Lucas Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 February 15th, 1975 - forty three years ago today - Rush release FLY BY NIGHT and debut "the new guy" Mr Neil Peart .. A landmark, and to this day, one of my favorite albums of all time "By-Tor & the Snow Dog" was inspired by Rush roadie Howard Ungerleider's story of him staying at the house of Anthem Records manager Ray Danniels, where Danniels' German Shepherd growled at him, and a tiny dog also owned by Danniels tried to jump on him. Ungerleider told the band members about the incident, which they found hilarious Fly By Night was also the first of a long series of albums with producer and fourth member Terry Brown Artist Eraldo Carugati's painting that graces the cover is iconic HAPPY 43rd FLY BY NIGHT !! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbobby10 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 I would say the Rush album I listen to the least (except for vapor trails or snakes and arrows). Happy Birthday Fly By Night :cheers: I will listen to Rivendell in honor of this 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Fly By Night is the heart and soul of the RUSH catalogue! It has classics like the title track, Anthem, Snow Dog, Beneath, Between & Behind, In the End and underrated gems like Making Memories and Best I Can. :haz: :rush: 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Permanent-Rush Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 :cheers: An Anthem if u ask me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeson90 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Yeah finding Neil as a drummer & lyricist was just awesome, it's all there in the first album with him 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil1972 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Great album! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Fly By Night is the heart and soul of the RUSH catalogue! It has classics like the title track, Anthem, Snow Dog, Beneath, Between &Behind, In the End and underrated gems like Making Memories and Best I Can. :haz: :rush: Overall, it’s my favorite of the first three albums. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Fly By Night is the heart and soul of the RUSH catalogue! It has classics like the title track, Anthem, Snow Dog, Beneath, Between &Behind, In the End and underrated gems like Making Memories and Best I Can. :haz: :rush: Overall, it’s my favorite of the first three albums. I go back and forth with Caress of Steel, so it's kind of too close to call for me. I really like those epics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Fly By Night is the heart and soul of the RUSH catalogue! It has classics like the title track, Anthem, Snow Dog, Beneath, Between &Behind, In the End and underrated gems like Making Memories and Best I Can. :haz: :rush: Overall, it’s my favorite of the first three albums. I go back and forth with Caress of Steel, so it's kind of too close to call for me. I really like those epics. I like Bastille Day more than anything off Fly By Night. But I also like By-Tor more than Necromancer and Lamneth. There’s nothing as bad Rivendell on CoS BUT there’s more fun on FBN for me. Like i said though, overall. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Fly By Night is the heart and soul of the RUSH catalogue! It has classics like the title track, Anthem, Snow Dog, Beneath, Between &Behind, In the End and underrated gems like Making Memories and Best I Can. :haz: :rush: Overall, it’s my favorite of the first three albums. I go back and forth with Caress of Steel, so it's kind of too close to call for me. I really like those epics. I like Bastille Day more than anything off Fly By Night.But I also like By-Tor more than Necromancer and Lamneth.There’s nothing as bad Rivendell on CoS BUT there’s more fun on FBN for me. Like i said though, overall.By-Tor is a self-contained compact epic more like Xanadu and . The CoS epics are more sprawling and disconnected with many disparate passages like 2112 and Hemispheres, so it's which appeals to you most. A song like Natural Science is somewhere in between these epic styles, both with multiple parts yet within a compact framework. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Fly By Night is the heart and soul of the RUSH catalogue! It has classics like the title track, Anthem, Snow Dog, Beneath, Between &Behind, In the End and underrated gems like Making Memories and Best I Can. :haz: :rush: Overall, it’s my favorite of the first three albums. I go back and forth with Caress of Steel, so it's kind of too close to call for me. I really like those epics. I like Bastille Day more than anything off Fly By Night.But I also like By-Tor more than Necromancer and Lamneth.There’s nothing as bad Rivendell on CoS BUT there’s more fun on FBN for me. Like i said though, overall.By-Tor is a self-contained compact epic more like Xanadu and . The CoS epics are more sprawling and disconnected with many disparate passages like 2112 and Hemispheres, so it's which appeals to you most. A song like Natural Science is somewhere in between these epic styles, both with multiple parts yet within a compact framework. Okay, since you mentioned them all in one package, I’ll rank them all. 1) Natural Science2) Xanadu3) Hemispheres4) 21125) By-Tor6) Necromancer7) FoL Note: I love or like them all and #1 and #2 are my #1 and #2 Rush songs of all time. Hemispheres and 2112 would likely be top 10 or close to it. Tough group. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Fly By Night is the heart and soul of the RUSH catalogue! It has classics like the title track, Anthem, Snow Dog, Beneath, Between &Behind, In the End and underrated gems like Making Memories and Best I Can. :haz: :rush: Overall, it’s my favorite of the first three albums. I go back and forth with Caress of Steel, so it's kind of too close to call for me. I really like those epics. I like Bastille Day more than anything off Fly By Night.But I also like By-Tor more than Necromancer and Lamneth.There’s nothing as bad Rivendell on CoS BUT there’s more fun on FBN for me. Like i said though, overall.By-Tor is a self-contained compact epic more like Xanadu and . The CoS epics are more sprawling and disconnected with many disparate passages like 2112 and Hemispheres, so it's which appeals to you most. A song like Natural Science is somewhere in between these epic styles, both with multiple parts yet within a compact framework. Okay, since you mentioned them all in one package, I’ll rank them all. 1) Natural Science2) Xanadu3) Hemispheres4) 21125) By-Tor6) Necromancer7) FoL Note: I love or like them all and #1 and #2 are my #1 and #2 Rush songs of all time. Hemispheres and 2112 would likely be top 10 or close to it. Tough group. At this moment I'd probably go like this: 1. Hemispheres2. 21123. Xanadu4. Fountain of Lamneth5. Necromancer6. Natural Science7. By-Tor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnoble Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Cygnus X-1 part 1 needs to be in there along with La Villa. Although it has no words its still a long epic song! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Cygnus X-1 part 1 needs to be in there along with La Villa. Although it has no words its still a long epic song! Yeah, you’re probably right. And in that case, I’d go like this: 1) Natural Science2) Xanadu3) La Villa4) Hemispheres5) 21126) Cygnus X-17) By-Tor8) Necromancer9) FoL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Even By-Tor is last on my list, it's still a great song, it's just that's a tough group right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Cygnus X-1 part 1 needs to be in there along with La Villa. Although it has no words its still a long epic song! Yeah, you’re probably right. And in that case, I’d go like this: 1) Natural Science2) Xanadu3) La Villa4) Hemispheres5) 21126) Cygnus X-17) By-Tor8) Necromancer9) FoLIn that case I'd go: 1. Hemispheres2. 21123. Xanadu4. La Villa5. Cygnus X-16. Fountain of Lamneth7. Necromancer8. Natural Science9. By-Tor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Even By-Tor is last on my list, it's still a great song, it's just that's a tough group right there. In my newest list, #1-5 are A+ songs. The remaining four are A or A-. So little between them in regards to which I like more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Even By-Tor is last on my list, it's still a great song, it's just that's a tough group right there. In my newest list, #1-5 are A+ songs. The remaining four are A or A-. So little between them in regards to which I like more.Aye! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Fly By Night is the heart and soul of the RUSH catalogue! It has classics like the title track, Anthem, Snow Dog, Beneath, Between & Behind, In the End and underrated gems like Making Memories and Best I Can. :haz: :rush: :goodone: Well stated! :heart: FBN. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Fly By Night is the heart and soul of the RUSH catalogue! It has classics like the title track, Anthem, Snow Dog, Beneath, Between & Behind, In the End and underrated gems like Making Memories and Best I Can. :haz: :rush: :goodone: Well stated! :heart: FBN. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 I'm going through a little Rush binge right now. The last few days have been synth-era. Today I've listened to the debut, Fly By Night and right now I'm listening to Caress of Steel. We'll see how far we get today. But I agree FBN is the best of the first 3 albums. And Anthem is one of my favorite songs by them from any era. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted February 16, 2018 Author Share Posted February 16, 2018 (edited) We need an even 10 on the epic list, so I'm adding Jacob's Ladder to the fray 1) Cygnus X12) The Necromancer3) Jacob's Ladder4) 21125) By Tor6) Hemispheres7) Natural Science8) Xanadu9) La Villa10) Fountain Hard to rank these .. all of 'em are A and A+ . . Edited February 16, 2018 by Lucas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiBeers Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 If it hit it's 43rd birthday, there's probably some significant hair loss and some spare tire weight gain. But maybe that's just me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Rush Tribute Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 We need an even 10 on the epic list, so I'm adding Jacob's Ladder to the fray 1) Cygnus X12) The Necromancer3) Jacob's Ladder4) 21125) By Tor6) Hemispheres7) Natural Science8) Xanadu9) La Villa10) Fountain Hard to rank these .. all of 'em are A and A+.. This album in my opinion was the start of Rush. The first Album was great but was really Lee, Lifeson and Rutsy. Introducing Neil on drums and lyrics was a paradigm shift. HemispheresLa Villa2112XanaduNatural ScienceCygnus X1Jacob's LadderThe NecromancerBy TorFountain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 We need an even 10 on the epic list, so I'm adding Jacob's Ladder to the fray 1) Cygnus X12) The Necromancer3) Jacob's Ladder4) 21125) By Tor6) Hemispheres7) Natural Science8) Xanadu9) La Villa10) Fountain Hard to rank these .. all of 'em are A and A+.. This album in my opinion was the start of Rush. The first Album was great but was really Lee, Lifeson and Rutsy. Introducing Neil on drums and lyrics was a paradigm shift. HemispheresLa Villa2112XanaduNatural ScienceCygnus X1Jacob's LadderThe NecromancerBy TorFountain :hi: Welcome to TRF, Ultimate Rush Tribute! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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