Rush MIDI Archive @ Cygnals

When you're done here, you'll also wanna check out:

http://www.rushmidi.com/ - I'm guessing it has more files and more organization than this place!

Other Cygnals pages you'll wanna see:

Rush Concert Pics & Subdivisions

Cygnals Home Page

Scott Simpson's page (the author, yo)

Zines: Cygnals

Other music: Ween, Cub

July 2008: I have not updated this page in nearly eight years. Seriously, dudes, there are better midi sites out there. This was one of the first (the first, maybe?) and was one of the best for a long long time, but there are better out there now for sure. This web site was cool back in 1997, but others have picked up the torch. Find them. Praise them. I'll leave this stuff up just for the sake of completeness.

FYI, I recorded a coupla Rush cover songs for my first album. Visit www.bigasssuperstar.com for more.

between-the-wheels.zip (17k) All piano.
big-money.zip (29k) Good rendition.
big-money-2.zip (63k) Even better. Wow.
body-electric.zip (21k) All piano.
bravado.zip (50k) Even the solo sounds good.
broons-bane.zip (3k) Not bad.
camera-eye.zip (45k) Must have!
camera-eye-2.zip (24k) So-so.
closer-to-the-heart.zip (11k) Unique. Hm.
closer-to-the-heart-2.zip (53k) Better, still not quite right.
closer-to-the-heart-3.zip (15k) Nice, but same rhythm problem as the first one.
closer-to-the-heart-4.zip (72k) The definitive version. Great.
countdown.zip (44k) Another must-have.
distant-early-warning.zip (21k) All piano.
dreamline.zip (20k) I don't like it.
enemy-within.zip (25k) Sounds cheezy.
entre-nous.zip (21k) Well done.
farewell-to-kings.zip (25k) Piano and drums.
fly-by-night.zip (14k) Uninspiring.
freewill.zip (24k) No drums - a bit sparse, thin, but alright.
hemispheres.zip (12k) All piano.
la-villa-strangiato.zip (62k) Not spot-on, but worth a listen. (runs 9:20!)
la-villa-strangiato-2.zip (38k) Runs 8:56. No drums.
leave-that-thing-alone.zip (53k) Some sections good, others annoying.
limelight.zip (14k) Just guitar, but good.
limelight-2.zip (15k) Very synthy but good.
losing-it.zip (7k) Bleh!
losing-it-2.zip (13k) Bleh! Even worse! Horrible!
losingit.zip (35k) (Cakewalk) Much better.
madrigal.zip (11k) Kinda nice, but lose the drums.
manhattan-project.zip (52k) Whoa, great!
marathon.zip (36k) Good, but not accurate.
marathon-wrk.zip (45k) (Cakewalk) Much better.
middletown-dreams.zip (57k) If you like this song...
mission.zip (47k) Quite nice.
new-world-man.zip (46k) Mmm, pretty good.
red-barchetta.zip (18k) Synthy, no drums.
red-barchetta-2.zip (35k) Better.
red-barchetta-3.zip (17k) All-piano, still good.
red-sector-a.zip (54k) Could be better, especially drums.
red-sector-a-2.zip (72k) Much better. Very very very good. Drums are damn near perfect.
roll-the-bones.zip (35k) Uneven, but the notes are there.
roll-the-bones-2.zip (34k) A tiny bit better.
show-don't-tell.zip (11k) No drums, too synthy, but ok.
show-don't-tell-2.zip (89k) Much, much better. With drums. Yay!
spirit-of-radio.zip (22k) No drums, but "A+" for effort.
spirit-of-radio-2.zip (8k) Sounds bizarre on my GUS PnP!
spirit-of-radio-3.zip (13k) Another "interpretation" -- interesting at least.
spirit-of-radio-4.zip (59k) Rhythm slightly off, but a very good full-sounding try at it.
stick-it-out.zip (27k) Hard to do on a synth, but good shot!
subdivisions.zip (33k) Pretty fine job.
subdivisions-2.zip (49k) Quiet, but again, pretty good.
subdivisions-3.zip (21k) Not a faithful interpretation, but interesting.
subdivisions-4.zip (20k) Hmm. Still not quite right.
time-stand-still.zip (49k) Pretty good.
time-stand-still-2.zip (71k) Much much better.
tom-sawyer.zip (8k) Ha! Don't bother.
tom-sawyer-2.zip (41k) Get this one instead. Very good.
tom-sawyer-3.zip (76k) Actually, get this one. It's better.
vital-signs.zip (25k) No drums, a bit jingly.
weapon.zip (24k) Pretty good, worth getting ...
weapon-2.zip (37k) ... but this one's even better!
witch-hunt.zip (15k) Synthy, no drums. Pity.
yyz.zip (35k) You'll like it.
yyz-2.zip (30k) You'll like this one too.

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The individual MIDI files are © by their original authors, although I guess you could really say copyright by the songwriters. Just so you don't think I did any of the MIDI work here. I didn't. AFAIK, these renditions of obviously copyrighted songs are in the public domain. If you know otherwise, let me know.