# Rush alert! Band on Colbert Wed 7/16 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 15, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-alert-band-on-colbert-wed-7-16/456600 "2008-07-15T20:11:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-alert-band-on-colbert-wed-7-16/456600/1 "2008-07-15T20:11:11Z")
I am not a Rush-Head, but my friends that are can be rabid, so I get the obsession and the need to know about these things! See MSNBC article here: [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25691759/](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25691759/) ---
**Author:** ![TheBoltEater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheBoltEater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoltEater)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-alert-band-on-colbert-wed-7-16/456600/2 "2008-07-15T21:50:29Z")
[QUOTE=WordMan] I am not a Rush-Head, but my friends that are can be rabid, so I get the obsession and the need to know about these things! See MSNBC article here: [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25691759/](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25691759/) [/QUOTE] Hey, thanks for the heads up, that’s awesome. I can only imagine there will be at least one, “oh, I thought it was the other Rush” joke. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-alert-band-on-colbert-wed-7-16/456600/3 "2008-07-15T22:58:33Z")
YES!!! Holy crap man thanks for the heads up. I never would have known, as I don’t watch the show. I’m writing myself a note right now to DVR it. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-alert-band-on-colbert-wed-7-16/456600/4 "2008-07-15T23:25:22Z")
There’s another Rush? Oh, you were referring to Rusty LimbAUGH!!! ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-alert-band-on-colbert-wed-7-16/456600/5 "2008-07-16T00:56:34Z")
This is why I never give Limbaugh the compliment of just being called “Rush”. I’ve had people get the wrong idea, and even as a conservative, I don’t want that kind of association. ---
**Author:** ![TheBoltEater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheBoltEater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoltEater)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-alert-band-on-colbert-wed-7-16/456600/6 "2008-07-16T00:58:17Z")
[QUOTE=foolsguinea] There’s another Rush? Oh, you were referring to Rusty LimbAUGH!!! [/QUOTE] There’s a reason why one of their instrumentals is called Limbo. Rush… Limbo… ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-alert-band-on-colbert-wed-7-16/456600/7 "2008-07-18T00:01:00Z")
Did anyone see this? Great performance, but cutting to a commercial in the middle of “Tom Sawyer” was absolute bullshit! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-alert-band-on-colbert-wed-7-16/456600/8 "2008-07-18T00:40:25Z")
I preferred hearing them interviewed for a few minutes than to lost the talk so I could hear that song in its entirety. But I’m sure it was really cool to be in the studio audience that day. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-alert-band-on-colbert-wed-7-16/456600/9 "2008-07-18T01:08:59Z")
Besides, it was part of a preestablished gag about Rush songs being long (“Have you ever recorded a song so epic that by the end of it you’re already being influenced by the work yourselves were doing during the period in which you started it?”) including their still being at it at the end of the break and through Colbert signing off the show. Besides, it’s also a little jab at all the bands who’ve done abbreviated “TV versions” of their hits to fit TV time (and probably dropping a hint as to why they had not made such an appearance in American TV? Hmmm…). ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-alert-band-on-colbert-wed-7-16/456600/10 "2008-07-18T01:25:50Z")
Wow, Alex Lifeson has quite a comb-over going on there these days. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-alert-band-on-colbert-wed-7-16/456600/11 "2008-07-18T02:15:54Z")
[QUOTE=JRDelirious] Besides, it was part of a preestablished gag about Rush songs being long (“Have you ever recorded a song so epic that by the end of it you’re already being influenced by the work yourselves were doing during the period in which you started it?”) including their still being at it at the end of the break and through Colbert signing off the show. [/QUOTE] Yeah, I get the joke…which is ironic because “Tom Sawyer” is one of their _shortest_ songs! Now, if they had launched into “Hemispheres” or something… I dunno, I just don’t like Colbert. He’s such an insufferable ass. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-alert-band-on-colbert-wed-7-16/456600/12 "2008-07-18T02:18:59Z")
[QUOTE=KGS] Yeah, I get the joke…which is ironic because “Tom Sawyer” is one of their _shortest_ songs! Now, if they had launched into “Hemispheres” or something… I dunno, I just don’t like Colbert. He’s such an insufferable ass. [/QUOTE] You know it’s an act right? ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-alert-band-on-colbert-wed-7-16/456600/13 "2008-07-18T02:24:49Z")
[QUOTE=Snarky\_Kong] You know it’s an act right? [/QUOTE] Of course. But that doesn’t make him any less annoying. …and why am I getting Google ads for traffic school? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-alert-band-on-colbert-wed-7-16/456600/14 "2008-07-18T03:37:55Z")
The joke continued into tonight’s episode- apparently, it took them 24 hours to finish the song. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-alert-band-on-colbert-wed-7-16/456600/15 "2008-07-18T03:43:37Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] The joke continued into tonight’s episode- apparently, it took them 24 hours to finish the song. [/QUOTE] Crap, I knew I should have tuned in tonight to see if there were any lingering Rush jokes. I’ll have to watch the rerun tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-alert-band-on-colbert-wed-7-16/456600/16 "2008-07-18T17:42:03Z")
Did you notice that after all that build-up about Neil Peart’s drum kit, he hardly touched any of the extra drums? ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-alert-band-on-colbert-wed-7-16/456600/17 "2008-07-18T17:44:04Z")
[QUOTE=Exapno Mapcase] Did you notice that after all that build-up about Neil Peart’s drum kit, he hardly touched any of the extra drums? [/QUOTE] No, he did, but the camera’s just aren’t quick enough to pick up his movements. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-alert-band-on-colbert-wed-7-16/456600/18 "2008-07-18T17:44:17Z")
[QUOTE=Exapno Mapcase] Did you notice that after all that build-up about Neil Peart’s drum kit, he hardly touched any of the extra drums? [/QUOTE] So it _is_ an addiction! ---
**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:** [July 18, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-alert-band-on-colbert-wed-7-16/456600/19 "2008-07-18T17:49:17Z")
[QUOTE=TheBoltEater] There’s a reason why one of their instrumentals is called Limbo. Rush… Limbo… [/QUOTE] I thought it was named after Geddy’s dog, Limbo.