Rush is three great musicians who suck as a band

[MrCoffee]

no flames, please.

[LynneSin]

1. Sweetie - bend your ass over because I'm about to flame it....

Rush RULEZ!!!!

And trust me I'm not the only one gearing up the embers right now!

[MrCoffee]

9. awwwww, you called me sweetie!

:loveya:

[LynneSin]

14. only so you appreciate why I'm flaming your ass right now

It's painful but in the end you'll understand why it had to be done!

[MrCoffee]

16. you have no idea how much i want "flaming your ass" to be the phrase of the day

[LynneSin]

19. No one is stopping you sweetie

:D

[southpaw]

2. Rush is three great musicians

whose collaborative output you don't personally like.

[CreekDog]

29. you (plural)

:rofl:

[Orsino]

36. Three great musicians in search of a lead singer...

...who could have made them a great band.

[madinmaryland]

3. What the fascination with Rush this afternoon?

:wtf:

[Westegg]

10. Say it LOUD! I'm Rush and I'm PROUD!

That's just sweet as hell, madinmaryland!

[SacredCow]

4. I don't particularly care for them, either....

I wouldn't go so far as to say they suck (that's reserved for the likes of Nickelback) but overall, they just don't appeal to me. The only exception is the Roll the Bones album (which seems to be a lot of their hard-core fans' LEAST favorite).

[ghostsofgiants]

5. Rush is fucking cold, sterile crap hidden under complex time signatures.

I watched Neil Peart do a jazz drum solo at a tribute to Buddy Rich and it exemplified exactly why I hate Rush and most prog in genetral: It was technically very proficient, but it was just lacking in heart or sincerity.

[southpaw]

7. To a point, I agree...

Peart doesn't swing, so for him to attempt to play like Buddy is laughable.

I find that some of the band's output since the late 80's (around about the "Hold Your Fire" album) shows some degree of human emotion lyrically... even as far back as the "Signals" album Peart's lyrics were moving away from the mythology/philosophy/technology mish-mash of earlier stuff (2112, The Necromancer, Hemispheres, Cygnus X-1...) and starting to veer into more personal/emotional territory. Even so, Peart's virtuous but robotic playing insures that songs like 'Time Stand Still' and 'Ghost of a Chance' have a sterile edge to them.

[ghostsofgiants]

11. Even with more emotional/personal lyrical content, it just comes off as insincere to me.

Most prog I've heard tends to have that problem, at least in my view (save for some newer prog-esque bands like The Mars Volta, you can tell those motherfuckers are giving it their heart and soul).

[ceile]

6. ....

:popcorn:

[DS1]

8. love it

[Enrique]

12. they're awesomely talented, creative, prolific, they've stuck together for over 30 years

and millions of people love them. If that's sucking, then I wish I sucked.

[Westegg]

13. I don't think they suck as a band. Frankly...

...I think they did their *best* as a band. They are who they are. Who they are just doesn't happen to be one of my favorite bands. I can't imagine any other band with Neil Peart in it being all that different from what Rush became. Growing up in the '70s and '80s as I did, Rush never really moved me. I was more into Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Stones, The Who, etc. In retrospect, I was leaning towards bands that had their roots in the '60s, and in blues and R&B. Today, I own on CD "Moving Pictures" and their Greatest Hits album (or one of them), and I do listen to them on occasion. I'd actually never heard the song "The Camera Eye" until about five years ago. I thought it was fucking monumental, and immediately went out and bought "Moving Pictures," and wasn't disappointed. It's all in all a pretty fine, tight and inspired album from a fairly bleak year (1981) in rock 'n' roll history. I also give them credit for being a trio-- they produced a rich, full sound with just the three of 'em. Ultimately, I find them limited, but yeah, technically quite talented.(Even Geddy, after he stopped shrieking so much.)

[VenusRising]

15. I like everything about Rush

excepy Geddy's vocals. He can play the crap out of that Rickenbacker.

[ghostsofgiants]

32. The fact that he plays a Rick is the ONLY thing I like about Rush, haha.

[VenusRising]

43. I'm forced to listen to them by my Rick playing husband.

It's a gear-thing. :rofl:

[Dr. Strange]

17. CreekDog disagrees.

He thinks Rush is the greatest band ever.

[CreekDog]

30. WTH? Rush can't even get a gig at Degrassi

and the Quebecois movement was caused by guess what, Quebec didn't want to be in the same country as Rush.

d00d, they suck, they are so much fun to make fun of.

Nickelback is worse, however, I prefer Rush's no feeling to Nickelback's faux-feeling.

[ghostsofgiants]

33. You are my new hero.

"the Quebecois movement was caused by guess what, Quebec didn't want to be in the same country as Rush" is the best thing I've read all week.

[CreekDog]

39. Wow, that's a major compliment from a Canadian

Thank you from the slower side of the border. :)

[Dr. Strange]

45. What the hell is this blank post from "Ignored" doing here?

[CreekDog]

48. why are you shilling for Rush?

Even the Canadians know they don't have to pretend they either good or enjoyable.

[Dr. Strange]

55. Juno what you're talking about?

I didn't think so.

Juno what I mean?

[AspenRose]

57. Oh, man

:spray: :rofl:

[Iggo]

18. Rush rocks the house....(n/t)

.

[unpossibles]

20. for the most part I have to agree

actually, they had a handful of really great songs, but I can't stand Geddy's voice, and their drummer overplays.

[AllegroRondo]

21. welcome to my ignore list!

:P

[redqueen]

22. Gwen Stefani so reminds me of Geddy Lee...

you know, with the vibrato?

Anyone else get that when they hear Gwen?

[Guava Jelly]

23. I can't stand Rush..the band or the talk show host

.

[HuskerDU]

24. They should have stayed a glam band like they were back

in '74! Geddy Lee as a glam rocker, tee hee!

[ghostsofgiants]

34. For some reason that idea simply terrifies me.

[HuskerDU]

35. It should terrify you primate1!

http://www.punkhistorycanada.ca/gallery/show.php?pageNum_rsSearchResults=1&album_id=7&totalRows_rsSearchResults=122&id=2783

That flyer is from Rush's first big gig- as opening act for the New York Dolls in Toronto '73. Geddy Lee with scarves and platform boots is terrifying indeed.

[ghostsofgiants]

37. Rush opened for the Dolls?

Weird.

[HuskerDU]

38. Yeah, the Dolls actually had a couple of arena tours.

Bands like Kiss and Aerosmith opened for them too. Plus they shared the bill with bands like Mott the Hoople and Sha Na Na. They didn't just play tiny clubs in NYC.

[ghostsofgiants]

40. But the Dolls were actually good! They should have had less lame bands opening for them, haha.

[HuskerDU]

41. Dolls were history in a year or two while those other bands

went on to make millions. That's always the way it goes. I don't know that they picked those acts as openers- the Dolls were actually on a major label and had to jump through the hoops Mercury set up for 'em.

[ghostsofgiants]

42. The best bands usually do disappear after a few years, sadly.

[CreekDog]

65. Rush had Sha Na Na open for them???

In New York City? Doesn't sound right. Sounds more like in Hell.

[HuskerDU]

69. No the New York Dolls played with Mott and Sha Na Na in

places like the Filmore and the Felt Forum, NYC.

[CreekDog]

76. Thanks for clearing this up

Music wasn't so formatted back then. You could have pretty disparate acts on the same billing.

[Kucinich4America]

53. I don't think I'd ever characterize them as "glam"

This is about as far back as it goes, and it don't look a thing like glam to me....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFIexFR3XEk

[HuskerDU]

60. No pics, but in this intreview Lee says,

'We used to wear silks and satins and ridiculous platform shoes and sequined tops and things like that.'

http://www.musicintheabstract.org/rush-oddities/nardwuar-vs-geddy.htm

Seriously, what do you think they looked like when they opened for the Dolls in '73?!

[AllegroRondo]

58. ah, yes, the infamous 2112 pics

[porphyrian]

25. 2112? -n/t

[Release The Hounds]

26. No flames here.

[Bake]

27. I honestly cannot think of a single song of theirs I'm familiar with.

And acc. to Wiki, they finished behind KISS (ugh!) in records sold ...

Bake

[VenusRising]

44. Tom Sawyer?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsVCcytLsBA

[CreekDog]

28. Dude, I recommended you

Drum machines have no soul!

[devilgrrl]

31. No argument here.

:-)

[Rabrrrrrr]

46. You have spoken a total cosmic untruth.

A nasty one.

Consider yourself flamed.

:grr:

Rush is one of the greatest, most creative, most technically brilliant and musically skilled bands that this earth has ever seen.

[SPKrazy]

47. I Love Rush Man

:grr:

[mountainvue]

49. Amen. For a band I hate, I sure have seen them a

bunch of times.

[Canuckistanian]

50. If it weren't for Rush, I'd still be a virgin

Well, actually Rush and Boston. Specifically, "Don't look Back" and "Tom Sawyer"

[LynneSin]

66. Mine was Hybrid Ice - a local Harrisburg band

go figure

[Jamastiene]

51. That's like walking up to a person and slapping them and

then saying, don't hit me back. You are just asking for it.

I won't flame you, but I will sit back and watch you get yer ass handed to ya.
:popcorn:

[LynneSin]

67. Requests for "please don't flame me" don't apply to non-Rush fans

Go ahead - flame away!

[Kucinich4America]

52. Best Canadian band ever!

Not that they had much real competition, other than the Guess Who......

Platinum Blonde? Glass Tiger? yeah right......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Rxjs9ZdtE

[AspenRose]

59. Loverboy!

:rofl:

[Rocinante]

54. Kiss my ugly ass. Period.

[Phillycat]

56. In complete agreement.

Except Geddy Lee should never be allowed to sing. Ever.

[regularguy]

61. Nice band that plays music I can't stand.

Sounds to me like the soundtrack for efficient white people with chrome machines dominating nature.

[snooper2]

62. Rush sucks...

all their songs sound the same....

[no name no slogan]

63. Rush is no Triumph

but they're pretty damn close

[CreekDog]

64. God bless you man

:yourock:

Rush does not.

[MilesColtrane]

68. Rush was great...

...when I was thirteen years old.

No...not so much.

[MrCoffee]

70. i am in awe of the Lounge

i can't believe this is still going.

[LynneSin]

71. That's because your ass is in need of serious flaming

:grr:

[MrCoffee]

72. did you even read the OP?

[LynneSin]

73. I'm LynneSin - normal DU laws and requests do NOT apply to me

When you become a DU legend like I have - then perhaps you can ignore people's request

:hide:

[southpaw]

74. Love 'em or hate 'em... but you gotta admit

It just don't get more 'Prog Rock' than this:

[Maestro]

75. Blasphemer!

;) Different strokes man. I think they kick ass!