Best "Synth Era" Rush Song?

[lemonheadbassist]

i really like The Analog Kid because, as it was a "synth era song" it still had the kindof Rush i love which is guitar, bass, keboards, and drums and i guess it just had the same rush element i have grown to adore

[Steevo]

So many from this era, just as vital as what came before. Here's a very close Top 5 from the OP's list:

 

1. Subdivisions

2. Afterimage

3. Between the Wheels

4. Force Ten

5. Red Sector A

[Steevo]

Afterimage for me, the Grace album travelled with me through a part of my life that was a little dark and it kept me going, still brings a lump to my throat hearing that track, have a soft spot for Kid Gloves as well.

 

Finally. Afterimage is ridiculously underated. GUP is way more classier than Signals, great producer as well.

[Texas King]

I would say The Analog Kid.

[toddlimelight]

Subdivisions, Analog Kid, Digital Man, Red Sector A

[Disk98]

Well, between Subdivisions, The Analog Kid, and Marathon, it's hard to choose. I voted Marathon, but ask me again tomorrow and I'm sure I'll have changed my mind.

[goose]

From each album...

 

Subdivisions, easily.

 

Distant Early Warning or Kid Gloves

 

Mystic Rhythms or Middletown Dreams

 

Time Stand Still or Mission

[jamie]

i like new world man because it's very nostalgic

[treeduck]

Here's a candidate:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3uam9fY_pc

[goose]

i like new world man because it's very nostalgic

It's a good song. Lots of fun, I think.

[treeduck]

i like new world man because it's very nostalgic

Nostalgic? Were you there in 1982?? :o

[jamie]

i like new world man because it's very nostalgic

Nostalgic? Were you there in 1982?? :o

i mean nostalgic as in i heard it a lot throughout my childhood lmao. sadly 1982 was 15 years before i was born.

[treeduck]

i like new world man because it's very nostalgic

Nostalgic? Were you there in 1982?? :o

i mean nostalgic as in i heard it a lot throughout my childhood lmao. sadly 1982 was 15 years before i was born.

I was there, I got the 12 inch single in the September, the album was out a couple of weeks later. I was 15 in 1982. :hail:

[goose]

i like new world man because it's very nostalgic

Nostalgic? Were you there in 1982?? :o

"Where were you in '82?"

 

This summer, Michael Bay brings you American Graffiti 2

[EagleMoon]

Sorry, too many to choose from. I couldn't even begin to just pick one.

[Permanent-Rush]

I went with Time Stand Still because it is my favorite Rush song, but almost all of the songs in this list are amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Duke1]

Wow, what a list, so many classics.

For me it's Marathon, I think the Keyboards, Bass, Guitar, Drums, Lyrics, Vocals, Production are just brilliant. Classic. One of my top 5 Rush tracks, just love it.

Edited February 19, 2017 by Duke1

[cygnify]

Subdivisions is an all-time classic. But, I went with Between the Wheels. Favorite guitar solo, Neil crushes the china during the chorus, and the lyrics have really been resonating lately.... in particular:

 

We can go from boom to bust

From dreams to a bowl of dust

We can fall from rockets' red glare

Down to brother can you spare

Another war

Another waste land

And another lost generation

 

Some people misinterpret "Waste land" as a grammatical error - but it is supposed to be two words. It's a literary reference to the T.S. Eliot poem "The Waste Land" which is intended to be two words.

Edited February 19, 2017 by cygnify

[Segue Myles]

Open Secrets

[diatribein]

i like new world man because it's very nostalgic

Nostalgic? Were you there in 1982?? :o

i mean nostalgic as in i heard it a lot throughout my childhood lmao. sadly 1982 was 15 years before i was born.

 

Sadly?!?!?! Would you like to trade? I'd be more than happy to be 20 again. I'll take all the sadness of being 20 for you. Where do I sign up?

Edited February 19, 2017 by diatribein

[Lurkst]

Distant Early Warning

Mid-80s paranoia perfectly distilled into 5 minutes.

[goose]

A guy from London posted over in Making Modern Music an interesting collection of instrumentals, most of which are variations on RUSH songs. Here's one based on Middletown Dreams.

 

https://soundcloud.c...-ambitions-2014

 

And others:

Edited February 20, 2017 by goose

[TexMike]

The first synth era song we heard ended up being the best one.

[goose]

The first synth era song we heard ended up being the best one.

Vital Signs?

 

 

;)

[TemplesofLamneth]

Middletown Dreams and Prime Mover

 

Subdivisions and The Body Electric are close in second place