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Points: 7752 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 25 2013 at 19:40
Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Nektar have covered this song on their recent 'A Spoonful Of Time' album - it is titled 'Spirit Of The Radio'......


I take it you don't like it.
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Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Nektar have covered this song on their recent 'A Spoonful Of Time' album - it is titled 'Spirit Of The Radio'......


I take it you don't like it.
It's alright - quite simplified from the Rush version.
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I'm surprised at how few bands cover Rush, or maybe it's just me. The only cover I have in my music collection is Dream Theater doing YYZ (on the complete Majesty Demos), and even that was recorded way back in 1985-1986.
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Originally posted by Metalmarsh89 Metalmarsh89 wrote:

I'm surprised at how few bands cover Rush, or maybe it's just me. The only cover I have in my music collection is Dream Theater doing YYZ (on the complete Majesty Demos), and even that was recorded way back in 1985-1986.
Part of the reason for other bands' supposed reluctance for covering Rush may be Rush's reaction to this album. Reportedly they weren't too happy to be a subject of such an album, because they viewed tributes as some kind of obituaries for dead bands.

Or maybe it was just the hideous cover, I don't know.


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Points: 5136 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2013 at 04:22
Originally posted by Pekka Pekka wrote:

Originally posted by Metalmarsh89 Metalmarsh89 wrote:

I'm surprised at how few bands cover Rush, or maybe it's just me. The only cover I have in my music collection is Dream Theater doing YYZ (on the complete Majesty Demos), and even that was recorded way back in 1985-1986.
Part of the reason for other bands' supposed reluctance for covering Rush may be Rush's reaction to this album. Reportedly they weren't too happy to be a subject of such an album, because they viewed tributes as some kind of obituaries for dead bands.

Or maybe it was just the hideous cover, I don't know.


Anthrax have done a cover this year "Anthem", Primus have done "La Villa Strangiatio", Dream Theater have done 3 or four, and there is 2 covers cd "Working Man". Mike Portnoy have done with his band a hour set of Rush covers on DVD. There's  not a lot of coverr of them, the reason is unknown to me.
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Disturbed used to cover "YYZ" in concert, so I heard.
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Perhaps Rush music is too complex to do any sort of justice for it ??
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A few more that show up within my collection.

Skid Row covers What You're Doing on their B-Sides Ourselves EP.
Poverty's No Crime covered Distant Early Warning on One In A Million.
The Bad Plus covered Tom Sawyer on Prog.
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Originally posted by Metalmarsh89 Metalmarsh89 wrote:

I'm surprised at how few bands cover Rush, or maybe it's just me. The only cover I have in my music collection is Dream Theater doing YYZ (on the complete Majesty Demos), and even that was recorded way back in 1985-1986.


My guess would be that the reason is Rush's music is quite demanding to play, especially the drums/percussion. A lot of bands wouldn't want to make asses of themselves. Lol. I think for years if you could Handle drumming La Villa Strangiato
It was considered the bench mark of drumming period. Is tough man.
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Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

A few more that show up within my collection.Skid Row covers What You're Doing on their B-Sides Ourselves EP.Poverty's No Crime covered Distant Early Warning on One In A Million.The Bad Plus covered Tom Sawyer on Prog.



I like the Poverty's No Crime version. Also, Finnish Prog/metal band Wintersun covered YYZ for a show they did when I saw them in Toronto. It wasn't bad, but they didn't play the whole thing? Thought that was weird.
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Points: 7752 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2013 at 11:46
Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Perhaps Rush music is too complex to do any sort of justice for it ??


Tom. Your right man. It is demanding as f**k to play. ;)
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Originally posted by Michael678 Michael678 wrote:


Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

Originally posted by Michael678 Michael678 wrote:


Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

A question here : is it 'The Spirit of Radio' or 'Spirit Of The Radio' ??
The former is how I've always known it, where as the latter has cropped up in recent years and sounds lame...... I don't get it

Yeah it's the former alright, definitely


Right you are.

'Spirit Of The Radio' sounds like it would come from a very 'special' person if you catch my drift.
Doesn't have a nice flow it. Sounds awkward. ;)

There's also Spirit of Radio, told on Exit...Stage Left
My remastered CD copy of Exit...Stage Left says "The Spirit of Radio", so I guess that misprint has been corrected on later releases.
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Points: 2466 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2013 at 19:53
Originally posted by The Bearded Bard The Bearded Bard wrote:

Originally posted by Michael678 Michael678 wrote:


Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

Originally posted by Michael678 Michael678 wrote:


Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

A question here : is it 'The Spirit of Radio' or 'Spirit Of The Radio' ??
The former is how I've always known it, where as the latter has cropped up in recent years and sounds lame...... I don't get it

Yeah it's the former alright, definitely


Right you are.

'Spirit Of The Radio' sounds like it would come from a very 'special' person if you catch my drift.
Doesn't have a nice flow it. Sounds awkward. ;)

There's also Spirit of Radio, told on Exit...Stage Left
My remastered CD copy of Exit...Stage Left says "The Spirit of Radio", so I guess that misprint has been corrected on later releases.

hmm guess so
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Points: 2673 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2013 at 20:24
Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

Originally posted by Metalmarsh89 Metalmarsh89 wrote:

I'm surprised at how few bands cover Rush, or maybe it's just me. The only cover I have in my music collection is Dream Theater doing YYZ (on the complete Majesty Demos), and even that was recorded way back in 1985-1986.


My guess would be that the reason is Rush's music is quite demanding to play, especially the drums/percussion. A lot of bands wouldn't want to make asses of themselves. Lol. I think for years if you could Handle drumming La Villa Strangiato
It was considered the bench mark of drumming period. Is tough man.


That makes sense. Heck, even Rush has trouble playing their music sometimes.
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Originally posted by Metalmarsh89 Metalmarsh89 wrote:

Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

Originally posted by Metalmarsh89 Metalmarsh89 wrote:

I'm surprised at how few bands cover Rush, or maybe it's just me. The only cover I have in my music collection is Dream Theater doing YYZ (on the complete Majesty Demos), and even that was recorded way back in 1985-1986.


My guess would be that the reason is Rush's music is quite demanding to play, especially the drums/percussion. A lot of bands wouldn't want to make asses of themselves. Lol. I think for years if you could Handle drumming La Villa Strangiato
It was considered the bench mark of drumming period. Is tough man.


That makes sense. Heck, even Rush has trouble playing their music sometimes.

yeah, they even say it's really hard to play YYZ live, while Neil also says the little solo in Tom Sawyer is hard, and it makes him feel good every time he plays it right
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I can't remember if I've posted this here on the prog archives forums:

Me behind the kit of Neil's 'Chromey' kit. I think he used this kit from Fly By Night thru A Farewell To Kings, didn't he?



I apologize if I've posted it before.
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that is a good replica!! i want the drumkit he used from 1977-1983
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It's not a replica, it's Neil's old kit.

A guy in Chicago owns it now. I had that pic taken at Vic's Drum Shop in Chicago for a small fee, the money going to a charity (supporting someone with cancer, I think). For a bit more they'd let you actually play the kit, but I'm no drummer so I just had my pic taken Smile
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Originally posted by Jbird Jbird wrote:

It's not a replica, it's Neil's old kit.

A guy in Chicago owns it now. I had that pic taken at Vic's Drum Shop in Chicago for a small fee, the money going to a charity (supporting someone with cancer, I think). For a bit more they'd let you actually play the kit, but I'm no drummer so I just had my pic taken Smile

oh wow, on the All the World's a Stage cover it looked like it was a normal black color
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