I stayed up really late last night. I didn’t want to, but I was so busy all day that I never had a chance to do some of the things I wanted to do (laundry) and I ended up doing it all after Jen fell asleep. I finally fell asleep around 1:00am and given that I can say without any hesitation that I am ridiculously tired right now.
While I was up last night Harry sent me a text saying that he listened to a Rush album and really liked it. It was Moving Pictures, of course. It was one of the happiest moments of my life. Harry could be a Rush fan, oh glorious day!
He sent me a text a few minutes ago asking me which Rush records to listen to next.
My response was a 100,000,000 word essay.
As I said earlier, oh glorious day!
Here’s a summary of what I told him:
- You’ve listened to Moving Pictures, now go to Permanent Waves. They both had a similar focus on trying to shorten their songs without sacrificing any musical craziness.
- Most people who don’t think Moving Pictures is the best album think that 2112 is. It’s heavy and Geddy screams a lot, but it’s pretty much perfect.
- For 80’s synth Rush go with Power Windows. I wish I could say Hold Your Fire, but the last two songs don’t really cut it.
- For the 90’s they got heavy again. Go with Counterparts.
- Clockwork Angels might be my favorite of all Rush albums.
- Fly By Night is mostly a straight ahead rock record.
- Hemispheres is amazing end to end, but it’s worth it just for La Villa Strangiato.
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