/lit/ - Literature

>>3674555
The CWA book read like cheap fanfiction. I only enjoyed it because it was RUSH-related.

Science fiction, uh? It may reflect the way he plays his drums, too much technique and almost none feeling. He'd look like a robot whilst playing in various Rush stage presentations, his face is always static.

he's a staunch randian, which is incredibly gay.
some of the lyrics are fucking pants-on-head retarded. they don't flow at all and are way too verbose for a rock band.
'red barchetta' is so fucking bad
the lyrics do work in an ironic, funny how clumsy they are, sort of way for some tunes. 'spirit of radio' and 'tom sawyer' come to mind, but that may just be because they are two of the best ruch songs.
imo he's a fucking terrible lyric writer, but they work in how silly and bad they are sometimes

So, is this thread about lyrics or...?

>>3674753
lyrics thread I guess.
One of my favorite songs lyrically from Rush is 'The Pass' off Presto.

Rush sucks.

They are dogshit.

literature =/= prog rock sci fi rand lyrical bullshit

Neil Peart, in my opinion is the best drummer of all time. Hands down.

>>3674886
I'd still have to take John Bonham over Neal Peart.

I think that Rush are pretty crap and Geddy Lee and Neil Peart are really overrated.

>>3674894
The most common, and only legitimate complaint I've ever heard about Rush is about Geddy Lee's voice.
But these same people listen to ACDC. ACDC! The worst singer of all time!
Geddy Lee is an acquired taste.

>>3674898

>hurr youre just not ready for it

Fuck off.

>>3674902
Oh you.

Rush has good music and sometimes passable lyrics. Some of their lyrics are hilariously bad though.

>>3674902
>Hasn't learned about acquired tastes yet
Soo how old are you?

>>3674907

>repeating yourself because you cant explain in a reasoned fashion why geddy lee isnt shit

Soo how old are you?

>>3674911
He made Fly By Night, BRO.
What else do you need to know?

This thread made me listen to Xanadu again because of how fucking terrible the lyrics are.

>>3674926
Whatever. Even if you don't like the music, you have to admit the musicality is on the level of The Allman Brothers and The Who.

>>3674928
*Even if you don't like the lyrics*

>>3674929
Are you Ezra Levant?

>Ezra thread
/lit/, please stop encouraging this moron by posting in his threads.

>>3674928
They're musically good. All three members are very technically proficient and write some enjoyable music.

But if I were listing lyricists whose work I could consider good literature, there is a long list before Peart.

>>3674936
Haha I just looked him up and no, I'm not him. Nor am I Canadian.
I'll give you a clue: my initials are EKS.

>>3674938

Your old post still bumped the thread, you may as well have just left it.

>>3674938
Moron (noun): a person of borderline intelligence in a former and discarded classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50 to 69.

>>3674936

I actually lolled.

'The Pass'

And now you're trembling on a rocky ledge
Staring down into a heartless sea
Done with life on a razor's edge
Nothing's what you thought it would be

No hero in your tragedy
No daring in your escape
No salutes for your surrender
Nothing noble in your fate
Christ, what have you done?

>Rush
Nice prog band, nothing more.
>Neil Peart's drumming
Really good, though nothing outstanding. Gavin Harrison is probably the most perfect "prog" drummer, when it comes to technique. Still there are other drummers I prefer.
>Peart's lyrics
Sometimes good, most of the time cheesy sci-fi stuff. Superior prog lyricists: Peter Sinfield, Peter Hammill, Richard Palmer-James, Robert Wyatt, Jason Byron

>>3676172
That's deep, man

>>3676172
Perhaps RUSH & Ezra Levant are things we should enjoy out of the view of the public.

>>3676232
The only other prog group I'm familiar with is Dream Theater.
If any of those names refer to them, I congratulate you.

>>3677036
You ought to try:
Porcupine Tree
King Crimson
Yes

Fuck ELP. Fuck Keith Emerson.

>>3677042
Oh I fucking love Yes!!!

>You and I is a masterpiece
>Ritual (Nous Sommes du Soleil) is a masterpiece
>Long Distance Roundaround is a masterpiece
>The Remembering is a masterpiece

>>3677042
I heard Rush's new track 'Fly From Here'. Their first without Jon Anderson and it's complete ass. Like really. It's not even passable.

>>3677042
Porcupine Tree is angsty British kid shit.

Also, >>/mu/

>>3677054
*Yes's*
I make silly mistakes when I get excited.

>>3674555
This isn't a new realization for me Ezra but it bears repeating: You lack taste.

>>3677060
You know, I see posts like this and I think that you guys truly believe the opposite. You're just saying that to be shitty, but you know the truth. You just can't handle the truth.

>>3677036
>If any of those names refer to them, I congratulate you.
I'm sorry to say that, but they don't. None of these names were refering to DT. DT is like prog going the most horribly way wrong you can possibly imagine. They were kinda interesting from their first album to Scenes From a Memory, but they slowly turned into a band unable to play anything but sequences of boring metal riffing and uncreative use of odd time signatures. Porcupine Tree and Opeth went shit too btw.

To clear up the names of the lyricists I mentioned and recommend you some good prog:
Peter Sinfield (King Crimson, ELP on some tracks)
Peter Hammill (Van der Graaf Generator)
Richard Palmer-James (King Crimson, Supertramp)
Robert Wyatt (Soft Machine)
Jason Byron (maudlin of the Well, Kayo Dot)
I forgot to mention Keith Reid (Procol Harum). He's also a great lyricist.