Leave That Thing Alone

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Leave That Thing Alone Podcast

Leave That Thing Alone is a biweekly podcast where podcasting pros (from I Don't Even Own a Television) and pro-prog activists J.W. Friedman and Chris Collision laugh through the catalog of legendary Canadian power trio Rush, one album at a time, in order. We love Rush without taking them, or ourselves, too seriously.

  1. 29/03/2019

    Presto

    Presto? More like "Depresssed Tho". Heh. It's a joke. And not entirely accurate, as J. W. likes a lot of this album, although the general tone of this episode is somewhere between "retroactive disappointment" and "cautious admiration". Presto is an interesting album, and we did our best to have an interesting discussion about it. Please put mental scare quotes around all of those "interestings".

    1h 58m

  2. 16/08/2018

    Hold Your Fire

    Hold it. HOLD IT. HOLD IT! Absolutely do not send us any emails or tweets or Facebook messages about "when is the next episode of the Rush podcast coming out", cuz the answer is "right now." Join J.W. and Collision as we discuss (and mostly enjoy) one of Rush's most radio-friendly endeavors in their recording history, 1987's "Hold Your Fire". Just pretend "Tai Shan" doesn't exist.

    1h 39m

  3. 08/06/2018

    Power Windows

    We were gone for a real long time, but now we're back, and this time we're talking about the synthiest of Rush's "synth-era" records, "Power Windows". Get ready for good times that devolve into okay times that devolve into exhausted times, cuz this is a record with eight songs that sound almost identical to one another. Come for Collision's inevitable "Geddy is actually named Gary" story, and tick around for J's sudden and shameful realization that maybe this isn't his favorite Rush record after all. It's Leave That Thing Alone, and we're back on our business, bay-beeeee.

    1h 28m

  4. 05/08/2017

    Grace Under Pressure

    It's the album you probably forgot exists! We both did. Here's the thing though -- while J. wishes he could have permanently erased it from his memory, Collision exhibits a bit of a soft spot for the synth noodlings and Cold War-era bummerizing that happens on this record, Grace Under Pressure. Come for the music critique, stay for the weird tangents about Kabblah Deer Hunter. It's "Leave That Thing Alone", and if you make it through this episode, you'll wish you followed our advice.

    1h 28m

  5. 21/06/2017

    Episode 10 - Signals

    It's time to enter the most controversial period of Rush's existence, the much-aligned "synthesizer era". This means that J. is super-happy, Collision is sort of on the fence, and 95% of the music media is still like "full ALL this shit." Despite what you may have heard or read from the type of guys who wear sweatpants with a Marshall logo down one leg, Signals is a great album, provided you can ignore the lyrics about Babylon and Zion and you enjoy stilted white-man reggae (spoiler: we sorta do). Also, it's got fucking SUBDIVISIONS on it, that should be enough for anybody, right?

    1h 22m

  6. 06/05/2017

    Episode 09 - Moving Pictures

    One of us loves this record. The other does not. OH MY GOODNESS, it's controversy. Tune in as we literally tear each other limb from limb as we discuss the album that contains classics like "Limelight", "Tom Sawyer", and... uh... "Vital Signs".

    1h 1m

  7. 30/03/2017

    Episode 08 - Permanent Waves

    Permanent Waves is Rush's first obvious attempt to dial back some of their maximalist prog rock tendencies, their first release with a breakout hit single everybody on the planet has heard, and is also their first record with a weird upskirt photo on the album cover. We discuss all this and more as we refuse to Leave That Thing Alone™ and continue to blaze our trail through the catalogue of these wonderful Canadian Boys

    1h 32m

  8. 28/02/2017

    Episode 07 -- Hemispheres

    ah yes, hemispheres. a half-forgettable album with exactly four songs on it that somehow inspires no end of "no true scotsman" arguing between men with black t-shirts and unkempt ponytails. some consider this to be the last gasp of rush's "pure prog era". which raises the question, of course, of whether or not that's actually a bad thing. drop us a line at leavethatthingalonepodcast@gmail.com

    1h 24m
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About

Leave That Thing Alone is a biweekly podcast where podcasting pros (from I Don't Even Own a Television) and pro-prog activists J.W. Friedman and Chris Collision laugh through the catalog of legendary Canadian power trio Rush, one album at a time, in order. We love Rush without taking them, or ourselves, too seriously.

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  • Creator
    The I Don't Even Own a Television Web Empire
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2019
  • Episodes
    14
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    Leave That Thing Alone

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