Is Rush prog
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Topic: Is Rush prog
Posted By: jeeglefun
Subject: Is Rush prog
Date Posted: December 21 2024 at 18:23
| Is Rush progressive |
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Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: December 21 2024 at 18:31
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 21 2024 at 18:47
| In terms of their whole catalogue a lot isn't. However they were certainly very influential in helping to create progressive metal and heavier prog styles with the albums 2112, A Farewell To Kings and Hemispheres. They then moved towards an artier 'synth pop' style in the 80's before eventually returning to a harder rock style in the 90's partly as a result of the rise of 'grunge' in North America I suspect |
Posted By: Jacob Schoolcraft
Date Posted: December 21 2024 at 20:38
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They are not always "straight up" Rock . I've read comments where people attempt to make the band look small in comparison to the big 5 or 6 . I've heard musicians say..."It's easy to play " Maybe it's not overly difficult to learn, but try playing 2112 , tracks from Hemispheres...Live 5 nights a week . Yeah...let's see what happens then? People have said their music is not difficult to play...however try putting yourself to the test by playing their music every week and see if you don't begin making mistakes? The difficulty in performing Rush every week is being consistent every night in getting the breaks clean and the dynamics perfect. Even after you have their pieces memorized you are bound for mistakes on stage. It's not like playing regular Rock on stage and close your eyes and not have to pay attention and so Rush has to be identified as being progressive right? |
Posted By: hrotod
Date Posted: December 21 2024 at 23:02
In contemporary discourse, it is predominantly acknowledged that Rush epitomizes the genre of heavy prog. However, in an era when the term "prog" had yet to be coined, Rush was not perceived as a purveyor of progressive rock but rather as an extremely impressive hard rock band.  |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: December 22 2024 at 00:11
| Sure they are. Rush have probably recorded more Progressive Rock albums/material in total than Genesis. |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: December 22 2024 at 00:43
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According to the documentary series "Metal Evolution" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Evolution" rel="nofollow - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Evolution ), Episode 11 - "Progressive Metal", Rush were pretty much at the start of Progressive Metal (which is a much broader subgenre in the documentary series than in Prog Archives). ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: December 22 2024 at 00:43
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There's a huge thread about this still active (and i bet this was discussed to death in the past) https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=126250&PID=5889315" rel="nofollow - https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=126250&PID=5889315 I wonder how much off-topic-ness is in that thread though.  |
Posted By: hrotod
Date Posted: December 22 2024 at 01:04
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Saperlipopette! wrote:Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: December 22 2024 at 01:10
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Posted By: hrotod
Date Posted: December 22 2024 at 01:27
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: December 22 2024 at 02:01
| ^ Either you get it or not. You already bore me. |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: December 22 2024 at 02:22
Personally, I'd say they were progressive between Fly By Night and Permanent Waves (you might stretch this to Moving Pictures). Others may have a different view, which I'd respect. ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: December 22 2024 at 02:24
hmm... I think we might have another Pedro on our hands...  ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: December 22 2024 at 02:35
or rather a Svetty clone.
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: December 22 2024 at 03:28
| Is this even in question? Note that the TO didn't bother to set a question mark, let alone any other relevant input. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: December 22 2024 at 03:33
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Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: December 22 2024 at 04:18
Interesting idea using a Genesis as a unit of measure for proginess. For example, Pawn Hearts might have a proginess of 1.5 Genesises, whereas Moving Pictures might have a proginess of only 0.9 Genesises.  ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: hrotod
Date Posted: December 22 2024 at 04:49
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