A Farewell to Kings

[freeport_pirate]

The first band I ever really got into was Rush. I was 12 or so and bought the album Moving Pictures. In one of my first bits of record collecting, I delved into their back catalog. As a kid already reading Lord of the Rings and playing AD&D, I was easily sold on songs like The Necromancer and By-Tor and the Snow Dog. My first rock concert was Rush

Comments

[wickedthought]

I'm on it.

"Bearing a gift beyond price, almost free!"

[kosmic]

Living in Calgary, Rush gets a lot of airplay on local radio stations. Would you be ok if I paraphrased the information in your post and forwarded it to local media?

[freeport_pirate]

Sure, feel free.

[bruceb]

Do they have examples of what successful petitioning looks like?

They can be the captain, I will draw the chart.

[freeport_pirate]

Not that I've seen. You might ask Kevin Purdy about that.

[selinker]

Looking at the list of 97 inductees in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, I see exactly one progressive rock band: Pink Floyd. No Jethro Tull, no Genesis (or Peter Gabriel), no King Crimson, no one else who plays in a time signature other than 4/4. So Rush's exclusion seems more indicative of the biases of the voters rather than specifically about Rush itself.

I expect they would have to acknowledge, though, that Moving Pictures is entirely made of awesome.

Mike

[iamnikchick]

And if Genesis, King Crimson, or Jethro Tull had been touring and recording constantly (with the same line-up) since 1968, there might be a movement to recognize them as well.

Cutting from their wikipedia entry: "As a group, Rush possesses 24 gold records and 14 platinum (3 multi-platinum) records. These statistics place Rush fifth behind The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Kiss and Aerosmith for the most consecutive gold and platinum albums by a rock band. "

24 fucking gold records and a 40-year career isn't enough to be considered Hall of Fame material? Screw that.

[dclingman]

Cool Post, but I don't think that Rush cares about the Hall of Fame. Madonna is in there for fucks sake! How could it be cool to be associated with a rock organization that accepts her?

[freeport_pirate]

Oh, they don't care. I'm just a trouble maker. :)