Xanadu
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Topic: Xanadu
Posted By: Yukorin
Subject: Xanadu
Date Posted: May 24 2008 at 05:54
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Straight fight:
The best song Rush ever made or Olivia Newton-John.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qH_PPzcpeBw - http://youtube.com/watch?v=qH_PPzcpeBw
(Rush)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7m1UWSD-FaA - http://youtube.com/watch?v=7m1UWSD-FaA
(Olivia)
(is it just me or was she dynamite)? ------------- 
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Replies:
Posted By: Yorkie X
Date Posted: May 24 2008 at 06:04
Just love the way Olivia uses those temple blocks and bell trees and wind chimes at the beginning of the song gonna have to go with her besides Rush's version is far too commercial and the movie wasn't that good !   |
Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: May 24 2008 at 06:38
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I want to hear Rush play You're the One That I Want. Not sure who'd sing Travolta's part...
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 24 2008 at 08:10
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Rush - Xanaduright Olivia - Xanadudu  Though I'll admit Olivia is cuter than anyone in Rush.  ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Kurpij
Date Posted: May 24 2008 at 10:19
Rush ------------- 
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: May 24 2008 at 11:47
If it was straight up fight between Geddy and Olivia it would be too close to call. I can't put into words how much i hated the Travolta/John stuff back then.Still haven't watched "Grease" even though my daughter still plays it(one of her favs). Now the song "Xanadu" by RUSH always amazed me back in the late seventies. In my little bedroom at my parents house i had this cheap used record player and i spent a lot of time spinning that LP,but "Xanadu" always intrigued me because of how it took you on a journey and the way the song changed moods and tempo so often. Only Yukorin would come up with this poll. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: May 24 2008 at 11:49
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I knew first the Olivia`s Xanadu and actually loved it, i still like it, but c`mon, the Rush Xanadu is wonderful! ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: May 24 2008 at 11:56
| Rush's Xanadu is a masterpiece, probably their best song ever. There is no possible comparison with Olivia's song of the same title - moreover, being a woman, I can't even claim that she is cuter than any member of Rush (who are not so unpleasant to look at, btw... I've seen much worse in my lifetime). |
Posted By: JROCHA
Date Posted: May 24 2008 at 14:22
| X A N A D U ! |
Posted By: Yukorin
Date Posted: May 24 2008 at 14:36
Where's micky when you need him? -------------
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Ghost Rider wrote:Posted By: Yukorin
Date Posted: May 24 2008 at 14:41
Seen worse? Those three knife-jacked the ELP juggernaut-express thumbing a lift in '72 -------------
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Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: May 24 2008 at 15:19
I'd Xanadu that. Seriously, though. Rush's version is one of their better songs. The other one was only really listenable in video format. |
Posted By: Relayer09
Date Posted: May 24 2008 at 17:19
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I'd rather Xanadu Olivia Newton John she was pretty hot back in the day. ------------- If you lose your temper, you've lost the arguement. -Proverb |
Posted By: One-Eyed Joker
Date Posted: May 24 2008 at 18:01
| the original is always better. ESPECIALLY in prog |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: May 24 2008 at 19:37
| Rush although Olivia was some eye candy back in the day. |
Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: May 25 2008 at 00:54
| Rush wins the battle of Xanadus, but there are few songs more beautiful than Olivia's Suspended in Time from that same album. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 25 2008 at 01:20
Checked out her web site, still pretty cute, eh?   And Rush...  OK, not sure if I'd find them cute if I were attracted to men. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Relayer09
Date Posted: May 25 2008 at 10:10
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oooooo that Geddy Lee with his come hither stare. ------------- If you lose your temper, you've lost the arguement. -Proverb |
Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: May 25 2008 at 12:31
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Oh definitely Olivia, wouldn't give those talentless monkeys my vote if i were paid... Rush only got where they are and were because of their great looks and mainstream appeal...
------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 25 2008 at 13:02
What's really funny is that I didn't have to work too hard to post either of those pics, and come to think it of those Rush guys are really trying to do a come hither stare. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: May 25 2008 at 14:16
Olivia could be airbrushed, still looks good though. Geddy needs to cut his hair it is the 21st century afterall. |
Posted By: horsewithteeth11
Date Posted: May 25 2008 at 16:29
I almost feel like starting something about that, but I don't feel like it'd be worth it. Oh well, you're entitled to your opinion I guess  ------------- 
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Posted By: mithrandir
Date Posted: May 25 2008 at 16:43
| I chose Olivia, not out of irony either |
Posted By: Clepsydra
Date Posted: May 25 2008 at 16:50
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Isn't it the same song??? Rush covered it well, though
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 25 2008 at 18:56
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They turned me into a newt, but I got better.
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Posted By: Prof.
Date Posted: May 25 2008 at 20:55
What are you talking about, Alex at the time was as cute as a button.
Going with Rush on this one.
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Posted By: Relayer09
Date Posted: May 25 2008 at 23:41
Well as long as they don't weigh the same as a duck they aren't witches. ------------- If you lose your temper, you've lost the arguement. -Proverb |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: May 26 2008 at 09:14
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When I saw Olivia popping up on the TV for the first time, some five years before she sunk into Grease, I was impressed by her looks, not by her song.
When I heard Xanadu (Rush) for the first Time, I was even more impressed.
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 26 2008 at 11:07
What is that? Some sort of unified Xanadu theory?  ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: May 26 2008 at 11:10
I think we should combine the two. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 27 2008 at 07:56
Just so happens I have a program, Morpheus, that can Xanadudo that. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Yukorin
Date Posted: May 27 2008 at 08:18
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Oi! Leave her alone! -------------
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 27 2008 at 20:41
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Olivia Geddy Newton Lee?
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Posted By: honganji
Date Posted: May 27 2008 at 21:32
Olivia~~~~ 
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: May 27 2008 at 21:43
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Citizen Kane
------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: May 27 2008 at 21:45
Or made out of wood ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?"
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 27 2008 at 22:43
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Now I'm thinking I really got it backwards. I should have changed Geddy and company into a Newt(on). Yeah, maybe even a Fig Newton... No, in all fairness, Rush's came first, so they should come first in the transformation. Let's see if I can turn all of Rush into three Newton Johns, bwahahahahah!!! But, I'll have to get back with you later... ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: steve j
Date Posted: May 28 2008 at 15:08
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Not really a fair poll. Perhaps if someone does the same exercise on ONJ website we might get an interesting result!!
I hadn't played the Rush version for some time (Ok you got me - I actually played the tracks), I had forgot how good this track was.
The Rush track for me!
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: May 29 2008 at 12:20
I know what you mean:  -------------  Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |