Let's talk Rush.

[rustywire]

Player for player, among the top-tier power trios re: musicianship.
Prone to overplaying & self-indulgence of the frequently-impressive-but-mostly-boring variety.
Above average lyrics, but the messenger's timbre and delivery

If I'm listening to Rush it's probably because someone else picked the song. I'd prob listen to Rush on purpose if they were an instrumental post-rock group or had a non-Geddy singer/frontman. I have legit respect for those fellas in large part due to their talent & longevity (plus being substantive) but none of their records are special or personally significant to me. I did scoop a vg+ Moving Pictures in the mid 00s, for a liquidation bargain when my fav (local) record store closed despite my best efforts to keep it in business

[Strange Tales]

Geddy's vocals are tight and you're all fuckin haters.

I learned Tom Sawyer on bass last night and that song is so much fun to play.

[Ugly Nora]

It's a great bass line for sure.

I remember back in like 5th or 6th grade when that album came out, I would walk around the playground blasting that song on my boombox.

Do the kids still listen to boomboxes?

[coldbrightsunlight]

Geddy's vocals are tight and you're all fuckin haters.

^

[retinal orbita]

Geddy's vocals are tight and you're all fuckin haters.

^

[Zounds Perspex]

When your drummer writes the lyrics....that's a bad sign.

[Zounds Perspex]

also, when your drummer steals the hat Eddie Murphy wore in The Golden Child...that's another bad sign.

[Ugly Nora]

When your band is named after video tape head cleaner, that's a bad sign.

Say, this is fun. It could be it's own thread.

[dubkitty]

"video tape head cleaner"

[Zounds Perspex]

When said drummer who writes lyrics was influenced by Ayn Rand, that's a REALLY bad sign.

Ok, so he's moved on from that a bit, but there's really no excuse for this fucking hat.

[MrNovember]

That's a lot of drums....

[dubkitty]

those hats were already heinous when Joe Zawinul wore them 40 years ago.

[Jwar]

Still waiting for Eivind to show up with them dick pics.

[Blackened Soul]

When said drummer who writes lyrics was influenced by Ayn Rand, that's a REALLY bad sign.

Ok, so he's moved on from that a bit, but there's really no excuse for this fucking hat.

well great... there goes steampunk

[Gone Fission]

well great... there goes steampunk

SteamPROG.