tony990 Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Hey everyone! Every year I make summer playlist about songs that are relating to summer (I do the same with Christmas as well.) I tried to incorporate a few Rush songs into my playlist this year, but the only one I could think of relating to summer is Lakeside Park. Are there any other songs that are about summer that anyone knows of that are made by Rush? By the way, I'm sorry if I put this in the wrong category. I'm new here still, so I'm still getting used to things :) Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 I always thought Analog Kid had a summery vibe, despite the "autumn woods" and "winter skies" of the chorus. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 The Spirit of Radio is a summery song because of all the major chords and warm sounding guitar. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Jacob's Ladder is a summery song because it is about a thunder storm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Jacob's Ladder is a summery song because it is about a thunder storm. hardly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/rush/images/albums/summertime-blues-cd-ss.jpg 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Jacob's Ladder is a summery song because it is about a thunder storm. hardly I saw more Thunder storms the summer I lived in Colorado than I have any other time in my life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 The actual date of Bastille Day is July 14th; that would put a hard rocker in the middle of your playlist !!?? :P :P 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 (edited) On another note, maybe "Making Memories" from the Fly By Night album? It's more mellow than a lot of Rush, but it's a very pretty song and it has a "road trip" theme that might fit in with summer travels . . . Edited June 5, 2016 by blueschica 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutman Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 On another note, maybe "Making Memories" from the Fly By Night album? It's more mellow than a lot of Rush, but it's a very pretty song and it has a "road trip" theme that might fit in with summer travels . . . I love that tune!! Especially during summer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Jacob's Ladder is a summery song because it is about a thunder storm. hardly I saw more Thunder storms the summer I lived in Colorado than I have any other time in my life. ... mountains come out of the sky and they stand there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day of Light Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 A Rush song that actually sounds summery to me is Early Distant Warning, but that's because of the global warming undertones. A hot, smoggy kind of summer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAccountant Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Analog Kid definitely came to my mind but somebody beat me to it. Hmmm.... Rush did not create the next song that came to mind but they did do the song - Summer Time Blues??? Sort of touches on summer. Time Stand Still also mentions summer ("Summers going fast"). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 I think Red Barchetta has a summer feel to it. Good driving song when the weather is nice. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Jacob's Ladder is a summery song because it is about a thunder storm. hardly Hardly about a thunder storm? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Jacob's Ladder is a summery song because it is about a thunder storm. hardly Hardly about a thunder storm? exactly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 A Rush song that actually sounds summery to me is Early Distant Warning, but that's because of the global warming undertones. A hot, smoggy kind of summer. Global warming undertones? http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff508/blackcc/GIFs/you-serious-clark-o_zpsctzfqucd.gif 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Jacob's Ladder is a summery song because it is about a thunder storm. hardly Hardly about a thunder storm? exactly http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff508/blackcc/GIFs/rfk7s.gif 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Jacob's Ladder is a summery song because it is about a thunder storm. hardly Hardly about a thunder storm? exactly http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff508/blackcc/GIFs/rfk7s.gif In my lyrics I've drawn a lot of references from The Bible, because it's a very colorful source of images. And I grew up, not religious, but in a religious background, going to Sunday school and taking religious education in school and so on. So, all these things do suggest themselves as metaphors and "Jacob's Ladder" is a lovely phrase, those two words itself. And that's in fact what we started with, we looked at the song as being a 'cinemative' kind of exercise and before any lyrics were written we talked about the image of "Jacob's Ladder", of a cloudy sky coming on and then all of a sudden these beams of light, which, everybody sees and I have always found very inspiring sort of thing. We had that experience in common. So we created the music just out of that vision and that image and wrote the whole song around that. And then in retrospect I went back and wrote a couple of verses of lyrics just to depict the image a little more acute and also to bring the vocals in as an instrumental sound. -Neil Peart, 1980 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 (edited) Jacob's Ladder is a summery song because it is about a thunder storm. hardly I saw more Thunder storms the summer I lived in Colorado than I have any other time in my life. ... mountains come out of the sky and they stand there :heart: Roundabout Edited June 5, 2016 by blueschica 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 I always thought Analog Kid had a summery vibe, despite the "autumn woods" and "winter skies" of the chorus. Well it's set on "a hot and windy August afternoon", so it definitely does. I'd go for Marathon and the "lightning that flashes and fades in the summer sky"... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Jacob's Ladder is a summery song because it is about a thunder storm. hardly Hardly about a thunder storm? exactly http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff508/blackcc/GIFs/rfk7s.gif In my lyrics I've drawn a lot of references from The Bible, because it's a very colorful source of images. And I grew up, not religious, but in a religious background, going to Sunday school and taking religious education in school and so on. So, all these things do suggest themselves as metaphors and "Jacob's Ladder" is a lovely phrase, those two words itself. And that's in fact what we started with, we looked at the song as being a 'cinemative' kind of exercise and before any lyrics were written we talked about the image of "Jacob's Ladder", of a cloudy sky coming on and then all of a sudden these beams of light, which, everybody sees and I have always found very inspiring sort of thing. We had that experience in common. So we created the music just out of that vision and that image and wrote the whole song around that. And then in retrospect I went back and wrote a couple of verses of lyrics just to depict the image a little more acute and also to bring the vocals in as an instrumental sound. -Neil Peart, 1980 And he never said it wasn't summer, or a thunder storm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Jacob's Ladder is a summery song because it is about a thunder storm. hardly Hardly about a thunder storm? exactly http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff508/blackcc/GIFs/rfk7s.gif In my lyrics I've drawn a lot of references from The Bible, because it's a very colorful source of images. And I grew up, not religious, but in a religious background, going to Sunday school and taking religious education in school and so on. So, all these things do suggest themselves as metaphors and "Jacob's Ladder" is a lovely phrase, those two words itself. And that's in fact what we started with, we looked at the song as being a 'cinemative' kind of exercise and before any lyrics were written we talked about the image of "Jacob's Ladder", of a cloudy sky coming on and then all of a sudden these beams of light, which, everybody sees and I have always found very inspiring sort of thing. We had that experience in common. So we created the music just out of that vision and that image and wrote the whole song around that. And then in retrospect I went back and wrote a couple of verses of lyrics just to depict the image a little more acute and also to bring the vocals in as an instrumental sound. -Neil Peart, 1980 And he never said it wasn't summer, or a thunder storm. Lol. You guys sound like me and DigitalMom. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony990 Posted June 5, 2016 Author Share Posted June 5, 2016 (edited) Analog Kid I have to disagree with. To me it sounds more of a September song. Technically September is part of summer (mostly) but I don't really think of it being like a hot, summer day sort of song. Distant Early Warning wouldn't make much sense to me, it's more of a winter song. "I see the tip of the iceburg..." just throws it off a bit, don't you think? Also, Summertime Blues is not technically a Rush song. But since they did remake it (and to me made it better), I'll take it! Edited June 5, 2016 by tony990 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkPrattLerxst Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Lakeside Park seems like a summer song even though it mentions the 24th of May in it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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