Backtracking

Backtracking

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  • S1E28 Rush "Roll the Bones" Side B

    Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs. For our first season, we've selected none other than legendary Canadian power trio Rush.


    Gold adult contemporary urban country email senderist: [email protected].


    LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:
    Rush “Roll the Bones”

    CHAPTERS:

    0:00: I Will Drink and Dance with One Hand Free

    0:21: Un Scripted Momento

    0:50: A Thoughtful Discussion on Legalization

    4:34: Side B, Track One: “The Big Wheel”

    12:29: Side B, Track Two: “Heresy”

    25:44: Side B, Track Three: “Ghost of a Chance”

    41:27: Side B, Track Four: “Neurotica”

    48:40: Side B, Track Five: “You Bet Your Life”

    56:10: How was this album so popular?

    58:05: Ye Beste and Ye Wurst

    1:00:50: The bones came up craps.


    ERA CHEAT SHEET PLAYLISTS:
    Bell Bottoms 1974 - 1976
    Space Kimonos 1977 - 1981
    Skinny Ties 1982 - 1987
    Black Tees 1989 - 1997
    In the End 2002 Onward

    SOCIALS:

    - Twitter: @backtrackingrox
    - Instagram: @backtrackingrox
    - Reddit: u/backtrackingrox

    1 hr 4 min
  • S1E27 Rush "Roll the Bones" Side A

    Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs. For our first season, we've selected none other than legendary Canadian power trio Rush.


    Why are we here? Because we’re here. Email the show: [email protected].


    LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:
    Rush “Roll the Bones”

    CHAPTERS:

    0:00: The Part Where I Get Hate Mail

    0:38: Our Scripted Rap

    3:15: Stuck in the ‘90’s Again

    6:38: The Basics, & RtB’s Stunning Commercial Success

    7:50: In Praise of Rupert Hine

    12:20: The Optimism of 1991

    13:13: The Funkee Chugga Chugga

    18:12: The Lyrical Theme

    19:17: Hugh Syme Thyme, & the Cover’s Hidden Code

    25:00: Side A, Track One: “Dreamline”

    36:00: Side A, Track Two: “Bravado”

    45:33: Side A, Track Three: “Roll the Bones”

    58:30: Side A, Track Four: “Face Up”

    1:06:38: Side A, Track Five: “Where’s My Thing?”

    1:11:20: After an album side like that, try BetterHelp™.


    ERA CHEAT SHEET PLAYLISTS:
    Bell Bottoms 1974 - 1976
    Space Kimonos 1977 - 1981
    Skinny Ties 1982 - 1987
    Black Tees 1989 - 1997
    In the End 2002 Onward

    SOCIALS:

    - Twitter: @backtrackingrox
    - Instagram: @backtrackingrox
    - Reddit: u/backtrackingrox

    1 hr 18 min
  • S1E26 Rush "Presto" Side B

    Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs. For our first season, we've selected none other than legendary Canadian power trio Rush.


    The night is turning thing, the saint is turning to email: [email protected].


    LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:
    Rush “Presto”

    CHAPTERS:

    0:00: King of the Wild Frontier

    0:22: Scripted to Manipulate Reaction

    0:55: Iranian Aviation

    2:22: Side B, Track One: “Superconductor”

    17:42: Side B, Track Two: “Anagram (For Mongo)”

    30:00: Side B, Track Three: “Red Tide”

    39:17: Side B, Track Four: “Hand Over Fist”

    46:03: Side B, Track Five: “Available Light”

    58:59: Which song gets hand and which gets fist?

    1:00:29: With that, we roll in the direction of the bones.


    ERA CHEAT SHEET PLAYLISTS:
    Bell Bottoms 1974 - 1976
    Space Kimonos 1977 - 1981
    Skinny Ties 1982 - 1987
    Black Tees 1989 - 1997
    In the End 2002 Onward

    SOCIALS:

    - Twitter: @backtrackingrox
    - Instagram: @backtrackingrox
    - Reddit: u/backtrackingrox

    1 hr 4 min
  • S1E25 Rush "Presto" Side A

    Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs. For our first season, we've selected none other than legendary Canadian power trio Rush.


    How many times do you hear it? It goes on all day long. Everyone knows everything except our email address: [email protected].


    LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:
    Rush “Presto”

    CHAPTERS:

    0:00: Raf’s World Famous Bob Einstein Impression

    0:55: Tides Respond to Podcast Scripted Opens

    3:47: Rammstein! Nein! Kraftwerk! Nein!

    5:51: The Basics (And More Tales of Drives to Syracuse)

    7:26: Vaya con Collins…

    8:50: MacColl and U2 Corrections

    10:43: Hasta la Hine!

    21:31: Hugh Syme’s Parody of “Houses of the Holy”

    23:18: Side A, Track One: “Show Don’t Tell”

    35:28: Side A, Track Two: “Chain Lightning”

    42:48: Side A, Track Three: “The Pass”

    52:40: Side A, Track Four: “War Paint”

    1:02:20: Side A, Track Five: “Scars”

    1:09:31: Side A, Track Six: “Presto”

    1:28:33: Wowzers.


    ERA CHEAT SHEET PLAYLISTS:
    Bell Bottoms 1974 - 1976
    Space Kimonos 1977 - 1981
    Skinny Ties 1982 - 1987
    Black Tees 1989 - 1997
    In the End 2002 Onward

    SOCIALS:

    - Twitter: @backtrackingrox
    - Instagram: @backtrackingrox
    - Reddit: u/backtrackingrox

    1 hr 30 min
  • S1E24 Rush "A Show of Hands"

    Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs. For our first season, we've selected none other than legendary Canadian power trio Rush.


    Big email goes around the world. Big email in our box: [email protected].


    LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:
    Rush “A Show of Hands”

    CHAPTERS:

    0:00: Gamers game.

    0:27: Cold open, warm Hands, can’t lose.

    2:52: The Circle of Willis

    4:50: Meet Ara! Meet Dave!

    9:20: Snowblind Revisited

    17:46: The transition to synths, considered.

    31:00: Fade-outs… again.

    33:40: Let’s discuss skinny ties.

    38:23: A Show of Tracklists

    46:21: The Best of Syme

    50:38: Missing Tracks?

    55:45: Rush Live @ The Aud

    1:09:09: A Show of Cover, A Cover of Show

    1:11:11: Ditching the ties in favor of the tees.

    1:28:20: The best of skinny ties, the worst of skinny ties.

    1:40:20: We love you all. Thank you, and good night!


    ERA CHEAT SHEET PLAYLISTS:
    Bell Bottoms 1974 - 1976
    Space Kimonos 1977 - 1981
    Skinny Ties 1982 - 1987
    Black Tees 1989 - 1997
    In the End 2002 Onward

    SOCIALS:

    - Twitter: @backtrackingrox
    - Instagram: @backtrackingrox
    - Reddit: u/backtrackingrox

    1 hr 46 min
  • S1E23 Rush "Hold Your Fire" Side B

    Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs. For our first season, we've selected none other than legendary Canadian power trio Rush.


    We each pay a fabulous price, for our ticket to podcast paradise. But a spirit with a comment is a fan… with an email: [email protected].


    LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:
    Rush “Hold Your Fire”

    CHAPTERS:

    0:00: I feel so alone, gonna consult my doc about my damn Crohn’s.

    0:24: Let’s give it short script.

    0:58: I am elk, hear me bleat.

    3:03: Side B, Track One: “Lock and Key”

    13:00: Side B, Track Two: “Mission”

    23:39: Side B, Track Three: “Turn the Page”

    31:47: Side B, Track Four: “Tai Shan”

    41:20: Side B, Track Five: “High Water”

    51:20: Which fire to hold and which to extinguish?

    56:20: Time to fade these synths out, Collins.


    ERA CHEAT SHEET PLAYLISTS:
    Bell Bottoms 1974 - 1976
    Space Kimonos 1977 - 1981
    Skinny Ties 1982 - 1987
    Black Tees 1989 - 1997
    In the End 2002 Onward

    SOCIALS:

    - Twitter: @backtrackingrox
    - Instagram: @backtrackingrox
    - Reddit: u/backtrackingrox

    58 min
  • S1E22 Rush "Hold Your Fire" Side A

    Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs. For our first season, we've selected none other than legendary Canadian power trio Rush.


    A memo to a higher office? An open letter to the powers that be? To a God, a king, a head of state? Backtracking’s email would be: [email protected].


    LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:
    Rush “Hold Your Fire”

    CHAPTERS:

    0:00: As cold as Steve Inskeep.

    0:09: Hold your scripted open.

    3:00: Don’t pass over this dinner! (SFX: rimshot)

    4:28: Personal history, and an Ode to Mssrs. Carney and Chase.

    9:47: The Basics of “Hold Your Fire”

    14:16: In praise of Peter Collins and the gosh done gear.

    19:22: Syme gilds the rose? Or buries the lede? Or blows it?

    27:44: Side A, Track One: “Force Ten”

    37:55: Side A, Track Two: “Time Stand Still”

    57:26: Side A, Track Three: “Open Secrets”

    1:03:09: Side A, Track Four: “Second Nature”

    1:11:07: Side A, Track Five: “Prime Mover”

    1:17:46: It’s so long it’s like time is standing still.


    ERA CHEAT SHEET PLAYLISTS:
    Bell Bottoms 1974 - 1976
    Space Kimonos 1977 - 1981
    Skinny Ties 1982 - 1987
    Black Tees 1989 - 1997
    In the End 2002 Onward

    SOCIALS:

    - Twitter: @backtrackingrox
    - Instagram: @backtrackingrox
    - Reddit: u/backtrackingrox

    1 hr 21 min
  • S1E21 Rush "Power Windows" Side B

    Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs. For our first season, we've selected none other than legendary Canadian power trio Rush.


    In the secret well of emotions, buried deep in our email: [email protected].


    LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:
    Rush “Power Windows”

    CHAPTERS:

    0:00: Day drinking for the people.

    0:13: Scripted Open, Abbr.

    2:17: Side B, Track One: “Territories”

    15:28: Side B, Track Two: “Middletown Dream”

    33:20: Side B, Track Three: “Emotion Detector”

    46:18: Side B, Track Four: “Mystic Rhythms”

    54:00: The Best Power and the Worst Windows

    58:20: Microsoft’s Power Windows 1985


    ERA CHEAT SHEET PLAYLISTS:
    Bell Bottoms 1974 - 1976
    Space Kimonos 1977 - 1981
    Skinny Ties 1982 - 1987
    Black Tees 1989 - 1997
    In the End 2002 Onward

    SOCIALS:

    - Twitter: @backtrackingrox
    - Instagram: @backtrackingrox
    - Reddit: u/backtrackingrox

    1 hr 1 min
  • S1E20 Rush "Power Windows" Side A

    Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs. For our first season, we've selected none other than legendary Canadian power trio Rush.


    Big money got a mean streak. Big money got no email: [email protected].


    LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:
    Rush “Power Windows”

    CHAPTERS:

    0:00: Raf, what are you talking about?

    0:40: …A lot of useless scripted open.

    3:33: BPOE #2616

    4:50: The Basics

    6:53: Hugh Syme, Dimo Safari, & Neil Cunningham

    9:05: An Aside Regarding Boardner’s

    10:40: And we’re back to Syme-Time.

    12:48: Montserrat, Peter Collins, and Synthchronicity

    26:38: Side A, Track One: “The Big Money”

    38:40: Side A, Track Two: “Grand Designs”

    48:00: Side A, Track Three: “Manhattan Project”

    1:07:07: Side A, Track Four: “Marathon”

    1:16:20: Get this marathon over the finish line.


    ERA CHEAT SHEET PLAYLISTS:
    Bell Bottoms 1974 - 1976
    Space Kimonos 1977 - 1981
    Skinny Ties 1982 - 1987
    Black Tees 1989 - 1997
    In the End 2002 Onward

    SOCIALS:

    - Twitter: @backtrackingrox
    - Instagram: @backtrackingrox
    - Reddit: u/backtrackingrox

    1 hr 20 min
  • S1E19 Rush "Grace Under Pressure" Side B

    Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs. For our first season, we've selected none other than legendary Canadian power trio Rush.


    Trying to change your program? Trying to change the mode? Crack the code? Use the following text string for an email overload: [email protected].


    LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:
    Rush “Grace Under Pressure”

    CHAPTERS:

    0:00: http://www.coachshorts.com

    0:52: The Abbreviated Scripted Open

    1:27: Personal Memories of Barrie, Ontario

    6:49: Ye Olde Mid-Album Check-In

    10:15: Side B, Track One: “The Body Electric”

    19:38: Side B, Track Two: “Kid Gloves”

    28:05: Side B, Track Three: “Red Lenses”

    33:40: Side B, Track Four: “Between the Wheels”

    48:44: All Tracks Considered

    53:53: Vaya con robots, amigos.


    ERA CHEAT SHEET PLAYLISTS:
    Bell Bottoms 1974 - 1976
    Space Kimonos 1977 - 1981
    Skinny Ties 1982 - 1987
    Black Tees 1989 - 1997
    In the End 2002 Onward

    SOCIALS:

    - Twitter: @backtrackingrox
    - Instagram: @backtrackingrox
    - Reddit: u/backtrackingrox

    56 min

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Backtracking is the music podcast where three old friends, Dan, Raf and JW, take a second listen to influential albums, track by track. Season 1 covered the entire Rush catalog. Season 2 went deep on…

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