The Rush appreciation thread

Geddy Lee released two "lost" demos from his My Favorite Headache album.  The songs are Gone and I Am...You Are.   The songs are pretty good. Somewhat mellow.  Gone was written about the death of Neil's daughter but he decided not to release it at the time because the feelings were still to raw and he didn't want to upset Neil.  Has anybody heard these and what do you think?

dorotik wrote: 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.

Really nice post. Thank you.

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