Rush

Karl Hungus

I've been listening to Moving Pictures pretty much all day today, and I've just been compelled to say, what a damn fine band.

Treebeard

Weird, I just put that CD on just before I saw this thread. I've been listening to it a lot recently actually. I'm particularly fond of Red Barchetta and Vital Signs at the moment

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and moving pictures isnt the best album...
try 2112 from the old stuff or hold your fire from some new stuff.
went to see than about two years ago in london...
been listing to them since i was a wee man(older brothers albums)

best band in the world, giddy alex and niel rock

mikep

You gotta go for Exit stage left!!!:D

DublinWriter

mikep wrote:

You gotta go for Exit stage left!!!:D

Oh yeah, that's the one.

Their Live in Rio is pretty good.

Personally, I'm not that fond of them post 'Hold Your Fire'.

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DublinWriter wrote:

Oh yeah, that's the one.

Their Live in Rio is pretty good.

Personally, I'm not that fond of them post 'Hold Your Fire'.

you wouldn't be a big fan of presto so...

Crucifix

I've been meaning to pick up more stuff by them for ages. Great band.

peter1892

'Moving Pictures' is my own favourite Rush album, but there's lots of their stuff that I like, older & newer albums. From the newer end of things I'd recommend 'Counterparts', from 1993. More 'rock' with less keyboards on it, emphasis being on guitar, bass & drums.

'2112', 'Hempisheres' & 'A Farewell To Kings' are worth getting too.

And a good sampler of their live stuff would be 'Different Stages' - 3 CD's, 2 recorded in the 90's, the 3rd from 1978.

Ancient1

Baggio, you're getting old man...

A thread about Rush, 8 posts already and no sign of you yet!

Aard

I've got 2112, but it doesn't do much for me tbh.

JC 2K3

I've not listened to 'em in a while, but they are amazing.

All the World's a Stage is my favourite live album.

MagnumForce

Nothing beats 2112! such an amazing piece of work! the title track is damn good and the rest are great too especially Passage to Bangkok and the Twilight Zone, oh and Something for Nothing's a great song too, I think ill give the album a listen right now in fact! "We are the priests! Of the Temples of Syrinx!!" I love it!

It wasn't me!

Lads, does anyone have Baggio's number? I think he might have had a heart attack pounding the big red monster, still no response.

Karl Hungus

It wasn't me! wrote:

Lads, does anyone have Baggio's number? I think he might have had a heart attack pounding the big red monster, still no response.

I'm frightened now! :eek:

Sofaspud

Hemispheres FTW

This was my introduction to Rush, who were, at first, "That band with the guy who sounds like Cyndi Lauper", but that album still amazes me. 4 songs, about 45 minutes long, but it's an album that I can (and have) listen to over and over . . .

Roll the Bones is also pretty good, 'specially "Where's My Thing".

Rustar

Picked up R30 recently and was amazed. It's great that 2 old truckdrivers and a schoolteacher can kick bootay like that.

My favorite has always been Moving Pictures, but a lot of other songs from other albums are great.

My favorite 're-discovery' right now is...ummm...can't remember the title, but it goes "we are young...wandering on the face of the earth...wondering what our dreams might be worth..."

peter1892

Rustar wrote:

My favorite 're-discovery' right now is...ummm...can't remember the title, but it goes "we are young...wandering on the face of the earth...wondering what our dreams might be worth..."

That's 'Dreamline', the opening track on 'Roll The Bones'. Great song!

'Learning that we're only immortal for a limited time'.

mike65

Still no baggio? Call me crazy but I like Roll the Bones and Presto a lot now, but did'nt much at the time. Me fires up "Wheres My Thing"

Mike.

peter1892

'Roll The Bones' is great, in fact I can remember it scoring higher in reviews (well in Metal Hammer anyway) than Metallica's 'Black Album' when it was released (august 91).

'Presto' is underrated IMO. 'Superconductor' is a really good tune, so is 'Show Don't Tell' & 'Red Tide'. I don't like the production on it though, originally I thought it was just a dodgy copy on a C90 I had but when I eventually got it on CD I noticed how weak & tinny it sounded. 'Hold Your Fire' on the other hand, still sounds fresh to my ears. I could listen to 'Prime Mover' over & over again. In fact I'm listening to it right now.

mike65

Robert Hines production was why I did'nt like it at first, coming after the Peter Collins bright shiny Hold Your Fire and Power Windows it sounded weak and dull, but the songs are great and ultimatly thats whats you listen to.

Just a heads up - on Shoutcast there's 24 hrs Rush channel - fill your boots!

Mike.

Karl Hungus

I've still got Moving Pictures on.

Really should get more Rush, apart from the aforementioned album, I've got the Rush in Rio DVD, which is very cool indeed.

MagnumForce

Karl Hungus wrote:

I've got the Rush in Rio DVD, which is very cool indeed.

As much as i like Rush i cant seem to watch that DVD for any substanstial period of time, it kind of bores me after a while for some reason. Im kinda like that with Rush in general, listen to a few of their songs at a time and move on, never a whole album (except 2112). Neil Peart's Drum solo on the Rush In Rio DVD is brilliant though.

Roll the Bones is a damn great song, i just love how it sounds a a whole.

Im quite partial to a bit of the "Signals" album aswell, but as i said, not too much at a time.

Oh yeah and Caress Of Steel is brilliant!! The Necromancer is such a good song!, and Bastille Day, actually all of it is great except Lakeside park, it gets boring after a minute or so

Picture of Rush in the eighties. Man, that mullet Geddy has in this pic was a BAD decision, and when did Tom Hanks join Rush?

peter1892

mike65 wrote:

Robert Hines production was why I did'nt like it at first, coming after the Peter Collins bright shiny Hold Your Fire and Power Windows it sounded weak and dull, but the songs are great and ultimatly thats whats you listen to

Hine produced 'RTB' as well but that wasn't as tinny. But you're right, it's the songs that were great.

There should be a new album fairly soon (sometime this year, I think).

mike65

Re Roll the Bones, not sure rap is the Rush way!

Mike.

Baggio

well welll...
..you lads crack me up...:p ..is ok..Im stilll alive,,just!!,,had a hectic run around the racetrack and did some stuff to get sharp for drumming rehearsals tonight but after a feed now, and ...I find this amaaaazing thread....welll done folks

Well first of all..best thing about thse guys is that like queen or zep or any great band theres something for everyone in their music..theirs always SOMETHING that anyone can like,,,their soo versatile...as the lads in sepultra once said "a 3 piece band that sounds like an orchestra!"

Anyway glad yu folks are into/getting into them well worth it for any rock/metal fan and major worth it for any musician I remember an interview a while back with the guys from primus saying that veryy thing.."any yung guys out there wanna play music?......Rush are the band to listen to!"

Oh and I read today that rush in rio went triple platinum and rush r30 went 5 times platinum..!!,,,now wether thats the states or canada not sure but thats the word.....rio was 2nd biggest selling dvd of the year in THE US that year,was it 2002 or 2003?..cant remmber,,and all from a band without ever a top 10 hit if ya like...pretty startling if yu ask me.

Finally gooood news...their new batch of new releases was released this week ,,by all reports is flying out the stores in USA and Canada possibly UK too...its the box set of DVD's of their 3 initial live video's now put onto dvd ..thats exit stage left, grace under pressure tour and a show of hands ..all in one box set,,,,willl be a tremendous collection to have and are great to watch...."Exit" highlight is Xanadu,,with lifeson and lee with their 2 big double necks!!..lee's was the first ever bass/six string custom double neck by rickenbacker...watch em go!!,,and pearts amazing percussion outfit around his drumset ouch!!!

Soo there ya go folks..it's all happening with the 3 mastercrafstmen and a new album out by end of year...tour ro follow and i WILL be there!!!

ciao' amigos....Baggio.............

Ancient1

Thanks for that update, Baggio!

If you ever need to know anything about Rush, just ask Baggio, the One-Stop-Rush-Shop!

Baggio

oops forgot to say title of new dvd box set is:

Rush replay x3

enjoy...ciao' amigos..Baggio.....

Baggio

Ancient1 yu crack me up yu nutball

ciao...amigo...Baggio...

Ancient1

Nice!

peter1892

Baggio wrote:

Soo there ya go folks..it's all happening with the 3 mastercrafstmen and a new album out by end of year...tour ro follow and i WILL be there!!!

So are you gonna start the 'Rush for Dublin' petition then?

Baggio

Gosh never thought of them coming here!!,,wouldnt it be something...at last! some real class in Dublin..ahh well..i doubt if theyd come here to be honest..ill go to london or birmingham to see them next time , cheap flight and to see the worlds greatest band in action..ahhhh tiz bliss!

ciao amigos...Baggio,,,,,,,,,

JC 2K3

I've got this horrible feeling they'll play next year right in the middle of my Leaving....

They should do a show here, it'd rock! Although I could see myself and my friend(we'd be 18) surrounded by a crowd far older than us...

Karl Hungus

Hey, I'd sign that petition.

OctavarIan

Love Rush! I have 2112 and A Farewell to Kings, both fantastic albums.

Mushy

Just bought 2112 today for €12, my first Rush album. All I can say after first listen is...Wow! They are excellent.

Baggio

Mushy,
...goood on ya...welll All I can say...is ,,,there's lots more where that came from bud!

ciao'...Baggio....

Baggio

footnote sorry to hog Boards folks!

just so folks understand,,,their music spans 30 years, a lad on here said 1 album i recomended sounded veryy 80's - welll they never stood stilll kept with the times,,,ie if yu want 70's Rush its there ..or 80's Rush..its there....or if ya wanted 90's Rush..its there!. they never stood still ..
So again if yu want 70'srock go for 2112, a farewell to kings or hemispheres, 80's rock try permananet waves, moving pictures, signals, grace under presssure, power windows, hold your fire.....90's rock...try presto, roll the bones, counterparts, 20th century!!,,Vapor Trails!..and alll their live albums, in between...which were usually released at the end of each era rather than any greatest hits collections etc

is all goood..ciao' amigos....Baggio.............

Doctor J

As someone who only got into the band in the last few years, I'd recommend Rush In Rio dvd as a fantastic starting place for anyone keen to dip their toe in. It covers pretty much the band's entire career and showcases just how good the guys are. Great, great band.

Mushy

I knew i had heard Rush before. My friend made me listen to Passage to bangkok years ago but i kept thinking it was Train to Bangkok. Damn chorus line. 2112 is a great album. Have played it so much since Tuesday. Goes down as one of the classic things i have bought for under €15 so easily

JC 2K3

Best part about 2112 is you can listen to it for months purely for the musical brilliance, and then you listen to the lyrics and read the captions that go along with the song and you find out about the song's intriguing story.

Haven't listened to it in a while, I'll put it on later.

o1s1n

Irish Rush fans? wah! i didnt know they existed. i thoought i was the only one...
and no, theres is no way in hell they will ever *ever* play here. a sad sad thing really.
as a matter of interest, what are your thoughts on their 90's/latest albums? my dad had me listening to their 70's / early 80's stuff since i was but a wee baby, so i was never really exposed to anything after.
its only in the last three or four years ive been getting my hands on the latest stuff, and i have to say, i find it absolutely awful. l i nearly cry whenever i hear them as i think theyre so bad.
what the hell happened?!! vapour trails is horiffic. well, i think so anyway. Rush for me basically end with grace under pressure. irionically enough, it was released the year i was born.
*gasp* i killed Rush

Baggio

How goes it,
....welll some interesting thoughts there for sure.......I think to be honest nearly all their fans really idolize the classic rock stuff of Hemispheres, a farewell to kings , 2112, permananet waves and moving pix to be honest and even back to fly by night and carress of steel....I get that for sure...was so original and challenging ,,,but Id have to say,,unlike many bands...they HAD to change, if they had stayed playing that style only,,,theyd have died years ago...The 80's for me saw music change all over the place,,,and they just responded in kind, they kept their hard rock edge,,,but just adjusted to the times,,as they did in 90's and now this near era if ya like.
Personally...I honestly cant think fo any album I dont like...Id say oddly enough Carress Of Steel is the one I get least out of..simply because the sound of it .,..is kinda undercooked somehow...theres some amazing stuff on there and all the metal heads on here should get a listen to @The Necromancer@..a real classic section of blistering guitar and drums work on that!
But I like what theyv done since...Hold Your Fire and Grace under Pressure and Power Windows are real 80's albums but theres some really awsome musicianship on all those albums....Between The Wheels played for the first time ever ..on last tour was the highlight for many people it was just sooo well done excellent. Hold Your Fire has the most variety of styles of any of their albums and is a real fave of mine,,some terrific stuff on that.
90's albums?...i like Presto its veryy stripped down..perhaps just a litte TOO stripped down..but has some great songs on there..Roll The Bones too...veryy steely kind of production on both by the producer,,,which doesnt help em ...but live ,.,.those songs from those 2 are really goood.
Vapor Trails...yeahh interesting thoughts there...well in fairness,,was their comback album after basically dying for 5 years with Peart's awful tragedies...I relaly like it tho, it's kinda explosive.....at first was dissapointed Lifeson decided no keyboards orr guitar solos!!..I thought how they gonna make that work??..oddly enough it really does!,,,didnt expect it to - coz his solos are just so well thought out and played....but after a while found out he decided on that to give Peart the main focus on that album,,,and of course the big man didnt dissapoint!..some awsome drumming on there.
I have heard the new album coming out will see Lifesons guitar work in yer face!..so cant wait for that!......I get what yer saying overall...but id suggest a rethink...theres lots there in all their stuff since late 70's early 80;s...its just a matter of adjusting is all.

ciao' amigo...Baggio...

ps naa they wont play here...they were asked for years to do Italy and Lifeson made it clear theyd luv to but wouldnt untill everything was right venue etc...so their show could be seen at best for the fans.....goood thinking me thinks....they played Milan last tour and apparantly was one of the best shows on the whole tour...so there ya go

blastman

Apparently Presto is being re-mastered and re-released later this year, as a lot of people were unhappy with the production. Anyone heard this (I picked it up on the Marillion forums, there's a good few Rush fans there)?

Maccattack

Test For Echo often gets a bad rap. But for my money its one of the best.Some great tunes on there.

peter1892

blastman wrote:

Apparently Presto is being re-mastered and re-released later this year, as a lot of people were unhappy with the production. Anyone heard this (I picked it up on the Marillion forums, there's a good few Rush fans there)?

That'd be great - a bit more bottom end could make it sound really fantastic (the songs themselves are prety good).

o1s1n

hmm maybe i'm being unfair to those other albums. i'll attempt to give them a relisten
its just when your so used to a certain sound, and then theres such a drastic change, it kinda hits you like a brick in the face.
was not expecting it at all!
i hate to ask this question, as it will make me vomit with jealously, but has anyone here seen Rush live?
i recently got my hands on a bootlet video, cant remember where it was from. they played the whole seven-part suite from 2112. i couldnt believe it. i would have given several limbs to be there.

Ancient1

o1s1n wrote:

i hate to ask this question, as it will make me vomit with jealously, but has anyone here seen Rush live?

Grab a bucket and check out Baggio's profile.

peter1892

o1s1n wrote:

i hate to ask this question, as it will make me vomit with jealously, but has anyone here seen Rush live?

Yeah, he scored a goal too. Oh hang on, you mean Rush the band, not Ian Rush?

Seriously though, a friend of mine went over to Wembley for the 'Roll The Bones' tour, said it was amazing. At the time I was a poor student & could hardly afford a cup of coffee! I can't remember why i didn't go in 2004 but there was a reason...anyway hopefully next time round....

o1s1n

History:
Drummer, seen Rush 5 times at wembley arena, best band on the planet by miles!!,,,Jethro Tull are good to,,,most today are garbage!


5 times? i think i'll need several buckets!!!
actually, anyone see Jethro Tull when they played over here recently? i think it was a year or two ago. although i could be totally wrong as i have no concept of time.
excellent gig!
nice to see Ian Anderson still has it

JC 2K3

o1s1n wrote:

History:
Drummer, seen Rush 5 times at wembley arena, best band on the planet by miles!!,,,Jethro Tull are good to,,,most today are garbage!


5 times? i think i'll need several buckets!!!
actually, anyone see Jethro Tull when they played over here recently? i think it was a year or two ago. although i could be totally wrong as i have no concept of time.
excellent gig!
nice to see Ian Anderson still has it

Pity he has no hair anymore I don't doubt his ability, but I loved his look....

I'm liking the Mars Volta right now, best prog rock band in ages IMO.

But yeah, Rush, I want to see em so badly!!

mp3guy

JC 2K3 wrote:

I'm liking the Mars Volta right now, best prog rock band in ages IMO.

Yeah, picked up two of their albums recently, great stuff, fresh