bluefox4000 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 ah.......the first REAL rush album.................yea.........neil's insane. lol Mick I forgot he said that, but you are right. Moving Pictures is when Rush began. Everything before that is like a child's finger painting hanging on a fridge. Or something like that. If Neil hated the earlier more prog stuff that much.......Why the hell was he there. not stirring. it's a good question. MickI don't think he meant it in a derogatory way. I think he means when Rush became a band that everybody noticed and they finally reached an point when artistic and finanical and cultural goals converged. They broke from the pack and stood alone as their own product. i know he probably didn't mean it that way. but......i'm just picturing him at his kit in the 70's going crazy to Xanadu all the while thinking "God DAMN This slop SUCKS." :laughing guy: Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 If Neil's idea of the "real" Rush was having Geddy completely water-down his signature vocals, doing away with the atmosphere and imagery that the band had previously been so successful in creating, all while copping the look and appearance of the guy who sold parachute pants and Capizeos at the mall - well then, yes, that's when it began .. Like I said, for me, the beginning of the end 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Rejected back cover photo of RUSH from Neil's favorite era: http://cdn.visualnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/apple-1980s-catalog-04.jpg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Rejected back cover photo of RUSH from Neil's favorite era: http://cdn.visualnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/apple-1980s-catalog-04.jpg That's got Karsh written all over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Rejected back cover photo of RUSH from Neil's favorite era: http://cdn.visualnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/apple-1980s-catalog-04.jpg :laughing guy: You're almost as funny as GeminiRising79! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 (edited) ^Sprockets, without the black outfits. Edited April 24, 2015 by toymaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 It's in my top 10 but barely get's played. It's so burned out. the curse of a break through album. MickLike Zeppelin IV or Dark Side of the Moon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutlefan Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 (edited) ^ Exactly. Except for the occasional listen to Four Sticks, Levee, and Us and Them, I just can't sit through these albums anymore, even while recognizing they're about as perfect as an album can be. I really feel a sense of loss about it actually. No problem listening to Physical Graffiti for the thousandth time, or Wish You Were Here. Strange. I did force myself to listen to MP straight through a little while ago for the first time in years and I really enjoyed it all, even Tom Sawyer and YYZ, which were the songs I tended to skip once the original luster wore off. Now I just have to wait a few more years and I'll enjoy it again. Regardless, it's an amazing album and all the songs fit perfectly. Have always thought Witch Hunt is placed well and has a vibe that draws you in despite and unpromising or slow beginning, and I've always loved Vital Signs, esp that first refrain. What a hook. Edited April 24, 2015 by Rutlefan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 (edited) It's in my top 10 but barely get's played. It's so burned out. the curse of a break through album. MickLike Zeppelin IV or Dark Side of the Moon. i love those too but rarly play em.....good examples. Mick Edited April 24, 2015 by bluefox4000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 (edited) It's in my top 10 but barely get's played. It's so burned out. the curse of a break through album. MickLike Zeppelin IV or Dark Side of the Moon. i love those too but rarly play em.....so good examples. Mick Ignore. Edited April 24, 2015 by bluefox4000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutlefan Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 (edited) When MP came out I had it on the turntable constantly. Remember hanging out with a friend on a Saturday. We were doing something Jr. High-ish -- Squad Leader, NFL Strategy, or some such -- and I kept wanting to just listen to MP with an occasional interruption from Pat Benatar's Crimes of Passion which was still pretty fresh and awesome, but my friend wanted to listen to an April Wine album which he was really in to. All I remember was something about a curse of a Gypsy Queen or something or other. Made the return to MP all that more sweet. Tom Sawyer hadn't been played to death and each song that followed was incredible, no break in momentum to my ears. Perfect album. Edited April 24, 2015 by Rutlefan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disk98 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 No more perfect an album has ever been made, by anyone. Well, The Beatles' white album was pretty darn good, but Moving Pictures is better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted April 24, 2015 Author Share Posted April 24, 2015 What do we do now for an encore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Na na na Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 I love Moving Pictures, and NO album has blown me away as much as this album did when I first heard it....but these days I insist on listening to the original recording, the remaster has taken something important away from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 I'll be listening to Moving Pictures on my way home today...about 10-15 minutes from now. :) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted April 24, 2015 Author Share Posted April 24, 2015 Even though so many here have had as much as they can take of Tom Sawyer, I still love and it never gets old for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Na na na Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Tom Sawyer studio version is always killer, it was intended to be that way :martini: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket ignites Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Witch Hunt "drags"? I'm with Narps on this one...the song paints a picture. Some of Neil's best work. It's timeless. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Even though so many here have had as much as they can take of Tom Sawyer, I still love and it never gets old for me.Same here. It's perfect every listen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 I don't, but maybe someone here does. Someone might hate this record because of "Tom Sawyer." It's still EPIC. YYZ is the greatest instrumental ever, yet "Hemispheres" is my all time favorite album!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Rejected back cover photo of RUSH from Neil's favorite era: http://cdn.visualnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/apple-1980s-catalog-04.jpg That's got Karsh written all over it. I love that hair...looks like me. Am I supposed to be ashamed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 (edited) I'm listening to Moving Pictures right now. The first time in a while. I can hear why this album not only catapulted them to fame, but got them out of debt as well. But I'm wondering what it was about the album that held some of you still to Rush. There's nothing about Moving Pictures that sounds even remotely like the Rush of the seventies. For those of you who were Rush fans in the seventies, do you remember what you thought about Moving Pictures when it came out? Edited May 1, 2015 by Lorraine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disembodied Spirit Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 This thread is why Warning points were invented Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 This thread is why Warning points were invented Good. Then I will be one of the first to get booted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Lorraine, I wish I could answer your original question today. I'm proud to call myself a long-time fan (a loooooong-time fan)...but I was too young to have been aware of the obvious differences. To my childhood mind, it was Rush, and therefore I was interested. But comparing and contrasting, and being able to weigh how it affected the fan base on the whole (or even just myself, individually)- that didn't happen. I just knew I loved the sound. And still do. :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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