Welcome to my Rush Page!
I just felt that Rush deserved
it's very own page... So, here it is! 
My favorite band in the universe
needs it's own page, done my way... I hope you enjoy this page... I'm
going to put a lot of effort into it, because I feel that Rush deserves the
very best (since they've given the world THEIR very best for over 30 years
now!)... Rock n roll n RUSH on!
My favorite guys, Geddy Lee, Alex
Lifeson, and Neil Peart have been rockin' the world! Neil, the band's
lyricist, inspires me daily. I'm a writer (in my spare time, mind you),
and get most of my inspiration while listening to Rush. Their music
is the perfect package of lyrics and music. Their earlier days showed
a Zeppelin influence, but it was (IMO) short-lived. My favorite Rush
CD? Hard to pick, honestly. But, right now, "Power Windows" is
probably it. High up on the list of favs is "Presto", "Permanent
Waves",
"2112" and "Moving Pictures". Don't make me try to pick a fav
song...that just isn't possible. There are so many songs that have
made an impression on me, I couldn't possibly pick ONE song that was my #1
fav. But, some of them are below, and I have links to the lyrics for
you. Go read the lyrics to "The Pass"...feel the song...then, go listen
to it. You won't listen to Rush the same way again...
All Hail King Lerxst, Dirk, and
Pratt - The Professor!
Quick Jump To: Rush
Links ~ Rush Lyrics ~ RushCon
Rush has it's own official
Web Page! It is too cool! The
guys released their Snakes
and Arrows CD on May 1st. WOW! What a great CD! Very
different! Their most recent DVD release is Replay
X3 - a collection of previous VHS-only concerts. The set includes:
Exit: Stage Left, A Show of Hands and Grace Under Pressure. The
DVD for R30
is a 2-DVD set is from a concert on the R30 tour in Frankfurt, Germany. The CD called
Feedback is an awesome collection of cover songs. "The Seeker",
"Summertime Blues" and "Seven and Seven Is" are worth the price of the CD alone.
Very cool! This along with Rush in Rio on
DVD (also on
CD) are just awesome! The RiR DVD is excellent! The extras are
freakin' sweet! (Had to borrow a line from Family Guy...hehehehe...)
SHRIMPCOTS! 
Vapor
Trails is their previous studio CD, and
it is fab!!! Just when I think they can't, they go ahead and re-invent
themselves! My favorites are below... :) I love
the 3-CD live set,
Different Stages! The
'bonus' CD (mostly from AFTK) is awesome! It's also nice to see "Analog
Kid" on a live CD! That is such a cool song! Go Neil! Keep an
eye out here...I'll be trying to add more to this page to make it even better!
I have taken to collecting things related to Rush. My major coup
before September 28, 2002 was my autographed copy of Neil's book, "The
Masked Rider". Getting an autograph from Neil is almost impossible!
But, he signed this especially for RushCon (see below). But,
the weekend of September 27-28, 2002, our local rock station, WTUE, held a charity auction for the Leukemia
& Lymphoma Society. They had several guitars and CDs autographed
by certain artists, and guess who one of the guitars was signed by? Geddy
and Alex! So, you can only guess what happened...I HAD to have that
guitar! And, I DO! :D I wasn't going ANYWHERE that night
until it was mine. Here are some pictures... Here is the guitar
and my RTB bandanna, and here is a
close-up of the autographs.
Yes, I am a Rush fanatic. :) I also have a picture of Alex (circa 1976ish)
with Terry Brown that Terry autographed. Aside from that, I have several
posters, photos, buttons, bumper stickers and other stuff! I am not allowed
on eBay any more! LOL!
Speaking of Neil, he has written
three other books: Roadshow
: Landscape With Drums: A Concert Tour by Motorcycle, Traveling Music and
Ghost Rider. To get an idea of JUST how lucky we all are to have new
Rush music, read Ghost Rider. It was gut wrenching, but so well written
and as a Rush fan I felt it really gave me a better insight on Neil, the PERSON.
Amazing stuff... Traveling Music is awesome, too! So interesting to
read about some of his favorite music! And, Roadshow, the newest book, is
very fascinating! I enjoyed reading about the journey he took while
touring; very insightful!
Neil's new wife,
Carrie Nuttall, put out a book of
photographs of Neil called
Rhythm & Light. Amazing photos! Just outstanding! And,
as an amateur photographer, it inspires me in a big way!
RUSH LINKS
Check out
Atlantic Records' RUSH
page...it is SO COOL! Check out the Rush Chat...pretty neat!
Neil has his own web
site, also! Very impressive!
You MUST go see this one...I spend
a LOT of time on this site. Power Windows, one of my fav
sites! It is outstanding!
Check out this site - TONS upon TONS
of awesome Rush links! - Driven
Tribute Rush Links
Check out the
Rush Backstage Club - order T-shirts
and hats, programs and all sorts of stuff!
Do you want to listen to
Rush online? Go visit Rush Radio!
RUSH LYRICS
The latest CD, "Snakes &
Arrows" is one that I fell in love with instantly. Lyrically one of
Neil's best! So many songs speak to me! My favorite on the CD is
"The Way The Wind Blows". Just a
great song overall! And, the first single and first song, "Far
Cry" is awesome, too! It is edgier than the rest of the CD, and
the lyrics are spot on! The song "Bravest
Face" is probably my 2nd fave on the CD. I can relate to that one
on a personal level... And, "Faithless"
is outstanding! I will quietly resist...
From the CD "Vapor Trails", check
out the lyrics to "One Little
Victory", "Ghost Rider",
"Peaceable
Kingdom" and "Vapor Trail"...Neil
is just amazing...
Here are lyrics to two of my favorite
Rush songs, "The Pass"
and "Chain Lightning"
off the album "Presto". Also, the title song, "Presto"
is a great song.
From "Hold Your Fire", here are some
excellent songs! "Lock And Key",
"Second
Nature", "Prime Mover" and "Force Ten"
- such power...
"Free Will",
from "Permanent Waves", is another awesome Rush song. Also, "Natural
Science" is one of those songs you REALLY need to listen to on headphones to
become addicted to it. (That, or hear and see it live...so amazing!)
Here's the song I got one of my nicknames
from... "The
Analog Kid" from the album "Signals"... From
the same album, "Subdivisions" speaks
volumes...
The album "Power Windows" is one
of my favorite Rush albums! From Power Windows, here are the lyrics
to: "Grand Designs",
"Marathon",
"Middletown
Dreams" and "Mystic Rhythms"...
"Hemispheres" is a great
album, and "The Trees" and
"Circumstances" are awesome songs!
From "Roll The Bones", here is the
song "Bravado"...cool
song and one of my favs! And, you just HAVE to love "Roll The
Bones"!
Another fav is "Dreamline"!
At first listen, I didn't think Counterparts
was such a great CD (I know! GASP!). But, I listened to it a few
times and changed my mind. And "Nobody's Hero"
always gets to me...always... Other good songs are "Animate", "Stick It Out"
and "Cold Fire".
"Resist" from
their "Test For Echo" CD is an excellent song! Especially when Ged &
Al do the acoustic version. Another great song from
TFE is "Virtuality"...just
call me Net Girl...
After listening to Different Stages
a few times, I have been going through some of the older CDs...Moving Pictures
remains a favorite CD of mine, especially with songs like "YYZ" (the midi
playing on this page), "Limelight"
and "The Camera
Eye". The lyrics say so much...
Here are the lyrics to Alex
Lifeson's solo CD, "Victor"... Alex
really strayed from the 'normal' Rush sound; some of the lyrics are very
dark! Then, Big Al shows up in "Shut Up Shuttin' Up"...SUCH a
goofball!
Here are the lyrics to
Geddy Lee's solo CD, "My Favorite Headache".
Two of my favorite songs on this one are "Still" and
"Slipping"... MFH starts the CD off with some MAJORLY KILLER
bass rips! Ged shows us why he is the best bass player out there!
RUSHCON!
The weekend of
May 18-20, 2001 was so special for me. My husband and I made the trek to
the "Motherland"... TORONTO!
RUSH hails from Toronto, you know. Why did we go? For RushCon 2001! Talk about feeling
at one with a large group of people! The weekend was spectacular!
Being able to spend time with other people who understand my obsession...it
was awesome! There were people there from other countries...how about
Japan and Argentina? How cool is that?! (: There were two
special guest speakers:
Terry Brown
and Donna Halper! Getting
to meet Donna Halper, the lady that brought RUSH to the US...that was something
I just couldn't describe. She is a fabulous lady, and I would love
to go to Boston and hang with her...she is just wonderful! Terry was
great, too. Just being in the same room with someone who produced 10
RUSH albums...wow... And, there were some tribute bands that played
at the Opera House (a really cool night club)... One was Rosho - from Brazil! Let me tell
ya, they kicked ass! The main band that played, though, was Merely
Players. They rocked the house! They played
ALL of 2112! It rocked!
All this, and a charity auction to
boot. The items for the auction were donated by different organizations
and people, and all were RUSH related. The best part was that all the
proceeds, including those from the auction, were donated to the
Daily Bread Food Bank in Toronto.
RushCon 2001 raised over $4000 and RushCon 2002 raised over $6500!
Gotta love it!
Of course, while in Toronto, we had
to make the rounds to the Parliament building (see me sitting
on the steps!), in Queens Park, where the Moving Pictures cover was shot...and,
also to Lakeside Park in St. Catherine's (see me in
front of the Lakeside Park sign!). *sigh* "Though it's just
a memory, some memories last forever." - "Lakeside Park" - Neil Peart
RUSHCON 2002
We went back to Toronto again for
RushCon 2002! RushCon 2002 was
July 12-14... We had the BEST time! Along with getting to see
friends from last year - Phred, Eddy, Jillian, Seiji (from Japan!), John and
Kelly - we also met some new friends - JIM!, Brooks, Rob, Brian and Eddy
(different Eddy...one is female, one male). The auction was excellent
this year...especially since I got an autographed copy of Neil's first book,
"The
Masked Rider"! YES! ROCKS! I found out later that, Neil
being Neil doesn't like to autograph things (this I knew), but he autographed
this book especially for RushCon! *gulp!* I almost lost it!
The vendors there were cool, too...I
bought TONS of stuff, including Neil's book, "Ghost
Rider: Travels on the Healing Road". If you thought you knew Neil
Peart...think again. I read this book, and have to say it really brought
a new insight for me into Neil's mind. (Thank you, Carrie! Vapor
Trails would not exist if not for you!) Lots of t-shirts and posters, too...
The band,
2112...blew me away!
They had videos going on, and they ALL were outstanding! :D I
would love to see them again, but they're in New York... Come to Dayton,
guys!
The Walking Tour of Toronto was fabulous!
We went to several Rush-related sites...not only did we get to visit Queen's
Park (where the Moving Pictures album cover was shot), Maple Leaf Gardens,
Massey Hall and The Canadian Walk Of Fame, but we also got to see lesser-known
places like a couple studios where the Guys recorded some of their albums,
The Orbit Room (Alex's awesome bar) and ANTHEM RECORDS! Phred arranged
for us to be able to tour Anthem Records. It was just amazing!
I have a picture of myself with the Juno Award the Guys won in 1974 for "Most
Promising Group of the Year" and the Inukshuk they used for the Test For
Echo CD. All in all an EXCELLENT EXCELLENT tour!
MUCH THANKS to Paul at
thecanadianmusicscene.com
- he was just AWESOME! Paul, you rock!!! Thanks!
RushCon 3 and 4 (2003 and 2004)
RushCon in 2003 was another fun year! Howard Ungerleider
gave us insight about the guys...very entertaining!
Derivative
showed us Rush's computer graphics (especially for LTTA). Click the link
and go see for yourself. You can download a player and get the video they
play for Natural Science, and you can change it and just mess around with it in
general. It is freakin' SWEET!
Andrew MacNaughtan did an interview with Ged and Al
where they answered questions submitted by RushCon people. That was
awesome!! Those two are nutty! And, getting to see the
Trailer Park
Boys episode with Alex for the first time (and getting hooked on TPB because
they are so damned funny!)... And, finally...the charity auction raised over $9400!
All that, plus some awesome tribute bands on Saturday night...what a weekend!
We didn't do the walking tour that year; we headed up to Niagara Falls...love it
up there!!
RushCon in 2004 was AWEEEESOMMMME!!
(Ok, so...the weekend was capped off by a Rush concert! Can't beat that!)
Visit my RC4 web site
for pictures... Started off with the normal In the Mood Mixer where we met up with our buddy
from San Diego, Jim! (Hi, Jim! How's the 10-month program going?
LOL!!) The Toga contest was entertaining. Hehe! The events Saturday were so cool! Got to meet the author of
Contents Under Pressure,
Martin Popoff! And, he autographed a copy of the book for us all!
Sweet! He was such a down to earth guy, and it was a pleasure to meet him!
Then, Chris Stankee from Sabian showed us Neil's new Paragon cymbals.
They are SO cool; made of gold! Chris showed us a video of Neil
touring the Sabian site...very awesome to see how they make the cymbals and test
them and Neil giving input... Donna Halper returned for another enjoyable
chat! Always nice to see Donna; she is awesome! The Charity Auction
raised over $8500 for the Toronto Daily Bread Food Bank! Cool! Then
it was off to the Opera House for the tribute bands... Toronto Airport
ROCKED the joint! Those guys are SO awesome!! Then, Limelight took
the stage and rocked the joint as well! So cool!!
The next day started early with the walking
tour. We headed off to Queens Park to see the Parliament Building where
the Moving Pictures cover was shot. Always a cool thing! Then we
went to tour Anthem...always cool to see the gold records and awards and
memorabilia... Sweet! After that, we took a double-decker bus around
town; I think our bus driver was either unfamiliar with Rush related stuff
or...well...lost. We kind of circled this one block 3 times. Oops!
We went to the Canadian walk of fame to see Rush's star, and here and there...
Then it was off to catch the boat for the Gangsters boat tour! We
got there a little late and what do we see but the boat pulling away from the
dock! After much yelling, they came back and got us. LOL! We
went out on Lake Ontario; I got some KILLER shots of TO (see the RC4 page I linked
above)... It was awesome! We docked at Molson Amphitheater for the
concert... Tellyawhat, seeing the guys in Toronto, their home town...well,
lets just say it was AMAZING! They were awesome!!
I can't believe RushCon5
has come and gone! Another banner year! We have been to all 5
RushCons! My RC5 pictures are here.
The In The Mood mixer was a blast (as usual), and hanging out with Jim again was
awesome! Seiji made the trip from Japan again (he has been to all 5,
also!)...it was great to see him there! That is a dedicated Rush fan!
The events Saturday were
different than in previous years. The day started off with some fun videos
and people milling about the vendor tables buying stuff. Later on, the
games began! We had Rush related Name That Tune, Match Game and Family
Feud games! Then some more mingling and such and we were on our own until
the events at the Opera House. We had a great time at the Rush Karaoke;
Seiji played the bass AND sang Red Barchetta! It was awesome!
The tribute band this year
was Hemispheres, a band out of
NJ. They sang for FOUR HOURS! It was a heckuva show! Way to go
guys; impressive show! Especially Fountain...wow...
The charity auction was on
Sunday morning this year. (Brutal! Stayed up way too late from the
trib band show!) I was the winning
bidder on the signed copy of "My Favorite Headache" and the
autographed (by all 3 guys) Hold Your Fire tour book! Yay me! After
the auction, we headed out for the Gangster of Boats tour. It was awesome,
yet again! Then, we docked and headed over to the Orbit Room for a private
party! That was a LOT of fun!
All in all, the weekend was
incredibly fun and went by way too fast! At least we had a little reunion
on Monday for breakfast with a bunch of RushCon friends over at Fran's (which,
by the way, has some KILLER banana pancakes!). We sort of took over
Fran's! LOL! The back part of the restaurant was all RushCon'ers.
Hehe!
RushCon6 was yet another
exciting, fun weekend! This year, though, I was on staff! So I was
rather busy! Whew! I was the auction coordinator and that kept me
busy even BEFORE RushCon! (I was the auction coordinator for RC7 as well;
and also for RC8 - so if you have anything you would like to donate to the auction, PLEASE email
me and let me know! Thanks!)
RushCon7, September 21-23, 2007
was a whirlwind! We were lucky enough to see the guys in concert
twice! (Some people even went to a third show in Ottawa!) Check this
picture out!
It's from One Little Victory, right after the dragon blew fire and lit up the
stage. Sweet! It was another wonderful RushCon! Thank you to
all the great people who donated such excellent auction items! We raised
more money for the Toronto Daily Bread Food Bank and everyone got some great
Rush memorabilia! There were many new faces, and many familiar faces...and
it always feels like a big family reunion when we are all together!
RushCon8 is in the works
already! (Yike!) Check the RushCon
web site for more details! There will be a Rush concert in Toronto while we are
there! Get ready!
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07FEB08.
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