So most real musicians know that Rush's new album Clockwork Angels is coming out May 29th, though today radio stations are getting a 3rd single (aside from BU2B and Caravan) called Headlong Fight. Clocking-in at over 7 minutes, WAAF in Boston claimed they "moistened their pants" from Alex's solo. WYGY in Cincinnati claims it's "'74 to '77 Rush-fans rejoice". These are good signs.
I'm interested to see if Alex is using classic effects he's kept hidden-away. He's using a vintage Gibson E355 hollow-body guitar which gives a great sound. Radio stations are allowed to play it on the airwaves 19 April.
I can't find any snippets anywhere online yet, though I suspect Rush.com will have an "Easter Egg" for Easter Sunday on the 7th, as they're prone to that kind of shenanigan.
Note that most real guitar players also have a pick on-hand at any given time, taking it out of their pocket, wallet, or hat with great pride and showmanship, as if they have the sudden answer to all things. I encourage everyone to have a guitar pick on-hand from this point until May 29th just in case Rush might need your guitar skills (as is every Rush guitarist's dream). You never know when Alex might just show up and say, "Mike, I .. I can't go on.. you need to play Limelight for me! For.. for the fans!" Well.. if I must...
Now there's movie trailers for upcoming trailers for upcoming movies. I think this is to ca$h in on the hype, or seed it, anyway. The Alien prequel Prometheus is a fine example of this, as is The Avengers and now more recently the Blade Runner-esque remake of Total Recall a movie based on the short story by Phillip K. Dick, "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale". The remake looks like it's trying to do the 1997-Now approach of Blade Runner's 2018 world in a modern L.A. from the quintessential 1982 film of the same name. Does this mean that the Blade Runner 2 film (also being produced by Riddley Scott [confirmed]) will be more action-y like the 1990 film Total Recall ? Still, I adore Future Noir films, such as Dark City, Minority Report, Battle Angel Alita (Gunnm), Dark Angel, and arguably Batman (1989), Empire Strikes Back, and Time Bandits, "RETURN THE MAP!" Indeed.
Sometimes this pre-hype gets a little ahead of itself; by doing so, expectations are too high and the tower of cards collapses. Fine examples of this is by way of cars, such as the 1958 Ford Edsel. So much hype 3 years prior made America in a frenzied froth. Advertisement was never before seen at this magnitude with hidden suggestions and garish claims. Finally it came out but everyone was exhausted from the hype, like waiting for Christmas morning for a kid hyped-up on Tang for 3 years that the car could not be anything but a let-down unless it flew to Mongo City and you could battle Ming the Merciless along with Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers at the same time and win-over Princess Aura. Yeah, the car couldn't do that (well, maybe the Comet Edsel sub-model in 1960) and everyone gave it the thumbs-down. Same thing about the Chevy Volt. Took 6 years to come out and it's a mild flop. It's a fine line. Politics are the same way. Sarah Palin was flying high like Sally Fields the Flying Nun, only to burn-out the media 2 years later. She didn't even run for president this time around, instead, lurking like a she-troll in media-news-land for all eternity like a lost soul refusing to cross the River Styx.
We'll see.
