The devil’s music.

If it killed a half hour when we were supposed to be in school, it was OK with us.

I remember one midday party in my buddy's backyard while his parents were at work blasting 2112.

Ah.... the 70s. Best decade ever.

Ah...the late 70’s-early 80’s. Best decade ever.

This is exactly what I did with my Metallica Premium. It plays all Rush songs, '75-80 of course

I would love to have a copy of that.

Here is what I replaced with pinball browser

Battery - The Spirit of Radio
Blackened - Natural Science
Creeping Death - Fly By Night
Enter Sandman - Freewill
Fade to Black - Beneath Between Behind
For Who the Bell Tolls - The Trees
Fuel - Tom Sawyer
Master of Puppets - Limelight
One - A Farewell to Kings (Circumstances also fits perfectly)
Ride the Lightening - Xanadu
Sad But True - Red Barchetta
Seek and Destroy - 2112 Overture
The End of the Line - Closer to the Heart
Unforgiven - Bastille Day

If you could go back and get rid of that actor and his wife that took over in 1980 and messed with the whole scene, I might be inclined to agree with you.

That is awesome.

He's missing Passage to Bangkok

Musically?

You are talking to a guy that heard Ballroom Blitz on the radio when he was 12 years old. I can't just throw that away.

Hahahaha. I get it. I get it!

Yes I’d like a Rush pin!

The countdown begins for the pin of my all time favorite band. Enjoy

They won’t play again. They’re done.

Sweet.

Sadly yep

Shocked it wasn’t done after AC/DC & Metallica. Rush fans are prime pinball buying demo - 45-55 year old white nerds with money. They could sell 500 LEs to celebrities and musicians alone.

I’d be very excited for a Rush pin. Spirit of Radio for the shooter groove & launch!

Well hell, I remember when it was 14 and 15 year old stoners going nowhere that listened to them.

My dream music pinball machine. I have been a Rush fan from the beginning!!!!!

There's one SuperLE sold right there.^^^^

Make that 2. Dream theme for me as well.

It was a dream theme for me when the only band pin was Bally Kiss. Total lamesville on that one.

Star Wars was a dream theme and the Stern one doesn’t do much for me.

There’s an awful lot of us, o-din.

Looks like they went someplace........

Sure. They went commercial and in the 80s all the kids living off daddy's money discovered them.

Some it was much later after college when they decided they needed a rebellious streak to go along with those taped glasses and that diploma.

Yeah I wouldn’t want Stern to make my grail music pin. Looking for higher quality. Sorry Stern fans.

First off I was talking about the young stoners. Second when exactly did RUSH go commercial. I’m 47 and have been listening to them from early on. You sure you have a clue on this subject?

100% agree, unfortunately.

At 57 I more than have a clue

Tom Sawyer. Game over.

They went from being played on albums and underground stations only to every hour on the hour on every corporate rock station.

That's when it was over for me and I went forth to find the next underground sensations. Me and corporate rock don't get along.

And some of those young stoners from the mid 70s are doing just fine, thank you very much.

The rest are either dead, married, or in jail.

Other than Tom Sawyer ( one song) they rarely got any play on any station. RUSH is corporate rock. Now I know you are full of it. You still don’t get my young stoners comment. Someone said the fans were 45-55 yr old white nerds with money. Those 14-15 yr old stoners going nowhere you spoke of would now be 45-55. If they grew up to have extra money maybe they went somewhere in life? Probably a good thing you left RUSH behind early on. They tend to go over a lot of people’s heads.

Now I know you are full of it.

They were playing most of Moving Pictures on corporate rock stations when it came out. I couldn't turn it off because I was still hanging out with corporate rockers at the time and it was their radio. About a year after Led Zeppelin came out with In Thru The Out Door. More garbage.

And those 14-15 year old stoners in 1975 to 1978 are all well out of their 40s now, but much younger in mind and spirit today than many that are still in their 40s from what I can see on this website. Use a calendar. Do the math!

What those 14 to 15 year old stoners are doing now is beating their heads against the wall trying to explain how things really happened to many of whom were in diapers or not even born at the time.

But it's become a hobby of mine, I guess.

So someone who was 14 in 1975 is what 57 now. The example was 45-55. Off by two years? Really? Math was close enough. After Moving Pictures and TS they rarely were popular or played on mainstream radio. Sounds like you listened to them for 2-3 summers at keg parties and now your an expert on their career. Good grief. Don’t think I’ve ever heard someone call RUSH corporate rock. Lol. That’s why they just got into the Rock and Roll Hall like yesterday. Cause they were always mainstream. Wow. It’s clear you don’t know much about RUSH other than a very small sample from early on.

Close but no, you still aren't getting it. There is a generation gap I didn't know existed before I joined this site. Those that were teens in the mid to late 70s and those that were born at that time that seem to want what we already went thru.

At 45 you weren't even alive when Rush formed and were two years old when they released 2112.

If your parents were cool I guess they could have taken you to the Farewell to Kings show when you were three.

You guys are ridiculous.

I know man. I try to use plain English. And take my time typing it out.

There is not a huge generation gap between us. You are only 10 years older than me. You just talked about hearing ballroom blitz at 12. I heard Moving Pictures on the radio at 10. Listened to them ever since unlike you. They were not mainstream or very popular other than the fans who always stuck by them. So I had to catch up on a few albums before Moving Pictures. That doesn’t remove me from that timeframe you lived in. You might have something to teach some of the younger guys here about those times but not me champ. Early 80s still felt like the late 70s.

I will keep typing if you like. I can tell you are super curious, so I'll try not to disappoint.

Huge generation gap of ten years says I no longer dream of pinball machines themed after shit from my teens or prior. Life was full back then, I don't need to relive it. My memory banks are super solid in case you haven't noticed.

I never said I didn't listen to Rush after that, so you don't really need to put those words in my mouth. I heard it all throughout the 80s. Roll the Bones wasn't really my cup of tea either.

Glad you were able to latch on after their best was already laid out.

Sorry but I don’t call guys only 10 years older than me sir. But thanks for enlightening me on my own youth. It must have been all cloudy. Yet yours is crystal clear. Again thanks for the help. And Signals is a pretty great album. Sorry RUSH went corporate on you a year earlier. You could have really liked Signals.

You stated that perfectly, "They tend to go over a lot of people's heads". Plus to even consider Rush a corporate band is just ridiculous.

The technically challenging music that Rush produced is absolutely not for everyone. The intricate music patterns are not for the main stream, common time, let's all dance crowd. As most of what is popular is the routine, straight ahead 4/4, same old blah-blah. Rush will simply make your head spin if you don't get it.

Rush exhibited a genuine craftsmanship to their musicianship & especially their devoted fans. Rush never-ever sold out to commercialism & always held true to their art!

Anyhow, I would definitely be in for a premium/gold edition. Stern, I'll send you my wallet right now!

They should probably pull all their records from the corporate stations that played them to death for the last 40 years which made them rich, then maybe they wouldn't be mentioned along with other corporate rockers. Maybe different elsewhere, but not in LA. I'm sure Rush would be happy to give all that money back.

I don't care to be called sir, but respect for my opinion instead of insults would be nice. But I've learned not to expect that from most GenXrs here. I've learned for the most part they don't want to understand an alternate point of view but would rather just try to discredit it.

We were born at a different time and were obviously exposed to different things with maybe a slight bit of overlap. And obviously went in different directions. I'm not hating on you for the way you see things, I just see them differently.

Oh, though I believe he means well (it depends) o-din has a reputation for stirring things up. The best way to handle him ~ Do not give him the attention that he craves. Just listen to some Rush, then you'll forget about this petty pissing contest that you're involved in.

Are you a GenXr too? You don't really need to answer that.

hey boys, take your schoolyard squabble somewhere else and let the people who would like to see this theme become a pinball machine continue to dream

Ockeyhead +2 pts for heading the nail on the head

Definitely need the robes for the LE backglass.

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