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The Monodrone 
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 Posted: June 10 2010 at 15:24 |
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...Yeah, I would say get Moving Pictures. If you don't like anything from that, maybe you should stop listening to them, IMO.
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Catcher10
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Posted: June 10 2010 at 15:28 |
 rushfan4 wrote:
That's true. I do like Valley Girl.  |
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Queen By-Tor
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Posted: June 10 2010 at 15:36 |
WalterDigsTunes wrote:
I like to finish the albums I choose to listen to.
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So you're listening to music that you don't enjoy to throw an insult at Rush fans? Your own loss 
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rushfan4
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Posted: June 10 2010 at 15:37 |
Sorry. I hope that you had a spare pair with you.
I get the not liking Geddy's singing. It was certainly an acquired taste for me, and he hits some notes on those early albums that still make me cringe, but for the most part I grew used to them and actually like them. In regards to not liking Neil's lyrics I am sort of clueless there, as for the most part I love his lyrics, aside from the notorious Dog Years. So from that standpoint I can't help you. It does seem to me that songs like The Spirit of Radio and Freewill should appeal to you (both are on Permanent Waves) but what the hell do I know.
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richardh
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Posted: June 10 2010 at 15:49 |
Watching the Rush film the other day there were some very funny music critics desciptions of Geddy Lee's voice ,the best being 'like a cat being chased out of a room with a blow torch up its arse!!'
As a kid I was actually convinced that the lead singer was a woman and said as such to a keen Rush fan which didn't go down well.
Anwyay appreciating what you have? Convert every album into MP3 form and then play the tracks randomly mixed in with other bands you like. This worked for me in the case of Gentle Giant and Porcupine Tree. If not then just stop flogging a dead horse and get rid of them.
Edited by richardh - June 10 2010 at 15:50
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jammun
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Posted: June 10 2010 at 19:15 |
As I've recounted before, Rush is ironically how I found PA.
I actually did not like them when I first heard them (1979-80). They were in regular rotation on the AOR station here in Seattle. Then I eventually heard Limelight and bought Moving Pictures. As others have mentioned, it is a very good album, Geddy's voice -- which someone has described as Donald Duck on helium -- notwithstading.
That said, the tracks I heard from subsequent albums over the next 20 years didn't do much for me, though I started revisiting the band via the Retrospectives albums around five years ago. I subsequently bought Feedback and Snakes & Arrows, both of which are decent enough outings.
To my surprise Rush -- even the early tracks -- sound much better now that I'm well into my middle age. With all due respect to the band, who have progressed a long way from those early albums, I attribute this to three things: 1) my hearing ain't what it used to be; 2) Geddy's voice has calmed down a bit to my ears (see 1)); 3) they are still better that 90% of everything else that's out there.
I'm looking forward to their next studio album, but I'll be visiting PA looking for reviews before I buy it  |
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Can you tell me where we're headin'?
Lincoln County Road or Armageddon.
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: June 10 2010 at 20:15 |
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Walter- Permanent Waves is the only Rush album I would ever intentionally listen to. Just sell all of yours and get that
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Mr. Maestro
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Posted: June 11 2010 at 10:14 |
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? |
Listen to "Xanadu." Then listen to "Xanadu" again. Then listen to it again. And again. And again. And...
If that doesn't make you like Rush, then you have my pity.
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"I am the one who crossed through space...or stayed where I was...or didn't exist in the first place...."
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jplanet
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Posted: June 11 2010 at 11:04 |
WalterDigsTunes wrote:
Fly by Night
2112
A Farewell to Kings
Signals
Presto
Roll the Bones
Test for Echo
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Having seen your taste form other threads, I would have never have recommended any of these to you. I consider myself a big Rush fan, but like none of these albums (except for some of AFtK). I believe that Exit...Stage Left is the best example of Rush in their "prog" prime, a live album with great energy and inspired performances - includes fantastic renditions of Villa Strangiato, Xanadu, Jacob's Ladder...if these don't strike you in any way, then I'd move on. Sometimes it means it's either just not your thing, and sometimes it means it's just not your thing right now. There are plenty of albums that I disliked at first, then revisited years later to find they were just what I was looking for (Miles Davis and King Crimson were like this for me)
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mike hewetson
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Posted: June 15 2010 at 06:56 |
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hi, i recommend you get a copy of hemispheres,but as has been said,if you don"t get them,you probably won"t like hemispheres either! myself,i count it as one of my finest prog albums and they have never produced anything near it! but each to their own,we"ve all got our likes and dislikes.i actually stopped buying rush albums after grace under pressure,as their later work didn"t do it for me either! as i"m a musician myself,i understand the loss of ambition in writing capabilities when you get older! this is why so many top bands draw from their older songs when they play live-it"s often their best music.
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Blacksword
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Posted: June 15 2010 at 07:43 |
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?
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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.
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: June 15 2010 at 14:20 |
I'm still trying to make Fripp amazing for someone. As for the stuff you already have, there are options. Do another listen, sell it, toss it in the trash, or attempt to play Frisbee with the discs. 
Edited by Slartibartfast - June 15 2010 at 14:23
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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himtroy
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Posted: June 15 2010 at 15:50 |
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I don't really like them either. But Hemispheres was always there best to me. Definitely their most progressive.
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Which of you to gain me, tell, will risk uncertain pains of hell?
I will not forgive you if you will not take the chance.
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esky
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Posted: June 16 2010 at 13:40 |
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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).
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Logan
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Posted: June 16 2010 at 13:46 |
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Walter, if you haven't already, you should start a "make me like post 1989 bands/artists" thread.
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Padraic
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Posted: June 16 2010 at 13:48 |
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?
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Nothing. If you don't like it, move on. Maybe explore something written in the past 20 years oh wait
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progmetalhead
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Posted: June 16 2010 at 14:12 |
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? |
 An ear transplant!
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rushfan4
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Posted: June 16 2010 at 14:18 |
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PopLies
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Posted: June 16 2010 at 15:18 |
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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.
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Abstrakt
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Posted: June 16 2010 at 15:40 |
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