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This may have been covered before but...

 

If you can think that far back (in some cases tongue.gif ),

 

1) What was the the very first song of theirs you ever heard,

2) When was it,

3) How old were you, and

4) Where were you at the time?

 

Mine was "In the Mood" in 1975 when I was 12 years old. I heard it on my spankin' new "Canada Gold" LP in the basement of my parent's house in a little town in northern Ontario.

 

Thus began a love affair...

 

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Tom Sawyer on Rush and Rio. I was at my house doing homework. I was 13 at the time. 2005ish maybe 2006 by then. My dad got it out from the library, I was curious what it was all about and put it into my CD player. My life has not been the same since. Edited by rushringleader
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#1 - The Trees

 

#2 - Around 1980

 

#3 - Approx. 10-12 years old

 

#4 - At a friends house looking at his brothers album collection. I recall that moment very clearly. Been hooked ever since!

 

#5 - Still one of my most favorite songs.

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Farewell to Kings

1978

I was 15 going on 16.

Fielden Park College Manchester on O-Level Photography course with school.

 

Edit for year (I got it wrong with first post)

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1) What was the the very first song of theirs you ever heard,

 

Hard to remember for sure, but one of the songs of side one of Moving Pictures that they played on the radio constantly back then.

 

2) When was it,

 

1981

 

3) How old were you, and

 

12

 

4) Where were you at the time?

 

At my best friend's house at the time - Robbie DeNoto - some Rush song from side one of MP came on the radio and it completely blew my mind...

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Tom Sawyer on Rush and Rio. I was at my house doing homework. I was 13 at the time. 2005ish maybe 2006 by then. My dad got it out from the library, I was curious what it was all about and put it into my CD player. My life has not been the same since.

 

 

Ouch. I turned 40 a couple of months ago but this post makes me feel 80. For me, I remember hearing Rush on the radio and around my school in 1980/81 when they had a spike in popularity but they didn't really click for me until a few months after I bought GUP. I bought GUP around May/June of 1984 and within about four months I scraped enough money together to get the whole back catalog. They've easily been my favorite band ever since.

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1) What was the the very first song of theirs you ever heard:

Spirit of Radio

 

2) When was it:

1988

 

3) How old were you:

16

 

4) Where were you at the time:

In my car. I was driving up past NorthTown mall on Division St. in Spokane, WA. I remember thinking that, that was one impressive "keyboard trick." I remember talking to my then boyfriend who said it was the guitar, not a keyboard and I was blown away. "Someone is playing that on a guitar?!" I was hooked from that point on.

 

Side note: I actually had the 2112 8-track that I got as a hand-me-down from my Aunt when she was done listening to it. I remember having it but I was too little to actually get into the music I think. Anyway...

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1) What was the the very first song of theirs you ever heard

 

Vital Signs

 

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2) When was it
Spring/summer 1982 on MTV

 

QUOTE
3) How old were you
13 yo.

 

QUOTE
4) Where were you at the time?
at the house where I was living at the time in Rocky Mount, NC
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1) Tom Sawyer

2) It was probably the spring of '82 or '83

3) I think I was 15 years old; I'm 40 now.

4) I was watching MTV at my sister's friend's house.

 

Soon I was appropriating my brother's copy of Moving Pictures, then buying my own copy, then buying a Rush t-shirt, and by the following Christmas I had their entire catalog. First concert ever was in 1984, on the Grace Under Pressure tour.

 

The sound of the music and the attitude/virtuosity of the players came out of the television set and bit me on the ass. That moment gave me the bug; I still have it 25 years later. Bye-bye Go-Go's, hello real music.

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Bastille Day from ATWAS

 

1977

 

14 years old

 

Friends of mine at school had talked me into to going to see RUSH play at the Glasgow Apollo on their 1st UK tour so I thought I should maybe get to Know the songs....so I borrowed ATWAS and listened to it again & again in my bedroom.

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GeddyRulz posted:

 

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1) Tom Sawyer
You're such a liar. sarcasm.gif

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2) It was probably the spring of '82 or '83
Well? Which is it? angry.gif

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3) I think I was 15 years old; I'm 40 now.
Yeah, swell. eyesre4.gif

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4) I was watching MTV at my sister's friend's house
Well, what on earth were you doing there?!

 

pokey.gif wink.gif

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For a second there, I thought this belonged in The Sex Thread.
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QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Jun 9 2008, 03:07 PM)
GeddyRulz posted:

QUOTE
1) Tom Sawyer
You're such a liar. sarcasm.gif

QUOTE
2) It was probably the spring of '82 or '83
Well? Which is it? angry.gif

QUOTE
3) I think I was 15 years old; I'm 40 now.
Yeah, swell. eyesre4.gif

QUOTE
4) I was watching MTV at my sister's friend's house
Well, what on earth were you doing there?!

 

pokey.gif wink.gif

confused13.gif

 

No really, that's all true. yes.gif

 

What was I doing at my sister's friend's house? Watching MTV! We didn't have cable, so in order to watch MTV - which was the new rage at the time - my sister and I had to go to other people's houses.

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QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Jun 9 2008, 04:11 PM)
QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Jun 9 2008, 03:07 PM)
GeddyRulz posted:

QUOTE
1) Tom Sawyer
You're such a liar. sarcasm.gif

QUOTE
2) It was probably the spring of '82 or '83
Well? Which is it? angry.gif

QUOTE
3) I think I was 15 years old; I'm 40 now.
Yeah, swell. eyesre4.gif

QUOTE
4) I was watching MTV at my sister's friend's house
Well, what on earth were you doing there?!

 

pokey.gif wink.gif

confused13.gif

 

No really, that's all true. yes.gif

 

What was I doing at my sister's friend's house? Watching MTV! We didn't have cable, so in order to watch MTV - which was the new rage at the time - my sister and I had to go to other people's houses.

I'm just kidding with you (CP style of course). laugh.gif

 

Gimme a break. Work is much too slow today.

 

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1. Either Tom Sawyer or Freewill

2. A couple of years ago (I know, newbie..)

3. 21

4. Tampa, Florida smile.gif

 

I heard those two songs on a radio station called The Bone, and I checked out Rush when I got home. The rest is history. cool.gif

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I'd be doing something else at my sisters friends house!! (hehehe)

1981.

9 years old

bowling alley- skipped school w/ the older kids

TOM SAWYER!

I had everything within weeks, but 1st concert not until PoW.

I made up for that, this will be show #41 or 42 tonight (can't remember, have to count!)

off to the show now....

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Song: Closer To The Heart

Year: 2004

Age: 10

Location: My dad's car -- we were listening to the radio (Q107)

 

Funny story actually; I thought the voice belonged to a woman! eh.gif But, hey, that was me "back then" -- I didn't know any better. I was listening to a lot of newer stuff. And probably like any kid, I wanted to take after my father. He liked and still loves classic rock music. He ALWAYS had (and still always does have) the classic rock radio station on, so I grew to like the style. I first fell in love with Led Zeppelin, and then found Rush to be more interesting. I've been hooked ever since! biggrin.gif

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1) What was the the very first song of theirs you ever heard,

Subdivisions

 

2) When was it,

January, 1984

 

3) How old were you,

17

 

4) Where were you at the time?

In Nebraska traveling from NW Iowa on the way to my first ski trip to Colorado. My older brother, who was at Iowa State, was going along and brought the Signals tape with him and I was hooked. We played it over and over and I was a fan.

 

There was a thread a while back that asked if you started listening to Rush in 1979(I think), would you still be a fan? YES!!!! As I got older I found the older stuff to be amazing.

Edited by IDSkinner
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First off let me say that it was, of course, good old Tommy S. that got me into it. First heard it at a friend's birthday party, 1981.

 

And let me add that it's quite odd to see Rush listed alongside Anne Murray and Paul Anka. At least Gordon Lightfoot isn't on that album.

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1) What was the the very first song of theirs you ever heard,

 

2112

 

2) When was it,

 

1976ish

 

3) How old were you, and

 

13ish

 

4) Where were you at the time?

 

My parent's front room- which is round the back

 

Blessed Be!

 

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