[QUOTE=thunderzstruck]Hemipspheres is vastly underrated[/QUOTE]
I love it so much.

I like Cygnus (meh, long title, mighta got it wrong..)

Anybody here like the song Natural Science off of Permanent Waves? The live (Rush in Rio) version is my favorite Rush song. I don't like the studio version as much, but it's still very good and I never hear many people mention this song.

ah i love "natural science" its so great.

wheels within wheels in a spiral array
a pattern so grand and complex
time after time we lose sight of their way
are causes cant see there effects

stuck in my head now, and lovin it

[QUOTE=thunderzstruck]Hemipspheres is vastly underrated[/QUOTE]

Hehe, Rush is vastly underrated. But for Rush fans, Hemispheres is underrated. Atleast in my opinion.

The Spirit Of Radio!

Geez is that a catchy song or what...

[QUOTE=RNR]Hehe, Rush is vastly underrated. But for Rush fans, Hemispheres is underrated. Atleast in my opinion.[/QUOTE]


Rush IS underrated

Hemispheres IS underrated

what is this world coming too!? :(

Is Rush more popular in Canada than anywhere else? I'd imagine that they're not as underrated in their home country.

Bah, Canadians like folk and country music. I'd imagaine that Rush is bigger in Japan and the US than in Canada.

[QUOTE=RNR]Bah, Canadians like folk and country music. I'd imagaine that Rush is bigger in Japan and the US than in Canada.[/QUOTE]


Japan? I never knew they had a following there :amaze:

Sure, the Japanese eat all of that prog stuff up. (or atleast more than Canadians! wtf, canada blows)

[QUOTE=RNR]Sure, the Japanese eat all of that prog stuff up. (or atleast more than Canadians! wtf, canada blows)[/QUOTE]
I agree.....how can they ignore such an amazing band?

yea rush is one amazing band...

Yea Japan actually has a decent music taste...I dont know anything about canada though except folk music. I couldnt imagine them just ignoring rush though. There probably more popular here and maybe in the UK though.

I heard subdivisions on the radio earlier...I realized it wasnt as bad as i usually critisize it to be; but for that style of song - the intro is weak. It gets better through the song, but I still dont think its near their best.

[QUOTE=wholedzep]I agree.....how can they ignore such an amazing band?[/QUOTE]
It's not like Canada is a statistic or anything. Canadians are real people and there are a lot of Canadian Rush fans. It's just that the vast majority of Canadians aren't :(

too bad



/sings the blame canada south park song thing...

5th page!!! Unacceptable.

What do you guys think of the way Rush organizes their longer songs into movements? I think it's cool, it can be interesting figuring out where each movement begins.

I love when bands write songs with movements. Especially prog bands, for then it's almost like classical music. I do believe htat Lee, Lifeson, and Peart are modern electronical composers.

[QUOTE=RNR]It's not like Canada is a statistic or anything. Canadians are real people and there are a lot of Canadian Rush fans. It's just that the vast majority of Canadians aren't :([/QUOTE]

They have a huge following in Brazil; they use the Tom Sawyer as the theme song for McGuyver, and I think that somehow got South America's attention.

What is your guys favorite rush song, album?

I've started listening to more Rush. I only have 2112 though, so I guess that's my favorite.

My favorite song is either Camera Eye, Spirit of the Radio, or Distant Early Warning.

Album? Maybe Permanent Waves.

sorry I havn't posted here in a while. (internet is down, probably won't be back up until tomorrow at best)

Camera Eye is a really good song too

Favorites have to be 2112, Spirit of the Radio, and YYZ. I could list so many more though.

Album? Ouch. 2112 or Moving Pictures? I can't decide.

Favorites for me are 2112, La Villa Strangiato, and maybe YYZ.

Album is either Hemispheres or 2112.

2112 all the way. Nothing in my opinion even comes close, although alot of their other stuff is great 2112 is a masterpiece.

A Farewell To Kings. I mean cmon. (then again Moving Pictures and 2112 come close)

FLY BY NIGHT
It was the first album with Peart on drums. You can see the transformation begin from a common rock band to the RUSH we all know and love. It was also the first Rush concert I went to. :thumb:

As for my favorite Rush song? How can you pick just one? Red Barchetta, Fly By Night, In the End, By-Tor and the Snow Dog. And I haven't even scratched the surface. Rush hasn't done a song I DON'T like. :D

Rush is brilliant.Definitely one of my favourite bands.
"Hemispheres" is a great album as is "Permanent Waves".
As for the Bill Bruford commemt, he is alot better than Neil at playing ,say Jazz, but aside from a few Crimson tunes Neil kills him at technicality hands down.This coming from studying both bands drum parts.Bruford does have better feel however.

[QUOTE=JESUS'S BASSMAN]FLY BY NIGHT
It was the first album with Peart on drums. You can see the transformation begin from a common rock band to the RUSH we all know and love. It was also the first Rush concert I went to. :thumb:[/QUOTE]
It's a great album, but I don't like the music as much as some others of theirs.

I think Fly By Night was written in large part to amaze (drum-wise). Take for example, By-Tor and the Snow Dog. Great song, amazing drumming. One of Peart's best.

[QUOTE=wholedzep]It's a great album, but I don't like the music as much as some others of theirs.

I think Fly By Night was written in large part to amaze (drum-wise). Take for example, By-Tor and the Snow Dog. Great song, amazing drumming. One of Peart's best.[/QUOTE]


It was their first step to developing their niche. NOBODY does the style of songwriting that they do. Sort of Sci-Fi Rock if you will. :cool:

I can't decide.. between Hemispheres or 2112. It depends on what mood I'm in really. Since Hemispheres is VeRY proggy with the 10+ min songs and such while 2112 is more straightforward rock..

One of those two is my favorite.

EDIT: ok, I'm listening to Hemispheres right now.. this is my fav album I
m pretty sure.. yep it is!


Also, I never knew Exit.. Stage Left was a live album. When was it recorded? Any good?

my favorite is freewill by far my favorite album is 2112

Rush... Is my brother's favourite band. Definately one of my favourites, too. I'd say that Bravado is my favourite song ever. That's despite power metal being my favourite genre, mind you.

Other songs that I really like by Rush are Dreamline, Distant Early Warning, Marathon, and Sweet Miracle.

i was first told of rush by a friend at work about 2 years ago and forgot about them, its only about a month ago i gave them a listen and now i own 2112,farewell to kings,rush,fly by night,feedback (awesome version of creams 'crossroads' on that),live in rio and exit stage left, ALL awesome cds. 2112 is my fav.

[QUOTE=Son of the Bunt]i was first told of rush by a friend at work about 2 years ago and forgot about them, its only about a month ago i gave them a listen and now i own 2112,farewell to kings,rush,fly by night,feedback (awesome version of creams 'crossroads' on that),live in rio and exit stage left, ALL awesome cds. 2112 is my fav.[/QUOTE]
I downloaded their version of Summertime Blues (originally by Eddie Cochran, but The Who covered it excellently), and I liked it. I like The Who's version better, but Rush's is cool too. I'm also a huge Who fan, and I got into them much earlier than I did Rush.

I like Rush's twist on it. Every other version sounds messy and sloppy but the Rush one is very tight sounding.

I've already said that my favorite Rush song is the live version of Natural Science. As for favorite album... well, keeping in mind that I only have 2112, Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures (not counting Rush in Rio) then I'd have to say Permanent Waves.

ive been listining to alot of "The Enemy Within"

[QUOTE=Artemician]I've already said that my favorite Rush song is the live version of Natural Science. As for favorite album... well, keeping in mind that I only have 2112, Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures (not counting Rush in Rio) then I'd have to say Permanent Waves.[/QUOTE]
I've never heard Permanent Waves, I'll have to give it a listen.

[QUOTE=wholedzep]I've never heard Permanent Waves, I'll have to give it a listen.[/QUOTE]
I don't think it's that fantastic of an album, but it has an awesome cover, plus it has Spirit of Radio and Natural Science. I have it on LP and it gets stuck in the middle of Jacob's Ladder :(