The Rush appreciation thread

M27Barney wrote: mathman0806 wrote: Just curious, what is the meaning of "dance round yer handbags"? I am not familiar with it. Is it a quote from something in particular? It is a referral to social observation. Women in nightclubs or party events, place their handbags on the dance floor and dance round them usually to Ghost of Perdition by Opeth...😃 part of that observation is false...

 

As I am reading thru the Rush tour history book, I am finding that a lot of the negative reviews of their shows come from their Canada dates. Don't get me wrong there are also negative reviews from their US dates also, it just seems to sway to Canada.  Here are a few snap shots of reviews positive and negative, along with a cryptic comment by Geddy about touring....

Edited by Catcher10 - February 12 2020 at 08:50

I came across this cover version of 2112 and thought that I'd share it.

rushfan4 wrote: I came across this cover version of 2112 and thought that I'd share it.

verslibre wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: I was just looking to see if anyone's posted any Rush albums on this thread yet, but there's no rush. Because we own 'em already!

^ I'd forgotten what my favourite Rush songs were, so I had to go back and find the Top 5 Rush songs list. Anyway, here's my Top 5:-

Paul, since you like all of the recent Yes albums, I am going to throw a few oddball "newer" suggestions to you for Rush:

I used to tape songs I liked off the radio. One day, when I was trying to tape a song by I-can't-even-remember-who, I accidentally recorded Freewill instead. My gosh! The number of changes in that song! And, it may be partly in odd time signatures, but you would never know it, because THE ODD TIME SIGNATURES FIT THE PHRASING OF THE SONG!!! (Why am I shouting? Sorry). That is one aspect that made Rush so special. They had impeccable phrasing. Some prog bands use odd time signatures and they sound so forced. Rush had a way of writing (sometimes syncopating parts) where the odd time signatures seamlessly fit like hand-in-glove. Limelight is another great example. And, they often ping pong-ed back & forth between odd time signature and 4/4. Then, you have that solo between Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson (with what might be a flanger) that was so beautifully executed. There are super chord progressions (3 in particular) in that piece in verse, chorus, and bridge sections with neato-cool sounding inversions. Then, to top it off, Geddy Lee gets up into Mariah Carey's vocal range with some of those notes. "Each of us ...!" Freewill is ... to me ... a perfect Rush song. You'll never hear anything else like it. I had heard a lot of their songs before, but Freewill was the turning point, where I became a true fan. Of course, now I own most of their albums. The problem is that I had to buy them as LPs, then cassettes, then CDs, ...

I distinctly recall the good old days of anxiously awaiting their next album. Now, sadly, they're done ... but their music lives on!

Jaketejas wrote: I used to tape songs I liked off the radio. One day, when I was trying to tape a song by I-can't-even-remember-who, I accidentally recorded Freewill instead. My gosh! The number of changes in that song! And, it may be partly in odd time signatures, but you would never know it, because THE ODD TIME SIGNATURES FIT THE PHRASING OF THE SONG!!! (Why am I shouting? Sorry). That is one aspect that made Rush so special. They had impeccable phrasing. Some prog bands use odd time signatures and they sound so forced. Rush had a way of writing (sometimes syncopating parts) where the odd time signatures seamlessly fit like hand-in-glove. Limelight is another great example. And, they often ping pong-ed back & forth between odd time signature and 4/4. Then, you have that solo between Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson (with what might be a flanger) that was so beautifully executed. There are super chord progressions (3 in particular) in that piece in verse, chorus, and bridge sections with neato-cool sounding inversions. Then, to top it off, Geddy Lee gets up into Mariah Carey's vocal range with some of those notes. "Each of us ...!" Freewill is ... to me ... a perfect Rush song. You'll never hear anything else like it. I had heard a lot of their songs before, but Freewill was the turning point, where I became a true fan. Of course, now I own most of their albums. The problem is that I had to buy them as LPs, then cassettes, then CDs, ... I distinctly recall the good old days of anxiously awaiting their next album. Now, sadly, they're done ... but their music lives on!

Jaketejas wrote: I distinctly recall the good old days of anxiously awaiting their next album. Now, sadly, they're done ... but their music lives on!