Rush v. Dirk, Pratt, & Lerxst

[ytserush]

Damn.  I thought that was common knowledge!  I was there in Hartford.   A very emotional night.

Probably is common knowledge. I don't even remember forgetting that I knew it.  Guess that escaped me.


 I'll never forget Hartford though. That was one hell of a night. Drove four hours after the show on a two-liter bottle of coke and still didn't sleep when we got home.

That's one show that needs to be released from the archives.

[King Postwhore]

Took the day off.  Went with my brother and best friend.  We tailgated and it was a perfect day.

[ytserush]

Took the day off.  Went with my brother and best friend.  We tailgated and it was a perfect day.

Took half the day off and only got to our seats with about 5 minutes to spare.  Venue looked almost half empty during Tom Sawyer because most people were stuck in traffic and waiting to park. It was a nail biter for a while there.

[TAC]

https://bravewords.com/news/geddy-lee-and-alex-lifeson-may-form-new-band-leelifeson-expected-to-perform-new-music-and-rush-classics


 

[Orbert]

Very cool!  Not really surprising, given what we know about each of them and their individual situations, but still good news.

[KevShmev]

Sounds like nothing but pure speculation.

[Architeuthis]

It does sound like speculation. I don't think Geddy and Alex would feel right about performing Rush songs without Neil. I could see them writing a bunch of new material and performing it with a different drummer.
If they decided to do a lucrative thing and perform Rush songs, they'd be hard pressed to find the right drummer, cough cough, Mike Portnoy, eh-hem!   

[Polarbear]

Sounds like nothing but pure speculation.

Agreed!

I don't think Alex and Geddy would feel comfortable playing Rush songs without Neil, like they have said in some interviews before..

But if we are playing the "What if?" game, I'd vote for Stewart Copeland or Simon Phillips to be the drummer!

[Orbert]

Should've known better.  Eddie Trunk and his big fucking mouth.

[ytserush]

Just to clarify this nonsense about being on the hook for another record...this is false. A couple of years ago someone from SRO came out and said the band were committed to do another studio record. Committed and obligated are two different things. At the time they had discussed it, but also NP had been dropping hints he was done. Things change, and they did. They agreed the end would come when one of them was through. One of them was. But various websites have taken that comment as a way to hold up hope another record was forthcoming. At present...it's not.

At the moment there isn't even much communication with each other. I had lunch with Ged in Toronto on the 16th with several other people and someone asked him what everyone was up to, and he said he'd not spoken to Neil in a couple months.

Geds writing a book right now, and playing around with some other projects and staying busy. Everyone's learning what retirement from the band looks like for them. What's their new normal? No one is ruling out another Rush project, but it's highly unlikely at this point.

[KevShmev]

Yep, I will always trust TV's word first, and someone just posted this on FB (from a friend of the band):

FROM DONNA HALPER:
Two quick things (by special request, just for Rush fans). Thing one: I spoke to Alex and conveyed everyone's happy birthday wishes. He told me he appreciates it, and that he's doing well. Healthier (lost some weight), very involved with some individual projects, life is good. And now... thing two. I asked him about the online rumors and he told me there's no LeeLifeson collaboration in the works. Both Geddy and Alex keep in close touch, of course, but both are very busy with their own projects. And neither has any plans for forming a band or touring or anything like that in the immediate future. As Alex just told me, the rumors are only rumors. And now you know... the rest of the story, direct from Alex himself.

[Anguyen92]

Yeah, I'll trust Donna Halper over Eddie Trunk regarding this matter.

[KevShmev]

I'd trust just about anyone over Eddie Trunk.

[Lethean]

  Have to admit that I was really hoping Eddie Trunk was right.  I take Neil at his word when he says he is done, but was hoping for Geddy and Alex to come up with something together.  Looking forward to Geddy's book though.

[Mosh]

I'm sure they'll do something at some point, but probably won't announce anything until there's actually something to announce.

[The Letter M]

Just had an idea for discussion, if we can steer away from rumors about the band for a moment. I had an idea earlier today at work:

What's everyone's non-opener/non-closer song from each album? It always seems that the opener is a catchy, very memorable "single" tune, and the closer is often a bombastic, or very epic piece, and because of these things, they're often some fan-favorites! So excluding those two pieces, which song in the middle of an album is your favorite?

I'll have to think on mine for a bit, but I wanted to get the ball rolling on this one. I was thinking of applying this discussion on other band-threads as well!

-Marc.

[TAC]

Off the top of my head:

Red Barchetta
Xanadu
Jacob's Ladder
Nobody's Hero
Ghost Of A Chance
Marathon
The Weapon

[KevShmev]

What You're Doing
By-Tor and the Snow Dog
The Necromancer
The Twilight Zone
Xanadu
The Trees
Jacob's Ladder
Red Barchetta
The Weapon
Red Sector A
Marathon
Mission
The Pass
Ghost of a Chance
Leave That Thing Alone
Resist
Freeze
Armor and Sword
Clockwork Angels

15 of those 19 are my favorite from their respective records.

[AngelBack]

Glad to see the love for Marathon.

For true Rush fans, when you die and your spirit is ascending to Heaven, you hear the outro to Marathon.

For those who rejected Rush, they get to hear a little number by AC/DC.

[Stadler]

Here Again
Beneath, Between and Behind
The Necromancer (this was basically a default pick)
A Passage to Bangkok
Xanadu
Circumstances
Jacob's Ladder (hardest one of the group)
The Camera Eye
New World Man (second hardest)
The Body Electric
Manhattan Project
Prime Mover
War Paint
Where's My Thing?
Cut To The Chase
Limbo
Ghost Rider
For What It's Worth
The Main Monkey Business (also hard)

[IDontNotDoThings]

Before & After
By-Tor & The Snow Dog
The Necromancer
The Twilight Zone
Xanadu
Circumstances
Jacob's Ladder
The Camera Eye
The Analog Kid
Afterimage
Middletown Dreams
Mission
Red Tide
Bravado
Double Agent
Limbo
Nocturne
The Main Monkey Business
Headlong Flight

[Zydar]

Glad to see the love for Marathon.

For true Rush fans, when you die and your spirit is ascending to Heaven, you hear the outro to Marathon.

This is what I'm hoping for. Looove Marathon.

[Mladen]

Xanadu
Jacob's Ladder
The Camera eye
The Analog kid
Marathon (count me in, this song is a masterpiece)
The Pass
Roll the bones
Secret touch
Armor & sword
The Anarchist

I didn't want to choose a song per album, just my absolute biggest favorites.

[Architeuthis]

For those who rejected Rush, they get to hear a little number by AC/DC.

 

[?]

What You're Doing
Fly by Night
The Necromancer
The Twilight Zone
Xanadu
Circumstances
Jacob's Ladder
Limelight
Losing It
Afterimage
Marathon
Time Stand Still
The Pass
Bravado
Nobody's Hero
Resist
Earthshine
Armor and Sword
The Anarchist

[The Letter M]

Some really good choices here, guys. Here's my list, now that I've had time to sit down and actually think about it.

Here Again (though Before & After is a close second)
By-Tor & The Snowdog
The Necromancer
A Passage To Bangkok
Xanadu
The Trees
Jacob's Ladder
Limelight (though YYZ is close)
Losing It (with Digital Man close behind)
Afterimage
Marathon
Mission
The Pass
Bravado
Leave That Thing Alone (though Nobody's Hero is a fave as well)
Driven
Secret Touch (with Freeze not far behind)
The Seeker (yep, I included Feedback)
The Main Monkey Business
Clockwork Angels (Headlong Flight is pretty great too)

I noticed a lot of similar picks between those who have posted so far, which is nice to see - I think it lends to the strengths of the band's skills to put great music throughout an album, and songs that are pretty well-loved. Also glad to see the love for Marathon, which is my favorite song off of POW anyway.

-Marc.

[Architeuthis]

Here Again
By-Tor
Necromancer
Twilight Zone
Xanadu - especially the live version off ESL
Circumstances
Freewill
Red Barchetta - tough call though
Analog Kid
1-00 1-00 1 S.O.S.  (can't think of the name of the song right now, lol, it's 4am)
Emotion Detector
Time Stand Still
Presto
Bravado
Cut to the Chase
Virtuality - oh that main riff!
Vapor Trail - Title track
Working Them Angels
The Wreckers..

 There are a lot of tie breakers on this list, I had to choose one or the other.. 
As far as Feedback goes, The Seeker..

[romdrums]

In the Mood
By-Tor
The Necromancer
Passage to Bangkok
Xanadu
Circumstances
Jacob's Ladder
YYZ
The Analog Kid
Red Sector A
Territories (tough choice between that, Marathon, Manhattan Project, and Emotion Detector)
Turn the Page
The Pass
Where's My Thing?
Double Agent
Driven
Freeze (with Nocturne close behind)
The Main Monkey Business
Clockwork Angels

[RodrigoAltaf]

Working Man
In the End
Bastille day
2112
Xanadu
Hemispheres
Spirit of Radio
Tom Sawyer
Subdivisions
Distant Early Warning
Big Money
Turn the Page
Show Don't Tell
Dreamline
Animate
Test for Echo
Ghost Rider
Far Cry
Clockwork Angels

[The Letter M]

Xanadu
Turn the Page
Ghost Rider
Clockwork Angels

Only these count... I'm guessing you didn't read my post above?

-Marc.

[RodrigoAltaf]

Xanadu
Turn the Page
Ghost Rider
Clockwork Angels

Only these count... I'm guessing you didn't read my post above?

-Marc.

I did not...will try to rewrite my post soon. Sorry!

[ytserush]

Just had an idea for discussion, if we can steer away from rumors about the band for a moment. I had an idea earlier today at work:

What's everyone's non-opener/non-closer song from each album? It always seems that the opener is a catchy, very memorable "single" tune, and the closer is often a bombastic, or very epic piece, and because of these things, they're often some fan-favorites! So excluding those two pieces, which song in the middle of an album is your favorite?

I'll have to think on mine for a bit, but I wanted to get the ball rolling on this one. I was thinking of applying this discussion on other band-threads as well!

-Marc.

That still leaves about 80 percent of their catalog....... Choosing the ubiquitous choosing not to decide option again.

Much easier to the name the 10 or so that don't do a lot for me.

[Stadler]

^^ Go.   I'd like to see that list (sincerely; I'm not at all busting your chops here.  I'm curious as a Rush fan who is usually a half-step out of touch with the typical Rush fan.)

[ytserush]

^^ Go.   I'd like to see that list (sincerely; I'm not at all busting your chops here.  I'm curious as a Rush fan who is usually a half-step out of touch with the typical Rush fan.)

Not sure if there is an algorithm for the typical Rush fan. Probably more than a half-step or three myself.

Here it is chronologically...

You Can't Fight It

Working Man
 
In The Mood

Closer To The Heart (studio version only...live versions are so much better)

Limelight

Superconductor (Like the Lyrics understand what they were after with the music. It works, but still rubs me the wrong way)

Face Up (fits with the album theme but it's the picture of cringe in the dictionary

Neurotica

The Speed Of Love (like the instrumental break though)

Carve Away The Stone

[The Letter M]

Not sure if there is an algorithm for the typical Rush fan. Probably more than a half-step or three myself.

Here it is chronologically...

You Can't Fight It

Working Man
 
In The Mood

Well, to be fair, these are early Rush, sans Neil, but you don't like "Working Man"?! I thought most Rush fans loved it!

Closer To The Heart (studio version only...live versions are so much better)

Limelight

Only two songs from Phase 2 - again, two songs I thought most fans loved, especially being such great radio hits as well. I did notice you didn't include ANY songs from Phase 3, which I often see as being albums with songs that fans don't all love or enjoy (especially the likes of "Tai Shan"). You mean to say you enjoy "Tai Shan" more than "Limelight" and "Working Man"?

Superconductor (Like the Lyrics understand what they were after with the music. It works, but still rubs me the wrong way)

Face Up (fits with the album theme but it's the picture of cringe in the dictionary

Neurotica

The Speed Of Love (like the instrumental break though)

Carve Away The Stone

These I can understand - if Phase 3 albums had some divisive songs, Phase 4 had them in spades, especially between TFE and RTB, so I'm not surprised to see "Face Up" and "Neurotica" here (I don't care much for them myself), though I do enjoy "The Speed Of Love" and "Carve Away The Stone" is a suitable closer for TFE - not my favorite from that album, but there are far worse. And "Superconductor" is...well..."Superconductor".

Thanks for sharing that interesting list of yours, it got me thinking about everyone listing their least favorite song from each album here, but I think we may have done that in this thread before.

-Marc.