Being a fan since 80, I have listened to, watched and read everything I could get my hands on. If I had to pick one brief thing to use to explain "Who is Rush" to someone, this would be it. There are several close second's, but I've loved this since I first saw it in 81.

I enjoyed listening to Rush. Have the Moving Pictures, 2112 and the one with Mr. Roboto albums. But I think I literally hadn't heard any of their music for going on 20 years before "Tom Sawyer" was featured in the Ready Player One movie.

Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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I enjoyed listening to Rush. Have the Moving Pictures, 2112 and the one with Mr. Roboto albums. But I think I literally hadn't heard any of their music for going on 20 years before "Tom Sawyer" was featured in the Ready Player One movie.

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Styx?

The Trees is my favorite.

Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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I enjoyed listening to Rush. Have the Moving Pictures, 2112 and the one with Mr. Roboto albums. But I think I literally hadn't heard any of their music for going on 20 years before "Tom Sawyer" was featured in the Ready Player One movie.

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Yeah my favorite Rush album is the one with "Take It On The Run" on it.

Ooops, mixed up my 80s bands ...

So I guess I only have Moving Pictures and 2112. Apparently had at least one Styx album as well.

Rush would have been a great instrumental band. I love Neil Peart and Alex Lifeson. Geddy's vocals are beyond obnoxious and completely ruin all of their music for me, which is why I am not a Rush fan and mostly cannot stand listening to their. He should have just stuck to keyboards.

It's hard to pinpoint because the band changed sounds through the years. I'd say Xanadu if I had to pick one, with Camera Eye being a close second.

La Villa Strangiato off of Hemisperes...

Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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I enjoyed listening to Rush. Have the Moving Pictures, 2112 and the one with Mr. Roboto albums. But I think I literally hadn't heard any of their music for going on 20 years before "Tom Sawyer" was featured in the Ready Player One movie.

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How dare you?!?!?!!


Styx is 100x's better than Rush

decent looking Ag said:

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Rush would have been a great instrumental band. I love Neil Peart and Alex Lifeson. Geddy's vocals are beyond obnoxious and completely ruin all of their music for me, which is why I am not a Rush fan and mostly cannot stand listening to their. He should have just stuck to keyboards.

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Yes, he should definitely put the bass guitar down.

Neil Peart is my Spirit Animal

My uncle got me into Rush during long road-trips to Colorado back in the 90s... I played percussion / drums in concert and marching band in HS / College (FTAB). I never picked up the trap set until about 3-4 years ago. I am decent at it (low-end / probably about as good as a high schooler, haha). But I play in my church praise band on Sundays for fun.

I cannot imagine doing what Neil does. His legs and arms have minds of their own and some of those time signatures that they use he makes so smooth that they seem elementary to him - but to a trained ear are extremely difficult to maintain - no-less switch through several times during a single song.

Fly By Night is one of the best albums of all time.

Episode IV said:

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Neil Peart is my Spirit Animal

My uncle got me into Rush during long road-trips to Colorado back in the 90s... I played percussion / drums in concert and marching band in HS / College (FTAB). I never picked up the trap set until about 3-4 years ago. I am decent at it (low-end / probably about as good as a high schooler, haha). But I play in my church praise band on Sundays for fun.

I cannot imagine doing what Neil does. His legs and arms have minds of their own and some of those time signatures that they use he makes so smooth that they seem elementary to him - but to a trained ear are extremely difficult to maintain - no-less switch through several times during a single song.

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Just for you

Yelnick McWawa said:

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Episode IV said:

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Neil Peart is my Spirit Animal

My uncle got me into Rush during long road-trips to Colorado back in the 90s... I played percussion / drums in concert and marching band in HS / College (FTAB). I never picked up the trap set until about 3-4 years ago. I am decent at it (low-end / probably about as good as a high schooler, haha). But I play in my church praise band on Sundays for fun.

I cannot imagine doing what Neil does. His legs and arms have minds of their own and some of those time signatures that they use he makes so smooth that they seem elementary to him - but to a trained ear are extremely difficult to maintain - no-less switch through several times during a single song.

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Just for you

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lol.... reply is in general not to you......

Rush is something much more for me and I suppose it is Neil Peart in a lot of ways. Not sure how I'd feel about them if it was another drummer. I don't think they would have been near as successful (just look at the fist album without him - some good stuff but if it was all that they would not have amounted to much. not to mention he was the lyricist for all the other albums). they are too intertwined for me to separate them but I love them I just don't know how much is just because of Neil.

I started drumming in 1978 although it was not due to Neil Peart or Rush. Actually my first idol was Buddy Rich. But through my drum teacher over the next 4 or 5 years I found out about them. He would hand write out the drum parts to Rush songs and I would try to master them - never could really only sections of them at best.

I also played in a lot of symphonic and jazz bands over the years and followed the big names in drumming in every genre.

Peart is flat out amazing. You can go 1 or 2 in rock drummers with Peart and Bonham in either order (imho) but anyone else is a distant 3rd even though there are some great ones (Baker, Watts, Moon, Copeland, etc.). It is hard to compare from other genres people like Krupa and Rich but I generally think those great jazz drummers were better than any rock drummers. imho.

anyway just some rambling thoughts. I love Rush but that video link is great cuz I could show people stuff from Buddy Rich and others that would blow any rock drummer away. he wasn't wrong there. but there is still some exceptional drumming in rock it's just more rare than exceptional guitar playing to me. so many rock drummers are just spares. If I think I could play as well as them given the time then I don't think much of them - Peart and Bonham and some others are exceptions. But I think there are less than 15 really great rock drummers.

I'm starting to think I was into Rush when others were into Iron Maiden.

Hemispheres is my favorite, so freakin' complex. But I was a kid when I bought it, so it wasn't because of that!

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I'm starting to think I was into Rush when others were into Iron Maiden.

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Why not both?

If I was stuck on a desert island and allowed to "celebrate" the entire catalog of only 2 bands from the 80s, I would probably pick these 2.

If I'm listening to a Canadian rock trio its going to be Triumph!

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If I'm listening to a Canadian rock trio its going to be Triumph!

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That is not the correct answer.

Canadian R&R HOF is a short list - this is my list there is no official CR&RHOF

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Neil Young
Rush
The Guess Who
Bachman Turner Overdrive
Steppenwolf
Bryan Adams
The Band
Alanis Morisette
Leonard Cohen
Joni Mitchell - i suppose although calling her rock in any sense is a stretch
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Triumph
Nickelback
April Wine
Loverboy
Barenaked Ladies
Gordon Lightfoot
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Arcade Fire
Tragically Hip
Our Lady Peace
Crash Test Dummies
The New Pornogrpahers
Cowboy Junkies
k.d. lang
Avril Lavigne
Sarah Maclachlan
Aldo Nova

Went to 13 Rush concerts from 1994 to 2015. Sucks they are done but pretty much anything after what Neil went through was gravy....and damn tasty at that. Their albums during this time were some of their best.

Zombie Jon Snow said:

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Canadian R&R HOF is a short list - this is my list there is no official CR&RHOF

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Neil Young
Rush
The Guess Who
Bachman Turner Overdrive
Steppenwolf
Bryan Adams
The Band
Alanis Morisette
Leonard Cohen
Joni Mitchell - i suppose although calling her rock in any sense is a stretch
-------------- debatable ---------------
Triumph
Nickelback
April Wine
Loverboy
Barenaked Ladies
Gordon Lightfoot
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Arcade Fire
Tragically Hip
Our Lady Peace
Crash Test Dummies
The New Pornogrpahers
Cowboy Junkies
k.d. lang
Avril Lavigne
Sarah Maclachlan
Aldo Nova

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Great list. I would argue there should be no debate about Triumph. They should be in, and debatable would be the Cleveland hof.

88Warrior said:

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If I'm listening to a Canadian rock trio its going to be Triumph!

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I first heard Triumph my second year at A&M, from my roommate. LONG before they had any kind of hit...at least I don't remember 'Rock 'n Roll Machine" being a very big deal.

Zombie Jon Snow said:

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Canadian R&R HOF is a short list - this is my list there is no official CR&RHOF

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Neil Young
Rush
The Guess Who
Bachman Turner Overdrive
Steppenwolf
Bryan Adams
The Band
Alanis Morisette
Leonard Cohen
Joni Mitchell - i suppose although calling her rock in any sense is a stretch
-------------- debatable ---------------
Triumph
Nickelback
April Wine
Loverboy
Barenaked Ladies
Gordon Lightfoot
---------------- out ----------------------
Arcade Fire
Tragically Hip
Our Lady Peace
Crash Test Dummies
The New Pornogrpahers
Cowboy Junkies
k.d. lang
Avril Lavigne
Sarah Maclachlan
Aldo Nova

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Tragically Hip out?!?!? I thought they were like a national institution up there.

Listened to them on the train to Bangkok once...

Big rush fan.

And I like April wine.

greatest thing they ever did was retire !

Triumph debatable?

Unlike a lot of rock bands, Emmett actually sounds as good live as he does in the studio.

I like Triumph but come on... they don't have a deep catalog. 10 total albums none since 1993 and only really 2-3 really good albums. Only 1 even went platinum in the US. 10-12 really good songs. their window was narrow really like 1980-83 when they were a top act or concert draw.

I saw them in concert twice and I really like them but they aren't HOF material here for sure - in Canada yeah I suppose if you want more than 10 inductees.

Wow ZJS. You just laid it on the line. All of it.

decent looking Ag said:

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Rush would have been a great instrumental band. I love Neil Peart and Alex Lifeson. Geddy's vocals are beyond obnoxious and completely ruin all of their music for me, which is why I am not a Rush fan and mostly cannot stand listening to their. He should have just stuck to keyboards.

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Rush definitely *is* a great instrumental band. They're just not all on one album.

Leave That Thing Alone
La Villa Strangiato
YYZ
Where's My Thing
The Main Monkey Business
Hope
Malignant Narcissism
2112 Overture
Numerous live drum solos by Neil

If you're no fan of Ged's voice, fair enough. Lots of good stuff above.

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Wow ZJS. You just laid it on the line. All of it.

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Lol

Well you've got to fight the good fight when you have an opportunity. Me, I live for the weekend.

Zombie Jon Snow said:

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I like Triumph but come on... they don't have a deep catalog. 10 total albums none since 1993 and only really 2-3 really good albums. Only 1 even went platinum in the US. 10-12 really good songs. their window was narrow really like 1980-83 when they were a top act or concert draw.

I saw them in concert twice and I really like them but they aren't HOF material here for sure - in Canada yeah I suppose if you want more than 10 inductees.

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Say goodbye, ordinary man. I'll never surrender.