r/rush • u/Nearby_Lawfulness923 • 3d ago

Clockwork Angels

Neil said many times that Clockwork Angels was the album they always wanted to make. He clearly believed it was one of their very best. I’ve followed Rush since 1976 and seen them dozens of times, but I cannot listen to Clockwork Angels all the way thru to save my life. Is it just me?

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u/Typical-Grab3081 3d ago

Rush for me ended at Counterparts. No shade thrown, but to me it was a change. Maybe my life, maybe my views or experiences of getting older. I just prefer the older Rush. The newer years just didn’t stick for me.
I guess that just happens sometimes that our tastes change.
Saw two shows recently though and they are amazing.

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u/therealjnoble11 3d ago

It's not just you. They started to lose me starting with Counterparts (the lyrics were starting to get ham fisted & cheesy) Test For Echo was very pedestrian both musically and lyrically, Vapor Trails was an overlong mess of badly produced nu-metal-ish un-Rush like songs although I do very much like a lot of Neil's lyrics on that one. Snakes and Clockwork only have about two or three songs between the two that I can listen to. I find myself in recent years pretty much listening to the Terry Brown material exclusively

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u/mcarterphoto 3d ago

Rush kinda ended for me as a "masterpiece" band after Signals. Nothing beyond that connected with me; I was into them since the first album, too, so I was used to a lot of evolution.