.: Above The Aether :.

1 | Jamie

April 13th, 2009 at 11:31 pm

Geddy’s voice sounds almost normal!! Are you sure they didn’t just speed all of the other Rush albums *up* before releasing them??
Hmmm, now I’m not so sure.
Heh.

Also that is a totally wimpy drum kit. WTH? :P

It sounds very cool. Me likey.

2 | TDH

April 14th, 2009 at 1:20 pm

Fun experiment. I still find these to be among the most psuedo-deep lyrics ever written. Proof to me that getting a degree in philosophy doesn’t make you a philosopher. I think part of that reaction is because the music is over-the-top dramatic to me. I might be more open to the lyrics if the music was less portentous.

How many other artists do you think this would work for? Think you could speed up Crash Test Dummies with the opposite effect, on “God Shuffled His Feet?”

3 | Scott

April 15th, 2009 at 6:14 pm

It reminds me of Black Sabbath, except for Geddy’s voice not sounding a bit like Ozzie.

Black Sabbath would actually be a good choice for experimenting with speeding up the music, except that Ozzie probably turns into Alvin and Chipmunks.

“Tom Sawyer” is a shining example that a lot of people don’t pay much attention to to the content of song lyrics. I’m a great fan of song lyrics myself, but I’m painfully aware that’s not the norm. Sting finds it really strange that people often interpret “Every Breath You Take” as a love song when it’s actually about a stalker. Try listening to it more closely knowing that.

4 | Gary Weinrib

April 24th, 2009 at 3:24 pm

Rush rules. You guys are hosers.