It's not that I hate Rush's music:
It's that I can't stand listening to Rush music in the presence of Rush fans. More to the point, I can't listen to the music through the constant play-by-play description of the lyrics, their secondary and tertiary meanings, the significance of the melodic devices used and every other bit of trivia and minutiae the fans spout during the song. Just shut the fuck up before I lock you in a cell with only me, my John Valby recordings, a big bowl of kimchi and its aftereffects assaulting your nostrils, eyeballs and every single mucous membrane in your body for a week.
( Felis Concolor, Thu 30 Dec 2010, 21:10, 7 replies)

I try to avoid falling into this trap
But yes, some fans will insist that you'd like it if you just tried it a bit. And then insist on making you try it for a bit. In front of them.
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Thu 30 Dec 2010, 21:16, closed)

oh dear lord..
Rush! I'd forgotten about them. When I was a teen Elf, my boyfriend had a Rush fixation for a time. I sort of liked the music even if it was a bit overblown, the vocal was where I let myself down. All that wheezing and squeaking,put me in a mind of a Canadian ferret-strangling team going for gold. Which is what my red-haired mate and I used to tell him..
(Beer Elf Thought this was like a campfire, anyhow, on, Thu 30 Dec 2010, 21:32, closed)

rush?! i love me a bit of rush
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W3NERMKIBM
(chocolatelemming, Thu 30 Dec 2010, 21:35, closed)

I like rush, and all that symboogy crap
but I wouldn't try and talk to anyone about it, that's just a bit pretentious :|
(Canazza is mostly listening to Yes, Thu 30 Dec 2010, 22:09, closed)

As a Rush fan...
...I have to agree with you. People will either like the music or not.

I was also embarrassed when Alex, the lead guitarist got arrested for affray (or something similar) and the fans all phoned or faxed the police station. Dumbasses.
( Amish Information Systems hates misplaced, commas, Thu 30 Dec 2010, 22:30, closed)

Couldn't agree more.
Rush fans are an interesting bunch. Not all of them, of course, but the hardcore ones... wow. I've never known any other group of fans so insistent on making sure everyone knows just how talented their favourite band are. Never comment on any bassist in the presence of a Rush fan, it'll only result in an hour-long lesson on how Geddy Lee is the greatest person to have ever picked up a bass guitar or any other instrument.

I'd probably be a bit more charitable if I liked Rush's music, but... yeah, no.
(The Duke of Boredom ruling over your boredom since, Fri 31 Dec 2010, 0:01, closed)

I find this is the case
with a lot of Tool fans. I used to love them but after hearing some of these people carry on it's become a guilty pleasure.
(ElGranto, Sat 1 Jan 2011, 12:20, closed)