Music Matters
Trapped in a Time Machine: The Rush is on for fans of iconic rock group
I'm gonna make this quick, because it does not require much explaining.There are two types of people in the world:
Type A: Those who think that rock band Rush is a bunch of overindulgent, guitar and drum play highlighted by a lead singer, Geddy Lee, whose voice is to humans what dog whistles are to canines.
Type B: Those who think Rush is the best thing to come out of Canada since professional hockey moved south and who worship at the altar of every snare and tom tom thump emitted from the drum kit of Neil Peart and every nasal note that comes out of Lee's skinny body.
Count me among the latter.
The only upside of getting older as a rock n' roll fan is that important markers can be celebrated with the artists. In the case of Rush, this current Time Machine Tour is the 30th anniversary of arguably the trio's greatest album, Moving Pictures. To mark the occasion the album will be played in its entirety — from Tom Sawyer to Vital Signs — in the course of a two-and-a-half hour set.
POOF!!! SPLAT!!! (That was my head blowing off in anticipation of this blessed event).
Rush will also be unearthing some little-played older gems out of its four decade archive and preview a few cuts from a new album (it's 19th), Clockwork Angels, to be released next year.
If none of this means anything to you, stay far away from this show.
For those of you who — like me — have grown up with Rush and nearly passed out when I said they were playing Moving Pictures in in it's entirety.... you are a Type B Rush fan and should do anything and everything in your power not to miss this show.
Rush, Saturday 7:30 p.m. at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Tickets: $35-$110
