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Poll Question: Tom Sawyer or Necromancer?
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    Posted: October 13 2016 at 11:26
Which Rush song you prefer and why? 

I prefer Necromancer, and for me it's not even close. Tom Sawyer is so overrated, Necromancer is so underrated!
The main reason: Lifeson's amazing and underrated guitar work, esp. in the part III Return of the Prince. Necromancer is in my top 5 personal favorite Rush songs. 


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For me, Tom Sawyer isn't overrated, it's over exposed. After 35 years, I simply don't need to hear it anymore.

The Necromancer is one of my all time favorite Rush songs. In fact, I like Caress of Steel more than 2112 (gasp! shock! harrumph!)


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Going for TS. I haven't heard the song in years, but it's as close to AOR that Rush ever got but still remained genuine.
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Bastille/Necromancer/Lamneth, all 3 smoke Tom Sawyer. 

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^Yeah, I know, but who's going to vote for TS then? An uneven poll to say the least.
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Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

Bastille/Necromancer/Lamneth, all 3 smoke Tom Sawyer. 

Agreed!
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

^Yeah, I know, but who's going to vote for TS then? An uneven poll to say the least.


I've never known Moving Pics to have any trouble with affection around here?  Highest rated Rush album on PA, even higher rated than HemispheresSmile

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Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

^Yeah, I know, but who's going to vote for TS then? An uneven poll to say the least.


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Yeah, Finn, I know. But sometimes we get "I'm more prog than thou" and state the more complex and less popular, so I took the more popular. Both are good to me at certain times. But still unevenly matched, IMO.
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The Necromancer because of the epic little yarn it unravels (among other things).
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Tom Sawyer.
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I like both, but Tom Sawyer is the better of these two.
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Necromancer subjectively (and the one I voted for) maybe Tom Sawyer objectively. (Better production, more mature writing, moferatelybetter lyrics, more solid guitar solo on Sawyer... But Necromancer is just too darned fun)
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Originally posted by HemispheresOfXanadu HemispheresOfXanadu wrote:

Necromancer subjectively (and the one I voted for) maybe Tom Sawyer objectively. (Better production, more mature writing, moferatelybetter lyrics, more solid guitar solo on Sawyer... But Necromancer is just too darned fun)
I just realized that I subjectively like Tom Sawyer, but objectively dislike it's popularity. Confused  Time for me to hit up on some math rock, or KC, or Johnny Cash for Christ sakes.
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I think "The Necromancer" is a great song, but Tom Sawyer (even super-exposed) wins this game!

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Necromancer.
It just sounds more "raw" than Tom Sawyer (which is awesome in its own right).
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Not a massive fan of TS but the voice in Necromancer is a bit silly.
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Necromancer for me too, it has always been one of my favorite Rush songs and by far the best track on COS.
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Hmmm...not a huge Rush fan but I'll take Sawyer over Necrodancer....which has this awful narration voice in it.
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