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Originally Posted by AvantGardeMercenary
Rush is like... Dream Theater. They don't focus enough on songwriting. It's all wankery in it's own respect.
They wish they were King Crimson.
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That's by far the most ignorant opinion on Rush I have ever read.
Ever.
Rush wrote the book on radio hooks in arena and FM rock. A hit single or two every album up to Distant Early Warning. King Crimson nor Dream Theater can claim such a feat.
Dream Theater are so overeducated and overskilled it's nauseating. King Crimson are egomaniacal and self indulgent. Rush maybe a bit self endulgant, but they poke fun at that all the time, especially live, and as well in their music. No band stuck to their guns longer than Rush.
"All this machinery making modern music can still be open-hearted.
Not so coldly charted, tt's really just a question of your honesty, yeah,
Your honesty!
One likes to believe in the freedom of music,
But glittering prizes and endless compromises
Shatter the illusion of integrity."
Rush are and always will be one of the greatest bands ever for melding brilliant musicianship with radio presence. No other band has ever done the same thing for so long.
I love them a great deal, and respect folks who hate them, even if it is the simple fact that they can't get over Geddy's voice.