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Opinion: Invasion of the prog-lodytes: Examples of how progressive rock is sneaking into new genres of music

22 Oct 2009 22:31:07 PDT

Written by mikeeps
Dream Theater – Basically the flag bearer for progressive rock. Train of Thought is their most metal album, but every album has significant metal overtones through out. Scenes from a Memory is widely considered to be one of the best prog album of the 1990’s if not of all time. (Dream Theater Ex...

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Opinion: RUSH - Hemispheres (1978)

13 Sep 2009 19:47:34 PDT

What a stunning little piece of work this is! From the moment you start this up you're blasted to the other side of the galaxy - literally! This album really is brilliant, Rush were one of the greats of the 70's and they manage to show it in this album, and not just this album either, but several...

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Opinion: RUSH - Hemispheres (1978)

09 Sep 2009 19:06:23 PDT

Hemispheres is no less than a PROG Rock record, yet it's just not the side I particularly enjoy from Rush, and well it's not that it's a excellent PROG Rock record either, A Farewell to Kings deserves that position. RUSH Music Online:

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Opinion: RUSH - Snakes and Arrows Live (2008)

15 Jul 2009 00:44:59 PDT

I think for some people the choice of material would be off-putting, and whilst I agree the setlist is not faultless (the setlist from Exit Stage Left is perfect) you have to appreciate this is right up- to-date, hence the setlist, and in my view this is a top-notch concert DVD. It's thorough...

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Opinion: RUSH - Permanent Waves (1980)

06 Jun 2009 22:16:29 PDT

Jacob's Ladder is the darkest song Rush ever made. It plods along slowly, and uses well of the keyboard effects. The emotional resonance is powerful, and the boys cull a wide range of musical ideas for it. Certainly a career highlight, those dangerous and hateful guitar lines that Lifeson st...

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Opinion: RUSH - A Farewell to Kings (1977)

06 Jun 2009 14:38:05 PDT

While they have all but discarded their sleeve worn influences, I can't help but feel as if they are letting those very things silently control them. The compositions are by no means traditional rock format, and it is quite deep and involving at times. Not to mention there is more band member...

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Rush news and blogs - November 10, 2009

10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Rush news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Opinion: RUSH - 2112 (1976) -- from Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website
• Opinion: RUSH - Chronicles (1991) -- from Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website
• Opinion: RUSH - Moving Pictures (1981) -- from Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website
• Opinion: DREAM THEATER - Images And Words (1992) -- from Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website
• Opinion: RUSH - Permanent Waves (1980) -- from Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website
• Opinion: RUSH - Feedback (2004) -- from Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website
• Opinion: RUSH - Fly by Night (1975) -- from Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website
• Opinion: RUSH - Caress of Steel (1975) -- from Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website
• Opinion: RUSH - Moving Pictures (1981) -- from Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website
• Opinion: RUSH - Moving Pictures (1981) -- from Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website

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Opinion: RUSH - Fly by Night (1975)

05 Jun 2009 19:56:07 PDT

They rely so heavily on somewhat complex hard rock, that it damages the overall diversity, not to mention the hard rock can feel quite plain at times, and Geddy wants to be the best Plant he can. stars RUSH Music Online: recommended progarchives.com worldwide prog rock stores

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Opinion: RUSH - A Farewell to Kings (1977)

25 Apr 2009 11:23:07 PDT

Madrigal comes on and it's the shortest song on the album. It's a keyboard ballad. One melody is repeated over and over. The lyrics are bad: back to fantasy crap. In fact, most of the lyrics on here are a return to fantasy ideals, and they're a regression for Peart. The music is unmemorable. What hap...

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Opinion: RUSH - Rush (1974)

25 Apr 2009 09:03:29 PDT

It's important to remember that about this album. It's fun. It's the only Rush album that I can call "fun." The lyrics here were written mostly by Geddy and Lifeson (if I'm not mistaken) and they are very down to Earth. "I get up by seven, yeah, and I go to work by nine..." "I've been here, I've been ther...

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Opinion: RUSH - 2112 (1976)

10 Mar 2009 20:44:47 PDT

This was one of the first Rush albums that I bought after listening to my parents' Chronicles compilation all my life, as I had heard from someone that this is one of their most essential albums. In a sense I disagree, as I consider the following three albums some of the greatest musical work o...

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Music DVD Review: Rush - Snakes & Arrows Live

25 Nov 2008 01:53:09 PST

Written by David Bowling
I sort of lost track of Rush about 15-20 years ago. I’m not sure why as I was a big fan in the '70s and '80s and their vinyl releases remain in my collection. Snakes & Arrows Live provided a good way to catch up and renew old acquaintances.Showcasing Rush at their best, this almost four-hour, t...

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Opinion: CLASSIC ROCK WEEK DAY SIX : RUSH / MAHOGANY RUSH

05 Sep 2008 20:54:20 PDT

Written by address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Stefan)
RUSH For the new Rush fan I would not recommend it. "Different Stages" would be a much better intro to their live work. It showcases their more recent work as well as the pre-"Hemispheres" albums on that fantastic third concert disc. 3. Subdivisions

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Opinion: Article : Rush vs. Rolling Stone: A Qualitative Analysis

09 Jul 2008 10:48:36 PDT

A meme has developed in certain fan circles over the past few decades: Rolling Stone hates Rush. Ever since RS ran its review of Hemispheres in 1979, we've gotten more letters from Rush fans than perhaps anyone else. Most input runs along the lines of: "RS obviously hates Rush" or "Why hasn't...

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Concert Review: Rush (Holmdel, NJ - July 8, 2007)

09 Jul 2007 18:38:10 PDT

Written by Chris Holmes
Despite the typical New Jersey summer weather (temperature in the low 90s as the show opened), the group's energy rarely waned during the marathon three-hour set. The crowd for the most part was enthusiastic, although the classics ("Freewill", "Subdivisions", "The Spirit of Radio", a...

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Concert Review: Rush - Snakes & Arrows Tour At Nissan Pavilion - Bristow, Virginia June 23, 2007

30 Jun 2007 16:57:06 PDT

Written by Paul Roy
Set 2: 12. Far Cry 13. Workin' Them Angels 14. Armor And Sword 15. Spindrift 16. The Way The Wind Blows 17. Subdivisions 18. Natural Science 19. Witch Hunt 20. Malignant Narcissism 21. Drum Solo 22. Hope 23. Summertime Blues 24. The Spirit Of Radio 25. Tom Sawyer

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Music DVD Review: Rush - Exit Stage Left

23 Jun 2007 20:01:00 PDT

Written by Paul Roy
Exit Stage Left captures Rush at their creative and performing peak and is a must see for any fan of this magnificent Canadian export. Set List 1. Limelight 2. Tom Sawyer 3. The Trees 4. Xanadu 5. Red Barchetta 6. Freewill 7. Closer To The Heart 8. YYZ

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Music DVD Review: Rush - Grace Under Pressure Tour 1984

17 Jun 2007 08:51:52 PDT

Written by Paul Roy
Last summer Rush released the three DVD/CD box set Replay X 3, which includes remastered versions the three previously released VHS concert videos Exit Stage Left, Grace Under Pressure Tour, and A Show Of Hands, as well as a previously unreleased live CD of the Grace Under Pressure show. I...

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Music Review: Rush - Snakes And Arrows

28 May 2007 04:55:50 PDT

Written by T. Michael Testi
The CD contains 13 tracks whose listing can be found below. Rush is made up of the legendary trio of Geddy Lee on vocals, bass and mellotron; Alex Lifeson on guitars, mandola, mandolin and bouzouki (a Greek long-necked lute); and Neil Peart on drums, percussion, and tambourine. All songs we...

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Music Reviews: Wetton, Marillion, Rush, Elis, Battlelore, Artrosis, Beatallica, Legend Heart, and Chasing Victory

17 May 2007 17:24:55 PDT

Written by Marty Dodge
Rush return with their best album since Power Windows is the short review of this CD. Forget all the naysayers -- this is a great album from a band back at their creative best. Neil Peart seems to have worked through all his troubles and is back on cracking form. There is not a duff track on this her...

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Music Review: Rush - Snakes & Arrows

15 May 2007 20:17:12 PDT

Written by El Bicho
Complex lyrics blended with the intricate and ever-changing instrumental structures have always been the mark of a good Rush album, and S&A has them. "The Larger Bowl" is a pantoum, a rare form of poetry where the second and fourth lines of each stanza are repeated as the first and thir...

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Opinion: New Album Releases, 5-1-2007: Tori Amos, Joan Armatrading, Warren Zevon, Rush

03 May 2007 05:09:45 PDT

Written by Al Barger
Indie Rock Indie Rock College Rock, British Punk, Pub Rock, New Wave, Punk, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock Post-Hardcore, Progressive Metal Rush Snakes & Arrows Atlantic Album Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Hard Rock, Arena Rock Indie Rock

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Opinion: Overlooked Alternatives: Rush, Mike Keneally

02 May 2007 06:54:54 PDT

Written by Tom Johnson
Rush - Snakes & Arrows: It's here! It's finally here! Five years on from Vapor Trails, Rush returns with their 18th studio album (19th if you count the Feedback EP, released in the interim.) This is one time when I get to play my "fan card" and just fully admit to my bias. I'm going to listen t...

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Opinion: The Listening Room April 2, 2007: R.E.M., Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Springsteen, Dylan, Rush, Cut Chemist, and Whitesnake?

02 Apr 2007 14:32:12 PDT

Written by Josh Hathaway
In reading Rush drummer Neil Peart's Ghost Rider, I've developed a new respect for this song, so often overlooked and dismissed by fans as one of the lesser Vapor Trails offerings. Here, as in the book, we get a more humble, simpler Peart, a man facing a change in his life and opting to, for onc...

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Opinion: The Listening Room April 2, 2007: R.E.M., Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Springsteen, Dylan, Rush, Cut Chemist, and Whitesnake?

02 Apr 2007 14:32:12 PDT

Written by Josh Hathaway
The big news for this week? That idiot DJRadiohead has stopped running this feature and has turned it over to me. There are a few of you who will get that joke. The rest of you would do best to keep reading forward, as there are some great entries in this week's Listening Room.Speaking of great ent...

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BMA Music Review: Otis Rush - All Your Love I Miss Loving, Live at the Wise Fools Pub, Chicago

19 Mar 2007 18:28:19 PDT

Written by DJRadiohead
This performance was recorded around the time of his studio album Cold Day in Hell, which was released sometime in 1976, presumably after this January show. Rush, Levis, Stroger, and Green had either just finished cutting the album or would soon head into the studio. Five of the 12 tracks...

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