The Rush appreciation thread

djcox2112 wrote: Thanks for the great pic of pre-Rush, never saw those before... Seriously I respect the debut album of 1974, Rush, but that was not Rush...  Rush is after Neil, no disrespect, just my opinion.  I was a kid in Michigan in high school in 1977, first heard 2112, I was hooked.  Listened to that a million times and decided to purchase COS, it was rougher took some time, but I eventually loved it.  Today, Fountain of Lamneth is one of my go to Rush tunes.  Listen to it all the time when I'm by myself, like on walks with dog, wife doesn't exactly love it.  "No one at the bridge", IMHO no better song ever written by any group.  I've saw them live roughly 40 times, almost every tour with the exception of HOF, didn't get into that album (but I still bought it) :)  Started out in West Michigan, then Chicago, Milwaukee, then down in Dallas, TX where I've lived for the last 40 years.  My favorite period would be from COS thru Hemispheres, but love them all (especially PW/MP)...  Moving forward, what a great album Clockwork Angels was, reverting back a little, saw them twice that tour, Dallas (the DVD show), and later the next year in G.R. MI.  That was a perfect ending for me, saw them in my start/ending locations.  Also saw them in the R40 tour, great show...

SteveG wrote: Just an anecdote: I once met a guy who used to ask people if they were 'space' or 'post space' Rush fans. Not having the slightest idea of what he was on about, I asked him for an explanation. He said 'space' Rush fans were old fans who liked Rush before Geddy had the space between his front top teeth filled in. You can only get this stuff from Rush fans.

Out of the list of All-Time Top 10 Progressive Rock Bands, Rush are the only band who I still haven't gotten around to listening to all of their albums, although I'm in no Rush. 

djcox2112 wrote: "No one at the bridge", IMHO no better song ever written by any group.

Tis a great song. Every time I hear it, it gives me goosebumps and brings back treasured memories of my teenage years.

Thanks for the great pic of pre-Rush, never saw those before... Seriously I respect the debut album of 1974, Rush, but that was not Rush...  Rush is after Neil, no disrespect, just my opinion.  I was a kid in Michigan in high school in 1977, first heard 2112, I was hooked.  Listened to that a million times and decided to purchase COS, it was rougher took some time, but I eventually loved it.  Today, Fountain of Lamneth is one of my go to Rush tunes.  Listen to it all the time when I'm by myself, like on walks with dog, wife doesn't exactly love it.  "No one at the bridge", IMHO no better song ever written by any group.  I've saw them live roughly 40 times, almost every tour with the exception of HOF, didn't get into that album (but I still bought it) :)  Started out in West Michigan, then Chicago, Milwaukee, then down in Dallas, TX where I've lived for the last 40 years.  My favorite period would be from COS thru Hemispheres, but love them all (especially PW/MP)...  Moving forward, what a great album Clockwork Angels was, reverting back a little, saw them twice that tour, Dallas (the DVD show), and later the next year in G.R. MI.  That was a perfect ending for me, saw them in my start/ending locations.  Also saw them in the R40 tour, great show...    

verslibre wrote: Catcher10 wrote: All of them have proggy moments, but full blown progressive rock?? Hmm . If we are talking song compositions and time signatures, complex rhythms, deep thought provoking lyrics then that stuff is in all their albums. Right. I remember an interview in Musician when Presto came out. The article was even called (liberally paraphrasing here) "Rush: The Band That Made Rock Safe for 7/4." (The song in question was "Superconductor.") And let's not forget that bass solo on "Show Don't Tell." That song/video aired on both FM and MTV during a time when there was a noticeably anti-prog sentiment felt throughout the scene in general...

All of them have proggy moments, but full blown progressive rock?? Hmm . If we are talking song compositions and time signatures, complex rhythms, deep thought provoking lyrics then that stuff is in all their albums.

Honestly only Hold Your Fire - Presto - Roll the Bones albums aren't very proggy, the rest (especially the last 3) are very proggy to me.

I was going to make this a poll but decided to post here instead. What do you guys think was the last full blown progressive rock album that Rush did? For me it was probably Moving Pictures. However, I would say that Signals up to and including Hold Your Fire all had strong prog elements. After that I think they significantly moved away from an overtly proggy sound although still had the occasional proggy moments. So again, MP for me and then increasingly less so after that. By counterparts they had basically moved back to where they came from imo (a hard rock band).

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - June 24 2022 at 02:03

Grumpyprogfan wrote: ^Alex's WTF speech is awesome and hilarious.    Supposedly, Alex had a speech written but instead he improvised the blah blah routine, surprising Geddy and Neil.

I mean it's actually brilliant. He managed to generate a comprehensible and understanding dialogue, yet give the award ceremony the middle finger, all whilst uttering a single word.