Before Moving Pictures, before Permanent Waves, before A Farewell to Kings, Hemispheres and even before Caress of Steel, Rush was a hard rock band trying to break into the music scene. Often compared to Led Zeppelin in terms of sound and rockiness it's been rumored that the first time ma...
This challenging and transitional album helped the band realize that it had pushed prog-rock excesses to the limits. Still, the second half ofHemispheresis an absolute tour de force with the sublime "Circumstances," nerdy "The Trees" and the instrumental masterpiece "La Villa Strangiato." 7. ...
This challenging and transitional album helped the band realize that it had pushed prog-rock excesses to the limits. Still, the second half ofHemispheresis an absolute tour de force with the sublime "Circumstances," nerdy "The Trees" and the instrumental masterpiece "La Villa Strangiato." 7. ...
"The Trees," a 1978 song by Rush, was released on the Canadian rock group's album "Hemispheres." With lyrics by Neil Peart and music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, this was a rare Top-40 rock hit conceived in the fantasy genre. The song warns against coerced equality in a beast fa...
halfway down the track there is a section which I'm sure Dream Theater had in mind before writing the end of their track Innocence Faded... XYZ (9/10), a great instrumental but not as marvelous as LA Villa Strangiato from Hemispheres... there's ome excellent playing going around here,...
The R30 Overture is a magnificent instrumental composed of tracks from the first Rush album all the way to Hemispheres. The sound is a lot more mixed than Rio and the video quality is better. Alex Lifeson is precise and gives a better performance than on Rio, Lee's vocals are better ...
"Presto" is obviously bound to be a disappointment to those who would have wanted the band to churn out clones of "2112" and "Hemispheres" until the end of their career (which has not yet come about, thank goodness!); though more open-minded listeners will appreciate its many strengths,...
This is nearly the Holy Grail for Rush fans, the only tour that could possibly be better to the prog-era Rush fans would be the Hemispheres tour. C'mon guys, give us a full length uncut DVD video of a show from the Hemispheres tour-now that would be something! I bet somebody filmed...
And this tune has indeed gone on to be a live favourite in the band's acoustic set. It is not 2112 or Hemispheres, of course, but it does hark back to the band's golden years and reminds of songs like Closer To The Heart and Different Strings. The wonderful expression "I can ...