My Favorite Albums: Rush

2112: Sci Fi/Ayn Rand inspired epic.

Moving Pictures: Great album from start to finish.

Top 40 songs of 1991: #11-20

11. Learning to Fly- Tom Petty
12. Pretty Tied Up- GnR
13. Dust n Bones- GnR
14. Runaround- Van Halen
15. No Son of Mine- Genesis
16. Roll the Bones- Rush
17. Drain You- Nirvana
18. Texarkana- REM
19. Country Feedback- REM
20. Can't Stop This Thing We Started- Bryan Adams

Rush: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2013 part 2

In the 90s, Rush returned to move back to a more guitar oriented sound.
Superconductor (1990): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcYP5XP0Rlk

Dreamline (1991): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYCOCIHObtg

Roll the Bones (1991): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tNLvNOu9Mw

Ghost of a Chance (1992): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLTFbtOfmxk

Nobody's Hero (1994): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIDL9JWB1MA

Test for Echo (1996): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgzIg36mH4I



Rush went on hiatus in 1997 and did not return until 2005.

Far Cry (2007): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWPf0pgjgHI

Caravan (2010): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87r-gxHFFuc

BU2B (2010): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mu6-jeydvo

Headlong Flight (2011): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcFGrWjOX0E

The Anarchist (2013): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHHvfSdTPbs

Rush: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2013 part 1

1968-1989

Alex Liefson, Jeff Jones, and John Rutsey formed Rush in 1968. A couple weeks later, Geddy Lee replaced Jones. The band released their debut album in 1974. That year, Rutsey left due to health problems. Neil Peart replaced him to fill out the classic lineup that still exists.
In the Mood (1974): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5njyO9h9Ys



Their first album with Peart took off as a result of rock radio in Cleveland.
 Fly By Night (1975): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEVDZl5UvN4



Peart wrote the lyrics while Lee and Leifson concentrated on instrumentation. Rush's songs concentrated on fantasy, sci-fi, history, philosophy, and whatever else Peart was reading at the time.

2112 was influenced by Ayn Rand and freaked out leftists.
 2112: Overture/Temple of the Sphinx (1977): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtdKhwhAcd4

Closer to the Heart (1977): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDRPtg0kmJU



In the 80s, they began to sound more mainstream.
 The Spirit of Radio (1980): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tq-UsaRchI

Freewill (1980): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnxkfLe4G74

Limelight (1981): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKpn0esJ73w

Tom Sawyer (1981): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auLBLk4ibAk

New World Man (1982): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNkAtgX-HT4

Subdivisions (1982): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYYdQB0mkEU

The Big Money (1985): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQgu0MpnKq8

Time Stand Still (1987): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMSFqXGZ5TQ

Don Kirshner: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2012

Rock Hall Bio: https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/don-kirshner/bio/

Official Site: http://www.donkirshner.com/



Don Kirshner produced ABC's In Concert series for nearly a year. In September 1973, he launched Don Kirshner's Rock Concert. The series lasted eight years. The show featured live vocals as opposed to lip synching. This set the show apart from others.


Rock Concert:
Rush (1974):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1c8YReQJAs



KISS (1977):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L8ykxoXvcY



Devo (1979):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqSta1K6B24




　

Rush: Limelight (1981)

Neil Peart did not feel comfortable with fan adulation. So, he wrote "Limelight" to convey his unease. Lack of privacy, autographs, gossip columns, journalists, etc all invaded his space. He borrowed from Shakespeare as well as his own feelings for the song. "All the world's a stage" is Shakespeare "and we are merely players" is Peart.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKpn0esJ73w

Top 10 songs of 2007

My favorite ones anyway...

1. Radio Nowhere- Bruce Springsteen

2. Long Road to Ruin- Foo Fighters

3. Window in the Skies- U2

4. Tarantula- Smashing Pumpkins

5. The Pretender- Foo Fighters

6. #9 Dream- REM

7. Ever Present Past- Paul McCartney

8.Love Rein O'er Me- Pearl Jam

9. Doomsday Clock- Smashing Pumpkins

10.. Working Class Hero- Green Day

Top 10 Songs of 2013

Here are the best songs, as picked by me, for 2013....

1. Sirens- Pearl Jam
2. The Next Day- David Bowie
3. The Anarchist- Rush
4. Super Collider- Megadeth
5. Neil Diamond- Freedom Song
6. Mind Your Manners- Pearl Jam
7. Valentine's Day- David Bowi
8. Ordinary Love- U2
9. Radioactive-Imagine Dragons
10. Cut Me Some Slack- Nirvana w/Paul McCartney

Cream: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 1993

Rock Hall Bio:

http://rockhall.com/inductees/cream/bio/

Cream represented rock’s first super group. Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton, and Ginger Baker, three alpha males, united to create a unique blend of blues, hard rock, and psychedelic music.

Their first album disappointed some.

Wrapping Paper (1966):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jpI7RbN4qY

I Feel Free (1966):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeB9JZmX1JI

Their second work, Disraeli Gears, lived up to the hype.

Strange Brew (1967):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hftgytmgQgE

Spoonful (1967):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-lRmVOGw3M

Sunshine of Your Love (1968):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqh54rSzheg

Wheels of Fire came next.

White Room (1968):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMtzhqikfYc&feature=related

Crossroads (1969):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hwnb8AB2kc

Bruce and Baker could not get along. On top of this, Clapton fell in love with The Band and took some negative reviews about his playing to heart. The band had to be convinced to produce one final work.

Goodbye

Ringo Starr misread “bridge” while Clapton worked on this song. He called it “Badge” and the name stuck.

Badge (1969):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7rHCYtbZRo

They performed a farewell concert at Royal Albert Hall and broke up. Cream reunited in 2005:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60Mskdg5_HA

In 2010, Bruce proclaimed “Cream is over.” Cream’s music had a dramatic impact on British metal and hard rock as well as prog rock. In Cream’s wake came Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Rush, and the Allman Brothers Band.