Rush: Cygnus part I or Jacob's Ladder?
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Topic: Rush: Cygnus part I or Jacob's Ladder?
Posted By: TexasKing
Subject: Rush: Cygnus part I or Jacob's Ladder?
Date Posted: February 26 2017 at 08:58
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Which of these two Rush tunes has a bigger appeal to you? |
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Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: February 26 2017 at 13:08
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Cygnus Pt. 1. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: February 26 2017 at 13:58
| Cygnus of course. |
Posted By: mechanicalflattery
Date Posted: February 26 2017 at 14:53
| Jacob's Ladder is significantly better than anything else Rush ever did. |
Posted By: maryes
Date Posted: February 26 2017 at 16:23
| Cygnus X-1 part I is my vote ! |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: February 26 2017 at 16:48
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I don't like spoken introductions very much. I also find Cygnus a bit tedious. Both songs build up, but I think Jacob's Ladder does it much better. ------------- 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: Hercules
Date Posted: February 26 2017 at 17:01
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The lyrics to Cygnus X1 are scientific b******s. Jacob's Ladder for me. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: February 26 2017 at 20:07
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Jacobs Ladder -------------   
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: February 26 2017 at 20:29
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tough call, slight edge to Jacob ------------- |
Posted By: Thatfabulousalien
Date Posted: February 26 2017 at 21:35
And that's what they say about all prog and modern classical music  ------------- Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV. https://www.soundcloud.com/user-322914325 |
Hercules wrote:Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: February 26 2017 at 21:41
| I give a slight nod to Jacob's ladder. |
Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: February 26 2017 at 21:51
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Jacob's Ladder, even if it is my least favourite song off of Permanent Waves. ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: February 26 2017 at 22:23
| I chose Jacob's Ladder. I won't say I like it a whole lot better but I find it to be the better song. Cygnus suffers from a few things in my opinion. One is the herky jerky stop start rhythm section and the other is the robot voice(right before it). Fortunately they both occur in the first few minutes of the track and it only gets better after that. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: February 26 2017 at 22:26
I wouldn't go that far but it's one of the best tracks on that album.
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: February 26 2017 at 22:27
I believe it's called science fiction. :)
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: February 27 2017 at 01:16
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Very close. Both songs would be in my Rush top ten, but today I'll go for Cygnus. Tomorrow I may vote otherwise....  ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 27 2017 at 01:39
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Jacob's Ladder is one of my favourite Rush songs... ------------- 
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: February 27 2017 at 01:51
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Cygnus. I would have a harder time if the battle was vs Natural Sciencw. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: February 27 2017 at 04:38
| Love both songs but Cygnus gets the vote. |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: February 27 2017 at 09:12
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Had to go with Cygnus. 'Ladder had the unfortunate position of being part of a mishmash of songs that uncomfortably saw the band into the '80s. It should have been on a better album as Cygnus certainly was. I do love Natural Science. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: Modrigue
Date Posted: February 27 2017 at 09:18
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Cygnus for me ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqf2srRfppHAslEmHBn8QP6d_eoanh0eW" rel="nofollow - My compositions |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: February 27 2017 at 10:28
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Definitely Cygnus. ------------- 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: digdug
Date Posted: February 27 2017 at 10:35
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Cygnus for sure ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: February 27 2017 at 18:56
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Cygnus P.I gets the nod. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Libor10
Date Posted: March 01 2017 at 08:46
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Jacob's Ladder. I love it. ------------- 
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Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: March 02 2017 at 08:19
| Both are great but really, c'mon. Cygnus by a mile!!! |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: March 02 2017 at 09:52
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No brainer (despite the voting results) Ladder is rather boring... It's a crescendoing bolero,but that's about itCygnus has got soo much going on in it.
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: March 03 2017 at 11:24
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Cygnus ------------- |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: March 14 2017 at 05:02
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Two essentials appeal. Jacob today, Cygnus tomorrow. |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: May 05 2018 at 21:14
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Cygnus I ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: May 05 2018 at 22:41
| Jacobīs is the greatest song in Permanent waves, but itīs Cygnus, one of the rare Rush songs I learned to play with bass (another one is Xanadu, also tried Tom Sawyer and YYZ, not even tried that solo part). |
Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: May 06 2018 at 00:09
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Cygnus edges Jacob's Ladder. A bit more going on. ------------- Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea. |