Rush Fan Central

Catcher10 wrote: I agree......out of all my live albums, especially VHS, DVDs..the Rush ones are the best and most enjoyable.

I agree with you as well. I have RUSH REPLAY X3 boxset and I just love it. Really amazing. All in 5.1 too of course! :)

I think this is certainly a good thing, let the men enjoy their success and lives for a little bit. Plus it may get some new creative juices flowing. I wonder if Neil will go on another venture.

^^ Finally, they have been touring non-stop over the last few years

I'm surprised Test For Echo is rated as low as it is.

I enjoy that album...and I thought it was return to form after what I considered some really sub par efforts after Moving Pictures (except for counterparts, which I also like, and so do many others based on the ratings).

I like playing Virtuality at top volume. Heavy tune.

Am I the only one who sees this song as Spirit of Radio Part II - The Internet? It even has it's own Lifeson guitar wail that is somewhat similar to the opening of SoR.

yeah I guess it is patchy. Driven, Dog Years are other favs of mine...I guess I like it better due to the events surrounding my acquisition of it. Funny how music can do that right? but I wouldn't say it's a great album at all...I just like it better than Presto/roll the Bones etc

Signals - I REALLY like Analog Kid. Subdivisions and New World Man are cool too. Pass on the rest.

GUP is one I have been meaning to get back to. I did like it a lot when it came out....have drifted from it over the years...need to get back.

I didn't like Power Windows at all when it came out. And I never looked back as after that one I gave up on new Rush (I ALWAYS have played classic Rush) until Counterparts and Test for Echo.

I suppose I should check it out?

Latest issue of RS magazine.....for some reason I have been getting this at my home and I did not order it nor did anyone else in my family?? Anyhow, essentially the magazine has sucked for so many years from a musical standpoint, although some articles are pretty good......Oh well, not complaining for some reason I am getting it and have not paid them one penny.

progbethyname wrote: I am sorry, but to overlook 80's Rush or not appreciate the innovation by how Rush latched on to the age of electric sound so well, you really can't say or call yourself a true Rush fan. 80's Rush is very important Rush. I feel this is fair to say because the 80's are a huge bulk of Rush's Music Career. Permanent Waves to Presto. Amazing electric power!!

Their 80's period is their best period. 

Their 70's period to their ∞ period is their best.......

Crumple wrote: progbethyname wrote: I am sorry, but to overlook 80's Rush or not appreciate the innovation by how Rush latched on to the age of electric sound so well, you really can't say or call yourself a true Rush fan. 80's Rush is very important Rush. I feel this is fair to say because the 80's are a huge bulk of Rush's Music Career. Permanent Waves to Presto. Amazing electric power!!   Well I don't want to argue...plenty of folks have plenty of opinions. To me the greatness of Rush is the first 8 albums. Not that i can't find things I enjoy after that...but if Signals was their debut and their catalog was everything post that, I really don't think they would be the legends that they are. As for being a fan...well...they come in all shapes and sizes. I remember being 14 when Moving Pictures came out.  I heard tom Sawyer and I was like "wait a minute...what is this?  Music can sound like THIS?  what is happening here!" and thus began the love affair.   I worked backwards from there and each album was a revelation.  Back then I couldn't just plop down $$ and download 5 albums I had to wait for birthdays or Christmas to add to my collection.  Or rent cassettes from the library!  HAHA..imagine?  (that's how I discovered Close to the Edge btw, but that's another story) By the time I got 2112 my head nearly exploded.  My friend's older brother had a garage band and they were learning 2112 (they never got past the Overture/Temples but that's ok we had fun).  He asked for lyrics and I HAND WROTE them all out on loose leaf paper.  HAHAHAHA...ah what memories. anyway...I may just check out PW and some others to see if my tastes have changed and I could enjoy them more. For now, I just blew through Hemispheres and Fly By Night during morning drive time and it was...glorious!

Yeah. You are right. I was just being a hard ass cause I'm so pro 80's RUSH, but you said so yourself...fans can come in all shapes and sizes and I am completely jealous that you got to experience moving pictures the year it was released at the wonderful, impressionable age of 14. Amazing.
Certainly, their early works are unbelievable and I think it all started with 2112 for me. Not a fan of their S/T album, Fly By Night and Caress The Steal. They didn't have that same majesty or technical prowess as Hemispheres and 2112.
A Farewell To Kings is when they started to get more melodic while still keeping that complex edge they had. Beautiful stuff. Anyway, I'm sorry about my insane comment. I wrote it early in the morning.