"Hemispheres" by Rush
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Topic: "Hemispheres" by Rush
Posted By: Sweetnighter
Subject: "Hemispheres" by Rush
Date Posted: October 26 2004 at 17:42
 Rush's Hemispheres, in my opinion, is Rush's true moment of prog rock glory. Combining the epic song format and radical lyrics experimented with on albums such as 2112 a |
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Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: October 26 2004 at 17:59
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To my shame I must admit I have no Rush albums, except for compilation and live recordings, I'm a huge fan of the band though. my favourite is the DVD Rush in Rio, (which album is natural science from, I can't find it somehow). The version of YY |
Posted By: Panoramic
Date Posted: October 26 2004 at 19:56
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You know I never got into Rush very much but had recently bought Hemispheres anyways just to be certain I wasn't missing anything. I found the first song...the 18 minute epic to be okay...great music, good lyrics, annoying vocals...but the rest of the s |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: October 27 2004 at 12:06
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[QUOTE=Panoramic] You know I never got into Rush very much but had recently bought Hemispheres anyways just to be certain I wasn't missing anything. I found the first song...the 18 minute epic to be okay...great music, good lyrics, annoying vocals...bu |
Posted By: Panoramic
Date Posted: October 27 2004 at 13:29
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[QUOTE=Reed Lover][QUOTE=Panoramic] You know I never got into Rush very much but had recently bought Hemispheres anyways just to be certain I wasn't missing anything. I found the first song...the 18 minute epic to be okay...great music, good lyrics, a |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: October 27 2004 at 13:34
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Carry on Boy and it's gonna be In The USA!
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Posted By: Panoramic
Date Posted: October 27 2004 at 13:48
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Huh...I'm not from the USA I'm from the UK you silly fellow countryman
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Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: October 27 2004 at 13:53
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Hey. I'm a big Rush fan and sometimes I get a big "ruffled" at Geddy's early vocals. I can understand how some get turned off. From Permanent Waves forward, Geddy tones it down a bit and gets into human vocal ranges. I don't know how old G |
Posted By: Panoramic
Date Posted: October 27 2004 at 14:06
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[QUOTE=danbo] Hey. I'm a big Rush fan and sometimes I get a big "ruffled" at Geddy's early vocals. I can understand how some get turned off. From Permanent Waves forward, Geddy tones it down a bit and gets into human vocal ranges. I don't |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: October 27 2004 at 14:09
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[QUOTE=Panoramic][QUOTE=danbo] Hey. I'm a big Rush fan and sometimes I get a big "ruffled" at Geddy's early vocals. I can understand how some get turned off. From Permanent Waves forward, Geddy tones it down a bit and gets into human vocal ranges. -------------   |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: October 27 2004 at 14:10
Hey I from de neutral zone maan!< |
Panoramic wrote:
Posted By: Panoramic
Date Posted: October 27 2004 at 14:13
Hey I from de |
Posted By: Panoramic
Date Posted: October 27 2004 at 14:14
Hey...do you always pick on newbys with only 27 posts ya big Bully? 
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Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: October 27 2004 at 14:26
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Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: October 27 2004 at 14:28
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Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: October 27 2004 at 14:54
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Hey Deer Lover...yes I'd figure'd it out. Reverse Reed and ya got deer. This is some sort of diabolic subliminal message of yours to make all of us american hunters into flower picking, tree hugging animal lovers....isn't it! Also..go easy on po |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: October 27 2004 at 15:18
So he's one of them,then? |
Posted By: Sweetnighter
Date Posted: October 27 2004 at 19:21
| Rush probably would've been one of the biggest bands of the late 70s had it not been for Geddy's voice... I think his voice is cool, but then again I like the band so I come from a biased position. |
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: October 27 2004 at 21:01
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Hey SN, Rush was HUGE in the late seventies. At least in the northern states. Everyone I knew in High School (damn, I'm old) was way into Rush. Were you alive in the seventies or just a tadpole on the wait? editID>danbo |
Posted By: Panoramic
Date Posted: October 27 2004 at 21:26
So he's one of them,then? |
Posted By: Sweetnighter
Date Posted: October 28 2004 at 20:22
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er... i actually wasn't born until '87, which makes me sixteen. i'm just a rarity i guess  |
Posted By: Bryan
Date Posted: October 28 2004 at 22:13
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We're more or less the same age! (I'm 16 and I was born in '88) |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: October 30 2004 at 13:35
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I was born in '88 too. On topic, Hemispheres is too short, it's only what 32 minutes or something? |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: October 31 2004 at 16:05
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No it is 36 mins and 10 seconds actually This dates back to when albums were on |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: October 31 2004 at 16:09
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In the words of Peter Hammill..Records should be between 40-45 minutes long...anything shorter isn't fair to the consumer and most people don't have the patience for anything longer... not that he followed these rules very well!! |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: October 31 2004 at 16:17
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but the rest of the songs were just rock tunes and not very good ones I might add |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: October 31 2004 at 16:54
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[QUOTE=Reed Lover] but the rest of the songs were just rock tunes and not very good ones I might add |
Posted By: Bryan
Date Posted: October 31 2004 at 17:35
| In all fairness, if La Villa Strangiato is a normal rock song (good or not), I'm Geddy Lee. |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: October 31 2004 at 19:26
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Hey Geddy Lee...why are you such a talentless bunc?! |
Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: October 31 2004 at 21:23
whether you appreciate him or not, anyone who can sing, play bass, AND play keyboards at the same time and not f k it up on stage deserves some respect.------------- http://www.last.fm/user/sollipsist/?chartstyle=kaonashi"> 
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Posted By: Sweetnighter
Date Posted: November 01 2004 at 21:09
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I love Geddy Lee! I think he's one of the most talented musicians ever... his bass work is awesome, and even if he isn't Keith Emerson or Rick Wakeman, its cool to see him handle bass, synth, and vocals onstage all at once, he's really half the band... ------------- I bleed coffee. When I don't drink coffee, my veins run dry, and I shrivel up and die. "Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso? Is that like the bank of Italian soccer death or something?" -my girlfriend |
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: November 01 2004 at 21:11
| Give credit, where credit is due... Regardless of what you think about Rush, you have to admit, these guys can play... Enough flogging the dummy! |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: November 01 2004 at 22:41
| Okay....geez...just having fun...I really don't think Rush is THAT bad. They are talented musicians no doubt. I just have a hard time with the voice. |
Posted By: arcer
Date Posted: November 02 2004 at 13:58
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Hemispheres is ummm how can i put this politely... complete s**te. Well almost complete. La Villa Strangiato is very very very good. but the rest is just blithering nonsense. It's up there with Caress as Rush's worst early album (perso |
Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: November 02 2004 at 21:43
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Hemisphere is THE Rush album! |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: November 03 2004 at 10:57
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[QUOTE=arcer] Hemispheres is ummm how can i put this politely... complete s**te. Well almost complete. La Villa Strangiato is very very very good. but the rest is just blithering nonsense. It's up there with Caress as Rush's worst ear |
Posted By: arcer
Date Posted: November 06 2004 at 13:34
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ho hum. . . |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: November 07 2004 at 00:02
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Hey! No one belittles Reed's remarks! Apologize knave or off with yer head scoundrel!!! |
Posted By: arcer
Date Posted: November 07 2004 at 17:36
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yawn |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: November 07 2004 at 17:54
Be nice and I'll let you tarmac my drive! ------------- |
Posted By: arcer
Date Posted: November 08 2004 at 15:36
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what does that mean? if the jibe was even halfway lucid then we might be getting somwhere.... again... ho hum |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: November 08 2004 at 15:59
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Navvie |
Posted By: arcer
Date Posted: November 08 2004 at 16:07
| ah a racial slur - how droll and how profoundly typical of a little Englander - probably still convinced you have an empire. |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: November 08 2004 at 16:12
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It is not a racial slur! You Irish are like the Romans.....I mean where would we be without our roads?
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Posted By: arcer
Date Posted: November 08 2004 at 16:14
| and the rails system and the tube and the pop idol contestants and the talk show hosts .... wait a minute |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: November 08 2004 at 16:20
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So now you agree with me. You Paddies are all alike,too quick to play the martyr! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: November 08 2004 at 18:42
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[QUOTE=Sweetnighter] Rush's Hemispheres, in my opinion, is Rush's true moment of prog rock glory. Combining the epic song format and radical lyrics experimented < |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: November 08 2004 at 18:45
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: November 09 2004 at 12:23
| The epic doesn't seem to have enough depth, it may be just a production thing but after the first couple of times I listened to it it didn't really hit me, certainly compared to part I on A Farewell to Kings. |