Homemade Rush compilation

[stratovani]

My wife wants me to burn her a Rush compilation CD for Christmas, but this presents an interesting problem. With 19 studio albums and 160 songs, where do I begin? It'll have the usual suspects (Tom Sawyer, Spirit of Radio, etc), but with that many songs to choose from, what do I go with? Anyone have any ideas?

And before anyone gets their copyright bonnet into a tizzy, this CD will be strictly for her own personal enjoyment.

[I<34080]

Look at the Retrospectives and give her what you think she'd like off those.

[Rich L]

My wife just asked me to make her a Rush playlist for her iPod so she'll be ready for their April 8th show here in PA

First show I took her to was Rush, but it was the middle of July in Tampa and an outdoor show to boot....stifling heat & humidity and she had never heard any Rush songs prior (I still don't believe that she had never heard Tom Sawyer....c'mon man!) so she was miserable.

So several years later (and me adding Rush songs to her iPod without her realizing it), she is now a big fan

[stratovani]

Originally Posted by Rich L

My wife just asked me to make her a Rush playlist for her iPod so she'll be ready for their April 8th show here in PA

First show I took her to was Rush, but it was the middle of July in Tampa and an outdoor show to boot....stifling heat & humidity and she had never heard any Rush songs prior (I still don't believe that she had never heard Tom Sawyer....c'mon man!) so she was miserable.

So several years later (and me adding Rush songs to her iPod without her realizing it), she is now a big fan

Smart man!

[factorplayer]

Here you go -

I Think I'm Going Bald
Tears
Tai Shan
The Speed of Love
The Necromancer (whole thing)
Superconductor
Red Lenses
Dog Years
What You're Doing

[jgroh]

Try adding a song or two (or three) from each album. Too many to list here but it shouldnt be that hard.

[gjbassist]

Wish my wife wanted a Rush compilation! All she does is tell me how much they suck and how she hates Geddy's voice!

If you are trying to fit it on one CD that is going to be hard. I don't think I could whittle it down to just 80 minutes.

I would do it chronologically:
Working Man
Anthem
Bastille Day
Something For Nothing
Closer to the Heart
The Trees
The Spirit of Radio
Red Barchetta (this is a tough one because I would put the entire Moving Pictures album on if I could)
The Analog Kid
The Enemy Within
Marathon
Force Ten
Show Don't Tell
Roll the Bones
Leave That Thing Alone
Driven
One Little Victory
Crossroads
Malignant Narcissism

[agreatheight]

How about putting two songs from each studio album - the singles / a single and an album track? It'd be two disc, likely. I'd do this (which is prolly a pretty standard list):

Finding My Way
Working Man

Fly By Night
Anthem

Bastille Day
Lakeside Park

2112

Closer to the Heart
A Farewell to Kings

The Trees
La Villa Strangiato

Spirit of the Radio
Freewill

Tom Sawyer
YYZ

Subdivisions
New World Man

Distant Early Warning
Red Sector A

Big Money
Manhattan Project

Time Stand Still
Force Ten

Show Don't Tell
The Pass

Roll the Bones
Dreamline

Stick it Out
Animate

Test for Echo
Driven

One Little Victory
Ghost Rider

Far Cry
Malignant Narcissism

Caravan

[onionpuzzle]

a lot of women don't like the screetchy early vocals, so go lighter on that (leave off 2112, really, it is a classic, but kind of geek-centric)

DEFINITELY cover the whole career if you can, maybe include ones that are not so often heard..



You know her better than any of us, but off the top of my head (not even any cheating...) I would make a single disc for a wife as such...


Time Stand Still
Spirit of Radio
Entre Nous
The Enemy Within
The Weapon
Witch Hunt
Ghost of a Chance
YYZ
Limelight
The Way the Wind Blows
The Trees
Xanadu
Closer to the Heart
Show Don't Tell
Subdivisions
Tom Sawyer
Nobody's Hero

[onionpuzzle]

Originally Posted by factorplayer

Here you go -

I Think I'm Going Bald
Tears
Tai Shan
The Speed of Love
The Necromancer (whole thing)
Superconductor
Red Lenses
Dog Years
What You're Doing

UM, are you serious ? these are some of the worst Rush Songs ever. I did not notice the "sarcasm font".

[Chrisk-K]

A Rush compilation CD is a crime :-) Give her a copy of "All the World's a Stage" and let her start from there.

[stratovani]

Originally Posted by onionpuzzle

a lot of women don't like the screetchy early vocals, so go lighter on that (leave off 2112, really, it is a classic, but kind of geek-centric)

DEFINITELY cover the whole career if you can, maybe include ones that are not so often heard..



You know her better than any of us, but off the top of my head (not even any cheating...) I would make a single disc for a wife as such...


Time Stand Still
Spirit of Radio
Entre Nous
The Enemy Within
The Weapon
Witch Hunt
Ghost of a Chance
YYZ
Limelight
The Way the Wind Blows
The Trees
Xanadu
Closer to the Heart
Show Don't Tell
Subdivisions
Tom Sawyer
Nobody's Hero

I like the looks of this list. I'd probably include Tears (a chick song if I ever heard one!), and Xanadu would probably be the longest song I'd include. I think she'd get overly bored with the long ones, like Lamneth or Hemispheres.

160 songs on 19 albums! Must be fun preparing a set list when they go on tour!

[LaklandMike]

For what it's worth, my wife didn't mind Rush for about 5 years of me making her listen to it, but when she heard "The Way the Wind Blows" at a show that I dragged her to some years back, she became a real fan and started ASKING me to make her compilations.

[T. Alan Smith]

My wife would want all the instrumentals

...and nothing more.

[Headless Llama]

what ever you choose, you must, by law include Trees and La Villa... If you don't the Rush police will find you. And you don't want that!

[tangentmusic]

I must be really lucky. My wife has loved Rush since the '70's (when we were still dating) same as me. If it was her, she would want the entire cataloge, every album.
Wait a minute... she already has them all... never mind...

[stratovani]

Originally Posted by Headless Llama

what ever you choose, you must, by law include Trees and La Villa... If you don't the Rush police will find you. And you don't want that!

Trees will definitely be in the compilation, but La Villa will probably not be. Maybe I'll stick The Analog Kid in there somewhere, maybe that'll please the Rush police!

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

Originally Posted by stratovani

Trees will definitely be in the compilation, but La Villa will probably not be

To me, "La Villa Strangiato" is the best rock instrumental ever recorded (although I must say that still haven't heard a live version that compares/surpasses the original studio recording).

[pringlw]

Originally Posted by Chrisk-K

A Rush compilation CD is a crime :-) Give her a copy of "All the World's a Stage" and let her start from there.

Best Live Album Ever.


"Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like you to please welcome home......RUSH!"


I swear I wore out the grooves of my old vinyl version of that album when I was a kid.