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Points: 66787 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 23 2013 at 11:15
Rush are one band that do have that ability to make me spend my money on them with their reissues.  I do have the 2112 and Moving Pictures reissues.  I didn't buy the Sectors boxsets, though I am/was tempted.  I probably won't buy the new set, but will probably consider the remastered Vapor Trails.  Mostly out of curiosity, as I like Vapor Trails the way it is and am too dense to recognize the production quality issues, but would be curious to see if hearing better production would make a difference for me or not. 
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^ Especially when it's something you already have. RUSH! Take my money!
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I'm still waiting for a reduced price on the 2112 Blu ray/comic book edition and Moving Pictures audiophile quality format of 5.1 Blu ray as well. The total right now would be a little over 80$ on Amazon for those 2 items. It's a bit high at the moment I think. :)
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I'm excited. They made it sound like it wasn't going to happen, but I guess Rush never misses the opportunity to sell us the same thing again and again haha.

But for real, I'm going to get it.
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Yeah, it was reported a while ago.

I'll be sure to grab it, I've always liked the songs but the sound has been a serious weakness.
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http://www.amazon.com/Vapor-Trails-Remixed-Rush/dp/B00E9P959O/ref=pd_bxgy_m_text_y

Looks like Rush is releasing a remixed version of Vapor Trails. Anyone else planning on purchasing it?


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Happy Birthday Geddy Lee! Today we're "slappin da bass" & rockin' out to RUSH ALL DAY!

You should do the same-> http://on.vh1.com/15ZWuXT
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Originally posted by bytor2112 bytor2112 wrote:

Power Windows might be my second favorite Rush album


I can totally understand that. The theme of power, the emotional melodies and terrific lyrics makes Power windows one awesome music machine!!

How can anyone not love Middletown Dreams? Beautiful Chorus. ;)
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Points: 7887 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 30 2013 at 05:32
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Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:


Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

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Permanent Waves is my favorite by Rush and worship the album's influence on me. Lyrically i find it to be their best. 
Entre Nous speaks wonders. 


You and Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins would see eye to eye on that one.

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Come again? Is this code for 'great. I'm happy with that?'

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My statement is factual. 


Ah yes. You are the great and almighty 'fact checker!' lol.
Fact check for Corgan statement can be found in Rush's Beyond The Lighted stage DVD. :)
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Points: 5856 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 30 2013 at 00:33
Power Windows might be my second favorite Rush album
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Points: 16952 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 30 2013 at 00:28
Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:


Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Permanent Waves is my favorite by Rush and worship the album's influence on me. Lyrically i find it to be their best. 
Entre Nous speaks wonders. 


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Come again? Is this code for 'great. I'm happy with that?'

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My statement is factual. 
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Points: 7887 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 30 2013 at 00:26
Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:


Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Permanent Waves is my favorite by Rush and worship the album's influence on me. Lyrically i find it to be their best. 
Entre Nous speaks wonders. 


You and Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins would see eye to eye on that one.

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Points: 16952 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 30 2013 at 00:17
Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Permanent Waves is my favorite by Rush and worship the album's influence on me. Lyrically i find it to be their best. 
Entre Nous speaks wonders. 


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Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Permanent Waves is my favorite by Rush and worship the album's influence on me. Lyrically i find it to be their best. 
Entre Nous speaks wonders. 


You and Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins would see eye to eye on that one.
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Originally posted by Ambient Hurricanes Ambient Hurricanes wrote:

Except that's not what he's trying to say (there's no indication the protagonist has a family), I think he's pretty obviously trying to make a philosophical statement, and it really, really doesn't work.

Good artists are able to make a point with their art without resorting to an obvious "and here is the message you need to take from this" part at the end.  When Neil did this in "Hemispheres", at least it was bearable because the philosophy made sense.  I wish he would write more lyrics like "The Larger Bowl," ask profound questions but don't try to give answers, because he really doesn't have any.  I mean, think about S&A, where the album bashes religion the whole time and then closes with "We Hold On," a little tidbit of watered-down existentialism that takes everything that's worst about existentialism and posits it as an alternative to the strawman worldview he's just taken out.  Same thing happens in CA.

I have read the book, and while the Garden at the end is a real living garden, it is also a metaphor for the garden of love that one must tend to (and the song does speak of this). 

I also love the song Wish Them Well quite a bit, and it might be the best song on the album lyrically. Don't harass the people who don't see eye-to-eye with you, just leave them be and wish them well. Wonderful approach to life I think.
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Originally posted by Ambient Hurricanes Ambient Hurricanes wrote:

Except that's not what he's trying to say (there's no indication the protagonist has a family), I think he's pretty obviously trying to make a philosophical statement, and it really, really doesn't work.

Good artists are able to make a point with their art without resorting to an obvious "and here is the message you need to take from this" part at the end.  When Neil did this in "Hemispheres", at least it was bearable because the philosophy made sense.  I wish he would write more lyrics like "The Larger Bowl," ask profound questions but don't try to give answers, because he really doesn't have any.  I mean, think about S&A, where the album bashes religion the whole time and then closes with "We Hold On," a little tidbit of watered-down existentialism that takes everything that's worst about existentialism and posits it as an alternative to the strawman worldview he's just taken out.  Same thing happens in CA.
 
The Larger Bowl is pretty good....although I do take that message away, in general, from the album CA. BU2B, Wish Them Well and The Garden for me flow together with that message at the end.
I always go back to Beyond/Lighted Stage documentary where Geddy states their songs are individual stories, which may go against the CA and other concept albums, but I apply that to S&A and I see it. You could also be an aetheist and 'hold on' to your thoughts, but I can see the title is more accepted from a strong religious view of We Hold On to our beliefs in a religious manner, versus a non-religious one.
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Points: 16952 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2013 at 00:57
The drums are as challenging to play and think up as the lyrics are to write. 

Edited by Horizons - July 29 2013 at 00:57
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Points: 2549 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2013 at 00:53
Yes, I know.  I might be late to the party, but at least I'm agreeing with you! Smile

Although I can't speak about the musical part, I'm very ignorant about drums, but I love the English language and the CA lyrics don't do it justice.
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Originally posted by Ambient Hurricanes Ambient Hurricanes wrote:

Speaking of lyrics, I was just reading through the CA lyrics for the first time in a while and all I can think is - oh my gosh, what has happened to Neil Peart?  You would think that, with forty years of experience writing lyrics, he would be able to come up with something that didn't rhyme "love with above" or use the same silly metaphors that seventh-grade aspiring writers use in poetry class.  I mean, I don't really expect lyrics to be great poetry but come on, you can at least try to come up with something original and not as clunky and clumsy as the lyrics to CA.  Gone are the insightful musings on human nature, replaced with a dumb rehashing of some topics that he exhausted a long time ago and banal philosophy (philosophy was never a strong suit of Peart's) that is just a lame rehashing of previously existing philosophy that wasn't very good in the first place.  He seems incapable of writing any words that have more than two syllables, too. 

Come on, I miss the Neil who gave us insightful material like Time Stand Still, Limelight, Distant Early Warning, Open Secrets, Red Sector A, Entre Nous, Cold Fire, Animate, Bravado, Secret Touch, Earthshine...all those great lyrics that really said something about what it means to be human and to be in relationship with other people, besides being good pieces of poetry from a writing standpoint.  It really seems like he's trying too hard.  The same thing happened on some of the songs on S&A. Good News First?  Bravest Face?  Please.  "Faithless" is so hypocritical it's almost funny.  I love Rush but I wish Neil would leave his current lyrical style behind.  It really seems like he's at his best when he explores psychology, the nature of relationships, and human response to hardship instead of trying to make philosophical statements that come across as sophomoric and annoying. 

Sorry for the negative rant, guys, just gotta let off some steam...

I've been saying since it's release that CA is Peart's lowest point lyrically and musically. 
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Except that's not what he's trying to say (there's no indication the protagonist has a family), I think he's pretty obviously trying to make a philosophical statement, and it really, really doesn't work.

Good artists are able to make a point with their art without resorting to an obvious "and here is the message you need to take from this" part at the end.  When Neil did this in "Hemispheres", at least it was bearable because the philosophy made sense.  I wish he would write more lyrics like "The Larger Bowl," ask profound questions but don't try to give answers, because he really doesn't have any.  I mean, think about S&A, where the album bashes religion the whole time and then closes with "We Hold On," a little tidbit of watered-down existentialism that takes everything that's worst about existentialism and posits it as an alternative to the strawman worldview he's just taken out.  Same thing happens in CA.
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