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Hi, joined the other day, and wanted to introduce myself. I was very surprised to get my own name as a user name, but after exhausting every 'Rush' type name I could think of, and finding them all taken, I thought I'd give it a try!

 

Anyway, I am Simon, and I have been a Rush fan since I was about 16 (a LONG time ago!!). My first Rush LP was 2112, and I remember hearing bits of it being played in my local record store (anyone in the UK remember Our Price Records?), and couldn't believe how high the girl could sing! biggrin.gif I subsequently discovered that the girl was a bloke called Geddy Lee, and was even more amazed at how high he could sing! From there, I bought all the previous albums, over the course of about a year, and was blown away, the only slight disappointment being Caress of Steel, not aided by the poor sound quality, and even now, I'm not really into that album. Of the era, Hemispheres was probably my next favourite album, followed by FBN, AFTK, and Rush, in that order.

 

When Permanent Waves came out, it wasn't an immediate bond. Ged's vocals were lower in key, they had ditched the fantasy lyrics, and it just didn't quite sound the same, but after a time, it just grew on me, and it's now one of my favourite albums of that era, Spirit of Radio, Freewill and Natural Science being among my all time best Rush tracks. Next came Moving Pictures, which again took it's time to grow on me. The sound had changed, and seemed quite 'clinical', compared to the rawness of PW. I'm probably wrong, but I believe this was one of the first albums recorded 'digitally'? Anyway, I grew to love it, but I felt side 2 was a little weak, and it doesn't have the same charm as PW does for me. As we move forward, through Signals (too synthy, but good songs), DEW (better, and with the awesome Afterimage (never played live?)), we come to my two favourite Rush albums of all time (so far), Power Windows and Hold Your Fire. I think these two albums are just fantastic, and capture Rush at their melodic, lyrical, and musical best. Ged's bass work on Power Windows is simply astonishing, and there's not a duff track on it, Emotion Detector being one of my favourites (again, never played live?), along with the awesome Marathon, Mystic Rhythms, Manhattan Project, Big Money, oh, the melodies....! This were to continue with HYF, F10 and Time Stand Still being simply superb, along with Prime Mover, Mission, Turn the Page, and High Water. OK, Tai Shan was a bit duff, and maybe HYF didn't have quite the consistency of Power Windows, but the good tracks are simply wonderful!

 

Then it all went tits up! Presto and Roll the Bones lacked those catchy melodies of the previous two albums (and suffered from an unfulfilling 'thin' production), and apart from a few decent tracks, I really can't get into the later albums in the same way at all. The melodies seemed clumsy, and Ged seemed to struggle to make some of the lyrics 'fit'. I think Snakes and Arrows is the best album since HYF, and is hopefully a promise of things to come with Clockwork Angels, although, I'm not overly impressed with Caravan. I still love Rush, and watch the concert DVDs and BluRay with much fondness, but it's the old stuff I want to hear. Does anyone know if there will be a DVD of the Time Machine tour?

 

Anyway, that's me and my 'history' of Rush. Feel free to disagree! biggrin.gif

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bigalfan

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Eh-lo, Siymun - aynd wewcome! cool.gif trink39.gif

 

(...wow, it's really hard to 'type' cockney...)

 

So, what's the dialect - MOST IMPORTANT! Queen's English or cockney? Or, a-bit-a-both?

 

 

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I think you're the first English TRFer with Power Windows and Hold Your Fire as your two favorite albums. laugh.gif

 

And welcome to TRF! trink39.gif

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QUOTE (Xanadu93 @ Jul 15 2010, 06:53 AM)
I think you're the first English TRFer with Power Windows and Hold Your Fire as your two favorite albums. laugh.gif

And welcome to TRF! trink39.gif

Interesting comment, and I'm not sure how to take it! laugh.gif

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BTW, A MASSIVE thank you to Great Britain for IPA!! I'm sure the East Indians don't appreciate that sentiment, but no war....no greatest beer on the planet!!! trink38.gif trink39.gif
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QUOTE (Simon @ Jul 12 2010, 03:31 PM)
Presto and Roll the Bones lacked those catchy melodies of the previous two albums (and suffered from an unfulfilling 'thin' production)

I most certainly agree with this part. Sounds like you have a lot of opinions and will fit in well here.

 

Welcome! trink39.gif

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