The RUSH thread

[SeaMajor7]

Rush is one of my all time favs and this is one of the greatest performances of any band ever recorded, and what inspired me to become a musician myself......

 

[SeaMajor7]

This song came to mind for me when the Covid PANIC came to be.


We've got nothing to fear but fear itself
Not pain, not failure, not fatal tragedy?
Not the faulty units in this mad machinery?
Not the broken contacts in emotional chemistry?

With an iron fist in a velvet glove
We are sheltered under the gun

In the glory game on the power train
Thy kingdom's will be done

And the things that we fear are a weapon to be held against us

He's not afraid of your judgment
He knows of horrors worse than your Hell
He's a little bit afraid of dying
But he's a lot more afraid of your lying

And the things that he fears are a weapon to be held against him

Can any part of life be larger than life?
Even love must be limited by time
And those who push us down that they might climb
Is any killer worth more than his crime?

Like a steely blade in a silken sheath
We don't see what they're made of
They shout about love, but when push comes to shove
They live for the things they're afraid of

And the knowledge that they fear is a weapon to be used against them

He's not afraid of your judgment
He knows of horrors worse than your hell
He's a little bit afraid of dyin'
But he's a lot more afraid of your lyin'

And the things that he fears
Are a weapon to be held against him

He's not afraid of your judgment
He knows of horrors, worse than your hell
He's a little bit afraid of dyin'
But he's a lot more afraid of your lyin'

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

This song came to mind for me when the Covid PANIC came to be.


We've got nothing to fear but fear itself
Not pain, not failure, not fatal tragedy?
Not the faulty units in this mad machinery?
Not the broken contacts in emotional chemistry?

With an iron fist in a velvet glove
We are sheltered under the gun

In the glory game on the power train
Thy kingdom's will be done

And the things that we fear are a weapon to be held against us

He's not afraid of your judgment
He knows of horrors worse than your Hell
He's a little bit afraid of dying
But he's a lot more afraid of your lying

And the things that he fears are a weapon to be held against him

Can any part of life be larger than life?
Even love must be limited by time
And those who push us down that they might climb
Is any killer worth more than his crime?

Like a steely blade in a silken sheath
We don't see what they're made of
They shout about love, but when push comes to shove
They live for the things they're afraid of

And the knowledge that they fear is a weapon to be used against them

He's not afraid of your judgment
He knows of horrors worse than your hell
He's a little bit afraid of dyin'
But he's a lot more afraid of your lyin'

And the things that he fears
Are a weapon to be held against him

He's not afraid of your judgment
He knows of horrors, worse than your hell
He's a little bit afraid of dyin'
But he's a lot more afraid of your lyin'

You do know this song is about the fear of nuclear annihilation and the lies of US administrations to use it as leverage against their people.....right?

That being said...my favorite song on the album.

 

[SeaMajor7]

You do know this song is about the fear of nuclear annihilation and the lies of US administrations to use it as leverage against their people.....right?

That being said...my favorite song on the album.

The songs that make up Rush's "Fear" series are in the following order:

• Witch Hunt: From the 1981 album Moving Pictures, this was the first song in the series to be released
• The Weapon: From the 1982 album Signals
• The Enemy Within: From the 1984 album Grace Under Pressure
• Freeze: From the 2002 album Vapor Trails.

 

[SeaMajor7]

This is off the charts enthusiasm and rocking pure JOY from the audience and the band.
Another EPIC LIVE performance:

 

[SeaMajor7]

This is a rare GEM!
Losing It from their 1982 album Signals, live for the first time with the original guest violin player Ben MInk.
The song is an epiphany of the human condition; well put in their setlist then.


The dancer slows her frantic pace
In pain and desperation
Her aching limbs and downcast face
Aglow with perspiration

Stiff as wire, her lungs on fire
With just the briefest pause
The flooding through her memory
The echoes of old applause.

She limps across the floor
And closes her bedroom door...

The writer stares with glassy eyes
Defies the empty page
His beard is white, his face is lined
And streaked with tears of rage

Thirty years ago, how the words would flow
With passion and precision
But now his mind is dark and dulled
By sickness and indecision

And he stares out the kitchen door
Where the sun will rise no more

Some are born to move the world
To live their fantasies
But most of us just dream about
The things we'd like to be

Sadder still to watch it die
Then never to have known it

For you, the blind who once could see
The bell tolls for thee
For you the blind who once could see

The bell tolls for thee...
The bell tolls for thee...

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

This is a rare GEM!
Losing It from their 1982 album Signals, live for the first time with the original guest violin player Ben MInk.
The song is an epiphany of the human condition; well put in their setlist then.


The dancer slows her frantic pace
In pain and desperation
Her aching limbs and downcast face
Aglow with perspiration

Stiff as wire, her lungs on fire
With just the briefest pause
The flooding through her memory
The echoes of old applause.

She limps across the floor
And closes her bedroom door...

The writer stares with glassy eyes
Defies the empty page
His beard is white, his face is lined
And streaked with tears of rage

Thirty years ago, how the words would flow
With passion and precision
But now his mind is dark and dulled
By sickness and indecision

And he stares out the kitchen door
Where the sun will rise no more

Some are born to move the world
To live their fantasies
But most of us just dream about
The things we'd like to be

Sadder still to watch it die
Then never to have known it

For you, the blind who once could see
The bell tolls for thee
For you the blind who once could see

The bell tolls for thee...
The bell tolls for thee...

Second favorite song on the album.
Aging and facing our own mortality.

 

[SeaMajor7]

Second favorite song on the album.
Aging and facing our own mortality.

I was lucky enough to see this song performed @ MSG NYC with Jonathan Dinklage on violin.
Surreal experience.

 

[CrazyTrader55]

Let's go back to SIGNALS again with a great live version of a great song - The Analog Kid

 

[luiza]

Good band but I could do without the screechy voice of Geddy Lee.

I must confess I had to check out the band details as they are almost unknown in the UK .
I honestly thought Geddy was a screechy woman who could not sing in tune until I found out the facts .

Oh dear . But each to our own .

 

[the other mike]

I've been extremely blessed to have seen Rush in concert 6 times between 1975 and 1988.

Will post later .....