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DSOP wrote: "A Farewell To Kings" is still their zenith in my eyes (and ears).

Love "A Farewell To Kings". Xanadu? Unreal. Still.

Here’s a fun one…

The unison riff (kick/spashes and bass) that Neil and Geddy play in the new tune sounded very familiar to me.

Anyone remember Bastille Day from “Caress of Steel”?

Here's a short clip of part of the new song followed by part of Bastille Day.

rush-riff.mp3

If you can’t “borrow” from yourself, who can you steal, err... uhh.. borrow from?

Yeah, I caught the nod to Bastille Day right off the bat on first listen. That was another great record: Caress of Steel.

"A Farewell to Kings" is a favorite. Rockfield studios in Wales. Tons of great records made there. "Caress of Steel" is fantastic but probably considered their worst one of the early stuff. I used to play in a band years ago that played "I Think I'm Going Bald". It's not great as far as the song itself but I love Neil's playing on it.

Christopher wrote:It's pretty much a given that most of us who are Rush fans miss the days of 2112 up through Grace Under Pressure.

I grew up on the keyboard era as Grace Under Pressure was the first cassette I bought so i'm probably in the minority - for me Signals, GUP, Power Windows & Hold your Fire were classics!

Turn the page, Time Stands Still, Marathon, Red Lenses, Body Electric, Chemistry...the list goes on.

As time went on I began to work my way back thru the early stuff. Seemed like every 4 albums they perfected a sound, did a live album and then came back with a fresh new approach.

They completely lost me with/after Vapor Trails

that song was pretty lame... i couldn´'t get to the end of it either.

also, vocals are very muddy... i don't like his voice, so no problem there... heheh

If something I click isn't immediately amazing these days then it gets closed. This is probably not good but is how I am sometimes. Sometimes.

I really like that Rush has never done a re-union because they've never stopped playing, unlike a lot of big bands over the years. I'm glad they're still around making music because I like them. Their music just doesn't have the same impact on me though. I wonder what younger generations think of them.

Steve Holmes wrote:I wonder what younger generations think of them.

This member of the younger generation thinks they are awesome.

I hear some Mastodon in that tune.

beat hit wrote:... But there's something about Geddy Lee's voice that I just can't get into nowadays ...

Well, I never really could, I'm afraid.

Christopher wrote:

DSOP wrote: "A Farewell To Kings" is still their zenith in my eyes (and ears).

Love "A Farewell To Kings". Xanadu? Unreal. Still.

Here’s a fun one…

The unison riff (kick/spashes and bass) that Neil and Geddy play in the new tune sounded very familiar to me.

Anyone remember Bastille Day from “Caress of Steel”?

Here's a short clip of part of the new song followed by part of Bastille Day.

rush-riff.mp3

If you can’t “borrow” from yourself, who can you steal, err... uhh.. borrow from?

It's amazing how much more clarity there was in the old days. though i'm listening to it on a macbook (which has some of the worst speakers of all time) but i can't even make out the notes of the new recording. I can hear the 16th notes clear as day on the Bastille Day clip. Thanks for posting, I was losing my mind trying to figure out which song it was that it sounded like...
Though i'm not in love with the new song I look forward to more stuff. Worst case scenario, you have a few new songs that you don't love, but get to see them play "Moving Pictures" front to end live... I'm glad they're still at it. I actually really enjoyed the first half of "Snakes and Arrows".
peace, sammy j