nicky6 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Anyone here ever remember actually seeing the video for countdown played on MTV>???? sure it wasnt alot... Mtv was notrious for showing certain videos just once or twice and then never again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRogers Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Countdown got a lot of play when it came out, the video was NASA porn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Countdown's a kickass song, I don't care what Geddy has said about it in the past or when people regard it as a weak song on Signals. Great tune with a ripping keyboard solo at the end :haz: 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicky6 Posted February 23, 2015 Author Share Posted February 23, 2015 yes always one of my favs on signals... love the video of them playing live, unlike alot of videos of artists that ruined their careers by rolling around the floor in workout gear... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaminbenb Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Yeah, they DID play it a lot BITD (that's back in the day for those of you lacking abbreviation knowledge)Â Great video, great tune! I wish they would have done it live more often, though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Seeker Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I was the exception among my friends - I hated MTV. However I did like the Countdown video and remember it well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg2112 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Only remember seeing in concert in 82 and 83....though my town in NY didnt get cable till round 84. great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiBeers Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Cheesy filler song. Worst song on Signals. ooo ooo Space Shuttle Awesome. yawn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patjnev Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Yes I remember . I also remember the tease at the top of the hour where the VJ would say which videos would play that hour. Only once or twice they would say Rush. Then you had to sit there....watching stupid videos and enduring the endless commercial breaks. they would eventually play rush about 45-50 min into the hour. Thank god for VCRs . yah great times siting there with your finger hovering over the record button on the remote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curly Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 yes always one of my favs on signals... love the video of them playing live, unlike alot of videos of artists that ruined their careers by rolling around the floor in workout gear...Billy Squire anyone? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patjnev Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Yean poor Billy he went from the stroke to a joke . His career never recovered. Jeff Golub went on to do Jazz . Never bought any if his songs but apparently he is real good . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicky6 Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 yep, thats who i was referring to, rock me tonite was a great song. but the video ruined him, should have just had him on stage with his band and guitar jamming. saved him alot of embarrsment.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brava Doh! Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 In Canada we, of course, had Muchmusic. Countdown and a lot of other more obscure Rush videos got a lot of airplay, partially because it was Rush and partially because they needed to show a certain percentage of Canadian material to satisfy the CRTC.I always preferred Muchmusic to the bits of MTV I saw on friend's dishes back then, it seemed more down-to-earth in presentation than it's American forerunner. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gudbuytjane Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Countdown's a kickass song, I don't care what Geddy has said about it in the past or when people regard it as a weak song on Signals. Great tune with a ripping keyboard solo at the end :haz:Â I love Countdown! For years Subdivisions and it were the only two songs from Signals I'd listen to (I've since grown to love the entire album). What has Geddy said about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnify Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I've got to admit that MTV actually fostered alot of my early Rush fandom - midnight showings of Exit Stage Left (circa 1982), frequent videos from that concert, Subdivisions (Tempest!), Countdown, Distant Early Warning (1984), The P/G concert (simulcast with radio stations across the country) followed by the premiere of the video for The Big Money, Mystic Rhythms, Time Stand Still (horrid video...)Â I wonder what was the most recently released Rush video that MTV ever aired was? Was Driven or Half the World ever on there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gudbuytjane Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 (edited) In Canada we, of course, had Muchmusic. Countdown and a lot of other more obscure Rush videos got a lot of airplay, partially because it was Rush and partially because they needed to show a certain percentage of Canadian material to satisfy the CRTC.I always preferred Muchmusic to the bits of MTV I saw on friend's dishes back then, it seemed more down-to-earth in presentation than it's American forerunner. Actually, wasn't Distant Early Warning the first video they showed on MuchMusic? EDIT: Checked, after "an early music-to-film synchronization short from the 1920s which featured Eubie Blake performing Snappy Songs" (???) it was actually "The Enemy Within." EDIT #2: Here's footage! Edited February 26, 2015 by gudbuytjane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bard Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Countdown is filler? Pfft. Come on. Great song. Wish they'd toss it in the set for R40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanadu Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Countdown is not filler. You may not like the NASA effects but the melody is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disembodied Spirit Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Wait until Lorraine sees this thread.Countdown was track 8 , or Side 2, song 4 for a reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coventry Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 I remember living in England in the early 90's and seeing a "Countdown" single lp in a Loughborough record store. It had a photo of the Columbia taking off on the cover. My 19-year old self just didn't see the value in it. My 40-year old self does. My 40-year old self would also like kick my 19-year old self's ass every now and then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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