Rush (singer, dance, bass, rock, vinyl)

FadedMyxomatosis · 12-15-2009, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

I recently ran through my Rush collection and promptly deleted all the 70's stuff I had by them. I'm a big fan of Moving Pictures through to some stuff off Hold Your Fire. not really what diehard Rush fans want to hear but their 70's stuff bores the arse off me.

Even stuff like Fly By Night, Anthem or Working Man? Oh damn. I've always liked Lee's voice on Fly by Night and lets face it, Anthem and Working Man are pretty damn cool too. And then the stuff like Farewell to Kings and 2012?

Unknown Soldier · 12-16-2009, 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by FadedMyxomatosis

Even stuff like Fly By Night, Anthem or Working Man? Oh damn. I've always liked Lee's voice on Fly by Night and lets face it, Anthem and Working Man are pretty damn cool too. And then the stuff like Farewell to Kings and 2012?

Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures started the trend away from their traditional prog sound of the time and more of an emphasis towards shorter songs in general and the greater use of keyboards. It wasn`t until "Signals" released in 1982 with the brilliant lead single "Sudbivisions" that the group were putting out a more rock/pop (power pop) centric sound and I suppose "Grace Under Pressure" is their definitive power pop release. "Power Windows" is also a good album despite the terrible single "The Big Money" but don`t agree with "Hold Your Fire" as I always thought this a much weaker effort.

To show how poppy this band had become, Alex Lifeson in this era looked more like a member of Spandau Ballet than a rock band

almauro · 12-16-2009, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

To show how poppy this band had become, Alex Lifeson in this era looked more like a member of Spandau Ballet than a rock band

Yea, I never liked that change of style. For me, they peaked about halfway through Moving Pictures. I agree they released a lot of quality material, I even like their early stuff like "Working Man" quite a bit.

jackhammer · 12-25-2009, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures started the trend away from their traditional prog sound of the time and more of an emphasis towards shorter songs in general and the greater use of keyboards. It wasn`t until "Signals" released in 1982 with the brilliant lead single "Sudbivisions" that the group were putting out a more rock/pop (power pop) centric sound and I suppose "Grace Under Pressure" is their definitive power pop release. "Power Windows" is also a good album despite the terrible single "The Big Money" but don`t agree with "Hold Your Fire" as I always thought this a much weaker effort.

To show how poppy this band had become, Alex Lifeson in this era looked more like a member of Spandau Ballet than a rock band

Hold Your Fire is pretty poor I guess but Open Secrets is a great track.

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