Let Neil Sing Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Working Man Secret Touch (middle part gets crazy heavy) Earthshine BU2B Bastille Day/Anthem No particular order Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eel Yddeg Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 BUMP! Updated my list:1. BU2B2. 2112 Grand Finale3. Cygnus X-1 Part III4. Working Man5. Double Agent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TemplesofLamneth Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 The AnarchistBU2BSeven Cities of GoldCaravanFar Cry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 1. Rivendell2. Roll the Bones3. Superconductor 4. Time Stand Still5. Madrigal 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddlimelight Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Cygnus X-1Tom SawyerDrivenNatural Science2112 Overture, Temples of Syrinx, Grand Finale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutlefan Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 (edited) Working ManAnthem2112 OvertureSecret TouchHeadlong Flight Edited February 23, 2017 by Rutlefan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctbadger Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Working ManBy-Tor2112Cygnus X-1BU2B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Slipperman Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Not in any particular order: Headlong FlightOne Little VictoryAnthemThe Analog KidBeneath Between and Behind 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushman14 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 everything on ATWAS :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Honest Man Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Working manBastille day2112 overtureNatural science (hyperspace)AnimateDrivenPeaceable kingdomFreezeArmor & swordBU2BHeadlong flight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rftag Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 (edited) I assume "heaviest" means hardest rocking (i.e. their more 'metal' stuff). I would think that is how most would interpret "heaviest", but some might take "heaviest" to mean "most profound", in which case it could in principle be a soft acoustic guitar or synth driven song. I am responding with the presumption that the OP was asking what we think Rush's 5 hardest rocking songs are (perhaps the OP could clarify what he or she meant by "heaviest"; if he or she already has I apologize for not seeing that clarification before I posted). I'm also considering only studio versions of original Rush tracks that appeared on one of their albums (thus excluding songs from Feedback, particular versions on live recordings, or rarities that never appeared on a studio album like Garden Road). This in my opinion immediately limits the selection to their first four albums, because in my opinion that is where their heaviest songs are found. They reintroduced a harder rock guitar sound into some of their music in the 1990s and it would be a part of their musical palette to some extent forever after, but I never really found any of that stuff to be particularly "heavy" in the hard rock sense; certainly not as heavy as some of the tracks on their first four albums. So, in order of least to most heavy of the heaviest, here we go: 5. Anthem: The opening and the echoing guitar riff just make this a very heavy hard rocking song, though it's way too mellow in parts to be higher in this list. 4. Bytor and the Snowdog: This is a very hard rocking song; one of the few in Rush's catalogue which one would be hard pressed to argue isn't heavy metal. But as their first full blown experimentation with prog it too often sounds more psychedelic or proggy to rate higher in this list in terms of pure heaviness. 3. Bastille Day: This is basically Rush anticipating Bruce Dickinson era Iron Maiden by 6 years. A heavy song, arguably heavy metal; I can never listen to this song without imagining how it would sound with Bruce Dickinson singing it. But perhaps the Iron Maiden association is driven in part by the fact that it's a song about an historical event and Maiden loves to sing about historical events. [Would have LOVED to have heard Dickinson fronted Iron Maiden cover this in their prime.] 2. Cygnus X1 (Book I,from FTK): A close contender for the number 1 spot, the heaviest (in the hard rock/heavy metal sense of the term) parts of this song are arguably heavier than anything on 2112, but it's not heavy in enough of the song to rate number 1 in terms of heaviness. 1. 2112: Overture, Temples of Syrinx, and Grand Finale are in my opinion the heaviest and most metal Rush ever got, with the possible exception of Cygnus X1 (Book I, on FTK). The parts of The Presentation when the priests respond are also pretty heavy. Edited March 21, 2017 by rftag 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 BUMP! Updated my list:1. BU2B2. 2112 Grand Finale3. Cygnus X-1 Part III4. Working Man5. Double Agent Part III? That better mean they're secretly in the studio now recording Cygnus X-1 Book III and not that you typed more I's than you intended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeaveMyThingAlone Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Some of these choices are really interesting. I guess I have a different definition of "heavy" than many others, but there's no right answer... 1. BU2B2. Cygnus X-13. Double Agent4. Virtuality5. Secret Touch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeaveMyThingAlone Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 BUMP! Updated my list:1. BU2B2. 2112 Grand Finale3. Cygnus X-1 Part III4. Working Man5. Double Agent Good pick on the Grand Finale. Forgot about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuigisMansion44 Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 if we are going by the drums, 1. would have to be High Water for me :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuigisMansion44 Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 1. Cygnus X-12. The Necromancer3. Peaceable Kingdom4. Stick it Out5. Virtuality (if you forget about the "net boy, net girl" part) This was the hardest of the "Top 5 ____ Rush tunes" catagories! There are soooo many others that come to mind! I just went with heaviest riffs! but i like the "net boy, net girl, send your __ around the world..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuigisMansion44 Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 for the bass 1. Leave that thing Alone2. Force Ten3. La vila Strangiato4. Virtuality (mainly for the drums, but still a fun bass line)5. Fountain of Lamneth, 2112, and Cygnus X-1 Books I & II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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