Signals or GuP

^ Very sorry to hear that too, Mike. Please take care, It has become a frequent occurrence in my life (every few months seem to lose someone who has been very important in my and/or my wife's lives). It does happen more as you and they get older... And I don't even have many close friends or family members. For the more sociable of you it would be worse still. Still, mourning regularly.

Catcher10 wrote: AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: I totally agree about "afterimage." I just found out recently that an old friend of mine (and a very good one at one point also) passed away recently of cancer. I'm still trying to deal with it and one of the songs I've been playing a bit of on youtube (as part of the healing process) is "afterimage." Dang man, sorry about that, so tough to deal with and process.

Thanks. It really is especially initially. The thing is I hadn't seen him in over 25 years (although I did correspond with him breifly via email just before Covid started) but it still is difficult. He was actually sort of a local icon (he was a professional poet) where he lived (where I grew up) so it's easy to find information about him and read his stuff online although I find that to be a bit painful so I don't do too much of it. It kind of reminds me of Neil's passing in a way (although a differernt form of cancer).

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - April 23 2025 at 17:04

Both are great, but I think the songwriting is consistently good to excellent on Signals whereas Grace Under Pressure is less consistent. I think the same is true if you compare Power Windows with Hold Your Fire, with Power Windows having the edge. The albums after that period are not as strong until you hit Counterparts, when they changed their sound towards grunge … but I digress. Having said that, Distant Early Warning is such a great 80s-era Rush song, so Grace Under Pressure is worth a listen. Signals was also a bold move in terms of sound coming off their best-known album, Moving Pictures. And, Subdivisions is truly a masterpiece.

Edited by Jaketejas - 15 hours 20 minutes ago at 12:31