Toronto Star remembers “Caress of Steel”

[JoãoCarvalho]

 

 

Half a century after dividing critics and audiences, Caress of Steel returns to the spotlight in the pages of the Toronto Star, one of the most important newspapers in the world and in Rush's hometown

 

 

https://rushbrasil.com/en/toronto-star-relembra-caress-of-steel/

[treeduck]

I can visualise what they must have said: "Caress of Steel, the heavy metal smorgasbord of 1975!"

[chemistry1973]

2 hours ago, treeduck said:

I can visualise what they must have said: "Caress of Steel, the heavy metal smorgasbord of 1975!"

“Down the tubes? More like UP the tubes!”

[PurpleHayes]

2 hours ago, chemistry1973 said:

“Down the tubes? More like UP the tubes!”

Didn't they open for The Tubes on that tour too? 

[grep]

Up the lube. Hey cookie.  it's a quarter to eight.

Edited August 10, 2025 by grep

[Union 5-3992]

The article in question: https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/some-call-it-rushs-worst-album-but-50-years-later-it-sounds-like-an-ambitious/article_150dcba1-53e0-46f8-8d00-dcd73e6cf239.html

[Papa Emeritus]

On 8/9/2025 at 5:51 PM, JoãoCarvalho said:

 

 

Half a century after dividing critics and audiences, Caress of Steel returns to the spotlight in the pages of the Toronto Star, one of the most important newspapers in the world and in Rush's hometown

 

 

https://rushbrasil.com/en/toronto-star-relembra-caress-of-steel/

Why not just link to the article on The Star's website rather than your own?

[RushFanForever]

2 hours ago, Papa Emeritus said:

Why not just link to the article on The Star's website rather than your own?

 

   

Edited August 11, 2025 by RushFanForever

[Nova Carmina]

17 hours ago, Papa Emeritus said:

Why not just link to the article on The Star's website rather than your own?

 

Because all these posts are to drive traffic to his own website.

[Papa Emeritus]

5 hours ago, Nova Carmina said:

 

Because all these posts are to drive traffic to his own website.

Yeah I know. It's pretty shady IMO.  Won't get any traffic from me.

[RushFanForever]

4 hours ago, Papa Emeritus said:

Yeah I know. It's pretty shady IMO.  Won't get any traffic from me.

 

 

[PurpleHayes]

[JARG]

1 hour ago, PurpleHayes said:

I can remember when CoS was at the bottom of my ranked list of albums, but that was back when there were only 5 albums to rank. Now CoS is considerably higher in the list.

[Bahamas]

I've just returned from southern Ontario and at one point, sitting at a friend's patio with morning coffee and sharing the Star I grabbed at a gas station (after exiting the Temagami/North Bay area for 14 days canoeing), I see the Culture section front page cover showing part of the COS album. What?!! It reminded me of the huge entire right side page advertisement in the same paper for the R40 tour.

 

The article, written by Hayden Godfrey "Special to the Star", Saturday August 9, page C6 and C7 (but with a half page realtor ad) has lots of repeated info and general cultural opinions of our favourite band. I think the general aspect was that the rumoured album is now reaching 50 years of age and the band is still being celebrated. But, I loved the first paragraph under the heading The last laugh.

 

"Rush had been - and still is - a punching bag for a certain segment of the critical class, who are quick to dismiss them as self-indulgent, hyperactive poindexters who spend too much time inventing three new time signatures before a 12-minute song's first chorus, and not enough time cranking out Zeppelin-adjacent radio hits."

 

I chuckled and my friend could not relate, not being a fan. I saved the article and can look at it now, after my return home. Oh, if only Neil could see such nostalgia still being printed in main stream media.

 

 

 

[Lurkst]

Have always loved this album and it's still in my top 10, low down but still in there.

 

[JoãoCarvalho]

On 11/08/2025 at 20:37, Papa Emeritus said:

É, eu sei. É bem suspeito, na minha opinião. Não vai gerar tráfego algum.

The site does not exist to make money. It’s simply a tribute from a journalist/fan/collector to other fans and to the band. Click if you wish… feel free to visit, read, or not read what’s being published. Go in peace.

[JoãoCarvalho]

Em 11/08/2025 às 15:18, Nova Carmina disse:

 

Porque todas essas postagens são para direcionar o tráfego para seu próprio site.

O site não existe para ganhar dinheiro. É simplesmente uma homenagem de um jornalista/fã/colecionador a outros fãs e à banda. Clique se quiser... sinta-se à vontade para visitar, ler ou não o que está sendo publicado. Vá em paz.

[JoãoCarvalho]

On 13/08/2025 at 22:09, Bahamas said:

Acabei de voltar do sul de Ontário e, em certo momento, sentado na varanda de um amigo, tomando café da manhã e compartilhando o Star que peguei em um posto de gasolina (depois de sair da região de Temagami/North Bay para 14 dias de canoagem), vi a capa da seção de Cultura mostrando parte do álbum do COS. O quê?!! Me lembrou do enorme anúncio de página inteira do lado direito do mesmo jornal para a turnê do R40.

 

O artigo, escrito por Hayden Godfrey "Especial para o Star", sábado, 9 de agosto, páginas C6 e C7 (mas com um anúncio de corretor de imóveis de meia página), traz muitas informações repetidas e opiniões culturais gerais sobre nossa banda favorita. Acho que o aspecto geral era que o suposto álbum está chegando aos 50 anos e a banda ainda está sendo celebrada. Mas adorei o primeiro parágrafo sob o título " A última risada ".

 

" O Rush foi - e ainda é - um saco de pancadas para um certo segmento da classe crítica, que rapidamente os descarta como autoindulgentes, hiperativos, que passam muito tempo inventando três novas fórmulas de compasso antes do primeiro refrão de uma música de 12 minutos, e pouco tempo produzindo sucessos de rádio semelhantes aos do Led Zeppelin ."

 

Dei uma risadinha e meu amigo não se identificou, pois não era fã. Salvei o artigo e posso lê-lo agora, depois de voltar para casa. Ah, se o Neil conseguisse ver tanta nostalgia ainda estampada na grande mídia.

 

 

 

 

 

[RushFanForever]

16 hours ago, JoãoCarvalho said:

The site does not exist to make money. It’s simply a tribute from a journalist/fan/collector to other fans and to the band. Click if you wish… feel free to visit, read, or not read what’s being published. Go in peace.

I'm curious, why do you re-quote other members comments in Portuguese, when they're initially posted in English?

Edited August 20, 2025 by RushFanForever