NeilPeartFan2112 Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 I believe it was The Spirit of Radio for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eikon Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 Tom Sawyer. I remember thinking it was the weirdest thing I'd ever heard, and wondering who that girl singing was! I feel so ashamed now It was a natural reaction because my friends were listening to it and I am never into the kind of music they are. It wasn't until my companies yearly concert that I truly came to know and understand the musical genius of Rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodoff Baldrick Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 Tom Sawyer, MTV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfuentes Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 The first song I heard from Rush was Time Stand Still from Hold Your Fire. Once I heard that, I really got into Rush. My goal now is to collect everything that they have released, as well as anything about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Notorious B.S.G. Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 "Fly By Night/In The Mood" from "All the World's a Stage". I was immediately hooked and floored when I learned they were a trio making all that noise! BTW, welcome sfuentes! Nice avatar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfuentes Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 Heh, thank you. I made it myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esmeralda Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 Closer to the heart.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilPeartFan2112 Posted December 28, 2004 Author Share Posted December 28, 2004 QUOTE (esmeralda @ Dec 28 2004, 03:53 PM) Closer to the heart.... I'm assuming that's why it's your favorite tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto45 Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 Mine is Red Barchetta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
between sun and moon Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 this is a good thread ummm...i think it was the trees. my dad had retrospective I and played it when i was like 10 or 11...sadly, i liked boy bands, or nickelback, or some crap at the time, and didnt like it...it wasnt until about a year later i started liking them. stupid boybands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickyrob Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 Heh...this is easy. I even remember where I was. I was 15, year 1978. Place: Fielden Park College in Withington, Manchester, England. We used to go there on Weds and Fridays for Photography classes which was an arts option for O-Levels. I used to take my cassette recorder/player along with some tapes. My mate brought a cassette of Farewell to Kings and asked me to listen to it. So the very first track I ever heard was A Farewell to Kings. ....been hooked ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaine mac Roth Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 I think I've told this story before, elsewhere, on the board. The first thing I heard by Rush was Hemispheres: Prelude sometime in late 79 and hated it due to the really poor quality of the tape - it was just an aural mess. The first thing I properly heard was Overture a few weeks later and was blown away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test4VitalSigns Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 New World Man for me...I was 13... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuppetKing2112 Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 The first one I heard knowingly was One Little Victory, but once I was interested, I started recognising songs I had heard before (TS, TSOR, LL, FW, FBN, CTTH, etc.) so it would be hard to pinpoint the first time I heard Rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oberon Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 The Trees. I was a kid and hated everything remotely rock. My brother on the other hand was a maniac (he was 5) and all he listened to was Rush and Colin James. While I'm not sure The Trees was the first song I heard, it was the only one I liked (I was into classical music at the time and liked the acoustic intro, the rest was heavy metal to me) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamarushfan Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 YYZ, thanksgiving 2002. ive been worshipping them ever since Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney_rebel Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 Closer to the Heart. It was a K-tel commercial for rock compilations. I was around 6 years old. I think it was a commercial break from Brady Bunch. I thought to myself, that weird looking man can sing very high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaine mac Roth Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 QUOTE (barney_rebel @ Dec 29 2004, 01:52 AM) Closer to the Heart. It was a K-tel commercial for rock compilations. I was around 6 years old. I think it was a commercial break from Brady Bunch. I thought to myself, that weird looking man can sing very high. That reminds of the first time I saw a picture of the band. It was the back of the 2112 album and I didn't read the sleeve notes for a while and, for some reason, thought that alex was Geddy because only people with blonde hair had high voices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furie Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 The Spirit of Radio that was following Queen's Radio Gaga on WPLJ. nice pairing actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
launchpad67a Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 It was all of "All The World's A Stage". Blew my mind man!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o baterista Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 Countdown MTV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drumnut Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 2112 Overture...then the whole album repeated over and over for about 3 days!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebbish Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 oooooh....would please welcome home...RUSH All the World's a Stage...as if you didn't know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Companion Unobtrusive Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 This story has also been told elswhere, but: By-Tor and the Snow Dog, on the radio in 1975. Had recorded it without knowing who sang it. Heard that Rush was a great band, and bought their latest release Fly by Night. Recognised the singer's voice from somewhere, and finally realized the match - very excited. Since then, every new album release has been a precious moment. It was not until 1983, though, that they really suddenly stood out to me as THE greatest band of them all, but that is a different (and very exciting) story... The Companion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sark Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 For me it was Spirit of Radio. It was being played in a co-workers car that I was getting a ride from. He was also telling me how lakeside park was one of his favorite songs because his birthday is on the 24th of May. As for the song, I was hooked. I bought Roll the Bones the very next day. ( they didn't have Permanent Waves where I was shopping.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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