The "Rush" enigma

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gkbill wrote:
01 Nov 2022, 11:26pm
white man wrote:
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Did it not appear in a few movies that were popular with the Teen's around that time.
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BostonBeaneater wrote:
02 Nov 2022, 12:10am
Just making sure this wasn’t another thread where doc is pontificating on the sweet singing of Geddy Lee.
:naughty: Kory's the obsessive Rush fan here.
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Flex wrote:
01 Nov 2022, 6:49pm
matedog wrote:
01 Nov 2022, 6:40pm
Maybe I'm wrong on this, but I think Rush is their best song by a wide margin. I love all the weird shit in it.
I... possibly agree with this.
I enjoy the generally agreed upon "great" BAD songs - E=MC^2, Bottom Line, Sightsee, Beyond the Pale, etc, but Rush does a lot more in four minutes than those songs do in (what seems like) six minutes. That breakdown at a minute and a half is so cool, then a minute later the song fades back in and reminds you you are listening to a catchy ass song.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.

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I remember seeing them in Sept. ‘91 at Rutgers University and that’s when fraternities and sororities were having “rush” week so I think that contributed to the appeal from the college crowd in the US.

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
02 Nov 2022, 6:10am
BostonBeaneater wrote:
02 Nov 2022, 12:10am
Just making sure this wasn’t another thread where doc is pontificating on the sweet singing of Geddy Lee.
:naughty: Kory's the obsessive Rush fan here.
I forgot, you're the Tragically Hip guy.
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BostonBeaneater wrote:
02 Nov 2022, 12:01pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
02 Nov 2022, 6:10am
BostonBeaneater wrote:
02 Nov 2022, 12:10am
Just making sure this wasn’t another thread where doc is pontificating on the sweet singing of Geddy Lee.
:naughty: Kory's the obsessive Rush fan here.
I forgot, you're the Tragically Hip guy.
Can I at least have a menu of awful Canadian bands to choose from? :sad:
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
02 Nov 2022, 12:11pm
BostonBeaneater wrote:
02 Nov 2022, 12:01pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
02 Nov 2022, 6:10am
BostonBeaneater wrote:
02 Nov 2022, 12:10am
Just making sure this wasn’t another thread where doc is pontificating on the sweet singing of Geddy Lee.
:naughty: Kory's the obsessive Rush fan here.
I forgot, you're the Tragically Hip guy.
Can I at least have a menu of awful Canadian bands to choose from? :sad:
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BostonBeaneater wrote:
02 Nov 2022, 12:16pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
02 Nov 2022, 12:11pm
BostonBeaneater wrote:
02 Nov 2022, 12:01pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
02 Nov 2022, 6:10am
BostonBeaneater wrote:
02 Nov 2022, 12:10am
Just making sure this wasn’t another thread where doc is pontificating on the sweet singing of Geddy Lee.
:naughty: Kory's the obsessive Rush fan here.
I forgot, you're the Tragically Hip guy.
Can I at least have a menu of awful Canadian bands to choose from? :sad:
Fuck a duck. Okay, The Pursuit of Happiness had two good songs. I'll take them.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
01 Nov 2022, 7:04pm
matedog wrote:
01 Nov 2022, 6:40pm
Maybe I'm wrong on this, but I think Rush is their best song by a wide margin. I love all the weird shit in it.
I don't dislike it one iota, but I'll take any of the singles off the first two albums any day of the week.
I agree with this post.
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Rush is a killer riff played at the perfect tempo. The "single" version had the middle bit edited out and that was the one the radio stations in NY played at the time. I love the song and its right up there with any guitar riff anywhere. So simple and so powerful. Awesomesauce.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
02 Nov 2022, 12:11pm
BostonBeaneater wrote:
02 Nov 2022, 12:01pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
02 Nov 2022, 6:10am
BostonBeaneater wrote:
02 Nov 2022, 12:10am
Just making sure this wasn’t another thread where doc is pontificating on the sweet singing of Geddy Lee.
:naughty: Kory's the obsessive Rush fan here.
I forgot, you're the Tragically Hip guy.
Can I at least have a menu of awful Canadian bands to choose from? :sad:
Sure thing, boss:

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Spiff wrote:
03 Nov 2022, 11:26am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
02 Nov 2022, 12:11pm
BostonBeaneater wrote:
02 Nov 2022, 12:01pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
02 Nov 2022, 6:10am
BostonBeaneater wrote:
02 Nov 2022, 12:10am
Just making sure this wasn’t another thread where doc is pontificating on the sweet singing of Geddy Lee.
:naughty: Kory's the obsessive Rush fan here.
I forgot, you're the Tragically Hip guy.
Can I at least have a menu of awful Canadian bands to choose from? :sad:
Sure thing, boss:

1. April Wine
Ah...my favourites. "I like to rock" indeed.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Spiff wrote:
03 Nov 2022, 11:26am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
02 Nov 2022, 12:11pm
BostonBeaneater wrote:
02 Nov 2022, 12:01pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
02 Nov 2022, 6:10am
BostonBeaneater wrote:
02 Nov 2022, 12:10am
Just making sure this wasn’t another thread where doc is pontificating on the sweet singing of Geddy Lee.
:naughty: Kory's the obsessive Rush fan here.
I forgot, you're the Tragically Hip guy.
Can I at least have a menu of awful Canadian bands to choose from? :sad:
Sure thing, boss:

1. April Wine
I’m officially a teetotaller then. :yuck:
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very cool track
very basic
very clash
very Mick and Andrée Shapps works
This track get me into pigmeat markam
I really dig the white label remix at the time (92 ?)
done that many moon ago



I may be think of another remix....

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It’s popularity makes sense to me. It was the first song by anyone that prompted me to go out and buy an album. It stood out from everything else on the radio in regional Australia. Nothing was made of the clash connection, i only discovered that years later. You’ll still hear Rush and The Globe on mainstream radio here, more than anything by BAD1 or the Clash

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