Where to start with Rush?

b_halperin · #1 03-22-2009, 06:02 PM

hey i really wanna get into Rush, but I don't have a clue where to start. I love the songs The Trees, and Tom Sawyer.

What could you recommend (individual songs please [tight budget])

Thanks!

DethMaiden · #2 03-22-2009, 06:21 PM

Songs? Shit, man. Well, here's a smattering across their major eras:

Xanadu (1977)
The Spirit of Radio (1979)
Limelight (1981)
Distant Early Warning (1984)
The Pass (1989)
Test for Echo (1996)
One Little Victory (2002)
Far Cry (2007)

That's a start I suppose.

ravenheart · #3 03-22-2009, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by b_halperin

What could you recommend

I wouldn't... does that help?

SomewhereInTime72 · #4 03-22-2009, 06:23 PM

Well, normally either Moving Pictures or 2112 would be the best recommendations (albums) to give for someone to get into Rush.

But since you want songs: YYZ, Limelight, Freewill, The Spirit of Radio, and Closer to the Heart are great songs to start with, I guess. There's of course the epic 2112, too of course.

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One Little Victory (2002)
Far Cry (2007)

Definitely these two for modern Rush.

b_halperin · #5 03-22-2009, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by DethMaiden

Songs? Shit, man. Well, here's a smattering across their major eras:

Xanadu (1977)
The Spirit of Radio (1979)
Limelight (1981)
Distant Early Warning (1984)
The Pass (1989)
Test for Echo (1996)
One Little Victory (2002)
Far Cry (2007)

That's a start I suppose.

hmm why dont i just screw Rush and listen to my lamb of god

ravenheart · #6 03-22-2009, 06:27 PM

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hmm why dont i just screw Rush and listen to my lamb of god

They're going to kill you now. I hope you realise this.

DethMaiden · #7 03-22-2009, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by b_halperin

hmm why dont i just screw Rush and listen to my lamb of god

Okay.

SomewhereInTime72 · #8 03-22-2009, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by ravenheart

They're going to kill you now. I hope you realise this.

You know your stuff.

Maiden33 · #9 03-22-2009, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by DethMaiden

Songs? Shit, man. Well, here's a smattering across their major eras:

Xanadu (1977)
The Spirit of Radio (1979)
Limelight (1981)
Distant Early Warning (1984)
The Pass (1989)
Test for Echo (1996)
One Little Victory (2002)
Far Cry (2007)

That's a start I suppose.

All great picks. I'd say throw in Anthem and Bravado as well.

DethMaiden · #10 03-22-2009, 06:52 PM

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All great picks. I'd say throw in Anthem and Bravado as well.

Yeah, but I mean, throw darts at the Rush discography and you're gonna hit gold nine times out of ten, so I was trying to be brief. Those two are also excellent and do show a side of the band the ones I listed don't quite show.