worthog Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 I'm taking the History of Rock class and Rush is not included in the book or talked about except the mentioning of 2112 and Superconductor but they were not the subject of the snetce just examples. I was wondering what others might think about this. Besides opinion, I want to see what kind of logical arguement anybody could present about their influence in rock music as to why/why not they should be taught in the course. Is it bias by my proffessor, or are they really not that influential. (keep in mind I would probably teach a class called the History of Rush if I could one day, but I am really curious to see if anybody think I have merit to present a logical arguement to the professor to get them a bigger part in the book) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun3701 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Well it's perfectly understandable, they can't possibly cover every single rock band in history and Rush have never been mainstream. I'm surprised 2112 and (Superconductor??) were even mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scars Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 I could barely see Superconductor being mentioned in a book about the Presto album nevertheless a book having essentially nothing to do with Rush. What was the context of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanadoood Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 What's a snetce? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthog Posted November 2, 2010 Author Share Posted November 2, 2010 Superconductor was mentioned because of the guy who produced the music video or something like that......and that word was sentence....2112 was mentioned in a list of concept albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 What bands got a lot of coverage? If there is a whole chapter on guys like Elvis Costello and only little bits of this and that on Zep, Cream, Hendrix, Van Halen then you might as well be reading the back catalog of Rolling Stone magazine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemispheres89 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 My personal opinion? I don't really care hat ANYBODY says - Rush never being in the mainstream means nothing at this point. It may have been the reason they aren't regarded as influential if you asked me this question 30 years ago . However.. in today's music world, it is a definite YES answer. Rush are extremely influential. You can ask the average teen who starts up a band, and 9 times out of 10 (at least), one of their major influences for doing so is in fact Rush. They have accomplished so much in their 40 year career (which is a feat all on its own). I personally don't think any band could EVER surpass them. Now, if you're saying there's no coverage of them, that's sad and heavily biased It's the same way with the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. Why aren't Rush in it? Is it because they're Canadian, or some other reason? God, this world sucks sometimes!! Rant over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun3701 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 QUOTE (Hemispheres89 @ Nov 2 2010, 05:51 PM) My personal opinion? I don't really care hat ANYBODY says - Rush never being in the mainstream means nothing at this point. It may have been the reason they aren't regarded as influential if you asked me this question 30 years ago . However.. in today's music world, it is a definite YES answer. Rush are extremely influential. You can ask the average teen who starts up a band, and 9 times out of 10 (at least), one of their major influences for doing so is in fact Rush. They have accomplished so much in their 40 year career (which is a feat all on its own). I personally don't think any band could EVER surpass them. Now, if you're saying there's no coverage of them, that's sad and heavily biased It's the same way with the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. Why aren't Rush in it? Is it because they're Canadian, or some other reason? God, this world sucks sometimes!! Rant over where I live, you ask the average teen about Rush and they say "who?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastille Dave Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 should they be mentioned? yes. At least 2112 for it's groundbreaking release. I'm kinda glad that Rush flies under the world's radar. Nothing's worse than overexposure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemispheres89 Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdFireYYZ Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 QUOTE (shaun3701 @ Nov 2 2010, 06:26 PM) QUOTE (Hemispheres89 @ Nov 2 2010, 05:51 PM) My personal opinion? I don't really care hat ANYBODY says - Rush never being in the mainstream means nothing at this point. It may have been the reason they aren't regarded as influential if you asked me this question 30 years ago . However.. in today's music world, it is a definite YES answer. Rush are extremely influential. You can ask the average teen who starts up a band, and 9 times out of 10 (at least), one of their major influences for doing so is in fact Rush. They have accomplished so much in their 40 year career (which is a feat all on its own). I personally don't think any band could EVER surpass them. Now, if you're saying there's no coverage of them, that's sad and heavily biased It's the same way with the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. Why aren't Rush in it? Is it because they're Canadian, or some other reason? God, this world sucks sometimes!! Rant over where I live, you ask the average teen about Rush and they say "who?" I'm 15, and most people my age have heard of Rush. Not all of them like them, but at least they've heard of them and know a few of their songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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That One Guy Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 I was in a small college town of 4000 this past weekend, sporting my Time Machine Tour T-shirt, and a staggering amount of people commented on the band, specific albums, and asked if I'd been to the show a couple months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun3701 Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 I remember when I was in high school (mid-90s) a few of my "musician" friends were into Rush, but nobody else my age even knew who they were. Of course it was the middle of the grunge era... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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