As Geddy Lee celebrated a birthday yesterday I wanted to take a look at Jersey’s Top 5 Rocking Rush Songs. I love asking listeners to pick their favorites from bands and yesterday was no different. So how about we take a look at the results?
Each weekday at 4 pm I post a question of the day to the WDHA Facebook page. I ask listeners to pick their favorite bands or songs to answer the question. Then, based on all the responses I put together a block of songs just in time for the ride home from work at 5 pm with First Call Last Call. The responses are always a lot of fun to read and it’s always interesting to see the answers from the listeners’ perspectives.
So, yesterday was the legend Geddy Lee’s 71st birthday and I wanted to know what songs from RUSH our Jersey family loves. I got some great responses. The songs were all over the map of the RUSH discography. There were certainly answers I knew I would get like “Tom Sawyer” or “Red Barchetta”, but some were off the beaten path which is always fun.
RUSH went through a lot of different sounds. Sometimes a little more progressive than others, they always rocked. Of course, the 80s brought lots of synths, but it still sounded like RUSH…..at least to me.
They closed out the end of their catalog with some hard-rocking albums that showcased their unbelievable musicianship and intriguing lyrical content. Whether you like listening to live cuts, deep cuts, or just the big standard hits from the studio recordings, there are RUSH songs to satisfy almost anyone!
I for one fell in love with RUSH because I’m a drummer and Neil Peart was one of the greatest to ever touch the instrument. He is sorely missed, but the music lives on.
So here’s Jersey’s Top 5 Rocking Rush Songs!
