It should be noted, they could play everything convincingly, live, in concert, before the days of MIDI sampling (Peart no longer has chimes & gongs in his drum repertoire).

Saw them play this on the R30 tour. Seen them 7 times (inc. in Philly 3 weeks ago). They have never given an off-performance & have only gotten better with age!

/didact!
//narpet!!

It's a World of Illusion!

Oh GOD there is NO farkING DRUMMER BETTER THAN NEIL PEART!

Seriously, though, Rush is the best. I saw them on the R30 tour in Milwaukee.

Equally bombastic (new window)

One of their later late-'70s prog songs, which they nail in a latter-day concert.

My luck ... I missed the COUNTERPARTS tour where they did Cyg II-Hemispheres

rocinante721:Saw them play this on the R30 tour. Seen them 7 times (inc. in Philly 3 weeks ago). They have never given an off-performance & have only gotten better with age!

Oh yeah ... Geddy, being the baseball phanatic he is, showed up for the concert's 2nd Act in this T-shirt

Say what you will about Rush, but there will never be a group of three better musicians to collaborate for as long as they have ever again. Their skills, timing, ability, and lyrical fortitude are unmatched.

rocinante721: Seen them 7 times (inc. in Philly 3 weeks ago). They have never given an off-performance & have only gotten better with age!

Seven times here as well. The first time we saw them was as the opening act for Blue Oyster Cult and the next time they were opening for Aerosmith. After that they were headliners all the way.

Going to see 'em (second time this tour) on the 12th. Can't wait. A GUARANTEED amazing show.

That song seemed like a lot of effort for a rather minimal result.

STOP POSTING RUSH LINKS.

Otto's_Jacket:Say what you will about Rush, but there will never be a group of three better musicians to collaborate for as long as they have ever again. Their skills, timing, ability, and lyrical fortitude are unmatched.

This.

/Going to work around 9...

tarkus1980:STOP POSTING RUSH LINKS.

bite me

Tom Sawyer (new window)

Red Barchetta (new window)

YYZ (new window)

Limelight (new window)

The Camera Eye (new window)

Witch Hunt (new window)

Vital Signs (new window)

There. It's not much, but Moving Pictures is a pretty good start.

Thanks subby! That hit the spot this Sunday.

What do you call a guy who hangs out with musicians?

Neil Peart

/ducks

More Rush! It's a good thing.

I haven't missed them in concert since Moving Pictures. Every year they just get better and better. I have never seen a better live show. Ever.

Rush hit New Orleans on this last tour. They happened to be here at the height of crawfish season. I couldn't catch them, had some personal stuff going on.

Anyway, Geddy and Alex are apparently avid golfers, and a friend's son is semi-pro and apparently knows them.

So they were playing a few rounds together, and he invited Geddy and Alex over to my friend's house for a crawfish boil afterwards. So they came by, brought guitars, played a few songs and ate some crawfish. My buddy got backstage passes, and got invited to their Red Rocks show a few days later too.

He isn't a big rush fan, actually, but he says they couldn't be nicer, more down to earth guys.

I only wish he had told me about this *before* it happened. Ergh.

I was going to see them in DC in a couple of weeks, but chose to sell my tickets. I've seen them 6 times in 3 tours since I moved to the US in 1999, and when I found out that I would only be exposed to one song I'd never seen them play live (a subpar one, no less) in a 3-hr set, so I call bullshiat. This is a bogus tour as far as I'm concerned.

Too many notes

When I was younger I always thought it was "Prauge Rock." I was always confused because I never thought the Czechs could rock that hard. It wasnt until later that i relized how stupid I am.

rocinante721:Equally bombastic (new window)

One of their later late-'70s prog songs, which they nail in a latter-day concert.

My luck ... I missed the COUNTERPARTS tour where they did Cyg II-Hemispheres

that was farking awesome

eh, I was wondering what the 18 and 10 string guitars were until I figured out they were double-neck guitars.


There's definitely worse prog-bloat out there, even among Rush's catalogue. Xanadu is one of their best songs, though.

rocinante721:Saw them play this on the R30 tour. Seen them 7 times (inc. in Philly 3 weeks ago). They have never given an off-performance & have only gotten better with age!

i see them for the third time in less than 2 weeks. WOOHOO!

July 22nd in Atlanta, baby!

Yeah, this is essentially the same tour they did last year, but the setlist was so good I don't mind. They blow me away every single time.

Great_Milenko:tarkus1980:STOP POSTING RUSH LINKS.

bite me

This.

Oh, and this (Armor and Sword).

Also this (The Larger Bowl).

Funny.

I am just now about to buy some bass synthesizer pedals.

The manufacturer's website included some sound samples and one is a "Tom Sawyer/Moog Taurus" sound.

Very groovy in a classic Prog kinda way.

The band I am in is no way like Rush but we are trying for the same three guys attempting to sound like four or five guys as Rush does.

Hey! They stole that bit from Guns 'n' Roses! Slash should sue!


/ sweet child of xanadu?

Neil Peart I met at a FUneral wake years back before I was a Rush Fan. Good thing I wasnt, would have probably embarrassed him and myself then. Ive met celebrities before in chance meetings, and never really made a big deal about it before, but I still remember the Peart moments fondly, only for the sake of knowing the legendary aspects I discoverred of him after meeting him.

Long live Rush

P.S. I also like Old school Rap, Acid Jazz/Trance, Classical, whatever has a good beat. No offense to SKids, but I aint one.

maxx2112:Hey! They stole that bit from Guns 'n' Roses! Slash should sue!


/ sweet child of xanadu?

Other way around. A Farewell to Kings came out in 1979.

no, none of the 3 are even remotely close to 'the best' at anything. yes they were 2nd only to elp in terms of looking completely farking ghey. and yes this video completely rules.

my votes for 'Bombastic Prog-Rock at its apex'(that are findable on youtube i mean):

KC-fracture (new window)
GG-advent of panurge (new window)
yes-ctte (new window)
genesis-harold the barrel (new window)

sorry, ill stop now

Saw Rush and was a huge fan during the Golden Years of A FArewell to Kings, Hemispheres, Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures. Saw the Hemispheres, PW, MP and Signals tours. Gave up on them after Grace Under Pressure and have never looked back but have always considered Ged an influence on my playing as far as having high technical skills and as using a bass player as front man (like McCartney was for me for the same reason).

I kinda-sorta knew them through the friend of a friend and a one-time backstage jaunt; Alex and Ged were always very funny and cool. I felt that they were betraying their personalities by allowing Peart to write such trite, mystical, pseudo-intellectual BS lyrics, ESPECIALLY when he complained about how cold-hearted technology was and how everyone should be closer to their hearts.

Fercrissakes, Neil, you're entire band's existence depends on a high level of technology so please shut up and write songs about soup or something.

I can't believe I watched the whole thing. That was the most pompous, pretentious, 70's-prog-silly performance I've seen in quite awhile.

Enjoyed every minute of it. +1

Jesus Christ, Rush is just terrible.

mahavishnunj:no, none of the 3 are even remotely close to 'the best' at anything.

Truth. Rush is good, but if you dig into the prog catacombs, you'll find much more adventurous and technically gifted musicians.

Henry Cow FTW.

Prog? and no UK? Gentleman, Please.

Link (new window)

tarkus1980:STOP POSTING RUSH LINKS.

I should point out that I'm saying this even though Xanadu is easily my favorite Rush song.

Patterson:Henry Cow FTW.

hard to argue with that.

Fiatlux:Prog? and no UK? Gentleman, Please.

uk has no business being mentioned in a prog geek thread. terrible. if youd like some primo old school AH try this (new window)instead.

tarkus1980:tarkus1980:STOP POSTING RUSH LINKS.

im with you on this, but at least this was a good one.

Pretentious and self-indulgent is no way to go through, Lifeson.

maxx2112:Hey! They stole that bit from Guns 'n' Roses! Slash should sue!

/ sweet child of xanadu?

GAT_00:Other way around. A Farewell to Kings came out in 1979.


Slash is actually quite open about stealing that bit from Alex.

And AFtK came out in 77



/ there's a reason there's a 2112 in my handle
// besides being a geek loser that is.

Rush is playing the Molson Amphitheater this Wednesday.... Wish I was going.

My fav Xanadu performance is from Exit . . . Stage Left.

Do you know who else liked Rush?

chickyraptor:Otto's_Jacket:Say what you will about Rush, but there will never be a group of three better musicians to collaborate for as long as they have ever again.

http://oregonband.com/

Allow me to be the first to say, who?

Okay, went and played the audio samples. Apart from the surprise of finding out I still have realplayer on my mac, there was little of interest there. Sounds like the filler they play in between segments of Fresh Air on NPR.

Allow me to be the first to say, who?

Yeah, they're so obscure.

Okay, went and played the audio samples. Apart from the surprise of finding out I still have realplayer on my mac, there was little of interest there. Sounds like the filler they play in between segments of Fresh Air on NPR.

And Ralph Towner is no Alex Lifeson.

(Never argue with a Rush fanboy.)

mahavishnunj:genesis-harold the barrel (new window)

No truly bombastic song clocks in at 3:03, unless that's just the intro.

If it's bombastic, it's not the "intro", it's the First Movement.

Ignorant McNugget:Pretentious and self-indulgent is no way to go through, Lifeson.

Okay, gotta give you props for that one.

chickyraptor:http://oregonband.com/

I have one of their albums on tape -- I think it's just called "Oregon" -- with Bill Frisell's "This Land" on the other side. Good tape. :)

chickyraptor:Allow me to be the first to say, who?Yeah, they're so obscure.
Okay, went and played the audio samples. Apart from the surprise of finding out I still have realplayer on my mac, there was little of interest there. Sounds like the filler they play in between segments of Fresh Air on NPR.And Ralph Towner is no Alex Lifeson.

(Never argue with a Rush fanboy.)

How about a band doing it at the level they have for so long, does that make you and your farking obscure band happy? Jesus music snobs are farking assholes.

Still amazing that rush isnt in the rock n roll HOF by now.