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Flight123 
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 Topic: A Rush Song vs. A Genesis Song
Posted: March 15 2016 at 09:45 |
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Both songs are powerful with a sense of space and momentum to mirror the allegorical subject matter of the lyrics. This creates interesting musical tensions (primarily through variegated middle sections). So, which one is most effective?
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Posted: March 15 2016 at 10:23 |
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Tom Sawyer is a mega-hit whilst 'Motherlode is merely an also-ran.
Edited by Rednight - March 15 2016 at 10:23
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Posted: March 15 2016 at 10:29 |
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Tom Sawyer.
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Posted: March 15 2016 at 12:16 |
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Gotta be Tom Sawyer!
Behind Deep in the motherlode is a fantastic idea which should have been developed a little more in my opinion. It was a great concert opener though (as was Tom Sawyer of course)
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Posted: March 15 2016 at 12:39 |
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Tom Sawyer for me
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Posted: March 15 2016 at 13:57 |
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Genesis
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Posted: March 15 2016 at 14:01 |
I'm probably the wrong person to answer the question in the poll. 
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Posted: March 15 2016 at 14:10 |
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Deep in the Motherlode is one of the five songs that I like from ATTWT. But it is not a match for Tom Sawyer.
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Posted: March 15 2016 at 15:08 |
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Never really got into Motherlode (has a pretty interlude though).
Tom Sawyer kicks ass severely !!
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Posted: March 15 2016 at 18:11 |
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Deep in the Motherlode. I was never a big fan of Tom Sawyer.
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Posted: March 15 2016 at 19:47 |
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Rush
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Posted: March 15 2016 at 20:03 |
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I love ATTWT but Tom Sawyer is just perfect.
Edited by fudgenuts64 - March 15 2016 at 20:04
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Posted: March 15 2016 at 21:52 |
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I don't understand the poll---one is an arena rock anthem hit---and the other is just a Genesis song.
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Posted: March 15 2016 at 22:08 |
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Neither.
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Posted: March 15 2016 at 22:45 |
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Tom Sawyer.
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Posted: March 15 2016 at 23:14 |
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Motherload is a very good song indeed... but there's no contest with Tom Sawyer,
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Posted: March 16 2016 at 00:03 |
 Blacksword wrote:
Gotta be Tom Sawyer!
Behind Deep in the motherlode is a fantastic idea which should have been developed a little more in my opinion. It was a great concert opener though (as was Tom Sawyer of course) |
I found this was the case with a lot of ATTWT. They were still a prog rock band but the pieces felt kind of truncated to me. Maybe it should have been a 2 LP set! Tom Sawyer is a perfect piece so I voted for Deep In The Motherlode - it has very subtle moments while Tom Sawyer has more hooks than a fishing fleet giving it that more immediate appeal.
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Posted: March 16 2016 at 01:18 |
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If you had picked a Gabriel/Hackett-era prog song, this would be no contest.
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Flight123
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Posted: March 16 2016 at 04:25 |
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I picked the songs because they were comparable - there isn't anything similar in the Gabriel/Hackett canon (possibly Firth of Fifth but that is very different in construction). The pairing was inspired by listening to the Archives live version of 'Motherlode' when the similarity struck me - in terms of allegorical context; and distance.
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Jeffro
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Posted: June 22 2016 at 10:48 |
Dellinger wrote:
Motherload is a very good song indeed... but there's no contest with Tom Sawyer, |
Deep in the Motherload is a great song. One of the few I truly like off that album but yeah no contest with the modern day warrior
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A Rush Song vs. A Genesis Song
