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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%]
1 [2.08%]
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    Posted: February 20 2013 at 14:56
Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

But Permanent Waves is the perfect album..

Actually, I quite like the four shorter songs on that album. And also, it's not that I dislike those two longer songs, it's that I just like them less than the rest of Rush's epics.
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By-Tor and Lamneth are nearly tied for me, but Lamneth is what I'm voting for. It's not really an epic in my opinion, just several songs with a theme tying them together. By-Tor is saved by Neil's drumming and Alex's solo in that one live album.
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Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

But Permanent Waves is the perfect album..


I've always found it a cold and unmemorable island in the midst of many classics. I like Spirit of Radio, but even the opening guitar riff is annoying to me.
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But Permanent Waves is the perfect album..
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After more listens to Caress of Steel recently, the two epics from that album have really begun to grow on me.

My least favorites of Rush's epics would have to be one of the ones from Permanent Waves, though I don't quite know which one. Geek
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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by freyacat freyacat wrote:

 
 
By-Tor is the dispensable track on the list in my opinion, because it fails to meet one essential criterion for an epic - the story, however fantastical, must be a metaphor for something we can possibly relate to.  

I didn't even realise these were the rules.
 
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By that logic, you'd have to eliminate The Necromancer as well.  And, taking that further, unless you've lived through the apocalypse, you'd have to eliminate Supper's Ready.  And everything by Jon Anderson is immediately off the table. 
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Originally posted by freyacat freyacat wrote:

 
 
By-Tor is the dispensable track on the list in my opinion, because it fails to meet one essential criterion for an epic - the story, however fantastical, must be a metaphor for something we can possibly relate to.  

I didn't even realise these were the rules.
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I concur with the shock of those posters who cannot imagine someone voting against the Fountain of Lamneth.  It's like a Yes fan voting against "Heart of the Sunrise."
 
By-Tor is the dispensable track on the list in my opinion, because it fails to meet one essential criterion for an epic - the story, however fantastical, must be a metaphor for something we can possibly relate to.  The simple plot of man vs. beast fails to reveal anything other than a conflict between man and beast.
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I fail to see how any Rush fan can vote Fountain of Lamneth.
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Hmm...to me The Necromancer is definitely flawed, the work of a band trying to find their sound, but I agree with Steve that it's special in that it's a unique song in Rush's catalog.  No song before or after (until Vapor Trails) had the same layered, psychedelic feel to it.  I mean, there's three or four guitar parts going on at once in parts of that song.  As a narrative it's a bit lame, but I think the fact that Alex basically tells the whole story with his guitar makes up for it.  It's basically one long guitar solo, punctuated by lyrics.

Caress of Steel as a whole is somewhat of an oddball.  Some of the parts are - dare I say - experimental?  You have the dissonant psychedelic noodling in The Necromancer; the percussion solo with screaming in Fountain...in some ways it's their "proggiest" album.
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Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by thellama73 thellama73 wrote:

I agree that both Fountain and Necromancer are flawed and awkward, but I can't help liking them. The whole album has a certain idiosyncratic charm.

I like them too. But if I have to choose.....

You'd go with By-Tor.

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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by thellama73 thellama73 wrote:

I agree that both Fountain and Necromancer are flawed and awkward, but I can't help liking them. The whole album has a certain idiosyncratic charm.

I like them too. But if I have to choose.....

You'd go with By-Tor.

Most definitely not. 

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Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by thellama73 thellama73 wrote:

I agree that both Fountain and Necromancer are flawed and awkward, but I can't help liking them. The whole album has a certain idiosyncratic charm.

I like them too. But if I have to choose.....

You'd go with By-Tor.

Most definitely not. 
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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by thellama73 thellama73 wrote:

I agree that both Fountain and Necromancer are flawed and awkward, but I can't help liking them. The whole album has a certain idiosyncratic charm.

I like them too. But if I have to choose.....

You'd go with By-Tor.
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Originally posted by thellama73 thellama73 wrote:

I agree that both Fountain and Necromancer are flawed and awkward, but I can't help liking them. The whole album has a certain idiosyncratic charm.

I like them too. But if I have to choose.....
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I agree that both Fountain and Necromancer are flawed and awkward, but I can't help liking them. The whole album has a certain idiosyncratic charm.
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by sagichim sagichim wrote:

Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:

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.

I like that smooth psychedelic vibe with those low pitched vocals too. And that totally kicking ass middle part is too awesome.Clap
The speaking voice on Necromancer just cracks me up, I can't take it seriously. It's all a bit too Spinal Tap.

LOL I still like it.
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Originally posted by sagichim sagichim wrote:

Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:

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.

I like that smooth psychedelic vibe with those low pitched vocals too. And that totally kicking ass middle part is too awesome.Clap
The speaking voice on Necromancer just cracks me up, I can't take it seriously. It's all a bit too Spinal Tap.
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Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:

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.

I like that smooth psychedelic vibe with those low pitched vocals too. And that totally kicking ass middle part is too awesome.Clap
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