Rush v. Dirk, Pratt, & Lerxst

[pg1067]

This might be the single most unexpected cover I've ever heard/seen (unfortunately, it cuts off towards the end).

https://youtu.be/X2Kk9OhYlW8

[Stadler]

This might be the single most unexpected cover I've ever heard/seen (unfortunately, it cuts off towards the end).

https://youtu.be/X2Kk9OhYlW8

Three comments:
- the moment when the guitar player gently adjusts her hijab then rips into the intro is killer;
- the drummer is the epitome of compact, concise motion;
- it is stunning how much a young Indonesian woman and Geddy Lee sound alike.

There is a cover of "The Spirit Carries On" as well; she doesn't sound as much like James as she does Geddy.

[Kram]

This might be the single most unexpected cover I've ever heard/seen (unfortunately, it cuts off towards the end).

https://youtu.be/X2Kk9OhYlW8

Three comments:
- the moment when the guitar player gently adjusts her hijab then rips into the intro is killer;
- the drummer is the epitome of compact, concise motion;
- it is stunning how much a young Indonesian woman and Geddy Lee sound alike.

There is a cover of "The Spirit Carries On" as well; she doesn't sound as much like James as she does Geddy.

Yes, the vocals were my favorite part.

[Mebert78]

This probably doesn't matter to anyone, but I recently realized that New York Mets star Pete Alonso's walk-up song is Rush's "Working Man."

 

[TAC]

This might be the single most unexpected cover I've ever heard/seen (unfortunately, it cuts off towards the end).

https://youtu.be/X2Kk9OhYlW8

Are these the sisters of the dudes in the Iron Maiden thread?

[pg1067]

This might be the single most unexpected cover I've ever heard/seen (unfortunately, it cuts off towards the end).

https://youtu.be/X2Kk9OhYlW8

Are these the sisters of the dudes in the Iron Maiden thread?

I thought something similar.  "Dude...our girlfriends are better than we are!"

[Stadler]

This might be the single most unexpected cover I've ever heard/seen (unfortunately, it cuts off towards the end).

https://youtu.be/X2Kk9OhYlW8

Are these the sisters of the dudes in the Iron Maiden thread?

HAHAHA.

[ytserush]

So Vapor Trails turns 20 years old this Saturday, the 14th.

I remember getting this album the year it came out, around the time I was graduating high school, and it got maximum play on my portable CD player (the old blue-topped Sony Walkman, the one with the 3 green circles and white bottom). My original CD is scratched and scuffed to heck and back, but I was absolutely in love with the album, just as my exploration of Rush was underway. For me, this album holds a special place in my heart as being a turning point album for me, both in my personal life and in my musical life. I'll always link VT with my discovery of Rush and prog in general, and at the time, some of the songs' lyrics really connected with me as well.

Little did we know that VT would be the first in a trio of final albums for the band as they came back in the 21st century following Neil's tragedies, and of those three, this album is almost my favorite (CA barely edges it out). What a statement for the band coming back after a 6 year break since Test For Echo, their longest gap between studio albums. Despite the rough and hot mix of the original release, the songwriting is pretty top notch across the album, and it still makes me sad that more of those songs didn't get played live over the course of the following 13 years until they stopped touring.

I'll have to give this one a spin this weekend in celebration of its 20th birthday! What does everyone else think about VT? What's your history with this album? Were you a Rush fan before it came out? As a fan who got into them just around the release of this album, it was just as much Rush as anything else they'd done up to that point, but I'd be curious to see what long-time Rush fans felt about VT when it came out, and if your thoughts on it have changed in the 20 years since!

-Marc.

Been trying to take this album out of my car CD player many times over the last two weeks but I haven't been able to do it.  Starting to think I love it more than Snakes And Arrows and Clockwork Angels. That BASS!!!!!! I really wish they played more of it live than they did....especially Peaceable Kingdom and Vapor Trail. What a gift those songs are! How is it possible to react to an album like this 20 YEARS after it's been released? It's crazy!

[ytserush]

I was lucky to see the 1st show of the VT tour in Hartford.  It was an emotional experience.

In six days it will be 20 years, but it was really the last Friday in June. I'm going to go dig out my video for the weekend.

[ytserush]

This might be the single most unexpected cover I've ever heard/seen (unfortunately, it cuts off towards the end).

https://youtu.be/X2Kk9OhYlW8

Ok. That wasn't on my bingo card for today.

I've heard/seen worse.

[HOF]

This is pretty cool:

Google engineer identifies anonymous faces in WWII photos with AI facial recognition

https://www.timesofisrael.com/google-engineer-identifies-anonymous-faces-in-wwii-photos-with-ai-facial-recognition/

Can you tell us about some of the successes the platform has had so far?

We reached out to Geddy Lee, from Rush, with a photo we thought was of his mother. He was able to confirm this was indeed a photo of her at the displaced persons camp at Bergen-Belsen.

Geddy was then able to subsequently discover photos of his grandmother, uncles, an aunt and other extended family by browsing the Yad Vashem collection where the initial photo came from.

[Kram]

This is pretty cool:

Google engineer identifies anonymous faces in WWII photos with AI facial recognition

https://www.timesofisrael.com/google-engineer-identifies-anonymous-faces-in-wwii-photos-with-ai-facial-recognition/

Can you tell us about some of the successes the platform has had so far?

We reached out to Geddy Lee, from Rush, with a photo we thought was of his mother. He was able to confirm this was indeed a photo of her at the displaced persons camp at Bergen-Belsen.

Geddy was then able to subsequently discover photos of his grandmother, uncles, an aunt and other extended family by browsing the Yad Vashem collection where the initial photo came from.

Wow, that's pretty cool!

[Orbert]

Whoa!

[ytserush]

The title of that article is unintentionally comedic if read the wrong way.

[The Letter M]

Happy Dirk Day! It's Geddy's birthday today!

What's everyone's favorite bass part in the Rush catalog? Off the top of my head, it has to be live versions of "By-Tor & The Snow Dog", even in the 21st century, Geddy just kills it during that middle section!

-Marc.

[Stadler]

Prime Mover.

[Max Kuehnau]

Prime Mover.

nice lyrics by Neil on this one, although I love them all. My favourite bass parts by Geddy are (in no order) Vital Signs, Red Barchetta and Distant Early Warning, although again, I really like him as a bass player, so that doesn't have to mean much.

[Zydar]

One of my favourite bass parts is the one in Xanadu (starts at 2:53). He tended to change it a bit during live performances though.

[DTA]

The verses of The Enemy Within just do it for me

[HOF]

I love the bass line on Digital Man, so without a ton of thought that would probably get my nod. Although Analog Kid too… hmmm. So many to choose from though.

[pg1067]

Happy Dirk Day! It's Geddy's birthday today!

What's everyone's favorite bass part in the Rush catalog? Off the top of my head, it has to be live versions of "By-Tor & The Snow Dog", even in the 21st century, Geddy just kills it during that middle section!

Without thinking too hard about it (because there are about 100 of them), I'm going with Digital Man.  He just rips that song up!  Damn...HOF beat me to it!

Prime Mover.

Ewww!

The verses of The Enemy Within just do it for me

Yup...very similar feel to Digital Man.

[ProfessorPeart]

One of my fave bass lines from Ged is that part in Show Don't Tell where he is going off. It's closer to the tail end of the song. He's just playing this funky bass.

[nick_z]

To add one I haven't seen yet - Leave That Thing Alone.

I love how the bass is carrying that theme at the beginning, in a way that's rhythmic and melodic at the same time, while Alex's guitar does a subdued accompaniment.

And to stay on the same album, in a non-instrumental track: Animate. Nothing too crazy about the bassline, I just love what it does for the song.

[Kram]

I'm a bass player and Geddy's my favorite.  So many great bass parts hard to pick a favorite.  Some notables off the top of my head - Digital Man, Hemisphere's the song, La Villa, actually the whole Hemisphere's album (he slays it on Circumstances), the whole Power Windows album as well, now that I'm thinking in terms of albums.  Yes, Leave That Thing Alone, Where's My Thing and Malignant Narcissism are all great too.  Cinderella Man is another favorite.  So many great bass parts.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Does Geddy even have any bad bass lines?

[pg1067]

Does Geddy even have any bad bass lines?

He kinda phoned it in on Rivendell.

Seriously...bad?  No.  Losing It is kind of mundane, but the song is about so much else.

[Trav86]

Does Geddy even have any bad bass lines?

He kinda phoned it in on Rivendell.

Seriously...bad?  No.  Losing It is kind of mundane, but the song is about so much else.

The guy is such a great player, and has such a great tone, that even the simple stuff always sounded so good.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Does Geddy even have any bad bass lines?

He kinda phoned it in on Rivendell.

Seriously...bad?  No.  Losing It is kind of mundane, but the song is about so much else.

Rivendell? Yeah, seriously, I don't think he plucked a single string in that entire song.

[KevShmev]

Maybe one of the next countdowns should be "top 100 Geddy Lee bass lines." 

What's funny is, I am sure many of us could list 100.

[TAC]

Maybe one of the next countdowns should be "top 100 Geddy Lee bass lines." 

Let me guess...just '74-'84?

[ytserush]

Happy Dirk Day! It's Geddy's birthday today!

What's everyone's favorite bass part in the Rush catalog? Off the top of my head, it has to be live versions of "By-Tor & The Snow Dog", even in the 21st century, Geddy just kills it during that middle section!

-Marc.

Guess I'll be that guy. Geddy's Birthday is July 29, Alex's is August 27 and Neil's was 9/12.

[jammindude]

So…Geddy and Alex played together on stage for the first time since the last R40 show over 7 years ago.

They made a surprise appearance at the end of a South Park 25th anniversary show at Red Rocks and jammed along with Primus and Matt on drums playing Closer to the Heart.

https://youtu.be/j8On0tCuO9w

[King Postwhore]

So…Geddy and Alex played together on stage for the first time since the last R40 show over 7 years ago.

They made a surprise appearance at the end of a South Park 25th anniversary show at Red Rocks and jammed along with Primus and Matt on drums playing Closer to the Heart.

https://youtu.be/j8On0tCuO9w

Just saw this on Facebook.  What a blast to watch.

[T-ski]

I smiled so big watching that.

[Orbert]

I'm not a big South Park fan, or Primus fan for that matter, but the idea of jamming onstage with your idols is universal.  That was amazing.

Geddy: "Thank you, eh!"