The Rush appreciation thread

SteveG wrote: ^ if there is it's probably locked too. Why don't you start one. It will get a lot responses, naturally.

I like that Rush cover. 

Well, you know, Rush was just an obscure cult band.

rushfan4 wrote: Aisles has recorded a cover of Red Sector A.  What do you think?

Aisles has recorded a cover of Red Sector A.  What do you think?

rushfan4 wrote: I missed the Neil Peart tribute concert this past weekend.  Did anybody watch it?  They are offering the chance to watch it on Pay-per-view here.  I am thinking I might do this but I am just curious if anyone else had seen it yet and whether it was worth it?   https://www.fite.tv/watch/modern-drummers-festival-2020/2p817/?cjevent=c647cb06f86d11ea83bf00340a24060e">https://www.fite.tv/watch/modern-drummers-festival-2020/2p817/?cjevent=c647cb06f86d11ea83bf00340a24060e

Jaketejas wrote: I distinctly recall the good old days of anxiously awaiting their next album. Now, sadly, they're done ... but their music lives on!

Jaketejas wrote: I used to tape songs I liked off the radio. One day, when I was trying to tape a song by I-can't-even-remember-who, I accidentally recorded Freewill instead. My gosh! The number of changes in that song! And, it may be partly in odd time signatures, but you would never know it, because THE ODD TIME SIGNATURES FIT THE PHRASING OF THE SONG!!! (Why am I shouting? Sorry). That is one aspect that made Rush so special. They had impeccable phrasing. Some prog bands use odd time signatures and they sound so forced. Rush had a way of writing (sometimes syncopating parts) where the odd time signatures seamlessly fit like hand-in-glove. Limelight is another great example. And, they often ping pong-ed back & forth between odd time signature and 4/4. Then, you have that solo between Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson (with what might be a flanger) that was so beautifully executed. There are super chord progressions (3 in particular) in that piece in verse, chorus, and bridge sections with neato-cool sounding inversions. Then, to top it off, Geddy Lee gets up into Mariah Carey's vocal range with some of those notes. "Each of us ...!" Freewill is ... to me ... a perfect Rush song. You'll never hear anything else like it. I had heard a lot of their songs before, but Freewill was the turning point, where I became a true fan. Of course, now I own most of their albums. The problem is that I had to buy them as LPs, then cassettes, then CDs, ... I distinctly recall the good old days of anxiously awaiting their next album. Now, sadly, they're done ... but their music lives on!

I used to tape songs I liked off the radio. One day, when I was trying to tape a song by I-can't-even-remember-who, I accidentally recorded Freewill instead. My gosh! The number of changes in that song! And, it may be partly in odd time signatures, but you would never know it, because THE ODD TIME SIGNATURES FIT THE PHRASING OF THE SONG!!! (Why am I shouting? Sorry). That is one aspect that made Rush so special. They had impeccable phrasing. Some prog bands use odd time signatures and they sound so forced. Rush had a way of writing (sometimes syncopating parts) where the odd time signatures seamlessly fit like hand-in-glove. Limelight is another great example. And, they often ping pong-ed back & forth between odd time signature and 4/4. Then, you have that solo between Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson (with what might be a flanger) that was so beautifully executed. There are super chord progressions (3 in particular) in that piece in verse, chorus, and bridge sections with neato-cool sounding inversions. Then, to top it off, Geddy Lee gets up into Mariah Carey's vocal range with some of those notes. "Each of us ...!" Freewill is ... to me ... a perfect Rush song. You'll never hear anything else like it. I had heard a lot of their songs before, but Freewill was the turning point, where I became a true fan. Of course, now I own most of their albums. The problem is that I had to buy them as LPs, then cassettes, then CDs, ...

I distinctly recall the good old days of anxiously awaiting their next album. Now, sadly, they're done ... but their music lives on!

Paul, since you like all of the recent Yes albums, I am going to throw a few oddball "newer" suggestions to you for Rush: