MrMan

Suddenly you were gone, of all the lives you left your mark upon Heard this song last night and I was reading this forum those words were LITERALLY going through my head.

This is.....quite a list.

Same on the Garden. Pretty much all of Clockwork Angels is overrated IMO as I just can't listen to much of it. Resist is crummy as well.

Love Neal Morse Band's Similitude of a Dream....120 minutes running time and I don't consider a single song filler. And I'm not a Christian and generally Morse's proselytizing turns me off but that album just doesn't miss a note from beginning to end IMO.

Exactly. We can learn from it. The Daily Doug is another really good one. He's a classically trained musician, does a great job of pulling apart the songs. I'd also give a shout out to the Lost In Vegas guys... they're 2 rappers and they get music. The dig into the words and the musicianship like new fans would. It's cool to hear their POV on this stuff. It's not the typical 'oh...yo...look at that kit' garbage. Those are the three I watch as well. Though I've grown tired of the Lost in Vegas guys. But I love Daily Doug bc he'll listen to a song I've heard a thousand times and point out things I've never noticed or didn't grasp / fully understand. He's really, really insightful.

She mentions multiple times in almost every video that you should really enjoy the song without interruption and has stated she usually does that so she can get the real experience. She's a professionally trained singer...I'm pretty sure she understands that hearing songs in parts isn't the optimum way to listen to music.

I've grown to really love her videos. 1. She understand the techinicals parts of singing so well and can articulate them 2. Her unbridled enthusiasm is infectious; her looks of pure unadulterated joy at listening to music is wonderful.

The saying exists "There's no such thing as bad publicity" (meaning any and all attention can catapult someone to fame.) Not contradicting you. IMO the buyers/fans decide whether a band picks up steam & gets a following. Of course the industry is so very different than it was in Rush's heyday. Back on topic to Neil, I kind of wonder if his insults were fueled by Rush being bagged on so heavily by critics. In my mind he must have figured there was little harm in speaking his mind seeing as the band was openly loathed by so many. The classic "f*ck you too" situation. If he was contemptuous of music critics in general (which he was) I'm sure he particularly hated anyone associated with Creem because they seemed to thoroughly enjoy mocking any band that made "serious" music or any heavy / hard rock band. It was their thing.

I read RS, Creem, Circus and Hit Parader back then. Creem's whole things was to have a bunch of smart-ass writers who liked to act like they were cooler than the bands they covered. And it was great! I loved it. They insulted and denigrated all my favorite bands because they generally liked quirky, new-wave, punk bands.....basically adored anyone with short hair and pins in their face and truly hated heavy metal. Yet they would religiously put bands like Van Halen, Pat Benetar, Rush, Led Zeppelin on their cover...then mercilessly mock and ridicule them inside. They even mocked their own readers. The letters section was extensive and every single one would have a smart ass reply from the "editor". Over time it became my favorite of the bunch. Circus and Hit Parader were little more than fanzines with no critical thought. Rolling Stones was always a pretentious bunch of pricks. I'll also say I think Neil comes across as a total prick and I imagine his late-in-life self would absolutely cringe at many of the statements he makes here. But you also see the writer had already he decided he hates the band. Saying they have no humor is ridiculous as is suggesting Paul McCartney is a better bassist than Geddy. Ask anyone today who gets introduced to Rush, especially MP era Rush and they are astounded that three people can create an entire symphony of music...but the writer takes no note of that and instead takes every opportunity to insult and denigrate the band. Must say....had some nostalgia reading that bc it reminds me how at first I hated Creem bc I was a rivet head back then and they made fun of every band I liked while licking the ass of bands like The Clash and Devo. But eventually I understood it was bit and began to enjoy it.

I'm a Power Windows truther. As a teenage "metal head" I was somewhat disappointed by Signal and GUP and had kind of stopped keeping up with a band I had loved most of my life. Then in spring of 1986 I was at an friend's apartment and he put it on and I was blown away. I immediately went out and bought and again fell in love with Rush. I consider it the seminal document of the band's "keyboard" stage, superior to Signals and GUP (both very good) and vastly superior to HYF and Presto (good albums). I love every song. What I most enjoy is how they absolutely mastered the technology of the time and seamlessly worked it all together. Every songs is great and honestly, was the last time where every song was longer than 5 minutes; after PW every Rush album had multiple songs clocked in under 5 minutes. They were still doing extended intros or outros, or extended instrumental sections. Finally, I wasn't happy in general about the ever decreasing presence of Alex's guitar. But on PW I feel her perfected how to compliment the song. His playing is phenomenal throughout, with a heavy emphasis of the staccato guitar work that would come in at weird angles and was very creative and imaginative. Also, it perfectly captured the sterile, corporate, machine-like quality that were the Reagan 80's. Love, love, love PW. Not going to say I like more than any other Rush album but there's not another Rush album I like more.

Even Kiss would be impressed at how Rush have abandoned all pretense of being anything other than a corporate greed machine.

If this has been addressed I apologize; I've searched and didn't find anything. I wanted to get all three Sectors box sets and have managed to get 1 and 2 at reasonable prices. But the Sectors 3 set seems to be very rare and resell marketers charge exorbitant prices. I'm wondering why 1 and 2 are relatively plentiful and affordable but Sectors 3 is so rare and expensive?

It's Neil Peart. I'm an idiot. Just typing too fast.

Hello everyone. I recently started a YouTube channel dedicated to rock and roll and added my quick history of Rush. I hope you'll give it a try and check it out. Please forgive me butchering Neal's name; I know how to pronounce it properly but 90% of the time I still get it wrong.