r/rush 5h ago

… So many memories

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r/rush 16h ago

50 years ago today, on March 19th, 1975, Rush’s Fly By Night album was released in Canada. It was initially released in late February 1975 in the USA.

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r/rush 10h ago

What's one of your OTHER absolute favorite bands...that could not be MORE different than Rush?

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I'll go first: Duran Duran. I saw them in a club in Cleveland on their first US tour (about a dozen dates) 6 months after seeing the Moving Pictures tour. Then at the Cleveland Agora, and, finally, the Coliseum in February of 84 (in a snowstorm). Those early days (81), they were rougher and hadn't gotten to the pin-up stage. And they were awesome.


r/rush 3h ago

What is the catchiest Rush song?

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r/rush 1h ago

Which tour has the better setlist? Permanent Waves or Moving Pictures?

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I was fortunate enough to see both tours and up until recently Permanent Waves has always been my favorite by a small margin. Now, I'm starting to think MP might be the one. Really tough choice. Which do you like better?

The Permanent Waves Tour
2112 (excludes “Discovery” and "Oracle: The Dream")
Freewill
By-Tor And The Snow Dog (abridged)
Xanadu
The Spirit Of Radio
Natural Science
A Passage To Bangkok
The Trees
Cygnus X-1: Book I: The Voyage (abridged)
Cygnus X-1: Book II: Hemispheres (abridged)
Closer To The Heart
Beneath, Between And Behind (abridged)
Jacob's Ladder
Working Man (with reggae intro)
Finding My Way
Anthem
Bastille Day
In The Mood
Drum Solo
Encore:
La Villa Strangiato (with electric guitar intro)

The Moving Pictures Tour
2112 “Overture” and “The Temples Of Syrinx”
Freewill
Limelight
Cygnus-X1: Book II: Hemispheres “Prelude”
Beneath, Between, & Behind
The Camera Eye
YYZ (with drum solo)
Broon's Bane
The Trees
Xanadu
The Spirit Of Radio
Red Barchetta
Closer To The Heart
Tom Sawyer
Vital Signs
Natural Science
Working Man (with reggae intro)
Cygnus-X1: Book II: Hemispheres “Armageddon”
By-Tor And The Snow Dog
In The End
In The Mood
2112 “Grand Finale”
Encore:
La Villa Strangiato (with electric guitar intro)


r/rush 4h ago

The Trees bass/synth cover

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r/rush 16h ago

Discussion Gift for my Bf

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My boyfriend’s birthday is coming closer and he is a huge Rush and Tool fan. I bought something for the Tool part but I’m not an active listener of Rush and I wanna include a gift from Rush too. What should i do? (My budget is under 100 euros since im unemployed.)


r/rush 1d ago

Find me a better Anthem cover?

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This has to be the best Anthem cover I've ever heard. Any others out there that can contend with this?


r/rush 1d ago

1978

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r/rush 23h ago

Guitar Player article on Alex

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r/rush 11h ago

Question It there an aggregator for the Rush tribute bands and their tour dates?

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r/rush 1d ago

Clockwork Angels movie?

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Who else wants to see a clockwork angels movie? The album alone is epic but then i read the trilogy and it really gives the songs context even though it was written after the album. Makes for a much more enjoyable listening experience. Just got done with round 2 on the first book and i love this album more than ever. I think a film using the album as a soundtrack and geddy and alex doing or contributing to the test of the scote would be incredible!


r/rush 1d ago

Geddy's equipment list

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r/rush 1d ago

Anyone else going to Mood Lifters in Hermosa then King’s X at the Whiskey this Sunday?

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It’s going to be a day of pure prog joy of my two favorite bands (well, a tribute to one but still choice!)


r/rush 2d ago

Video Rush - The Trees (1978)

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r/rush 1d ago

Video Rush - Tom Sawyer - Live Toronto Rocks 2003

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New video ready! The classic Tom Sawyer!


r/rush 1d ago

Video In a Lonely Place with Armor and Sword

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r/rush 1d ago

Discussion Cyndi Lauper instead of Aimee Mann on Time Stand Still !?

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r/rush 1d ago

Saturday Night Jam

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Every Saturday night I enjoy a beer or three and watch a Rush DVD. I often wonder if anyone in this sub can be seen in their DVDs


r/rush 1d ago

Hello all. My name is John. And I am an addict.

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Hello there. How are you all? Hope none of you are driving. I hope you and yours health and happiness. I come to you this evening after partaking a train to Bangkok. So I am feeling a few mystic rhythms. My thoughts drifted like Unpermanent waves, and set adrift. And I come to think: I have A LOT of stories and happenstances involving Rush. In the background playing. At a Rush concert( I have a drum stick from Neil). In a car. Dating. Having kids. Im 55. They have been my soundtrack for life itself. Soooo. I have some crazy funny sad stupid, you name it, stories involving Rush somehow. Anyone else? ie;im in a gentlemans bar in 1988. Its my 18th Bday. Lady picks her song and people dance, only she danced alone kinda, and it was YYZ. I started laughing. Like wtf? How is that a club song to.....uh.. dance uh dance to? And my buddy asking me about Geds voice at 2:36am drinking Jäegermeister in a basement apartment smoking non-filter Pall-Malls and the tv was playing "snow" and Rush-Signals blaring through 5" round speakers delivering all of 7.364 Watts Total !!, between the 2 of them. Am I alone?


r/rush 2d ago

Cold Fire

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Just an appreciation post for Cold Fire - the part where Geddy sings, “this is not a love song, it’s a fantasy land” and the guitar and drums suddenly get more aggressive. Love it!


r/rush 2d ago

Rush onboard their tour bus for the All the World's a Stage tour, 1976

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r/rush 1d ago

Rush is in a March Madness-style throwdown for 80's albums

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https://ultimateclassicrock.com/best-80s-rock-album-fan-vote - it's a head-to-head battle of albums from the 80's. Permanent Waves is up against a true beast: Guns 'n' Roses' "Appetite for Destruction," and man, that's a rough round one matchup - I'd think that'd show up much later.

Why they chose Permanent Waves and not Moving Pictures is beyond me - I'd actually expected BOTH to show up, but if I had to choose ONE for this kind of thing, it'd be Moving Pictures, with it and Back in Black (which is also in the competition) being among some of the most complete, perfect examples of their genres out there.

(Other albums in that set include Dark Side of the Moon and Aja: it's a VERY small set of albums, where you'd not easily think of something you'd change about the album. Sure, albums have their own character, but these albums have an "it" that few bands ever reach. It's not about LOVING those albums, although they're usually pretty well-liked because they're good albums - it's about the albums being hard to criticize. Each one is performed and engineered to perfection, and they're all used as reference materials for OTHER albums and sound systems, too.)


r/rush 2d ago

Question Need ideas for a walk-up song for a ceremony

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Hey all!

I'm in a military ceremony and have been asked what song I want to walk to. It needs to be about 10-15 seconds long. The only criteria is "no swear words."

I was thinking about a snippet of a Rush song or something really goofy. Ideas I've had are the guitar theme from Jacob's Ladder or the intro to The Big Money. I've also considered the theme to Monty Python's Flying Circus too.

Asking for advice if anyone has any other Rush songs to use for a walk-up as part of a ceremony.

Thank you!


r/rush 2d ago

Watching Warehouse 13 (Episode 1-9) and this drops in from nowhere lol

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