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I'm writing this review of Snakes and Arrows by RUSH on Neil Peart the drummer's 56th birthday September 12th - happy birthday Mr. Peart sir! I am 37 and for the most part heard the drum fills for Tom Sawyer when I was 10 years old so I've been their biggest fan for 27 years or more. My name is Ian Mitnick in Baltimore Maryland. If Neil knew me he'd want me to say happy -56th bithday (he's getting younger!!) "Far Cry" is excellent and my 4 year old drummer nephew loves it and I've been a drummer since 2 years old starting with Gene Krupa. Every song is great on Snakes and Arrows! "Armor and Sword" is powerful with that eerie dissonance "no one gets to their heaven without a fight" - Workin them angels uses words Neil put in one of his books - its great - "The larger Bowl" is pretty and honest about money and such - I really like "Spindrift" about love and feelings - Neil is the best rock drummer in the world, Geddy is the rock bassist in the world, Alex Lifeson is so special and underated as the best rock guitarist - RUSH is the greatest. "Good news first", Alex's gorgeous "Hope", I could go on and on - you ARE missing out if you don't get into RUSH and buy their Thanksgiving 2008 live concert DVD!!
September 12, 2008| | | Their best in over 20 years! | |
Five years after the decent, yet sonic catastrophe that was Vapor Trails, Rush returns with this masterpiece, their first since Power Windows, back in 1985. With repeated listenings, this album will open up to you - like a blooming rose.
September 2, 2008 | | Vapour Trails is a much better album | |
I don't understand all the hype and all the praise over "Snakes & Arrows"... IMO "Vapour Trails" is waaaay better... there's nothing here (on S&A) as strong as "One Little Victory" or "Earthshine" (to name just two)
August 22, 2008 | | Good Music Belaboured Message. | |
I'm like everyone else, impressed that they could pull off a 13 song CD of solid music, at this stage of the game. I thought that in the final mix the drums could have got get a little more prominence. The bottom line is that this is a strong album of good music pillar to post. The curse of having one of the best rock albums of all time [Moving Pictures] is that everyone still living in the past will want to compare the new stuff to that benchmark, which is really unfair and silly. As a Rush fan, this work definitely complements every thing before it.
Now about the main monkey business, the theme. I don't believe it is in the realm of science to give me my meaning of life. To replace one religion [Christianity] for another [Darwinian naturalism]. Some songs come across critical of religion,[Armor and Sword, The Way the Wind Blows], some like Faithless, come across as a lonely call of the loon. I can relate to both "emotions".
I took my sons to see Rush live twice for this tour, in Calgary last summer and Regina in May. I wish they would have played Ghost Rider. But I was thrilled to hear Witch Hunt, and Red Barchetta, Subdivisions etc. What an arsenal of great rock tunes they've amassed.
"There is no fear in perfect love." The thousand cuts a child is heir to, comes from a loveless world of neglect. Something I haven't found in my Church. But you'd have to step inside and listen to more than one sermon from more than one church to learn that. A bit of an inconvenience, if your rigid in your "religion". That's a bit off topic, but freedom of speech for everyone is a core tenant of Christianity. Seems to me that's where rock was allowed to thrive and grow. The Christian West.
August 19, 2008Rush was one of those bands I couldn't latch on to right away. After listening to it twice, I started to get into it. I see why many bands look up to them. From the groups I'm used to hearing, there is one or two musicians that are halfway worth a damn. But these guys are serious!
All three of them are incredible with their instruments of choice. Maybe the bassist from Mudvayne listened to Rush once upon a time.
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