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Which Rush epic do you prefer?
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    Posted: November 03 2018 at 15:44
Rush only did two side long epics (not counting COS which feels like individual songs to me)so here we go.

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I absolutely adore both.

But Hemispheres was just the right record at just the right time in my life with some VERY special memories attached.

I know I'm in the minority, but on a personal level, I have to give it to Cygnus X-1 pt II.
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pffff....  neither and other...
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Hemispheres. But if I could pick one Rush composition, epic or not, it would be either "Xanadu" or "La Villa Strangiato"
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Hemispheres is most exceptional.  
but 2112, dated though it may be, will always hold a most special place in my collection. 
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Originally posted by Morningrise Morningrise wrote:

Hemispheres. But if I could pick one Rush composition, epic or not, it would be either "Xanadu" or "La Villa Strangiato"


My two favourites as well, although Hemispheres is in the top 10.
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2112 by a very small margin.
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Hemispheres.  I like 2112 a lot, but it often sounds like many disjointed pieces stuck together compared to Hem which seems much more thoughtfully composed.  I think it shows just how much Rush grew in composition skills over the 3 years between them.
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2112 has a special place in my heart.  This was the first thing I heard from Rush and I heard it just before the band hit it big.  I saw it in the Columbia House catalogue, read their review and thought, "Meh, I'll try it."  I plugged in the 8-track and my jaw hit the floor.  I never looked back, I bought everything they had available at that point.

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2112 easily, perhaps my very favourite Rush song. I don't even like Cygnus that much... it's nice and all, but kind of too repetitive or something.

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Originally posted by Morningrise Morningrise wrote:

Hemispheres. But if I could pick one Rush composition, epic or not, it would be either "Xanadu" or "La Villa Strangiato"

Agreed (except I like "2112" better than "Hemispheres"). As far as prog goes, those two are the peak for Rush.
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Impossible choice. I had to vote for both equally.
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Hemispheres.
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As much as I like 2112 I'm going to have to go with Hemispheres(what I call it). I used to play the cassette tape back when I would walk through the bus terminal when visiting my mother back in the day. Hemispheres sort of became my bus terminal theme music. I realize that parts of it could be considered repetitive but the same could be said about Close to the Edge and especially Karn Evil 9. I really like the otherworldly mellow section towards the end.  
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2112.
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2112 it´s very special for me cause was my first exposure from Rush, love both but voted 2112
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Originally posted by Morningrise Morningrise wrote:

Hemispheres. But if I could pick one Rush composition, epic or not, it would be either "Xanadu" or "La Villa Strangiato"
 

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I so wanted to pick 2112, as much as I dearly love that epic and album, as OP asked about both? Anyhow, Hemispheres is brilliant, considering the time when it was created.
I look at Hemispheres as the more grown up version of the Rush epics, 2112 still has that kid/video game feel to it.....It does not get any better than those two epics.
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I dig them both equally.
Different "feels" to them.
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