RUSH STUDIO TRIBUTE - ANALOG KID from the Album "Working Man"

[jamesrush]

I have this Cd, it is great! Awesome interpretations of rush tunes, by excellent musicians!

[MrJim2114]

Wow, bought this album when it first came out. Haven't listened to it in years. Just inadvertently stumbled across it here. Great rendition of Analog Kid.

[soopahsoopah]

I like this version a lot and several of the other covers from 'Working Man' are very good too. However avoid at all costs the other tribute album 'Subdivisions' Magna Carta put out after this one. The Rush songs on that one are butchered beyond recognition, it's horrible.

[skookumjoe]

um, wasn't Analog Kid off the album "Signals"? while "Working Man" is a song from their first album "Rush"

[ddensu]

@skookumjoe "Working Man" is the name of this Tribute Album.

[yesrogeryes]

I really like Michael Romeo's solo

[MrScary66]

You don't cover a song by one of your favourite bands to make it "better than [or] as good as the original. It's just a bit of fun, and pays homage to those musicians who inspired you by recording a version of their song with a flare of your own musicianship, much of which the original artists are responsible for influencing.

[13tayswifty]

Billy Sheehan is smokin especially from 3:54 to 4:13. He's just as awesome live as in the studio.

[TheFranksantana]

AWESOME TRIBUTE TO RUSH. GREAT BUNCH OF ROCK STARS AT THEIR

BEST. ONE OF THE BEST COVERS I HAVE EVER HEARD. THESE CD IS A

MUST HAVE FOR ALL RUSH FANS.

[goodygoody23]

3:19 The most incredible chops begin...

[Apockiller]

Great Cover!! YOU GUYS ROCK!



[micahalb]

I love it! Great vocal performance - only thing that bugged me is I wish Mike sat back in the pocket a little more in the chorus.

[spacemunsta]

I'm a huge Rush fan but this is also Most Excellent!

[braincrisp1]

This is pretty damn rockin I must say

[srssll]

Very Cool. Really brings this track up to date. Very cool. Said that already. Cool though.

[TPozdro]

Nice job, I dont understand the haters.

[carakenio]

Hahahaha so terrible !!!

[BDizDaBest]

I'm a diehard Rush fan but I'm not stuck up enough to say this version "sucks." No it's not as good as the original, and there are missing notes, but overall it's not bad to listen to.

[jpftwo]

You guys rock, F@#$ all those haters,like they could even try to do this.

[336kgf]

Ok...not bad.  Still not as fantastic as the original, but serviceable.

[dtoliaferro]

From the video description: "... Many Rush fans don't know this project exists..." I gotta say after hearing it, I still wish I didn't know about this "project."

[336kgf]

@dtoliaferro I knew of it. I just never bought the CD because I didn't think it would be worth it. I think it's worth it now if you can get it cheap, aka used.

[Wag2112]

You don't know if its sheehan ?!?? check the part at 4:00 - NO DOUBT !!

HOLY SHIT !!!! I'll be grinnin for the rest of the month !!! Thanks for the post !!

one of my favorite songs & 3 of my favorite musicians !!

[TheOriginalAnalogKid]

What happened to the bass at .10 to .24???

That intro is my favorite part!

If that really is Sheehan I am AMAZINGLY disappointed.

I was NOT impressed...

[2112Dmoney]

@TheOriginalAnalogKid totes magotes dude thats one of my favorite bass parts of all time

[briandrumlessons]

This is a pretty bad ass version! "The Drummer"

[constantinosbassman]

@briandrumlessons Ya Mike FN PORTNOY, Next best to da man Himself, ....yes NEIL

[balerinauzicka]

solo sucks here

[beatsdddx]

Gr8 Gr8 cover of that track! I love that song!

viva!! RUSH

[GorgonTheHybrid]

What on earth is the point of covering Rush? You'll never do it as good as them, and it just sounds like a cheap imitation. The vocals kind of suck and the keyboards are almost non-existent. And then all the liberties with the guitar - man, you just don't need to fuck with perfection...

[fatt21112matt]

@GorgonTheHybrid -Agreed 100%

[joselito80]

@GorgonTheHybrid r u def? lol

[kylethetoybox]

@GorgonTheHybrid The point in covering Rush, is not to make it sound just like Rush, It's to pay homage to one of the most influential bands of all time and put your own individual spin on the song as an artist. If it sounded just like Rush then it wouldn't be interesting. If you want something that sounds exactly like the record then listen to the record. And non-existent keyboards? Did you not listen to the chorus?!

[JRCrowley]

@GorgonTheHybrid What in the name of music are you talking about? This cover is very good. Vocals, guitars, drums, bass, it's all sounding good to me. But then, I have taste.

[GorgonTheHybrid]

@JRCrowley I just almost never see the point of covers. Unless you can change it up enough to make it interesting AND improve on the song, they just usually fall flat to me. This particular cover - meh, nothing wrong with it I guess, but why would I want to listen to this song with inferior vocals when I can listen to Rush doing it so much better? Look up Jacob Moon covering Subdivisions live on the roof - it doesn't improve upon Rush (impossible), but at lest it's interesting.

[MichaelBoryAlis]

If they can't do it better than Rush than don't do it.

[fatt21112matt]

the bass is not even close in the begining

[The61769]

Only Geddy sounds good singing this song. Signals rules!

[SuperJohnnyO]

Forgot to take your meds today, Niekpas? Sounds like you're taking this way too seriously. That's ok... I forgive you.

[SuperJohnnyO]

Yuck. I'm glad I have the actual Rush song to listen to so I can wipe this horrible memory from my brain. Here's the difference: Rush has songs with some cool 'chops' in them; these guys have 'chops' with a song in there........ somewhere.

[Niekpas]

@SuperJohnnyO

I was going to give you reasons why I already hate you, but whatever. Fuck you.

[larkydozer]

@SuperJohnnyO

Perfect summation.

Metal guys just don't get Rush.

[negtype13]

@larkydozer

Bullshit...most "TRUE" Metal guys( not talkin about those fags from MTV mainstream/Nu-Metal and beyond) were BORN from Rush! \m/

[larkydozer]

@negtype13

Doesn't mean they "get it" , which in this video's example, they so obviously do not.

[336kgf]

@negtype13 You are dead on correct. If not for Rush, how many bands would really exist? Even Metallica has listed Rush as one of their influences. Rush was the first true band from Canada that wasn't a folk rock band or interested in top 40 music. Look at all of the movements that have come about since they came into existance-disco, new wave, punk, glam rock, grunge, new rock, rap-and they are still going strong. They are beyond icons. LONG LIVE GEDDY ALEX AND NEIL!!!

[TheOriginalAnalogKid]

@larkydozer

What do you mean "metal guys just don't get RUSH"?

I have always thought of myself as kind of a "metal guy", I love heavy music!

The heavier the better!

RUSH was actually one of the very first bands to be called "heavy metal".

If not for RUSH, I believe heavy metal as we know it today may never have developed.

Today we call it "progressive", but when RUSH first came on the scene, there was not even a word for the level of intensity & musicianship that they displayed.

[Devastatebaker]

I like Mike Portnoy. But besides that. How can you try and change Rush? This sounds good. But you can't change the sound of Rush...

[faustoj26a]

michel romeo used what kind of guitar???

[MrNusecus]

@faustoj26a a white one :)

[LifesonFan4Life]

Killer guitar playing if this was a Shrapnel release from the 80's ... this isn't a tribute ... they turned a classic into a pointless 'noodle' "look what I can do-fest" ...

[MrNusecus]

Rush + metal = dream theater? :p

[Devastatebaker]

@MrNusecus Dream Theater is prog metal, Rush is prog rock. Talk about awesome!

[danieldpm1]

This sucks!!! Especially the singer

[duman8]

@danieldpm1 I know...wow...all of the extra double kick and polyrhythms from the drummer too. Bonus hairband vocal from the school of Vince Neil to boot! Lame.

[Briremo]

the guitar player ruins it for me. The solo is soooo over the top. Instead of paying tribute to Alex he has to say "I'm faster than you!" You had to go and make it all about yourself.

[paultheactor1]

@Briremo Thats why these tosser's are playin other people's shite and not there own! 3 pillow biter's! I swear he just said at 3:07 he has "to many dicks on his mind!" Rubbish bitch band!

[Kkrouton]

Jack Russell is one hell of a singer.

[papalazerus22]

sorry but this is just widdle widdle !!!! sick of hear the same old ... who is the best !!!!

i loved the vai ... billy s era !!! when they worked with dave lee roth !!! amazing stuff Yes ........ but please leave Rush to do what rush do !!!! WRITE the fucking great stuff !! not cover it !!!!!

[Spazmaztic]

@papalazerus22 Amennn!

[papalazerus22]

@Spazmaztic Thanks i ususally get slagged off for saying stuff on here .. respect

[mydrumasnare]

In A interview I read a few years back w/ Mike Portnoy, he said Neil Peart heard the tribute album and was not pleased about it!Peart said it sounded like a bunch of bar band musians! Portnoy said," I'd like to be hangin in that bar"!LOL. I don't think Neil knew who these people were, I bet now he totally respects the long line up of musians who contributed there time and talent.Thanx for posting one of the best tribute albums ever!

[NaturalRythms]

Incredible tribute! My favorite musician is Sheehan. I'm glad to hear an excellent version of Rush music. It is Rush, but it is not Rush! Great!

I feel sad about great bands like Yes, King Crimson... I miss them!

[faustoj26a]

pls remenber me how this cd tribute was called?

[Cameron227700]

The singer's vocals don't fit the chorus with the slow, melodic part. xD

[MichaelxAlexander]

what a cover , what a dream line up come true!!!

[lizzybordenhouse]

What a cover!!! I really love this song...

[Kkrouton]

This whole album is great! It's hard to find though.

[mediblue9]

Jack Russell: vocals

Michael Romeo: guitars

Billy Sheehan: bass

Michael Pinnella: keyboards

Mike Portnoy: drums

[octivarium579]

who does jack russel sing for??? i totally dig his vocals

[mediblue9]

@octivarium579 : great white

[TheTrev1016]

One of the best if not the best cover I have ever heard!!

[wiznetdragonfly]

was the Yngwe Malmsteen on guitar? sure sounded like him.

[Athielmon]

nono is Michael Romeo, a Symphony X guitar

[jesse1291]

everything is really good but im not a big fan of the vocals

[sunv1rgin]

there's a Pink Floyd tribute one with a similar line up, that is very good too!

[sunv1rgin]

That "working man" album is a must have one, good tribute, it's one of my favorites, I had another Rush, but it's not as good as this magna carta one, by the way, MC has more good tributes to other bands, like Yes, Supertramp and Genesis I think

[RustySacks]

not bad...