これは、rubygems と redis を含めた後の Rails コンソールの出力です。
2.0.0-p353 :024 > r = Redis.new
=> #<Redis client v3.0.7 for redis://127.0.0.1:6379/0>
2.0.0-p353 :025 > r.set('foo','bar')
=> "OK"
2.0.0-p353 :026 > r.get('foo')
=> "bar"
2.0.0-p353 :033 > r.lpush('foo','bar')
Redis::CommandError: ERR Operation against a key holding the wrong kind of value
from /home/poorva/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353/gems/redis-3.0.7/lib/redis/client.rb:97:in `call'
from /home/poorva/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353/gems/redis-3.0.7/lib/redis.rb:949:in `block in lpush'
from /home/poorva/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353/gems/redis-3.0.7/lib/redis.rb:37:in `block in synchronize'
from /home/poorva/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p353/lib/ruby/2.0.0/monitor.rb:211:in `mon_synchronize'
from /home/poorva/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353/gems/redis-3.0.7/lib/redis.rb:37:in `synchronize'
from /home/poorva/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353/gems/redis-3.0.7/lib/redis.rb:948:in `lpush'
from (irb):33
from /home/poorva/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353/gems/railties-4.0.0/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:90:in `start'
from /home/poorva/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353/gems/railties-4.0.0/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:9:in `start'
from /home/poorva/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353/gems/railties-4.0.0/lib/rails/commands.rb:64:in `<top (required)>'
from bin/rails:4:in `require'
from bin/rails:4:in `<main>'
2.0.0-p353 :034 > r.lpush(foo,'bar')
NameError: undefined local variable or method `foo' for main:Object
from (irb):34
from /home/poorva/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353/gems/railties-4.0.0/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:90:in `start'
from /home/poorva/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353/gems/railties-4.0.0/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:9:in `start'
from /home/poorva/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353/gems/railties-4.0.0/lib/rails/commands.rb:64:in `<top (required)>'
from bin/rails:4:in `require'
from bin/rails:4:in `<main>'