RUSH IS A BAND

#1 - Posted 9/29/09 @4:56PM by bakes7 [contact]

Time for something NEW.

#3 - Posted 9/29/09 @5:30PM by Sirius [contact]

Ok Its a CD/DVD Compilation...I Thought it was only the DVDs that were gonna be RE-packed in 1 set!..

heres The Press Release for some Folks:

First 'best of' live compilation
available on DVD & CD in stores and online
November 17th

Anthem Entertainment has announced the release of "WORKING MEN," the first 'best of' live performance compilation from renowned rock trio Rush. Due in stores and online November 17th, the collection will be released on DVD in partnership with Rounder and on CD via Atlantic Records outside of Canada.

Culled from Anthem Entertainment and Zoë Vision's three other Rush DVD releases - Rush in Rio, R30 & Snakes & Arrows Live - "WORKING MEN" features live recordings of the band's greatest hits as well as one previously unreleased track , "One Little Victory" (see attached track listing).

Rush - Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart - is without question one of the most inventive and compelling groups in rock history, equally famed for both its virtuoso musicianship and provocative songwriting. Just last year, a career-chronicling Rolling Stone feature praised the band for its continuing artistic vitality, noting that "It's true that Rush doesn't mean today what it did in '76 or even '96. It may mean more." The sentiment was echoed in subsequent pieces published earlier this year in Entertainment Weekly and Spin. Rush's enduring pop culture relevance is perhaps best evidenced by a pair of high profile appearances - a rare national television performance and interview on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" in 2008 (the band's first TV appearance since 1975), and a pivotal role in the storyline of the hit comedy, I Love You, Man. Released this past spring, the band also made a memorable cameo in the film, which starred Paul Rudd and Jason Segal.

Since releasing their self-titled debut album in 1974, Rush has achieved worldwide sales exceeding 35 million units, including such acclaimed works as 1976's "2112," 1981's "MOVING PICTURES," 1996's "TEST FOR ECHO," and 2002's "VAPOR TRAILS." The band's most recent studio collection, 2007's "SNAKES & ARROWS," made a triumphant debut on the Billboard 200 upon its initial release, entering the chart in the #3 spot. The album's success marked Rush's highest chart debut since 1993, as well as the group's eleventh top ten album in the U.S.

For more information, please visit www.rush.com.


"WORKING MEN" Track Listing:
Limelight
The Spirit of Radio
2112
Freewill
Dreamline
Far Cry
Subdivisions
One Little Victory (previously unreleased)
Closer to the Heart
Tom Sawyer
Working Man
YYZ

unreleased Version of "One Little Victory"?..Nice!!

#5 - Posted 9/29/09 @6:03PM by gag2man [contact]

They should find a good bootleg of the VT tour and release it. OLV should be available on all 3 of the DVD's after the full version of R30 is done. That's all folks!

#7 - Posted 9/29/09 @6:59PM by dedlift [contact]

LIVE cd/dvd compilation...
R30 LIVE Blue Ray...

Keep how great RUSH is live front and center in everyone's minds and probably get a few new fans who are blown away by the sheer brilliance of live RUSH...

Record a new album and TOUR BABY TOUR and support the new and live releases!!!

Come on "Working Men" help us out!

#9 - Posted 9/29/09 @7:26PM by Rob [contact]

If they should release a bootleg...make it "A view from the palace"

#11 - Posted 9/29/09 @7:51PM by main monkey business [contact]

I never knew about that HonestMan...I guess you can learn something new everyday..

#13 - Posted 9/29/09 @8:17PM by Rob [contact]

#10&11 Quit smoking those funny cigarettes during those shows and you'll remember!!!!!:)

#15 - Posted 9/29/09 @8:49PM by RushFanForever [contact]

Also YYZ is not on R30 but it will be on the R30 Blu-Ray release.

#17 - Posted 9/29/09 @9:05PM by snowdog2113 [contact]

Sirius, do you have a link to that press release? There's still nothing on Rush.com and you'd think that it would be a joint press release with the R30 BluRay info since they're releasing them on the same day but there's nothing about it. I sure hope it's actually coming.

#19 - Posted 9/29/09 @9:31PM by snowdog2113 [contact]

Thanks a lot!

Hope to see the BluRay one soon.

#21 - Posted 9/30/09 @12:00AM by Erebus [contact]

Those subscribed to the Rush Newsletter should have received their newsletter and press release by now.

#23 - Posted 9/30/09 @9:44AM by AFarCryfromFBN [contact]

Has Alex played the keyboard for any song other than Time Stand Still?

#25 - Posted 9/30/09 @11:23AM by Lamb Saag [contact]

P.S. - If you stare at it long enough, the snake appears to levitate above the pavement!

#27 - Posted 9/30/09 @12:41PM by hermy [contact]

Look...It's a Fischer Price "My First Excavator"

I don't have cough medicine to blame but the scale looks way off....

#29 - Posted 9/30/09 @1:04PM by Joe

I'll be skipping this one...they are just doing what all bands do(make as much money as possible). It saddens me just a litte.

#31 - Posted 9/30/09 @1:33PM by AFarCryfromFBN [contact]

I like the cover. It ties elements of all three Live shows quite well: S&A is obvious, the R30 Road Sign, and the Cross overlooking the Rio venue.

This is for the fans that MUST have everything, and for the casual fans that might not want to spend the money for the original dvds but still want to see some of their favorite songs live.

I might be getting a couple for Christmas/Birthday gifts.

#33 - Posted 9/30/09 @3:22PM by Rocinante [contact]

#29 Neil needs gas and diaper money :)

#35 - Posted 9/30/09 @5:43PM by glortiz [contact]

I really like the cover art. A greatest hits of live selections, sure, my library will not be complete without these two new releases, so I will be getting them for sure.

Besides, after everything the boys have given us over the past 30+ years, I do not have a problem giving a little back to them!

And the un-released version of OLV? Sweeet!

And remember, many folks did not purchase the deluxe edition of R30, those live tracks are not avaliable on CD for them to purchase separatly. So, with that said, this release makes sense to me!

Gotta love the boys!

#37 - Posted 9/30/09 @5:54PM by main monkey business [contact]

Joe (#29)...just saw the post. Rush and the record company are making as much money as they can right now...what's wrong with that? That's capitalism...that's what has made this country great in the past. Be honest...if it was you, and you were nearing the end of your career, wouldn't you want to make as much money as you could before it came to an end? I know I would...I'll also admit that if I could do what they do...I'd be trying to make every dat-blame dollar I could! Doctors do it, lawyers, do it...athletes do it at contract time...actors do it before every movie they shoot...why shouldn't Rush do it also? Like I said...I can't be bummed about it...if I could do it...I sure would!

#39 - Posted 9/30/09 @6:24PM by The_king_will_Neil [contact]

MMB, #37, I have no problem with re-releases and making money, and your argument works for the record company. But if the band were putting together a "'best of' live performance compilation", why would they limit it to these three releases; couldn't material from previous footage be included in a 'best of'? This is like the Retrospective collections - driven by the record companies, since it's what they have conveniently available. (Not that I'm complaining, that's Capitalism, and we wouldn't have Rush without Capitalism.)

I won't speculate on what I'd put in a 'best of', since that would be everything from ATWAS on. Hey, maybe a Box Set!

#41 - Posted 9/30/09 @7:02PM by Liverpool 78

Lamb Saag - just had a look at your blog -have you not been in there for a while? I know it's infrequent, but APRIL!?! Like someone said about Rush, "get to work!" :-))

Liver.

#43 - Posted 9/30/09 @7:27PM by RushFanForever [contact]

There is a preview lesson up on the Apple Garageband site with Alex demonstrating how to play 'Tom Sawyer'. Scroll down to 'Learn to Play: Artist Lessons' and click Rush.

link

#45 - Posted 9/30/09 @7:36PM by Lerxster [contact]

Cover art finally making it to amazon :)

#47 - Posted 9/30/09 @8:16PM by The_king_will_Neil [contact]

MMB, I agree, and I agree that we agree, and ...

I have no problem with them releasing anything they wish; I doubt Rush will ever take this to overkill (unlike certain other artists, who release 'new' CDs rehashing old stuff - didn't Rush lose a Grammy to one of those?).

I don't tend to buy those, but I did buy Retrospective 3, simply because of those extras - having the music videos on CD won me over.

Come to think of it, that's how I got into Rush. I had heard the entire Signals album on the radio, and the two songs I had never heard before got my attention (Losing It and Countdown, still my favorites). When I went to buy a Rush album, being a poor high school student, I wanted the best value, so I bought something called Archive. When I learned that it was the first 3 LPs in full, I started buying the others in order. (It was particularly interesting when I spent a year between AFTK and Hemispheres, just as if I were waiting for its release - wondering what "Part I" and "To Be Continued ..." meant.)


As someone said, these things are a good option for ppl just discovering Rush.

#49 - Posted 9/30/09 @8:46PM by RushFanForever [contact]

I think the 'Working Men' CD and DVD compilation is more of a record company thing.

Seriously, do you think the band would ever come up with a title like 'Working Men' in this day and age? No way. The title sounds bland in a way.

I am going to post a comment that Alex and Geddy made about the Mercury Greatest Hits 1974-87 compilation. This is from the Power Windows site.

link

# "...part of a contractual thing with Paul Egram with Mercury Records from our previous deal with them, which expired in 1990. So they have the rights to do a number of greatest hits or packaged records." - Alex Lifeson, AT&T Celebrity Chat, Feb. 10, 2003

# "We did not have a lot of input in this. This was mostly a record company project. Our opinions were made known and they were very cooperative about doing good packaging for us." - Geddy Lee, USAToday.com chat, Feb 5, 2003

I am sure this Atlantic release relates to the above comments.

#51 - Posted 9/30/09 @9:05PM by GedHed [contact]

#50: He should have only stopped for the best... ;)

#53 - Posted 9/30/09 @9:20PM by Lamb Saag [contact]

For you, Liver
link
; )

#55 - Posted 9/30/09 @9:39PM by GRgreg [contact]

I was just visiting with Lamb. I mean on his blog. The latest reader poll is as follows:

Which song by Rush is most suggestive of consensual sex?



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WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Do not have any liquids or food in your mouth when you read it. They will end up on your computer screen.

#57 - Posted 9/30/09 @10:32PM by musicofthespheres [contact]

i actually gave it a moment's serious thought before clicking on the blog. Anagram lyrics came to mind...

#59 - Posted 9/30/09 @10:49PM by TheHonestMan [contact]

Lamb Saag, you left The 'Neck Romancer' off your survey :)

Sorry for that terrible joke everyone...maybe I should leave the comedy to Lamb Saag.

#61 - Posted 10/1/09 @2:58AM by main monkey business [contact]

GreeneWolfe..sooooo...what you are really trying to say is....

#63 - Posted 10/1/09 @6:46AM by LanceTheShred [contact]

#55 Greg-Thanks for the warning dude!

Lamb!-You're an INFREQUENT trip my friend but you forgot:

"Where's My Thing?"

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ;)

#65 - Posted 10/1/09 @8:47AM by Fiat

I'll be using the cash I would normally blow on this to prepare for the coming total economic collapse of the US. Food, water, ammo. End of story.

#67 - Posted 10/1/09 @2:24PM by Joe

This release is for very wealthy Rush Fans who are the type who must own everything they put out. I already spent hard earned money on RiR, R30, S&A Live, AND the Toronto SARS Festival to boot. I agree with you Fiat.

#69 - Posted 10/1/09 @3:35PM by Runkerry [contact]

At no. 69 my comments maybe come way too late for anyone to read, but have to say apart from the artwork which is pretty good, this release is a huge disappointment. Never been a fan of compilations, or repackaged re-releases. I know this is driven by Atlantic but its really poor. Bit of an insult to the fans really. Id be surprised if this sells well, but I could be wrong.

#71 - Posted 10/1/09 @9:14PM by main monkey business [contact]

I'm with you mommy_of_zuzu...I've already preordered the R30 on blu-ray...it's not that I need it...but I want everything Rush puts out on blu-ray.
I understand if people don't want to buy what Rush (or the record company) is putting out..but at least keep the complaints to a small rumble. I'm not buying "Working Man" for the reasons you state, but I'm not going to speak up like that. I'm not crazy about the repackaging....but I don't think it's dumb, or pathetic, or sad, or disgusting...if people will buy it...then I say put it out! If I could repackage music I made, and people would buy it...I'd be coming up with different repackaging ideas and mixes every day....people work to make money, and if you can do things a certain way to make more money without working as hard...more power to ya!