Sometimes, because of some thought trigger or other, or sometimes seemingly for no apparent reason, a Rush song will come to mind and I feel the need to listen to that track with a degree of urgency. Yesterday 'Halo Effect' bubbled to the surface of my brain and stayed there until I managed to have a listen. I thought this thread might be worth a visit for such times.
My most recent example of this was Available Light.
I've got a different earworm at the moment. I know it is by Jean-Michel Jarre, but I don't know the title of the track.
Quote from: R6GYY on October 11, 2022, 01:08:46 PMI've got a different earworm at the moment. I know it is by Jean-Michel Jarre, but I don't know the title of the track.
Got it -
Equinoxe Part VSorry for going off topic.
Move along now, nothing to see here . . .
I rarely get a Rush itch these days I'm sorry to say...
Last time I felt the need to listen to a Rush tune it was for nostalgic reasons really, a sort of brief vacation in the past. And it was Something for Nothing. Maybe a month ago although I did play a couple of other tunes from 2112 since then.
But I rarely get an itchin' to rock, or indeed the season of the itch.
I'm with Fishy.
I'm getting on in life, there's still too much other music out there to find and listen to.
I shall plough this furrow alone 😂
Sorry TPW, I'm with the others. I rarely get that 'itch' for some Rush (Rash). If I ever do it would be LVS which I never tire of hearing.
Listen to them all the time. In contrast to others, I have neither the time nor patience to listen to new stuff. I want the comfort of stuff I knew and grew up with. Any 'new stuff' I listen to is invariably old stuff that I've just discovered or haven't heard before.
Quote from: captainkurtz on October 11, 2022, 05:58:19 PMListen to them all the time. In contrast to others, I have neither the time nor patience to listen to new stuff. I want the comfort of stuff I knew and grew up with. Any 'new stuff' I listen to is invariably old stuff that I've just discovered or haven't heard before.
Thank you.
I never tire of Subdivisions, other than that haven't played them in a long time.
As an unabashed fanboi I definitely get this itch.
Usually I'll put on a live track from one of the Blu-rays, but watch it on YouTube cos usually I can't be arsed going to all the trouble of sticking in an actual disc.
I also occasionally re-appraise the albums on CD in the car, but that can end up spanning weeks if there's nothing else taking my fancy at the time.
Quote from: captainkurtz on October 11, 2022, 05:58:19 PMListen to them all the time. In contrast to others, I have neither the time nor patience to listen to new stuff. I want the comfort of stuff I knew and grew up with. Any 'new stuff' I listen to is invariably old stuff that I've just discovered or haven't heard before.
But you do like the new Paolo Nutini, no?
Take A Friend
Making breakfast this morning. No idea why it suddenly started playing in my head.
Only fairly sporadically for me, most recently triggered by seeing Rushed play a cracking 3 hour free gig in the Swinging Arm rock pub, in Darkest Birkenvegas 😂
This prompted me, after a mere 40 years, to finally decide that Permanent Waves is actually my favourite album by the boys (for me, the golden period was 76-81)
It was a rhythm this time that got in my head - the intro to The Body Electric.
Quote from: R6GYY on October 19, 2022, 06:36:29 PMIt was a rhythm this time that got in my head - the intro to The Body Electric.
Yes, love that intro. The loose feel of that drum pattern followed by Geddy popping notes high on the neck.
By-Tor & The Snow Dog
Inspired by my 10 stone mutt staying out in the garden this morning until he was completely white. It might also inspire me to play some bass along to some early stuff too, when Geddy's bass could be copied and before he became other-wordly. I suppose that began to evolve with AFTK becoming the finished article on Hemispheres. That must be the most meteoric advancement in ability by any artist I've ever listened to.
A bass riff this time in my head, so I just had to listen to Turn The Page.
Awesome.
Quote from: R6GYY on March 16, 2023, 12:05:02 AMA bass riff this time in my head, so I just had to listen to Turn The Page.
Awesome.
I've tried countless times to learn even a bit of this. For me it's just impossible, even when YouTube breaks it into supposedly manageable chunks. He sang a complicated melody over this! Truly remarkable. Probably the most challenging technical achievement of his career.
Apart from the odd track I don't dip in too much these days (my Spotify is good enough to chuck some in to my daily mixes), however sometimes I just get in the zone for it, like right now where I just went through all of GUP and and have nearly finished HYF (I'll skip Tai Shan obvs :P), reckon Signals next. Getting me through my work day nicely :)
Quote from: Ace2112 on March 17, 2023, 12:13:27 PMApart from the odd track I don't dip in too much these days (my Spotify is good enough to chuck some in to my daily mixes), however sometimes I just get in the zone for it, like right now where I just went through all of GUP and and have nearly finished HYF (I'll skip Tai Shan obvs :P), reckon Signals next. Getting me through my work day nicely :)
Scratch that, went in for Clockwork Angels tour, forgot how awesomely 80s the first half of this is! Absolutely gutted I missed this tour :'(
The Color Of Right
A patchy version of the intro appeared in my mind this morning. I couldn't quite piece it together at first not even realising it was Rush until the missing notes fell into place.
Caravan
I've been humming that opening hook for a couple of days now, so hopefully it is out of my system now.
Quote from: R6GYY on April 12, 2023, 11:29:05 PMCaravan
I've been humming that opening hook for a couple of days now, so hopefully it is out of my system now.
Funnily enough, I was listening to Pressure by Muse today (for me one of their best songs of the 2010s) and the first part of its descending pre-chorus riff is reminiscent of Caravan's main riff, so I have an urge to listen to Caravan now, when I have the undisturbed opportunity to do so at a decent volume. 🙂
The Spirit Of Radio
I've heard too many live versions of this song over the years, which sometimes makes me forget about the magnificence of the studio recording. I was driving to work one day and just before Simon Mayo played it on his breakfast show, he called it "probably the best record ever made". No doubt this was more inspired by the subject matter of the lyrics than by anything else, but as time passes I believe more and more that it is the greatest song ever written. A masterpiece of rock music production.
Edit: This judgement is of course based on the assumption that Bohemian Rhapsody is already elevated to a position so much higher than a mere rock song, and therefore resides in its own untouchable space in music history.
The Big Wheel.
Just appeared in my head from nowhere yesterday. Great pop song. Should have been a single.
Quote from: The Picnic Wasp on March 23, 2024, 10:42:21 AMThe Big Wheel.
Just appeared in my head from nowhere yesterday. Great pop song. Should have been a single.
One of the 'least worst' tracks on side two of RtBs