The Rush appreciation thread

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...    

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.

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. 

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.

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...

Sacro_Porgo wrote: But Genesis' first album, which didn't have Steve Hackett or Phil Collins on it, nor did it contain anything much resembling progressive rock (much closer to psychedelic pop in the vein of the Beau Brummles, and not like, the greatest psych pop of all time either). Yet I don't see people going around and saying "oh, well that's not Genesis, not really." It really is Genesis, the same way Rush s/t is really Rush, it's just the early days of the bands, still getting their feet wet, not settled in.

Early Journey was a good example. I suppose Fleetwood Mac weren't Fleetwood Mac before Stevie Nicks and Lindsy Buckingham joined. There's probably a whole bunch of other examples. It is true that some bands try to disown their early works (The Moody Blues come to mind) but the fact is bands change and evolve. The only example I can think of that might be considered legitimate (as far as it not being the same band) would be Renaissance where the original iteration had pretty much nothing to do with the Annie Haslam version. 

^Well, there's a name changed involved there (actually three) so technically they were different bands even though they often had many of the same members.   

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - July 01 2022 at 22:35

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