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Just wanted to express a few thoughts about the ladies around here. I ran across this yesterday and thought to myself, that seems like the ladies of Rush. Her attire is not exactly what I visualize (but would like too), but the sentiment is. I picture a lady in maybe an old school Moving Pictures raglan, some nice fitting jeans and All The World's A Stage (the album) opened all the way up and check'in out the boys when they were young with "In The End" blasting. I have been around here for a few months now and really enjoy reading the thoughts and seemingly strong emotions behind those thoughts. I have always had more lady friends than men and really do enjoy the ladies perspective on life, love and all things in general. I also enjoy the sausage smugglers posts as well, but the way the ladies bring it strong around here is truly refreshing. To those ladies who have had some struggles in 2013 with relationships and other challenges, here's :cheers: to a happier and healthy 2014. :) Keep bring'in it ladies!!

My least favourite song on PeW is a 10/10. Take that, Natural Science! I cannot fault anything on this album. At all.

As you're a new listener to most of these albums, it's actually kind of cool watching as your opinions shift as you are getting to know all the albums more.

I love Snakes and Arrows. Maybe I'm just a little biased on this one because at the time of release, it was the first new Rush album to come out since I'd become a complete Rush maniac. But all nostalgic feelings aside, I still think it is a very strong record. I like it better than Clockwork Angels even. SnA is kind of refreshing... if that makes any sense. I might even go as far as saying that it is the most standout album they have done as far as the whole sound being different. Lots of the songs on it sound like nothing else in the Rush catalog. It's relative uniqueness is what makes it great. That being said, I think the album has a few flaws. For one, the production suffers from too many overdubs and layers. I want to hear Geddy sing, not the robot Geddy army. Some guitar parts are cluttered with too many layers of acoustics, etc. The songs are mostly pretty good, but some suffer from boring parts, or are just flat out boring. Well, really its the whole album that gets a little boring because it has a lot of mid-tempo songs that kind of plod along. They're good songs, but listening to them all in a row is just not very exciting. I like how the early Rush albums have peaks and valleys, so to speak. Listening to those is like a roller coaster musical experience. Whereas SnA is like a scenic car ride in a minivan. It's beautiful, but it doesn't get the blood pumping like the old days. CA ranks slightly higher on the adrenaline scale, but I don't like the songs quite as much as SnA. So yeah, Snakes and Arrows is a really good record. I think I'm gonna go listen to it right now!

If only Rush could muster the energies and creativity to produce another masterpiece. 31 years is far too long. Bring Terry along for another science/science-fiction-themed dream.

Just had to pass along an awesome (at least to me) personal story. I have two girls, 11 and 8. They were both fairly into Rush, but were probably mostly familiar with CA and then a general Rush greatest hits, or songs that are on live DVD's, as I have tortured them since they were born with watching the DVD's when I exercise. Anyway, I got each of them a basic MP3 player for Christmas and downloaded every Rush album onto them. They were super excited. It is the funnist damn thing to hear my 8 year old walk around the house belting out Temples of Syrinx at the top of her lungs oblivious to how awful she sounds and what the words really are (even hard to tell for an adult...). My 11 year old has a new favorite song every day now, the latest being The Way the Wind Blows. I had to print out the lyrics sheets to all the albums for her so she can study the lyrics, too. Has anyone else had this type of experience to share with their kids?

As you're a new listener to most of these albums, it's actually kind of cool watching as your opinions shift as you are getting to know all the albums more. Thanks! A fan of three years and 20 albums excluding live albums (give me a chance! ), I have often found albums I really hated on first listen are now my favourites, the same vice versa. For example, 2112, Caress Of Steel and Permanent Waves (not to mention Power Windows) were boring and irritating. Now I absolutely love them! I have never heard another band like Rush and its been excellent listening, they challenge the listener, and continue to surprise! I owned 2112, MP and PeW before I got my fourth release, CA. Once I heard how amazing that 2112 album was I learned quickly that Rush were possibly the greatest band I had ever heard. I might have bands I say I like more (Lacuna Coil, The Beatles), but Rush are the most unique, and I look forward to getting to know the rest of their albums better. CoS for example has really grown on me, as has T4E, surprisingly! I bet I get annoying though...I have to be on this forum, though, because none of my friends or family really like Rush (to busy listening to Gangnam Style, Kings Of Leon or Three Days Grace, lol).

I really liked that first EP also. I remember defending them against some disparaging turds at a high school party. They didn't like my shoes either. I don't think I miss being young all that much.

Too much Lemony Cake would put anyone in the hospital!

What happens when you listen to Hemispheres?.... :) Edit: Forgot something.....

Bastille Day would put Ged in the hospital.

If I recall a number Neil once tossed out while promoting "Hemispheres," the band was selling about 200,000 albums. They hadn't broken the top 30 in album sales until PeW made them radio friendly. And that was perfect timing since corporations started ruining FM radio in the 80's and they decided to turn the idea of breaking new bands over to the college stations. Many FM stations entered the format of playing three "classic" songs, go to three commercials, play three more and so on. My belief is Rush would have not found their way into the new radio age. Instead, they probably would have remained a "cult" like band, maybe like a Little Feat or a Grateful Dead that sold records and had a solid following but probably would not see many multiple night shows in arenas and stadiums with platinum releases. So would they have survived? Sure, but I bet Bastille Day might still be on the setlist.

You're making good progress. You won't gain access to the hardest of hard-core Rush circles unless you praise Hemispheres to the high heavens and adamantly refuse to rank anything that came after Power Windows (with the possible exception of Clockwork Angels) above anything that came before Signals. These are circles I'm glad to be barred from. :codger: That's the formula for sure.......

Oh my gosh I can't believe you posted this. If things were going better in my marriage and with my weight I would be getting a boudoir shot just like this but I'd be holding my 2112 vinyl! Ugh now I still want to do it. I just had my cardio for the day reading your post and there is no time like the present is my motto...... :)

I replayed Roll The Bones, im new to these albums coz I only just got the box set! Lets just say I might have got it wrong...CP and T4E are far better...as is Presto. As for this "hardcore Rush fan" business, do I qualify as a "hardcore Rush fan" only if my favourites match up with the majority? A Rush album is a Rush album. If I love it, I love it. I don't need a qualification to prove how much I love a band or a certain album! I got into them three years ago, and every day I love them more and more...thats enough for me.

Hell. Yes. :haz:

I'v seen it with one of my family members.......Best advice...stay away from that powder keg....he may be sweet and happy now...but a few days, weeks, months down the road...he's going to blow up! An take you with him. -You are caught in bad situation....don't get caught in his under tow. -Thats my 2 cents.

Presto was the album that got me into Rush... heard Show Don't Tell and had to get it. To me there isn't a bad song on it. As for why a lot of people don't like it, I have two words: Rupert Hine. Listen to Show Don't Tell on Different Stages: an already excellent song taken to another level by putting some balls in the production. Heck, every song from Presto and RTB that's appeared on a live CD/DVD has made the original sound comparatively lame.

It's a mish-mash of ideas with none of the sonic clarity or interest of other mish-mashes, like "High Water" or its ilk. It's like someone mixed high-grade Peruvian pink flake in with powdered sugar and didn't provide the polymers necessary to separate the two prior to distribution.

Not to mention, side one of "Making Movies", with "Tunnel of Love", Romeo and Juliet" and "Skateaway".

Dire Straits - Love Over Gold

Detective inspector! Possibly... but I may be Superintendent Gaskell of the Vice Squad. None of your smart answers... you think you're so clever. Well, I'm Dim. :codger:

I can't believe how <much hate/little praise> <album/song title> is getting! It seems that everyone on this forum <hates/doesn't notice> <album/song title>. I feel that <album/song title> is actually very good. Am I the only one who feels this way about <album/song title>?

Funny enough, but I couldn't stand <song/album> when I first heard it at a <friend's/lover's/stranger's> party, but then I listened to <album> the other day in my <car/iphone/yacht> and I realized that it's actually <good/surprisingly good/forkin' awesome!> Plus, this thread allows me to use my <lesser than/greater than> arrows more in one post than I have in the previous year!

Revenge was great too. Yes...that was a nice return to form as well. At Rick, I love Kiss Alive II as well. Fond memories as that was the first record I ever went into a store to buy. My mom was cringing as I showed her the cover and she pulled out 10 bucks for me. Imagine that. 10 bucks for four sides of Kiss, tattoos, a mini tour book...LOL awesome times 1977/78. I was a young little shit using my tennis raquet and doing Kiss concerts full blast in my living room using my moms high end system. I can still remember all of it. My baby sitter got me into Kiss when she had her boyfriend sneak over to my house. He put on Kiss Alive while he made out with her on the front porch. LOL.

I like threads discussing the relative flaws and merits of individual songs. To me, discussing the songs is more interesting than setlists, anniversaries of album releases, old-timers telling younguns about the putative glory years, joke interview threads and debates about how Neil played a certain drum fill six years ago all put together. When it all comes down to it, the songs are why we're here. The songs are forever. I am eternally in favour of discussing any aspect and all minutiae of the critical, wonderful songs

I propose we call ourselves "Narpet's Badass Chick Clique". :cheers:

You picked the worst example from that list of bands. They're not my favorite, but unlike most on the list, they're actually rock, influential, and popular. I disagree. Just because something is popular doesn't mean it's good... and vice versa. Nirvana was popular but IMO they were horrible. Remains popular. They were/are wildly influential, and were a huge departure from what was being played. They essentially spawned a genre. That's worth recognizing. Was a complete game changer. They didnt reinvent the wheel, but came out at the perfect time. And Cobain was the real deal. I distinctly remember some guys i hung with at the time , indie rock/ punk dudes, who said his popularity wasnt going to end well..bands like Nirvana werent supposed to be mainstream.

Cheers to a New Year and another Chance to get it right !

You picked the worst example from that list of bands. They're not my favorite, but unlike most on the list, they're actually rock, influential, and popular. I disagree. Just because something is popular doesn't mean it's good... and vice versa. Nirvana was popular but IMO they were horrible. Remains popular. They were/are wildly influential, and were a huge departure from what was being played. They essentially spawned a genre. That's worth recognizing.

One of my favorites. This one is good as well: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Tq4EA96KznM/T-hBtnH6LnI/AAAAAAAAGjg/jJIg3cqf4Js/s1600/Where_Eagles_Dare_DVD.jpg Yeah that's a classic. I'm looking to watch that one too, I've not seen it in a while I find them similar (in plot and genre) and I love them both. Speaking of older WW2 movies, I recently watched this one on Netflicks. http://www.filmposters.com/images/posters/11124.jpg It's worth seeing if you haven't seen it. I've seen quite a few times back in the day, it's another good war flick. I think may fave WWII film though is: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c7/Great_escape.jpg Did you know that Steve McQueen did his own motorcycle stunts in that? Something else about that movie, they recently found the tunnels. http://www.nytimes.c...neers.html?_r=0 I think Steve did a lot of his own stunts on most of his films. He and top stunt drivers Bud Edkins and Loren Janes did all the driving in the car chase for Bullitt. I think McQueen did the easy stuff and the close-ups and the other guys did all the fast dangerous stuff. I think it was Edkins who actually did that jump over the barbed wire fence in The Great Escape. That looks a good article btw! Which brings up another old movie I recently watched on Netflicks. http://imgc.allpostersimages.com/images/P-488-488-90/41/4181/JIIUF00Z/posters/on-any-sunday.jpg I remember seeing this movie as a kid. It was cool back then but now it's just amazing that people raced those old crappy motorcycles. No wonder Evil Knievel crashed so many times; those guys were really risking their lives on those old machines with no suspension. I think Steve McQueen was a producer of this. He's in it quite a bit showing some of his dirtbike racing that he did.

One of my favorites. This one is good as well: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Tq4EA96KznM/T-hBtnH6LnI/AAAAAAAAGjg/jJIg3cqf4Js/s1600/Where_Eagles_Dare_DVD.jpg Yeah that's a classic. I'm looking to watch that one too, I've not seen it in a while I find them similar (in plot and genre) and I love them both. Speaking of older WW2 movies, I recently watched this one on Netflicks. http://www.filmposters.com/images/posters/11124.jpg It's worth seeing if you haven't seen it. I've seen quite a few times back in the day, it's another good war flick. I think may fave WWII film though is: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c7/Great_escape.jpg Did you know that Steve McQueen did his own motorcycle stunts in that? Something else about that movie, they recently found the tunnels. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/world/europe/at-great-escape-site-tunnel-is-excavated-by-modern-engineers.html?_r=0

One of my favorites. This one is good as well: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Tq4EA96KznM/T-hBtnH6LnI/AAAAAAAAGjg/jJIg3cqf4Js/s1600/Where_Eagles_Dare_DVD.jpg Yeah that's a classic. I'm looking to watch that one too, I've not seen it in a while I find them similar (in plot and genre) and I love them both. Speaking of older WW2 movies, I recently watched this one on Netflicks. http://www.filmposters.com/images/posters/11124.jpg It's worth seeing if you haven't seen it. I've seen quite a few times back in the day, it's another good war flick. I think may fave WWII film though is: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c7/Great_escape.jpg

One of my favorites. This one is good as well: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Tq4EA96KznM/T-hBtnH6LnI/AAAAAAAAGjg/jJIg3cqf4Js/s1600/Where_Eagles_Dare_DVD.jpg Yeah that's a classic. I'm looking to watch that one too, I've not seen it in a while I find them similar (in plot and genre) and I love them both. Speaking of older WW2 movies, I recently watched this one on Netflicks. http://www.filmposters.com/images/posters/11124.jpg It's worth seeing if you haven't seen it.

I agree- this song always blows me away when I listen to it. The complexity of the music is astounding, I love the use of polyrhythm and polymeter on this album.

Even Tombstone has deserted us. Things are really bad. Our foreign correspondents are nowhere to be found. Not a peep from either in days. Our domestic friends have flown the coop. No Rushgoober. The poor little guy. I hope he is all right. Just you and me left Substance.

That's just the frigid Toronto winter weather. I'm sure we'll feel reinvigorated once the Inner-City Olympics are underway. We will?

Detective inspector! Possibly... but I may be Superintendent Gaskell of the Vice Squad.

As thegirlintherushshirt hinted at, you can look at this album as the end of the beginning or the beginning of the end for those who preferred the sci-fi slanted concept albums and opus' era. I remember hearing "Spirit..." on an AM station and getting freaked over the boys selling out. Also as rutlesfan pointed out, it may have been their best from a lyrical point. I believe "Jacob's Ladder" was, in some ways, the same as "Song Remains the Same" for Zeppelin. Some critics felt that song was Zeppelin at their final peak before they eventually went downhill. Of course we could quibble if Rush really ever went downhill but I find that song be sort of the peak of their progressive(?) era before they moved on to a new "phase."

That song is absolutely beautiful. Great imagery, it build perfectly, amazing musicianship... ugh. Trust me, it's great!

As an 8th grader who had listened to either AFTK or Hemispheres every day of the preceding 2+ years, the release of Permanent Waves was a seismic event. First impression was disappointing as it wasn't just more Hemispheres, but I quickly got over it when I came to realize that I was listening to a masterpiece, an opinion that hasn't changed. I think that this is their most "adult" album, lyrically and musically (esp the guitar work of Different Strings). Short running time at less than 36 minutes: a perfect case for quality over quantity.

Don't disagree, but the problem with those albums (PoW and HYF) is not that they sound like the music of their time, but that they sound like the bad music of their time, or poor attempts at imitating the better music of that time. There was good "new wave/alt/indie/etc" music in the mid/late '80s, like The Smiths, Pixies, U2, etc, but Rush doesn't sound like them, instead they sound like Rush doing Cindy Lauper or Mr. Mister. That's the problem for many of us who don't care for those albums. That said, I no longer revile them completely, and have found some tracks I appreciate. Like the '90s albums, I consider them a mixed bag and try to appreciate the better moments while skipping over the many weak moments. Edit: I didn't include Grace Under Pressure as I've always thought it was a strong album, even when it came out. Power Windows was a shock to the system (at the time), though, with the wimpy Howard Jones-esque shirtless teenager on the cover, and those pop-y synths.

Stripes

30~years later I picked it up.

Which boggles my mind since Clockwork Angels is, IMO, their greatest work since this album—nostalgia aside. You should buy a copy. You'll not be disappointed!

My fav Rush album......bar none. Audio Magic. Mick

A soaring, magnificently beautiful album, so clean and brilliant. Just an f'ing monster of an album, excuse the french. I pine for such Rush greatness.

The Thin Red Line

By that same token, aren't Kiss THE representative band of the Glam Rock genre? If you pick anyone for that you should probably pick David Bowie or T.Rex. Just because Kiss were/are theatrical doesn't equate to them being THE glam rock representatives