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Music Quotes:

We can walk our road together
If our goals are all the same
We can run alone and free
If we pursue a different aim
Let the truth of love, be lighted
Let the love of truth shine clear
Sensibility
Armed with sense and liberty
With the heart and mind united
In a single, perfect, sphere
- The Sphere - from the album Hemispheres)

Submitted by: Black and Silver

Music Jokes:

How many drummers does it take to change a light bulb?
21 - one to change the bulb and 20 to say that Neil Peart would have done it better.

Submitted by: Jim Annison

Band Name Origins:

You've all got it wrong!! The star on the "2112" Album, is actually the star of David (Biblical, not Satanic) Submitted by: Zanthanee
I heard it was from the Hebrew word for 'noise' which is pronounced 'raash' (long 'a' there). Submitted by: Menotno

New Band Names:

New Name	Why It's Better	Submitter Name
Rush to the Geritol Aisle	The lead-singer/bassist looks like he could be Robin Williams' grandmother!	Absolute Smith

Better Names for Current Songs:

Original Song Name	New Song Name	Submitter Name
"Time Flies By"	"Time Stands Still"	oldrock
"Stupidity On Radio (DJs)"	"Spirit of Radio"	oldschool
"Lime Pie"	"Limelight"	oldschool

Literally Impossible Song Titles:

Song/Performer	Comment	Submitter Name
"Time Stand Still,"	Won't ever happen.	oldschool

Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:

Song & Band Name	Song & Band Name	Comments & Submittor Name
"Who Are You"	"Tom Sawyer," Rush	Bergil
"New World Man"	"Keep Away," Godsmack	rocky

Remove a Letter From a Song Title:

"Time Sand Still" originally "Time Stand Still"

Continue to use the hourglass.

Cape Canaveral Lavigne

"Closer To The Heat" originally "Closer To The Heart"

Gretchen Q. Wieners

"Loser To The Heart" originally "Closer To The Heart"

Gretchen Q. Wieners

"Tim Stand Still" originally "Time Stand Still"

Tim might try, but doubt he'll succeed.

Peter

Add a Letter To a Song Title:

"Fly By Knight" originally "Fly By Night"

Blake DeKalb

"Closer To The Hearth" originally "Closer To The Heart"

Gretchen Q. Wieners

"Timex Stand Still" originally "Time Stand Still"

Proof perhaps that even a "Timex" can break?

Peter

Change a Letter In a Song Title:

"Closet To The Heart" originally "Closer To The Heart"

Cape Canaveral Lavigne

"Clover To The Heart" originally "Closer To The Heart"

Cape Canaveral Lavigne

"Fry By Night" originally "Fly By Night"

My Name Is Joe

"Alien Whore" originally "Alien Shore"

neptunevsmars

"Tom Lawyer" originally "Tom Sawyer"

mandylee

Song Parodies:

Original Song Name	Parody Song Name	Parody Author
"The Spirit of Radio"	"The Spirit of Disney (The Walt Disney World)"	Eurodance Starexpress Tours Inc.
"Losing It"	"Abusing It"	Doppelbock
"Superconductor"	"Semiconductor"	Doppelbock
"Red Lenses"	"Red Shirts"	Doppelbock
"The Spirit of Radio"	"The Spirit of AFL-CIO"	Doppelbock
"Witch Hunt (Part III of Fear)"	"Bitch Hunt (Part III of Rear)"	Doppelbock
"Tom Sawyer"	"Paid For-Ya"	Yankobola
"Digital Man"	"Bionic Man"	Doppelbock
"Lock and Key"	"Block of Brie"	Doppelbock
"You Bet Your Life"	"You're Barney Fife"	Doppelbock
There are additional Rush song parodies available.

Untapped Commercial Ideas:

Song Name	Product	Submittor
Working Man	AFL-CIO	Peg
Losing It	Any recent Victoria Wood series	pickle*
Limelight	Acting Coaches	Mira
Big Money	Las Vegas Casinos	uuuuuh
Twilight Zone	'The Twilight Zone' reruns promo	hanus anus
There are additional Rush commercials that haven't been done yet available.

Bad Choices for On Hold Music:

Song Name	Company/Organization	Submittor
Freewill	Calvinist Church	Scandia
I Think I'm Going Bald	Minoxidil	Herculina Alencar
Working Man	Unemployment office	random person
Freewill	The Vatican	bergil
Red Barchetta	California Highway Patrol	Josh
There are additional Rush on hold music ideas available.

Duets Not Yet Performed:

First Band/Song Name	Second Band/Song Name	New Song Name	Submittor
My Radio Sure Sounds Good To Me Graham Central Station	The Spirit Of Radio Rush	My Spirit Of Radio Sure Sounds Good To Me	MOR
Satellite Dave Matthews Band	The Spirit Of Radio Rush	The Spirit Of Satellite Radio	hamburger456
Old World Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers	New World Man Rush	Old New World Man An elderly man living in the future.	Baby Jane Russell
Give Me Novocaine Green Day	The Weapon Rush	Give Me The Weapon	Badger Knight
There are additional Rush duets that haven't been done yet available.

If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be :

Brush

Bush combined with Rush

Submitted By: Raphael

Misheard Lyrics:

"The Spirit Of Radio" Misheard Lyrics: Life and death all bristle with the energy. Original Lyrics: Bright antenna bristle with the energy.	"Vital Signs" Misheard Lyrics: Everybody wants to be the ape from the north. Original Lyrics: Everybody wants to deviate from the norm.
"Tom Sawyer" Misheard Lyrics: Made me cry Original Lyrics: Mean, mean pride	"Fly By Night" Misheard Lyrics: Change in the season is enough of a reason Original Lyrics: Change with the seasons and not with the reasons
There are additional Rush misheard lyrics available.

Misheard Lyrics Story:

"Tom Sawyer"

Misheard Lyrics:

Although his mind is not for rent
Don't put down his surrogate
He's hopelessly quite content
Writing down the day's events
"The River".

Original Lyrics:

Though his mind is not for rent
Don't put him down as arrogant
His reserve, a quiet defense
Riding out the day's events
The river.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Christi

The first time I heard this song, I thought it was a tribute to Mark Twain, by what I misheard as "writing down the day's events". It wasn't until I heard this at a karaoke bar, years later, with the lyrics on the screen, that I realized my hilarious error.

There are additional Rush misheard stories available.

Repetitive Lyrics:

"Fly By Night"

The Repetitive Lyrics:

My ship isn't coming and I just can't pretend

Why They're Repetitive:

It's one of Rush's shortest songs at just 3 minutes. The phrase in question in repeated so many times you wanna puke. You know that's the bassist over-singing because surely the songwriter wouldn't write it like that.

Submitted by: Rushfan2112

Misrhymed Lyrics:

"Red Barchetta"

The Misrhymed Lyrics:

My uncle has a country place
No one knows about
He says it used to be a farm
Before the Motor Law

Why They're Misrhymed:

Let's face it guys, there is no way to get 'about' to rhyme with 'law'... no matter how you pronounce either of them

Submitted by: Peregrine

"Passage To Bangkok"

The Misrhymed Lyrics:

Pulling in to Khatmandu
Smoke rings fill the ay-er
Perfumed by a Nepal night
The Express gets you they-er

Why They're Misrhymed:

The irony is, if they'd pronounced them properly, the words would've rhymed anyway.

Submitted by: hognoxious

Insulting Lyrics:

"Free Will"

The Insulting Lyrics:

Blame is better to give then receive

Why They're Insulting:

The whole song is a pretty stiff wake-up call for religeous people, and this lyric sums it up pretty well. Real people don't blame anyone or any abstract concept for their own failings. You tell 'em!

Submitted by: Bergil

Song Lyrics That Mention Brand Name Products:

"Red Barchetta"

The Lyrics:

A brilliant red Barchetta
From a better vanished time

Product Brand Name:

Ferrari 166MM Barchetta

Submitted by: Jim Annison

Songs That Open With Their Titles:

"The Big Money"

Opening Lines:

Big money goes around the world.

Comments:

Submitted by: Michael

Bad Grammar in Song Lyrics:

"Workin' Them Angels"

The Lyrics:

I've been workin' them angels overtime

Why:

"Workin' THOSE angels overtime." Odd that a band like Rush would make such a blatant grammatical error on purpose.

Submitted by: Jonathan S.

Lyrics Pronunciation:

"Red Barchetta"

The Lyrics:

A brilliant Red Barchetta

Why:

Bar-CHetta is an Italian word pronounced Bar-Ketta.

Submitted by: Dana

Super Long Pop Songs:

"Hemispheres" Length: 19 minutes and 7 seconds

A great song and album. Rush is one of those bands I have always liked, I don't play them much, but when I do it is a good thing.

Submitted by: Wade Brock

"2112" Length: 20:31

Another of those multi-part epic songs. The parts are: Overture, Temples of Syrinx, Discovery, Presentation, Oracle: The Dream, Soliloquy, and Grand Finale. It tells the story of a man in a dystopian future society who finds a guitar, and with it, rediscovers individuality.

Submitted by: TaliLynn