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Airpacker
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We have a real trend going on here.Coincidence? I think not. :sifone:
You guys just got lucky in that we Torontonians descided to let you hear one of our home town bands .
Being from TO, we get really lucky once inawhile. Geddy or Alex or both will stop in the local rock radio station and jam with the afternoon drive time DJ Kim Mitchell. The same Kim Mitchell from Max Webster and the Kim Mitchell band. Max used to open for Rush often on Canadian tours. Those were great double header shows I tell ya.
I was just listening to Kim comment on the "sweeter side of Rush music" after playing Time stands still and how many Rush fans hated that song when it came out in 87. He was laughing at how they missed the complete musical complication that that particular song is and how they just didn't get it.
2112
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Buoy
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Great!
If you have OCD like me, you will prefer to hear the songs in the exact order they are on the disc. Do not hit "random"! :ack2:
For example, Faithless comes perfectly after Hope.
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OK, I must be OCD.
I never understood the "random" button at all.
I think having a record "flow" from one song to another is part of the art.
Same thing with when playing live, a set list that takes the audience through a well planned "experience" is very important.
I recall a local-to-me-at-the-time-band, in the early '90s that always opened their set with Nugent's "Stranglehold"
Now, it's a good song, but I could never understand why they opened with such a long, drawn out song. My thought was to have something loud, fast, and short as an opening song in a club. Try to get people fired up.
A record should be the same way - pump me up, and get me excited about what else is going to be on the disc.
Tom A.
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It is funny how it always takes me a few listenings of a new album for me to warm up to it. The way RUSH evolves their music it takes me a while to really love a new album and then all of the sudden down the road I "rediscover it" usually right before the next new album comes out and I say "Oh my god, that is brilliant!"
My mood determines what era I listen to. I usually lean more to the 80's era just because it was around 1983/4 when I first "discovered" them. I was 11/12 ish.
My mood determines what era I listen to. I usually lean more to the 80's era just because it was around 1983/4 when I first "discovered" them. I was 11/12 ish.
Buoy
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Same story for me.
2112
Founding Member / Contributor
+2 and I have heard that alot from Rush fans over the last 30+ years I have been a fan.
The album that took me the longest to warm up to is Signals. Now, If I were going to die in 44 minutes, I would spend it listening to that album.
My wife understands it wil be my last dying wish. Hopefully a while till I make it.:sifone:
Same here, guys. That's great, I thought I was the only one. First time I listened to it was in the truck on the way home. I thought, eh, whatever...then I heard I listened to the whole album about 3 times through while having a few drinks and putzin' in the garage. By then I was hooked, and rewinding songs and totally jammin.
Good sht!
Good sht!
Airpacker
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Just listened to another Gem (start to finish) on my way home from a seminar in Seattle tonight.
Test for Echo. I had forgotten how much I dug that album
LOL, I had that one playing in the shop yesterday aftyernoon. I actually let it play thru twice before swapping in Vapour Trails.
LOL, I had that one playing in the shop yesterday aftyernoon. I actually let it play thru twice before swapping in Vapour Trails.
Vapor...friggin' Canadians.
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Though Vapor Trails has a few of my favorite Rush songs on it (One Little Victory, Earthshine, Secret Touch), the production and final mix of the album ranks among my least favorite. Those 3 songs come across so much better on the R30 (Earthshine) and S&A (Secret Touch, One Little Victory) DVD's.
The song "Dreamline" is blasting in my headphones at the moment!
The song "Dreamline" is blasting in my headphones at the moment!
Buoy
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OK, I have listened S&A through for the first time.
Rarely does a song jump out at me on the first listen.
"Faithless" is brilliant - I had to listen to it a second time before going any further with the record. Even had to pull out the liner to read the lyrics to make sure I got it all.
Very powerful song.
Rarely does a song jump out at me on the first listen.
"Faithless" is brilliant - I had to listen to it a second time before going any further with the record. Even had to pull out the liner to read the lyrics to make sure I got it all.
Very powerful song.
2112
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Just wait, The whole album is loaded. The "Main Monkey Business" "The Larger Bowl" etc.
Now remember "Hope" is the perfect intro to "Faithless".
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2112
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True. The Engineers F'd it up in the final mastering. If you were to go out and say spend a small fortune on an American made stereo just so you could listen to Rush at concert levels, It would really bum you out.:leaving:
I read Geddy went back into the studio to try and remix Vapor Trails and they just could not fix it.
As I have learned more about high end stereo, I have come to find that it is an industry problem. The engineers are trying to max out the sound for crappy source units such as an IPOD or downloaded FLAC files and it is totally ruining the quality sound for people with quality sound reproduction.
BTW, Another GEM; My Favorite Headache, Geddy's solo album from 2000
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I love instrumentals such as "Hope" that without words, convey perfectly the emotional message of the song...and in this case the title as well.Just wait, The whole album is loaded. The "Main Monkey Business" "The Larger Bowl" etc.
Now remember "Hope" is the perfect intro to "Faithless".
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Have you noticed how many Rush songs, that when they come back from the solo to the next verse, elicit a big fist pump and cheer from the crowd in concert? Think "Free Will", "Red Barchetta", and most recently "Armor And Sword".
