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im confused, does it look like CA going to be a full concept album from start to finish every track part of the story or whatever? coz thats the impression you get looking at the tracklisting

ok so obviously the CA clock makes reference to 2112 but why?

 

i'm sure Neil or anyone else didnt just say oh well we got a clock and we made an album called 2112 so hey i got a goofy idea let's make the time on the clock 9:12pm yeah?

 

i mean clockwork angels is a new work in itself and if there isnt a reasonably strong conceptual connection to a previous album then why hint at one?

 

of course they might have just needed a time for the clock hands to point to and every other time seemed pointless so at least 9:12 has some kind of rush connection, but.....

 

what if there happens to be an actual conceptual connection between the album 2112 and clockwork angels?...... like maybe CA is a kind of rehashing and basically a modern retelling of 2112?

 

for instance maybe this watchmaker character is father brown in the temples of syrinx? i'm just curious as to why they would use this time if the only connection is it was the title of a previous album, seems lazy to me.

they dont seem real to me but then again nothing does

 

that devil character was apparently a fallen angel so i wouldnt automatically asscoiate the angel concept directly with heaven in this case, especially bearing in mind the hellish fiery clock furnace cover art..... by the way the only thing i can make out in the middle of the red swirl is possibly an 'R' but probably not intentional

as well as being unhappy at being forced to pay for a fan pack or wait a couple weeks, i'm also a bit unsure at rush being sold in the uk as a classic rock package, like they a bunch of old timers from a bygone era..... rush are still on the cutting edge they never retired they'll never make a comeback, and even if most of their albums from the 70's -80's are definitely classic in one sense of the word i wouldnt imply in any way by packaging them as classic that they exist or come from a somewhat bygone era

 

i mean wtf are they packaging this modern and totally relevant band under the classic thing anyway there's no need just sell the album to the kids without that overtone shit

 

ffs just sell us the album why do we have to buy it under classic rock or wait two freakin weeks

 

honestly, a lot of us have patiently waited more than two years for this and still we get pissed on

all it says on the trailer is clockwork angels, leading one to maybe speculate that the track could be of the same name, but riab sayin its headlong flight and people who heard HF describing a similar bastille day kinda sound so who knows

 

if anyone can provide conclusive evidence for one or the other id like to hear it, so far havent heard any, even from riab.

pretty cheesed off they forcin me to purchase the uk fan pack to be honest... i mean if i dont, then i'll have to endure a two week wait and they know thats difficult..... yeah i pretty cheesed off with that marketing ploy, reminds me of callofduty mw3 where elite members get the dlc's weeks before everyone else forcing us to get elite membership......... something stinks when you apply that to rush and their devoted uk fans

 

nevermind

honestly dont know how i feel about it until i hear the clip in context with the rest of the track, there just isnt enough info for me there.... a lot of S&A was a bad experience for me just didnt hit the usual spot and i dont know how much influence the same producer exerting, so i'm hanging back

 

can understand why some fans excited by the funky fast pace of it all though

come on man you know how it goes, we're british we get ripped off they can always squeeze us for more and make us wait longer..... thats the way it has been way it is and way it always will be Amen.

the guy doesnt have a clue

preferred the sidewalk image to be honest much classier but the signals reference probably precluded it as main cover art, all you can say about the clock is bold, direct, striking and to the point...... cant say it completely blows my socks off but there's a clear singular message in there

 

like a headlong flight straight into a fiery furnace of hell or something

QUOTE (Alchemical @ Apr 11 2012, 02:42 AM)

HOLY SHITE IT SOUNDS AMAZING! But.. June 12th? Ugh, two more weeks of waiting. Not digging the album art either...

QUOTE (adace1 @ Apr 11 2012, 01:54 AM)

Sounds great! Hope we hear the radio edit today!

QUOTE (eshine @ Apr 10 2012, 02:09 PM)

QUOTE (Tony R @ Apr 10 2012, 02:04 PM) Apparently they're going to do a two-year stint in Vegas supporting Tom Jones. Seriously - why not have Geddy and Elton John playing dueling pianos??   terrible idea - cmon Rush dont forget billy joel for the triangle

wouldnt bother mate... i'm beginning to wonder if rush ever really existed at all.

 

 

totally disagree, with the exception of the very last one without phil which i havent heard, all the post-gabriel genesis albums were exceptional just a touch more mainstream, and ive no problem with that if it works.

 

 

you know, rush are the artists here, ive taken everything they've given me with gratitude till now, and i'll take anything they give me in future, so long as they happy with it and it representative of rush.

QUOTE (RushIslander @ Apr 7 2012, 07:58 AM)

All too often, artists depict a crescent moon near the horizon with the illuminated portion opposite from the angle of sunlight depicted throughout the rest of an image...like this one.

based on caravan and bu2b in particular i think there's reason for hope that CA could be what VT was to T4E and or what CP was to RTB............. there's a big big chance this could be an epic album

the red image is nice, and direct, but lacking in something, maybe a little detail, maybe something to make you think, i mean the counterparts cover was as simple as it gets but triggered something intellectual to sustain interest... a swirling red cloud and a clock of runes just doesnt blow my skirt up although its a nice background like somebody said for a cd liner or something.

 

the other sidewalk image with the dog and hydrant is by far the best candidate for album cover in the traditionally surreal vein of rush albums like a puzzle you gotta work out very professionally put together like permanent waves ect and the logo is spot on, id take that as the album cover art any day.

sounds like a mish mash of old rush tunes to me, surely that cant be the new single?

neurotica's a great rush track on a decent album

just a spontaneous expression of frustration..... hence the

 

peace out.

 

adios.

 

 

actually...... no, i meant every word..... i think we've all waited such a long time for this album i think a tiny piece of over-the-top angry frustration is only natural...... i repeat: TWO FREAKING YEARS ago clockwork angels was announced........ thats a large chunk outa anybody's life and yeah i know a cure for cancer might be more significant but u cant go judging everything by that perspective or nothing would mean much in relation...

 

yeah, i think any rush fan in need of new music has a right to express a little angst here, and taking it over the top merely reinforces the strength of feeling.... if truly passionate about something throw any words out there to express the passion they dont have to be politically correct i wasnt addressing the UN or anything

 

truth is, like most people i'm just happy the band still active, they could've retired like aeons ago.

 

by the way got enough callofduty to keep me occupied i can wait as long as it takes really so long as i dont get a terminal illness or anythin... wish me luck.

i've loved this band for a very long time they the only living heroes i have their music has meant so much to me at so many different stages of my life but, i cant be arsed with this waiting sh*t no more, two years ago we were given clockwork angels to wait for..... TWO F*UCKING YEARS...... i've waited... WE'VE waited..... now the albums done, a single's done....... and still we're being p*ssed around........

 

i love this band and have done for 30 years but roadrunner can keep their album now if this is what real hardened fans mean to them.... keep your viral marketing ploys or whatever it is you're doing i've had enough waiting life's too short