Draconator Posted February 20, 2022 Posted February 20, 2022 22 minutes ago, Helpmenow said: Liked Geddy solo album My Favorite Headache was a superior album 1 Quote
Rico Posted February 20, 2022 Posted February 20, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, T&C said: If I were to vote I'd go 25% Rush and 75% BOC... the ratio I listen to these bands whenever I'm hitting albums. BOC is way more prog rock imo. A huge drum kit never impressed me with Rush. I think Rush is far more prog rock than BOC myself. Loved Rush back in the 70’s pre-synths when Geddy still wailed, but they’ve always had the cheeziest lyrics in rock. Not that BOC doesn’t have their share of cheezy lyrics as well. I will take All The World’s A Stage over On Your Feet Or On Your Knees though I like them both, but I think BOC’s studio albums in the 70’s were just so much better. Edited February 20, 2022 by Rico Quote
BillsFanNC Posted February 20, 2022 Posted February 20, 2022 I prefer Rush precisely because they did their 3 album prog era and moved on. Then they did their new wave-ish synth era and moved on. Then back to a more organic hard rock three piece. Then finishing their career with a near masterpiece that combined elements of all the eras. I like BOC, but I just kind of lump them in with bands like Uriah Heep, UFO and Styx. Quote
Rico Posted February 20, 2022 Posted February 20, 2022 9 hours ago, BillsFanNC said: I prefer Rush precisely because they did their 3 album prog era and moved on. Then they did their new wave-ish synth era and moved on. Then back to a more organic hard rock three piece. Then finishing their career with a near masterpiece that combined elements of all the eras. I like BOC, but I just kind of lump them in with bands like Uriah Heep, UFO and Styx. I can and have filled an 80-min CD-R (back in the pre-streaming days) with my fav Rush tunes & I love love LOVE it... but the only album I need is All The World's A Stage. BOC's 1st 3 albums are classics, On Your Feet is very good, and I can fill a CD-R with my favs of everything after that. All jmo. Quote
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted February 20, 2022 Posted February 20, 2022 Unrelated to the thread or the music style, but seemed like a good time for Joe to offer his two cents. 😁 Quote
BillsFanNC Posted February 21, 2022 Posted February 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Rico said: I can and have filled an 80-min CD-R (back in the pre-streaming days) with my fav Rush tunes & I love love LOVE it... but the only album I need is All The World's A Stage. BOC's 1st 3 albums are classics, On Your Feet is very good, and I can fill a CD-R with my favs of everything after that. All jmo. I get it. I know many Rush fans who have no use for anything post Moving Pictures. If Rush spent their entire career making various versions of 2112 or Hemispheres I would have eventually lost interest. I think many long lived 70s bands kept their sound largely unchanged over the years, not that there's anything necessarily wrong with that. I like AC/DC too, but they've essentially made the same album their whole career. Rush changed from album to album, sometimes dramatically. Take away Geddys voice and compare 1978 Hemispheres to 1984 Grace Under Pressure and you have two totally different sounds and unrecognizable as being the same band. Yet I consider both albums to be classics and in my top 5 Rush albums. It definitely cost them some fans along the way but I also think it's responsible in many ways for their diehard following. Good discussion and it's all just different strokes for different folks. 1 Quote
SinceThe70s Posted February 21, 2022 Posted February 21, 2022 1 hour ago, BillsFanNC said: I get it. I know many Rush fans who have no use for anything post Moving Pictures. If Rush spent their entire career making various versions of 2112 or Hemispheres I would have eventually lost interest. I think many long lived 70s bands kept their sound largely unchanged over the years, not that there's anything necessarily wrong with that. I like AC/DC too, but they've essentially made the same album their whole career. Rush changed from album to album, sometimes dramatically. Take away Geddys voice and compare 1978 Hemispheres to 1984 Grace Under Pressure and you have two totally different sounds and unrecognizable as being the same band. Yet I consider both albums to be classics and in my top 5 Rush albums. It definitely cost them some fans along the way but I also think it's responsible in many ways for their diehard following. Good discussion and it's all just different strokes for different folks. Rush has an intensely loyal following. The die hard's stuck with them in spite of the changes to their music over the years. Count me in the camp that started losing interest with Subdivisions. They had some moments with later albums but none of them stuck with me like their pre-Moving Pictures output. As for BOC vs. Rush - I don't feel the need to choose, they both made great music. It's like steak or lobster. I like both but would grow tired of either if that's all I had every day. Quote
Buffalosouth Posted February 22, 2022 Posted February 22, 2022 On 2/19/2022 at 8:56 AM, Rico said: Not sure, but Blue Oyster Cult > Rush This statement makes me want to check out BOC deeper than their radio plays. Quote
frostbitmic Posted February 27, 2022 Posted February 27, 2022 I saw Rush open for BOC but I had to look up the date. It was Sept 22 1976 and a band called Angel opened the show. It was at the Dome Arena in Henrietta, NY. Setlists Blue Oyster Cult setlist: Stairway to the Stars Harvester of Eyes Cities on Flame With Rock and Roll E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) Morning Final Flaming Telepaths Then Came the Last Days of May ME 262 Dominance and Submission Buck's Boogie This Ain't the Summer of Love 5 Guitars Born to Be Wild (Don't Fear) The Reaper Before the Kiss, a Redcap Rush setlist: Bastille Day Anthem Lakeside Park 2112 Part I: Overture 2112 Part II: The Temples of Syrinx 2112 Part III: Discovery 2112 Part IV: Presentation 2112 Part VI: Soliloquy 2112 Part VII: Grand Finale Fly by Night In the Mood By-Tor & The Snow Dog In the End Working Man Drum Solo What You're Doing Angel setlist: An exact setlist wasn't found. Here is their closest one (from 09/20/1976), which may be similar: Tower "Feelin' Right" "Broken Dreams" Mirrors "Pressure Point" "Chicken Soup" "Sunday Morning" "On & On" "The Fortune" "Anyway You Want It" "Rock & Rollers" "Angel (Theme)" 2 Quote
T&C Posted February 27, 2022 Posted February 27, 2022 3 minutes ago, frostbitmic said: I saw Rush open for BOC but I had to look up the date. It was Sept 22 1976 and a band called Angel opened the show. It was at the Dome Arena in Henrietta, NY. Setlists Blue Oyster Cult setlist: Stairway to the Stars Harvester of Eyes Cities on Flame With Rock and Roll E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) Morning Final Flaming Telepaths Then Came the Last Days of May ME 262 Dominance and Submission Buck's Boogie This Ain't the Summer of Love 5 Guitars Born to Be Wild (Don't Fear) The Reaper Before the Kiss, a Redcap Rush setlist: Bastille Day Anthem Lakeside Park 2112 Part I: Overture 2112 Part II: The Temples of Syrinx 2112 Part III: Discovery 2112 Part IV: Presentation 2112 Part VI: Soliloquy 2112 Part VII: Grand Finale Fly by Night In the Mood By-Tor & The Snow Dog In the End Working Man Drum Solo What You're Doing Angel setlist: An exact setlist wasn't found. Here is their closest one (from 09/20/1976), which may be similar: Tower "Feelin' Right" "Broken Dreams" Mirrors "Pressure Point" "Chicken Soup" "Sunday Morning" "On & On" "The Fortune" "Anyway You Want It" "Rock & Rollers" "Angel (Theme)" Wow, what a great show. Angel was Punky Meadows I think at that time... FZ mocked the ***** out of him lol. Teen Archer would have made that perfect but hands down a great show. Quote
SinceThe70s Posted February 27, 2022 Posted February 27, 2022 13 minutes ago, frostbitmic said: I saw Rush open for BOC but I had to look up the date. It was Sept 22 1976 and a band called Angel opened the show. It was at the Dome Arena in Henrietta, NY. Setlists Blue Oyster Cult setlist: Stairway to the Stars Harvester of Eyes Cities on Flame With Rock and Roll E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) Morning Final Flaming Telepaths Then Came the Last Days of May ME 262 Dominance and Submission Buck's Boogie This Ain't the Summer of Love 5 Guitars Born to Be Wild (Don't Fear) The Reaper Before the Kiss, a Redcap Rush setlist: Bastille Day Anthem Lakeside Park 2112 Part I: Overture 2112 Part II: The Temples of Syrinx 2112 Part III: Discovery 2112 Part IV: Presentation 2112 Part VI: Soliloquy 2112 Part VII: Grand Finale Fly by Night In the Mood By-Tor & The Snow Dog In the End Working Man Drum Solo What You're Doing Angel setlist: An exact setlist wasn't found. Here is their closest one (from 09/20/1976), which may be similar: Tower "Feelin' Right" "Broken Dreams" Mirrors "Pressure Point" "Chicken Soup" "Sunday Morning" "On & On" "The Fortune" "Anyway You Want It" "Rock & Rollers" "Angel (Theme)" Why pick one band over the other when you can have them both? That's one helluva show. Predates my concert-going by a few years (BOC headlined the first show I went to). Quote
Chef Jim Posted February 27, 2022 Author Posted February 27, 2022 On 2/19/2022 at 5:25 PM, T&C said: If I were to vote I'd go 25% Rush and 75% BOC... the ratio I listen to these bands whenever I'm hitting albums. BOC is way more prog rock imo. A huge drum kit never impressed me with Rush. As a drummer I agree 1000% with your last point. Don’t get me wrong I love Rush but bigger isn’t always better. Quote
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