2112 vs Moving Pictures
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Topic: 2112 vs Moving Pictures
Posted By: smartpatrol
Subject: 2112 vs Moving Pictures
Date Posted: September 01 2012 at 22:50
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Although here on Prog Archives, the two most popular Rush albums are Hemispheres and A Farewell to Kings, the two most popular Rush albums with the general public have been 2112 and Moving Pictures. So, which of these are your favorite? Personally, I think 2112 is overrated, but I absolutely love Moving Pictures.
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Posted By: Eria Tarka
Date Posted: September 01 2012 at 22:52
| Moving Pictures... but it's close. |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: September 01 2012 at 22:56
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Moving Pics by light years.....2112 is one of the weaker classic albums imo
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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: September 01 2012 at 23:16
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I'm gonna go with 2112. I've always found Moving Pictures a bit overrated. I love Limelight and I have a fondness for Vital Signs no one else seems to share, but I am forever baffled at the popularity of Tom Sawyer.
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: September 01 2012 at 23:16
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Moving Pictures for sure......and 2112 is not overrated, don't understand that -------------   
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: September 01 2012 at 23:31
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Moving Pictures is overall much better, although it is hard to beat 2112 by itself. ------------- 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: Horizons
Date Posted: September 01 2012 at 23:38
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I love 2112. Today that's my choice. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: September 01 2012 at 23:46
I do. Fantastic song ------------- http://bit.ly/1kqTR8y" rel="nofollow"> The greatest record label of all time! |
thellama73 wrote:Posted By: caretaker
Date Posted: September 01 2012 at 23:48
| Close one for me but I voted for Moving Pictures. Love The Camera Eye. |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: September 02 2012 at 00:36
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2112 for me. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Earthmover
Date Posted: September 02 2012 at 01:09
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I love first sides of both albums, but I just don't like MP second side while I like 2112 second side. So 2112. And I find Moving Pictures to be overrated. -------------  |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: September 02 2012 at 01:59
As a teenager at the time, it was my most played song off that album.....I loved it. Hearing it live last year was a major treat. -------------
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Posted By: The Jester
Date Posted: September 02 2012 at 03:50
2112 for me. 
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Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: September 02 2012 at 04:31
2112 because 2112 suite. ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: HarbouringTheSoul
Date Posted: September 02 2012 at 05:55
The highest-rated album is in fact Moving Pictures with 4.40. I prefer Moving Pictures, but I'm not a big Rush fan, so what do I know?  |
Posted By: Ytse_Jam
Date Posted: September 02 2012 at 06:08
Moving Pictures of course! 2112 suite is good, but the rest is average stuff.
Me too!
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: September 02 2012 at 06:09
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Moving Pictures! ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: September 02 2012 at 08:49
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Moving Pictures is the best Rush album with Hemispheres a close second.
2112? About 5th. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Libor10
Date Posted: September 02 2012 at 10:45
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2112 for me. Although the second side is rather weak. But the 2112 suite on the first side is enough for me to have the winner...
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Posted By: Undercover Man
Date Posted: September 02 2012 at 12:56
| Although the 2112 suite is one of my favourite Rush songs and probably better than any song on Moving Pictures, the rest of the album isn't that good, the only song there i find pretty good is Passage to Bangkok, and the rest ranges from simply bad to okay. But on Moving Pictures most songs are great and the worst song is just good, so i vote for Moving Pictures. |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: September 02 2012 at 13:34
| Although I like the short songs on 2112, as a whole Moving Pictures is better. |
Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: September 02 2012 at 14:34
| 2112 is a great album but it pales when compared to Moving Pictures, they simply became so much better musicians. The 2112 suite was a very inspired young effort and the B-side songs were also good, but you can't compare it with the mature perfection of Moving Pictures. |
Posted By: skorziks
Date Posted: September 02 2012 at 15:24
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I prefer 2112 much more. Although I consider side 2 to be a little week, the 2112 suite on side 1 is one of my favorite Rush pieces.
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Posted By: TexasKing
Date Posted: October 19 2016 at 06:51
| Overall I have to pick Moving Pictures, because of decent B-side of 2112. But an album-titled epic is a way better than any song off MP and probably it's a best Rush song for me. |
Posted By: Son.of.Tiresias
Date Posted: October 19 2016 at 11:42
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Posted By: Pastmaster
Date Posted: October 19 2016 at 11:59
| 2112 |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: October 19 2016 at 16:12
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Posted By: maryes
Date Posted: October 19 2016 at 17:11
| Moving Pictures is fantastic, but 2112 is my choice ! |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: October 19 2016 at 18:48
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2112 tonight. ------------- |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: May 08 2018 at 02:50
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2112 for me. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: May 08 2018 at 03:18
The album on your avatar tires me as well ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: May 08 2018 at 03:28
the way you reply when someone criticizes Rush is hilarious. This time you've outdone yourself. :)))) |
Posted By: M27Barney
Date Posted: May 08 2018 at 04:48
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2112 has that start right....probably The best bit of music that rush ever did. It's just sublime...moving pictures is good but pales against the first of rush's best tracks. ------------- Play me my song.....Here it comes again....... |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: May 08 2018 at 07:52
| From 2112 to Moving Pictures Rush was as good as any band ever. Those five LP's are all within a hair's breath of each other but I give the slight edge to 2112. |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: May 08 2018 at 11:11
| 2112. |
Posted By: iancat87
Date Posted: May 08 2018 at 14:07
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I'm not a big Rush fan, but I think both of these albums are so good. I have to give Moving Pictures the edge because by the time I got around to sitting down with it, I was very impressed. Such a great beast, front to back. ------------- http://iancat.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - “The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.” |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: May 08 2018 at 14:14
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2112 ------------- 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: Rednight
Date Posted: May 08 2018 at 17:23
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Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: May 08 2018 at 23:17
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Moving Pictures edges 2112. As already mentiioned, these, and the albums in between, represent a classic period for the band. ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: May 09 2018 at 06:16
| A lot of times people complain about side two on 2112. However, for me the only weak songs on there are "lessons" and "twilight zone." I don't really think "tears" is that great either but I wouldn't call it weak. Even "twilight zone" isn't THAT bad. "Lessons" however, is probably one of Rush's weakest songs from the seventies. |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: May 09 2018 at 13:00
| ^I think "I think I´m going bald" is weaker. |
Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: May 10 2018 at 01:13
| I've always thought Rush got better after 2112 so no contest for me. There's not one weak chord on Moving Pictures. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: May 11 2018 at 09:43
That's kind of like saying "who dunnit" from Genesis is bad.
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Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: December 28 2018 at 17:53
Stating an opinion on how Red tires me out means I'm replying because of Rush?? Lol People can criticize Rush all they want. I could care less ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: December 28 2018 at 18:46
I was gonna say it's age-specific: I think of 2112 as a high school record. But you're in your 50s, so . . . MP, definitely. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: December 28 2018 at 19:01
Nah, Roll The Bones beats em both !!! -------------  https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: December 28 2018 at 19:03
| Compared to most pre 1991 albums side two on 2112 is rather weak so it kind of loses points for that. However, even though the title track is one of the best things they have ever done it still doesn't put it ahead of MP which is a near perfect album. |
Posted By: CristauxFeur
Date Posted: December 29 2018 at 15:04
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I'm gonna go with 2112. I've always found Moving Pictures a bit overrated. 2112 is my favorite album for the suite and despite not being progressive I also love the shorter songs on the 2nd side. ------------- Dragged down by the stone |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: December 29 2018 at 17:39
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Posted By: LAM-SGC
Date Posted: December 30 2018 at 11:50
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1. Fly By Night 2. Rush 3. Caress of Steel 4. 2112 5. Hemispheres
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 21:28
| Comparing a 9.9 to a perfect ten. Both are so great as to make making a distinction meaningless. Gun to my head, I say Moving Pictures, but there is a special kind of greatness in 2112 that appears nowhere else. |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: April 19 2019 at 23:56
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Moving Pictures ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: tailings
Date Posted: April 23 2019 at 14:25
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_Moving Pictures_ _2112_ was the very first album I ever purchased with my own money. Still an awesome listen, but definitely a tale of two halves. _Moving Pictures_ is nearly perfect and Rush at its pinnacle, (I'd include _Permanent Waves_). MP's weakest tracks, "Witch Hunt" and "Vital Signs" are leaps and bounds better than "The Twilight Zone" or "Lessons".
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