New Rush Album Touches On War On Terror and 9-11

Vapor Trails-The New Rush Album Due May 14 | 4-30-02 | my favorite headache

[stands2reason]

These days I'm really into the Dave Matthews Band.

I know everyone says they're great, but maybe I'm not hearing the right tracks. Of course, I'm so behind on music I think of Soundgarden as a new band and they broke up five years ago. Right now for me it's swing, old and new, (Louie Prima, Royal Crown Revue) old jazz,(the Duke) the blues (Sarah Vaughn) and classical(Schubert, LIszt, Bach, Metallica).

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

SO is the whole album formatted kinda like 2112?

[stands2reason]

You saw Hemispheres you #&@##$&*$&#!!!!!

[My Favorite Headache]

Nope..not at all...these are really confessions and just downright the most personal lyrics Neil has ever written. Alex has left the solos out but has replaced what the keyboards put in the last years with amazing chords. It is a solid disc and I have been very moved by it. Something I was not at all with Test For Echo.

[My Favorite Headache]

You have to! LOL...I mean don't ya want to be part of the Texas Welcome Back Committee For Neil Peart?

[philman_36]

Cool! Many thanks for the info.
My uncle has a country place
that no one knows about...
Still my all time favorite...

[SunTzuWu]

I've got tickets for their July 4 show at Walnut Creek in Raleigh. I saw them last at the Dean Dome in Raleigh for their Counterparts tour. The sound in the Dean Dome SUCKS! I'll never go to another concert there. Exit Stage Left is my favorite Rush album. Pearts drum solo in YYZ is incredible.

[Ferris]

We are young

Wondering the things of the earth

Wondering what our dreams might be worth

Learning that we're only mortal, for a limited time.

[=Intervention=]

That is exactly the reason why I can't stand and never really could stand the band...the perfect mixture of preachiness and atheism. Blah. Of course and "Closer to the Heart" was nothing more than a dressed up call to Socialism...and factor that in with Peart's comments a few years ago about how you have only 3 and half minutes for a song, so you have to make the song really good. Rush...they've never been heavy; they're not interesting; their lyrics are generic. They are a stereotypically Canadian -- pacifistic openminded tolerance with no moral compass. Yawn...

[-YYZ-]

Hmmmm. I take it you're not a fan. I've come to recognize some shortcomings in their music over the years, but I still enjoy listening to many of their older tunes. I guess you could see atheism in those lyrics, or socialism in Closer to the Hear, but that's just your interpretation. Peart wrote those lyrics, and his tastes in those years ran towards Libertariansim, which is rather the opposite of socialism, as I understand it. I would agree that most of their music since Grace Under Pressure has been rather generic, but I certainly wouldn't categorize the albums A Farewell to Kings (or maybe as far back as Fly By Night) thru Moving Pictures (or maybe even Signals) as generic.

Roll the Bones had some intersting tunes, too. ps I saw the Permanent Waves tour in 1979 or '80 as a 12 year old, opened by Max Webster. They were awesome back then.

[dyed_in_the_wool]

Anyway, "Part IV of Fear"? That's a little out of sequence, seeing as how parts I, II, and III came out in reverse order, part 3 on Moving Pictures, part 2 on Signals, and part 1 was on (which one came after Signals, Grace Under Pressure?). (like I said, used to be seriously into Rush).

To: -YYZ-
As for the Fear being part 4...it was the fans who always called it a trilogy...not Neil. Got my tickets for one show so far...will be working on more later on.

I think this is incorrect. I don't have it handy, but I'm pretty sure it's labeled as a trilogy in the liner notes. For more check out this explanation.
You can find all of the answers to your questions at The Rush FAQ.

[dyed_in_the_wool]

It is a solid disc and I have been very moved by it. Something I was not at all with Test For Echo.

'Dog Years' was painful to listen to. The album was almost as bad as Hold Your Fire.
Considering how many great albums they've had, it's hard to gripe. But you have to call the bad ones when you see them.

[dyed_in_the_wool]

Wondering the things of the earth

Er, uh, I think it's Wandering the Face of the Earth.
Perhaps you should check out Kiss This Guy.com.

[My Favorite Headache]

Dog Years was a slap in the face. I did not deserve to be exposed to it. Same with Madrigal...not right. LOL...all in all though you can't complain with Rush. Yes some of Neil's beliefs I really really try to look past. The fact that he believes in a random universe you can't believe there is a God because there is no proof. I say to Neil prove there isn't. As he gets older and the hell that he has gone through it is funny watching him have gripes with Angels,God, and Religion all in one song. Then the next album he is talking to "stars" and asking why?

Surely Neil doesn't believe that stars are our spirit in rock and water form does he?? Oooopss...listen to the track Presto and High Water and there is your answer. Maybe Totem? His lyrics on 90% of other songs have hit home and hit a home run though but for the most part his pacifist side does come out more often than I want in Rush's music. But at this point...I will take any Rush I can get.

[cmak9]

"It's time for these guys to shut their collective Canadian ycake holes and go back to eating back bacon"

Hmm...very poignant and intelligent comment. Might I suggest you do the same? If you're some kind of fan of Vlad the Impaler or something (or "Robot Wars"?), maybe it will make you feel better to know that Alex Lifeson (not his real last name) is of Serbian descent, which is somewhere near Transylvania I guess.

Longtime Rush fan bump! While some albums were better than others, they were all good!

[Lancey Howard]

bttt

[Benson_Carter]

thanks for this post! ten thousand replies would not be enough. I have my tickets for the July 7th show at Darien Lake PAC outside of Buffalo. My best friend blew $100 on tickets for my birthday on July 9th! What a birthday present! Each ticket was $67 but I told him just to pay $100 or I'd feel bad...

If the show is good (duh!) I will try to get tickets to shows later on in the tour, maybe making the trip to Boston or somewhere else here in the NorthEast.

my friend says that his boss has seen Rush over 35 times, the first time was with ZZ Top for $6 !!!!

[Cacique]

Damm, I thought it was RUSH LIMBAUGH who was out with a new album. Oh well.

[My Favorite Headache]

What a birthday present! Each ticket was $67 but I told him just to pay $100 or I'd feel bad....<<<<<<<<

LMFAO...my kinda of friend you are...feelin bad if he spent less...hahahahahaha

[Benson_Carter]

hey, what can I say? we both wanted to be as close to the stage as humanly possible!

: )