Members BlueIbanez Posted January 27, 2010 Members Share Posted January 27, 2010 any songs by Rush? What do you cover and would you say you play them well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rorylawford Posted January 27, 2010 Members Share Posted January 27, 2010 We did Limelight a few times live, but it never 'felt' right - I'm sure more work in rehearsals would have nailed it but it was voted out of the setlist so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RupertB Posted January 27, 2010 Members Share Posted January 27, 2010 A couple of months ago, some guy yelled "play some RUSH!" at my acoustic duo as a joke, so we knocked off The Trees, just for laughs. Honestly, it was a bit wobbly in the middle but still fun to play. The guy complimented us after & stuffed a fiver in the jar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlueIbanez Posted January 27, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 27, 2010 Ha nice! I always want to do Tom Sawyer with my band, but with such a recognizable song if its not TIGHT, then the audience just groans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rowka Posted January 27, 2010 Members Share Posted January 27, 2010 I've done Limelight, Red Barchetta, Closer to the Heart, and LaVilla Strangiato in various bands. We've been able to pull them off quite well. But in all honesty, they go over very luke-warm with most crowds, especially when you consider the effort to get them performance ready. Crap like Pour Some Sugar gets a lot more bang for the buck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members flanc Posted January 27, 2010 Members Share Posted January 27, 2010 I've done Limelight, Red Barchetta, Closer to the Heart, and LaVilla Strangiato in various bands. We've been able to pull them off quite well. But in all honesty, they go over very luke-warm with most crowds, especially when you consider the effort to get them performance ready. Crap like Pour Some Sugar gets a lot more bang for the buck. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members toddkuen Posted January 27, 2010 Members Share Posted January 27, 2010 We do "Working Man" now and then - goes over well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Z_Zoquis Posted January 27, 2010 Members Share Posted January 27, 2010 We're doing In The Mood. We've more or less just started working on it but I think we play it pretty well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mineame Posted January 27, 2010 Members Share Posted January 27, 2010 I think about the only way you can play RUSH and get a response you are looking for, is to be in a RUSH tribute band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Z_Zoquis Posted January 27, 2010 Members Share Posted January 27, 2010 Thats probably true for much of their stuff, but the first record is really straight ahead rock n roll ftmp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members van5073 Posted January 27, 2010 Members Share Posted January 27, 2010 We're doing In The Mood. We've more or less just started working on it but I think we play it pretty well... Cool. This song came on Sirrius just as was reading this. Rush rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jeff42 Posted January 27, 2010 Members Share Posted January 27, 2010 we tossed around doing a rush song a few times. In The End all the work to make it sound right just isn't worth it just to have puzzled/bored looks on most if not all of our crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zekmoe Posted January 27, 2010 Members Share Posted January 27, 2010 Long ago, (80's), I was in a cover band that did La Villa, 2112, YYZ, Red Barchetta, Tom Sawyer, Limelight, and I think about 3 others, yet we were not a hard rock or Rush cover band. We just loved those songs and did them well. We also played I Ran, U2 and Pretenders songs, and some Journey and Van Halen. Oh, to be young and have fun in bands again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cooterbrown Posted January 27, 2010 Members Share Posted January 27, 2010 A band I was in, in the early 90s decided it would be funny for a Halloween gig to mash up various Rush songs with our usual set...starting with a Rush lick, then morphing it into the usual song which would be in the same key."Spirit of Radio" intro went into "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap", "Subdivisions" into "Fly Me Courageous", "Big Money" into "Hard to Handle". To start the third set, I cued a tape (remember those?) with the sound effect intro of "2112" that went into "My Sharona".It was funny, even though you could see there were two or three Rush fans in the crowd who were pissed off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members newmaxnew Posted January 27, 2010 Members Share Posted January 27, 2010 Back in the 80s we used to play In The Mood, and Working Man. However those are all guitar based songs with no keys/synths. Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members faileddrummer Posted January 27, 2010 Members Share Posted January 27, 2010 I'm not Neil Peart. Playing one of their songs would be a slap in the face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted January 28, 2010 Members Share Posted January 28, 2010 We used to do FLY BY NIGHT occasionally just to be silly. We did it pretty well, but, ya know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TrickyBoy Posted January 28, 2010 Members Share Posted January 28, 2010 Nope. I like my covers like I like my women... easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted January 28, 2010 Members Share Posted January 28, 2010 Nope. I like my covers like I like my women... easy. As Joe Walsh said, if I'da known I was gonna still be playing these songs after this long, I'da made them easier to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members J.Paul Posted January 29, 2010 Members Share Posted January 29, 2010 We play "Tom Sawyer" We do it as a filler so the singer can rest (I sing it)and we also do it to shake out the cobwebs, almost everything we do is straight ahead radio rock/pop/country so we reward ourselves one song every 30 songs. lol. We do a respectable above average version however there are no synthsI play the synth parts on guitar (and have opted not to use a synth sound via FM4 or X3 Live) so it's just raw sounding. Still works well. I am baffled as to how and why chicks dance to this song(these are usually hot chicks)blame it on the alcohol People seem to really love when we play this songand some regulars request ithoweverIt will probably be rotated out this spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 3shiftgtr Posted January 29, 2010 Members Share Posted January 29, 2010 One of my bands is a straight dance and rock cover band. We have a few instrumentals we do to at the beginning or end of a set, just to mix things up. YYZ is our Rush tune. We also do Frankenstein, Satch Boogie, and old Pat Travers tune called Hammerhead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Robben Trower Posted January 30, 2010 Members Share Posted January 30, 2010 When I think of Rush I'm always reminded of a quote from 'Creem' from the 70's, when they said 'Rush' was a great name for them as everyone attempted to rush out of the venue at the same time, trying to forget all they had just seen and heard.' I would think that 'Mahogany Rush' would be a hipper choice to play these days than 'Rush'. Give those funkless automatons a rest. If you want to do anything, just 'quote' a lick here or there, for laughs, do not indulge. I've played 'strangiato', but only in rehearsals without an audience. Fun for the band, no one else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rob_Rocks Posted February 1, 2010 Members Share Posted February 1, 2010 I joined a band last year just because they played a lot of Rush. (my favorite band). We nailed Tom Sawyer, Spirit of Radio, YYZ and Red Barchetta. The problem was...these songs bombed on the dance floor EVERY time. That band only lasted 8 months unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mstreck Posted February 1, 2010 Members Share Posted February 1, 2010 I joined a band last year just because they played a lot of Rush. (my favorite band). We nailed Tom Sawyer, Spirit of Radio, YYZ and Red Barchetta. The problem was...these songs bombed on the dance floor EVERY time. That band only lasted 8 months unfortunately. Yours isn't the first band to do that - and it won't be the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members THX1138 Posted February 1, 2010 Members Share Posted February 1, 2010 I love Rush, but in the club scene.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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