Led Zeppelin and Rush song knockout?
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Topic: Led Zeppelin and Rush song knockout?
Posted By: TexasKing
Subject: Led Zeppelin and Rush song knockout?
Date Posted: May 16 2017 at 14:38
| I prefer ALS by far. It doesn't have boring and repetitive moments as Hemispheres. |
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Posted By: DDPascalDD
Date Posted: May 16 2017 at 14:42
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Both could be done in half the time they conjure up in the studio version., although they both contain a lot of energy, that makes it weak. I should re-listen if I'd want to choose, tough choice. ------------- |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: May 16 2017 at 15:14
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That would be Hemispheres, wouldn't it? What's on Presence isn't exactly everyone's favorite (I've heard), and Hemispheres just shines (what about the repetitiveness). ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: cemego
Date Posted: May 16 2017 at 15:30
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Hemispheres is one of my favorite Rush albums. Unlike most fans, the Side 1 Hemisphere's epic is my favorite part of the album. ------------- listen to streaming stuff! no commercials! http://wmom.servemp3.com:8000/listen.pls |
Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: May 16 2017 at 15:51
Yep.  ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
TexasKing wrote:Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: May 16 2017 at 15:51
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Hemispheres ------------- |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: May 16 2017 at 16:12
| Hemispheres, but not by much really. |
Posted By: Thatfabulousalien
Date Posted: May 16 2017 at 16:23
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Hemispheres by far ------------- 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 |
Posted By: maryes
Date Posted: May 16 2017 at 17:58
| Both are great, but Hemispheres is more complex work |
Posted By: DeadSouls
Date Posted: May 16 2017 at 18:14
| I can't stand Rush. |
Posted By: Thatfabulousalien
Date Posted: May 16 2017 at 18:45
Neither, but I still pick Hemispheres  ------------- 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 |
Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: May 16 2017 at 20:31
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Led Zeppelin’s Achilles Last Stand by a country mile. I am a fan of Rush, but never felt that their longer pieces held together too well. I’m much more into their 80s period (from Moving Pictures through Hold Your Fire).
------------- “Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: May 16 2017 at 21:29
| Achilles Last Stand, easily. Even though my prog fandom would like to prefer Rush, I actually think Led Zeppelin has more monster songs than Rush, and Achilles is one of them. And no, cutting it in half just wouldn't do. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: May 16 2017 at 21:30
| And does Hemispheres meand Cygnus X book 2? |
Posted By: Thatfabulousalien
Date Posted: May 16 2017 at 21:48
Yes it does :) ------------- 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 |
Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: May 17 2017 at 02:09
Both songs should have been longer  And Rush fans who don't care for Hemispheres? wtf???  ------------- We all live in an amber subdomain, amber subdomain, amber subdomain. My face IS a maserati |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: May 17 2017 at 06:55
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Hemispheres by a continental mile. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: gr8dane
Date Posted: May 17 2017 at 07:44
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2 bands that may not be in my top 100. But Achilles is my favourite Zep song. Hemispheres is on one of 2 Rush albums that I listen to at all. Zep gets the vote today. ------------- Shake & bake. |
Posted By: Kepler62
Date Posted: May 17 2017 at 08:18
| Hemispheres is probably the only Rush album I own. Mine has the red disc. Remember buying it just for that reason. I don't even own any Zeppelin albums. Led who? |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: May 17 2017 at 09:09
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^Led who? A resounding Ouch! ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: May 17 2017 at 10:28
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Rush ------------- 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: Catcher10
Date Posted: May 17 2017 at 11:20
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Rash -------------   
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: May 17 2017 at 11:37
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RUSH! ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: May 17 2017 at 13:35
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absolutely love both can't decide ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: May 17 2017 at 14:20
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By the way every time I listen to "the song remains the same" I think it's a Rush song... |
Posted By: Upbeat Tango Monday
Date Posted: May 17 2017 at 18:03
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This one's a no-brainer! Hemispheres by FAR. Achilles Last Stand is one of Led Zeppelin's worst songs: repetitive,simplistic, overlong and almost unbearable. ------------- Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: May 18 2017 at 04:30
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Hemispheres blew my mind on first listen, but I've come to think of it as the worst track on that album... It's full of great ideas, but there's too much repetition of themes. Achilles last stand however is incredible. The driving excitement of that track held together by Bonhams drums never fails to move me, so it gets the vote. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: May 18 2017 at 04:38
I like both songs but for all those who are criticizing Hemipheres for repetitiveness, Achilles suffers from the same affliction. ------------- We all live in an amber subdomain, amber subdomain, amber subdomain. My face IS a maserati |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: May 18 2017 at 04:50
That's true. I guess it comes down to whether what is being repeated has the effect on the individual of excitement or irritation. Repetition can have either effect, as dance music often illustrates. ALS to me is like driving at high speed in a sports car on a deserted autobahn, whereas Hemispheres feels like rattling along an uneven dirt track in a covered wagon..  ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: May 18 2017 at 05:05
| Led leads |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: May 18 2017 at 10:25
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This is a close call. I love both songs!!! Hemispheres by an inch.
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: May 18 2017 at 13:22
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Need to relisten to those.......never thought all that much of either. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: May 18 2017 at 14:22
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Achilles for me. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: May 18 2017 at 17:27
| L.Z. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: May 18 2017 at 21:55
| Now, the question would rather be, "Achilles Last Stand" or Vand Der Graaf Generator's "Sleepwalkers". |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: May 19 2017 at 04:54
You could get your wish. The concert version from Vienna 1980 has an under 7 minute performance. It worked better as the full version. There's quite a lot happening in Achilles. As for Rush their tour versions of Cygnus 1 and 2 made the work far more cohesive. |