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Whats you favorite Rush instrumental song? 1 is your favorite and 8 is your least favorite.

 

And you cant count 2112 - Overture/grand finale since its a part of a long song. Not either any of Neils drum solos or Broon's Bane, since they have only been played live!

 

 

 

1. La Villa Strangiato

2. The Main Monkey Business

3. Limbo

4. YYZ

5. Leave That Thing Alone

6. Hope

7. Where's My Thing

8. Malignant Narcissism

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I'll humor you...

 

 

La Villa Strangiato

YYZ

Leave That Thing Alone

Malignant Narcissism

The Main Monkey Business

Where's My Thing

Limbo

Hope

This one looks good to me.....
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obviously la villa no.1 as its the greatest rock instrumental ever by anybody, but after that just depends what mood i in. limbo's great would have loved to see that live, in fact i might just check out youtube now for it, but all the other instrumentals are kind of the same quality below the brilliant la villa for me.

 

dunno what the guys were on when they wrote that thing. truly awesome.

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Sure, why not...

 

La Villa Strangiato

Leave That Thing Alone

YYZ

The Main Monkey Business

Limbo

Malignant Narcissism

Hope

Where's My Thing?

 

 

I like all of their instrumentals. It's a little unfair to Hope given it's more of a small acoustic solo compared to the other ones. Where's My Thing is good but it sounds a bit castrated like the rest of RTB. If I was going for live versions it'd probably be ranked a little higher, because that version on the CA Tour is pretty good.

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obviously la villa no.1 as its the greatest rock instrumental ever by anybody, but after that just depends what mood i in. limbo's great would have loved to see that live, in fact i might just check out youtube now for it, but all the other instrumentals are kind of the same quality below the brilliant la villa for me.

 

dunno what the guys were on when they wrote that thing. truly awesome.

 

If it took them longer to do this than it took to record Fly By Night then it was quite the feat. Fantastic track, no doubt. Best instrumental of any band ever written, IMO.

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Tough to rank them, but Limbo is definitely last.

 

La Villa

YYZ

Mal Nar

Leave That Thing Alone

The Main Monkey Business (does have vocals but still considered an instrumental because no lyrics)

Where's My Thing

Hope

Limbo

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1. YYZ

2. La Villa Strangiato

3. Malignant Narcissism

4. Leave That Thing Alone

5. Hope

6. The Main Monkey Business

7. Limbo

8. Where's My Thing?

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Leave That Thing Alone

YYZ

Malignant Narcissism

The Main Monkey Business

Limbo

Hope

La Villa Strangiato

Where's My Thing?

 

Please tell me that you are joking! La Villa Strangiato can't be second last on your list! It's a masterpiece!

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La Villa Strangiato

Malignant Narcissism

YYZ

The Main Monkey Business

Where's My Thing-Leave That Thing Alone-Limbo

 

The last 3 are about the same for me. I still really like them, just not as much as the others. Hope doesn't really count, but I really enjoy that as well.

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To this day I still have trouble knowing which one is Where's My Thing and which is Leave That Thing Alone. Is there some easy way to remember? I'm at work, so I might need to go on Youtube to remind myself.

 

Yeah, I'm kinda dumb.

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1. La Villa Strangiato - Hemispheres

2. YYZ - Moving Pictures

3. Leave That Thing Alone - Counterparts

4. The Main Monkey Business - Snakes & Arrows

5. Malignant Narcissism - Snakes & Arrows

6. Where's My Thing? - Roll The Bones

7. Limbo - Test For Echo

8. Hope - Snakes & Arrows

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999. Limbo :boo hiss:

What, because Dog Years and Virtuality have bad lyrics, so every other song on the album sucks?

 

Hmm...Limbo’s not that bad imho. It’s definitely no Strangiato or YYZ and I do rank it lower than the other 90s instrumentals too but I never skip it.

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I would try to do this. Here is mine.

 

1.) La Villa Strangiato (An Exercise In Self-Indulgence) - Hemispheres

2.) Yyz - Moving Pictures

3.) Limbo - Test For Echo

4.) (Tie) the Main Monkey Business - Snakes & Arrows

4.) Leave that Thing Alone - Counterparts

6.) Where's My Thing? (Part IV, "Gangster of Boats" Trilogy)

7.) Malignant Narcissism - Snakes & Arrows

8.) Hope - Snakes & Arrows

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1. YYZ

2. La Villa Strangiato

3. Malignant Narcissism

4. Leave That Thing Alone

5. Hope

6. The Main Monkey Business

7. Limbo

8. Where's My Thing?

Wow. I can’t believe I made that list.

 

1. La Villa Strangiato

2. YYZ

3. Leave That Thing Alone

4. Malignant Narcissism

5. Where’s My Thing?

6. The Main Monkey Business

7. Hope

8. Limbo

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