About a week and a half ago, our buddy Chris presented me with a list of ten Rush songs to listen to. This list was made to suck me into the dark side give me a greater appreciation of the Canadian rock giants. Being not too familiar with their music (with the obvious exception of “Tom Sawyer”, I was pretty intrigued to check out their music.
So…what did I think?
Well, head on over to Gray Flannel Suit and check out my “rebuttal”, Did Geddy Lee’s voice send me running for the hills? Were the changing time signatures and lengthy synthesizer solos too much for me to bear? Did my notoriously ADD-addled self face the prospect of listening to a 10-minute song and spontaneously combust? The answer’s all in the article, folks.
…and make sure you come back in a couple days and check out Part 2-in which I try to convince Chris that Michael Jackson was worth listening to post-“Thriller”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFGVDWc_5Q8
3 comments
Drew says:
Jun 21, 2011
Yeah, this little experiment was a home run. Very cool idea, executed nicely – and I want in on the next one! 😉
blerd says:
Jun 21, 2011
Well, let’s you me and Chris sit down and figure out how to work this with the three of us!
william colovos says:
Jun 21, 2011
well it depends on what list of ten songs he gave you! I think it could make a difference if u like them or not. I go into them listening to the old stuff. classics like 2112 and caress of steel and hemispheres, and i got to appreciate their newer stuff in time. i think if it had been in reverse i might not have appreciated them as much.
some personal favorites (in no particular order)
1) 2112 title track
2) Natural Science
3)Fountain Of Lamneth
4)Passage To Bangkok
5)Driven (hard rocking song)