dave@gitpyr.UUCP (David Corbin) (11/10/84)
> I agree with you on 'chemistry', I almost always skip over it. > You didn't mention that the lyrics on 'Subdivisions', 'The Analog Kid', and > 'The Digital Man' also work very well. However, the balence between the music > and the vocals on 'Between the Wheels' isn't good; the musics seems to over- > power the vocals in certain place. Hmmm...while I agree that "Chemistry" is not a thrilling song, and is certainly far from their best, I do think that Neil captured an interesting abstract idea very well in the song. As for other lyrics, I can never decide what I think is best. There are too many GREAT ones. > Assuming that you too are a Rush fan, do you happen to know any of the > early history of the group? I'm interested in why John Rutsey left Rush after > their first album, and how they found Neal Peart as a replacement. This is what I have heard about Rush's early history. First off, no record label would listen to them, so they formed their own for their first record. When it came time to go on tour, Rutsey didn't want to leave Canada (or something like that), so they started interviewing/auditioning other drummers to go on tour with them. Neil Peart was one of them, and he and Geddy both hit it off very well, primarily because of a great love that they both had for the literature of J.R.R.Tolkein (Yeah! Let's hear it for "The Lord of the Rings"!). This, later, of course, led to that undescribable song "Rivendell". That is about the extent of my knowledge of Rush's early history of the top of my head. Some of my friends know quite a bit more. How many of you are aware of the "Rush Backstage Club"? David Corbin Georgia Institute of Technology Box 34034 Atlanta GA 30332 ...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,ihnp4,masscomp,ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!dave ...!{rlgvax,sb1,uf-cgrl,unmvax,ut-sally}!gatech!gitpyr!dave