GabesCavesOfIce Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Rush went downhill when Broon left. But, nobody is above criticism. 70s Rush is the perfect blend of hard rock, prog and youthful exuberance. And the synths are in the background where they belong! CoS 4eva! Let's see, we can listen to one of the greatest bass players play bass, or listen to him muddle thru the synths with the color coded dots to help him play the keys. Lucas, thanks for mentioning Universe Divided, cranking it now! . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 I like the 80's production for the most part. but they really never sounded as good again. an exception being CP and to a lesser extent snakes. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnEggplant Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Nah, he isn't above criticism. He did a lot of good work, don't get me wrong, but I feel like he slipped up sometimes, like with Signals and parts of 2112 and A Farewell To Kings. Just my 2 cents. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Sure, Ezrin's resume is undeniable. But who knows what would've happened if he had been working with Rush? Their evolution might've taken a different turn had he been involved at some point in the 70s. Without all those successive Brown-produced albums, Moving Pictures might've been something different or possibly not at all.http://www.likecool.com/Gear/Pic/evolution%20of%20man/evolution-of-man.jpg Blaze! You make me feel very happy now. So happy that Ezin didn't touch any Rush music. I support Terry Brown FOREVER! All other producers for RUSH ARE FUCKKING WEAK! JMO TERRY HAD BALLS!! THESE OTHER WIMPS WANTED GLOSS AND SYNTHETIC SYNTH SHITE! Ezrin? As in Bob Ezrin? Didn't he produce some Alice Cooper albums?Yeah he did. Thought so. :) And.... I've just spotted that bit in the original post..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianice Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Signals sucks. And Hemispheres could have been a lot more interesting. Moron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnEggplant Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Signals sucks. And Hemispheres could have been a lot more interesting. Moron I disagree with him about Hemispheres but Signals really left something to be desired with me too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Signal is amazing. it SOUNDS amazing. Plus any album with Losing it.........is an atuomatic win. Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaminbenb Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Signals sucks. And Hemispheres could have been a lot more interesting. Moron I disagree with him about Hemispheres but Signals really left something to be desired with me too. Hemispheres was one of their greatest studio albums! Signals WAS missing something...I liked most of the songs, the production lacked a bit...especially after the killer that Moving Pictures was... It almost seemed like some of the tunes were leftovers...and they rehashed some riffs and stuff to make up the album.. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Let's be truthful........no matter WHAT they did after MP it was going to been seen as lacking. why........it followed MP Curse of a smash album. Mick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnEggplant Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Signals sucks. And Hemispheres could have been a lot more interesting. Moron I disagree with him about Hemispheres but Signals really left something to be desired with me too. Hemispheres was one of their greatest studio albums! Signals WAS missing something...I liked most of the songs, the production lacked a bit...especially after the killer that Moving Pictures was... It almost seemed like some of the tunes were leftovers...and they rehashed some riffs and stuff to make up the album.. Hemispheres is one of their greatest albums! I think it's perfect! It's my 2nd favorite. However, Signals is pretty meh to me as a whole, and not just because it followed Moving Pictures which I happen to like but it's a little overrated in my opinion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Terry Brown was the best. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Let's be truthful........no matter WHAT they did after MP it was going to been seen as lacking. why........it followed MP MickThat's not actually true. Plenty on TRF believe any number of post-MP albums are NOT lacking. Plenty here believe there are many albums POST-MP that are better than it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 I don't know why he hated Digital Man, but he did. Good thing Geddy fought him on including it on Signals. :cheerleader: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnEggplant Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Let's be truthful........no matter WHAT they did after MP it was going to been seen as lacking. why........it followed MP MickThat's not actually true. Plenty on TRF believe any number of post-MP albums are NOT lacking. Plenty here believe there are many albums POST-MP that are better than it. I would say this is true of Clockwork Angels, Snakes and Arrows, Vapor Trails, Test for Echo, and Counterparts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Post MP albums that are better? INCONCEIVABLE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 (edited) Post MP albums that are better? INCONCEIVABLE! yea you agree.......Signals is WAY better then MP :P :D Mick Edited November 27, 2015 by bluefox4000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Post MP albums that are better? INCONCEIVABLE! yea you agree.......Signals is WAY better then MP :P :D Mick Signals is OK. Not a bad album, not a great album. I have thought of one album better than MP: Hold Your Fire. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 I'm watching R40 Live. Anyone want to join me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted November 27, 2015 Author Share Posted November 27, 2015 At 47 years young I can't understand thiis.It is what it is. Terry Brown will always be number one for me. Signed, Broon's Bane Is that a YES, he is above criticism ? Earl, don't you think that a different perspective - even if for one album - might have been good, if for nothing else, just a change ? And he should have put his foot down and said NO to I Think I'm Going Bald .. Lucas! Terry Brown deserved NO criticism!! HE RULES! To me is he PERFECT in the Production Protocol Of Progressive Perfection! To me "Caress Of Steel" is a perfect record. It's bloody brilliant!Many on here know this. I find it totally ironic that Shit Corporate Crap Mercury was going to drop the band from the label. This has NOTHING to do with Terry. I am a broken record on here but fukk it man it's all good. I will die by the sword of all things RUSH because I actually have confidence and swagger.I roll my hips like Mick Jagger! "I Think I'm Going Bald" is pure punny homage to another band I adore like you called KISS!!!! KISS Wrote "Goin' Blind" so Rush counteracted with "I Think I'm Going Blind." It's pure class and comedy all in one. People who hate "I Think I'm Going Bald" need to stop masturbating because I think they have hairy hands and palms and are truly the ones going blind by their ears. The riff by Alex is absolutely killer. The guitar solo is EPIC! i will never understand the stink eye for the "Caress Of Steel" album. Perhaps if the average Rush fan renamed the record "Caress My Steel" they would love it more. They could love it more like "FEEL MY STEEL." Yours Truly, CARESS OF STEEL PANTHER There was a song floating around the Rush catalog at the time that would have fit perfect on Caress Of Steel - a song that was CRIMINIALLY never recorded by the band in the studio: Garden Road It should have been on one of those early albums - Brown is partly to blame It is a travesty that we will never know what that song could have been ... At least record it, even if it doesn't end up on the album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted November 27, 2015 Author Share Posted November 27, 2015 Nobody else disappointed that Different Strings was cut short ?? Way too short Permanent Waves was 35 minutes long - you could have fit 10 more minutes of music on there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted November 27, 2015 Author Share Posted November 27, 2015 And I think Ezrin would have hit it off big time with Neil Those tubular bells would have come out a lot sooner - the studio 2112 would have been incredible with them ... Something For Nothing is amazing on Disc 3 of Different Stages, with Neil and the bells Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Always happy to read posts about this producer-genius--crisp sonics, great separation and balance, sparkling energy. More content here if anyone is interested: http://www.therushforum.com/index.php?/topic/91225-t-brown-the-fourth-member-of-classic-rush/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRogers Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Signals sucks. And Hemispheres could have been a lot more interesting.You're a nut bag. Anywho it's hard to wonder if Rush would have been better during a Brown break. Almost universally recognized is the band's best music was recorded with Brown. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Rush lost that magic spark after Terry Brown left. They still put out good music but it was never quite the same again. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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