I was a pretty decent rush fan for about three or maybe four of their albums (and I did actually own the albums) in the late eighties, but alas, we parted ways after that, and although I check in every so often to see how this canadian trio is doing, I must admit I haven’t really been intrigued by anything they’ve done lately. Until now.
feedback is collection of covers; aging rockers covering aging-more rockers such as buffalo springfield, the yardbirds, the who, cream, and perhaps one or two others I can’t place. I can’t remember if “Mr. Soul” is buffalo springfield or some other band neil young was in; cut me some slack, all these original songs were released before I was born. I must admit, I didn’t do my homework nor any reseach for this review, but as far as I know, rush has never even done a cover on any of their twenty or so double live albums they seem to release with regularity.
Anyway, feedback is kind of fun. When I saw this song list, I thought to myself, “there’s no way rush can pull this off” - but they can and do. Alex Lifeson, an unequivocal hall-of-fame guitarist in his own right, shows some versatility we haven’t heard out of him since the early eighties, and geddy lee doesn’t over-do it – he just sings these classics in his own style which believe it or not, works with these straight-forward arrangements. None of these songs make neil peart break a sweat, but he tries to show off when he can, paying ample homage to keith moon.
Posted by Steve at July 9, 2004 09:14 AM | TrackBack