Make Me Not Feel Bored by Rush

Like everyone else has said, you've grabbed the wrong albums. In your case I would suggest you might buy a live album. That's how I got into Rush. Or if you don't want a live album...at least buy the right Rush albums! The ones you have I would not suggest to anyone wanting to get into Rush!

esky wrote: Haven't we be down this road before? Collect A Farewell to Kings, Hemispheres, Moving Pictures, Grace Under Pressure, Signals and then be happy and live a good life (sorry but Permanent Waves is a little too goofy for my liking).

Let's try some advice here:
Fly by Night
Get rid of your zappa-esque sense of humour and learn to laugh with Geddy's shrieking yeahs!
That's goofy humour for you!

2112
Rip to mp3 and just play the first 4 minutes and the last 2 of 2112 on constant repeat.
If that doesn't get your air-guitar up then you're hopeless

A Farewell to Kings
Stick to Xanadu and don't bother with the rest of the album

Signals
Brilliant album. My favourite Rush, but that's not the prevailing opinion IMO.

Presto
Roll the Bones
Test for Echo
Try to sell them for a few beers.

WalterDigsTunes wrote: Shrieking vocals, riffery, pounding drums... all tantamount to a sub-Led Zep, Rush has never done anything for me. Somehow or another, I've acquired seven albums by this band. Aside from the Police-tinged "Signals," none of them has struck me as even remotely remarkable. The less we say about the despicable philosophical basis for the lyrics, the better. So here's what I've bought over the years: Fly by Night 2112 A Farewell to Kings Signals Presto Roll the Bones Test for Echo Now, will somebody propose a way to approach these in a manner that will keep me from yawning and switching to Zappa or Crimson?

You can sell the ones you don't like on Ebay, buy another stuff. Just keep with the ones you liked, simple resolution.

You bought the wrong albums. A Farewell to Kings and Signals are great, but as others have said, you really do need Moving Pictures and Permanent Waves.

better taste in music?

Just kidding. But if you have listened to all those albums and still don't like them at all, then the only suggestion would be to move on.

WalterDigsTunes wrote: I don't plan on spending on more Rush, though. The question is... what does it take to appreciate the stuff I've already got?

Walter, if you haven't already, you should start a "make me like post 1989 bands/artists" thread.

I don't really like them either.  But Hemispheres was always there best to me.  Definitely their most progressive.

WalterDigsTunes wrote: I don't plan on spending on more Rush, though. The question is... what does it take to appreciate the stuff I've already got?

A completely different taste in music??

You dont like them, so what? Moving Pictures is my favourite and I guess if you like Signals, you think MP is ok, but to be honest it;s hardly worth investing more money in band, who I really think you probably have the gist of by now. You've got albums from all their eras in your collection. You know what the Rush philosophy to making music is by now.

They're not for everyone....same can be said for King Crimson and Zappa.