Posted: 3/11/2008 6:53:54 PM EDT
| I was listening to YYZ by Rush ,that song rock's,crank it up and take a listen .if you haven't already |
Downloading now(56k) Ill be up late. Probably download their whole catalogue
| Huge Rush fan here. I found this video done by a computer programming student using YYZ. YYZ Video |
Thats incredible.  I love the stick twirls. 
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When I was in High school I actually got to play that song (on the drums) at one of the biggest bashes my school had ever thrown....it was about 1200 people. The band's name was Apogee....how Ghey a name is that?? Het, it was the 80's  I fuckin' pulled it off to the album! One of my proudest moments as a stoned Teenager. 
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I am kidding a little. I don't like those bands but, I can take their noise better than Rush! |
You dont like Rush, we get it  How about you post some bands you DO like |
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I understand the criticisms of Rush, but they did make a lot of great songs. Subdivisions rocks |
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I listen to everything. Not trying to pick on people that like Rush. It's just one band that I never liked. When I was a kid I sorta liked bands like Aerosmith, Led, and some other "classisc rock" bands. I can't stand that stuff anymore. I loved many of the hair bands too. Can't stand that shit anymore either. I just get sick of over played music for the most part. It's definately not that I have grown up. I love Tool (flame on), Alabama, Black Sabbath, Shinedown, Old Metallica is ok, Ministry, Sugarland, Dr. Dre and/or Snoop (the old stuff), and I will listen to classical from time to time on XM radio( Don't have a clue who is the artists are but just listen anyway). I like country, rock, metal, classical and a little rap (don't know why). Just don't like Rush. If it makes you feel any better, I've always hated the Stones. 
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My personal favorite band... I've got Neil's signature "Rush 30th Anniversary" DW snare drum, and a signed Neil poster hangin' on the wall above my bed... can't believe the girlfriend went for it... ;) Rock on. FYI: YYZ is the ID for the airport in Rush's home town, Tornoto... just a tidbit. :) |
And the rhythm of YYZ is based on the morse code for the letters YYZ. 
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 Personally I could not give two dog turds what music you like. But it seems a Rush thread attracts you like a fly to a fresh pile of excrement and you never add anything to the musicians thread other than "I hate Rush" Go away You like Aerosmith huh?
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I hate Aerosmith! Liked that crap 20-25 years ago for some reason. Probably because other kids had it written on their folders. Much like Led Zep crap. I will leave you guys alone now. I think it was the high school bus times when I was a depressed kid listening to Rush that killed it for me. Floyd makes me sick as well. Save the dog turds. Their taste will be better than that of your music.
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Ill save them just for you 
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I know why some people hate Rush I mean come on Talented musicians (Neil Pert!!!), structured songs with virtuoso technicality, intellegent lyrics virging on masterful story telling and a shelf life of more than 15 minutes!! Rush just goes against everything that MTV tells us is cool!!! To hell with talent and to hell with Rush!!!! Actually, Rush is one of the most unique and inspirational bands in rock history. |
YOU!! Out of here with your logicy, logic stuff. Come back when you're ready to talk MC Hammer. Rush is rock 'N roll that could appeal to a jazz musician. Too complex for the pop crowd. I can understand how it might not be "hard" enough for certain rockers but that doesn't dimish the level of musicianship required to play the typical Rush tune. Yes, Geddys voice is a little piercing, so in my dream line up I'd put Freddy Mercury on vocals but otherwise I wouldn't change a thing. Not many musicians can record an 11 minute song in one seamless take however its not uncommon from what I've read for the members of Rush. In the musicians dictionary under the definition of "Tight" they have a pic of Rush. Did you see those cool pants Hammer was wearing? |
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If you like this: 2112 Read this: "Anthem" by Ayn Rand The song was loosely based on the book. |
Youngster indeed. I have been listening to Rush for longer than those tickets are old. Moving Pictures and Exit Stage Left are their best albums IMO. |
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I agree Queen is one of the greats where all the aspects of creating good music came together in one band. I have a hard time labeling someone as the "best" since there are so many greats with similar skill that just apply the skill to different music that we may or my not like. I will agree Brian May is one of the best but so are a whole slew of others such as Alex Lifeson of Rush.
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High School talent show, 1988. We played "Xanadu." Not the Olivia Newton-John song, either. The Rush song. We made it through the whole song without screwing up too badly (I admit I flubbed the guitar solo, but the bass player and drummer were spot-on). And we lost the contest because they said we went over our allotted time. But we didn't care. We wanted to prove we could do it. First band I was in, we played "Limelight," "YYZ," "Tom Sawyer," and "Freewill." I can't remember if we also played "Spirit of Radio," because I don't remember if I'd learned that one yet. Hardest Rush song to pull off in a band setting? "La Villa Strangiato." You have to have a killer bass player. To a man, the people I know who do not like Rush, dislike them for Geddy Lee's vocals. It that sense, they're a lot like Dream Theater (who are about the only band that could compete with Rush from a technical standpoint). |
Not the best...that's Jeff Beck. But he IS my favorite. I have the first 6 Queen albums memorized on both guitar and piano. My personal all time hero. |
Yes, he is very good. I don't think I'd go so far as to say he's "the best", cause there are some jazz/rock fusion bassists out there who are phenomenal. But that being said, he's very good. |
Jeff Beck was one of the greats of the 60's/70's, but in comparison with guys like Joe Satriani and Steve Vai, he's good, but not the best in a technical sense. Don't misunderstand me, I really like Jeff Beck. He's definitely one of the all time "you gotta hear him" type players. - I remember one time when I was living in Nashville in the 1980's, he came to jam onstage with somebody-or-other (can't remember) at a little bar on Nolensville road, and although nobody was supposed to know he was gonna be there, I guess someone let the cat out of the bag, 'cause by the time the show was about to start the whole parking lot was overflowing and as the thing got started, people couldn't get in and started climbing up on the roof of the little strip-mall the place was in... trying to get in and climb down through the ceiling. Well, at that point, the roof caved in and the cops showed up and the show was stopped. People are so dumb. Ruined a great night.  Here's some nice Steve Vai for ya. Watch the man tear it up... but with feeling at the same time: Tender Surrender. |
Search Steve Vai on Youtube. He's way beyond either of those guys (though they were both really good). The only guy I would tend to compare him to would be Satriani. Link When I'm talking about "good" in this sense, I'm talking about technical playing ability combined with the "art" of playing. There are a lot of other guitar players I really like who are "great" in the sense that they contributed a lot to the art of playing, but who were not as technically good as some of the others. Some of the guys I personally always liked who were great artists, but sloppy players would be people like Jimmy Page, Hendrix, etc. - Great artists, but many times they were just too fucked up on drugs to play well from a technical point of view. As I said in another post... there are different versions of "good". Technical, artistic/stylistic, etc. |