# Rush. A cover song CD? Wha? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 5, 2004, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-a-cover-song-cd-wha/248760 "2004-06-05T03:20:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-a-cover-song-cd-wha/248760/1 "2004-06-05T03:20:53Z")
So I hit [rush.com](http://rush.com) and what do I see? An announcement of a new CD coming out 6/29 and it’s 8 60s covers. Wha? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-a-cover-song-cd-wha/248760/2 "2004-06-05T03:52:38Z")
Actually, it looks like a nice collection- two Yardbirds songs, two Buffalo Springfield songs, then a Who/Eddie Cochrane track, a Cream/Robert Johnson track, and a nice selection from Love. None of Love’s music has gotten much airplay in the past 20 years- it would be nice of “Seven and Seven Is” got some airplay, and sent some new fans back toward Arthur Lee. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-a-cover-song-cd-wha/248760/3 "2004-06-05T06:02:37Z")
For the band’s 30th anniversary, the boys thought it would be fun to travel back to the time when they were 13-14 years old and just learning how to play their instruments. These are some of the songs they, individually, spent hours and hours learning to play way back then. I guess they just did this on a lark - got the idea, went to the studio and laid everything down in ten days. I’m looking forward to it 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TheTyrant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thetyrant/32/19111_2.png) [@TheTyrant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTyrant)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-a-cover-song-cd-wha/248760/4 "2004-06-05T16:44:30Z")
I’m looking forward to it, too. Of course, Rush could release 74 minutes of ANYTHING and I’d probably end up buying it. Didn’t their first single have a couple of covers on it, too? I know they covered Buddy Holly’s “Not Fade Away”, and I thought another song as well. Should be good. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-a-cover-song-cd-wha/248760/5 "2004-06-05T17:51:13Z")
The B-side of their debut single was a song called “You Can’t Fight It”. I don’t know who the original artist was. The interesting thing about that debut single is the fact that the musicianship - particularly Lifeson’s guitar playing - is waaaaay superior to that of the majority of rock songs I’ve heard from that era. It amazes me that these guys didn’t get picked up sooner. For a long time, I"ve been astonished by simply how much better Lifeson’s guitar _tone_ was than that of other contemporary guitarists. There were already-famous, more financially-set artists out there who still sounded like they were playing through cheap beginner’s equipment, and Lifeson sounded like he was playing through top-of-the-line equipment. Of course, my hero, Geddy Lee, sounds awesome on that debut single too. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-a-cover-song-cd-wha/248760/6 "2004-06-05T23:48:34Z")
I just saw them here in Pittsburgh on Memorial Day. Their cover of _The Seeker_ rocked hard. I really enjoyed that, and I’m looking forward to the EP. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-a-cover-song-cd-wha/248760/7 "2004-06-06T00:05:13Z")
Yeah, I’m in the ‘I’ll buy anything’ camp, I admit. > [@Phase42](#): > > The B-side of their debut single was a song called “You Can’t Fight It”. I’ve got that somewhere. Probably in the attic.