Something I wrote several years ago about my introduction to RUSH Permanent Waves was the first Rush album I ever purchased, and I hated it! I was a callow youth of about 13, just returned to Canada and living with my cousin, who played me 2112. I loved the song Something for Nothing so as soon as we moved into our new home I saved up my allowance and skipped down to Sam The Record Man to buy 2112. Alas they didnt have 2112 so I bought the album with the cute chick on the cover (hey, I said I was callow) took it home and put it on the old turn table and listened--and hated every minute of it. Nine minute songs? Lyrics that werent about girls and partying? Fussy, intricate instrumentation? and it was LOUD! I didnt get it, didnt like it and put it aside for a year or so. After that year or so had passed I started hearing this cool song on the radio called Tom Sawyer. I heard if for weeks and loved it, but didnt know who sang it. One day I finally heard the DJ announce Tom Sawyer by Rush and I thought Half a mo*--Dont I have a Rush album somewhere? so I went home, pulled out the album and put it on the slightly newer turntable and listened--Holy Crap! Epic slabs of pure awesomeness! Lyrics that actually meant something! Pure instrumental virtuosity! And man was it LOUD!! I was hooked, big time. In the year between the release of Moving Pictures and Signals Id purchased every Rush album on vinyl, and in between Signals and Grace Under Pressure I replaced every album on cassette. And Ive been a huge fan ever since *although I had my English accent beaten out of me pretty quickly at school, I still tended to think in English idioms. Still do, come to think of it.
Posted on: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 05:26:17 +0000
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