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Counterparts Tour
The Counterparts Tour was a concert tour by Canadian rock band Rush in support of their fifteenth studio album, ''Counterparts'' and the members' 20th anniversary as a band. Background The tour kicked off January 22, 1994 at the Civic Center in Pensacola, Florida and culminated on May 7, 1994 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, estimated to have performed to 589,137 fans. Opening acts for this tour were Candlebox, The Melvins, Primus, The Doughboys, and I Mother Earth. Some recordings from the tour were featured on the 1998 live album '' Different Stages''. Reception ''The New York Times''s John Pareles, reviewing one of the two Madison Square Garden shows in March, opened that the band performed for two hours amid film clips and special effects such as smoke, psychedelic patterned lights, and spark showers. He continued, stating that Rush flaunted music proficiency with "speeding guitar scales, hard-hitting drumming and earnest vocals" to "melodic hooks of pop tunes" similar to T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counterparts (Rush Album)
''Counterparts'' is the fifteenth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released October 19, 1993 on Anthem Records. After the band finished touring its previous album '' Roll the Bones'' (1991) in mid-1992, the members took a break before starting work on a follow-up. ''Counterparts'' reached No. 2 in the United States, one of the band's two highest-charting albums in the country, and No. 6 in Canada. The first single, " Stick It Out", was No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Album Rock Tracks chart for four weeks. In 1994, the instrumental " Leave That Thing Alone" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. ''Counterparts'' was remastered in 2004 and reissued in 2013 as part of '' The Studio Albums 1989–2007'' box set. In 2015 it was reissued after being remastered by Sean Magee at Abbey Road Studios following a direct approach by Rush to remaster their entire back catalogue. Background and writing In June 1992, the band finished their Roll the Bones ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cold Fire (song)
"Cold Fire" is a song by the Canadian progressive rock band Rush. It was released on their 1993 album ''Counterparts''. The song peaked at No. 2 on the U.S. mainstream rock chart. Personnel *Geddy Lee – vocals, bass, synthesizer *Alex Lifeson – guitars, backing vocals *Neil Peart – drums See also *List of Rush songs A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ... References Rush (band) songs 1993 songs 1994 singles Song recordings produced by Peter Collins (record producer) Songs written by Neil Peart Songs written by Alex Lifeson Songs written by Geddy Lee Atlantic Records singles {{1990s-rock-single-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hemispheres – Prelude
Hemisphere refers to: * A half of a sphere As half of the Earth * A hemisphere of Earth ** Northern Hemisphere ** Southern Hemisphere ** Eastern Hemisphere ** Western Hemisphere ** Land and water hemispheres * A half of the (geocentric) celestial sphere ** Northern celestial hemisphere ** Southern celestial hemisphere * A cultural hemisphere As half of the brain * A cerebral hemisphere, a division of the cerebrum * A half of the cerebellum, a smaller part of the brain Other * ''Hémisphère'' (Paradis), a 12-inch album by French artists Paradis * ''Hemispheres'' (magazine), an inflight publication * ''Hemispheres'' (TV series), Canadian and Australian news program * ''Hemispheres'' (Rush album), 1978 * ''Hemispheres'' (Lily Afshar album), 2006 * ''Hemispheres'' (Doseone album), 1998 * L'Hemisfèric at the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, Valencia, Spain * Hemisphere Project, a counternarcotics program between United States federal and state drug officials and AT&T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xanadu (Rush Song)
"Xanadu" is a song by the Canadian progressive rock band Rush from their 1977 album ''A Farewell to Kings''. It is approximately eleven minutes long, beginning with a five-minute-long instrumental section before transitioning to a narrative written by Neil Peart, which in turn was inspired by the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem ''Kubla Khan''. Lyrics In Peart's lyrics, the narrator describes searching for a place called "Xanadu" that will grant him immortality. After succeeding in this quest, a thousand years pass, and the narrator is left "waiting for the world to end", describing himself as "a mad immortal man". The song is based on the poem Kubla Khan written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Although the song does not explicitly state where "Xanadu" is, references to ''Kubla Khan'' imply that it is a mythical place based on Shangdu, the historical summer capital of the Mongol Empire. Music "Xanadu" is the first Rush song in which synthesizers play an integral part. Unlike the prev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Trees (Rush Song)
"The Trees" is a song by Canadian rock band Rush, from its 1978 album ''Hemispheres''. The song is also featured on many of Rush's compilation albums, and was long a staple of the band's live performances. On the live album '' Exit...Stage Left'', the song features an extended acoustic guitar introduction titled " Broon's Bane." ''Rolling Stone'' readers voted the song number 8 on the list of the 10 best Rush songs. Live365 ranked it the tenth best Rush song. ''Classic Rock'' readers voted "The Trees" the band's 11th best song. Lyrics The lyrics relate a short story about a conflict between maple and oak trees in a forest. The maple trees want more sunlight, but the oak trees are too tall. In the end, "the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, axe, and saw." Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart was asked in the April/May 1980 issue of the magazine ''Modern Drummer'' if there was a message in the lyrics, to which he replied, "No. It was just a flash. I was working on an entirel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rush Instrumentals
The Canadian rock band Rush has written, recorded, and performed several instrumentals throughout its career. Studio recordings La Villa Strangiato "La Villa Strangiato" was released on the 1978 album ''Hemispheres'', and is subtitled "An Exercise in Self-Indulgence". The 9:37 song, the fourth and final track of the album, was Rush's first entirely instrumental piece. The multi-part piece was inspired by a dream guitarist Alex Lifeson had, and the music in these sections correspond to the occurrences in his dream. The opening segment was played on a nylon-string classical guitar. The next segment introduces the main theme of La Villa, the Strangiato theme. The song progresses to include an increasingly complex guitar solo backed by string synthesizer, followed closely by bass and drum fills. The Strangiato theme is then revisited before the song ends abruptly with phased bass and drums. The piece is divided as follows: * I: "Buenas Noches, Mein Froinds!" (0:00–0:26) * II: "To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Show Don't Tell
"Show Don't Tell" is the first single on Canadian rock band Rush's 1989 album ''Presto''. The song peaked at number one on the U.S. Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart, the second of five songs by Rush to top the chart. Music and song structure "Show Don't Tell" illustrates Rush's move away from synthesizer in favour of a more guitar-oriented approach; the band favoured a more funk/groove style of play and away from the 1980s style of music typical on ''Power Windows'' and ''Hold Your Fire'', the two preceding albums. In Rush's music of the late 1970s and early 1980s, their progressive rock is indicated by asymmetric time signatures and lyrics fitting into a concept album, and in "Show Don't Tell", their progressive rock is shown by using a very complex riff played in unison by the members of the band. The band chose to use more funk by using extended chord tones, a dramatic pause eighteen seconds into the song and other methods as well. The funkier song structure proved to be diff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Closer To The Heart
"Closer to the Heart" is a song by Canadian rock band Rush. It was released in November 1977 as the lead single from their fifth studio album ''A Farewell to Kings''. It was the first Rush song to feature a non-member as a songwriter in Peter Talbot, a friend of drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. It was Rush's first hit single in the United Kingdom, reaching number 36 in the UK Singles Chart in February 1978. It also peaked at number 45 in Canada and number 76 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame on March 28, 2010. '' Cash Box'' called it a "strong song" and said that it is "very like a Led Zeppelin number in terms of structure, timbres, and the role of the lead vocalist." A live version of the song was released as a single in 1981 as the lead single from their live album, '' Exit...Stage Left'' which peaked at number 69 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Background The band's frontman, Geddy Lee, said of the song:I remember wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mystic Rhythms
"Mystic Rhythms" is a song by the Canadian rock band Rush. It was released as the second single from their 1985 album '' Power Windows''. The single charted at number 21 on the US Mainstream Rock chart. The song was featured on several compilation albums and was performed live by the band on their Power Windows, Counterparts and R30 tours, appearing on the live album '' A Show of Hands'' and the live DVD '' R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour''. For this song, drummer Neil Peart utilized his electronic drum kit, playing it on the album and in concert during live performances of the track. The song was used as the opening song of the NBC news program ''1986''. The music video was directed by Gerald Casale, who is a member of Devo Devo (, originally ) is an American rock band from Akron, Ohio Akron () is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Summit County. It is located on the western edge of the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limelight (Rush Song)
"Limelight" is a song by the Canadian progressive rock band Rush. It first appeared on the 1981 album '' Moving Pictures''. The song's lyrics were written by Neil Peart with music written by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson. "Limelight" expresses Peart's discomfort with Rush's success and the resulting attention from the public. The song paraphrases the opening lines of the "All the world's a stage" speech from William Shakespeare's play ''As You Like It''. The band had previously used the phrase for its 1976 live album. The lyrics also refer to "the camera eye", the title of the song that follows on the ''Moving Pictures'' album. Released as a single, it charted at on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Tracks chart and on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and remains one of Rush's most popular songs commercially. "Limelight" was one of five Rush songs inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame on March 28, 2010. It was listed at No. 435 on Rolling Stone's "Top 500 Greatest Songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stick It Out (Rush Song)
"Stick It Out" is a song and single by the band Rush from their 1993 album '' Counterparts''. The song debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' Album Rock Tracks chart, becoming the band's only number one debut of their five chart-toppers. The song also reached number one on the '' RPM'' Cancon chart. music videowas made for the song. It was briefly featured on an episode of '' Beavis and Butt-Head''. "Stick It Out" has been featured live on several of Rush's tours, including the ''Counterparts'', ''Test for Echo'', and Time Machine Tours. Background Drummer and lyricist Neil Peart said of the song: It’s just a play on the words, really. "Stick It Out" meaning both a kind of arrogant display, 'stick it out', but also the endurance thing; if you have a difficult thing to endure, stick it out and you get to the end. It was the pun on both of those, really, so again the duality in the song is a bit leaning both ways. The sense of forbearance, of holding back, and also the idea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animate (song)
"Animate" is a song by Canadian progressive rock band Rush from their 1993 album ''Counterparts''. The song reached number 35 on the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock chart in 1994, staying on the charts for three weeks. The band's singer and bassist, Geddy Lee, said "I love 'Animate'. I think it’s one of the great songs we've done. There's something about the bestiality of that song, the insistence of it." Composition and recording "Animate" features Lee playing his bass with an old amplifier that was in the studio garbage and repaired by one of the studio's technical assistants. Shirley wanted Lee to play his parts to "Animate" with it. "It sounded great, I had a tremendous amount of energy, and all the explosion sounds of it kind of disappeared in the track, so you're not really aware of the fact that it's an amplifier on the verge of death." Lee liked Peart's count in at the start of the track as it displays a "human touch". Lyrically, Peart wrote the words about one person yet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |