Rush: Classic or Dud?

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yeah I feel like Time Stand Still is probably the one song outside of Tom Sawyer that I ever heard on classic rock radio with any regularity (maybe Big Money at the time it came out too). Great song.

akm, Wednesday, 16 January 2019 23:25 (five years ago) link

My earliest memory of rush was limelight on the radio in the garage while my dad was doing something mechanical and that definitely had to be KQRS so limelight must have been on classic rock radio at least once

valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 16 January 2019 23:29 (five years ago) link

The ones I hear the most on classic rock radio are "Tom Sawyer," "Freewill," "Spirit," "Limelight," "Subdivisions" and "Red Barchetta." Really nothing from "Grace Under Pressure" on, bar at the time the occasional new song from new album promotion.

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 January 2019 04:17 (five years ago) link

Rush must have been huge in Houston, because in addition to the tracks Josh named we also got "Working Man", "Fly By Night", "Closer To The Heart" and "New World Man" on the reg. All of them at least once a day, putting them up there with Zep, the Stones, and the Eagles in terms of exposure.

Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 17 January 2019 05:01 (five years ago) link

xxp lol i think the question was about time stand still, limelight without a doubt is being played on the classic rock radio station in heaven

j., Thursday, 17 January 2019 05:02 (five years ago) link

Yeah, I hear all those songs, to some degree. But "Time Stand Still" I file under "the occasional new song from new album promotion." I was just too young to remember it in the radio in Philly, but I sure heard "Show Don't Tell," "Dreamline," Animate," at least (or only) during the album cycle. But "Time Stand Still" is such a great song, I'm surprised I'd never heard it on the radio before the other day.

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 January 2019 12:45 (five years ago) link

Oh, maybe not surprising but "Show Don't Tell", "Dreamline", "Ghost of a Chance", "Big Money" all get rotation in Canada, and "In the Mood" too in addition to the early ones that C. Grisso lists. I remember hearing "Manhattan Project" during a long drive last summer.

Locked in silent monologue, in silent scream (Sund4r), Thursday, 17 January 2019 12:56 (five years ago) link

I think I heard most of those in Buffalo and Syracuse.

Locked in silent monologue, in silent scream (Sund4r), Thursday, 17 January 2019 13:00 (five years ago) link

Pretty sure Canada is legally obligated to play that stuff.

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 January 2019 13:46 (five years ago) link

That, Tragically Hip and Corey Hart.

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 January 2019 13:47 (five years ago) link

Definitely the Hip

Locked in silent monologue, in silent scream (Sund4r), Thursday, 17 January 2019 14:10 (five years ago) link

and Gowan

valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 17 January 2019 16:20 (five years ago) link

aimee mann should cover time stand still live.

akm, Thursday, 17 January 2019 18:27 (five years ago) link

two weeks pass...

It's really dumb and obvious, but I always wondered why they quoted the "1812 Overture" in the "2112" "Overture" and for the first time this morning I suddenly realized, well, duh.

Josh in Chicago, Monday, 4 February 2019 15:58 (five years ago) link

four months pass...

I don't care about the video, but Alex Lifeson grew a grey retirement beard!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7ItG4jIfC0

Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 16 June 2019 22:20 (four years ago) link

God Lifeson is the nicest guy, cool to hear him talk about Rory

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 17 June 2019 13:43 (four years ago) link

I thought this was pretty good:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbMU8mV04YE

Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 25 June 2019 13:49 (four years ago) link

If the sound quality wasn't so cheesy I would totally use a sample of the drums from the first uh... "verse"? (~53s)

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 15:51 (four years ago) link

I was just listening to "Born To Run" and realized "Red Barchetta" is basically a futuristic take on the Bruce Springsteen automobile romance. The middle sections of the two songs are weirdly similar, check out those modulating IV-I chord patterns behind "Beyond the palace, hemi-powered drones" and "Well weathered leather, hot metal and oil". Those climbing chords give the impression of cars shifting gears, revving up to the big instrumental sections, and then racing to the end in the final verses.

Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 05:36 (four years ago) link

six months pass...

Well, shit.

Canadian rock drummer Neil Peart dead at 67. Peart, primary lyricist for Rush, was known for his technical proficiency, and for weaving jazz and big band patterns with a hard rock style. Publicist says Peart died in California January 7. Background: https://t.co/r0QKiYdpdu

— CBC News Alerts (@CBCAlerts) January 10, 2020

Ned Raggett, Friday, 10 January 2020 20:59 (four years ago) link

fuck

american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 10 January 2020 21:10 (four years ago) link

This is terrible

papa stank (Neanderthal), Friday, 10 January 2020 21:12 (four years ago) link

I sm legitimately upset

papa stank (Neanderthal), Friday, 10 January 2020 21:12 (four years ago) link

Never been a massive Rush fan but Neil Peart was absolutely, objectively, utterly undeniable.

RIP

pomenitul, Friday, 10 January 2020 21:13 (four years ago) link

otm

rip to the god, have to respect the technique

culture of mayordom (voodoo chili), Friday, 10 January 2020 21:13 (four years ago) link

67 way too young

american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 10 January 2020 21:14 (four years ago) link

hurts my feelings

american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 10 January 2020 21:15 (four years ago) link

For all his drumming proficiency, Peart should be remembered at least as much for his lyrics. There are some clunkers and I have issues with some of the Ayn Rand stuff but at their best, they were comfort for a generation of boys who didn’t fit in with social norms.

RIP

Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 10 January 2020 21:15 (four years ago) link

OMG, I can't believe it, this is the worst, I'm truly heartbroken.

Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 10 January 2020 21:15 (four years ago) link

no drummer wrote finer lyrics

reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 10 January 2020 21:17 (four years ago) link

wtf how did this happen

akm, Friday, 10 January 2020 21:22 (four years ago) link

I was still holding out hope for more music

Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 10 January 2020 21:23 (four years ago) link

Was just talking about Rush in the blind spots thread - I was never a huge fan of the records, but seeing them live in 2011 and especially 2013 (the tour where they had a string section) was incredible.

shared unit of analysis (unperson), Friday, 10 January 2020 21:23 (four years ago) link

Oh fuck, this one hurts.

Un sang impur (Sund4r), Friday, 10 January 2020 21:26 (four years ago) link

If only every teenager who went through Ayn Rand phase could grow up like this https://t.co/F8xCZTqswB https://t.co/BaLa0UNa8v pic.twitter.com/y1plyVAD6S

— Scott Lemieux (@LemieuxLGM) January 10, 2020

TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 10 January 2020 21:28 (four years ago) link

Just heartbreaking.

dinnerboat, Friday, 10 January 2020 21:30 (four years ago) link

i put on "prime mover" bc i really wanted to hear my favorite rush song but i actually can't make it through i'm so devastated

american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 10 January 2020 21:33 (four years ago) link

the point of the journey is not to arrive

american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 10 January 2020 21:33 (four years ago) link

Someone is going to have to break the news to the drummer in my brother's band... gently (poor old Denis).

Frozen Mug (Tom D.), Friday, 10 January 2020 21:36 (four years ago) link

So sad. RIP, Great One. "Moving Pictures" is seeped into my DNA.

SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 10 January 2020 21:41 (four years ago) link

same type of cancer as gord downie's, apparently

mookieproof, Friday, 10 January 2020 21:44 (four years ago) link

Holy shit. I was never a disciple, but he was an icon. You have to be to inspire multiple generations of drummers to set up giant kits and overplay in order to try and reach your heights. RIP.

change display name (Jordan), Friday, 10 January 2020 21:47 (four years ago) link

same type of cancer as gord downie's, apparently

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goddammit

american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 10 January 2020 21:47 (four years ago) link

Neil Peart September 12, 1952 - January 7, 2020 pic.twitter.com/NivX2RhiB8

— Rush (@rushtheband) January 10, 2020

Ned Raggett, Friday, 10 January 2020 21:48 (four years ago) link

I'm so sad

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 10 January 2020 21:50 (four years ago) link

"Permanent Waves" was at its peak of popularity when I first started listening to the radio and buying records, gonna give that a good loud spin this weekend

RIP

The Squalls Of Hate (sleeve), Friday, 10 January 2020 21:55 (four years ago) link

Fuuuuuck

valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Friday, 10 January 2020 21:56 (four years ago) link

They were such an inspiration to me, they changed how I viewed music so much. I grew up with no cable TV, I had to drive an hour to buy cassettes and Rolling Stones and even that was just Musiclan. So most of what I bought was at Wal-Mart. And metal was IT, there was no other music for a period of time, basically. And Rush somehow got a "pass" as a metal band, they would get covered in metal mags, even though they weren't really and had never been a metal band.

So those early/mid 80s records, they were so different to me, the way they were combining synths and more new wave stuff from the radio but in their own identity.

Ultimately, I think they were so empathetic of their audience that's what I remember the most.

Also, the whole story of U.S. 90s underground rock was drummers who liked Rush before they were cool and punk and kept a lot of the stuff he did in their playing.

I think he's unfairly maligned too, I think he had a good sense of groove, or what groove had to be for Rush music. They weren't overplaying because they made their own style of rock that made sense of how THEY played together. They weren't in the studio cutting a Tom Petty record.

He was so inventive, esp on the ride and hi-hat, he would always do these cool syncopations instead of just straight 8s or 16s

kind of rambling, but I don't know hard to put in all in words

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 10 January 2020 21:57 (four years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jSdyDt-Ync

dinnerboat, Friday, 10 January 2020 22:00 (four years ago) link


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