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Rush are my No1 group!

I made a list recently here on lists section,  "1001 Prog bands you must hear before you die!" and Rush have 13 entries.

A question...

Has anyone heard the new Rush  Time Machine   Live DVD and CD - I have the Cd and noted Geddys voice is very pitchy becasue he had a cold.

That ruins the experience and yet they brought out a DVD too. Why would they do that - why not wait till he was at his best cos thats now going to be selling worldwide and its an inferiour Rush. Very sad and I am putting off getting it on DVD.

I read a scathing review today on the CD and it is sad that the thing was ever released. I love Rush but they have to reconsider some o the plethora of Compilations churning out recently and now Live Cds.

having said that the ABC Live CD was great focussing on a classic 70s concert. 

The band sound fantastic and full of energy.

 

Edited by AtomicCrimsonRush - January 08 2012 at 20:43

Catcher10 wrote: colorofmoney91 wrote: For Christmas, I got my father the new Time Machine DVD and watched it with him while we grilled steaks. If any of you haven't seen the DVD, I recommend it; it's as good as all their other previous DVD's I've seen (though probably not better than R30). Since then I've been listening to all of my favorite Rush albums and I seem to be temporarily addicted again.   What a nice son......my son gave me Snakes & Arrows Live DVD couple Christmas's ago.....That one is a great concert too.....Although we enjoy the part of making of the movie skit, Geddy and Alex are pretty funny!

AtomicCrimsonRush wrote: Rush are my No1 group! I made a list recently here on lists section,  "1001 Prog bands you must hear before you die!" and Rush have 13 entries. A question... Has anyone heard the new Rush  Time Machine   Live DVD and CD - I have the Cd and noted Geddys voice is very pitchy becasue he had a cold. That ruins the experience and yet they brought out a DVD too. Why would they do that - why not wait till he was at his best cos thats now going to be selling worldwide and its an inferiour Rush. Very sad and I am putting off getting it on DVD. I read a scathing review today on the CD and it is sad that the thing was ever released. I love Rush but they have to reconsider some o the plethora of Compilations churning out recently and now Live Cds. having said that the ABC Live CD was great focussing on a classic 70s concert.  The band sound fantastic and full of energy.

Edited by Catcher10 - January 08 2012 at 21:39

Catcher10 wrote: AtomicCrimsonRush wrote: Rush are my No1 group! I made a list recently here on lists section,  "1001 Prog bands you must hear before you die!" and Rush have 13 entries. A question... Has anyone heard the new Rush  Time Machine   Live DVD and CD - I have the Cd and noted Geddys voice is very pitchy becasue he had a cold. That ruins the experience and yet they brought out a DVD too. Why would they do that - why not wait till he was at his best cos thats now going to be selling worldwide and its an inferiour Rush. Very sad and I am putting off getting it on DVD. I read a scathing review today on the CD and it is sad that the thing was ever released. I love Rush but they have to reconsider some o the plethora of Compilations churning out recently and now Live Cds. having said that the ABC Live CD was great focussing on a classic 70s concert.  The band sound fantastic and full of energy.     Both the CD and DVD are tough for Ged on the vocals due to the cold......But it was their only Cleveland show and I think more than anything they wanted to pay homage to the city that gave them their big break on the radio.   They too have been my #1 band for way too many years!!!! With Genesis #2.......rightly so.   Both are amazing but Rush just keep getting better......its so hard for me to think about the day we will not see them on stage anymore.   13 entries! I never counted them.....sounds like I need to review my spreadsheet again.

^ Geddy's voice has certainly become much "warmer" since the late 70's albums.....I for one have never had a big issue with his sound, besides I never bought into Rolling Stone reviews much anyway, they have always had their own agenda.

I've been getting some Rush albums the last few months. I have been enjoying them quiet a bit. So far, I have gotten "2112", "A Farewell to Kings", "Hemispheres", and "Moving Pictures". As soon as I'm satisfied that I've gotten into "Hemispheres" well enough, I expect to get "Permanent Waves", and thus complete the most praised albums from them. So far, at first listen each album feels a bit too familiar and similar to the previous ones I've heard, but some time later, I get the albums better and apreciate them for their individuality. I'm still waiting to get "Hemispheres" before I choose if I'll be wanting to get the rest of their discography or not... I feel it may already be too much... perhaps I'll just take some time to get some albums from other bands before returning for the rest of the Rush albums.

Edited by Dellinger - January 18 2012 at 19:06

It's all actually very good.  Tough ones for me to get into have been Counterparts and Vapor Trails.  I'd say the run up to and including Roll The Bones is greatest album run in rock, prog or otherwise.  just incredible, memorable melodies on all of those albums.

Catcher10 wrote: Funny....I just listened to Counterparts and Vapor Trails this past weekend, start to finish several times. Reason is I just did some cleaning to my CD player and let those run. Both those albums to me are excellent, superb lyrics on Counterparts, with very heavy Lifeson guitar and power drumming from Neil.   Vapor Trails is one of my favs...so many great songs with Secret Touch and Earthshine being my favs.......and VT holds a special place as that may have never been had Neil not decided to come back to music let alone Rush. Those two were never hard for me to get into......Probably the hardest one for me is Roll The Bones.

Dellinger wrote: Horizons wrote: Hemispheres will win you over.  After that get Signals.  Yeah, that was the impression I had, after the "essential" Rush albums, I would have to get the first (and suposedly best) of their "synth" era albums. Perhaps that album having a stronger synth presence will have a refreshing different sound. I guess it will be depending on how I like that one that I will choose if I get more albums or not. However, it should be a few months before I get to buy that one.

Oh i meant to tell you guys that in High School back in around 1978 i took Art and the teacher had a turntable at the back of the class and he told us we could bring in any music we wanted to and play it once his teaching was over.The only band he said that we couldn't play was Rush.True story and i'll never forget that.I guess he didn't like Geddy's screeching voice or something.