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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
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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
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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 |
| Hurry | Another way of going fast. | Travis |
| 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 |
| "What's Your Name?" | "Tom Sawyer," Rush | Travis |
| "Everyday I Write The Book" | "Tom Sawyer," Rush | Somebody's channeling Mark Twain ... - Todd W. Zimmerman |
| "Who Are You" | "Tom Sawyer," Rush | Bergil |
| "I Think I'm Going Bald" | "Almost Cut My Hair," Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | Kathy |
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"I Think I'm Going Bad" originally "I Think I'm Going Bald"
Hayley Spalding
"Nobody's Her" originally "Nobody's Hero"
So they're all guys?
Joe Siebert
"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
There are additional Rush song titles with a letter removed available.
Add a Letter To a Song Title:
"The Big Monkey" originally "The Big Money"
Carmen Nunki
"Fly By Knight" originally "Fly By Night"
Ed
"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:
"Nobody's Herd" originally "Nobody's Hero"
Eac Zeffron
"Nobody's Here" originally "Nobody's Hero"
They all left.
Joe Siebert
"Nobody's Zero" originally "Nobody's Hero"
Joe Siebert
"Closet To The Heart" originally "Closer To The Heart"
Cape Canaveral Lavigne
"Clover To The Heart" originally "Closer To The Heart"
Cape Canaveral Lavigne
There are additional Rush song titles with a letter changed available.
Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Tom Sawyer" | "Bass Player" | Susanna Viljanen |
| "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 |
There are additional Rush song parodies available. | ||
Untapped Commercial Ideas:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| Tom Sawyer | Tom Sawyer | Travis |
| Working Man | AFL-CIO | Peg |
| Losing It | Any recent Victoria Wood series | pickle* |
| Limelight | Acting Coaches | Mira |
| Big Money | Las Vegas Casinos | uuuuuh |
| 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 |
| Bill Nye The Science Guy Theme Songs | Natural Science Rush | Bill Nye The Natural Science Guy Science rules! | Mickey D. |
| 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 |
| 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:
"Limelight"
Misheard Lyrics: The neo-elation
They underlie beneath Original Lyrics: The real relation
The underlying theme | "Camera Eye"
Misheard Lyrics: But the city is calm
And the spider and the sea. Original Lyrics: But the city is calm
In this violent sea. |
"Tom Sawyer"
Misheard Lyrics: The world is, the world is
Love and life, froggy. Original Lyrics: The world is, the world is
Love and life are deep. | "The Body Electric"
Misheard Lyrics: A hundred years of poutine Thousands dead and prays To the mother of all machines
Original Lyrics: A hundred years of routines Bows its head and prays To the mother of all machines
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Misheard Lyrics Story:
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"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. |
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"The Big Money"
Opening Lines: Big money goes around the world.
Comments: Submitted by: Michael
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Bad Grammar in Song Lyrics:
"Workin' Them Angels"
The Lyrics: Memory humming at the heart of a factory town All my life I've been workin' them angels overtime Riding and driving and living So close to the edge Workin' them angels - Overtime
Why: Jonathan S. assumes the lyric "Workin' them angels" is a grammatical error. The context of the song is a person in a low paying, menial job (requiring low-education) who is praying constantly in hope that a "god" would solve his problems and make his life better, rather than working to solve them himself. The entire album, "Snakes and Arrows", is a critique upon religion.
Submitted by: P Smith
| "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.
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Lyrics Pronunciation:
"Red Barchetta"
The Lyrics: A brilliant Red Barchetta
Why: Bar-CHetta is an Italian word pronounced Bar-Ketta.
Submitted by: Dana
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Super Long Pop Songs:
"2112" Length: 20:33
Submitted by: Ryan
"Working Man" Length: 7:12
While not intended as a single, it is the strongest song from Rush's first and self-titled album. The song and album received heavy airplay from DJ Donna Halper on WMMS-FM in Cleveland, an "album oriented radio" station, giving Rush some greatly needed exposure south of the border.
Submitted by: P Smith
"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
Song Title Acrostics:
DEW: "Distant Early Warning"
Submitted by: Brian Kelly
Song Title Spoonerisms:
"Bi Nye Flight" originally "Fly By Night"
Submitted by: Rocky
"Nigh By Flight" originally "Fly By Night"
Submitted by: What was the question?
Foreign Language in English Songs:
"Entre Nous"
The Lyrics: none, N/A
Why: The song title is French for "between us", a phrase repeated in the chorus.
Submitted by: P Smith
| "Circumstances"
The Lyrics: Plus ca change
Plus c'est la meme chose The more that things change The more they stay the same Why: Same words, first in French, then in English
Submitted by: Johnny Megabyte
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Song Lawsuits:
"La Villa.Strangiato"
Alex Lifeson unconsciously stole from Raymond Scott's song, "Powerhouse", likely because it burned into his memory from watching cartoons as a child. You can hear a sample of it here: http://www.raymondscott.com/powerhs.mp3 From the FAQ on the raymondscott.com website: Q: Did the rock band RUSH get sued and have to pay royalties for their unauthorized use of Raymond Scott's ''Powerhouse'' in their 1978 recording ''La Villa.Strangiato''? A: By the time Raymond Scott's publisher notified the band's management of the infringement, the statute of limitations had expired on the challenge. But Rush's management, out of deference to Mr. and Mrs. Scott (Raymond was still alive at that point), offered a one-time "penance" payment, feeling it was the ethical thing to do. All involved were happy with the resolution, and Rush has no further financial obligations. Under the settlement, they were not required to accord RS partial songwriting credit on the.piece.
Submitted by: P Smith
Band Name Spoonerisms:
Sure originally "Rush"
Submitted by: Rocky
Movies Named After Song Titles:
"Tom Sawyer"
1973 film version of Mark Twain's classic book.
Submitted by: Rocky
