jonfiredaman02 Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I caught the documentary on the late showing on VH1 tonight (I had to work all the other times, even the 6 days they showed it in the theater here)m and then I just put on counterparts and sat in the dark and just listened. And it sort of just hit me. Everything. This band. I love them so much. Listening to them is GUARANTEED to make me happy. They;re never unavailable, never away. It's just so comforting, they;re like sort of a best friend, a constant companion. Especially when I haven't listened to Rush in a while, when I've gotten caught up in some other band or engrossed in some other part of life, I can always come back and just slide right in. I don't know, it was just sort of a crazy experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some Half-Forgotten Stranger Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Yes...I was that upset after the first time I heard T4E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetaxe&saw Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 As I've said before, Rivendell has brought me to tears on a number of occasions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 QUOTE (jonfiredaman02 @ Jun 28 2010, 03:43 AM)I caught the documentary on the late showing on VH1 tonight (I had to work all the other times, even the 6 days they showed it in the theater here)m and then I just put on counterparts and sat in the dark and just listened. And it sort of just hit me. Everything. This band. I love them so much. Listening to them is GUARANTEED to make me happy. They;re never unavailable, never away. It's just so comforting, they;re like sort of a best friend, a constant companion. Especially when I haven't listened to Rush in a while, when I've gotten caught up in some other band or engrossed in some other part of life, I can always come back and just slide right in. I don't know, it was just sort of a crazy experience. Get a hold of yourself, sir. Come on, pull yourself together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rush Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 2 occasions for me. At the same time S@A was released I was going through a tough divorce and Far Cry didn't make me cry but it helped me a lot! It was like medicine and I did "get back on" During that same period for some reason How it Is had an emotional affect on me couldnt get through the chorus without almost ballin Weird but that's how much this band has meant to my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vital signz Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I got misty-eyed after reading Ghost Rider and then listening to Vapor Trails with my headphones on late one night while lying in bed. The lyrics really hit me. God Bless these guys. They are truly special musicians and special people. They have made a big impact on me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micgtr71 Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Superconductor has that effect on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rush Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 QUOTE (micgtr71 @ Jun 28 2010, 06:51 AM)Superconductor has that effect on me. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaldad Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Everytime someone plays anything from RTB or HYF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TullSkull Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Yes!! We Hold On now and again and After Image... At times if the thoughts are right they can get me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TullSkull Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 QUOTE (metaldad @ Jun 28 2010, 06:46 AM) Everytime someone plays anything from RTB or HYF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaine mac Roth Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I must confess that, after my brother died in 1988, it was about three or four years before I could listen to Afterimage without breaking down. Similarly, after my divorce, the last verse of Bravado would get me thinking about my children and cause me to tear up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-D-RocK- Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I'll admit I got a lump in my throat after the opening few measures of Tom Sawyer during the Vapor Trails tour, only because it was so good to see them back after everything that had happened. I was convinced Rush would be no more after 1998, yet there they were playing.....continuing on with the story. As for crying......no...never, can't cry.......botched face lift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mara Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Bravado and How It Is have had that effect on me, depending on my mood when I listen to them. And when I heard the new songs the first day they were released, I felt like crying. It was an emotional moment and we'd had SUCH a buildup of expectations prior to that. Having those expectations SURPASSED, along with that feeling of "My God they are still here and THEY'VE STILL GOT IT!" really hit hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastille Dave Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I think I shed a tear the first time I saw them in concert, tears of joy.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tick Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Yeah, but who cried when Old Yeller died? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solarcaravan Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Middletown Dreams has had that effect on me. Just a beautiful song to listen to on a night drive sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaportrails14 Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 during the vapor trails tour when i seen them live for the first time tears of joy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Ghost Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 There's been numerous times throughout the past 3+ decades when the music of Rush has made me a least a bit misty eyed or even cry. The one instance I recall vividly is in January of '08...I had been in constant pain for months from Krohn's Disease, I was depressed, and my wife and I decided to separate. I was an absolute mess and for the first and only time in my life, I contemplated suicide. Knowing that "The Pass" & "Bravado" were back-to-back on RiR, I put them on and I bawled and kicked and screamed like I was a baby. One of the heaviest moments of catharsis I've ever experienced and I'm not kidding or over-exaggerating when I say this...Rush saved my life that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Show Don't Tell Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 A number of Rush songs have that sort of emotional effect on me. Usually it's something like "Subdivisions", "Losing It", "Bravado" or "Ghost Of A Chance". Something really melodic, strong lyrically, and just... beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya_Big_Tree Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Back in 2007 the opening riff to Limelight at the ACC show brought tears of joy to my eyes because it was my first Rush concert.. even though I had seen them before at festivals. Also later in the evening Secret Touch hit a weird nerve and I started bawling. My friend was like... "Awww..." I was embarrassed. Other than those times, Rush music makes me happy... not cry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Slipperman Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Yeah, a handful of times....all within the past 8 years. I teared up at the 2002 show during The Pass and Bravado.. man those songs always get to me, and having not heard them live for 10 years it was quite an emotional experience. Ditto for Mission in 2007, as it had been nearly 20 years for that one. That song has always been powerful to me anyway. Watching the docu at the theater, and then at home last weekend on Vh1, I welled up during the part where Neil's tragedies and rebirth are discussed.. A little sidebar.. not too long after Rush came back, my wife and I went through a ton of sh*t. My friend Tom (a massive Rush fan) succumbed to cancer about a month after that 2002 show we saw together... then our singer committed suicide... during this time my wife had countless miscarriages, including one at 5 months in utero (we'd named him cause it was so far along). I had to rock my own "little baby soul" for about 4 years after all that stuff went down, and the Vapor Trails became VERY important during that period. Sh*t, I'm welling up thinking about it now. Thank God or Whomever we made it to the other side of that tunnel. No wonder I feel like Rush shows are massive celebrations, not only of the band and all their music, Neil's comeback, but just of life in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowtothesky Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Made me cry??? LOL I am picturing the movie 'The Blue Brothers', where a couple is crying while the band is singing, 'Stand by your man'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mara Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 QUOTE (Space Ghost @ Jun 28 2010, 02:59 PM) There's been numerous times throughout the past 3+ decades when the music of Rush has made me a least a bit misty eyed or even cry. The one instance I recall vividly is in January of '08...I had been in constant pain for months from Krohn's Disease, I was depressed, and my wife and I decided to separate. I was an absolute mess and for the first and only time in my life, I contemplated suicide. Knowing that "The Pass" & "Bravado" were back-to-back on RiR, I put them on and I bawled and kicked and screamed like I was a baby. One of the heaviest moments of catharsis I've ever experienced and I'm not kidding or over-exaggerating when I say this...Rush saved my life that day. Wow. That's a pretty strong story. Thanks for sharing, and glad you are still with us to rock out to yet more Rush! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Not Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I cried listening to Bacchus Plateau once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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