If anything, Rush emerges from this jungle of wires and gizmos sounding duller than ever. Although Signals is chockablock with state-of-the-studio gadgetry, ranging from the requisite banks of synthesizers to the latest in digital recording and mixing, none of these electronic add-ons enhances the group’s music. Unfortunately, they do so largely by screwing up. Now those vocals are shot.On their twelfth album, Rush makes a strong argument for the view that advanced technology is not necessarily the same thing as progress. When I think "shot", I think Alice Cooper, Ozzie Osbourne. Perhaps not in the range he used to, but he can still carry a tune of a hole show without his voice crapping out. Have you not listened to Clockwork Angels?!? Voice "shot"?!? The man can still sing. Could the revenue from the merch tables at ONE CONCERT not be directed to buying and saving Le Studio ?Awe, does someone need a hug I think Rush eventually realized that there was more they could say about that kind of music, but I also think it was a missed opportunity not to follow up on it once more at the time.Īnd what about Le Studio in Morin Heights Quebec where so much of their commercially hit stuff was recorded ? It is falling to the ground and has been ransacked. Although I liked Signals a lot, it would have been nice to see one more record in the vein of Moving Pictures first. While I generally like to see bands evolve, I don't think there's anything wrong with lingering on an idea for a while when something gels. Moving Pictures was such a high point because it seemed like it was a moment they had been reaching for since 2112. But, eventually we all get old and start living in the past, so I noticed a few years ago that I was enjoying them again. At some point Rush started sounding really dated and uninspired, and I just couldn't listen to them for maybe 20 years. I pretty much just listened for the guitar. I was just barely beginning to develop some awareness of production around this time, so I don't have any strong recollections of how those albums sounded on vinyl, other than that the later ones were really dense with instrumentation. Metallica and thrash metal was making their rise, but that was the only consolation. Everything was going so well, with Rush, Ozzy, and Iron Maiden, and then it all got so self-conscious and commercial. I just became disillusioned with hard rock in the mid to late 80s.
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I used to spend a ridiculous amount of time with everything from 2112 up to Grace Under Pressure, but couldn't get into Power Windows and stopped listening to them sometime after. I can imagine how playing like that for hours at a time, hundreds of times in a year would take its toll on a human being.
Alex is having trouble with his hands when involved with heavy touring and Neil is having physical problems leading to him announcing he can no longer participate in live tours. The biggest problems for Rush now is the physical limitations that come with age and a lifetime of performing. Saving Le Studio? How does it become Rush's job to save this studio because they once used it? We should embrace our ages, not fight them. Does that mean my voice is shot? I feel I sing better and with more character than in any time in my life, though certainly I have to adjust my song choices to songs that fit in my range. I could once sing the high part to 'Dream On' perfectly, now not a chance. He doesn't have the range he once did, but that is what happens to all of us with age. And 'Snakes and Arrows' is not only a great album, but one of their best. Could the revenue from the merch tables at ONE CONCERT not be directed to buying and saving Le Studio ?Disagree with all of that. Much like Genesis there was a logical point for them to call it quits.Īnd what about Le Studio in Morin Heights Quebec where so much of their commercially hit stuff was recorded ? It is falling to the ground and has been ransacked. And perhaps their best song (Working Man) and their biggest song (Tom Sawyer) did not include much (Tom Sawyer) or any (Working Man) involvement by Neil. And that Geddy's voice is completely shot at this point and is a distraction. I feel that they have not had a great album since Grace Under Pressure. There are many chapters in the Rush history book.
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