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Catcher10 wrote: Received yesterday the 40th Anniversary Rush debut album package. Real nice box set, includes a lot of nice extras. The vinyl is 200g using DMM pressing process, excellent sound brilliantly done.

Looks great. I love it. A man who knows how to part with analog.

I just listened to Hold Your Fire (which I hadn't heard for 20+ years coz I didn't like it much). Darn it - I think it's consistently great !! I only liked Force Ten years ago but now I'm going to catch up on it !! The track Open Secrets is a real winner. Maybe it sounded a bit 'grown up' to my young ears back then, but it's almost perfect now !!!

rushfan4 wrote: We were talking about comics and just for the heck of it I googled Rush comics and a link to these Cygnus X-1 and Cygnus X-2 comics came up.  I thought that this would be interesting to share.  http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/rush/comicbook-cygnus-x1-b1.php

This is from the old Rush Fanzine that is also available at this same location

Nice plug by Geddy on some early influences to their writing and playing...I will post the link but not sure it will be active as you have to sign up.

“I was really interested in all the developments in that area of music. Things were moving very fast and I liked what it might do for our music. Alex wasn’t at all enthusiastic. Well, he was the guitarist, so felt we should still be focused around that. But I really believed that if we were to have anything to offer in the new decade, then what we needed to do was explore different sounds.

“We’d also discovered more progressive bands like Yes, Van der Graaf Generator and King Crimson. They inspired us to think about making music more complex and challenging. The trick was to find some way of combining these influences with our own personalities, so what you got was definitely still about us.”

I agree...we all have to laugh more...

"So, just what is the secret behind Rush’s enduring career, and how have the trio managed to stay together for so long without killing each other?

“It’s not been easy! Of course, there are moments when we’ve fallen out. But the trick is that we all know how well we work together. We have also become very good at giving each other space to breathe. Ultimately, we are three individuals who can come together and create something special. But it doesn’t take over our lives. And at the end of the day, we can still have a good laugh about anything. Perhaps that’s the secret to longevity: learn to laugh!”


http://teamrock.com/features/2014-02-26/in-no-rush-to-slow-down



Edited by Catcher10 - June 06 2014 at 12:49

I have always enjoyed HYF, sure it is different. But I agree there are some excellent songs on that album.

Well written and performed from start to finish, I can listen to the whole albums without skipping anything.
Open Secrets is a great title too....

Catcher10 wrote: I have always enjoyed HYF, sure it is different. But I agree there are some excellent songs on that album. Well written and performed from start to finish, I can listen to the whole albums without skipping anything. Open Secrets is a great title too....

The album is nearly perfect to my ears. ;)

I have Show of Hands Live VHS tape...still view it on occasion.

Been cranking EMOTION DETECTOR lately.

Love everything about that tune, especially the intro. :)

progbethyname wrote: Been cranking EMOTION DETECTOR lately. Love everything about that tune, especially the intro. :)

The intro always reminds me of Blade Runner for some reason.

Jeffro wrote: Emotion Detector is great. One of the best songs off that album. It's right behind Mystic Rythmns for me