The RUSH Thread

**jesse0986** · Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 9:09 am Post subject:

Am I the only one who could do without Peart's lyrics? I just never really thought they were all that good. I'm not much of a lyric guy though, so maybe it's just me.

I saw them in concert back in '07 I think, with my buddy who first really got me into them. By some marvelous stroke of luck, he was on leave from Iraq the week they were here on their Snakes & Arrows tour. Very good show, and Peart's drum solo ranks right up there among the best moments I've experienced in my concert-going career.

Favorite song is probably "The Camera Eye," though I really enjoy "Working Man" and "A Passage to Bangkok" as well. Moving Pictures, not surprisingly, is my favorite album.
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I love the chorus to Roll the Bones, as well as the rap break.
"Why are we here? Because we're here. Roll the bones."
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**Quakmybush** · Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 2:30 am Post subject:

been a Rush fan since I first heard roll the bones around age 5?

favourite album is Moving Pictures

top 5 songs are

Subdivisions
Limelight
One Little Victory
Natural Science
Freewill

I go see them in Toronto everytime they tour.

**Blehgopie** · Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 1218

I'm a huge fan of Different Strings off of Permanent Waves, I daresay I like it even more than some of the "obvious" choices off that album...but the album as a whole is amazing.

I'm kind of sad I only have two Rush albums...Move Pictures and Permanent Waves. When I do get around to beefing up my collection my next choice is a throw up between Signals and Hemispheres. Signals has Subdivisions, which is one of my favorite songs...but the rest of the album is new material for me (except Digital Man and The Analog Kid). Hemispheres, on the other hand I know almost all the songs and really like them.

Unfortunately, other than those 4 albums, and 2112, my knowledge of Rush music is practically nil. I always hear great things about newer Rush but I never really feel like listening to it. I have some stigma about old bands making new albums, since the trend is for them to not be that good.

One of these days I think I'll look into getting that album of cover songs, their version of The Seeker is awesome, and Crossroads is pretty cool too, even if I don't particularly like the solo (compared to Cream's version that is).
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