New Alex Lifeson tracks

[progholio]

New Lifeson Tracks?

the first one sounds like Gilmour, the second like mellower Satriani, neither one sounds much like Alex, but then again they're just snippets so i'd like to hear more.

[Scott Bails]

I proudly like talk and dislike uttelty boring Counterparts.

I like both.

I must be weird...I really love the title track of Roll the Bones.

Yep. Me too. Great groove, and I even like the rap/scat/spoken word/soliloquy.

As I have documented here before, my wife liked to get up and dance to "Roll the Bones" at Rush concerts. The fanboys would get their panties in a twist because a.) it's the song they hate and b.) they had never seen a real woman at a Rush show before.

I dragged my GF to their final Philly show, and while I was marveling at all of the semi trucks lined up in the parking lot, she remarks, "I guess there won't be a line for the ladies' room tonight."

[Sturgeon's Lawyer]

Neither are fit to lick YYZ's boots.

Oh, I disagree. They could lick one boot each, at least. "La Villa Stragiato", now, they'd have trouble with...

I've never heard either of them before (unless one of them is on the utterly-forgettable Rush in Rio), so I listened to the live versions. They've both got a good groove, they're both energetic (those guys always gave everything they had on the stage), but I have to give the edge to "Where's...". Despite the long drum solo, it's more of a band song, and better composition - the parts flow together better.

[dropforge]

I've never heard either of them before (unless one of them is on the utterly-forgettable Rush in Rio), so I listened to the live versions. They've both got a good groove, they're both energetic (those guys always gave everything they had on the stage), but I have to give the edge to "Where's...". Despite the long drum solo, it's more of a band song, and better composition - the parts flow together better.

Funny, I think "Leave..." sounds like a comp and "Where's..." sounds like a jam.

[antlermagick]

Malignant Narcissism is also an interesting instrumental. Not as good as La Villa or YYZ by any means, but it's still a great piece in and of itself. It's interesting to hear Geddy playing a fretless, and the basswork is just phenomenal.

[dropforge]

"Malignant Narcissism" and "The Main Monkey Business" are the highlights of Snakes & Arrows. The rest of the album has some good material, but strangely, I wasn't bowled over. It's not as good as Vapor Trails or Clockwork Angels.

[antlermagick]

"Malignant Narcissism" and "The Main Monkey Business" are the highlights of Snakes & Arrows. The rest of the album has some good material, but strangely, I wasn't bowled over. It's not as good as Vapor Trails or Clockwork Angels.

Agreed. Personally for me, Clockwork Angels and Vapor Trails (the remixed version) trump anything they did after about 1985, except maybe a couple of tracks on Presto.

I can't get into Hold Your Fire for some reason. I've listened to it in full several times and it just hasn't 'clicked' with me.

[bondegezou]

Do you know who else is a Rush fan? It's Olivia, the Lego Friends character: https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/o...ing-cube-41667 (select the fifth picture down for a clearer picture of her poster).

Henry

[chalkpie]

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/alex...ew-album-2021/

New Lerxst album forthcoming....

[bondegezou]

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/alex...ew-album-2021/

New Lerxst album forthcoming....

Sounds promising.

Henry

[Steve983]

New interview!

[bondegezou]

Thanks. They start with discussion about the new guitar. He starts talking about recording new material at 5:50. He describes having written "about half a dozen songs" some years ago that includes the two new pieces on his website. At 7:25, he moves on to the new project with Curran: "we've basically done an album's worth of material" that they hope to release soon. Then it all gets very gear-y again. I'm not a guitarist -- I understand it goes twang when you pluck it -- so I skipped bits, but lovely to see Lifeson looking happy, engaged and productive.

Oh, then 18:14, they get back to discussing the project with Curran and when it will be released: "All the music is recorded. We're mixing currently. [...] late summer/early fall, we might have something."

Henry

[ytserush]

I happen to enjoy Victor and Counterparts almost equally.

Part of what I enjoy on Victor is Edwin's vocals.

I love Victor in spite of Edwin. Have to figure I'll like the new vocalist a lot better.

[ytserush]

And Dalbello's on "Start Today."

Secondhand copies of Victor aren't exactly cheap nowadays. But everyone had 20+ years to grab one.

Or more than one....

[ytserush]

Victor and My Favourite Headache both persuaded me that they're not dependent on the collaboration. Victor because it's great. MFH because you could swap it in for a random late period Rush album without noticing. (WTF do you people here in Counterparts?)

Henry

Leave That Thing Alone, Animate, Everyday Glory, Cut To The Chase, Nobody's Hero, Alien Shore, Between Sun and Moon, Cold Fire Double Agent.....

[ytserush]

Same. Some people never got the joke.

The album flat is above the headboard of our bed.

[ytserush]

last year Alex revealed he had some leftover tracks from the Victor sessions and was thinking of releasing them. these tracks are probably them. a 25th anniversary of the album is in the works and these tracks are probably going to be bonus material. good news is he and Geddy are looking to work together in the immediate future.

Alex and Geddy may work together in the future, but Alex said there is nothing immediate about it

[ytserush]

Didn't know that. Pretty cool.



He's so wrong. It's Spoken Word.

It's a "chat" as they say in England.

[ytserush]

It's all about dat groove! If you want to compare live versions, Geddy's bass outro says hi!

The version on Different Stages is ridiculous. They mostly stay fairly close to the script on this one.

[bondegezou]

In other Lifeson news, both Lifeson and Lee guest on Jeff Berlin's Jack Songs tribute to Jack Bruce, due Sep. See https://bassmagazine.com/artists/jef...-to-jack-bruce

Henry

[ytserush]

In other Lifeson news, both Lifeson and Lee guest on Jeff Berlin's Jack Songs tribute to Jack Bruce, due Sep. See https://bassmagazine.com/artists/jef...-to-jack-bruce

Henry

I'm really glad this is FINALLY seeing the light of day.

[Jerjo]

Looks like Alex now has a YouTube channel. Only two vids but obviously he's setting up something here to build on.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6q...lQN4zw0CUqo6Bg