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06-04-2006, 07:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Sudbury, Canada | | | Greatest Rush Song...
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What is the greatest Rush song ever, they have so many, and I have not have found one that I dislike yet, and I have ten albums so far.
So far, I'm convinced that the greatest song by them is
Instrumental: La Villa Strangiato
All Together: 2112 Overture (whole thing)
Secondly, best album?
Hemispheres, in my opinion
What do you guys think?
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06-04-2006, 07:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Clarksville, AR | | tom sawyer rocks 
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06-04-2006, 07:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Brampton, Ontario | | | lakeside park is my favorite. |
06-04-2006, 07:47 PM
|  | no really, smokemeth&hailsatan | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pueblo, CO | | | 2112, By-Tor and the Snow Dog, and Bastille day are my personal favorites. |
06-04-2006, 07:48 PM
| | no really, smokemeth&hailsatan | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pueblo, CO | | | Album would be 2112. |
06-04-2006, 09:03 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Long Island, NY | | | I am partial to Subdivisions myself, definitely my favorite.
And I'll cheat on the album and say Chronicles, lol!
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06-04-2006, 09:15 PM
| | | | Best Album: Realllly close. For me, it's between Hemispheres and Moving Pictures. Both have their really good songs, and I think it's a tie.
Best Instrumental: La Villa Strangiato. That song is a composition fit for the gods. If I ever get as good as Lifeson, I will be amazed.
Best Lyrics: We all know that Neil is an amazing lyricist. Subdivisions, Limelight, Red Sector A and A Farewell to Kings all really hit home for me. I don't really know what can win. There's just so much symbolism and complexity in their songs. I don't think I can pick one here.
Best Bass Riff: Probably Freewill or YYZ. YYZ has some great fills.
Best Guitar Solo: YYZ live has some great stuff, but I think I'm gonna have to say La Villa Strangiato. Oh God, great stuff.
Best Drum Solo: It's really between Der Trommler and O Baterista. O Baterista wins out. |
06-04-2006, 09:31 PM
|  | I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize! | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Ottawa, Canada | | | Best song: subdivisions. If you ever grew up in the Burbs, this song just nails the feeling.
Best album: Rock in Rio. I am a sucker for live albums and this is one of the best. |
06-04-2006, 10:01 PM
|  | put a bird on it | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Minnesota | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by FreeSpirit lakeside park is my favorite. | +1
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06-04-2006, 10:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New York, NY | | | I can't pick a best song. They're all so different, every single song sounds completely unique to me. My favorites tend to go between Middletown Dreams, Cold Fire, Subdivisions, and Prime Mover. That's not to diminish any other song, or any other era. I have ears for the production and writing of 82-present Rush, but I love every part of their career.
Favorite albums for me are Power Windows, Signals, and Counterparts. |
06-04-2006, 10:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NYC & Vancouver, BC | | | I like the tune YYZ. |
06-04-2006, 10:14 PM
|  | TalkBass' resident Bongo + Cowbell player | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Bucaramanga, Colombia, South A | | La Villa Strangiato is simply a masterpiece. The rock band in which I play started as sort of a Rush tribute band and LVS was the first song we rehearsed. After all these years, still blows my mind (Coincidentially, I played it last night in my first gig with my Ric  ).
For best album, my vote goes to Moving Pictures.
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06-04-2006, 10:15 PM
|  | Knowledge is Good - Emile Faber | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Pleasant Hill, CA | | | "Circumstances"
"Vital Signs" is a close second
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06-04-2006, 10:25 PM
| | TalkBass' resident Bongo + Cowbell player | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Bucaramanga, Colombia, South A | | | One thing I will never understand is why they had to put those stupid lyrics in the middle of La Villa Strangiato as played on "Exit... Stage Left". That's a great album, but I hate that version of LVS because of the "bonus" lyrics. |
06-04-2006, 10:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Woodlands Texas | | | best song- closer to the heart (can't beat the bass line and tone), the spirit of radio a close second
best album- permanent waves and hemispheres |
06-04-2006, 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Alvaro Martín Gómez A. One thing I will never understand is why they had to put those stupid lyrics in the middle of La Villa Strangiato as played on "Exit... Stage Left". That's a great album, but I hate that version of LVS because of the "bonus" lyrics. | I noticed that, but I don't find they take away from anything. Besides, that is an incredible live album.
My favorite song is probably the YYZ from that live album.
Favorite album is Moving Pictures. |
06-04-2006, 10:59 PM
| | | | Hard to say really. I love all the periods the band's gone through (and I have a special fondness for the sound and instrumentation of the Permanent Waves/Moving Pictures/Signals era), but I really believe their *songwriting* skills have come a long long way since the earlier days. The Presto album in particular contains some just masterful songwriting (The Pass, Presto, and Available Light).
Plus I think it's awesome how these guys are better players in their 50's than they were in their 20's-30's! Geddy in particular. I've always thought he was a great bassist, but he's started to get downright insane over the last few years, in both technique and feel. |
06-04-2006, 11:05 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ohio | | | Best song? I Think I'm Going Bald |
06-04-2006, 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Alvaro Martín Gómez A. One thing I will never understand is why they had to put those stupid lyrics in the middle of La Villa Strangiato as played on "Exit... Stage Left". That's a great album, but I hate that version of LVS because of the "bonus" lyrics. | It's just some random goofiness... kinda like how these days in LVS, Alex Lifeson heads to the mic and starts some weird stream-of-consciousness babble session about pirates or whatever.  |
06-04-2006, 11:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Prince Edward Island | | | Noone else likes Vital Signs the best?
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