Please post your opinion about the band Rush and Oasis

[LynneSin]

Just curious to see what everyone says

[HappyMe]

1. I like some of their tunes.

Plus those Oasis bros smackin each other was kind of entertaining.


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[Dr. Strange]

2. Rush is teh awesome.

Oasis has successfully managed to produce albums. I guess. I don't know. I haven't listened to any of them.

[Joe Fields]

3. Rush is a great band.

I particularly like their early stuff, Caress of Steel, 2112...

Signals and Subdivisions were also good albums, but their more inventive music, IMO were in their earlier years, when they pioneered that unmistakable Rush sound.

[madinmaryland]

4. Haven't had one of these threads in a while...

:popcorn:

[Dr. Strange]

7. My favorite Rush album:

[madinmaryland]

10. uh-oh...

More wtf-ery??

[TZ]

11. ! By far the most awesome of their albums

:rofl:

[LynneSin]

12. I know that's my favorite Rush album

:thumbsup:

[Swede]

5. I like them both.

Rush has a much larger discography,but both bands have good tunes.

[SteppingRazor]

6. RABBLE!! RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE!!

Just figured I'd get on the attack before anyone else. Seriously, though, my take on Rush is this: for such a shockingly, absurdly, ridiculously talented band, they really don't play very good music. I mean, it's not like they're one of my least favorites or anything, I could take them or leave them, but in light of how stupifyingly skilled everyone in the band is, I guess I just expect more.

Oasis ... weren't they some band in the 1990s?

[Iggo]

8. Rush: Great.

Oasis: Who?

[madinmaryland]

9. worng post

[TZ]

13. I literally am indifferent to Oasis.

I guess I know their stuff though I can't name a song off the top of my head. I probably wouldn't turn them off if they came on the radio but I wouldn't go out of my way to listen to them.
As for Rush, well, for the handful of people who don't know...I have tickets to a concert in Baltimore (row 16 from the stage) in April, to see them play live for the second time since last fall....:woohoo:

[LynneSin]

15. I still yet to see Rush in concert but I do want to go

The closest I came was the day after the Live Earth concert at the Meadowlands. Rush was playing the next day at PNC in New Jersey and we decided we'd drive by and see if tickets were available. Then the one girl found out a close family member passed away that morning and we had to rush to get her home to her family.

I'll get there one day!

[TZ]

16. They've recently added a whole bunch of cities to their current tour

in late spring early summer...Including I think, NYC. You should check it out.

[LynneSin]

18. I haven't seen as many concerts since I bought my house

although my friend is trying to convince me to see Elton John in concert.

[NoGOPZone]

14. One sucks. The other sucks more. nt

[rbnyc]

36. +1

[Arugula Latte]

17. Bleah and meh.

:D

[av8rdave]

19. Rush: awesome. Who is the other band?

[Rosie1223]

20. "your opinion about the band Rush and Oasis"

Am I the only one who can follow instructions around here???!!!?

[TZ]

24. !

:rofl: There's one in every thread...

[distantearlywarning]

21. Rush is my favorite band. Oasis who???

Just kidding. I know who Oasis is. But they've never made any kind of serious impact on my consciousness, which tells me, I guess, that I think their music is pretty dull.

[TZ]

23. I love that picture of Geddy Lee

Its the perfect Rock Icon image, IMO.

[Xithras]

22. Oasis: Always sounds like the singer is whining. Rush: Old people music.

Hey, you asked ;)

[jobycom]

25. There's a band called Rush and Oasis?

I'm scared. Hold me.

[flvegan]

26. Rush, outside of Neil Peart, are talentless hacks.

Oasis learned everything from them, but their drummer sucks.

[TZ]

28. Oh yeah, the fan of a band who sings like they have rocks in their throat

calls Rush talented hacks....:rofl: PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT.....:hi:

[flvegan]

29. Geddy Lee sings like he has a tight thong on backwards.

[TZ]

32. But he carries a discernable tune

As opposed to wragbre gbarebe grabble

[flvegan]

34. You just hate that my three guys are still relevant.

[TZ]

37. dupe

[TZ]

38. dupe

[TZ]

39. Yeah Rush is so irrelevant

That they just extended their Global Time Machine tour that started last year into this June....:P

[flvegan]

42. Exactly. Time Machine.

Taking their audience back to the days of Moving Pictures...when they didn't suck. The Beasties just did a revisited of "Fight for Your Right..." with half of Hollywood as the cast. Playing at Sundance. But, whatever.

[BulletproofLandshark]

54. Rush will still be on the radio a hundred years from now.

The Beastie Boys are just a footnote, regardless of how many art films they make out of their old songs. I also like how you cited Rush playing the "Moving Pictures" album as a sign that their best days are behind them while touting the Beasties' remake of a 25-year-old song.

[TZ]

57. I knew there was some other reason besides the Skins fandom

that I liked you...Prepare for some Snyder based snark comeback though....:rofl: :

[flvegan]

61. See you in a 100 years then.

Correct person buys the beer.

Oh, and the "still relevant" has to do with their new flick being at Sundance, not the song itself. Thinking does go a long way.

[FarLeftRage]

27. Rush had one decent album...

oasis are a bunch of Beatles wannabes that sucketh hard.

[rbnyc]

30. I can't stand them.

I haven't had enough forced exposure to Oasis to hate them as much as I hate Rush. I can't dispute that they can play their instruments, but they are just so obtuse and cliche. They really drive me crazy.

Edit: typo

[edbermac]

31. Shit and shittier.

Score one for the Beatles.

[MiddleFingerMom]

33. I wouldn't know an Oasis song if it bit me on the ass...

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I really, really like Rush. I never took too much notice of the bass player but,
while I usually loathe the high-voiced metal screamer vocalists, Geddy Lee is
somehow different. I always wonder if, like the great Italian castrati of old,
he's sacrificed his testicles for his art.
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It seems like otherwise they would implode.
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And Neil Peart, IMHO... is the greatest rock drummer EVER (at least until I
remember about Terry Bozzio with Frank Zappa).
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzt6PwuQABk
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[bluesbassman]

35. Much prefer Loggins and Messina.

:)

"Angry Eyes"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oowuyzxgmtg

[Kali]

40. ok

:puke: and :shrug:

don't care for high pitched screeching male vocalists and have no clue about oasis

[Amerigo Vespucci]

41. Rush has the chops but I can't stand to listen to them, it's like weenie nerd prog.

Oasis has the fake loud nasal Beatles thing nailed and I find it easier to listen to them.

[Kat45]

43. Suck x 2 n/t

[Throd]

44. I'd only go out of my way for Oasis to hit 'em with my car.

Rush is prog rock for leperchauns. I can put up with that.

[zen_bohemian]

45. Oasis, meh....Rush...Permanent Waves was their best album :)

just saying...

[eyepaddle]

46. Rush was great in concert, I do like them, but

I don't own any of the albums. Oasis are amusing with their pomposity and antagonism towards pretty mch everybody it would seem. And while it pains me to admit it Champagne Supernova is a pretty cool tune, but other than that they don't do a lot for me.

[HughBeaumont]

47. Rush - deserving of the Rock Hall.

Oasis - NO.

[Dr. Strange]

48. On the other hand, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - NOT deserving of Rush.

But they probably deserve Oasis.

[HughBeaumont]

49. Of course, when I think of "rock", the first thing that comes to mind is "Madonna".

But yeah, she gets in and musicians that, you know, actually play rock and roll music with a massive fanbase and the same line-up since 1975 are on the outside looking in.

[TZ]

50. Or Neil Diamond

Clearly he's more of a Rock icon than Rush as well. :crazy:

[dawg]

51. Rush > Oasis

Rush:

Excellent musicianship all around. I'm becoming more and more of an Alex Lifeson fan as the years roll by. Everybody knows about Neil Peart. Geddy's bass playing is great as well. Keyboards are plenty competent.

Songwriting is hit or miss for me. Lots of songs I love, and lots I can live without. Lyrics are sometimes great, sometimes not-so-much, but always intelligent.

Highlights for me include 2112, The Trees, Spirit of the Radio, Tom Sawyer, Subdivisions, New World Man, Red Sector A, Earthshine.

My all time favorite - Limelight.


Oasis:

Underrated band. Musicianship is good. Writes catchy songs with an attempt at being Beatlesque, but reminds me more of solo George Harrison or the poppier songs done by the Kinks. Obviously, their songwriting does not compare to their lofty idols, but compared to what passes for songcraft today ... not bad.

Liam Gallagher's nasaly singing voice may not be everyone's cup of tea, but then again, his vocals are much more accessible than Geddy Lee's. (At least in the early years; Geddy's voice has aged nicely to me.)

Highlights for me include Live Forever, Wonderwall, Champagne Supernova, Cast No Shadow.

My all time favorite - Don't Look Back in Anger.

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

52. alright

Rush was fronted by some big nosed guy with long hair who screeched out his lyrics with a Canadian accent. Oasis was fronted by some big nosed guy with semi-long hair who screeched out his lyrics with a put on Liverpool accent. I don't understand why people are DEVOTED to either but what do I know?

[BulletproofLandshark]

53. The first two Oasis albums were great.

The rest of their discography is just "blah" to me.

I'm a huge fan of most everything Rush has put out, however.

[Sky Masterson]

55. Oasis actually had talent!

:hide:

[TZ]

58. Asshole

:P

[Sky Masterson]

59. Um.. What carnage did you just unleash on my wall?

:mad:

[TZ]

60. Nothing more than you deserved, h8r!

:rofl:

[Broderick]

56. Both on my iphone if that means anything.