thesweetscience Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 QUOTE (rushgoober @ Jan 18 2012, 01:17 AM) Ok, so you've come across a potential new Rush fan. What are their ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL titles? I'm not talking about listing 2112 because it's a really important album even though you get lost on side 2. As another example, I think Grace Under Pressure is a fantastic album without any weak tracks, but that's a slight level of perfection below what I consider the top of the heap albums that are perfect all the way through AND are really the absolutely short list must haves for new perspective fans. List what you consider those to be, however many those might be IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE, even though in my case the differences in quality between these is microscopic at best. My list: 1. Signals 2. Moving Pictures 3. Permanent Waves 4. Hemispheres You named them. Those 4 would be my must have recommendations to anyone who was new to the band and asking. I have to think that if a potential fan cannot find something to like in those four records then they are not going to like much of anything the band has done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielmclark Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 You know what, I want to change my original answer. If someone came up to me asking about Rush, I'd say, go to Spotify, load up everything they've ever done, remove Dog Years and Virtuality and then hit Random. Don't leave the room for 90 minutes. If the person comes out of that disliking the band, so be it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastille Dave Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Permanent Waves...... it's probably my 4th or 5th favorite Rush album but for a new Rush fan, I think starting with this album would be the best way to turn them into a big fan early, then throw a few more their way like MP and 2112. I think if that potential fan is under say 20, maybe Counterparts would work, or something in the last 15 years, a Rush album with a more modern feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyLeeFender Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 1. 2112 2. Permanent Waves 3. Moving Pictures 4. Counterparts This list changes from day to day, and to only own those 4 albums is not even close to being enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 QUOTE (rushgoober @ Jan 18 2012, 08:54 AM) I think it's funny people trying to be objective. Is that really even possible? My list is entirely subjective. The most "objective" I can think to say is that most people's lists really should include Moving Pictures at all costs since it seems to be the most accessible/popular, but still that's a subjective statement. Sales numbers and radio play might suggest that including MP in this kind of list is a completely objective conclusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steevo Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 QUOTE (rushgoober @ Jan 19 2012, 02:55 AM)I think you're exaggerating. In about 500,000 years you'll get it. If you say so I count three "absolutely essential" gems on there however Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 QUOTE (danielmclark @ Jan 18 2012, 05:26 PM) You know what, I want to change my original answer. If someone came up to me asking about Rush, I'd say, go to Spotify, load up everything they've ever done, remove Dog Years and Virtuality and then hit Random. Don't leave the room for 90 minutes. If the person comes out of that disliking the band, so be it. Great solution! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowItIs Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 QUOTE (danielmclark @ Jan 18 2012, 03:26 PM) You know what, I want to change my original answer. If someone came up to me asking about Rush, I'd say, go to Spotify, load up everything they've ever done, remove Dog Years and Virtuality and then hit Random. Don't leave the room for 90 minutes. If the person comes out of that disliking the band, so be it. If I were to be SUBjective, I would put Presto and HYF on that list. As it was, the CDs I made for my curious friend ended up covering COS (Lakeside Park) to VT (Ghost Rider), with several cuts from HYF. I also put NatSci on the second CD - she was leery of Prog so I figured that was the most accessible Prog cut. Seemed to work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todem Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 (edited) Edited January 19, 2012 by Todem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 of the 7 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 It totally, TOTALLY depends upon the person (for me, it would be synth era, then forward and backward from there). Moving Pictures would get me interested. Signals, where many jumped ship, would be where I'd get ON the boat. By GUP I'd be cruise director. By PoW I'd be the captain, and HYF could draw the chart I'd the hit the iceberg (Vapor Trails) but still go down with the ship (the rest of the catalog, including CA or whatever their last album is). I'd tell you that some days had been dark, some nights had been bright, but that I'd wish I could do it all again, paying proper attention starting in the 70's this time, instead of waiting until 2010 to get to a show See, for me, SONGS were where I felt my life changing. In addition to the classics I already knew, the songs on the TM tour that really blew my mind were Presto, Marathon, Witch Hunt, Caravan, and Far Cry. Therefore, songs would likely be my focus in playing Rush to a new fan. But you said pick albums. So, with averages/typical folks in mind... 1. Moving Pictures 2. AFTK or PeW (or both) 3. Signals 4. PoW 5. Counterparts If Clockwork Angels has been released, move that to the top and go from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 (edited) QUOTE (danielmclark @ Jan 18 2012, 03:14 PM) QUOTE (trenken @ Jan 18 2012, 03:26 PM) In this order Moving Pictures Permanent Waves Hemispheres 2112 I dont see how you can possibly put Signals on there when that was when many original and casual Rush fans started jumping ship. Because in retrospect is was one hell of an album. People jumped ship not because of the quality of the record but because it was new and a little different than what had come before. There are people even now, here on TRF, who believe that Rush ended in 1981 (which is fking retarded - they went on another thirty years after Moving Pictures). Agreed. Obviously their direction changed dramatically with Signals from everything that came before, but I personally think it was their best post-MP album, and unless you only think it's appropriate to expose a potentially new fan to 1974-1981 material, Signals makes sense (to me at least) as the one album to expose a newbie to the other side of the band as something a little other than just a pure hard rock and/or prog band. The keys certainly add a whole new layer into the equation. And besides that, the album is just f*cking kick-ass from the first note to the last. Obviously, YMMV... Edited January 19, 2012 by rushgoober Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Not Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Moving Pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steevo Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 QUOTE (rushgoober @ Jan 19 2012, 07:31 PM)Obviously their direction changed dramatically with Signals from everything that came before, but I personally think it was their best post-MP album, and unless you only think it's appropriate to expose a potentially new fan to 1974-1981 material, Signals makes sense (to me at least) as the one album to expose a newbie to the other side of the band as something a little other than just a pure hard rock and/or prog band. The keys certainly add a whole new layer into the equation. And besides that, the album is just f*cking kick-ass from the first note to the last. Obviously, YMMV... I would choose GUP over Signals for a different side as I think their songwriting and production had more sophistication - I *LOVED* what Peter Henderson brought to the party!! . But alas, like all albums post '81, it falls short of being "absolutely essential" Fair enough you think Signals is perfect though, I tried to see it your way Goobs and even gave it another spin, I did I DID!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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