kind of a weaker "Marathon," though of course "Turn the Page" is cool. The rest of the songs are pretty eh. The band would get better at conventional songwriting with "Presto."
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 8 November 2018 12:50 (five years ago) link
it’s a pretty uneven record imo. first side is indeed so awesome
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 8 November 2018 12:59 (five years ago) link
Heh, I meant to say "Time Stand Still" is lovely. Why is this not a classic rock/AOR staple?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 8 November 2018 14:21 (five years ago) link
I'm not ashamed to admit that time stand still is the song that triggered my rush fandom at the belated age of 35.
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 8 November 2018 15:17 (five years ago) link
It's really a good song, and much of it comes down to Peart's lyrics. If they were bad the song would only be OK.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 8 November 2018 15:27 (five years ago) link
just as well it wasn't made five years later, or aimee mann's part would have been given to a computerized 'rapper' voice
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 November 2018 15:34 (five years ago) link
Hold Your Fire is the first LP in their discography that I don't like - I pretty much like to love everything before that, even the first three albums.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Thursday, 8 November 2018 19:41 (five years ago) link
I like "Mission" they did it once when I saw them live
there's a doc about the last tour called "Time Stand Still" on Showtime, was nice, didn't know how much pain Peart was in
― Greta Van Fleek (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 8 November 2018 19:47 (five years ago) link
I still haven't watched that doc. Worried it will depress me too much.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 8 November 2018 19:51 (five years ago) link
Nah, it's good. Peart has gone through worse than physical pain.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 8 November 2018 19:58 (five years ago) link
watch it, it's not depressing
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 8 November 2018 20:58 (five years ago) link
Heard "Tom Sawyer" on the radio yesterday. It was Two-for-Tuesday, so I readied myself for "Freewill" or "Spirit of Radio" or "Subdivisions," but then they played "Time Stand Still!" I'm not sure I've ever heard that on the radio before, it was awesome.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 13:21 (five years ago) link