rollthebones1963 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 for me,it was cygnus x1 on farewell to kings.i had the 2112 album,and then i used to put my headphones on and go to sleep at night listening to all the world's a stage,but i do not think i ever understood how great a band RUSH was until i heard that track on farwell to kings.that track just blew me away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 of the 7 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Most of them. Waaay too many to list. The only ones that are "pretty darn good" instead of great would be a handful or so from the 90's (mostly Vapor Trails and a few from TFE), and a scattering from the 70's. The others all consistently blow me away. I suppose Marathon does it the most...I've listened to it a lot, and keep thinking one of these days, the thrill is going to wear off, and nope - it gets to the end and I'm still overcome and with my mouth open in amazement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
go2wrk@95974 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 (edited) I'd say Closer To The Heart..So much wisdom there. The Trees and A Farewell to Kings , are right up there as well. Edited July 10, 2011 by go2wrk@95974 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Sawyer Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 YYZ was the first. 2112 was not far behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerxt1990 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Spirit of Radio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claunchorlando Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Xanadu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scars Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Subdivisions..and it was the first song I ever heard by them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ioc Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Mission Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMWriter Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 YYZ... and then 2112. Truly epic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowItIs Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 La Villa Strangiato. When my Hubby and room mate decided that I needed to be Rush-ified, they played me Hemispheres. The whole album blew me away but the last song..... I was enraptured! La Villa remains my favorite Rush song to this day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StellarJetman Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 The first Rush song that I ever heard, and the one that made me actively seek the band out when I heard it again several years later, was "Leave That Thing Alone". Still great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigershark2112 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 It was opposite for me, the first time I heard 2112 I only listened to it once. About a month later the riff from Syrinx was stuck in my head and I had no idea what song it was. A little while later I found it and had quite a 'Eureka!' moment and couldn't stop listening to it. Then when YYZ hit GH2 I became fascinated with Rush. Then I saw them live S&A 2007 and that's when they became my favorite band ever. I rambled...sorryy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Life is Just the Candle Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Hmmm, a tie between Superconductor and Take a Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albone2112 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 I have to say 'Tom Sawyer', and this is why. In '81 I was all of 8 years old, and my mom had just started dating who would be my step-dad. We were at his house one day, and my future step-brother took me out to his car to let me hear this band he was into called 'Rush'. He had seen them live recently (had shown me the ticket stub), and wanted me to hear 'Tom Sawyer'. He put the cassette in his tape deck, and I heard that opening growl for the first time ever. I thought that was the coolest thing I'd ever heard. He later made me a cassette copy of MP for me to enjoy. I then played the tape for my dad (who's a musician) and he was impressed, although it wasn't his type of music. That's partly what made me a fan, since I figured my dad would hate it. He had just gotten MTV at his house, and hated probably 95% of the music that MTV showed at that time. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mika Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Hemispheres was, I think, the first album I heard, and 'Hemispheres' the song reeled me in. Every time I hear the opening chords, it takes me right back to when I was 13. Shortly after, Counterparts came out, and 'Between Sun & Moon' made a big impression on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 All of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobW Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 I first heard 'Fly By Night' and 'Closer To The Heart' on the radio as a kid in the mid-late 70's and for a while didn't know who they were, but they were different than everyone else and I liked it. Then in 1980 I heard The Spirit of Radio and Freewill and was like "holy sh^t!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen of the World Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Loved "Finding My Way' when I first heard it. Bought the album and really liked "Working Man" and "Before and After", but when the second album came out and I heard "By-Tor and the Snow Dog" I was hooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen of the World Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 (edited) Loved "Finding My Way' when I first heard it. Bought the album and really liked "Working Man" and "Before and After", but when the second album came out and I heard "By-Tor and the Snow Dog" I was hooked. Edited July 10, 2011 by Citizen of the World Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen of the World Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 I had really developed a liking for Rush after the first album, in particular "Finding My Way", "Before and After" and "Working Man". Then "By-Tor and the Snow Dog" came along and I was hooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112mjh Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 It has to be By Tor and the Snow dog for me. The first sign of epic and dramatic lyrics/music passages with pure dynamism which had me reaching for the air guitar with a great smile on my face! After that they could do no wrong in my eyes (apart from dropping it from the set!!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyfriar Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 First song I ever heared was 'Bastille Day' from ATWAS. What really got me into Rush was a radio show several years later where they played the whole 'Exit...Stage Left' Album. So it was 'The Spirit Of Radio' which left me breathless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invisible To Telescopic Eye Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 (edited) I'd heard Tom Sawyer, Limelight, Freewill, Spirit of Radio and Closer To The Heart on the radio and owned 2112, and heard Hemispheres from a friend, but when I got MP and heard Red Barchetta that was it. Red Barchetta. Edited July 10, 2011 by Invisible To Telescopic Eye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 I'm not sure if it was just one song that made me realize how great they are. The usual hits like CTTH, TSOR, FW the first side of MP and Subdivisions got me into them. But I think it's the whole catalog that made me realize how great they are, not just one song in particular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Ways Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 2112 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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