i picked it up selling used cds online and, damn, side-b is amazing. forgot how much i used to listen to it.

so, given that i've sold all but a couple of my rush cds, who wants to hook a brother up with a couple ysi's?

first cd i ever purchased.

Sorry, but i'm ysi impaired with this dial-up.

*Cringe*

i've heard there's terrible Rush posting lash-back on Obner. Wish i could help, but dial-up is just awful!

I fear no lash-back.

rush is the worst. the absolute worst.

Ironically "2112" just came up on random.

worst what?

So you're looking for a couple Rush albums? Which ones?

Heh. Moving Pictures. Anyone need a ysi of "What About Me?"

I was all set to make a funny Rush reference, based on the thread title...until I found out the thread actually IS about the Rush album!

FOILED AGAIN!!!

Seriously, though, that was one of the seminal records of my youth. "Red Barchetta" is, like, poetry.

i'm thinking maybe farewell to kings and hemispheres. the album after moving pictures, power windows, isn'tone of their best and i want to steer clear of the first couple albums from the early 70's.

funny, though, i just realize that their first album came out the year i was born

<-----------------------dork

worst everything

i'm telling, man,side b! i actually revisited moving pictures because the chorus from daft punk's television rules the nation reminded me of the "thick" power chords from the the beginning of camera eye

I love this album.


Actually, Rush needs no fucking apologies guys. Ever try to do an air "pretend" Neil Peart drum solo with any sense of accomplishment or imitation? You can't do it, can you?

Of course you fucking can't. He's incredible.

Specific Rush songs = awesome

Other specific Rush songs = tuneless exercises in technical wankery, desperately in need of back-up vocals/harmonies, filled with some of the most self-serious lyrics ever penned.

But I still listen to 'em sometimes.

Actually, Grace Under Pressure came after Moving Pictures and before Power Windows. You need Permanent Waves, which came right before Moving Pictures.

Oh, and P'Shaw's assessment of Rush is pretty spot-on.

[smarmy]Though on a scale of 1-10 on the Rush vs. Five For Fighting scale, Rush get a 10[/smarm]

Hockey fans everywhere should kill John Ondrasik

obviously.

ACTAULLY, Signals came after Moving Pictures and before Grace Under Pressure.

Ditto. I was gonna reference this song in my original post, but didn't.

No, but I can sing "YYZ"... in fact a friend and I recently randomly lapsed into it... we got surprizingly far.

<---grew up with a Rush-obsessed drummer brother.

<--- knows that "YYZ" is the airport code for Toronto.
<--- knows that the rhythm played out in that song is in fact "YYZ" in morse code.

My vote for fav Rush song = "Cygnus X-1".
It is wicked and is also the ultimate nerd song. I mean it's about a frickin' black hole!



OMG. That first part is sooooooooooo "Stonehenge"!!

Totally unapologetic, die-hard Rush fan here. Given the unbelievable bullshit, totally unbelievable absolute turds that half of obner listens to most of the time, a slam on Rush is completely meaningless. I mean, when someone who takes seriously Bright Eyes, Antony & The Johnsons, or the fucking Liars actually levels criticism at Rush, it's pretty easy to write anything they say off. There's a LOT worse vocalists than Geddy among the regularly listened-to crap that Obner collectively shits itself over.

Rush is hardly "prog rock," going by the standard, accepted definition of prog rock as stuff like old Genesis, Yes, Gentle Giant, etc. Rush is progressive, yes, but "prog rock"? No. They dropped the long song-forms and multiple time-sigs two decades ago (uh, like 1978, basically) - time to let go of this notion of them as a prog-rock band, people.

As for the music, from Hemispheres on, they had a great string of albums up to Hold Your Fire, which, while I enjoy it, is just not one of my favorites. You can dis the more overlooked 80s albums all you want, but Signals, Grace Under Pressure, and Power Windows are some of my and other fans' favorites, with GUP admittedly having a very weak spot ("Body Electric," anyone?) After that, it's a mixed bag - Presto is absolutely one of my favorite albums of all time - it is nearly perfect, as is Counterparts and Vapor Trails (aside from the horrible mix/mastering) but Roll The Bones and Test For Echo are kinda weak. And Rush through A Farewell To Kings? My least favorite period, period - I hardly ever listen to this stuff, and if I do, it's for individual songs on each album. I mean, really, who can actually sit through all of the self-titled album? Come on, "Take A Friend"? But I have to admit that "Working Man" and "Finding My Way" kick ass to this day.

I think the Obner potshots at Rush are childish - they should be outlawed like taking shots at the Stones are practically verboten here, and the Stones are a hell of a lot more deserving of ridicule, IMO. At least Rush continues to work their asses off to put out some semblance of good music before every tour - the Stones don't get off just for one decent album in over two decades. Rush deserves some decent credit and respect - they've managed to not only reinvent themselves several times, they've done it without selling out nor by utterly destroying their legacy, unlike very few others.