I don't think I can pick just one? Maybe a dozen or so? Even that would be hard for me. My choices would change after hearing another Rush song. Hehe...
For today I'll go with Lessons. Tomorrow might be Xanadu, Anthem, Circumstances, The Trees, Natural Science, 2112 Suite, Entre Nous, Freewill, Fly By Night, Lakeside Park, etc... The list goes on and on. lol
Anthem, 2112 Grand Finale, Cygnus X-1, La Villa, Entre Nous, Afterimage, Time Stand Still, Superconductor, Where's My Thing, Half The World, How It Is
Funny someone brings this up now. I took a long drive today for a work trip to Massachusetts and brought with me their last two studio albums Snakes and Clockwork Angels and despite multiple attempts over the years, I find both of them totally unlistenable beyond two songs (Far Cry and Malignant Narcissism). Snakes is largely a mid tempo dirge of bad lyrics and non existent melodies and Clockwork is a thick dense wall of distorted noise also with non existent melodies and crappy vocals by Geddy which I don't enjoy saying. He did the best he could given the lyrics he was handed which were almost impossible to set to good music IMHO
I know the band, especially Neil, considered Clockwork to be their late career masterpiece but I literally can't sit through it. It's like work lol
I really like Aimee Mann's vocals and it always makes me melancholy thinking about how fast my kid's are growing up.
I never get depressed thinking about my own age or mortality, but every time I hear the end of that song:
Quote:
....Summer's going fast
Nights growing colder
Children growing up
Old friends growing older
Freeze this moment
A little bit longer
Make each sensation
A little bit stronger
Experience slips away
Experience slips away
The innocence slips away...
it really makes me think about life and priorities.
Many Rush fans dislike that era of the band...too keyboard-centric and not heavy enough but I've always considered that song one of the best overall they ever wrote
It's such an obvious choice I think most of us want to go deeper. Its like saying Satisfaction is your favorite Stones song or Yesterday your fav Beatles tune
a Rush fan until Moving Pictures like a lot of my generation.
Tom Sawyer, Limelight, Red Barchetta, etc.
so Time Stand Still isn't that much of a departure IMO.
I did go back caught up over the years on their older stuff, but I still consider Moving Pictures the one that hooked me and not just their biggest commercial success, but their best overall album, so I'm not in the same category of some fans.
Most of my favorites are among the biggest commercial successes. besides Time Stand Still and Moving Pictures the album, I like Spirit of Radio, Freewill, Closer to the Heart, The Trees, Working Man, Subdivisions, etc.
For his first and middle names. All the men in my and my wife's family are coincidentally named Tom. We call him by his middle name. He has a pretty good theme song.
Spirit of Radio is one of the greatest Rock songs of all time, IMO... Â
...perfection. I remember hearing it for the first time as a jaw-dropping, WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST HEAR moment - from the insane opening guitar lick, to the balls-to-the-walls sound of the hook that the piece is built upon - awesome crescendo's repeatedly hit - the song is designed to deliver emotions normally reserved for live performance, and it does that in spades.
It took me a solid 2 months of work before I could nail the sick bass lick during the transitions into the hook.
Amazing song - RUSH pushed the technical envelope in a big way in the late 70's, really raised the bar for popular Rock and Roll in a way nobody had since YES and King Crimson first hit.
Yes, RUSH has more complex and thought provoking pieces than this one, but it's always been my favorite.
Entre Nous - ( New Window )
Can't decide
For today I'll go with Lessons. Tomorrow might be Xanadu, Anthem, Circumstances, The Trees, Natural Science, 2112 Suite, Entre Nous, Freewill, Fly By Night, Lakeside Park, etc... The list goes on and on. lol
Subdivisions - ( New Window )
Far Cry - ( New Window )
Live at the Hammersmith Odeon - 1978 (from Different Stages CD) - ( New Window )
I will also admit that Spirit of Radio is a fantastic song. Brilliant drums as always by Neil Peart.
Territories - ( New Window )
No, he uses a Pretenders song. Although I did hear him use Fly By Night as a bumper song between commerical breaks once a long time ago
No One at the Bridge - ( New Window )
Funny someone brings this up now. I took a long drive today for a work trip to Massachusetts and brought with me their last two studio albums Snakes and Clockwork Angels and despite multiple attempts over the years, I find both of them totally unlistenable beyond two songs (Far Cry and Malignant Narcissism). Snakes is largely a mid tempo dirge of bad lyrics and non existent melodies and Clockwork is a thick dense wall of distorted noise also with non existent melodies and crappy vocals by Geddy which I don't enjoy saying. He did the best he could given the lyrics he was handed which were almost impossible to set to good music IMHO
I know the band, especially Neil, considered Clockwork to be their late career masterpiece but I literally can't sit through it. It's like work lol
That's one of my favorite Alex solos.
I never get depressed thinking about my own age or mortality, but every time I hear the end of that song:
Nights growing colder
Children growing up
Old friends growing older
Freeze this moment
A little bit longer
Make each sensation
A little bit stronger
Experience slips away
Experience slips away
The innocence slips away...
it really makes me think about life and priorities.
I never get depressed thinking about my own age or mortality, but every time I hear the end of that song:
Quote:
....Summer's going fast
Nights growing colder
Children growing up
Old friends growing older
Freeze this moment
A little bit longer
Make each sensation
A little bit stronger
Experience slips away
Experience slips away
The innocence slips away...
it really makes me think about life and priorities.
Many Rush fans dislike that era of the band...too keyboard-centric and not heavy enough but I've always considered that song one of the best overall they ever wrote
It's such an obvious choice I think most of us want to go deeper. Its like saying Satisfaction is your favorite Stones song or Yesterday your fav Beatles tune
Tom Sawyer, Limelight, Red Barchetta, etc.
so Time Stand Still isn't that much of a departure IMO.
I did go back caught up over the years on their older stuff, but I still consider Moving Pictures the one that hooked me and not just their biggest commercial success, but their best overall album, so I'm not in the same category of some fans.
Most of my favorites are among the biggest commercial successes. besides Time Stand Still and Moving Pictures the album, I like Spirit of Radio, Freewill, Closer to the Heart, The Trees, Working Man, Subdivisions, etc.
It took me a solid 2 months of work before I could nail the sick bass lick during the transitions into the hook.
Amazing song - RUSH pushed the technical envelope in a big way in the late 70's, really raised the bar for popular Rock and Roll in a way nobody had since YES and King Crimson first hit.
Yes, RUSH has more complex and thought provoking pieces than this one, but it's always been my favorite.