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Ambient Hurricanes 
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 Posted: July 13 2013 at 18:01 |
 Horizons wrote:
Ambient Hurricanes wrote:
Glad to see someone else who thinks "Lessons" is a 5-star track 
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wondered what you thought of the album because it is, in many ways,
quite similar to Caress. I think that 2112 (the song) is much better
than the epics on Caress but that the shorter songs on CoS were
superior.
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I have the opposite feelings i think. I haven't listened to 2112 in a while though. |
Neither have I - there are several Rush albums that I need to brush the (metaphorical) dust off and give a listen: that one, Power Windows, T4E, and Clockwork Angels in particular (listened to it a lot when it came out, then my computer crashed and my itunes stuff wouldn't play, and haven't listened to the whole thing at once since).
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Posted: July 13 2013 at 17:58 |
Ambient Hurricanes wrote:
Glad to see someone else who thinks "Lessons" is a 5-star track
I
wondered what you thought of the album because it is, in many ways,
quite similar to Caress. I think that 2112 (the song) is much better
than the epics on Caress but that the shorter songs on CoS were
superior.
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I have the opposite feelings i think. I haven't listened to 2112 in a while though.
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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Ambient Hurricanes
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Posted: July 13 2013 at 17:56 |
Glad to see someone else who thinks "Lessons" is a 5-star track I
wondered what you thought of the album because it is, in many ways,
quite similar to Caress. I think that 2112 (the song) is much better
than the epics on Caress but that the shorter songs on CoS were
superior.
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Posted: July 13 2013 at 17:39 |
I can't rate it 5* based on the title track alone. Tears is iffy and Twilight Zone is too. Something For Nothing is a fantastic closer, but i prefer Lesson to it too.
2112 - 5* Passage- 4* Twilight - 3* Lessons - 5* Tears - 2* Something For Nothing - 4*
And besides 2112 and Lessons, none really hit me emotionally or sentimentally so it's hard to give it that edge either.
Edited by Horizons - July 13 2013 at 17:40
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Ambient Hurricanes
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Posted: July 13 2013 at 17:10 |
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What about 2112?
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Posted: July 13 2013 at 16:52 |
5* Records..
70's Caress of Steel Farewell to Kings Hemispheres 80's Permanent Waves Moving Pictures Signals Hold your Fire
Vapor and Snakes are 4* btw ;]
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Ambient Hurricanes
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Posted: July 13 2013 at 16:39 |
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Yeah, most of Rush's best albums were made after the 70s. The only 70s album from them I would call a masterpiece is Hemispheres, contrasted with 3 from the 80s (MP, Grace, and Presto) and 1 from the 00s (Vapor Trails).
HYF is probably better than anything in the 70s except for Hemispheres.
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Posted: July 13 2013 at 16:17 |
I'll say it again, and again, and again - Hold Your Fire is one of Rush's best albums. Warmth and style ooze from it.
People who say they sucked after the 70's simply have a corrupted taste in music and are prog elitists.
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Posted: July 13 2013 at 16:14 |
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Has anybody here listened to all 7 of RUSH's 80's albums in one day?
I highly reccomend it. |
I had to do a double take when I saw that. 7 80s albums? Really? I guess everyone tends to group PW and MP with the 70s stuff, and Presto with the 90s stuff, but yep, the 80s were Rush's most prolific decade. I can't believe it when people say that Rush sucked in the 80s.
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Ambient Hurricanes
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Posted: July 13 2013 at 16:12 |
Pretty much all rock bands did weed in the 70s. Rush jokes about it now. I don't see it as unusual.
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Posted: July 13 2013 at 12:20 |
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Posted: July 13 2013 at 10:05 |
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Has anybody here listened to all 7 of RUSH's 80's albums in one day?
I highly reccomend it.
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Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣
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progbethyname
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Posted: July 13 2013 at 10:03 |
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Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣
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Posted: July 13 2013 at 07:50 |
Tom Ozric wrote:
I just got an issue of the 'Prog' magazine with an interesting few pages on Rush. I wasn't aware they were fond of weed  .............they just seemed to play too well for that to have crossed my mind  ........ |
I don't know about their current views, but I do remember reading about such things happening back in the late seventies.
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Posted: July 12 2013 at 22:39 |
I just got an issue of the 'Prog' magazine with an interesting few pages on Rush. I wasn't aware they were fond of weed .............they just seemed to play too well for that to have crossed my mind ........
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Posted: July 12 2013 at 01:51 |
^Sorta. Not the comic book edition but I bought just the Blu-Ray version for my dad. Don't want to spoil it, but they make a few cameos in the comic. Great audio, though I haven't actually compared the regular CD we own to the surround sound CD.
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Posted: July 10 2013 at 22:24 |
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Anybody buy the fairly new, 2112 Blu-ray and comic book edition of the album yet?
I just ordered mine today along with an upgrade of moving pictures in audiophile 5.1.
In the great words of Stimpy or Simpson j. Cat
Oooooooooohhhhhh Joooooooooooooy!
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Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣
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Posted: July 10 2013 at 21:46 |
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Posted: July 10 2013 at 14:59 |
Ambient Hurricanes wrote:
Todd wrote:
Any thoughts on why Alex doesn't solo on Vapor Trails? |
I think it was just a different approach to songwriting that they wanted to try. To me, it works; he always played a lot of solos (you could argue too many) on the other albums, and it's kind of refreshing to hear the customary solos replaced with instrumental breaks more focused on the entire band (Secret Touch and Ceiling Unlimited, especially). He does have a solo-thingy on Earthshine, although it's less of a solo than a guitar quartet with three more of himself  .
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three more of himself?? I don't think even he could put up with that!!
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Ambient Hurricanes
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Posted: July 10 2013 at 09:16 |
Todd wrote:
Any thoughts on why Alex doesn't solo on Vapor Trails? |
I think it was just a different approach to songwriting that they wanted to try. To me, it works; he always played a lot of solos (you could argue too many) on the other albums, and it's kind of refreshing to hear the customary solos replaced with instrumental breaks more focused on the entire band (Secret Touch and Ceiling Unlimited, especially). He does have a solo-thingy on Earthshine, although it's less of a solo than a guitar quartet with three more of himself .
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