Classical Composer Reacts to RUSH: Signals (Side 1) | The Daily Doug (Episode 642)
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On this edition of #thedailydoug, I'm coming back to the music of #rush with their album #signals. I've recently heard all of Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures, and I wanted to get to this album from that same era as quickly as I could. Rush's music never disappoints! I hope you enjoy.
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All Comments (21)
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The nostalgia of Subdivisions literally hurts. When that song came out me along with how many others felt like it was not only speaking to us but for us.
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Alex never gets enough credit for being a fantastic 70s guitarist that reinvents himself fantastically to fit as his band changes.
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Subdivisions spoke to every outlier, every "nerd" or less-than-popular high schooler, every misfit and we all felt seen. It's an important song for exactly that reason. It's not just about home-based subdivisions, it's about the division of/by cliques in high school and junior high.
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This is probably my 2nd favorite Rush album. The Analog Kid is one of the best songs ever written.
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I was 14 in 1982. Subdivisions literally saved my life a few times. It let me know someone understood.
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This Rush fan is happy they never stopped evolving. I love the 80's Rush. I vote Doug does Power Window next!
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Wait until you hear Side 2. "Losing It" is absolutely stunning with, what happens to be, one of Neil's finest moments lyrically. And "Countdown," the last song, is just a total sleeper tune that has, what I feel, THE most characteristic Rush riffs to end the record. Just amazing!
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Man.. i love this band so much. I can easily start to cry going in my head listening to this trio. So profound. I wish i could tell them how much they meant to me through my life!
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I know Alex thinks his guitar got lost during this era...but I think it made him an even better player and his solos and rythm playing is top tier maybe untouched.
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I was a 15 year old sophomore in high school when this album came out and my first concert was this tourâŠ.life changing.
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I've been a fan since 1976, so 47 years and I never tire of this band, we grew together, and I miss the anticipation of a new Rush lp!
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I bet most of us still remember whomever our fawn eyed girl with sun browned legs was back in 1982⊠This band wrote to so many - but this album literally spoke to us.
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Alex reinventing himself here is critical to the progression of the band. He went from being this wailing shredder, to the guy who figured out how to make his guitar and chord choices sound like 5 guitars at once. His chord choices are so full and perfect. He only got better as time went on
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I was a latecomer to Rush in the sense that Iâm 37, so was born in the middle of their 80s phase and didnât fall in love with Prog until my mid-20s. Signals is one of my top 3 favorite albums and Subdivisions was written for those of us who werenât in the cool crowd. I love these guys so much. RIP Neil
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Signals was my first big arena concert on Feb. 18, 1983. Excellent set list: The Spirit Of Radio Tom Sawyer Freewill Digital Man Subdivisions Vital Signs The Camera Eye Closer To The Heart Chemistry The Analog Kid Broonâs Bane The Trees Red Barchetta The Weapon (With the âCount Floydâ introduction.) New World Man Limelight Countdown Encore: 2112 Overture The Temples Of Syrinx Xanadu La Villa Strangiato In The Mood YYZ Drum Solo Golden Earring opened the show! đđ»đđ»
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grew up with them in my back yard ... would see them around town ... Alex s son was in my primary school class ... saw this show as one of my first live concerts Best band ever
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Digital man is Rush's most underrated song and is the best song on this album, just slightly edging out subdivisions analog kid and the weapon. Your interpretation of the lyrics is spot on. I also see an intertwining of the themes of digital man and vital signs on moving pictures, the integration of life and technology, and what is preserved and what is lost. The words and the music are perfectly paired.
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Such a masterpiece, this period was I introducing us to what Rush would become, A band under constant construction, growing, changing progressing. Neil was maturing as a lyricist, while Alex and Geddy spread their wings as musicians. Exploration, Expansion, and Excellence!
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So many Rush fans lost their minds when Signals dropped, but I loved the way they evolved into the 80s. Moving Pictures was arguably their magnum opus, but Signals was such an important record for its time. Side one rocks, but Losing It and Countdown on side 2 are also high points on the record. God, I miss Peart...
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My first album, and Subdivisions my first song. Very much spoke to me personally, at age 14. Hooked ever since. Analog Kid remains my favourite Lifeson solo too.
