Rush Lightens Heavy Metal

[Maverick]

This review didn't age well.

 

[JohnRogers]

A few weeks later Robert Conklin was hired by Rolling Stone magazine. 

[1-0-0-1-0-0-1]

2 hours ago, JohnRogers said:

A few weeks later Robert Conklin was hired by Rolling Stone magazine. 

 

I just Googled him and came up with nothing. Which makes sense as he's a terrible writer. That review reads like a high school English class exercise, one that received a C-.

[Principled Man]

41 minutes ago, 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 said:

 That review reads like a high school English class exercise, one that received a C-.

 

You're grading on a curve, yes?   

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 1, 2024 by Principled Man

[treeduck]

He got one thing right, RUSH are indeed a heavy metal rock band!  

[goose]

Listeners of the boring Moving Pictures album  ultimately got their revenge by boring the members of RUSH...

with the tedium of counting millions and millions of dollars from sales. 

[taurus]

 typical review for Rush back in those days. Totally useless and just terrible writing. they were just taking their cues from the taste makers of the time 

[grep]

Reads like it was written by an edgy 13 year old.  LOL

[grep]

PS: I'd love to hear this dude attempt to play the 'simplistic' bass solo in TCE.    Or...maybe not.

Edited May 2, 2024 by grep

[Timbale]

This is of course mostly just word salad...meaningless and unsubstantiated and hardly even rising to the level of "opinion" (except for the critique of Geddy's vocals, which although I don't agree, I can understand).  But it is interesting that the heavy metal crowd, even in 1981, felt disappointed by Rush's development.  I thank god Rush didn't continue to sound like 2112 for the rest of their career - I'll take Signals over it any day of the week.

[Principled Man]

I'm reminded of an old review of a Rush album in which the so-called critic mostly talked about Perry Farrell. 

I wish I could remember who it was and what album. 

 

I remember thinking, "You stupid TWIT...."  

 

 

 

 

Edited May 2, 2024 by Principled Man