Your 2 most fave Rush epic tracks?
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Topic: Your 2 most fave Rush epic tracks?
Posted By: TexasKing
Subject: Your 2 most fave Rush epic tracks?
Date Posted: November 26 2016 at 12:54
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Between these 7 Rush epic tracks with a length over 10 minutes what are your two faves? My choice: 2112 and Xanadu. I can rank the rest: Necromancer, The Camera Eye, The Fountain of Lamneth, Cygnus X-1 Book I: The Voyage and Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres as least fave. Your choice and ranking?
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Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: November 26 2016 at 13:57
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"Necromancer" and "X-1, Book I". -------------  
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Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: November 26 2016 at 14:29
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Xanadu, just over 2112. ------------- -- Frank Swarbrick Belief is not Truth. |
Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: November 26 2016 at 16:20
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Hemispheres, Camera Eye |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: November 26 2016 at 18:31
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Jeffro wrote:Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: November 26 2016 at 18:53
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Hemispheres followed by 2112. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: A_Flower
Date Posted: November 26 2016 at 22:43
I will have what they are having! ------------- User Banned for this Post |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: November 27 2016 at 04:54
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Xanadu. Gave my second vote to The Fountain of Lamneth (had to choose between this one and The Camera Eye). ------------- 
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Posted By: fudgenuts64
Date Posted: November 27 2016 at 05:14
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The Fountain of Lamneth is my favorite probably because somehow it touched me shortly after an acid trip when I forgot to stop my media player from going through my collection. I woke up listening to something by Rush I never heard and it's disjointed structure made me go "what album is this?" until I checked and saw it was an epic. Loved it ever since. Second goes to Cygnus part 2. That one is always just a great listen but it took me awhile to realize that. ------------- 
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Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: November 27 2016 at 08:36
| 2112 |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: November 27 2016 at 10:11
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2112 and Cygnus Book 1. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: HemispheresOfXanadu
Date Posted: November 27 2016 at 10:15
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2112 and Book II ------------- https://twitter.com/ProgFollower" rel="nofollow - @ProgFollower on Twitter. Tweet me muzak. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: November 27 2016 at 11:31
| Definitley 2112, and Xanadu as a second, I guess. |
Posted By: maryes
Date Posted: November 27 2016 at 13:24
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exactly order XanadúCygnus X-1 Book II Hemispheres 2112 Cygnus X-1 Book I The Voyage The Necromancer The Fountain of Lamneth The Camera Eye
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Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: November 27 2016 at 17:59
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Necromancer and 2112 have the most hard rockin' moments so I went for those two. ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: November 27 2016 at 20:09
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2112/Hemispheres ------------- |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: November 28 2016 at 04:54
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2112 followed by Xanadu, with Book II a close third. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Libor10
Date Posted: November 28 2016 at 09:51
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I remember that moment back in the year 1980 (or was it in 1981 ?) when I heard Rush for the first time (I was happy enough to hear 2112 record as the first ever Rush album) and my astonishment I felt then. It is 2112 suite which started my Rush affection (especially for their 70's and 80's works). And so - can I vote differently? No! 2112 proudly gets my vote. ------------- 
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: November 28 2016 at 12:32
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Cygnus 1 & 2 ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: November 28 2016 at 14:16
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The two from A Farewell to Kings. ------------- 
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Posted By: Pastmaster
Date Posted: December 14 2016 at 23:53
| The Necromancer and Cygnus X-1. |
Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: December 15 2016 at 08:07
Almost every time I listen to Camera Eye, It takes me to a different place. Such a great song. I especially like to listen to it on cool, rainy days. No idea why. lol Some will say it's boring. To those people, I say they miss the point but whatever, liking or not liking is a personal thing. For Hemispheres, it is the Rush epic to end all epics. Yes, over 2112. At least for me. As far as the rest of the list, only 2112 and Fountain of Lamneth would never be listed high for me. 2112, while great, never clicked with me like it did for most Rush fans. I love Fountain but I don't love it more than Xanadu, Necromancer, and Cygnus X-1 Book I: The Voyage. On any given day, those songs could also be my 1 and 2. If I had to rank them all in preference today it would go like this Camera Eye Hemispheres Xanadu Necromancer Cygnus X-1 The Fountain of Lamneth 2112
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Posted By: Modrigue
Date Posted: December 15 2016 at 08:29
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2112 and Cygnus X-1 Book I ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqf2srRfppHAslEmHBn8QP6d_eoanh0eW" rel="nofollow - My compositions |
Posted By: Sailor21Prog12
Date Posted: December 29 2016 at 11:23
| Definetly Necromancer and The Voyage (especially the ending). Too bad Natural Science wasn't a choice (that middle part, hot damn!), it was ProgRush at it's best. |
Posted By: andreol263
Date Posted: December 29 2016 at 11:57
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Hemispheres and 2112 ------------- 
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Posted By: doompaul
Date Posted: December 29 2016 at 12:38
| 2112 and Xanadu |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: December 29 2016 at 22:57
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Is Jacob's Ladder an epic? Can't remember. Thought it was. |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: December 30 2016 at 17:35
this |
Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: December 30 2016 at 17:37
Looks to be just 10+ minute tracks that were included. I may have voted for Jacob's Ladder if it was in here, though. ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: December 30 2016 at 17:41
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Lamneth Necromancer/Camera Eye (cheated to mention 3)  |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: December 30 2016 at 21:19
Is that all there is to define "epic"? Jacob's ladder hardly fits usual song format, it builds and creates a wonderful atmosphere. The very essence of symphonic, er, I mean prog rock. So all they had to do was throw in another solo and it would be epic. Ah, what a swizz. |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: December 30 2016 at 21:25
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Xanadu ~ Book II -------------   
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: December 31 2016 at 01:40
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Jacob's Ladder and Natural Science. Out of these options, The Camera Eye and Hemispheres. |