Lorraine Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 It has the main Monkey Business...... so thread's over, lol. Awesome Track. MickHope is better. Monkey Business is to poppy for Alex. Yes!! Hope is one of the best guitar solo instrumental thingys ever That's right. Every true Rush fan loves it. :hi: ;) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 It has the main Monkey Business...... so thread's over, lol. Awesome Track. MickHope is better. Monkey Business is to poppy for Alex. How do you Know missy? Did you ASK Alex? lol Mick Who cares what Alex thinks? We're the ones who get stuck having to listen to his guitar playing. ;) lol i got ya. And i like hope too. very much. Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I hope Segue isn't drinking Sherry tonight so he keeps his dissertation short when he sees this thread. ;) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I hope Segue isn't drinking Sherry tonight so he keeps his dissertation short when he sees this thread. ;) He'll just tell Snakes to eat his poo, lol Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Every album has it's haters, which is obvious from the polls around here. I agree that S&A's is a bit too long. They could have left about 3 songs off at least and it would have been better for it. That being said, I do like the album. It's a much clearer recording than CA's and Geddys voice is still good. Plus it has Workin' Them Angels,Mal Nar, The Main Monkey Business, Far Cry, Faithless and Hope, all of which I really like. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Every album has it's haters, which is obvious from the polls around here. I agree that S&A's is a bit too long. They could have left about 3 songs off at least and it would have been better for it. That being said, I do like the album. It's a much clearer recording than CA's and Geddys voice is still good. Plus it has Workin' Them Angels,Mal Nar, The Main Monkey Business, Far Cry, Faithless and Hope, all of which I really like. All Great tracks. Also every rush album as far back as Signals (Yes Signals) could shave off tracks. Rush forgot how to edit. Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Every album has it's haters, which is obvious from the polls around here. I agree that S&A's is a bit too long. They could have left about 3 songs off at least and it would have been better for it. That being said, I do like the album. It's a much clearer recording than CA's and Geddys voice is still good. Plus it has Workin' Them Angels,Mal Nar, The Main Monkey Business, Far Cry, Faithless and Hope, all of which I really like. All Great tracks. Also every rush album as far back as Signals (Yes Signals) could shave off tracks. Rush forgot how to edit. Mick I wonder if maybe the idea is to fill up a CD, or to give us more...thinking more is better. But in this case, less is more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furie Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 I'm a huge fan of Snakes and Arrows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Every album has it's haters, which is obvious from the polls around here. I agree that S&A's is a bit too long. They could have left about 3 songs off at least and it would have been better for it. That being said, I do like the album. It's a much clearer recording than CA's and Geddys voice is still good. Plus it has Workin' Them Angels,Mal Nar, The Main Monkey Business, Far Cry, Faithless and Hope, all of which I really like. All Great tracks. Also every rush album as far back as Signals (Yes Signals) could shave off tracks. Rush forgot how to edit. Mick I wonder if maybe the idea is to fill up a CD, or to give us more...thinking more is better. But in this case, less is more. Anything over say 45 mins is pushing it for me. now these 66 min plus jobs.......to. MUCH, lol of course a concert setting is different. Strictly talking albums. Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
len(songs) Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 It's a decent collection of songs, but in album form it just drags.... and drags............ and draaaaaaaaaags................................... Main Monkey Business is great though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 it ain't bad. haven't listened to it in a very long time though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Every album has it's haters, which is obvious from the polls around here. I agree that S&A's is a bit too long. They could have left about 3 songs off at least and it would have been better for it. That being said, I do like the album. It's a much clearer recording than CA's and Geddys voice is still good. Plus it has Workin' Them Angels,Mal Nar, The Main Monkey Business, Far Cry, Faithless and Hope, all of which I really like. All Great tracks. Also every rush album as far back as Signals (Yes Signals) could shave off tracks. Rush forgot how to edit. Mick I wonder if maybe the idea is to fill up a CD, or to give us more...thinking more is better. But in this case, less is more. Anything over say 45 mins is pushing it for me. now these 66 min plus jobs.......to. MUCH, lol of course a concert setting is different. Strictly talking albums. Mick I agree. I rarely if ever listen to the album all the way through. I just pick and choose the tracks I like. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g under p Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 This album and a few others are one of those albums I rarely play if at all. For whatever reasons the album just does not click with me while others such as VT & CA do. In fact S&A is the bottom of my album listing and believe I tried to like it but it just hasn't happened. I did love the tour, I went up and down the east coast following this tour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Neil should have stopped writing lyrics after Far Cry. What's wrong with this album? Where to start... Preachy, repetitive lyrics Non melodic boring songs Other than that, it's not that horrible. Thank God they didn't go out with that turd and returned to classic form with CA, their best work since 1984. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disk98 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 I've said before—at least, I think I have—I enjoy all the songs on S&A that begin with F and M. Workin' Them Angels is pretty good, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driven_to_xanadu Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 I've been listening to it a lot lately and yes I enjoy it more than Clockwork Angels which while not a bad album, just doesn't really grab me all that much. Far Cry, Armor and Sword, Spindrift and The Main Monkey Business are my favorites. Having said all that, I understand why some people don't like it. It's not the most melodic record and I think it was something quite different sound wise from 70's and 80's Rush which everyone loves. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Neil should have stopped writing lyrics after Far Cry. What's wrong with this album? Where to start... Preachy, repetitive lyrics Non melodic boring songs Other than that, it's not that horrible. Thank God they didn't go out with that turd and returned to classic form with CA, their best work since 1989.Amen to this my friend.... :cheers: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocalsBandGuy Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 I'll always enjoy S&A for the simple fact that Alex was playing solos again, after the bad idea for VT....... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Neil should have stopped writing lyrics after Far Cry. What's wrong with this album? Where to start... Preachy, repetitive lyrics Non melodic boring songs Other than that, it's not that horrible. Thank God they didn't go out with that turd and returned to classic form with CA, their best work since 1989.Amen to this my friend.... :cheers:I see what you did there. And it's just wrong... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Neil should have stopped writing lyrics after Far Cry. What's wrong with this album? Where to start... Preachy, repetitive lyrics Non melodic boring songs Other than that, it's not that horrible. Thank God they didn't go out with that turd and returned to classic form with CA, their best work since 1989.Amen to this my friend.... :cheers:I see what you did there. And it's just wrong... Yeah, no kidding. Where is the vomit smiley when you need it? I think it's hilarious when people call Neil's lyrics preachy. If you don't like those type of lyrics, why are you even a Rush fan at all? That's pretty much all he writes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Neil should have stopped writing lyrics after Far Cry. What's wrong with this album? Where to start... Preachy, repetitive lyrics Non melodic boring songs Other than that, it's not that horrible. Thank God they didn't go out with that turd and returned to classic form with CA, their best work since 1989.Amen to this my friend.... :cheers:I see what you did there. And it's just wrong...Just seeing if you are paying attention... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Neil should have stopped writing lyrics after Far Cry. What's wrong with this album? Where to start... Preachy, repetitive lyrics Non melodic boring songs Other than that, it's not that horrible. Thank God they didn't go out with that turd and returned to classic form with CA, their best work since 1989.Amen to this my friend.... :cheers:I see what you did there. And it's just wrong... Yeah, no kidding. Where is the vomit smiley when you need it? I think it's hilarious when people call Neil's lyrics preachy. If you don't like those type of lyrics, why are you even a Rush fan at all? That's pretty much all he writes. ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedRush Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Other than Far Cry and the instrumentals, all the songs are mid-tempo trudgefests with generally lackluster lyrics. They really sound the same, and even if it were only on 4 minute song, it would still be a boring, mid-tempo trudgefest. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antiquark Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 The songs on it are mostly sad and gloomy, so you have to be in the correct frame of mind to really appreciate it. (I.e. a sad and gloomy frame of mind.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driven_to_xanadu Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 The songs on it are mostly sad and gloomy, so you have to be in the correct frame of mind to really appreciate it. (I.e. a sad and gloomy frame of mind.)Right, Far Cry being the only anomaly really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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