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Analyst69
10-06-2013, 11:38 AM
Okay

Given the number of members of the community, I wonder how many are familiar with Rush.

I've posted this in the inspiration section as, if there is ever any band that makes me want to grab the guitar (or jump on the drums or pick up a bass), it is Rush.

Their prolific career and catalogue of albums continues to amaze me. Even when I don't think I feel like listening to them, if I hear them, I want to play music.

A very intellectual band, with a great sense of rock.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BZ1_kwzSr0

Interested to know if anyone else out there is a Rush fan. :D

Bass Guy
10-06-2013, 11:41 AM
Yeah, got a lot of love for Rush. But I can appreciate why they are so often derided....three truly consummate musicians.

Bass Guy
10-06-2013, 11:49 AM
Analyst69, you will love these....

Ben Lacy plays Rush's Tom Sawyer

via McTube for iPhone/iPad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFbsOiF-C4M

Ben Lacy plays Rush's "YYZ"

via McTube for iPhone/iPad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1CpR5imZRw

Analyst69
10-06-2013, 12:31 PM
Great clips Bass Guy.

One of the great things I get from Rush is the intricate web their songs have (kinda embarrassing though when I get excited listening to them, go and jump on the drums and realise I am nowhere near the skill and ability of Neil Peart :)).

I really like this clip (which I'm watching on DVD at the mo') for YYZ which gives a bit more visuals to what to Geddy Lee is doing on Bass...(damn, wish I could do that too :))

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WddSQVTwj_Y

Fretworn
10-06-2013, 09:15 PM
I've been listening to, and loving, Rush for 30 years.

wokkaboy
11-06-2013, 03:03 AM
Hi Analyst,
I haven't heard much Rush but love the 1st video clip (and the double neck SG in the background !)

any good concerts you recommend on youtube or download of the net ?

Analyst69
11-06-2013, 05:23 AM
Hey Wokka

Where to start :)

Rush in Rio is held up as an awesome concert (with an incredibly wild crowd). One of the great standouts is the performance of YYZ at around 27 minutes in...the crowd are going nuts and seem to be singing along to an instrumental.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEpmU28bAKU

For past history the Exit Stage Left concert/documentary is pretty good (this was 1981 so the quality of footage isn't spectacular):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdn-MwcZDUw

The Classic Albums 2112/Moving Pictures documentary was particularly awesome as it gives a bit more history of the band and their evolution along the prog rock path:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ARd5SPm2M4

Last month, Rush were finally inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of fame (after a career of around 40 years). There is actually some good clips from the induction ceremony on youtube (including Dave Grohl, who was given the honour of inducting them, playing Rush songs while dressed like they did in the mid 70s).

wokkaboy
11-06-2013, 05:29 AM
thanks for the youtube links Analyst and tips what to watch, I'll try find the time to check them out !

Analyst69
11-06-2013, 06:03 AM
For anyone whose a fan of South Park, this ones pretty good too...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFGVDWc_5Q8

Bass Guy
11-06-2013, 09:07 AM
Just watched the classic album clips. Man, Neil Peart is incredible.

Analyst69
11-06-2013, 10:09 AM
Quote from Bass Guy on June 10, 2013, 18:07
Just watched the classic album clips. Man, Neil Peart is incredible.

Absolutely. They don't call him the professor for nothing (actually, I believe they called him that because he was always reading books, but his precise execution of complex drum rhythms and time signatures also warrants this title).

Fretworn
12-06-2013, 02:23 AM
The fact that "Xanadu" off A Farewell to Kings was recorded live on the studio's back porch in one take still blows my mind. And it was the first take.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm4eoUpfRro

Analyst69
12-06-2013, 03:45 AM
/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from Fretworn on June 11, 2013, 11:23
The fact that "Xanadu" off A Farewell to Kings was recorded live on the studio's back porch in one take still blows my mind. And it was the first take.


Equally mind-blown by that fact Fretworn.

Xanadu is one of my favourite Rush songs (top three along with freewill, A Passage to Bangkok and La Villa Strangiato...dammit, that's four 8O ).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK1hmDpa8bo