RushRevisited Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 QUOTE (2112babe @ Sep 11 2004, 08:57 PM) Thanks for the welcome. My 5 year olds favorite is Coldfire and my 10 year olds is Resits and YYZ. I love seeing the kids get into Rush instead of that other stuff that's out there. If nothing else, we gave our kids the best tasted in Music!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-13 Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Sep 11 2004, 04:39 PM) My wife has been "forced" to listen to Rush for 15 years, but this year I made her first Rush mix CD and she loves it now (been 6 months in her car). Here is what I put on it: The Pass Time Stand Still Half The World Presto Losing It Subdivisions Limelight Cold Fire Everyday Glory Nobody's Hero Mission Different Strings Ghost Of A Chance Bravado The Analog Kid I am ready to make a second one, so any suggestions, let me know Thanks dude those are good ones!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushian King Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Whoever recently started that thread on converting friends to Rush should have searched first, because this one already existed. Why start a new thread when you can revive one that hasn't been posted to in 3 1/2 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRocinanteKid Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 QUOTE (Rushian King @ Mar 13 2008, 01:24 AM) Whoever recently started that thread on converting friends to Rush should have searched first, because this one already existed. Why start a new thread when you can revive one that hasn't been posted to in 3 1/2 years. Why try to prove that point by acting like an idiot and bumping 4 year old posts up the page? You're not being witty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AeroZach2112 Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 My best friend in Lockport (different from my two in Chicago, one who I go to the Rush shows with) was a big fan of older music. For about six months I shoved Rush down his throat and he couldn't stand it. Matter of fact, on a bet in May I forced him to listen to as many Rush songs as he could on my iPod for 50 minutes (a class period), and he hated that. He plays bass, though. I sent him some of Ged's best bass songs and he told me "I actually want to get into them, could you let me borrow something?" sometime around December. I let him borrow the R30 DVD as well as Different Stages. I figure Rush is one of the best live bands ever I'd expose him to that first. Today, he tells me he wants to learn the entire Cygnus X-1: Book I on bass. I was so proud that I was able to convert such a close-minded person onto this band. He really likes them now, and his favorite song is "Driven." It's essentially the only conversion I've been able to make, but then again, coming from Lockport, he's the only serious music fan I could think of who could actually appreciate them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushian King Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 QUOTE (TheRocinanteKid @ Mar 12 2008, 09:25 PM) QUOTE (Rushian King @ Mar 13 2008, 01:24 AM) Whoever recently started that thread on converting friends to Rush should have searched first, because this one already existed. Why start a new thread when you can revive one that hasn't been posted to in 3 1/2 years. Why try to prove that point by acting like an idiot and bumping 4 year old posts up the page? You're not being witty. I'm not trying to be witty, nor am I being an idiot. I'm using plain ole logic to illustrate a point. It seems some people don't want threads started about topics that have already been discussed. So from now on maybe new and non-regular posters shouldn't try to start new threads, but rather post in threads where their intended topic was first discussed. Isn't that what this crowd wants? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AeroZach2112 Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 QUOTE (Rushian King @ Mar 12 2008, 08:36 PM) QUOTE (TheRocinanteKid @ Mar 12 2008, 09:25 PM) QUOTE (Rushian King @ Mar 13 2008, 01:24 AM) Whoever recently started that thread on converting friends to Rush should have searched first, because this one already existed. Why start a new thread when you can revive one that hasn't been posted to in 3 1/2 years. Why try to prove that point by acting like an idiot and bumping 4 year old posts up the page? You're not being witty. I'm not trying to be witty, nor am I being an idiot. I'm using plain ole logic to illustrate a point. It seems some people don't want threads started about topics that have already been discussed. So from now on maybe new and non-regular posters shouldn't try to start new threads, but rather post in threads where their intended topic was first discussed. Isn't that what this crowd wants? Are you a moderator? If not, let the people post threads they want to! You're seemingly the only one who has a problem, and trust me, when these fans have issues with threads, they WILL be vocal about it. Need I remind you of my friend here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRocinanteKid Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 QUOTE (Rushian King @ Mar 13 2008, 01:36 AM) QUOTE (TheRocinanteKid @ Mar 12 2008, 09:25 PM) QUOTE (Rushian King @ Mar 13 2008, 01:24 AM) Whoever recently started that thread on converting friends to Rush should have searched first, because this one already existed. Why start a new thread when you can revive one that hasn't been posted to in 3 1/2 years. Why try to prove that point by acting like an idiot and bumping 4 year old posts up the page? You're not being witty. I'm not trying to be witty, nor am I being an idiot. I'm using plain ole logic to illustrate a point. It seems some people don't want threads started about topics that have already been discussed. So from now on maybe new and non-regular posters shouldn't try to start new threads, but rather post in threads where their intended topic was first discussed. Isn't that what this crowd wants? Then perhaps once you've finished clogging up the front page of the forum you'd like to go back here and debate the topic like the grown up you're supposed to be since all you've done so far is prove how childish you can be, confuse a bunch of people including myself and make the frontpage look like shit. Congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushian King Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 QUOTE (TheRocinanteKid @ Mar 12 2008, 09:40 PM) QUOTE (Rushian King @ Mar 13 2008, 01:36 AM) QUOTE (TheRocinanteKid @ Mar 12 2008, 09:25 PM) QUOTE (Rushian King @ Mar 13 2008, 01:24 AM) Whoever recently started that thread on converting friends to Rush should have searched first, because this one already existed. Why start a new thread when you can revive one that hasn't been posted to in 3 1/2 years. Why try to prove that point by acting like an idiot and bumping 4 year old posts up the page? You're not being witty. I'm not trying to be witty, nor am I being an idiot. I'm using plain ole logic to illustrate a point. It seems some people don't want threads started about topics that have already been discussed. So from now on maybe new and non-regular posters shouldn't try to start new threads, but rather post in threads where their intended topic was first discussed. Isn't that what this crowd wants? Then perhaps once you've finished clogging up the front page of the forum you'd like to go back here and debate the topic like the grown up you're supposed to be since all you've done so far is prove how childish you can be, confuse a bunch of people including myself and make the frontpage look like shit. Congratulations. I may be being childish, but not moreso than these people. Why am I clogging up the front page? Those threads I posted to were all of interest to me. I was going to start my own "who's from Canada" thread but then someone would come along with this since the topic had already been posted, I decided to play it safe and post in the first thread I could find with my topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AeroZach2112 Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 QUOTE (Rushian King @ Mar 12 2008, 08:51 PM) QUOTE (TheRocinanteKid @ Mar 12 2008, 09:40 PM) QUOTE (Rushian King @ Mar 13 2008, 01:36 AM) QUOTE (TheRocinanteKid @ Mar 12 2008, 09:25 PM) QUOTE (Rushian King @ Mar 13 2008, 01:24 AM) Whoever recently started that thread on converting friends to Rush should have searched first, because this one already existed. Why start a new thread when you can revive one that hasn't been posted to in 3 1/2 years. Why try to prove that point by acting like an idiot and bumping 4 year old posts up the page? You're not being witty. I'm not trying to be witty, nor am I being an idiot. I'm using plain ole logic to illustrate a point. It seems some people don't want threads started about topics that have already been discussed. So from now on maybe new and non-regular posters shouldn't try to start new threads, but rather post in threads where their intended topic was first discussed. Isn't that what this crowd wants? Then perhaps once you've finished clogging up the front page of the forum you'd like to go back here and debate the topic like the grown up you're supposed to be since all you've done so far is prove how childish you can be, confuse a bunch of people including myself and make the frontpage look like shit. Congratulations. I may be being childish, but not moreso than these people. Why am I clogging up the front page? Those threads I posted to were all of interest to me. I was going to start my own "who's from Canada" thread but then someone would come along with this since the topic had already been posted, I decided to play it safe and post in the first thread I could find with my topic. I think you have the wrong idea. I seriously doubt ANYONE would have given the horse icon if you started a "Who's From Canada" thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRocinanteKid Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 QUOTE (Rushian King @ Mar 13 2008, 01:51 AM) QUOTE (TheRocinanteKid @ Mar 12 2008, 09:40 PM) QUOTE (Rushian King @ Mar 13 2008, 01:36 AM) QUOTE (TheRocinanteKid @ Mar 12 2008, 09:25 PM) QUOTE (Rushian King @ Mar 13 2008, 01:24 AM) Whoever recently started that thread on converting friends to Rush should have searched first, because this one already existed. Why start a new thread when you can revive one that hasn't been posted to in 3 1/2 years. Why try to prove that point by acting like an idiot and bumping 4 year old posts up the page? You're not being witty. I'm not trying to be witty, nor am I being an idiot. I'm using plain ole logic to illustrate a point. It seems some people don't want threads started about topics that have already been discussed. So from now on maybe new and non-regular posters shouldn't try to start new threads, but rather post in threads where their intended topic was first discussed. Isn't that what this crowd wants? Then perhaps once you've finished clogging up the front page of the forum you'd like to go back here and debate the topic like the grown up you're supposed to be since all you've done so far is prove how childish you can be, confuse a bunch of people including myself and make the frontpage look like shit. Congratulations. I may be being childish, but not moreso than these people. Why am I clogging up the front page? Those threads I posted to were all of interest to me. I was going to start my own "who's from Canada" thread but then someone would come along with this since the topic had already been posted, I decided to play it safe and post in the first thread I could find with my topic. You bitch and moan about the use of the beating a dead horse image yet you've used it more than anyone in this thread so far. I stick by my original assumption, you were trying to be funny and prove how lame an idea it is to use the search function. You are doing very little to convince any one of any point you were trying to make. Regarding the "Anyone Else From Canada" thread you need to use your judgement it's quite clear that is not an over-covered topic as is "Your Ideal Setlist" for example Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rushian King Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 QUOTE (TheRocinanteKid @ Mar 12 2008, 09:56 PM) QUOTE (Rushian King @ Mar 13 2008, 01:51 AM) QUOTE (TheRocinanteKid @ Mar 12 2008, 09:40 PM) QUOTE (Rushian King @ Mar 13 2008, 01:36 AM) QUOTE (TheRocinanteKid @ Mar 12 2008, 09:25 PM) QUOTE (Rushian King @ Mar 13 2008, 01:24 AM) Whoever recently started that thread on converting friends to Rush should have searched first, because this one already existed. Why start a new thread when you can revive one that hasn't been posted to in 3 1/2 years. Why try to prove that point by acting like an idiot and bumping 4 year old posts up the page? You're not being witty. I'm not trying to be witty, nor am I being an idiot. I'm using plain ole logic to illustrate a point. It seems some people don't want threads started about topics that have already been discussed. So from now on maybe new and non-regular posters shouldn't try to start new threads, but rather post in threads where their intended topic was first discussed. Isn't that what this crowd wants? Then perhaps once you've finished clogging up the front page of the forum you'd like to go back here and debate the topic like the grown up you're supposed to be since all you've done so far is prove how childish you can be, confuse a bunch of people including myself and make the frontpage look like shit. Congratulations. I may be being childish, but not moreso than these people. Why am I clogging up the front page? Those threads I posted to were all of interest to me. I was going to start my own "who's from Canada" thread but then someone would come along with this since the topic had already been posted, I decided to play it safe and post in the first thread I could find with my topic. You bitch and moan about the use of the beating a dead horse image yet you've used it more than anyone in this thread so far. I stick by my original assumption, you were trying to be funny and prove how lame an idea it is to use the search function. You are doing very little to convince any one of any point you were trying to make. And may I reiterate that I was NOT trying to be funny. Reread any of my posts. Not once have I used this to put down another member (the implied intent) for deigning to start a thread for a topic that has already been done (to death in some instances). It's not like the board is a hive of activity and important/interesting topics are getting bumped down quickly. If someone wants to post something that's already been done, so what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRocinanteKid Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 QUOTE (Rushian King @ Mar 13 2008, 02:16 AM) QUOTE (TheRocinanteKid @ Mar 12 2008, 09:56 PM) QUOTE (Rushian King @ Mar 13 2008, 01:51 AM) QUOTE (TheRocinanteKid @ Mar 12 2008, 09:40 PM) QUOTE (Rushian King @ Mar 13 2008, 01:36 AM) QUOTE (TheRocinanteKid @ Mar 12 2008, 09:25 PM) QUOTE (Rushian King @ Mar 13 2008, 01:24 AM) Whoever recently started that thread on converting friends to Rush should have searched first, because this one already existed. Why start a new thread when you can revive one that hasn't been posted to in 3 1/2 years. Why try to prove that point by acting like an idiot and bumping 4 year old posts up the page? You're not being witty. I'm not trying to be witty, nor am I being an idiot. I'm using plain ole logic to illustrate a point. It seems some people don't want threads started about topics that have already been discussed. So from now on maybe new and non-regular posters shouldn't try to start new threads, but rather post in threads where their intended topic was first discussed. Isn't that what this crowd wants? Then perhaps once you've finished clogging up the front page of the forum you'd like to go back here and debate the topic like the grown up you're supposed to be since all you've done so far is prove how childish you can be, confuse a bunch of people including myself and make the frontpage look like shit. Congratulations. I may be being childish, but not moreso than these people. Why am I clogging up the front page? Those threads I posted to were all of interest to me. I was going to start my own "who's from Canada" thread but then someone would come along with this since the topic had already been posted, I decided to play it safe and post in the first thread I could find with my topic. You bitch and moan about the use of the beating a dead horse image yet you've used it more than anyone in this thread so far. I stick by my original assumption, you were trying to be funny and prove how lame an idea it is to use the search function. You are doing very little to convince any one of any point you were trying to make. And may I reiterate that I was NOT trying to be funny. Reread any of my posts. Not once have I used this to put down another member (the implied intent) for deigning to start a thread for a topic that has already been done (to death in some instances). It's not like the board is a hive of activity and important/interesting topics are getting bumped down quickly. If someone wants to post something that's already been done, so what? Like I said it's all about judgement and you're failing to use yours here. If there's a topic on the first page of a board and another is started stating/asking the exact same thing it does get frustrating however bumping topics nearly as old as the forum itself is ridiculous. As far as the forum being "a hive of activity" without important or interesting topics I would suggest either you start some instead of making the situation even worst or find somewhere you do find interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godeater2112 Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Almost every roommate and every girlfriend I ever had started out either coldly indifferent to Rush or completely despising them. Now that is fine by me - especially the roommate part so I'd never press the issue to try and force anyone to like something. I've found though that over time, with bits if inevitable exposure to Rush that people really tend to warm up to the band... I just jotted down some quick numbers and I figure out of the top 10 most significant roommates and ladies in my life the last few years that seven of them honestly really did get into Rush - some quite heavily whereas 3 of them were very much not into Rush at all. That doesn't include both my younger siblings who are both very much into Rush now and join me for just about every Rush concert in Toronto the last decade or so. 70 percent ain't bad! I guess people are just really blessed to be so strongly acquainted to me - they mostly end the day with a nice little affection for Rush's music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushian King Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 QUOTE (TheRocinanteKid @ Mar 13 2008, 08:43 AM)Like I said it's all about judgement and you're failing to use yours here. If there's a topic on the first page of a board and another is started stating/asking the exact same thing it does get frustrating however bumping topics nearly as old as the forum itself is ridiculous. As far as the forum being "a hive of activity" without important or interesting topics I would suggest either you start some instead of making the situation even worst or find somewhere you do find interesting. If you don't like the idea of older threads being revived then maybe you should suggest to the mods to close off threads that haven't been posted in after, say, a year. I'm not the one who has a problem with redundant posts or with a slow board. If people are unhappy with similar threads then maybe they should start a topic rather than simply doing this which then helps bump up the supposedly offending post. Or maybe they should be the ones to find somewhere else more interesting since it seems (I could be wrong) that posters who spend more time here (post-wise) are also more likely to come along and do this . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choose/the/light Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 I really don't see why it matters. there are way too many threads about many things - and who cares? whatever... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilCastro Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 I got all my friends into Rush...and music in general, now we are all learning our own instruments and jam together! (and we are all going to the show on july 5th!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonfiredaman02 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Please, Please, PLEASE, no more fighting. thank you. I converted a friend about 6 months ago. I really needed someone to go to a concert with, and the person I went with before didn't really like rush and was kind of a drag. I couldn't get any of my other friends into rush either. But then one of my friends (who is a drummer) finally acquiesced and let me burn him a CD. Now he likes Rush and goes to concerts with me Too bad I cant get him to listen to anything after Signals... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger J Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 Thread revival. Sorry, seen this thread the other day and is something I'm doing at the moment. A friend of mine (whom shares a similar taste in music to myself) kept pestering me for some new music/bands to listen to. I have shown him a couple of songs from the Rush in Rio DVD before a night out on the town, but he wasn't too overly phased at the time. That was over a year ago. Anyhow I recently sent him the link to Caravan and registered his interest enough to do a search on the band and send me a message asking what album to listen to. As he is much like me, coming from a grunge/metal/alt rock background I was reluctant to give him just one album (though 2112 sprung to mind). So I said, hold up and I'll make you a few CD's so you can get a guage of the breadth of genres Rush covers. I ended up putting 4 CD's together. The first 3 covering what I consider the 'saga's' of Rush: -1974 - 1978 Finding Their Way -1980 - 1988 Enter The Synth -1989 - 2007 Back To Roots and the 4th being a compilation from the R30 gigs. Man it was tough omitting some key songs, but good fun putting the compilations together. I did up a quick blurb for each album and song, saying why I included it and the background behind the song. It is a fast-paced but worthy journey through the bands discography. I'll upload my track list later - but played the first CD in the car on the way to work today - two words came to mind - shit-hot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun3701 Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 I've tried in vain over the years to turn my friends on to Rush, but they never get into them. One of them says "the music is cool, but I can't stand that guy's voice". I did partially convert one friend, although he remains a casual fan only interested in the "hits" like Tom Sawyer, TSOR, Freewill, and Limelight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdFireYYZ Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 I got a friend interested in Rush. He was really into them and had all their albums. When I recently saw him for the first time in a while, he told me he discovered other bands like Slipknot and 3 Days Grace but still liked Rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lost Xanadu Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 I've actually gotten one of my friends to listen to 2112 because I ranted and raved about it and he trusts my music judgement. He really likes the song and the rest of the album is ok he says. I gave him La Villa Strangiato to listen to and...well he hated it (blasphemy! ). Hes not an 'instrumental' type guy so I guess you could say hes a casual fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanadu93 Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 I've introduced three of my friends to Rush, though only one of them has been to a Rush show with me, which was the first Rush show either of us had been to. (He has also bought a few Rush albums on his own, and has a Snakes poster in his room, so he's definitely the most "hardcore" of the three.) None of these three friends are near the Rush fan that I am, which I'm perfectly okay with. Besides, while Rush are my favorite band, they are definitely not the only thing I listen to, so it's not like I'm unable to discuss mutual favorite groups with my friends. I must say, though, it's still nice to be able to talk about Rush with someone IRL... not that I don't like you guys or anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow-Dog2112 Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 Whoever says rush sucks at my school, i whip out my ipod and put the volume all the way up- and play 2112 that usually shuts them up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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