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Simkim
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Posted: September 21 2005 at 23:31 |
From 2112 to Signals, IMO. They are a great band, now and always
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Runaway
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Posted: September 21 2005 at 23:51 |
From Rush to 2112. Geddy vocals were so good at that period, IMO, when he began ''singing'', his voice lost some power. Although the 90's period was vastly underrated... Counterparts was great,,,
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SirPsycho388
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Posted: September 22 2005 at 01:05 |
eugene wrote:
RUSH were great starting with Fly By Night uptill Grace Under Pressure (both inclusive) with exception for Signals (very mediocre). After 1984 - 20 years on and not one single decent song - complete disappointment and total disillusion. Please bear in mind - this is only my personal opinion, which, I am sure, many will disagree with, but nevertheless I believe it's true.. |
I agree with this totally. Except i also enjoy the first Rush album alot, but i feel their best period was from FBN up to GUP, including both. I'm not as crazy about Signals as I am about GUP, but i still think its good.
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Strangers passing in the street by chance two separate glances meet and I am you and what I see is me. And do I take you by the hand and lead you through the land and help me understand the best I can
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richardh
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Posted: September 22 2005 at 02:05 |
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Simkim
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Posted: September 22 2005 at 03:03 |
richardh wrote:
actually I would rate that as the best series of albums any band has ever produced and even more commendable that they did it at a time when most prog bands turned to sh*t.
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I agree with that. The fact that their best period (at least in what's about success) was in the 80s, when all the classical bands were on the decline, is another proof of their singularity.
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BaldJean
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Posted: September 22 2005 at 03:05 |
the best periods of Rush are those between their albums
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A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta
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gulliman
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Posted: September 22 2005 at 05:06 |
A Farewell To Kings - Hold Your Fire (with the emphasis on the 80's stuff).
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SlipperFink
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Posted: September 22 2005 at 06:10 |
Not enough crackers in the free world to scoop up all the cheese from that Thornhill garage band. They are not a proggers band... they are a gearhead band. I lived thru that mess. Dreadful. The Trees. PLEASE. Kill the trees. Haul 'em away... And take those Canuk forest rangers with them. Dreadful. SM.
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M. B. Zapelini
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Posted: September 22 2005 at 06:17 |
IMHO they are great from "Rush" to "Exist Stage Left". I would extend to "Power WIndows", but "Signals" is among the rarest albums which I regret buying. And YES! THEY`RE STILL GREAT! Apart "Signals", there is only another album I don't like: "Hold Your Fire". These two are crap, all others are at least good albums.
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"He's a man of the past and one of the present" PETER HAMMILL
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misiu
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Posted: September 22 2005 at 06:56 |
Best Rush period for me starts to the very underrated "Caress of Steel" and ends up with "Moving Pictures" ...
I however like also their 80's and 90's albums (their best album from this period being by far "Counterparts"), especially when I feel like listening to some somewhat simpler music approach ... By the way mates could you continuously listening only to very complex prog music ? For me, I need to alternate complex and simpler music ...
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Fritha
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Posted: September 23 2005 at 02:53 |
I would go so far as to say that they were consistently good/great from Caress of Steel all the way up to and icluding Presto, with the notable exception of A Farewell to Kings (Xanadu is decent but does not a good record make) and half of Power Windows. Apart from these and some iffy tracks like Countdown from Signals and Tai Shan from Hold Your Fire, Rush really were not capable of much sub-par music in this period of time.
Don't know what hit them when the nineties began -Roll The Bones, apart from Dreamline, is trite to the extreme.
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chopper
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Posted: September 23 2005 at 08:05 |
I loved Rush from Fly By Night up to Permanent Waves. I thought Moving Pictures was a bit clinical and lacking in emotion, then I lost track of them. I've only recently got hold of their later stuff, and while there are some great songs there (e.g. Subdivisions and Analog Kid), it hasn't really gripped me as much as the earlier stuff. Bands have to change and progress and they're still hugely popular.
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slipperman
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Posted: September 23 2005 at 08:47 |
Fly By Night through Signals...all are perfect or near-perfect albums. One of the most amazing arcs/evolutions in music history.
Grace Under Pressure has its moments, and there are good songs scattered throughout even their worst albums (except Hold Your Fire, which is all bad to my ears).
Possibly my favorite band of all time. HAIL RUSH!
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TURK182!
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Posted: September 23 2005 at 10:33 |
Caress of Steel (this album is so underated IMO), 2112, Farewell to Kings, Hemispheres.
That was IMO their progressive era. Others album are more near to rock than prog.
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"A Flower!!!" "If you go down to Willow farm, you look for Butterflies..."
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limeyrob
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Posted: September 23 2005 at 15:21 |
1979, 1983, 1986 and 1989 for starters. Get my drift?
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Don Quito
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Posted: September 24 2005 at 17:07 |
Their best period is 1974 - and counting!!!
Rush has evolved from time to time. Their music has inspired many bands and their work is still just AMAZING without loosing their spirit.
Although they started more as a blues-rock band with influences from Led Zeppelin, Cream, The Who, etc., their sound reshaped and got more progressive with master pieces like 2112, Hemispheres and Moving Pictures (for some people, but in my case I would said every album is a MASTER PIECE and a real JEWEL).
People might think in a wrong way that their music is nowdays (90's) more rock oriented than prog, but in fact prog doesn't define a band only with the use of synths or keyboards, long compositions that run over 20 minutes long or convey the so-called "science fiction" type of narratives and concept albums. Progressive rock is also defined by the use of time signatures, scales, tunings, etc., and solo passages for every instrument, and that's what defines the sound of Rush in our days.
I have been listining to Rush since 1989 (the first time I was introduced to their music with Presto). I got to listen to their Chronicles album, which in my opinon resumes the biography of the band in such a great way with awesome tunes from 3 eras. From that moment, I begun to collect each album (including the remasters), from Rush to Feedback.
Now, I just can't barely wait until November 15th when their next live DVD from their 30th anniversary tour will be out in stores to kick ass one more time, and look forward to 2006 with the release of their 18th studio proyect.
If you think their music is boring or even awful, you know nothing about them and not even know to appreciate great music... My advise is go back to your living room and listen to your New Kids On The Block tapes or play with your dolls...
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Don Quito
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Posted: September 24 2005 at 17:12 |
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KEEP THE PROMISE YOU MADE
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Drew
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Posted: September 24 2005 at 21:39 |
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TheAnalogKid
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Posted: September 24 2005 at 22:28 |
I personally like the 80's stuff alot, but I like it all!
Power Windows is actually my favorite album, right before Counterparts and AFTK.
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Gedhead
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Posted: September 24 2005 at 22:37 |
I particularly enjoy the period between 1974 and right now.
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