2017/12/17 15:17:38
KenB123
Showtime recently aired 'RUSH: Time Stand Still'. It is a documentary following their 2015 final tour. It has peeks into their early days and has concert footage interspersed (Note: it is not a concert performance video). I am not a Rush fan but do have a lot of respect them for what they have accomplished. I do like "The Spirit Of Radio". Great song. Besides being a pretty good video, what I was surprised by is the fanaticism of their loyal fans. Many of them have gone to over a 100 shows. One of the band's entourage even commented that at any show he knows the faces of most people sitting in the first 5-rows. The 'Rock Hall of Fame' induction ceremony footage was really somewhat goose-bumpy. Their fan base was at one point described as nerdy. Not heavy metal types, although their music is borderline. In fact, it was referred to as progressive-metal. Overall it is an interesting documentary. Its main affect on me was the dedication of the fan base. It was claimed at one point that once you see a Rush concert, you were hooked for life. 
2017/12/17 15:37:33
TheMaartian
I don't have Showtime, but I'm going to have to track this down somehow.
 
Rush fan? Me? Yup!
 
My first show was either Dec. '74 or Jan. '75. It was the Fly By Night tour right after Peart replaced Rutsey. The show was at a club in Schaumburg, IL called B'ginnings. We drove down from Madison, WI. [I also saw Tony Levin for the first time there.] I was hooked. Still am. Bought all of the LPs. Then bought all of the cassettes. Then the CDs. Then the remastered CDs. Then I met a guy who produced high quality bootlegs. Got a bunch of those (Rush and Dream Theater). All the VHS tapes. Then the DVDs. Then the Blu-rays.
 
My fav seat at their shows? 3rd row, right in front of Geddy. 
 
The last show (outdoors in Phoenix) I forgot my ear plugs. Couldn't hear doodly squat for two days. 
2017/12/17 15:44:44
57Gregy
It was on AXS TV last night on DISH.
Missed it, but will try to catch it next time.
2017/12/17 16:00:31
TheMaartian
57Gregy
It was on AXS TV last night on DISH.
Missed it, but will try to catch it next time.

Thanks for the heads-up. The next showing on AXS that I could find is Wednesday, 27 December at 8pm Mountain Time (10 Eastern, 7 Pacific).
 
Set to record.
 
What's running on AXS is Rush: The Rise of Kings. Don't know if that's the same as the OP is referring to, or a completely different documentary. More searching required.
2017/12/17 16:15:23
jamesg1213
I've seen that, it's excellent. I'm an admirer of Rush, don't like everything they've done, but love a lot of it. They seem like really nice guys too. Alex Lifeson is a funny geezer, I love his 'goofing off' during Tom Sawyer on the latter tours.
2017/12/17 16:32:41
tenfoot
'Rush; beyond the lighted stage' is an excellent doco, Rush fan or not.
2017/12/17 16:53:55
KenB123
TheMaartian
My first show was either Dec. '74 or Jan. '75. It was the Fly By Night tour right after Peart replaced Rutsey. The show was at a club in Schaumburg, IL called B'ginnings. We drove down from Madison, WI. [I also saw Tony Levin for the first time there.] I was hooked. Still am. Bought all of the LPs. Then bought all of the cassettes. Then the CDs. Then the remastered CDs. Then I met a guy who produced high quality bootlegs. Got a bunch of those (Rush and Dream Theater). All the VHS tapes. Then the DVDs. Then the Blu-rays.
 
My fav seat at their shows? 3rd row, right in front of Geddy. 
 
The last show (outdoors in Phoenix) I forgot my ear plugs. Couldn't hear doodly squat for two days. 

There we have one.  A true fan. 
 
I remember B'ginnings in Schaumburg (Illinois).  Opened by Danny Seraphine who was the drummer for the band Chicago. It was a mid-sized nightclub (I dislike large arena venues. Mid to small is where its at). Seeing Rush in that venue had to be "WOW!".  I would have gotten hooked also. So many big named performers played there. Of course I missed them  (Wikepedia lists many of them ...e.g., Van Halen, The Police, The Cars, Joe Cocker, etc.) The one show I do recall was "Trillion', a midwest band that should have gained more fame. I became a fan of their music after that show. Now the B'ginnings location is where I go to get my driver's license renewed (a DMV facility). Sad.
2017/12/17 17:24:41
craigb
Well, I'm a fan and I'm big, does that count? 
 
I've actually had their entire discography (sans "best ofs" and live albums) playing on my media player this whole last week. 
2017/12/18 02:20:36
msmcleod
KenB123
It was claimed at one point that once you see a Rush concert, you were hooked for life.



Pretty much.
 
I got into Rush in the mid 80's, but then I saw them in London in 1992 on the Roll the Bones tour.  It STILL remains the best gig I've ever been to.
 
And that's saying something bearing in mind, I also went to the Silver Clef Awards gig at Knebworth the same year (Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, Genesis, Paul McCartney & Wings, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Robert Plant [with Jimmy Page joining in], Tears for Fears, Cliff Richard & The Shadows, and Status Quo).  That was probably the 2nd best gig I've been to.
 
Most people moan at "old" bands because they never play their old material. Not so with Rush - they played a fantastic mix of old and new. Shame I had to wait 13 years for them to cross the pond again!
 
2017/12/18 02:26:04
Beepster
I've always loved Rush.
 
And not just because I'm a Canucker.
 
And although I seem to be in the minority I actually like Geddy's vox. It's unique, fits very well and that dood can THROW.
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