Can we put Rush in the super prog category?

pirkka wrote: And where do you put these: Moody Blues, Caravan, Barclay James Harvest, Camel, Deep Purple, Gentle Giant, Renaissance, Strawbs, Uriah Heep, VdGG?

Edited by Bob Greece - July 24 2006 at 11:01

erik neuteboom wrote:   I am curious to your opinion about this: am I too subjective as a huge Rush fan or do Rush deserve a place among Yes, Genesis, ELP, Pink Floyd and King Crimson in the super prog category?

Didn't know you were such a huge Rush fan, but anyways .

I think it's difficult to be completely objective about Rush's place in the prog pantheon when you're a big fan of their music; also, when discussing prog "greats" is it solely the quality of musical output, or do we take into account influence on the prog scene and other such factors?

Personally, I don't think I'd be too out of line by putting them in the same class as ELP and King Crimson, and maybe close to Floyd.  I'd think that Yes and Genesis will probably remain in a class above - certainly I've expressed many times here my belief that Yes is the pinnacle of progressive music.

erik neuteboom wrote: From the very first moment I heard Rush (All The World's A Stage), I was impressed by their interplay and dynamic sound and since then they only improved with the Exit Stage Left era as their pinnacle in my opinion. I was also lucky to see them many times between 1979-1986 so they became my second favorite progrock band, after 70-77 Genesis. I am pleased with the many reactions, unfortunately Tony R is asleep  ...

Tony R shouldn't be asleep, it's around 6 in the evening where he is, Eric. And he's on vacation, so why would he be here?

And I do agree with what you stated at the beginning of this thread


Edited by Cygnus X-2 - July 24 2006 at 12:48

I like some aspects of Rush music; but ¿"Supergroup"?... their discography is too uneven. In fact, their albums are too uneven. Even the good ones are good ones because of a percentage of the whole thing; while songs like "Cinderella Man" work their way to lead albums to ruin. The way I see it, Rush is a less focused band than Pink Floyd, for example.

I don't really care if they are of the big 5, 6 or 7. I like them alot. That's all that matters for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BaldJean wrote: not even in the big 20 for me

I think the overall quality of RUSH's releases through the years is totally awesome, and in this field they beat GENESIS, YES and even KING CRIMSON, though I enjoy KC's music more, and I think it's more imaginative. Still, they are one of the great bands, though they started quite late, wasn't their first album out 1974? Their music also started to gain progressive elements little later, when the first generation of classic prog started to fade out.

When they are "more faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings at a single bound" then Rush or any other band can be labeled as "Superprog".

Funny to notice that since I became a Rush fan, this band still succeeds to evoke totally opposite opinions as you can read in the reactions till so far. Lots of progheads are very positive and even sheer euphoric, others seem to take the opportunity to release some venom and sarcasm, it's all between hail  and nail  ... !

"Not even in the big 20 for me" ...  ..!