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Kuba
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 |  Subject: Rush - Metal Pioneers!!  Tue Apr 29, 2008 4:59 pm | |
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Gotta Respect Em Lads!
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Orion Crystal Ice
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| | Subject: Re: Rush - Metal Pioneers!! Tue Apr 29, 2008 6:51 pm | |
| I always thought the naked guy 'whoa' in front of the star just begged caption.
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Tall Tyrion
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| | Subject: Re: Rush - Metal Pioneers!! Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:20 pm | |
| Rush are among my favorite bands... all eras, all albums. 
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Kuba
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| | Subject: Re: Rush - Metal Pioneers!! Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:20 am | |
| | Orion Crystal Ice wrote: | | I always thought the naked guy 'whoa' in front of the star just begged caption. |
LOL! Nonetheless, it was really quite cutting edge in it's day. Rush has always had a knack for re-inventing their sound as well as their persona over their 34 year history, but the early days of the "Star Man" were very special. In fact the Rush "Star Man" logo has been one of metals most influential. I remember once hearing Geddy Lee explaining the meaning of the symbol on an episode of Rock Line w/ Bob Coburn. He said it was not meant to be pro-satanic at all. It symbolizes the individuals stand against the world system. So the star represents an anti-Christ archetype and the nakedness of the man represents how vulnerable we are against the corruptions in political power. Really quite profound if you think about it. It all began on the 2112 album, which tells the story of a civilization where music becomes illegal and one man fights to try to preserve it. Great album.. It should be,, it just went quadruple platinum a few years ago.
| Tall Tyrion wrote: | | Rush are among my favorite bands... all eras, all albums. |
YES! I saw them their last 2 times around and was blown away again! Saw them also on the Signals, p/g, Power Windos & Hold Your Fire tours. Stellar! Wish I could have seen them in their hay day!
But I like their new music. it is almost as if they are reaching out to God a bit. nice to see that in their lyrics. Perhaps Neil Peart is being converted??
Here's a cool vintage Rush tune.. "The Necromancer" from Caress Of Steel (1975)
Rush "The Necromancer" from Caress Of Steel (1975)
I. Into The Darkness
"As grey traces of dawn tinge the eastern sky, the three travelers, men of Willowdale, emerge from the forest shadow. Fording the River Dawn, they turn south, journeying into the dark and forbidding lands of the Necromancer.
Even now the intensity of his dread power can be felt, weakening the body and saddening the heart.
Ultimately they will become empty, mindless spectres; stripped of will and soul, only their thirst for freedom gives them hunger for vengeance..."
Silence shrouds the forest
As the birds announce the dawn
Three trav'llers ford the river
And southward journey on
The road is lined with peril
The air is charged with fear
The shadow of his nearness
Weighs like iron tears
II. Under the Shadow
"Shreds of black cloud loom in overcast skies. The Necromancer keeps watch with his magic prism eyes. He views all his lands and is already aware of the three helpless invaders trapped in his lair..."
Brooding in the tower
Watching o'er his land
Holding ev'ry creature
Helplessly they stand
Gaze into his prisms
Knowing they are near
Lead them to the dungeons
Spectres numb with fear
They bow defeated
III. Return of the Prince
"Enter the Champion.
Prince By-Tor appears to battle for freedom from chains of long years.
The spell has been broken; the Dark Lands are bright. The Wraith of the Necromancer soars away in the night."
Stealthily attacking
By-Tor slays his foe
The men are free to run now
From labyrinths below
The Wraith of Necromancer
Shadows through the sky
Another land to darken
With evil prism eye.
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GODSWIZARD
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| | Subject: Re: Rush - Metal Pioneers!! Wed Apr 30, 2008 2:04 am | |
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1. That video is from the 2nd RUSH album released in 1975, Anthem is the song. I was 18. This video gives me goosebumps for a few seconds, at the start, every time I watch it and hear the music.  I love this song, I love this album.
2. Watch the video if you've not done so. Over time i've heard some peeps talk about RUSH as a 'wimpy and wussy' band that can't 'rock out'. Bluntly.......these peeps don't know what they are talking about.  This video encapsulates and captures, very nicely, the fact that these guys could flat out move and boogie with the best of them. These guys were fast, technical, and good.
The first few RUSH albums are similar to the music in the above video. Intense and excellent IMO. These guys impressed me a lot back in the 1970s.......they were often, often found on my turntable *back in the day*.
3. In that video above......the guitarist......Alex Lifeson.......he has my hair. Seriously, he does. I loved it.  I did not try to look like him......at all. In fact, I had that style (or lack of it) long before he did. I did not part my hair until I was 20 in 1977. In 1975 my hair was exactly the same as his, exactly the same length too. It was even a rather similar color. It was cool having the same hair as a rocker. 
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Tall Tyrion
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| | Subject: Re: Rush - Metal Pioneers!! Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:53 am | |
| Anthem is a great song, and really cool to see them performing it. They had an intensity back then that they never have picked up again. Comes from getting older, I suppose.
I saw them live only once, on the Counterparts tour. They put on a stellar show.
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Kuba
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| | Subject: Re: Rush - Metal Pioneers!! Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:49 am | |
| | GODSWIZARD wrote: | | That video is from the 2nd RUSH album released in 1975, Anthem is the song. I was 18. This video gives me goosebumps for a few seconds, at the start, every time I watch it and hear the music. |
Thanks Wiz!! 
| Tall Tyrion wrote: | | Anthem is a great song, and really cool to see them performing it. They had an intensity back then that they never have picked up again. Comes from getting older, I suppose. I saw them live only once, on the Counterparts tour. They put on a stellar show. |
Very cool! If you get a chance buy the Rush n Rio DVD. It is STELLAR!!
Thank you guys for making this Rush thread so enjoyable!!
I thought the turntable videos were really cool. What an Idea huh?? You may already know that The Necromancer was the second part of the story of Bytor & The Snow dog. What another pioneer song in Metal!!! This tune went on to inspired such bands as Living Sacrifice, Slayer and Tourniquet.
"By-Tor And The Snow Dog"
Tobes of Hades, lit by flickering torchlight
The netherworld is gathered in the glare
Prince By-Tor takes the cavern to the north light
The sign of Eth is rising in the air
By-Tor, knight of darkness
Centurion of evil, devil's prince
Across the River Styx, out of the lamplight
His nemesis is waiting at the gate
The Snow Dog, ermine glowing in the damp night
Coal-black eyes shimmering with hate
By-Tor and the Snow Dog
Square for battle, let the fray begin
The battle's over and the dust is clearing
Disciples of the Snow Dog sound the knell
Rejoicing echoes as the dawn is nearing
By-Tor, in defeat, retreats to Hell
Snow Dog is victorious
The land of the Overworld is saved again
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Tall Tyrion
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| | Subject: Re: Rush - Metal Pioneers!! Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:00 pm | |
| | Kuba wrote: |
Very cool! If you get a chance buy the Rush n Rio DVD. It is STELLAR!!
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I have that one.
I also have an extra copy of the bonus disc, since I had already purchased it previously.
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Kuba
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| | Subject: Re: Rush - Metal Pioneers!! Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:07 pm | |
| | Tall Tyrion wrote: | | Kuba wrote: |
Very cool! If you get a chance buy the Rush n Rio DVD. It is STELLAR!!
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I have that one.
I also have an extra copy of the bonus disc, since I had already purchased it previously. |
NICE!!
From what I have read from Niel Peart, once By-Tor was defeated by the snow dog he had a falling out with the devil and became the champion of good against the Necromancer. Hmm.... Interesting.. I love the stories! they like created their own mythology..
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| | Subject: Re: Rush - Metal Pioneers!! Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:30 pm | |
| | Kuba wrote: |
From what I have read from Niel Peart, once By-Tor was defeated by the snow dog he had a falling out with the devil and became the champion of good against the Necromancer. Hmm.... Interesting.. I love the stories! they like created their own mythology.. |
Well, you know, "they teach us!"  |
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Kuba
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| | Subject: Re: Rush - Metal Pioneers!! Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:51 pm | |
| | candlemass wrote: | | Well, you know, "they teach us!" |
There it is!!!
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GODSWIZARD
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| | Subject: Re: Rush - Metal Pioneers!! Thu May 01, 2008 1:44 am | |
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I wish I had $10 for every time that i've watched that video since you put it up and started this thread. If I got $10 for each viewing i'd probably have enough money to take my wife out to dinner at the revolving restaurant in the top of the Space Needle.
2. I love Alex Lifeson's hair in that video.
I miss mine whenever I see it.  
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| | Subject: Re: Rush - Metal Pioneers!! Thu May 01, 2008 6:50 am | |
| I only recently (in the past year and a half or so) got into Rush, and I'm sad it took me so long. While Peart's incredibly talented, it's easy to ignore that Lee and Lifeson are two of the most talented musicians on the planet. Lee, in particular, is a phenomenal bass player who's influenced entire genres of music.
| Quote: | | But I like their new music. it is almost as if they are reaching out to God a bit. nice to see that in their lyrics. Perhaps Neil Peart is being converted?? |
Not that I can tell. He went through a rough patch a while back, but his lyrics ultimately point towards his Ayn Rand's Objectivism. Nearly all of "Snakes and Arrows" is about faith and religion, and his rejection of both. To quote "Faithless":
I've got my own moral compass to steer by
A guiding star beats a spirit in the sky
And all the preaching voices -
Empty vessels of dreams so loud
As they move among the crowd
Fools and thieves are well disguised
In the temple and market place
Like a stone in the river
Against the floods of spring
I will quietly resist
Like the willows in the wind
Or the cliffs along the ocean
I will quietly resist
I don't have faith in faith
I don't believe in belief
You can call me faithless
I still cling to hope
And I believe in love
And that's faith enough for me
I've got my own spirit level for balance
To tell if my choice is leaning up or down
And all the shouting voices
Try to throw me off my course
Some by sermon, some by force
Fools and thieves are dangerous
In the temple and market place
Like a forest bows to winter
Beneath the deep white silence
I will quietly resist
Like a flower in the desert
That only blooms at night
I will quietly resist
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arttieTHE1manparty
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| | Subject: Re: Rush - Metal Pioneers!! Thu May 01, 2008 9:38 am | |
| Rush = ICKY BLECK! 
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| | Subject: Re: Rush - Metal Pioneers!! Thu May 01, 2008 1:40 pm | |
| Yep, I'll give due props to Rush for being one of the first bands I discovered to give me hope that rock and roll wasn't all a pile of crap. I grew up back when bands like Poison and Motley Crue were first lauded and considered actually good or even great.
Then I slowly discovered bands like Rush, Queensryche, Kansas, Yes and Queen that gave me hope. |
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Kuba
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| | Subject: Re: Rush - Metal Pioneers!! Thu May 01, 2008 2:08 pm | |
| | 5minutes wrote: | | I only recently (in the past year and a half or so) got into Rush, and I'm sad it took me so long. While Peart's incredibly talented, it's easy to ignore that Lee and Lifeson are two of the most talented musicians on the planet. Lee, in particular, is a phenomenal bass player who's influenced entire genres of music. |
Nice FIVER! TY
Perhaps Neil isn't close to conversion after all, Fiver Ty. I hadn't read those lyrics to that song. I was impressed by "Working Them Angels" & "Armour & Sword". Perhaps I was just thinking of what the terms mean to me in my faith. Oh well.. They are great musician. We can always pray for them eh?
| arttieTHE1manparty wrote: | | Rush = ICKY BLECK! |
Aww, come on chief?? It's not all that bad.. Sorry you're sick bro, I hope you feel better there Arttie...  
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Black Halo
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| | Subject: Re: Rush - Metal Pioneers!! Thu May 01, 2008 4:05 pm | |
| | I never could get into this band and I hate Geddy Lee's vocals. I love Progressive Metal and I give Rush credit for what they have done for the genre. I actually did buy their greatest hit's a couple of months ago I need to give them another chance but it's the vocals. |
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scourge39
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| | Subject: Re: Rush - Metal Pioneers!! Thu May 01, 2008 4:12 pm | |
| | Black Halo wrote: | | I never could get into this band and I hate Geddy Lee's vocals. I love Progressive Metal and I give Rush credit for what they have done for the genre. I actually did buy their greatest hit's a couple of months ago I need to give them another chance but it's the vocals. |
I second that. Amen, brother! |
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Black Halo
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| | Subject: Re: Rush - Metal Pioneers!! Thu May 01, 2008 6:27 pm | |
| | LOL! |
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GODSWIZARD
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| | Subject: Re: Rush - Metal Pioneers!! Thu May 01, 2008 9:03 pm | |
| Arttie said:
 Uncultured philistine.
Black Halo said:
| Quote: | | I never could get into this band and I hate Geddy Lee's vocals. |
You are in good and plentiful company. Lots and lots of peeps hate his voice.
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