The Rush appreciation thread

Got my first cassette player in September of 1979. Fanatically bought Memorex blank cassettes and taped everything I could off classic rock radio for the next several months. First exposure to MY music vs. my parents' Charlie Rich, Neil Diamond, etc. First song from Rush I ever heard was "Free Will" from Permanent Waves. Three songs got regular airplay - Free Will, obviously Spirit of Radio, and one that gets forgotten about- Entre Nous (Just Between Us)- that was played just as much as the other 2 back in the day. And I found Caress of Steel in a bargain bin (shame on them!), so I got hooked on that one, too.

Immediately noted the musicianship within very listenable music. All of them followed: Moving Pictures, Signals, Grace Under Pressure..... went to every tour I could, bought every cassette, CD, and MP3 of theirs, and fortunately saw them on Clockwork. Top 10 favorite band of all time. Best combination of musicians in any band- maybe The Who or Yes comes very close. Best drummer ever- awesome lyrics (I think about Time Stands Still a LOT these days), and I actually like Geddy Lee's voice. Can't say enough of how glad I am I grew up in the same timeframe that Rush released records and played live. 

mathman0806 wrote: ^Video is coming up as blocked due to copyright. This one here is from the South Park channel.

Very cool!! Big thanks to Primus for getting these two knuckleheads back on stage.....

Yes, it's not pronounced like the shampoo. 

Jeffro wrote: miamiscot wrote: Before I comment, I have to ask, is that you or did you just find that video?

miamiscot wrote:

^Well, there's a name changed involved there (actually three) so technically they were different bands even though they often had many of the same members.   

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - July 01 2022 at 22:35

Early Journey was a good example. I suppose Fleetwood Mac weren't Fleetwood Mac before Stevie Nicks and Lindsy Buckingham joined. There's probably a whole bunch of other examples. It is true that some bands try to disown their early works (The Moody Blues come to mind) but the fact is bands change and evolve. The only example I can think of that might be considered legitimate (as far as it not being the same band) would be Renaissance where the original iteration had pretty much nothing to do with the Annie Haslam version. 

Sacro_Porgo wrote: But Genesis' first album, which didn't have Steve Hackett or Phil Collins on it, nor did it contain anything much resembling progressive rock (much closer to psychedelic pop in the vein of the Beau Brummles, and not like, the greatest psych pop of all time either). Yet I don't see people going around and saying "oh, well that's not Genesis, not really." It really is Genesis, the same way Rush s/t is really Rush, it's just the early days of the bands, still getting their feet wet, not settled in.