How good is RUSH?

Phoenix Reign Drummer wrote:

Well I picked up a bunch of Rush cds this weekend

Vapor Trails
Grace Under Pressure (remaster)
Snakes and Arrows
2112 (remaster)
Caress Of Steel (remaster)
Permanent Waves (remaster)
Fly By Night (remaster)
Feedback
Counterparts

So far I listened to 2112, Permanent Waves, and Fly By Night and Caress Of Steel. So far the only one I wasnt too crazy about was Caress Of Steel. Otherwise I cant believe I never started picking up their albums earlier. Geddy Less voice doesnt bother me at all. Thanks for everyones input!

Excellent haul and nice cross section of their career, now play it at the proper volume.

already being done picked some more up today. Found moving pictures used for cheap and the other 2 were new 9.99. The store had all of them I was going to just get them but this week ive been going crazy with buying I realy have to cool it now. Christmas is getting way to close.

s/t
signals
moving pictures

But you haven't bought Grace Under Pressure yet, you HAVE to buy Grace Under Pressure! :glee:

VaughanGF wrote:

I prefer their early stuff. Their 80's material was ultra commercial, and to me it lacked the rock intensity of the first few albums. I think recently they have settled into a nice groove that sits somewhere between their 70's and 80's material. Tom Sawyer is an amazing song.

My favorites are from the 80's catalog. Probably since I first started becoming a fan in 1989 starting with "Presto". My all time favorite album is "Power Windows".

novellahub wrote:

VaughanGF wrote:

I prefer their early stuff. Their 80's material was ultra commercial, and to me it lacked the rock intensity of the first few albums. I think recently they have settled into a nice groove that sits somewhere between their 70's and 80's material. Tom Sawyer is an amazing song.

My favorites are from the 80's catalog. Probably since I first started becoming a fan in 1989 starting with "Presto". My all time favorite album is "Power Windows".

Saw'em on that tour. WOW !! Opened with 'Spirit' played 'WitchHunt'... The stuff from 'windows' was fantastic!! Seeing 'Manhattan Project', 'Territories', 'Rythyms' it was a lot of fun.... 'Xanadu' was a great surprise....

First 'BIG CONCERT'.... brilliant stuff endeliablly etched into my memory banks !!!

I like their 80's material also, but when 'Grace Under Pressure' and "Power Windows" were first released I thought it had too many keyboards and syns, so I didnot grow to appreciate the albums for several years after they were released.

Hemispheres is another good one to pick up.

spectrefate wrote:

But you haven't bought Grace Under Pressure yet, you HAVE to buy Grace Under Pressure! :glee:

Yes I did. Didnt I write that one down? Your not paying attention.

How good are they? Best rock band in the known universe!

candlemass wrote:

How good are they? Best rock band in the known universe!

Have you forsaken the Doors?

Phoenix Reign Drummer wrote:

Well I picked up a bunch of Rush cds this weekend

Vapor Trails
Grace Under Pressure (remaster)
Snakes and Arrows
2112 (remaster)
Caress Of Steel (remaster)
Permanent Waves (remaster)
Fly By Night (remaster)
Feedback
Counterparts

So far I listened to 2112, Permanent Waves, and Fly By Night and Caress Of Steel. So far the only one I wasnt too crazy about was Caress Of Steel. Otherwise I cant believe I never started picking up their albums earlier. Geddy Less voice doesnt bother me at all. Thanks for everyones input!

Awesome! I see that it didn't take long to talk you into that!

Welcome to the club, the instructions for the secret handshake will be coming in the mail...don't be surprised when someone stops you on the street and asks you to recite the lyrics to Xanadu.

my fav RUSH song the best instrumental ever imo. Pure Brilliance

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my fav RUSH song the best instrumental ever imo. Pure Brilliance

I agree. I like XYY a lot too though. Actually, Rush is one of the few bands who's instrumentals I like.

Rush are amazing to put it simply

The first song I ever learned on guitar was "What You're Doing" from the debut album, in fact I practiced to that entire album for quite awhile.

The song Here Again is very underrated, one of my favorite Rush songs.

Actually Detuned I think the first Rush album is completely underrated. One of my favorite debut albums.

manny wrote:

Actually Detuned I think the first Rush album is completely underrated. One of my favorite debut albums.

I listened to this earlier today. Its definetly a lot different from what they would do later on. Its more just straight out rock. Its not bad though.

spectrefate wrote:

But you haven't bought Grace Under Pressure yet, you HAVE to buy Grace Under Pressure! :glee:

I have steered clear of this one for the longest time. Everyone knows why. It may be the under four dollar price at FYE or it may be something do to with the music.

Grace Under Pressure - When that album first came out I was 14 and liked it, but at the time it was probably my least favorite Rush album. I loved Signals, so it wasn't the synthesizers that was bothering me...for some reason it didn't click beyond a few tracks "Red Sector A", "Between The Wheels", "Afterimage".

I started re-purchasing the Rush catalog (for probably the third time) back when the remasters started coming out, Grace Under Pressure was the next to last one I picked up (Hold Your Fire was last).

Then I about hit myself on the head once I started listening to it...I couldn't believe I had completely misinterpreted an album that badly. It's a brilliant album, despite the synths and some pop sensibilities it's still very much a progressive record...but it's stealthy about it. Afterimage is one of the most beautiful songs about loss I've ever heard, The Body Electric is a classic and I wish they would put that back into their modern day setlists. Red Lenses is completely ignored by most Rush fans but shouldn't be...

Anyway, a brilliant record that only my own maturity kept me from appreciating until recently.

detuned wrote:

Grace Under Pressure - When that album first came out I was 14 and liked it, but at the time it was probably my least favorite Rush album. I loved Signals, so it wasn't the synthesizers that was bothering me...for some reason it didn't click beyond a few tracks "Red Sector A", "Between The Wheels", "Afterimage".

I started re-purchasing the Rush catalog (for probably the third time) back when the remasters started coming out, Grace Under Pressure was the next to last one I picked up (Hold Your Fire was last).

Then I about hit myself on the head once I started listening to it...I couldn't believe I had completely misinterpreted an album that badly. It's a brilliant album, despite the synths and some pop sensibilities it's still very much a progressive record...but it's stealthy about it. Afterimage is one of the most beautiful songs about loss I've ever heard, The Body Electric is a classic and I wish they would put that back into their modern day setlists. Red Lenses is completely ignored by most Rush fans but shouldn't be...

Anyway, a brilliant record that only my own maturity kept me from appreciating until recently.

Same here, for years I dismissed the album, than I bought the remastered version, and I couldn't believe this was the same album I had dogged for so many years.

tohostudios wrote:

krokus wrote:

I am not a die hard fan either but i like many of their albums.
I will like to ask the die hard fans what album i should buy beside the following cd´s that i already have by the band???????????
ALL THE WORLD STAGE LIVE
2112(1976)
PERMANENT WAVES(1980)
MOVING PICTURES(1981)
EXIT...STAGE LEFT LIVE
HOLD YOUR FIRE(1987)
THE SPIRIT OF RADIO GREATEST HITS 1974-1987

FLY BY NIGHT!!!!

Great album and has killer cuts like the title track, Anthem, In The End and the aforementioned By Tor and the Snow Dog.

Thanks, that will be the next album i am going to buy from RUSH. Thanksssssssssss.

Well Im listening to Grace Under Pressure right now and it has a lot of Genesis and The Police type things going on. Does anyone else feel the same? Im saying that cause I got into Genesis and The Police around last year and I listen to them from time to time and some of the sounds on this album and even the way they play reminded me a lot of those bands.

Good album BTW

krokus wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

krokus wrote:

I am not a die hard fan either but i like many of their albums.
I will like to ask the die hard fans what album i should buy beside the following cd´s that i already have by the band???????????
ALL THE WORLD STAGE LIVE
2112(1976)
PERMANENT WAVES(1980)
MOVING PICTURES(1981)
EXIT...STAGE LEFT LIVE
HOLD YOUR FIRE(1987)
THE SPIRIT OF RADIO GREATEST HITS 1974-1987

FLY BY NIGHT!!!!

Great album and has killer cuts like the title track, Anthem, In The End and the aforementioned By Tor and the Snow Dog.

Thanks, that will be the next album i am going to buy from RUSH. Thanksssssssssss.

Cool! I'm in the middle of listening to a whole bunch of new stuff and I need something familiar to listen to for a change of pace.

I shall break out Fly By Night in your honor!

Phoenix Reign Drummer wrote:

Well Im listening to Grace Under Pressure right now and it has a lot of Genesis and The Police type things going on. Does anyone else feel the same? Im saying that cause I got into Genesis and The Police around last year and I listen to them from time to time and some of the sounds on this album and even the way they play reminded me a lot of those bands.

Good album BTW

I am not sure about Genesis, but Alex Lifeson was a huge Police fan at the time.

manny wrote:

I am not sure about Genesis, but Alex Lifeson was a huge Police fan at the time.

And he also looks like Keifer Sutherland.