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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Rush: A Brief History of Time, Part IV

Posted at 10:23AM | comments (22)

John at Cygnus-X1.net recently posted the fourth installment of his Rush: A Brief History of Time series where he compiles scans of old Rush articles. You can check this latest batch out at this link. He has also combined all the items from the 4 installments and presented them on one page here. This batch contains a bunch of great articles - mostly from 1978 - including an article from the March 22, 1978 edition of Dutch magazine Muziekkrant OOR titled Rush Met Voetversnelling which features a very interesting photo of Geddy (click on thumbnail above). If you happen to speak the language, John would love to get a translation. In total there are 16 articles from 1978, a couple from both 1977 and 1979, and 7 or so from the '80s/'90s/'00s. This is fascinating stuff; I highly suggest you check it out when you get a chance. Thanks John!

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#1 - Posted 3/3/10 @10:29AM by idrum2 [contact]

wierd pic...

first?

#2 - Posted 3/3/10 @10:30AM by idrum2 [contact]

Yes!

But seriously, the Geddy pic weirds me out

#3 - Posted 3/3/10 @10:31AM by Rush Fan Since 1976 [contact]

Ged's 1st Threesome?!

#4 - Posted 3/3/10 @10:52AM by The Clansman 2112 [contact]

Right on Geddy!!!

#5 - Posted 3/3/10 @10:56AM by Kelly D [contact]

Ged is looking rather self-satisfied in that pic. . . someone needs to Photoshop Petie's and my face over those two chicks' ;D

#6 - Posted 3/3/10 @11:08AM by marty from clayton

#5 - Those aren't chicks, they're both Alex in different disguises.

#7 - Posted 3/3/10 @11:10AM by Jag2112 [contact]

By the way, if you're wondering what the Asian girl is holding, it's the AFTK tourbook as seen here:

link

Enjoy

#8 - Posted 3/3/10 @11:11AM by RushFanForever [contact]

Another option is that John can type out the text and attempt to translate it online with Google translation.

link

I did this when I translated a book that I received from a distant relative that was in Danish.

#9 - Posted 3/3/10 @11:29AM by Jag2112 [contact]

I was thinking of putting that article through my OCR software and then pushing it through the Google translator link... might be a worthwhile attempt...

#10 - Posted 3/3/10 @11:30AM by The Clansman 2112 [contact]

I wonder if this went though Geddy's head....

link

#11 - Posted 3/3/10 @11:31AM by Get up and go the distance [contact]

The Dutch article is interesting, but took me a long time to read, since I only speak the language at a Grade 3 level. Hopefully someone else will be able to translate for everyone. It would take me a few hours with my dictionary.

#12 - Posted 3/3/10 @11:36AM by ghostcolon [contact]

HEY NOW!

#13 - Posted 3/3/10 @11:42AM by rushguyone [contact]

Great stuff. Will be time consuming but what the hey.

#14 - Posted 3/3/10 @12:58PM by Geddlee [contact]

I'm assuming it's a pic from backstage in Japan... Or Ged's a lucky guy- love Asian girls...:)

#15 - Posted 3/3/10 @2:32PM by katskahnne [contact]

#5 & 6 - LMAO! :-D

Damn, I was translating an article for John from French when our PC went kaput...I had it 3/4 done so lot of work lost. (I only trust those online translators for piecework as long as you have familiarity with the language. I took French for six years And Babelfish is a complete disaster...)

#16 - Posted 3/3/10 @2:37PM by hermy [contact]

#7 Good call. I noticed that as well.

I read the article and then took a glance a Google Translator and it butchered it a bit.

The article talks about the author going to two shows in London and giving his review. It then talks about how "Phonogram Europe" wouldn't cough up the $120,000 that Mercury wanted to get them to Europe and the Netherlands. "It was just a stones throw away from England." Mercury had no confidence in the Europeans and so a deal couldn't be reached.

It then gets into a small interview about recording at Rockfield Studio and how recording in Toronto is "disturbing" because people are always coming and going...and the next record.

Nothing too new in the read........"All the world's a stage, maar nog steeds niet voor Rush." All the world's a stage, but still not for Rush.

#17 - Posted 3/3/10 @3:48PM by cakes and sparrows [contact]

same as it ever was - that is, if the world stage we're talking about is the olympics...

i think a tour of Asia is in order.

#18 - Posted 3/3/10 @11:39PM by PetieLee [contact]

#5: Kelly, NO Photoshop necessary - just a meet and greet THIS UPCOMING TOUR! Woo Hoo! I can guarantee we would put a smile on Ged's face bigger than the one he's wearing sandwiched between THOSE chickies! *tee hee hee*



Love da Geddy! Miss da Geddy - but not for very long!!!

#19 - Posted 3/4/10 @12:00AM by patrush

These girls look quite furry - the bushes must be out of control.

#20 - Posted 3/4/10 @3:37PM by Benbob [contact]

I had a go at translating the OOR article and have finished it. I send it to Ed so it should turn up somewhere sometime...so be patient.

#21 - Posted 3/4/10 @3:46PM by rushfanben [contact]

If still costs 120,000 to get the guys to come to Holland and play in my backyard I would gladly pay it if I had it... Have to win the lottery first LOL

#22 - Posted 3/6/10 @6:42PM by Thelonious [contact]

Interesting articles. Creem Magazine was on the leading edge of barely literate snark.

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