Rush v. Dirk, Pratt, & Lerxst

[Phoenix87x]

Just stopping by to say:

Mystic Rhythms 

[jammindude]

Someone posted a “dream set list” on a Rush fan page that consisted of only “first songs”, and I guess I was a bit shocked at what an excellent set list it would make. Usually, if you’re thinking that linear, there’s usually a point where it goes all wrong. But this is actually a pretty awesome list. Especially with the arranged order he put it in. It would make an excellent flow.

Set 1:
Introduction: Three Stooges Theme   1:04
The Spirit of Radio   5:03
Subdivisions   5:48
Distant Early Warning   5:24
Caravan   5:42
The Big Money   6:02
Show Don’t Tell   5:29
A Far Cry   5:31
A Farewell to Kings   5:53
2112   21:36
[1:07:32]
Set 2:
One Little Victory (Dragon Intro)   5:47
Force Ten   5:35
Dreamline   5:19
Test For Echo   6:15
Animate   6:15
Moto Perpetuo/Love for Sale (drum solo)   8:22
Summertime Blues   3:41
Tom Sawyer (South Park Intro)   5:57
Hemispheres Part I: Prelude   4:19
Bastille Day   5:07
Anthem   4:56
Finding My Way   4:34
[1:06:07]

[romdrums]

That setlist is awesome!

[Architeuthis]

Just stopping by to say:

Mystic Rhythms 

Primitive things stir the hearts of everyone..   awesome song!   

Btw, that's a great first song setlist by jammindude!   

[Phoenix87x]

Do you guys have a favorite Rush song?

Mine would be the acoustic version of Resist from Rush in Rio

[jammindude]

Hemispheres

[King Postwhore]

Marathon

[Zydar]

Subdivisions

[Metro]

Analog Kid

[billboy73]

My #1 doesn't change.  Always will be Natural Science.  So epic!

[Stadler]

La Villa Straniato.  Unwaveringly so. 

[HOF]

Well, as of the top 75 Rush countdown we did a few months ago, my top 3 were:

1. Available Light
2. Between The Wheels
3. Emotion Detector

[DTA]

The Enemy Within... so much awesomeness in this song

[Mladen]

Probably The Spirit of radio. Not a particularly original choice, I know. 

[pg1067]

Do you guys have a favorite Rush song?

I'm guessing you missed this thread:  https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=57248.0

[Samsara]

I missed the countdown thread. I got into Rush late, sadly.

I started to have interest in the mid-1990s. I bought Test for Echo, liked it, but had to pass on the tour (a big regret) because I was in college and didn't have the money. Then Rush went away, and when they came back, I was at law school in Massachusetts and me and some buddies went to the "comeback" show in Hartford. I still wasn't a massive fan, and wasn't as "into" them as everyone else. But after that show, I started to be. I bought more records, saw them a couple more times, and became a hardcore fan. Sadly, their last two tours (Clockwork and R40) were in San Jose, which from where I live, is a non-starter on a weeknight. I SHOULD HAVE gone, obviously, but with the traffic, it would have been a ridiculous haul. Still, now, I wish I had.

My favorites right off the top of my head are Animate and Red Sector A Distant Early Warning. Those two always resonate.

edit. I misspoke and confused the two. But Red Sector A is in my top-10 for sure.

[King Postwhore]

I missed the countdown thread. I got into Rush late, sadly.

I started to have interest in the mid-1990s. I bought Test for Echo, liked it, but had to pass on the tour (a big regret) because I was in college and didn't have the money. Then Rush went away, and when they came back, I was at law school in Massachusetts and me and some buddies went to the "comeback" show in Hartford. I still wasn't a massive fan, and wasn't as "into" them as everyone else. But after that show, I started to be. I bought more records, saw them a couple more times, and became a hardcore fan. Sadly, their last two tours (Clockwork and R40) were in San Jose, which from where I live, is a non-starter on a weeknight. I SHOULD HAVE gone, obviously, but with the traffic, it would have been a ridiculous haul. Still, now, I wish I had.

My favorites right off the top of my head are Animate and Red Sector A. Those two always resonate.

So you were there too for the opening night of the Vapor Trails tour?  Excellent!

[Samsara]

Yep!

I didn't realize the magnitude of the show when I was there, honestly. It was only later where I was like "hey, I was at that show!" The sad thing is, because I as so unfamiliar with them, except for the major radio hits, it's one of the few shows I don't quite remember anything from. I typically remember bits and pieces from every show I've gone to (I don't drink at shows, or if I do, it's literally one beer and that's it). But that one is drawing a blank.

Thankfully, I have the show as an audio bootleg, and some of Ged's banter I recalled, so there's that.

[nick_z]

My #1 Rush song is Natural Science

My favorites right off the top of my head are Animate and Red Sector A. Those two always resonate.

Both fantastic picks...Animate, in particular, is a top 10 Rush song for me. So different for them and yet so very "Rush"...great groove and bass line, and that ending...so epic.

[KevShmev]

I think their best song is quite obviously Family Sawyer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bBYGPD4MTA

[cfmoran13]

Depending on the day, mine is either Natural Science or Jacob's Ladder.  Yes, Permanent Waves is my favorite album.   

[Cool Chris]

2112 is my favorite Rush song, and has been one of my favorite songs by any band since the early 90s when I first heard it. Sitting here in 2022, ask me for my Mt Rushmore, and 2112 is on it.

[ReaperKK]

Do you guys have a favorite Rush song?

Mine would be the acoustic version of Resist from Rush in Rio

I'm about to be roasted to oblivion but Hope is my favorite, followed very closely by Marsthon.

[jammindude]

I’m going to change the subject here to open it up to what you guys think.

How many of you think we have a possibility of getting a Signals 40th anniversary box set? Personally, I think the odds are extremely slim. As much as I love that album, I’m thinking their big hurrah boxed sets will be restricted to their “classic period” of 2112-MP.

What do you think?

[The Letter M]

I’m going to change the subject here to open it up to what you guys think.

How many of you think we have a possibility of getting a Signals 40th anniversary box set? Personally, I think the odds are extremely slim. As much as I love that album, I’m thinking their big hurrah boxed sets will be restricted to their “classic period” of 2112-MP.

What do you think?

Chances are slim, but I will remain hopeful if only because it might mean we get a complete Signals Tour soundboard show, which doesn't exist AFAIK.

I think Signals has a good chance considering it has the band's first number one single in "New World Man".

Also, today, the 9th of September, is the actual release date of Signals, so happy 40th birthday Signals!

Edit - also also, yesterday was the 35th birthday for Hold Your Fire, and tomorrow Test For Echo turns 26! Lots of September releases from Rush!

-Marc.

[King Postwhore]

New World Man's peak was #21. It was never #1. 

[The Curious Orange]

yesterday was the 35th birthday for Hold Your Fire, and tomorrow Test For Echo turns 26!

I can remember buying both those albums when they came out like it was yesterday.

[Stadler]

I’m going to change the subject here to open it up to what you guys think.

How many of you think we have a possibility of getting a Signals 40th anniversary box set? Personally, I think the odds are extremely slim. As much as I love that album, I’m thinking their big hurrah boxed sets will be restricted to their “classic period” of 2112-MP.

What do you think?

But that's a distinction - "the classic period" - that the fans have made, but the band themselves never really embraced.  I don't think Rush themselves ever viewed "2112-MP" as their "classic period".   I can absolutely see a Signals set.

[HOF]

Just saw this over at the Rush is a Band Blog:

Today is the 40th anniversary of the release of Rush's 9th studio album Signals. The album peaked at number 1 in Canada, number 3 in the UK, and number 10 in the US. It was certified platinum by the RIAA in November 1982, and produced three singles - New World Man (Rush's highest charting single in the US and a number-one hit in Canada), as well as Countdown and the classic Subdivisions. The album has been reissued several times, including a remaster with a new stereo and 5.1 surround sound mix in 2011. But what most fans are wondering about is whether a 40th anniversary box set reissue is in the works. Over the past several years, Rush has released 40th anniversary editions of several of their classic albums, including 2112, A Farewell to Kings, Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, and Moving Pictures, so it's assumed that they'll be giving Signals a similar treatment as well. The only question is the timing. The last 2 box sets were delayed due to supply chain and other issues - the Permanent Waves set didn't release until 6 months after the actual anniversary, and Moving Pictures was delayed even longer - well over a YEAR after the actual February 12, 2021 anniversary. So I think it's safe to say that we will be getting a box set, but it likely won't be released until sometime next year.

https://www.rushisaband.com/blog/2022/09/09/5848/Updates-and-other-random-Rush-stuff

[The Letter M]

New World Man's peak was #21. It was never #1.

Just saw this over at the Rush is a Band Blog:

Today is the 40th anniversary of the release of Rush's 9th studio album Signals. The album peaked at number 1 in Canada, number 3 in the UK, and number 10 in the US. It was certified platinum by the RIAA in November 1982, and produced three singles - New World Man (Rush's highest charting single in the US and a number-one hit in Canada), as well as Countdown and the classic Subdivisions. The album has been reissued several times, including a remaster with a new stereo and 5.1 surround sound mix in 2011. But what most fans are wondering about is whether a 40th anniversary box set reissue is in the works. Over the past several years, Rush has released 40th anniversary editions of several of their classic albums, including 2112, A Farewell to Kings, Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, and Moving Pictures, so it's assumed that they'll be giving Signals a similar treatment as well. The only question is the timing. The last 2 box sets were delayed due to supply chain and other issues - the Permanent Waves set didn't release until 6 months after the actual anniversary, and Moving Pictures was delayed even longer - well over a YEAR after the actual February 12, 2021 anniversary. So I think it's safe to say that we will be getting a box set, but it likely won't be released until sometime next year.

https://www.rushisaband.com/blog/2022/09/09/5848/Updates-and-other-random-Rush-stuff

And from Wikipedia:

It went to #1 (on the RPM national singles chart) in Canada, where it remained for two weeks in October 1982.

It also hit No. 1 on the Billboard Top Tracks chart (the first Rush single to do so).

"New World Man" is also Ruah's only Top 40 hit in America, despite having numerous radio hits before Signals.

-Marc.

[Samsara]

I’m going to change the subject here to open it up to what you guys think.

How many of you think we have a possibility of getting a Signals 40th anniversary box set? Personally, I think the odds are extremely slim. As much as I love that album, I’m thinking their big hurrah boxed sets will be restricted to their “classic period” of 2112-MP.

What do you think?

I think it will absolutely happen. With Rush now being extinct, but still at the top of their popularity, I think every landmark record for them (and Signals was one) will get the same treatment. it wouldn't surprise me if some of the mid-80s albums get more of a "deluxe" revamp instead, but a box set of Signals is going to happen. Those things are cash cows for bands. Suckers like us eat em up.

....and I saw Marc beat me to it. 

[King Postwhore]

New World Man's peak was #21. It was never #1.

Just saw this over at the Rush is a Band Blog:

Today is the 40th anniversary of the release of Rush's 9th studio album Signals. The album peaked at number 1 in Canada, number 3 in the UK, and number 10 in the US. It was certified platinum by the RIAA in November 1982, and produced three singles - New World Man (Rush's highest charting single in the US and a number-one hit in Canada), as well as Countdown and the classic Subdivisions. The album has been reissued several times, including a remaster with a new stereo and 5.1 surround sound mix in 2011. But what most fans are wondering about is whether a 40th anniversary box set reissue is in the works. Over the past several years, Rush has released 40th anniversary editions of several of their classic albums, including 2112, A Farewell to Kings, Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, and Moving Pictures, so it's assumed that they'll be giving Signals a similar treatment as well. The only question is the timing. The last 2 box sets were delayed due to supply chain and other issues - the Permanent Waves set didn't release until 6 months after the actual anniversary, and Moving Pictures was delayed even longer - well over a YEAR after the actual February 12, 2021 anniversary. So I think it's safe to say that we will be getting a box set, but it likely won't be released until sometime next year.

https://www.rushisaband.com/blog/2022/09/09/5848/Updates-and-other-random-Rush-stuff

And from Wikipedia:

It went to #1 (on the RPM national singles chart) in Canada, where it remained for two weeks in October 1982.

It also hit No. 1 on the Billboard Top Tracks chart (the first Rush single to do so).

"New World Man" is also Ruah's only Top 40 hit in America, despite having numerous radio hits before Signals.

-Marc.

That's like saying it hit #1 on the rock charts.  But it leaves out all other genres. 

[pg1067]

Is a 40th anniversary Signals set possible?  Of course.

How likely is it?  I have no clue.

Do I need or really want one?  Not really, unless it includes a remixing of the album to make the guitars more prominent (and a "deluxe" version that doesn't require me to make the choice between foregoing trinkets and wasting money on vinyl would be nice, but I know that's a pipe dream).

What do I want?  A 40th anniversary ESL set with FULL video of the Montreal Forum shows.

[Samsara]

My #1 Rush song is Natural Science

My favorites right off the top of my head are Animate and Red Sector A. Those two always resonate.

Both fantastic picks...Animate, in particular, is a top 10 Rush song for me. So different for them and yet so very "Rush"...great groove and bass line, and that ending...so epic.

I goofed on Red Sector A. It's in my top-10 for sure. But I meant Distant Early Warning. I always goof those up as both are on GUP.

[ytserush]

Listening to Rush In Rio today for the first time in years.

OH MY GOD, i forgot how much I love this album 

I need to put this on again, as well. It’s probably been a decade at least since I listened to or watched that show.

Coming up on 20 years since this was recorded and 19 years since it was released.