I just watched the R30 Concert and they ended with Living In The Limelight and it got me thinking. "What is the best 'overall' rush song?"

I've liked "limelight" for a long time, but I've also been crazy about 'xanadu'.

any other thoughts??? taking into consideration bass, lyric and overall composition....

I'll turn this into a poll later....

I've gotta go with the one right before they say, "Thank you, good night."

"La Villa Strangiato" is my all-time favorite rock instrumental.

Subdivisions

I have to pick just one, huh?

Probably Anthem...

However, Xanadu, La Villa Strangiato and Hemespheres are so close it is hard to tell.

And I have to comment, the sound on the Brazil stuff is unbelieveable! So much bottom end and mid out of Geddy's bass...I have seen them live probably 8 - 10 times and musically, I don't think they have ever sounded better.....

fly by night

Cygnus X-1 and Circumstances are tied for #1!

If I had to pick one... then mine has got to be Red Barchetta. When I hear it I want to drive fast. I can almost feel the wind whipping past me. What's better than a story from father to son about a car? Great stuff!

For me, you just can't beat Tom Sawyer

wow... xanadu, cygnus x-1, circumstances, la villa strangiato, freewill... so many good ones!

i'll say jacob's ladder. :bassist:
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distant early warning is my favorite Rush song.

Wow, one?!?!?!?!? I dont know if I can pick just one.

If the gun is to my head and I have to pick, I'd probably pick either La Villa Strangiato or Natural Science.

too many, too hard to choose.

so many eras with different flavours:

early rush - i really like Bacchus Plateau from Caress of Steel and By-Tor from Fly by Night

mid-rush - anything from Permanent Waves, but perhaps Different Strings and Entre Nous

late-mid-rush - Red Barchetta and Between The Wheels and Analog Kid

art-rock-rush - Emotion Detector, Presto and definitely The Pass

return-to-rock-rush : Between Sun and Moon, Dog Years, Totem, How It Is

so yeah, my favourite...

Leave that Thing Alone, if I had to choose one.

definitely 'the spirit of radio.' that's the song that hooked me.

then of course, there's limelight, subdivisions...i really like kid gloves


....and driven is a drummer's dream....

OMG this is hard. Probably between Fly By Night and Passage to Bangkok.

Prime Mover, Grand Desings, Mission, Time Stand Still and Force 10 all come to mind...hard to pick!

too many, too hard to choose.

so many eras with different flavours:

early rush - i really like Bacchus Plateau from Caress of Steel and By-Tor from Fly by Night

mid-rush - anything from Permanent Waves, but perhaps Different Strings and Entre Nous

late-mid-rush - Red Barchetta and Between The Wheels and Analog Kid

art-rock-rush - Emotion Detector, Presto and definitely The Pass

return-to-rock-rush : Between Sun and Moon, Dog Years, Totem, How It Is

so yeah, my favourite...

See, I had thoughts like that too....how can you pick just one, especially since their music is rather diverse...and all good...so I bit the bullet and chose Anthem as that is the one rumbling round in my skull lately...

But you pretty much nailed the best way to pick....

+100!

If I had to pick one... then mine has got to be Red Barchetta. When I hear it I want to drive fast. I can almost feel the wind whipping past me. What's better than a story from father to son about a car? Great stuff!

+1... It's my 9 year-old's favorite song of all time. We play it everytime we're in the car together.

+1... It's my 9 year-old's favorite song of all time. We play it everytime we're in the car together.


YAY!!!!!

The Trees.

I once wrote a paper based on it to exemplify personification. Got an 'A'. Yay, Rush!

For me it has to be 2112 though Cygnus X-1, Different Strings, and
Countdown are close behind (as well beneath and between)

Witch Hunt!

Driven from Test for Echo.
Killer bass sound on the album and live

The minute I think I can answer another great title pops up... I just can't do it!!!

This should of been a top 5 songs question....well, even that is hard to do. They all kick ass!

Redbarchetta for me

I forgot, what?, about 'spirit of radio' but, that one really gets my adrenaline flowing!!!, but limelight is metaphorical for our physical/spiritual existance?? if your into that kinda thing... :D

i've always loved Spirit of Radio lyrically...

Picking just one is tough, but I'd probably have to say "Red Barchetta".

Picking just one is tough, but I'd probably have to say "Red Barchetta".
+1, and +1.

Right now, I'd have to say Vital Signs, but that could change tomorrow.

Graeme

i have to say i like train to bangkok... but as far as intros... no song can beat YYZ IMO

Spirit of the Radio

right now?

probably hemispheres. but ask me again in a week and it will be different

Picking ONE is impossible for me.

But I'm going to put up "Cinderella Man" because it's one of my top faves that hasn't been mentioned in this thread yet.

-M

right now?

probably hemispheres. but ask me again in a week and it will be different
That's a good one. The lyrics are very interesting.

Graeme

Picking ONE is impossible for me.

But I'm going to put up "Cinderella Man" because it's one of my top faves that hasn't been mentioned in this thread yet.

-M

ive always had cinderella man in my top 5. not a very popular tune though

I like A Farewell to Kings, every song on Hemispheres, Red Barchetta, Limelight, and +1 to whoever mentioned Witch Hunt!

By the way, I just watched the Rush Replay X3 DVD and it was extremely good, especially the Exit Stage Left concert. Not a bad song in that show! Highly reccommended.

nevermind my hemispheres. im listening to presto, one of my favourite albums ever, and every song i hear i think "this one, this one is my favourite"

Subdivisions.

There are "bad" RUSH songs?

Red Barchetty

:smug:

WOW one 'huh? :eek:

just can't do it sorry

hemispheres
circumstances
freewill
cygnus x-1

all honesty i would probably have to say hemispheres for me, too many great tunes to say just one.

Tough one...

Suprised no one mentioned it, so I will:

Lessons off of 2112. From the fade in to the fade out, great tune. Beautiful fluid, melodic bassline, then heavy and great vocals!! (not to mention that sweet high hat fill)

"No, you didn't listen again!!!"

I'm always partial to Everyday Glory.

Vital Signs is a very interesting song...I love the live version from Grace Under Pressure tour.

Tears is gorgeous.

as of right now its The Pass. such a beautiful and inspiring song


subject to change in minutes

Earthshine is hard to beat!

Too hard to choose, but my top 3 are probably Xanadu, The Fountain of Lamneth and Subdivisions.

Tom Sawyer, YYZ, Limelight, Xanadu, Closer to the Heart, everything off of there 'Feedback' cd. all of the Rush music that i have heard RAWCKS. if there are BAD Rush songs, tell me, i wont believe it until i see it.

Subdivisions, Red Barchetta, The Trees, Closer to the Heart, Lakeside Park, Bastille Day, Vital Signs (bizarre tune!)... Oh man, I could go on and on and on.

Just found out they are playing 20 minutes from me on 7/29 this year. Luckily we weren't booked, so I reserved that night off. I WILL be there.

Just found out they are playing 20 minutes from me on 7/29 this year. Luckily we weren't booked, so I reserved that night off. I WILL be there.

I'll definitely be at that show too. Hopefully they'll have the roof fixed over the pavillion by then.

I've got a 12 row ticket in the front stalls to the Newcastle show on October the 5th! I'm really gonna get to see Rush! :D :D :D :D

Yeah!

Rush will be in my old hometown early in September...I may have to catch that show and take my oldest son with me....that way momma can't whine....:D

BTW, I just heard some new stuff off the upcomming cd...pretty coooool. Kind of a modern version of the original sound....can't remember the name of the tune, but it was good!

Lot's of the old bottom end, guitar and less techo stuff...
:bassist:

As long as they still write banging tunes, I'll listen, but I will concede that 1986-1991 were the glory days!

All Rush kicks ass, "Tai Shan" being the exception.

I'll definitely be at that show too. Hopefully they'll have the roof fixed over the pavillion by then.Very cool!

I'm thinkin' everything will be fixed by then. Honestly, I don't even care, I just wanna see Rush again! :hyper:

Ok, my favourite rush song is Tears from 2112... it's a really simple song, but i heard that album for the first time like 16 years ago and still from time to time i find myself singing that song...
A farewell to kings was the first rush album i ever heard and some of the songs there are amongst my favourites too.

I cant pick one so Ill pick the one i am listening to right now - The Trees

I really like the bassline in "tears".

The heart and mind divided into-- HEMISPHERES!

The whole "Cygnus" series is ridiculously awesome.

Hemispheres...

Camera Eye.

Hemispheres
Witch Hunt


Those who know what's best for us
Must rise and save us from ourselves.

There is no way to pick just one, especially since I've been a Rush Fan since '73 when my broter brought back he first "Moon" pressing of Rush. But "La Villa Strangiato" and "YYZ" always spring to mind, as my drummer and I always jammed these two at every practice. Hemispheres and Entre Nous are also there

My favorite Rush song is Circumstances, off my favorite Rush album, Hemispheres.

I'll narrow it down to three...
1. Tom Sawyer
2. Subdivisions
3. Chemistry :)

Early Rush - Anthem
Later - Spirit Of Radio, Tom Sawyer, , Limelight, Red Barchetta, Camera Eye
Later still - Big Money

No prizes for guessing my favourite album.

wow has no one here heard of any albums past power windows?

presto, roll the bones and test for echo all have some awesome songs on them.

Don't forget about Limbo from Echo.

La Villa Strangiato, YYZ, Spirit of Radio, Circumstances, Subdivisions, Trees, Closer To The Heart, Free Will, Distant Early Warning, Time Stand Still, Manhattan Project


What kind of wierdos are you people who can actually pick ONE?


Back in High School, I turned in several English papers on the work of the poet, Peart. And the teacher didn't twig to them as rock lyrics until another student, who had done the same thing, sang her a piece of 'Hemispheres'. After that she specifically excluded rock lyrics from poetry papers.