{"id":676,"date":"2010-12-04T15:10:26","date_gmt":"2010-12-04T23:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accretiondisc.com\/blog\/?p=676"},"modified":"2010-12-05T06:56:50","modified_gmt":"2010-12-05T14:56:50","slug":"so-now-its-okay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accretiondisc.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/04\/so-now-its-okay\/","title":{"rendered":"So Now It’s Okay…"},"content":{"rendered":"

…to like Rush? That’s what it says in the Toronto Globe and Mail<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Both the book and the film attempt to come to grips with a band that has had the most unusual career trajectory, defying age and the loathing of critics to fly high for decades, with no end in sight.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ve been listening to Rush<\/a> since they assumed control with 2112<\/a><\/strong>, and honestly, I don’t much care for anything they’ve done in about 20 years. I just checked iTunes, and the highest rating I’ve given anything they released since Counterparts<\/strong> is 3 stars. I gave that to “Faithless” on Snakes and Ladders<\/strong>, and “Vapor Trails” and “Earthshine” on Vapor Trails<\/strong> also have 3 stars.<\/p>\n

Still, even if their work hasn’t done much for me lately, I’m glad they’ve kept trying. I’d hate to see Rush become a nostalgia act going from casino to casino playing nothing but the old standards.<\/p>\n

Ah, but what standards! From Permanent Waves<\/strong> to Moving Pictures<\/strong> to Signals<\/strong>, Grace Under Pressure<\/strong>, Power Windows<\/strong>, Presto<\/strong>, and Roll the Bones<\/strong>: what great records! (Great live performances, too: my Amazon wish list<\/a> has some of their concert DVDs. Hint, hint.) As an old headbanger, I’m glad that these kids today<\/a> are learning the awesomeness that is Rush. (Check out this performance of “YYZ”<\/a> for an example.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

…to like Rush? That’s what it says in the Toronto Globe and Mail: Both the book and the film attempt to come to grips with a band that has had the most unusual career trajectory, defying age and the loathing of critics to fly high for decades, with no end in sight. I’ve been listening […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[23],"tags":[248,75,247,246],"class_list":["post-676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","tag-1980s","tag-music-2","tag-rock","tag-rush"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paRqpr-aU","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/accretiondisc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/accretiondisc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/accretiondisc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accretiondisc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accretiondisc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/accretiondisc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/accretiondisc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accretiondisc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accretiondisc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}