# Rush **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 10, 2006, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush/372220 "2006-09-10T23:05:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush/372220/21 "2006-09-11T12:39:36Z")
I too have all their albums, even _Feedback_ and also half a dozen concert bootlegs, which are great, but like several others I prefer their pre-late-eighties work. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2006, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush/372220/22 "2006-09-11T12:52:29Z")
Well, I would also recommend _all_ of their albums as well, but I’m surprised that so many are listing _Caress of Steel_ among their top recommendations. I would have thought that would be one for those already into the band. They did call that one their “Down the Tubes” tour, after all. Permanent Waves is probably the best gateway album. Fly by Night and 2112 would be my recommendations from the early years (and you’re already familiar with 2112). Signals and Moving Pictures from the 80’s (yet I hate how overplayed Tom Sawyer is). I think Counterparts and Test for Echo are my favorites of the more recent albums, although Vapor Trails has some great songs (Peaceable Kingdom being perhaps among my favorite Rush songs of all time). That said, I really do love each and every album almost from beginning to end. Check them all out! ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush/372220/23 "2006-09-11T18:57:20Z")
Although much of their best work was in the late-70s classic era, I think their best post-_Moving Pictures_ album was _Power Windows_. Although a bit uneven, songs like “Marathon”, “Manhattan Project”, and _especially_ “Territories” are just excellent. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush/372220/24 "2006-09-11T19:46:07Z")
Just want to add that I think **Presto** is a great album. (I don’t see it mentioned typically in Rush threads, so I try to make a point to bring it up). ---
**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:** [September 12, 2006, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush/372220/25 "2006-09-12T00:22:57Z")
[QUOTE=AWB] Moving Pictures, is often overplayed by classic rock stations since it produced the most recognizable songs that made the Top 40. “YYZ” - an instrumental - and “Limelight” are my personal favorites from MP. [/QUOTE] Ya know what I think is funny? “Tom Sawyer” wasn’t even their highest-charting song. That honor goes to “New World Man”, from _Signals_. What’s even funnier (to me) is that “New World Man” was hastily written and tacked onto _Signals_ after they had everything else recorded and discovered that they had enough room left for another song! And yet the classic rock stations hammer away at “Tom Sawyer”. Another thing about _Moving Pictures_ - it contains “The Camera Eye”, commonly considered by many Rush fans to be their finest song. > [@Loach](#): > > I heard Geddy on XM not that long ago in a long interview. He talked about when Neil joined the band. I heard Alex talking about Neil’s audition. Paraphrasing: “We were young, and we were so _cool_. We were in a rock band, and we had long hair and satin pants and pointy-toed boots. We were _cool_. So we’re auditioning drummers and this guy shows up with short hair and a checkered button-down shirt and a little four-piece drum kit. We thought, ‘This guy just isn’t _cool_ enough to be in our band!’ Then he started playing.” 😃 > [@sqweels](#): > > _especially_ “Territories” That song is a lot of fun to play on the bass and sing at the same time 🙂 > [@Eonwe](#): > > Just want to add that I think Presto is a great album. (I don’t see it mentioned typically in Rush threads, so I try to make a point to bring it up). That’s one of my favorites. That whole album has a really different sound to it. It’s a very open-sounding, as opposed to the thickness of the sound on other albums. I was pretty surprised when I found out that they’ve never performed the title song, “Presto”, live! ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush/372220/26 "2006-09-12T01:36:57Z")
[QUOTE=Loach] I was one of those 80s guys who was very reluctant to follow them in their new direction. Then I went to a show in the \*Hold Your Fire \* tour. Since then I have appreciated each new album and like everything after Moving Pictures more than that and their early stuff. Much more complex and mature. “Time Stand Still” holds a special place in my heart for personal reasons. [/QUOTE] I too was a little reluctant to follow their new direction. I see their evolutionary jump between “Power Windows” and “Hold Your Fire”; “Time Stand Still” is also the song from the latter that is a standout in my mind. They are still _fantastic_ musicians, and I’d jump at a chance to see them again in concert, even if they didn’t play any of their old material. I just got “Test For Echo” this summer (11 years after release), and do enjoy the music. Which of their newer, original albums - “Counterparts”, “Vapor Trails”, or “Feedback” - do you prefer? I haven’t heard any of them. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush/372220/27 "2006-09-12T01:50:31Z")
Rush Trivia: The song “YYZ” - from Moving Pictures - is named after the airport code for Pearson Field in Toronto, ON. Also, the opening rhythm is the letters YYZ in Morse Code. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush/372220/28 "2006-09-12T02:37:34Z")
[QUOTE=AWB] Rush Trivia: The song “YYZ” - from Moving Pictures - is named after the airport code for Pearson Field in Toronto, ON. Also, the opening rhythm is the letters YYZ in Morse Code. [/QUOTE] Cool! I thought it was a zipper reference. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush/372220/29 "2006-09-12T02:55:13Z")
Welcome to the appreciation of a fine Canadian band. I actually didn’t appreciate a lot of their earlier stuff at the time, but certainly do now. My favourites however are some of their later albums like Grace Under Pressure, and Signals. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush/372220/30 "2006-09-12T15:47:09Z")
“New World Man” is exactly the right tempo for me to jog at 4.6 mph. I love Rush. I am not familiar with all of their work, but what I know I love. Plus, they’re Canadian, eh? We haven’t got a ton of good rock from Canada that makes it elsewhere in the world, so I have some pride for them. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush/372220/31 "2006-09-12T15:49:32Z")
[QUOTE=The Mad Hermit] I go to [winamp.com](http://winamp.com) and open the Rush radio channel. 24/7 Rush and only Rush. It will give you a nice cross-section of their work to enjoy. [/QUOTE] Can you link me to it, please? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush/372220/32 "2006-09-12T15:52:26Z")
[Emily Litella]Never mind.[/Emily Litella] I found it, but I can’t play it. I need to futz with it. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush/372220/33 "2006-09-12T16:14:01Z")
Is there something wrong with **Coldfire**? A Rush thread and he hasn’t made an appearance… ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush/372220/34 "2006-09-12T17:12:20Z")
[QUOTE=adam yax] Is there something wrong with **Coldfire**? A Rush thread and he hasn’t made an appearance… [/QUOTE] I believe he left the board, at least temporarily. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush/372220/35 "2006-09-12T17:15:47Z")
[QUOTE=AWB] Rush Trivia: The song “YYZ” - from Moving Pictures - is named after the airport code for Pearson Field in Toronto, ON. Also, the opening rhythm is the letters YYZ in Morse Code. [/QUOTE] I didn’t know about the Toronto reference but I did know about the Morse code. Back in high school we were listening to the album and my friend’s father said,“That’s YYZ.” We knew that, we have the album but how the hell did he know? He learned Morse code in the military and was commenting on the rythym, not the title. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush/372220/36 "2006-09-12T18:45:48Z")
Another big Rush fan checking in here. It’s hard to say which pieces are my favorites, but if I had to make a top 10 (in alphabetical order by title), it would be: [ul] [li]2112 (2112)[/li][li]Afterimage (Grace Under Pressure)[/li][li]The Camera Eye (Moving Pictures)[/li][li]La Villa Strangiato (Hemispheres)[/li][li]Losing It (Signals)[/li][li]The Mission (A Show of Hands)[/li][li]Mystic Rhythms (Power Windows)[/li][li]Red Lenses (Grace Under Pressure)[/li][li]Subdivisions (Signals)[/li][li]Vital Signs (Moving Pictures)[/li][/ul] Believe me, this was not an easy list to make. Too many good tracks to choose from. Long live Rush! ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush/372220/37 "2006-09-12T21:00:00Z")
My favourite Rush albums are _Caress of Steel_ and _Hemespheres_. Both quite brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush/372220/38 "2006-09-12T21:08:22Z")
Neil’s book _Ghost Rider_ is pretty cool. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush/372220.md?page=1)