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misscammiedawn · 4 months

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Would you like to share any opinions on RUSH? You get extra points if they’re hot takes.

*HIGH PITCHED SQUEEEEEEEEEEE*!!!

Penny? I love you! Thank you for unleashing my thoughts!

VERY WELL! Let us begin!

I'm gonna list them in random order

- Time Stand Still is best music video and anyone who disagrees is being a grinch!

- Our favorite album is Roll the Bones and our favorite Live CD is A Show of Hands! I think Rush in Rio and Permanent Waves are the *best* though!

- They should just release the Different Stages live recording. It's pretty much out there as extra features on the other DVDs!

- The Clockwork Angels book and graphic novel are pretty average but are worth it for making Seven Cities of Gold not suck. The worst song is the best chapter of the novel

- I would buy a Blu-Ray that is just the backing videos for the live videos and I hate that the only backing vid that exists in full form is By-Tor from Rush in Rio (as an Easter Egg)

- Emotion Detector is the most underrated Rush song and I would have preferred Tom Sawyer or YYZ not get played in one of the tours to accommodate it in a concert! Only 44 songs have never been played live before and of them the only one that I think deserved to be played more is Vapor Trail because it is the ONLY title song of an album never played live (after Presto was pulled out for Time Machine)

- It is pronounced Why-Why-Zed. It is spelt Vapor Trails. The American spelling of Vapor is essential to the song's message

- Analog Kid is Alex's best song, Ghost of a Chance and Between The Wheels are second and third-- though live versions of Working Man are up there

- Geddy's solo at the end of Leave That Thing Alone (Time Machine Tour) is the exact peak of Rush, that was their highest point as a band!

- SARS Fest concert kinda sucked? Spirit of Radio with Paint It Black intro was amazing but the equipment was shot and they gave Alex a hot microphone. They also cut off the "encore" which just sucked. I am also a little salty that Rush were an opening band for the Stones *in Canada*.

- Tom Sawyer is overrated and they're not even Peart lyrics. Limelight and YYZ off of the same album are better.

- Neil's Ayn Rand period is a valid part of Rush history and provides so much extra context to The Garden. The same pen that wrote "begging hands and bleeding hearts will only cry out for more" ended his life with "the measure of a life is a measure of love and respect, the way you live and the gifts that you give, in the fullness of time it's the only return you can expect" - a man with a storied life as Neil with as much tragedy as he endured ended with him completely giving and loving in his heart when 35-40 years prior he wrote empathetically that "you don't get something for nothing"

- La Villa Strangiato is in my opinion not just the best instrumental but it is in contention for best Rush song period. I would never give it that title because it lacks Peart's lyrics and I find that people who say that have an irrational dislike of Geddy's voice... but it's still a valid take. Natural Science would get my all around best song badge. But best and favorite are not the same in my world and even still I mean *technically proficient* mixed with lyrics. I'll change my mind, likely. But that's my feeling right now.

- Geddy didn't get vocal training until before My Favorite Headache (2000) and Neil didn't get jazz drumming instruction until Burning For Buddy (1994). Both artists were just fine as they were but they perfected their arts and I prefer late era Rush because of that. The band never stopped evolving.

- I would have liked to have heard one of the solo album songs live (I Am The Spirit, Promise or My Favorite Headache) or have Bob and Doug do Take Off for a charity event like the South Park or Hawkings concerts last year. I *still* want that. Neil wasn't involved in the solo albums. It could still happen.

- I want a Jukebox Musical of Rush music so that The Body Electric isn't the only piece of fiction scored to Rush.

- Alex Lifeson could have been a comedian. He's one of the funniest humans on the planet.

- Peaceable Kingdom is better for having been the only song where lyrics were written after the music. Vapor Trail has amazing lyrics in general but I feel the limitation had positive impact and I wish Neil and the band did this practice more than once.

- Rush's improvised and last minute songs when they are running out of studio time are the best. Malignant Narcissism was the result of the album director seeing Geddy warming up with a vintage fretless bass and said "put that on the album" so they composed around the improvised riff, Force Ten was literally a last minute addition to Hold Your Fire. La Villa is said to have been recorded in a single take (I do not believe that legend as it wasn't in any of the biographies I have read). Rush just work best with limitations. They're a bunch of goofs and giving them a time limit makes them go into a Saitama style serious mode.

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I could write tons more. But I'll call it there.

I like Rush.

A lot.

More than you think I do.

#cammie asks #rush posting #rush is a band #rush #okay it started as Cammie asks #but the Rand line was pure Camden #the first constant

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mezmer · 10 months

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I’m wearing Rush socks

#rush #rush is a band #maudlin of the well

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aquadonia · 2 years

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#ICYMI: Album Month - August 2022, Day 22 dropped earlier today (I just forgot to alert my social media satellites. 🤦🏻‍♀️)

Anyhoo... As you can see by the cheeky memes, today's subject is the legendary Rush and their final masterpiece, Clockwork Angels. Give it a look, ya?

https://aquadonia.blogspot.com/2022/08/Day22-Rush-ClockworkAngels.html

#AlbumMonth #August2022 #Day22 #Rush #ClockworkAngels #byaquadonia #Albums #Music #GeddyLee #AlexLifeson #NeilPeart #Legendary #LegendaryBands #Legends #ProgLegends #LegendsNeverDie

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felsicveins · 3 months

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Not technically his ex cause the divorce papers were never signed...

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bbyteach · 4 months

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Uhhh sooooo NYC 80’s punk scene AU where ed used to play in bands when younger but not anymore & runs a popular venue and is totally burned out on the scene. Until a blonde weirdo wearing pastels started coming to shows there and he had to understand what is going on with this guy?? And the guy wants to learn more about this world and Ed confused but ends up having more fun than he has in ages??

#ofmd #blackbonnet #our flag means death #edward teach #stede bonnet #gentlebeard #ofmd season 2 #my draws #ofmd au #I rushed the first one to hammer it out bc last drawing of the year babyyyyy #one of Ed’s old bands was called ‘here comes the kraken’#anyway he’s burned out on The Grind and all the bad bs in punk spaces overall #he’s not too cool to get flowers now in fact he welcomes the occasion okay #and uh. happy new year #oh and the venue is queen Anne’s revenge bc he’s a pirate history nerd maybe idk #punks and pirates seem like they are kindred spirits #for vastly different goals but… you know

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koheletgirl · 1 year

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#look ik there are more. but they only give you 10 options #also i was afraid of kids coming here and saying stuff like shake it up or whatever #anyway. sorry naked brothers band sorry big time rush sorry unfabulous sorry jonas the tv show #🤎

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cherrirui-official · 25 days

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"You know... You didn't have to take that with you."

"But I promised him I'd take him out to see the ocean one day."

#for context uhmm how do i explain this #so around a few weeks after Jd arrives Bruce is like “Hey... where are the others?”#and Jd is like “ooooh 🤪🤪 he doesnt know...”#Since at this time JD believes that the entire tribe is dead. including his brothers and grandma #so Jd has to take Bruce to the now abandoned troll tree and give him the bad news #Bruce doesnt believe it at first. even if the tree is abandoned they cant be dead? right?? they cant be #so he rushes over to their grandma's pod. thinking that theyre just in hiding and waiting for them to return #and all Bruce is able to find in the empty pod is Branch's old stuffed toy Croco #which solidifies to Bruce that everyone is dead. their friends their family. everyone #Bruce is obviously devastated by the news. he doesnt show it a lot but he doesnt take it too well #he ends up bringing Croco with him back to Vacay Island and patches Croco up #since Croco is a bit worn out due to being left in the pod for years #and since then Bruce always keeps Croco hidden in his hair. both as a memoir of his baby brother #and also a reminder of how he failed as an older brother... ouch #ofc the others arent dead. its just that now both Jd AND Bruce believe that the rest of the trolls are dead #also King Trollex is there bc i wanted to put him there. I like Trollex :]#a knee ways more bb au art i promise the next bb au art will be lighthearted #tho now im gonna work on the next violet gijinka batch bc ive been starving my friendlocke audience for too long #sorry friendlocke fans ill feed u next dw #cherris canvas #trolls #trolls band together #trolls john dory #john dory trolls #trolls bruce #bruce trolls #king trollex #beach bros au #sorry for rambling in the tags i hope u dont mind ahaha

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intheblackofmyroom · 8 months

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prog fans that are still alive this is for you

#prog rock #progressive rock #pink floyd #yes band #genesis #van der graaf generator #rush #camel band #caravan #gentle giant #emerson lake and palmer #king crimson #jethro tull #too many bands to tag

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noahl-art · 3 months

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✨️ Happy Valentine's day ✨️ (last one I promise)

Small gift for @forlorn-crows 🌿

It's based on And You Know That It Takes Two (it was so good 🫠)

Thanks for blessing us with your amazing writing!!

#this is my little pebble for you #also sorry it was really rushed but i hope you like it!!#papa emeritus iv #cardinal copia #dewdrop ghoul #copia/dewdrop #copia dew #sketch #illustration #ghost band fanart #the band ghost #ghost bc #nameless ghouls #fanart #my art

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fraiserabbit · 3 months

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family matters

john dory (13), bruce (12), clay (9), floyd (4)

after his harrowing experience floyd has taken to following his brothers around, any brother as long as he's not alone.

some months into living with the putt putt trolls, clay mentioned wanting to go see grandma and his brothers. he never asked again.

they'd chase their kids around as the monster at playtime..we made such an adorable family for CREEK of all trolls 💀 (rush and serenity created by me n @meisawkwardashecc)

she loves her brother but holy shit bro

#dreamworks trolls #trolls 3 #trolls band together #trolls brozone #trolls john dory #trolls spruce #trolls bruce #trolls clay #trolls floyd #trolls viva #trolls oc #(trolls oc) rush #(trolls oc) serenity #ace in the hole #(trolls oc) chip #(trolls oc) tilt #✍🐇

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misscammiedawn · 4 months

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What 1 Rush song would you play for someone who'd never heard them before to convince them to listen to more Rush?

If I can't like guess what a person prefers and find the best answer then I usually go with Subdivisions because it's got the best drumming, really good lyrics and is like undeniably one of their best songs.

Spirit of Radio and/or Limelight if a person hates synth and wants guitar driven rock <3