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Poll Question: What's your least favorite of Rush's longer tracks?
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4 [8.33%]
16 [33.33%]
4 [8.33%]
1 [2.08%]
1 [2.08%]
3 [6.25%]
3 [6.25%]
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Originally posted by thellama73 thellama73 wrote:

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Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:

The Camera Eye is "repetitive" only in the sense that it plays two very similar five minute segments twice.  It's still probably my favorite song on this list.


It's called song structure and they decided to go that way, there are very subtle nuances going on Wink


You are very defensive of the songs you like. The Camera Eye is my least favorite on the list. I too think it is repetitive and too long. It stretches a small amount of musical material out for ten minutes for no good reason.


There are plenty of Prog songs that I know are like that, but don't get bashed, why is that??
For example In The Court or The Talking Drum are way more repetitive than this song is


Edited by ProgMetaller2112 - February 15 2013 at 00:24
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Fountain for me as well. Like HolyMoly said they are few different songs put together, it's good material but as an epic I don't think it works. The Necromancer  is my favorite song here.
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The Talking Drum is meant to be repetitive though. It's sort of just a jam with no lyrics. ITCOTCK is very repetitive but then again so is most of Close to the Edge(still better than ITCOTCK though).
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Originally posted by Prog_Traveller Prog_Traveller wrote:

The Talking Drum is meant to be repetitive though. It's sort of just a jam with no lyrics. ITCOTCK is very repetitive but then again so is most of Close to the Edge(still better than ITCOTCK though).


Which part of Close To The Edge??? I haven't heard it???
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Originally posted by thellama73 thellama73 wrote:


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The Camera Eye is "repetitive" only in the sense that it plays two very similar five minute segments twice.  It's still probably my favorite song on this list.
It's called song structure and they decided to go that way, there are very subtle nuances going on Wink
You are very defensive of the songs you like. The Camera Eye is my least favorite on the list. I too think it is repetitive and too long. It stretches a small amount of musical material out for ten minutes for no good reason.
There are plenty of Prog songs that I know are like that, but don't get bashed, why is that??For example In The Court or The Talking Drum are way more repetitive than this song is


Why do you always have to mention King Crimson in every single thread? Just let people have their opinions.
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Originally posted by bytor2112 bytor2112 wrote:

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Originally posted by thellama73 thellama73 wrote:


Originally posted by ProgMetaller2112 ProgMetaller2112 wrote:


Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:


The Camera Eye is "repetitive" only in the sense that it plays two very similar five minute segments twice.  It's still probably my favorite song on this list.
It's called song structure and they decided to go that way, there are very subtle nuances going on Wink
You are very defensive of the songs you like. The Camera Eye is my least favorite on the list. I too think it is repetitive and too long. It stretches a small amount of musical material out for ten minutes for no good reason.
There are plenty of Prog songs that I know are like that, but don't get bashed, why is that??For example In The Court or The Talking Drum are way more repetitive than this song is


Why do you always have to mention King Crimson in every single thread? Just let people have their opinions.


I don't always mention King Crimson, I'll admit I mention them a lot but not always. I felt it was an example nothing moreSmile
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Originally posted by ProgMetaller2112 ProgMetaller2112 wrote:

Originally posted by Prog_Traveller Prog_Traveller wrote:

The Talking Drum is meant to be repetitive though. It's sort of just a jam with no lyrics. ITCOTCK is very repetitive but then again so is most of Close to the Edge(still better than ITCOTCK though).


Which part of Close To The Edge??? I haven't heard it???


Well Siberian Khatru is pretty repetitive and to some degree so is the title track. The whole I get up I get down thing is repeated too many times imo. If it wasn't for this it would be the best prog epic of all time and not Supper's Ready. Also, ELP's karn evil 9 from brain salad surgery(the whole welcome back my friends thing)is pretty repetitive.
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Originally posted by Prog_Traveller Prog_Traveller wrote:

Originally posted by ProgMetaller2112 ProgMetaller2112 wrote:

Originally posted by Prog_Traveller Prog_Traveller wrote:

The Talking Drum is meant to be repetitive though. It's sort of just a jam with no lyrics. ITCOTCK is very repetitive but then again so is most of Close to the Edge(still better than ITCOTCK though).


Which part of Close To The Edge??? I haven't heard it???


Well Siberian Khatru is pretty repetitive and to some degree so is the title track. The whole I get up I get down thing is repeated too many times imo. If it wasn't for this it would be the best prog epic of all time and not Supper's Ready. Also, ELP's karn evil 9 from brain salad surgery(the whole welcome back my friends thing)is pretty repetitive.


Well Siberian Khatru is repetitive but it has a certain magic and funk that I love about it and that solo(oh my)
I find Karn Evil 9 to be a mind-blower and has many different changes that I feel give it more of a boost but hell we all have our opinions of music,right??
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Yep. It was really only that "welcome back my friends" part that I think went on too much. It was in the radio edit then it pops up again later and I'm like "give me a break already." Lol. Too be fair I haven't heard the whole album in a long time.It's still very good. But yeah nobody's going to agree one hundred percent on everything. Imagine how boring it would be if we did. Smile
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I'm a bit dismayed by the lack of liking for By Tor. One of their very best songs imo.
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^And I can't believe you voted for The Necromancer Wink
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Was La Villa Strangiato (9:35) previously assumed to get no votes? It is the only lacking 8+ minute track.
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Originally posted by sagichim sagichim wrote:

^And I can't believe you voted for The Necromancer Wink

I like it, but it's a bit lame. Especially the end. Not sure even Rush like that one. But with Snow Dog people here are actually disliking it.Confused

It was close between that or The Camera Eye. Which just seems to go nowhere and in the breakdown section I bwish they had done more. Butv recently I have been listening tom it and the bass playing is amazing. After all these years it's actually growing on me.


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Originally posted by someone_else someone_else wrote:

Was La Villa Strangiato (9:35) previously assumed to get no votes? It is the only lacking 8+ minute track.



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By Tor gets my vote.

Nothing wrong with it, I simply don't like it as much as the others on the list.
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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

the Necromancer. 
Agreed, too silly for words. The sort of song that people take the p*ss out of prog for.
 
Wait a minute, Fountain of Lamneth is a bit like that, but musically it's much better.
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Originally posted by sagichim sagichim wrote:

^And I can't believe you voted for The Necromancer Wink
Because it's sh*te?
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The Necromancer.
 
To be honest, the only song I actually really like from Caress of Steel is "Bastille Day".
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

the Necromancer. 
Agreed, too silly for words. The sort of song that people take the p*ss out of prog for.
 
Wait a minute, Fountain of Lamneth is a bit like that, but musically it's much better.

I  am glad someone agrees with me. It does make me cringe a bit. It's just so.....awkward. A band learning their art. But I still like it though.
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I like the smooth psychedelic sound of The Necromancer - it's probably my favorite song on that album.  It reminds a bit of what Spirit was doing at the time (say, on "Spirit of '76).  It's really the only Rush song that sounds like that, too.
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