Rush song knockout
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Topic: Rush song knockout
Posted By: TexasKing
Subject: Rush song knockout
Date Posted: February 20 2017 at 11:44
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Which Rush song is more beloved by you? For me Freewill all the way, because Lifeson's guitar work and Geddy's bass work stand out much more in this song than RB.
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Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: February 20 2017 at 11:51
| Oh boy, this will be tough. Two of my all time favorite Rush tunes. Gonna have to think about this |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 20 2017 at 12:09
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Once again I vote for Red Barchetta. ------------- 
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: February 20 2017 at 12:14
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Two of the best songs from their last great era, that pleasant rebound from Hemispheres. Slight edge to Freewill. |
Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: February 20 2017 at 12:18
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Now this actually is a tough choice. Both great hard rock numbers. I think I'll go with Freewill in the end, though. ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: February 20 2017 at 12:40
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I'll go for Freewill, mainly for that amazing instrumental section. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: February 20 2017 at 12:40
Indeed! ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
TexasKing wrote:Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: February 20 2017 at 12:57
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Two votes in a row from me for Red Barchetta. Not that Spirit of Radio isn't great too. ------------- 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: Catcher10
Date Posted: February 20 2017 at 13:49
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Posted By: TexasKing
Date Posted: February 20 2017 at 14:21
Honestly, an OVERRATED song with MEDIOCRE lyrics!
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: February 20 2017 at 14:47
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Freewill is great, but any song about driving fast gets my vote. Playing Red Barchetta whilst lapping Croft racing circuit in a 4.5l sports car is hard to beat. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: February 20 2017 at 15:42
If driving fast in a cool car that you found in a barn, down some mountainside roads is OVERRATED or MEDIOCRE, then you my friend enjoy your walk in the park feeding the birds   -------------
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Posted By: TexasKing
Date Posted: February 20 2017 at 15:50
I bet none of Rush guys was a good driver of fast sports cars. So I don't get why then they made a song about fast car.
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Posted By: Pastmaster
Date Posted: February 20 2017 at 16:54
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I choose Freewill. One of Lifeson's best solos in that track.
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Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: February 20 2017 at 16:58
| Hard choice. Went with Freewill. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: February 20 2017 at 17:39
| Tough one but I love the guitar solo in Freewill. Freewill for me. |
Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: February 20 2017 at 20:54
I bet none of them were philosophers either... didn't stop them from writing songs about that  ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: February 21 2017 at 05:02
| Went with Barchetta this time but honestly, this is a toss up. Tomorrow I could just as easily go for Freewill |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: February 21 2017 at 06:18
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love both but again My uncle has a country place ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: February 21 2017 at 06:25
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Tough choice. Went with Barchetta. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: AZF
Date Posted: February 21 2017 at 06:55
| I still have made a choice! |
Posted By: TexasKing
Date Posted: February 21 2017 at 07:34
| 17:12 votes for RB? I really don't get why is Red Barchetta the most beloved Rush song everywhere. What is so SPECIAL and UNIQUE about that song, can someone explain me? |
Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: February 21 2017 at 08:56
Why does it have to be SPECIAL and UNIQUE? Why can't it simply be because people like the song better?
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Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: February 21 2017 at 10:17
It's a fast-paced song about cars with a catchy riff. Sounds awesome when you're driving. Nuthin' much to it. ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: mechanicalflattery
Date Posted: February 21 2017 at 10:20
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In all fairness, there's not exactly much special or unique about Free Will either. *insert joke about how this applies to all Rush songs*
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Posted By: TexasKing
Date Posted: February 21 2017 at 12:44
| To be fair I really like R30 and ESL version of song Red Barchetta, it's really great. But the studio version on Moving Pictures is totally decent to my ears and nothing special. |
Posted By: HemispheresOfXanadu
Date Posted: February 21 2017 at 14:19
Was expecting Freewill to win for the guitar/bass/drum solo. Glad to see Red Barchetta winning because it's getting my vote too.  ------------- https://twitter.com/ProgFollower" rel="nofollow - @ProgFollower on Twitter. Tweet me muzak. |
Posted By: Dopeydoc
Date Posted: February 21 2017 at 14:53
| Freewill |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: February 21 2017 at 14:55
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Freewill ------------- 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: micky
Date Posted: February 21 2017 at 16:45
indeed.. as have I.. ZZTOP!!!!!! smokes either of those sissy songs... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: February 24 2017 at 08:52
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Barchetta ------------- |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: February 24 2017 at 09:08
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Knockout? How 'bout knock it off, already. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: aglasshouse
Date Posted: February 24 2017 at 10:21
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Granted with practically every Rush song you're looking at about a half-cheese, half-serious experience. What you gravitate towards more is up to you. Barchetta is the good, well-aged cheese, though. ------------- http://fryingpanmedia.com |
Posted By: maryes
Date Posted: February 28 2017 at 09:10
| Freewill is a fantastic song , a classic tune whit a great performance of Rush, however... Red Barchetta is more varied , starting with guitar harmonics in counterpoint with bass , and following mixing hard/prog in a perfect way ! |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: July 21 2017 at 13:21
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Both are great songs but I went with Freewill. One of the the best examples of shifting through different time signatures of any songs I have ever encountered. |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: July 22 2017 at 05:08
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If you choose to decide, your choice is made through freewill. For once it's the lyric that decide me on a tune. Red Barchetta, another song about a car could've been done by the Beach Boys. If they were a brilliant prog band. |
Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: July 24 2017 at 04:56
Great. Now I have "Little Deuce Barchetta" in my head. Thanks a lot 
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