Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs. For our first season, we've selected none other than legendary Canadian power trio Rush.
It never seemed a threat to my masculinity. He only introduced me to our email: backtrackingrox@gmail.com.
LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:
Rush “Counterparts”
CHAPTERS:
0:00: The phosphorescent wave on a tropical sea is a cold open.
0:18: For you and me, sex is not a scripted intro.
3:08: RIP Peter Collins
5:45: 1993, college, and being estranged from Rush.
11:45: A new era? Or a grunge-influenced interlude?
23:49: Hugh Syme nailing it. Or bolting it? Or is it nutting it?
27:50: Three sides live?
28:41: Side A, Track One: “Animate”
37:20: Side A, Track Two: “Stick It Out”
47:30: Side A, Track Three: “Cut to the Chase”
1:00:33: Side A, Track Four: “Nobody’s Hero”
1:18:15: Not exactly cutting to the chase, but there you go.
ERA CHEAT SHEET PLAYLISTS:
Bell Bottoms 1974 - 1976
Space Kimonos 1977 - 1981
Skinny Ties 1982 - 1987
Black Tees 1989 - 1997
In the End 2002 Onward
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