Songs you hear once and know the band is the SHIX

chilipeppermaniac said:
Haha, your RUSH, Def and Kiss all came to mind as well, but only RUSH made the biggest dents.

For me it was how I accidentally fell into my first exposure. I believe it was when I was in middle school and heard kids had gone to their concert. SO I got curious and went to the record store. I pored thru the RUSH albums they had and took my pick as my first endeavor into them.

This is what started it all. I had never heard one song,,,,,,,,,,,,, I just bought the "farm" so to speak and got the ALBUM

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And then this cemented it, Rush Archives.

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I went with Bastille Day because it is the first song on "All The World's A Stage" which is actually the first Rush album I heard, in 1976 right after it was released. It literally blew my mind...like, rearranged the molecules in my body. No single album in my lifetime had as much impact on me excepting possibly Sabbath Bloody Sabbath.
 
Gball, I hear ya. ATWAS is the shiz, plus Dang, I thought I was the only one who felt like you describe it. The effect Rush had on me was like it is now part of my blood.

Gball, while not Alex, this clip helps me learn and train my ear and fingers.

 
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It seems I’m always “backing into” bands.

I’ve never heard a song and thought, “These guys are gonna be great.”

For me, it’s more like I hear a song and think, “No wonder these guys were great!”
 
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chilipeppermaniac said:
Another of my Favorites And Geddy's best HIGH voice!!!!!

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Love that episode! My personal favorite Geddy shriek is Circumstances:


That sh!t has so. much. power.

And look, I don't live in a vacuum - I'm well aware that a lot of people have issues with his voice. I've never understood it, still don't, but I acknowledge it. To me, what he does is not only perfect for the band but made him utterly iconic.
 
Plus, just the playing on Hemispheres is staggering. All three of them were completely at the top of their game when that album was recorded.
 
gball said:
And look, I don't live in a vacuum - I'm well aware that a lot of people have issues with his voice. I've never understood it, still don't, but I acknowledge it. To me, what he does is not only perfect for the band but made him utterly iconic.
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Precisely. I mean, would AC/DC be the same without Bon Scott or Brian Johnson and having Don Henley or Elton John sing instead?
 
chilipeppermaniac said:
Precisely. I mean, would AC/DC be the same without Bon Scott or Brian Johnson and having Don Henley or Elton John sing instead?
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And since you and I are so simpatico considering Rush, another thing that has always blown me away with them is how TIGHT they are. In the studio, live, anywhere...they may be the tightest band in history. It's like an f-ing machine they're so precisely in synch with each other. And that's playing 11 - minute songs with 18 time-signature changes and 13 movements! I hear rock bands fall apart playing 4 minute VCVCBC stuff.
 
I can tell u how I notice this too. If I watch one version of a Rush tune, I can watch 5 more and in the live performances, the changes, leads etc happen to the second and match up across the board. Talk about precision and mastery.
 
gball, "It's like an f-ing machine they're so precisely in synch with each other. And that's playing 11 - minute songs with 18 time-signature changes and 13 movements! I hear rock bands fall apart playing 4 minute VCVCBC stuff."

You mean like this?


Or this?

 
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HAHA HA and NO way did I intend or predict this to turn into a Rush fest, BUT I also can make so many observations about the 3 musicians I feel inspired me most to play music that those who really "get it" about Rush if I use the actual tracks and actual way they came in order etc on the albums to do so.

For example I think Before and After is the perfect song to precede Working Man off their debut album. I mean HAHA it is Before Working Man, and Working Man comes AFTER ...

Nothing like how it starts slowly and has an intense build up of the chorus with John Rutsey and Geddy playing all funky, Alex's searing lead guitar and sudden finale, only to be followed by those power chords of Working Man.


 
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