Rush vs. Rush - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Based on the question and the choices, it clearly is Moving Pitchers.

bhikkhu wrote:

Moving Pictures is pretty much a perfect album from start to finish. It's the most solid album they ever recorded. I would probably pick 2112 over A Farewell to Kings.

Farewell to Kings is the pinnacle for Rush.

Bandcamp

Strategically, A Farewell To Kings. It is the music and performance that forms the basis of the audience relationship with Rush. The concept pieces, the classical guitar intro to the title track, the ability to follow 2112, the ability to rock hard but with intellect. The partner album Hemispheres then completes this phase of the strategy.

Mezzanine moment - Permanent Waves indicates a slight stream lining of sound as the band move on (aka progress) and The Spirit Of Radio sets up the pop cultural impact of Moving Pictures.

Up from the underground now Rush can be mentioned in the same breath as Michael Jackson. Gosh. Fantastic. Now Rush can present their high IQ rock, kind of filling in that area of rock Blue Oyster Cult (blues-less high powered rock with wit). Culturally it benefited Rush and made prog rock acceptable for anyone (if that was the thought it was certainly the effect). Recall this was a time when epics were 5 - 6 minutes long and Asia were the new prog flagship. Moving Pictures made this re evaluated prog rock music available to millions which was a very good thing. No growth and they'd have died and this site may have turned out very different. But to get to Moving Pictures Rush needed Permanent Waves as Kings needed 2112.

Rush had the strategy giving people the culture. Well done those guys. Everyone's a winner...

P.S. cannot vote. It's not a popularity thing, it's a differential identification. See above for details. ;)

Edited by uduwudu - December 27 2014 at 04:04

Moving Pictures completely altered the trajectory of the band and provided the template for the rest of their career. Even Neil says it was the album in which Rush arrived (though we may disagree). So, Pictures for me.

Listen to older shows here: mixcloud.com/progrockdeepcuts/

Catcher10 wrote:

Based on the question and the choices, it clearly is Moving Pitchers.

Could you move a fresh, full one my way?

ISKC Rock Radio
I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected]

richardh wrote:

I voted for both as they are they are my two favourite Rush albums. ( I also don't understand the question , shouldn't the choices have been 2112 and Permanent Waves?!)

Just voted for Moving Pictures (again!) . I suppose I better vote for the other one again

Saw a rerun of the recent appearance of Geddy Lee on That Metal Show, and he pretty much affirmed that Moving Pictures was THE breakout album (he also said that Tull's Thick As a Brick concert was the best he'd ever seen). With that said, I'm surprised this poll is a dead heat.

Rednight wrote:

Saw a rerun of the recent appearance of Geddy Lee on That Metal Show, and he pretty much affirmed that Moving Pictures was THE breakout album

Indisputably so!

Michael678 wrote:

Moving Pictures; it's pretty much the first thing MOST people think of when they think of Rush.

Yup!

eBay

Michael678 wrote:

Moving Pictures; it's pretty much the first thing MOST people think of when they think of Rush.

"Speculation, Captain."

Poll Question: Which Rush album was strategically and culturally more important?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
A Farewell To Kings	45	[46.39%]
Moving Pictures	52	[53.61%]
This topic is closed, no new votes accepted