Posted on 02/12/2021 5:21:30 PM PST by DoodleBob
“Rush’s sales statistics also place them third behind the Beatles and the Rolling Stones for the most consecutive gold or platinum albums by a rock band.”
Rush is the only band where every musician is considered by some to be the greatest of all time on their respective instrument.
Peart is the obvious one, but Lee is considered by many to be the greatest bassist of all time, and some of his licks are quite incredible, not to mention his keyboards/vocals.
And before you write Lifeson off, he is one of the few guitarists to play every style, from acoustic, to space age effects, as good as anyone can play either.
A modern day warrior - mean, mean stride. Today’s Tom Sawyer - mean, mean pride.
I get up at seven, yeah, and I go to work at nine.
I got no time for livin’, yes, I’m workin’ all the time.
It seems to me I could live my life
A lot better than I think I am.
I guess that’s why they call me
They call me the working man.
They call me the working man.
I guess that’s what I am.
So I get home at five o’clock and I take myself out a nice, cold beer.
Always seem to be wond’rin’ why there’s nothin’ goin’ down here.
It seems to me I could live my life
A lot better than I think I am.
I guess that’s why they call me
The working man.
And the building they’re in front of is Queen’s Park in Toronto, which is the Capitol Building for the Province of Ontario. I’ve been there many, many times.
Hmmm...who’s this Limbaugh dude? Did he also release one of the most important albums in the history of rock, also titled “Moving Pictures” forty years ago today?
In 1979 my neighbor gave me 2112 on an 8 track and a console with a turntable and an 8 track player.
My world was forever changed. 2112 and Hemisphere’s to this day are my 2 most played albums.
Moving Pictures got me into Rush. There was never any way out... :)
Hmmm...who’s this Limbaugh dude? Did he also release one of the most important albums in the history of rock, also titled “Moving Pictures” forty years ago today?
Limbaugh was Rush before ‘Rush’ !
Most important albums? Please. Commercial wise maybe.
I wore this cassette out in my Walkman when I was in the army. Great album. Carbon-dating myself coming and going, right there.
That was good, but in the prog world Rick Wakeman’s speech was the gold standard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i34kuOqEXRc
That was good, but in the prog world Rick Wakeman’s speech was the gold standard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i34kuOqEXRc
Always great to meet other Rushians.
Guy I was dating introduced me to them around 86. What a treasure! The band, not the guy.
I got caught up and then every new release day was a holiday. Take the day off, get to the music store. Unwrap it in the car, look at everything.
Rush home, phone off the hook, shades down, dogs knocked out on Dramamine.
Light a candle and push Start.
Always took 2 or 3 replays to absorb the new direction. I think Presto was the easiest to love right off.
Got to a lot of shows before 2001, just a handful after. I lost my concert buddy when I got married %-)
Yesterday a FB group asked what tunes were the favorite of the female fans. I listed my favorite from each studio album.
I could listen to Rush every day. Some songs more than others but any RUSH is better than many others.
Still cry about Neil.
Happy birthday Moving Pictures.
In November 1983, Limbaugh returned to radio with a year's stint at KMBZ (AM) in Kansas City. He decided to drop his on-air moniker and broadcast under his real name.
Rush started in 1968 (Limbaugh started in radio in 1971) and their first album was released in 1974.
No matter how you cut it, Rush was Rush before Limbaugh was Rush.
Holy shoot! Me and a bud went to the Moving Pictures concert in Minneapolis in 1981 (was that really 40 years ago?!).
Our tickets had us on the main floor but way in the back. After the warmup band was done we wandered up to the front and found the 2nd row almost empty on the right side of the isle. We figured what the heck, lets take a seat; the worst that can happen is we have to go back to our own seats. But nobody ever came.
Long story short - an amazing concert. Geddy Lee had his Moog setup right in front of us. Awesome experience.
Oh, and when I went to Marine bootcamp later that fall, my girlfriend broke up with me and eventually married my bud.
This is the FIRST time I heard about Rush breaking up a couple...
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