At the time the green screen technology was not being used all that much. Decades later, things that seemed cool or at least new and interesting no longer are. It's like when I watched Psycho the first time in the 80's. I was like, ok, it's the son, the mom is dead and he's a loony. Not shocked at all. That type of plot had not really existed prior to the film being released which is why it was such a big hit when it was made.
Hold Your Fire is the album that hooked me on Rush. Though panned by most Rush fans (definitely those of that time) it is still among my favorites. Maybe it was a bit too synth heavy, but the songcraft was amazing. Mission is still my favorite Rush song and among my favorite songs. The show for that tour was Rad too!
@@prestonbagwell3280 😎 "Permanent Waves" blew my mind in 1980... WBCN 104.1 in Boston played "Spirit" when I had commandeered my dad's old Zenith cabinet stereo with 15" woofers and I didn't know whether to laugh, cry or soil myself! 😂
It baffles me how anyone who claims to be a RUSH fan will pick their music apart... for me, I AM a FAN, they would put something new out, I would listen and appreciate. That's it!! No, i think its synth heavy, or something about it, blah blah blah. My comment about the so-called Rush fans who bitch a lot, Shut Up and MOVE ON!! POS's.
The song "Tai Shan," though, was one of those songs the group regretted ever having included on this album. However, I think of it as being like "Aja" from Steely Dan's album of the same name, or The Doobie Brothers' "China Grove."
I am right there with you. Started listening with Signals and Moving Pictures and loved every new album up to Power Windows. Hold Your Fire took some getting used to but eventually liked it. After that the next few albums did very little for me although I have since gone back and began to appreciate some of them quite a bit. Still listen to them almost daily but usually all of the stuff prior to Roll the Bones.
I've been listening to this track since its release and I always assumed the female singer was Sandy Horne (from "The Spoons" - a Southern Ontario synth band of the time). Their voices are very similar and geographically Horne would have been an obvious choice. Time Stand Still and Subdivisions are my favourite Rush tracks, although that irks my diehard Rush friends.
It's not that strange really. Rush understood how good she was. I can imagine that Geddy was impressed by her bass playing. And indeed, her vocals really makes that song what it is.
"Rush fans are pretty diehard". Understatement of the century there.
I don't know, at 1:44 she calls the music video "slightly cheesy." Understatement of the millennium there.
At the time the green screen technology was not being used all that much. Decades later, things that seemed cool or at least new and interesting no longer are. It's like when I watched Psycho the first time in the 80's. I was like, ok, it's the son, the mom is dead and he's a loony. Not shocked at all. That type of plot had not really existed prior to the film being released which is why it was such a big hit when it was made.
Aimee is so incredibly talented in her own right. it seems so fitting that she'd play with Rush
Hold your fire is such a good album one of my favourite rush albums
Hold Your Fire is the album that hooked me on Rush. Though panned by most Rush fans (definitely those of that time) it is still among my favorites. Maybe it was a bit too synth heavy, but the songcraft was amazing. Mission is still my favorite Rush song and among my favorite songs. The show for that tour was Rad too!
🔥 Saw them twice on that tour (25x total)
and LOVE the album, which was released
when I was twenty & just starting out... ☮️
Completely understand. Roll the Bones was my real introduction to the band, and to this day my favorite album.
@@prestonbagwell3280 😎 "Permanent Waves" blew my mind in 1980... WBCN 104.1 in Boston played "Spirit" when I had commandeered my dad's old Zenith cabinet stereo with 15" woofers and I didn't know whether to laugh, cry or soil myself! 😂
It baffles me how anyone who claims to be a RUSH fan will pick their music apart... for me, I AM a FAN, they would put something new out, I would listen and appreciate. That's it!! No, i think its synth heavy, or something about it, blah blah blah. My comment about the so-called Rush fans who bitch a lot, Shut Up and MOVE ON!! POS's.
Hold Your Fire is a mature album. Beautiful songs, never dated. This album people will listen in 100 years ahead.
The video for "Time Stand Still" was directed by the legendary Zbigniew Rybczynski.
With that one great performance, Aimee Mann has become the fifth member of Rush for all time.
Who's the fourth?
@@lesschoenberger3070 geddy's taurus foot pedal bass machine?
I didn't like Hold Your Fire when it was first released. I have since become quite fond of this album.
The song "Tai Shan," though, was one of those songs the group regretted ever having included on this album. However, I think of it as being like "Aja" from Steely Dan's album of the same name, or The Doobie Brothers' "China Grove."
I am right there with you. Started listening with Signals and Moving Pictures and loved every new album up to Power Windows. Hold Your Fire took some getting used to but eventually liked it. After that the next few albums did very little for me although I have since gone back and began to appreciate some of them quite a bit. Still listen to them almost daily but usually all of the stuff prior to Roll the Bones.
Speaking of time, the narrator sure jambs a buncha words into a short span...
LMAO! I thought the same thing. ✌
This narration is too fast and without the perfect tone; Aimee deserves much more than this kind of video
I've been listening to this track since its release and I always assumed the female singer was Sandy Horne (from "The Spoons" - a Southern Ontario synth band of the time). Their voices are very similar and geographically Horne would have been an obvious choice.
Time Stand Still and Subdivisions are my favourite Rush tracks, although that irks my diehard Rush friends.
Aimee Mann being in the video could have a been a clue...
@@cvn6555 yes, had I ever seen it.
Ah. I recommend against watching it, actually. It is downright vertiginous.
I saw them on their Presto tour, to this day still one of the best shows I've seen!
Take a breath. 🙂
It's not that strange really. Rush understood how good she was. I can imagine that Geddy was impressed by her bass playing. And indeed, her vocals really makes that song what it is.
Wow!, that was quick: was the host of this video late for sumthin'?