Apparently poor Alex thought they were burying the guitar.

When it comes to synths, who cares about Rush anymore? You can pay a lot of money to go to a Rush concert and hear most of the synth parts being played by backing tracks.calaverasgrande wrote:I was under the impression that it was the rest of the band that pushed to do away with the synths.
Apparently poor Alex thought they were burying the guitar.
Yeah, but for every one of us there are a dozen Rush fans who absolutely HATE the synthesizer period. Some of the sounds are dated. I don't think the 1977-1984 use of synths is dated at all to me, but their use from 1985-1992....a lot of the super fast running sequences and the still awful "Tai Shan" (hated that one 25 years ago and still can't stand it) are seriously dated.AnalogKid wrote:I'd venture to say that most people on this site think that when Rush made greater use of synths, Signals through Hold Your Fire (maybe even Presto and Roll the Bones) they created their best albums. I for one do.
Jeez that song is horrible. Never heard it before (I kind of got out of Rush after Grace Under Pressure).redchapterjubilee wrote:and the still awful "Tai Shan" (hated that one 25 years ago and still can't stand it) are seriously dated.
So does alot of old electronic music, but you still find fans of it. I've recently been getting into Perrey and Kingsley, for example, and that s**t is so incredibly cheesy, the speakers blow Cheetos dust. Just another style that was tried and abandoned for the ever-changing artist trying to embrace technology, I guess. I listen to Subdivisions frequently and still enjoy it, but I had to remaster from vinyl before I was really satisfied. Actually my only complaint was how many times the lyrics use the word "restless".tekkentool wrote:Subdivisions sounds like joke elevator music these days.
I was pretty shocked when I looked up some old YMO tunes. I used to be into that band in the early 80's!Solderman wrote:So does alot of old electronic music, but you still find fans of it. I've recently been getting into Perrey and Kingsley, for example, and that s**t is so incredibly cheesy, the speakers blow Cheetos dust. Just another style that was tried and abandoned for the ever-changing artist trying to embrace technology, I guess. I listen to Subdivisions frequently and still enjoy it, but I had to remaster from vinyl before I was really satisfied.tekkentool wrote:Subdivisions sounds like joke elevator music these days.
I think that would be Rush's pattern with or without synths: one good song per 5 albums.tekkentool wrote:Distant early warning was a pretty neat pop song but aside from that euch.
..you're worse than Hitler.calaverasgrande wrote: I was pretty shocked when I looked up some old YMO tunes. I used to be into that band in the early 80's!
It's pretty much straight up Sonic the hedghog-elevator music!
calaverasgrande wrote:I was pretty shocked when I looked up some old YMO tunes. I used to be into that band in the early 80's! It's pretty much straight up Sonic the hedghog-elevator music!
Come at me bro.calaverasgrande wrote:Don't make cheesy dated music with your synth (I'm talking to you dubstep guys).
Subdivisions is my favorite song by them, how dare you!tekkentool wrote:No. Rush's synth usage was always cheesy as f**k and over the top anyway. Distant early warning was a pretty neat pop song but aside from that euch.
Subdivisions sounds like joke elevator music these days. Father time sucker punched that one in the stomach.