I was just wondering what is the ez-est rush song to learn?

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"If it's to loud, your to old!"

fly by night, i guess. (although i'm not a rush fan)

"Working Man" (I am a Rush fan).

Lump, I don't know, that solo section may be a challenge. I would say "In the End" from Fly by Night or "Take a Friend" from the first album.

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Paul

One of my first songs I ever learned on bass was Vital Signs from Moving Pictures. There's alot of movement which is not all that difficult to figure out or play. However, it's a fun tune to play and you can impress your friends by saying that you know how to play a Rush tune off that album. Of course after you play it for them, they'll want you to play YYZ. Have fun!!! http://www.talkbass.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

far and away the easiest is Tom Sawyer.

The basic bassline from "Roll the Bones" is also pretty easy.

Will C. http://www.talkbass.com/ubb/cool.gif

They are ling to you. Easiest is "Red Sector A". But it's not the coolest song to play.

All right then in_exile, what's the coolest song to play?

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"If it's to loud, your to old!"

Tom Sawyer is the easiest Rush song I know. Most Rush songs just follow the guitar and then put a little twist in them.

'Scuse me? Most Rush songs "just follow the guitar?"

The coolest? "La Villa Strangiato"
Damn Dave, you beat me to it. Bassmonster don't know Rush http://www.talkbass.com/ubb/wink.gif

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Paul

Ahhhh.. "La Villa Strangiato".. it still escapes me to this day. When I nail that one I'll retire. My favorite is still "Red Barchetta" but that's probably because I can play it. Also, "Lessons" from side two of 2112 and "Circumstances" from Hemispheres.

Yes, great tunes! I love playing "Circumstances" How about "Free Will" or "Digital Man"

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Paul

Player, more good ones!! I can play "Free Will". I should really sit down with "Digital Man" too, what a killer line. How 'bout "Turn the Page", or "Anthem"? We could go on all day with this! http://www.talkbass.com/ubb/cool.gif

Here's an interesting one...Big Money. Fairly decent song, but a really interesting bass line. It took me years to understand exactly what he did in the verse with the right hand. Now, piece of cake. Interesting, nonetheless...

Also really like a lot of the newer stuff (many may feel I'm alone on this), but the last two albums really rock! Especially Counterparts...they're mostly tuned normal EADG, unlike T4E, so I don't have to mess around. They're so syncopated and the groove is so fun, that I almost forget that my left hand doesn't have to do as much work as when I play older stuff!

I guess I just like the groove in newer Rush...

Oh...I almost forgot to mention Hemispheres...Still my ALL TIME FAVORITE song by ANYONE to play!!!

Oh yes, nice to see Rush fans! Still can't believe they haven't made the RR hall of fame yet. What's the deal???

Easiest, by far, is "Half the World"....great song as well.

Personal Favs to play are "Lakeside Park", "Red Barchetta", "Closer to the Heart-live version".

kent

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by RAM:

Also really like a lot of the newer stuff (many may feel I'm alone on this), but the last two albums really rock!
I guess I just like the groove in newer Rush...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

You know, I have every Rush recording ever made, and though I like the 2nd-6th albums best, I must admit that CP and TFE are next on the list.. for old white canadians those boys are getting funkier as they get older http://www.talkbass.com/ubb/biggrin.gif



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bill longshort

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by in_exile:
They are ling to you. Easiest is "Red Sector A". But it's not the coolest song to play.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Both times I've seen Rush live I don't remember Geddy playing any bass on Red sector A (although it is a killer song)but I have to agree that Tom Sawyer is the easiest to play and the all time best to play IMHO will always be YYZ. http://www.talkbass.com/ubb/smile.gif

Subdivisions is much easier than one would expect. The time signature changes might seem imposing to some, but I'm terrible and can still play them. The main lines to Subdivisions consist of G, A, and B, and the only real challenge is the two fills, but even those are relatively simple and fun to play. The bass guitar is only played during the chorus and solo, but the synth bass during the verses can easily be played without any problems on bass guitar.

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"We told you before, but you didn't hear us then. So, you still question why! You didn't listen again!" -Rush

It's been awhile since I've checked this thread, so it might be too late to defend myself. I made a mistake, I read an interview where Geddy Lee said that. I thought he meant he did that for all his songs. Turns out, he was just talking about Tom Sawyer, my bad http://www.talkbass.com/ubb/frown.gif

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I'm the Bassmonster....ROWWAAARRRR!!!!

It's not too late man! It's all good.
I just got my Rush classic bass Anthology book, can't wait to dig into it!

Hey if I can venture slightly off-topic, what does everyone think of that album "Victor" that Alex Lifeson did a few years ago? I think it's possibly one of the best records I've ever heard. The bass playing is mostly by Alex and it's tremendous. Les Claypool guested on one cut I think.

I'm a bit surprised that noone mentioned "Passage to Bankok" as the easiest to play. There are others, but there's no way my memory could serve me enough to remember them. But, "Passage" is possibly the easiest.

Oh...and, if you listen to "Red Sector A", there is NO bass guitar...something Rush was guilty of a lot during the Grace/Hold Your Fire period...Also, if you did try to play the keyboard on "Red Sector A", good luck playing straight 16th notes for 4-5 minutes. Nearly impossible, except for that self-praising moron known as Michael Anthony!!!

I have found the answer, "bravado" from "Roll the Bones". I've only been playin bass for 6 months and I got most of the song on my own. It's not the coolest but it is the ez-est.

I'll have to agree with Player and say "In The End" is the easiest. Its kinda hard to say with so many songs to choose from. I always thought that bassline to "Red Lenses" on the Grace Under Pressure cd was pretty cool. It's easy too.

Have to go with Tom Sawyer.

"Working Man" has got to be the easiest! That whole song is way, way easier to play than the part under the guitar solo in "Tom Sawyer."

Hey! Cool thread.

I'm gonna say Working Man is the easiest to play. It was the first Rush song I learned, and I still love to play & sing it. My old band used to play Subdivisions. That's an easy one with the 80's sounding synth. Tom Sawyer is also a fun one.

La Villa Strangiato and YYZ are two I still cannot fathom... but every year I get a little closer!

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The Spirit of Radio <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by zilla04:
I was just wondering what is the ez-est rush song to learn?

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Keep Rockin' !!!

Well looks like there is a topic I can get into
After reading all the posts here are my thoughts
First of all "Red Sector A" is played entirely on a
"Emulator II" set with the arpeggiator at 16th notes
You can see it in the "Grace Under Pressure Tour Video"

The First song I ever learned was Witch Hunt
pretty easy, nice little bass mini solo to
"La Villa" is still one of my persoanl Favs I learned it long ago from a "Guitar For The Practising Mag"
also her's a great site for Rush Tabs :
http://members.tripod.com/~ums1/rush/

Originally posted by Dave Siff
'Scuse me? Most Rush songs "just follow the guitar?"

Oh come on dave maybe the guitar is "just following the bass"

The first RUSH tune I learned thats not to hard was,
What your doing off the first album great groove between John Rutsy & Geddy, Still one of my Favs.

easiest rush song on bass BY FAR is tears, off of 2112. there's like 4 notes in it. :D

What about "Different Strings"? It's also got those
cool open-string plucked harmonics. Quite simple,
but very effective.

Well, I`m working on Bravado and it is harder than I thought...lots of lil change ups,still a fun song to play though(the parts I can play anyways hehe).

another vote for Subdivisions, i never thought Fly by Night was that easy but i haven't played it in a long time.

Another vote from the "old farts" camp http://cwm.ragesofsanity.com/s/cwm/nerd.gif;)

Easiest?..."Bastille Day" ( C.O.S. ).
There's a real pumpin' version on Different Stages (disc 3). It's got some tasty tweaks.
Although my black Chow (Bart) and blonde Chow (Moose)
seem to favor "By-Tor and the Snow Dog" :p .

"All right London! From Toronto Canada, RUSH !"...
http://cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=537212967/pagename=/RP/SHARE/soundclip.html/UPC=7567831222/disc=3/track=1/source=wmf

I had the C.O.S. LP (them old vinyl thangs? :D)
The jacket was great for cleaning...um...http://cwm.ragesofsanity.com/s/cwm/uhoh2.gif...never mind.


[Edited by notduane on 01-13-2001 at 09:55 AM]

i don't know why C.O.S. is thought of as a bad album, personally i love it. and i also owned the album before the CD, and notduane i would have to disagree about that cleaning thing, the colors were to close, the wall now that was a great album for cleaning :D

I have took the time to tally these up:

Fly by Night 1 Subdivisions 2 Working Man 3 Passage to Bankok 2 In The End 2 Take a Friend 1
Vital Signs 1 Tom Sawyer 3 Roll the Bones 1
Red Sector A 1 Red Barchetta 2 Bastille Day 1
Lessons 1 Circumstances 2 Free Will 2
Digital Man 2 Turn The Page 1 Anthem 1
Big Money 1 Hemispheres 1 Lakeside Park 1
YYZ 1 Bravado 1 Tears 1
Red Lenses 1 Different Strings 1 Witch Hunt 1
By-Tor and The Snow Dog 1
La Villa Strangiato 1
Closer to the Heart(live) 1
The Spirit of Radio 1
What Your Doing 1

and I will add Limelight, I think it a rather easy song except the solo and other parts. By the way I will learn the two highest voted songs Tom Sawyer and Working Man

Dude, I had those all lined up, neat and stuff, man.

Mystic Rhythms is pretty easy- the bass guitar parts are kinda fun and the rest is synth bass.