rocket ignites Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Had to go with Cinderella Man...gives me those spine tingles on Different Stages! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetersvt Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Cinderella Man. Just love the vibe and feel from that castle/studio in Wales that reverberates throughout the entire aFtK album. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empty Mindless Spectre Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 (edited) Super-tough one, Narp. Not sure I'm up to the task. Lessons has the added bonus of having rare lyrics from Lifeson. Did Lifeson write any other lyrics in Rush?Don't know. As someone mentioned previously there is just something about the acoustic intro that just grabs me and won't let go. For the musicians out there does it have something to do with melody as to why the songs grabs me and won't let go?... It is a great acoustic intro for sure, but I also love how it builds into the heavy jam and like Eagle Moon said the bass really kicks ass too. And those high hats are just the icing on the cake. If not for the odd authoritarian like lyrics I think Lessons would have been a much more popular song. These lyrics are soooo not like Alex, that I can't help but wonder if he meant them to be sarcastic but didn't manage to get that message across. Anyway, thanks for starting this conversation Narps. This is a group of peeps I could share drinks and talk about Rush songs with into the wee hours of the morning. :cheers: Edited March 18, 2015 by Empty Mindless Spectre 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share Posted March 18, 2015 Super-tough one, Narp. Not sure I'm up to the task. Lessons has the added bonus of having rare lyrics from Lifeson. Did Lifeson write any other lyrics in Rush?Don't know. As someone mentioned previously there is just something about the acoustic intro that just grabs me and won't let go. For the musicians out there does it have something to do with melody as to why the songs grabs me and won't let go?... It is a great acoustic intro for sure, but I also love how it builds into the heavy jam and like Eagle Moon said the bass really kicks ass too. And those high hats are just the icing on the cake. If not for the odd authoritarian like lyrics I think Lessons would have been a much more popular song. These lyrics are soooo not like Alex, that I can't help but wonder if he meant them to be sarcastic but didn't manage to get that message across. Anyway, thanks for starting this conversation Narps. This is a group of peeps I could share drinks and talk about Rush songs with into the wee hours of the morning. :cheers:Amen brother. Lessons gives me chills everytime I hear it. It builds and builds as you said. The vocals to me are bad@ss. That's how you layer vocals. Love side two and always have. Much appreciate the kind words as I'm sure the rest of the peeps here do as well... :cheers: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 It is both delightfully light and awesomely heavy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaked Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 A modest man from Mandrake... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 as much as I love AFTK, Cinderella Man just isn't the best song on it, it gets boring. Lessons has a more classic rock sound to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocalsBandGuy Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Ugh. This is liking having to name your favorite kid. They're both in my top 5 tunes. But, the winner is Lessons. As a guitar player,I can tell you they are both fun to play. But Lessons has that grooving acoustic track much like Making Memories, and has something I wish the guys did more often when Lerxst plays the melodic lead licks behind the vocals. Plus, the solos he plays on this song are criminally underrated. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedRush Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 I love Lessons, the nice acoustic intro, the simplicity and vividness of the lyrics, the power of the vocals and guitar in the chorus, it just works on every level for me. I like Cinderella Man, and the inverted power of verses and softness of chorus, but it is simply outclassed in this matchup. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G Lee Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Gotta go with Lessons, tis my jam :7up: . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Oh Lessons by far. Cinderella Man has a good riff but the tune really goes nowhere imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pause Rewind Replay Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Love them both, Cinderella Man ekes out the win. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share Posted March 18, 2015 17-14. I figured this would be pretty balanced. Also not much hate for these two songs either which surprises me a bit or maybe those folks just have been too kind to post... :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Omega Concern Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Both of these are great and highly underrated tunes. I do love to jam out to both of these but the instrumental break in CM pushes it just over the top for this poll. I would love to see them do CM on this tour, vocally I think this is still very doable and the jam would be awesome. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madrushian Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 lessons I just wonder who it is about ( who was a cheating) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super25Smasher Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 I went with Lessons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_hi_water._ Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Wow, this one is very close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ST3V Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Lessons is the clear weakest song off 2112 for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas King Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Cinderella Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flavia2112 Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Lessons... Alex writing lyrics, that is kind of strange and cool.But oh geez, Cinderella Man. I can't decide on ANY of these "song vs. song" polls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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