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02-05-2010, 06:42 PM
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....just wondering what other Rush fans like...for me personally, Prime Mover off Hold Your Fire has always been a fav.
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02-05-2010, 06:44 PM
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02-05-2010, 06:54 PM
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02-05-2010, 07:14 PM
|  | Friends, Romans, Bass Players... | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Spencer, MA, USA | | | Unfortunately, I don't have a favorite. I like them all, from Finding My Way (the first song on Rush) to We Hold On (the last song on Snakes and Arrows).
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02-05-2010, 07:17 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Boston, MA | | | Actually, not just for bass, but for all three of them; listen to the breakdown during Alex's solo in Freewill. In my mind, that's them in their prime, simply majestic. |
02-05-2010, 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by bwest9  Actually, not just for bass, but for all three of them; listen to the breakdown during Alex's solo in Freewill. In my mind, that's them in their prime, simply majestic. | Ageed!  |
02-05-2010, 07:19 PM
| | | | Digital Man's a good choice. I'd go for......Anthem maybe, or MalNar..... or Limelight..... or Big Money... Ahh!!!! They're all sooooo good!!! lol
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02-05-2010, 07:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Somewhere but not here | | | Roll the Bones, New World Man, and Freewill are my current favorites. But they are all good. Oh yeah, Lessons is a good one too. |
02-05-2010, 07:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Joao Pessoa, Brazil | | | Cygnus X-1's opening riff is AWESOME. The tone that Geddy could extract from that Ric on that song was the reason I started playing bass. By-Tor and the Snowdog, Hemispheres, La Villa Strangiato, Subdivisions... Most of Geddy's basslines are great, I just can't choose a favorite.
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02-05-2010, 07:31 PM
| | | I debated on saying that one for just that reason. It's perfection to me. Quote:
Originally Posted by bwest9 listen to the breakdown during Alex's solo in Freewill. In my mind, that's them in their prime, simply majestic. | |
02-05-2010, 07:36 PM
| | | | Gotta mention The Analog Kid also, it's too damned fun to play not to mention it. |
02-05-2010, 07:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Greenville SC | | | Nice call on freewill...had to go back and listen.
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02-05-2010, 07:42 PM
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Fly By Night- Anthem
Caress of Steel- The Necromancer
2112- 2112
A Farewell to Kings- Xanadu
Hemispheres- La Villa Strangiato
Permanent Waves- Jacobs Ladder
Moving Pictures- YYZ
Signals- Digital Man
Grace Under Pressure- Red Lenses
Power Windows- Marathon
Hold Your Fire- Turn the Page
Presto- Show Don't Tell
Roll the Bones- Where's My Thing?
Counterparts- Leave That Thing Alone
Test For Echo- Dog Years
Vapor Trails- Freeze
Snakes and Arrows- The Main Monkey Business
Sorry, can't choose just one.
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02-05-2010, 07:44 PM
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02-05-2010, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by stoolpigeon ....just wondering what other Rush fans like...for me personally, Prime Mover off Hold Your Fire has always been a fav. | I decided the same before I opened this thread. I can play it on bari sax but not bass yet. 
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02-05-2010, 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by stoolpigeon Nice call on freewill...had to go back and listen. | Just plain magical!  |
02-05-2010, 07:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Western Washington | | | YYZ. Oh, great - now I'm going to have to look up their Live in Rio video and listen to / watch it again!
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02-05-2010, 07:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Bakersfield, CA | | | Wow, this is not easy! Natural Science, Vital Signs and Xanadu were big inspirations in my first years of learning to play but, there is so much emotion in all of his bass lines.
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02-05-2010, 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by bigntasty YYZ. Oh, great - now I'm going to have to look up their Live in Rio video and listen to / watch it again! | Me too darn it! Thanx  |
02-05-2010, 07:50 PM
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