LeaveMyThingAlone

For me, Counterparts is Rush's last truly great album from start to finish and Rush's best since GUP. Animate, Double Agent, and Leave that thing alone are top 25 Rush songs for me. Sorry I can't answer your questions. I just thought I'd chime in and tell you I agree about that album's greatness

1. Fragile 2. Close to the Edge 3. Relayer 4. The Yes Album

An Outstanding group with so much range. A modern day power trio... Just an array of different sounds coming out of these guys. If I had to compare them to anyone, it would be Queen because they both have an opera-like dramatic sound and Queen could go from symphonic to rocking out on a dime just like Muse. I really haven't listened to a lot of the last couple albums. If there are any great songs let me know. I really haven't given them much of a listen yet... Here are my top 10: 1. Knights of Cydonia (Love the Natural Science type riff to close it out) 2. Newborn (Spirit of Radio anyone?) 3. City of Delusion (an underrated gem hidden on their best album) 4. Uprising (Obvious and hugely popular choice) 5. Hyper Music (The virtuoso side of Muse) 6. Stockholm Syndrome (one of their heaviest songs) 7. Hysteria (one of Muse's staples.) 8. Supermassive Black Hole (Disco?) 9. Survival (Really unique song. Sounds like it could be out of West Side Story) 10. Map of the Problematique - Another gem off of Black Holes and Revelations

"Great" is such a relative word. I haven't read the entire thread, but thought it would be fun to just run through some of the obvious acts.. Rush's run from 2112 to Moving Pictures is a run of 5 truly great albums. Signals is not in that category IMO. Pink Floyd had a run of 4 great albums Dark Side through the Wall Black Sabbath had Paranoid through Sabotage, which is 5, but I'm not sure if I'd call Master of Reality great. Led Zeppelin only had 2 albums I'd call great but no doubt I'm in the minority of that opinion I saw Van Halen from Debut to 1984 mentioned, but Women and Children First and Diver Down are 'meh' for me Aerosmith had a great run from Get Your Wings to Rocks, but that's just 3. Is Draw the Line great? I dunno The Who from Tommy to Quadrophenia is 3... Metallica with Ride the Lightning through the Black Album is 4 The Beatles had a great run from Rubber Soul through Abbey ROad. I think that's 5? No doubt I missed some, but not surprisingly I'd go with Rush's run as THE best with honorable mention to The Beatles and Black Sabbath

I was at the San Diego and Devore shows on the T4E tour. The thing that makes that tour so special is that it was the first "evening with Rush" format with no opening band and 2.5 hours of glorious playing. As a result, they were able to play 2112 in its entirety. I remember Alex played something very strange at the beginning of Discovery. Other then that, the best Rush concert ever for my money

Aw man that sucks that it’s online only. I heard them announce it today and was excited that I can keep listening in my car but guess not. At lease they did something, but I’m going to miss it on my drives starting Tomorrow

Jim Ladd just announced they have extended the Rush tribute channel to next Wednesday. How many times have they decided to extend it? It’s kind of amusing how they keep changing the date. I believe it speaks to the listening audience they are getting and the demand in general for it to keep going. They really should just make it permanent and be done with it. There’s clearly going to be a high demand for quite a while...

He is one of Neil's friends. A simple internet search can add other details about him ;) he was the drummer of Jethro Tull during the 80s. I have met him. Super nice guy Neil’s personality is such where he would never tell anyone he was in pain even if he was. It’s one of the many characteristics that make him such an admirable man. This isn’t to say he was or wasn’t in pain. He just despised the idea of anyone worrying about him. He never wanted to be a burden to anyone: (which is what makes cancer such a cruel fate, as it’s a disease that affects far too many in a horrible manner). I’m sure Neil hated that.

It's interesting that they are totally ignoring Counterparts and Test for Echo. Counterparts, in particular, has some real gems. I'm baffled by how many times I've heard Tears. Of all the songs....really?

Interesting. When I go to the iTunes store and the search query, it shows me the top 10 artists trending and Rush has been on the list since last Friday.

I knew Neil for 30 years. He didn't know me, but I sure knew him. He added more to why life then any one man should add to a person's life. He made an unbearable life at times bearable. He understood me in a way few do. I think what's making me cry more than anything is the imagery of the last couple years for Neil. And the fact that he was given a 2nd chance at being a full-time dad and husband and had it taken away one more time in the cruelest of fashions. It's just so incredibly f***ed up. It wasn't supposed to be that way. Now, the latest being the image of Neil in a wheelchair and unable to speak. Grrrrrrr

Yes. This is all so sad to take in.

Well, it did not end yesterday as Jim Ladd said it would. As of this morning, it's still going strong. I wonder if they are extending it based on demand or significantly higher number of listeners? The downside is that they are playing the David Fricke show to death

Does anyone know why the Twitter tribute page to Neil has nothing new since yesterday? They were coming in fast and furious through yesterday so I can’t imagine them abruptly stopping all together. Or an I doing something wrong? (Not a tweeter)

Agreed. My hunch is that Neil kept a journal or personal blog of his battle with brain cancer over the 3.5 years. He was such an avid and gifted writer that seemed to have a passion for it. I’d be surprised if there’s not something. Whether it’s ever made public in any form is another story....

I signed and have been an avid listener of the tribute channel since we lost Neil. i gotta say there are a lot of Rush songs I do not have in my library that I had all but forgotten that are being played on the channel and it’s been wonderful to revisit. Songs like Prime Mover, Face Up, Red Tide, Different Strings, and Second Nature. They are really digging deep. I think a Rush channel would be great. It wouldn’t be just Rush. All the other stations devoted to an artist mix in influencers and influencees....

I just want to say thank you so much to everyone posting anything they come across on here. I continue to be a proud holdout from Facebook, Twittter, blabbernouth,, and any other social media so this is my one and only source for tributes, updates, etc. Thank you

Just when I thought I was done with tears.....damn. I can’t imagine how strong Neil was....

How cool is this? https://mobile.twitter.com/kevinfitz1/status/1216799895878807552/photo/1

"Losing It" is as brilliant as a song can be. Besides Neil snapping a pic of us in LA and then running up to Alex and Geddy. This will forever by my favorite memory of Neil. I was so blessed to have 3rd row seats for this show. I looked in the aisle and saw Jack Black playing air guitar to Red Barchetta. There was a buzz in the air that night. I was 90% sure this would be their final show, which is why I went all out for those seats. But when I saw Neil do what he did, I was 100% sure. He was doing things during 2112 that were completely out of character. I love that I witnessed it all. Thanks for the reminder of that night Earl...

Absolutely one of the most remarkable and admirable acts of honoring one’s privacy that I’ve ever heard of or can imagine. It’s just with social media being what it is, cameras on cell phones everywhere, and people just wanting to get information for the sake of gossip, it’s just something I find beautiful in all this tragedy. His inner circle had to have gone to great lengths to honor his wishes and Neil deserved that so much. I love that it wasn’t ever made public...

thank you-well said. it does all make sense now doesn’t it? I never put it together though. I was convinced Rush was done touring at the end of their last concert and never held out any hope that we’d see them perform live again, but I admit I always thought we’d get something in the way of new material, perhaps an album or at least a few songs. I thought that was a real possibility. The fact that it never happened and that we never heard a word from Neil in 3 years never made it click. I just thought Neil went into seclusion,retiring from everything in the public eye. That, all this time, his focus was on his family and that the being famous part of his life was behind him. He just was being a husband and dad again. I never imagined the hell he and his loved ones had been going through...

oh shit, I hadn’t cried today until I watched this one. That’s so f***ing beautiful. Good for him for such a class move and beautiful tribute

I think if it were anyone but Neil Peart that was so quiet and out of the public eye for 3 years, I would have put it together that something was wrong. This was just Neil being Neil, I thought. Living the life of “an ordinary guy, something he just always wanted simply out of life”, as he stated in BTLS. Alex and Geddy were obviously still doing interviews, writing books, occasionally contributing to music etc , Neil wasn’t, but that sounded about right. If it were Alex Or Geddy so quiet so long, then we’d all have assumed something was wrong. That’s what makes it so ironic. Neil was famously private and shy and I think that reputation helped ensure his privacy over the course of his battle. It’s really lovely that his inner circle kept it in the inner circle throughout, I love that they did. Neil deserved that so much

no offense, but I don’t think anyone here is asking you to be concerned about Peart. I’m sorry about what you and your family are going through, but if you don’t particularly care much about any of this, just don’t post. Let those of us that do care and want to mourn, do so.