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03-26-2007, 08:54 PM
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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....
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03-26-2007, 08:59 PM
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03-26-2007, 09:26 PM
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03-26-2007, 09:34 PM
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03-26-2007, 09:45 PM
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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.....
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03-26-2007, 10:15 PM
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03-26-2007, 10:18 PM
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03-26-2007, 10:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland, Oregon | | | 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!
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03-26-2007, 10:54 PM
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03-26-2007, 11:01 PM
|  | Ojo. | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Beaumont/Calimesa, CA | | wow... xanadu, cygnus x-1, circumstances, la villa strangiato, freewill... so many good ones!
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03-26-2007, 11:19 PM
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03-26-2007, 11:53 PM
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If the gun is to my head and I have to pick, I'd probably pick either La Villa Strangiato or Natural Science.
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03-26-2007, 11:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Adelaide, Australia | | | 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...
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03-27-2007, 12:36 AM
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03-27-2007, 04:40 AM
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then of course, there's limelight, subdivisions...i really like kid gloves
....and driven is a drummer's dream....
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03-27-2007, 04:46 AM
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03-27-2007, 06:19 AM
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03-27-2007, 07:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Peter Squire 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!
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03-27-2007, 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by scottice 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.
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03-27-2007, 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Atoz +1... It's my 9 year-old's favorite song of all time. We play it everytime we're in the car together. |
YAY!!!!!
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