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Jeffro ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: March 29 2014 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 2201 |
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My family moved to a new town in '79. I was 11 and up to that point, my musical tatses were Beatles and whatever was on pop radio stations. My new neighbors were huge Rush fans. They tried to get me into them but at first, it just didn't click. In fact, I wanted no part of that weird music. ![]() My first record was Moving Pictures. My second was Caress of Steel. As a Rush neophyte, hearing CoS was quite the interesting experience.
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richardh ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 30251 |
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I couldn't quite get there in terms of appreciation until I heard the Roll The Bones album. If that sounds like a joke it isn't. At the time prog was still in long term hibernation and I was just looking for a band that wrote songs that actually meant something. It was only then that I went back and gathered up the back releases. Moving Pictures remains a favourite album. The first four tracks are sheer perfection. Rush were the finest rock band ever in terms of tightness and just nailing the damn thing! But the lyrics of Neil are probably what elevates the music just that bit higher. I was talking to a young lad at work yesterday and he was gutted to find out about Peart. We had a good natter but it also illustrates how this band were still making inroads into audiences much younger than them. A very special band that we will never see the like of again imo.
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Catcher10 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() VIP Member Joined: December 23 2009 Location: Emerald City Status: Offline Points: 18037 |
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Well Feedback is not your typical covers album.....It is songs that made an impact on each one of them growing up. Rush did not record those songs because they were popular, the songs were who they were and influenced them to get into a band and play rock n roll. This portion from the liner notes, which of course all of it written by Neil. "It was April of 2004, but Geddy, Alex, and I were channeling back to 1966 and 1967, when we were thirteen- and fourteen -year-old beginners. We thought it would be a fitting symbol to commemorate our thirty years together if we returned to our roots and paid tribute to those we had learned from and were inspired by. We thought we might record some of the songs we used to listen to, the ones we painstakingly learned the chords, notes, and drum parts for, and even played in our earliest bands." |
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AFlowerKingCrimson ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 02 2016 Location: Philly burbs Status: Offline Points: 19325 |
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Well, I can understand them doing an album of covers of old blues rock and hard rock songs which is what Feedback was but I wish they also did a cover of prog rock stuff like ELP, King Crimson, Yes, Genesis, Jethro Tull etc.
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Catcher10 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() VIP Member Joined: December 23 2009 Location: Emerald City Status: Offline Points: 18037 |
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This was sent to me......I've seen the pic before but did not know the back story. Neil was a man of great respect for those that came/started before him, even the 4/4 master he had respect for.
Neil Peart met Charlie Watts just before going on stage at the SARS benefit show in Toronto (July 30, 2003.) This is how Neil Peart described it: A short, older man stepped up to me, sticking out his hand and saying something I couldn't hear. Thinking "Now who's THIS?" I took out one of my ear monitors and said "Sorry, I couldn't hear you." He spoke again, smiling, "Hello, I'm Charlie Watts." "Oh!" I said, taken aback, "Hello." And I shook his hand. He asked if we were going on soon, and I said yes, any minute, and he said, with a twinkle, "I'm going to watch you!" I suppose if I could have felt more pressured, that might have done it, but I was already at maximum intensity - there was no time to think of Charlie Watts and the Rolling Stones, watching them on The T.A.M.I Show or Ed Sullivan when I was twelve-and-a-half, hearing Satisfaction snarling down the midway at Lakeside Park, Gimme Shelter at the cinema in London, listening to Charlie's beautiful solo album, Warm and Tender, so many times late at night in Quebec, or any of the other million times Charlie Watts and his band had been part of my life. Geddy e-mailed me later and mentioned that scene: "BTW, I will never forget that moment before we went onstage when Charlie Watts came over to shake your hand (at the worst possible moment!) and watching your face go through all the motions of... a. who is this old guy? b. what does he want? c. oh for god's sake it's Charlie Watts!" ![]() |
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Catcher10 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() VIP Member Joined: December 23 2009 Location: Emerald City Status: Offline Points: 18037 |
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And yea this is one of the best cover albums issued by anyone in the rock and for sure progressive rock genre....All the songs are done so elegantly with a high respect to the original artists/songs. My only complaint is it is not long enough.
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Catcher10 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() VIP Member Joined: December 23 2009 Location: Emerald City Status: Offline Points: 18037 |
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No Rush fan should be without it......Your right, here's mine! ![]() ![]() |
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AFlowerKingCrimson ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 02 2016 Location: Philly burbs Status: Offline Points: 19325 |
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It's a never before released song by Rush though. You didn't say "no covers allowed."
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Barbu ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 09 2005 Location: infinity Status: Offline Points: 30855 |
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Not a Rush song though. It's a cover of a Larry Williams song.
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AFlowerKingCrimson ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 02 2016 Location: Philly burbs Status: Offline Points: 19325 |
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^ Bad Boy is on there also and that too was never previously released.
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Barbu ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 09 2005 Location: infinity Status: Offline Points: 30855 |
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A must-have for any self-respecting Rush fanatic ![]() Playing songs from their first album, two early versions cuts from 'Fly by Night' and two rare never released compositions, 'Fancy Dancer' and 'Garden Road'. Excellent sound quality and thundering performance...garantee to put a huge smile on your granny's face. |
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verslibre ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: July 01 2004 Location: CA Status: Offline Points: 19361 |
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Great pix, Catcher! ![]()
That's right.
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Catcher10 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() VIP Member Joined: December 23 2009 Location: Emerald City Status: Offline Points: 18037 |
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Yup, Neil joined and had to learn the songs within 2-3 weeks of going on the road. My daughter gave me the Wandering the Face Of the Earth Complete Tour book for Christmas. It's filled with great backstage info and commentary about pretty much every show they did from start to finish. Even have listed dates they were suppose to play but either could not be confirmed by band or label or venue, because they can't remember that far back....It's cra-cra. It clearly details how they built a touring empire from nothing but dirt and sweat. Also the roadies that stuck with them for so long....excellent book.
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AFlowerKingCrimson ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 02 2016 Location: Philly burbs Status: Offline Points: 19325 |
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Nevermind, I just saw on wikipedia that that was the case. Can you imagine joining a band then just two weeks later playing in front of 11,000 people? Wow.
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AFlowerKingCrimson ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 02 2016 Location: Philly burbs Status: Offline Points: 19325 |
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Wow, first tour with Neil.
I thought I heard somewhere that their first show with Neil was opening for Manfred Mann and Uriah Heep. Is that correct or was that a bit later(maybe on FBN tour)?
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Catcher10 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() VIP Member Joined: December 23 2009 Location: Emerald City Status: Offline Points: 18037 |
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I know it well......I'm on my 3rd vinyl copy of Hemispheres. My original is packed away..... Great pic of the band during the Rush debut album tour, Agora Ballroom 1974. ![]() |
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AFlowerKingCrimson ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 02 2016 Location: Philly burbs Status: Offline Points: 19325 |
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^ I had the "though it's just a memory...." lyric as my sig briefly but then changed it to the one I have now(I'm sure you know but for those who don't it's from the last section of the Hemispheres title track(cygnus x1 book2).
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Catcher10 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() VIP Member Joined: December 23 2009 Location: Emerald City Status: Offline Points: 18037 |
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Rush has been my #1 band for the past million years. I got into them around 77-78 and it has been non stop ever since.
Saw them in 78-79 first time......College, marriage, kids, caused a break in live shows thru late 80s early 90s, only saw the Presto tour with my wife (marrying me she became a Rush fan, and a huge Peart fan). We saw every tour in the 2000s to the last one, R40 Tour. Saw Time Machine tour twice in Seattle and San Francisco in 1 week span. Our kids saw the last 3-4 shows in Seattle so it became a family affair to see a Rush show. According to my Discogs collection account I have 43 Rush entries of LPs, CDs, VHS, DVDs.....And I have not loaded all my cassettes and some 8-tracks I have also. Plus I have books, tour programs and numerous tour shirts. Clearly Rush has been a massive part of my musical life, that will never change. All eras of Rush are excellent, that has nothing to do with being a fanatic but a lover of great music and the brilliance of change. Somewhere on this site many years ago I remember mentioning the day that Rush retire was going to be a tough, tough day to swallow. They are literally the last band to be able to put on live shows like they did with such grand presence and production, at least within this genre...there is nobody left that can do that.... Retiring from touring was tough although something kept telling me at least maybe we will still get new music but no huge tours, maybe a few shows here and there....I kept a candle burning. In interviews (recent) Geddy has mentioned that there is no unreleased Rush music in a vault somewhere... Losing Neil Peart was simply massive, 10 yrs from now I understand it but still he was only 67......Last week I read the announcement over and over and over just to make sure....The Professor is gone. "....though its just a memory, some memories last forever..." (Lakeside Park)
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Atavachron ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 30 2006 Location: Pearland Status: Offline Points: 65811 |
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Rush was a staple for me growing up in the 80s in Northern Cal, the one band equally loved by proggers & metalheads and respected by almost everyone it seemed. Intelligent lyrics, digestible but complex compositions, sophisticated themes, and undeniable musicianship. Started as a youngin' on Hemispheres and immediately heard the magic. Later graduated to PW, MP and Sig.
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