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Classical Composer Reacts to RUSH: Signals (Side 1) | The Daily Doug (Episode 642)

77K views · Aug 25, 2023 · Music

Doug Helvering

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@jamesadkisson7510 · 3 years ago
The nostalgia of Subdivisions literally hurts. When that song came out me along with how many others felt like it was not only speaking to us but for us.
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@jamesadkisson7510 · 3 years ago
Alex never gets enough credit for being a fantastic 70s guitarist that reinvents himself fantastically to fit as his band changes.
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@Trapper50cal · 3 years ago (edited)
Subdivisions spoke to every outlier, every "nerd" or less-than-popular high schooler, every misfit and we all felt seen. It's an important song for exactly that reason. It's not just about home-based subdivisions, it's about the division of/by cliques in high school and junior high.
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@JamienautMark2 · 3 years ago
This is probably my 2nd favorite Rush album. The Analog Kid is one of the best songs ever written.
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@mwmclean · 3 years ago
I was 14 in 1982.  Subdivisions literally saved my life a few times.  It let me know someone understood.
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@rickbaker9132 · 3 years ago
Alex reinventing himself here is critical to the progression of the band. He went from being this wailing shredder, to the guy who figured out how to make his guitar and chord choices sound like 5 guitars at once. His chord choices are so full and perfect. He only got better as time went on
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@Jonno2summit · 3 years ago
I remember back about this time in history - In a Guitar Magazine fan poll, Geddy was #1 bass player, Alex was #2 after Eddie, and Neil was #1 in Drummer magazine.  That was a fan poll back in the day. How times have not changed...
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@JasonGianni · 3 years ago
Wait until you hear Side 2.  "Losing It" is absolutely stunning with, what happens to be, one of Neil's finest moments lyrically.  And "Countdown," the last song, is just a total sleeper tune that has, what I feel, THE most characteristic Rush riffs to end the record.  Just amazing!
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@michaelakkerman407 · 3 years ago
I know Alex thinks his guitar got lost during this era...but I think it made him an even better player and his solos and rythm playing is top tier maybe untouched.
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@warrengee-f9l · 2 years ago (edited)
grew up with them in my back yard ... would see them around town ... Alex s son was in my primary  school class ... saw this show as one of my first live concerts <br>Best band ever
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@tanker335 · 3 years ago
This Rush fan is happy they never stopped evolving. I love the 80's Rush. I vote Doug does Power Window next!
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@michaelwood3205 · 3 years ago
What's special about Analog Kid is how the main part of the song is fast but the chorus is slow which is the inverse of many rock songs.
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