For Khatru

[Siberian_Khatru]

Did you like them? Atlas Shrugged is over 1k pages 645,000 words, (estimate by the publisher and by The New York Times and by the author herself quoting printer's word count), it makes the longest novels list LOL. It seems to be 15th on the list. I just watched The Fountainhead movie this week. Of course it does not hold a candle to the novel. I read Anthem in high school, maybe grade nine. I have probably read Pride and Prejudice (by Jane Austen) at least five times also.

I enjoyed The Fountainhead. Anthem was okay; short and palpable. I take Rush's Anthem to be based on that short story - I think I like the song more.

 

[SkittlePumpkin]

Quick:

Sirk, what are some of your favorite Rush songs on guitar (to play or hear)?

zero, what are yours on drums?

SkittlePumpkin, what are yours on vocals?

GIS, what are yours as far as lyrics go?

Sibby, what are yours on bass?

Ooo...2112 as a whole is a phenomenal vocal album. Also, Geddy's vocals in Cygnus X-1 are spectacularly chilling. And Closer to the Heart.
I've tried singing Closer to the Heart...I cannot do it justice -_-

 

[Sirk]

Quick:

Sirk, what are some of your favorite Rush songs on guitar (to play or hear)?



zero, what are yours on drums?

SkittlePumpkin, what are yours on vocals?

GIS, what are yours as far as lyrics go?

Sibby, what are yours on bass?

Spirit of the Radio. Limelight. Losing it. Temples....oh.. there are so many! Love Scars. Emotion detector. All the instrumentals.

 

[Siberian_Khatru]

Ooo...2112 as a whole is a phenomenal vocal album. Also, Geddy's vocals in Cygnus X-1 are spectacularly chilling. And Closer to the Heart.
I've tried singing Closer to the Heart...I cannot do it justice -_-

It was Gee Lee's voice back then that people have told me that's why they didn't like Rush. A lot of folks seem okay with the music, but not his voice. I really like that he became more melodic over time, but have mad respect for his range back then too.

Spirit of the Radio. Limelight. Losing it. Temples....oh.. there are so many! Love Scars. Emotion detector. All the instrumentals.

Alex said that the guitar solo from Limelight was his favorite, that it conveyed exactly what he wanted it to. Nice list!

 

[Sirk]

One of the things I really respect about Rush is their commitment to their families and their personal lives. They never sold themselves out for fame or fortune. They stuck it to the music biz in a lot of ways..one of which was not becoming a slave to it like so many have..even Christian artists.

 

[Siberian_Khatru]

One of the things I really respect about Rush is their commitment to their families and their personal lives. They never sold themselves out for fame or fortune. They stuck it to the music biz in a lot of ways..one of which was not becoming a slave to it like so many have..even Christian artists.

That is respectable. They almost sunk after Caress of Steel and went on to record 2112 how they wanted to do it still, staying true to their creativity. What a trifecta of good guys.

 

[Siberian_Khatru]

Probably my favorite Rush bass solo (it's a cover, but the guy nails it):

[video=youtube;cikmJqSm9EE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cikmJqSm9EE[/video]

 

[GodIsSalvation]

When you said your first rush album was hemispheres I was like finally someone who's been a fan longer than me! Then I noticed your age. It's all good though!

Lol if it counts for anything I was about 14 when I first discovered Rush.

Quick:

Sirk, what are some of your favorite Rush songs on guitar (to play or hear)?

zero, what are yours on drums?

SkittlePumpkin, what are yours on vocals?

GIS, what are yours as far as lyrics go?

Sibby, what are yours on bass?

Easily 2112. A pagan cult to high technology and modernism is one day defied by a young man that finds an ancient guitar and plucks the strings. That's just too poetic to pass up.

2112 is pretty cliché though, and long. If I had to pick a shorter song, or a runner-up to it, maybe Red Sector A. Really tugs at my emotions. From what I understand it is influenced by Geddy Lee's mother being in the Holocaust. Aside from that, also pretty accurately describes how I view the world as a nihilistic and gigantic concentration camp, hoping that tomorrow Jesus will come and we'll all be freed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoXFVb1VVJA
[video=youtube;RoXFVb1VVJA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoXFVb1VVJA[/video]

 

[GodIsSalvation]

Did you like them? Atlas Shrugged is over 1k pages 645,000 words, (estimate by the publisher and by The New York Times and by the author herself quoting printer's word count), it makes the longest novels list LOL. It seems to be 15th on the list. I just watched The Fountainhead movie this week. Of course it does not hold a candle to the novel. I read Anthem in high school, maybe grade nine. I have probably read Pride and Prejudice (by Jane Austen) at least five times also.

Lol I have Atlas Shrugged. Frankly it's very boring, it's better off being used as a paper weight.

Guess I'm too much of an altruist to get into Ayn Rand's conservative objectivist philosophies.

 

[Magenta]

Lol I have Atlas Shrugged. Frankly it's very boring, it's better off being used as a paper weight.

Guess I'm too much of an altruist to get into Ayn Rand's conservative objectivist philosophies.

I just like the story, the triumph of the human spirit even against the most oppressive and overpowering odds. She is an amazing writer; her politics don't interest me, and her nonfiction is what I find boring. On the other hand, I also used to be a huge fan of Anne Rice, most specifically the vampire Lestat series. Her religious views came to very much interest me in light of things she wrote, particularly Memnoc The Devil, after I became a Christian. Five years ago she said,

“I remain committed to Christ as always but not to being ‘Christian’ or being a part of Christianity. It’s simply impossible for me to ‘belong’ to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group. I refuse to be anti-gay. I refuse to be anti-feminist. I refuse to be anti-artificial birth control. I refuse to be anti-democrat. I refuse to be anti-secular humanism. I refuse to be anti-science. I refuse to be anti-life. In the name of Christ, I quit Christianity and being Christian. Amen.”

I read her books multiple times also

 

[Siberian_Khatru]

I just like the story, the triumph of the human spirit even against the most oppressive and overpowering odds.

Seems to be an underlying, running theme in The Fountainhead and Anthem, albeit the promotion of egoism/objectivism. I can see this in Peart's writing as well.

 

[Sirk]

The Body electric is pretty spectacular as well.

[video=youtube;1dW8wEQbAXU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dW8wEQbAXU#action=share[/video]

 

[GodIsSalvation]

I just like the story, the triumph of the human spirit even against the most oppressive and overpowering odds. She is an amazing writer; her politics don't interest me, and her nonfiction is what I find boring. On the other hand, I also used to be a huge fan of Anne Rice, most specifically the vampire Lestat series. Her religious views came to very much interest me in light of things she wrote, particularly Memnoc The Devil, after I became a Christian. Five years ago she said,

“I remain committed to Christ as always but not to being ‘Christian’ or being a part of Christianity. It’s simply impossible for me to ‘belong’ to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group. I refuse to be anti-gay. I refuse to be anti-feminist. I refuse to be anti-artificial birth control. I refuse to be anti-democrat. I refuse to be anti-secular humanism. I refuse to be anti-science. I refuse to be anti-life. In the name of Christ, I quit Christianity and being Christian. Amen.”

I read her books multiple times also

Lol wow I almost forgot all about Anne Rice. My carnal dad and my lil sister were big on Anne Rice for a while. Don't really know much about Anne Rice as a person besides what she looks like. I read Interview With the Vampire and Vampire Lestat around 7th-8th grade. To be blunt I thought it was kinda gay and gave up on the series. Be mindful I was a 14-15 year old boy at the time. Bram Stoker's Dracula I thought was way better, better movie too, but the book is where it's at. For classic horror though, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein might be the best in my opinion. I read that in like 3rd or 4th grade, been a long time, would like to read it again.

Lol guess while we're talking literature and this is a Rush topic might as well squeeze in Tom Sawyer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PmmMG-6mwo
[video=youtube;-PmmMG-6mwo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PmmMG-6mwo[/video]

Lol in my opinion their most over-rated and over-played song, but I like it basically for this line:

"What you say about his company is what you say about society. Catch the witness, catch the wit. Catch the spirit, catch the spit."

 

[Siberian_Khatru]

Listening to the album that almost cost them their music career as we know it right now. I love the Fountain of Lamneth though!

 

[Magenta]

Seems to be an underlying, running theme in The Fountainhead and Anthem, albeit the promotion of egoism/objectivism. I can see this in Peart's writing as well.

That's one of the odd things about her writing, for to me she makes a really good point in that we cannot exist solely to meet the needs of others, and that is a big theme in her novels: the antagonist who lives by leeching because they are incapable of creating a life of their own without exploiting the talents and resources of others, juxtaposed against the protagonist who refuses to compromise because they intrinsically understand that there is no point to life if they cannot live according to their own standards, principles, and choices. I may be saying that wrong. I grew up on the other side of the fence, feeling like I had to fulfill other people's needs, while not being able to acknowledge or validate my own needs at all, and it seemed like I had little choice in the matter. My life became a walking death. I'm sure there were other things that contributed to that overall, but I do think that was part of the appeal of Ayn's writing for me. It was so intellectually pure, and distilled down to that one idea. And we know you cannot force love. It has to be voluntary, or you are simply taking hostages. God's whole system -of what most call free will- is predicated on that. It is a choice we make, in response to knowing Him. Not knowing about Him. Knowing Him. Weird, maybe, using such a hard core atheist to relate to God. Art works that way for me Ayn's art for me is of the highest calibre. I have a few authors whose works I have read time and time again; among them, she may be my favourite

 

[GodIsSalvation]

Listening to the album that almost cost them their music career as we know it right now. I love the Fountain of Lamneth though!

Caress of Steel is actually one of my favorites by them, even as an all around classic rock album that is just great from start to finish. Is kinda wild that at the time of it being out it was not so well received. I like the Necromancer song. Lol it is a Neil Peart Lord of the Rings fan fiction with Peart's Prince By-tor character to fight Sauron. Lol epic nerdom!

 

[Siberian_Khatru]

I think each of us should post our own cover of a Rush song here. Sirk is the man on guitar, and I have no words to describe how lovely Skittle's voice is.

 

[Siberian_Khatru]

Love the guitar solo in this one:

[video=youtube;hnxTpg43ZXg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnxTpg43ZXg[/video]