I know Alan Green is a big Rush/Lifeson guy. He must be on vacation. :)
I'm back - the builders have been working in the bedrooms and the kitchen so I've not had much pc access whilst we've been crashing at Kathy's place.
Limelight
Red Sector A
Working Man - go on, play it reggae style
Closer To The Heart
"Closer To The Heart" is what turned me on to Rush. Veteran UK members will recall The Old Grey Whistle Test, a rock show which went out late on Tuesdays on BBC2. The immortal Bob Harris introduced the vid last item up one night. I was hooked; my Dad just sat there with a look of abject horror on his face and he never remotely got into them.
Best,
A :-)
"Be good at what you can do" - Fingerbanger"
I have always felt that it is better to do what is beautiful than what is 'right'" - Eliot Fisk
Wedding music and guitar lessons in Essex. Listen at: http://www.rollmopmusic.co.uk
rush has always been oneof my favs, workingman off the " all the worlds a stage" album
is a classic, alex'es playing is over the top, he is an incredible guitar player and probably one of the most underated guitar players there is, and you gotta give props to the "proffesor on the drum kit" mr. neil peart, his solo is the best i have ever heard, he, imo is the best drummer of all time. ohh ya, the whole 2112 album, one of the best albums ever made.
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even god loves rock-n-roll
By the way = what does everything think of Geddy's solo album. I thought it was pretty good.
-=- Steve
"If the moon were made of ribs, would you eat it?"
2112
Bish
"I play live as playing dead is harder than it sounds!"
I always liked Alex's acoustic going into electric. I'll vote for the Trees today. May be different tomorrow. :D
Dave
Sometimes in life you get shown the light,
In the strangest of places if you look at it right.
There are sooooo many......
YYZ
Red Barchetta
Roll the Bones
Tom Sawyer
Its a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself.
The Pass, Marathon, Mission - in no particular order
Gordon Smith GS1.5-40 Marshall VS65R
I always liked Alex's acoustic going into electric. I'll vote for the Trees today. May be different tomorrow. :D
Perhaps his best example (IMHO) is La Villa Strangiato. He rocks on that tune...
-=- Steve
"If the moon were made of ribs, would you eat it?"
I don't have just one fav either: Fly By Night, Working Man, Freewill.
I'm in St. Louis, and KSHE95 plays quite a bit of RUSH!! I like them.
"Hind sight is 20/20"
Growing up in Buffalo, NY so close to Canada you HAD to ne a Rush fan as well as Kim Mitchell & Triumph fan.
I like Rush more now than I did in the late '70s. I would have to say that Spirit of Radio is probably my fav.
As for Kim Mitchell, On the Road and Words to Words are two great seldom heard songs.
And Triumph, Magic Power for sure.
Case
Graham
'72 Guild D25
'72 Guild A50 Archtop
'87 Guild GF25
'89 Guild JF30
'96 Guild DV-52
'99 Guild JF30-12
Xanadu
Passage to Bangkok
"That’s what takes place when a song is written: You see something that isn’t there. Then you use your instrument to find it."
- John Frusciante
My favorite song is YYZ - incredible display of tasty musicianship from all three! I also love Subdivisions, but mainly because that song was a hit when I was a teen, and growing up in the MYC suburbs, I related to the song's message. Then, of course the whole first side of the 2112 album (yes, I said ALBUM, not CD :P ).
