Thoughtful Reflections on Faith and Life
The album that ignited my love for music was Fly By Night by Rush. In many ways, this album helped shape the rest of my music tastes. Not only did Rush become and still is my favourite band, but it also bean my love for both prog and heavy rock music. Fly by Night was … Read More “Fly By Night by Rush” »
I have been a Rush fan for over forty years. Coincidently, they formed the same year that I was born, although it took me a bit longer to start listening. As a young teenager, my cousin brought over a copy of Fly By Night on cassette tape and we listened to it for hours and … Read More “My Effin’ Life – Review” »
I was sad to hear today about the death of Neil Peart. Neil was the drummer and lyricist for my favourite band, Rush. Rush was very influential in my formative years. It was their Fly by Night that first got me into music in general and prog rock in particular. Fly by Night was the … Read More “Neil Peart – RIP” »
The first music that I really got into was Rush. The album was Fly By Night and my cousin brought it over for New Year’s Eve. We listened to it over and over. I have seen Rush in concert three times. I would love to see them again but unfortunately they are no longer together. … Read More “Cinema Strangiato and Why I Love Rush” »
I have been into classic rock since I first started listening to music with Rush’s Fly By Night. I soon entered my heavy metal stage, with Iron Maiden and Judas Priest being some of my favourites. In my late teens I (mostly) gave up on heavy metal but still love classic rock. Any list of … Read More “Top Five Classic Rock Albums” »
My favourite author is J.R.R. Tolkien and my favourite band is Rush. So when the two come together, it is just gold. Rivendell is a song that appeared on Rush’s second album, Fly by Night, the first one with Neil Peart. I think they capture the beauty of Rivendell with this song. Personal trivia: Fly … Read More “Rivendell by Rush” »
This should have been a rotten day. We have been trying to buy a house and today we found out it wouldn’t work. Part of this was because of results of a home inspection that revealed some things that would have been major headaches if we had bought it. We were still disappointed and were … Read More “What a Rush!” »
