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From: adler@aecom.UUCP (Elliott Adler)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: R U S H
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Date: Tue, 16-Apr-85 23:16:29 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 16 23:16:29 1985
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	a few years back, in my freshman year in college, i caught
geddy lee's solo on a "bob and doug" album... you know, "take off
to the great white north"... after hearing this tremendous
voice, i just felt i had to go on. my torontonain friend had a copy of
changes... which i ate up... my next purchase was exit... stage left, and
if my tape recorder has a personality, it must have been born stiff.

	I guess i did a good deed... i got about 4 or 5 people turned
on to rush, one guy (naftoli @ aecom) is a drummer, and loves peart.
as far as i go, i love rush's story like approach to music... actually
following the story of 2112, or hemispheres. they seemed to have dropped this
atttitude, as of late.

	in my adventures as a rush fan, i went back to their early recordings,
and i must say, i was mildly dissapointed... while "by-tor", "bastille day",
etc. are nice to listen to.... songs like i think "i'm going bald" are hard
for me to swallow... you see, i must understand a song to enjoy it,
or be totally taken aback by the music... early rush, unfortunately does
not do this for me.

	finally, this past year i decided it was high time to see this guys
in concert... i have never seen such an elaborate show... most of the concerts
i have been to have been real music type concerts (csn, neil young, dead,
don mclean, of which i will be more than happy to chew an ear, or two,
or twenty). i enjoyed the lazers, and most of all, rush doing "spirit
of the radio", "tom sawyer", and the drum solo. again, i say the stuff
on signals and p/g just doesnt get me going (with exception to "new world
man", and "subdivisions"). this could just be the result of not having the
time to sit and listen to them anymore, and for this i repent.

	i hope you enjoyed this ranting, raving, and foaming at the
keyboard of a PAST and Present rush fan... unfortunately, the Present
does not deserve full caps.   oh well.   sigh.

				Elliott Adler
				Rock lover

P.S. How about a newsgroup net.music.rosen, i am getting sick of
     hitting my 'n' key...



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