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    Posted: November 10 2008 at 20:07
What do you think?

I think (with a lot of thought):

1 Ghost of a chance
2 Between the wheels
3 The analog kid
4 YYZ
5 A passage to Bangkok
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Points: 12600 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 10 2008 at 20:10
So impossible...head would explode-

Those are good calls though!!



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"Limelight"
"La Villa Strangiato" (overall guitar performance...not just solo)
"The Camera Eye"
"Mission"
"Free Will"

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I'll just give a shout out for "Kid Gloves" and leave it there.  Wink
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The Camera Eye (my all-time favorite song tied with Jacob's Ladder)
Jacob's Ladder (not flashy, but it creates one hell of a mood)
Lock And Key (didn't see that one coming, did you?)
Armour & Sword (a modern classic)
Vapor Trail (see "Jacob's Ladder" again )

Very, very subject to change
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YYZ x5.

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Points: 64351 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 10 2008 at 21:23
though I was/am a big Rush fan, I didn't really like Alex's solos until he began to mature as a player and stopped his Jimmy Page-style 'as many notes as possible' approach..  his more minimal style that emerged on Signals and Grace Under Pressure I think is much more interesting
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In no particular order, I'll go for these at the moment:

1. YYZ
2. Freewill
3. Cut to the Chase (hot stuff!)
4. Earthshine (yes- as the above poster stated, minimal isn't bad)
5. Cold Fire (I think this one has that cool guitar solo in it, I could be wrong...my Rush isn't at hand right now)
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Points: 16913 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 10 2008 at 22:20
Originally posted by NaturalScience NaturalScience wrote:

I'll just give a shout out for "Kid Gloves" and leave it there.  Wink



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I was wondering if anyone would have the balls to mention that one. 




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La Villa Strangiato
Faithless
The Necromancer
Limelight
By tor and the Snow dog
Freewill
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Fly by Night,  why aybody hasn't mentioned that one yet?
La Villa Strangiato, overwhalming
Eartshine, sooooooo... nice?
Freewill
YYZ

need to hear again all Rush stuff, but first 2 options are a must in my list
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Freewill, by far

YYZ 
Xanadu
Tom Sawyer
La Villa Strangiato

All have good ones too
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Points: 825 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 11 2008 at 07:18
BRAVADO. magical, concise, atmospheric solo.
one of RUSH's personal fave to.

plus i like the one he did on PT's “anesthetize“
progressive rock and rural tranquility don't match. true or false?
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