goose Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Neil was mostly a mediocre lyricist after HYF.Neil's lyrics are usually either incredible or jaw-droppingly terrible. Not much in-between. More of the former than the latter, obviously, but there isn't much middle ground. Neil's lyrics start being consistently awesome with Power Windows and generally get better throughout their career, culminating on Snakes & Arrows, which is the best collection of Neil Peart lyrics ever assembled. Neil's lyrics prior to Permanent Waves are largely uninspired, boring, and pedantic with few exceptions.Should not agree, but kind of do.To wit... The hypocrites are slanderingThe sacred halls of TruthAncient nobles showeringTheir bitterness on youthCan't we findThe minds that made us strongCan't we learnTo feel what's right and wrong :eyeroll: What exactly is wrong with those lyrics?sophomoricCould you give us an example of lyrics you don't find sophomoric?Dreams flow across the heartland... Just one line? AG hates that line. ;) Too funny! Rush lyric sword fight.A running gag. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Girl Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Neil was mostly a mediocre lyricist after HYF.Neil's lyrics are usually either incredible or jaw-droppingly terrible. Not much in-between. More of the former than the latter, obviously, but there isn't much middle ground. Neil's lyrics start being consistently awesome with Power Windows and generally get better throughout their career, culminating on Snakes & Arrows, which is the best collection of Neil Peart lyrics ever assembled. Neil's lyrics prior to Permanent Waves are largely uninspired, boring, and pedantic with few exceptions.Should not agree, but kind of do.To wit... The hypocrites are slanderingThe sacred halls of TruthAncient nobles showeringTheir bitterness on youthCan't we findThe minds that made us strongCan't we learnTo feel what's right and wrong :eyeroll: What exactly is wrong with those lyrics?sophomoricCould you give us an example of lyrics you don't find sophomoric?Dreams flow across the heartland...*snort* Talk about sophomoric... But somehow I knew that was coming. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Girl Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Neil was mostly a mediocre lyricist after HYF.Neil's lyrics are usually either incredible or jaw-droppingly terrible. Not much in-between. More of the former than the latter, obviously, but there isn't much middle ground. Neil's lyrics start being consistently awesome with Power Windows and generally get better throughout their career, culminating on Snakes & Arrows, which is the best collection of Neil Peart lyrics ever assembled. Neil's lyrics prior to Permanent Waves are largely uninspired, boring, and pedantic with few exceptions.Should not agree, but kind of do.To wit... The hypocrites are slanderingThe sacred halls of TruthAncient nobles showeringTheir bitterness on youthCan't we findThe minds that made us strongCan't we learnTo feel what's right and wrong :eyeroll: What exactly is wrong with those lyrics?sophomoricCould you give us an example of lyrics you don't find sophomoric?Dreams flow across the heartland... Just one line?AG hates that line. ;)I do. I really do. So, so much. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ged Lent's sis Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Too funny! Rush lyric sword fight.Don yer kimonos and come out swinging! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithrandir Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Neil was mostly a mediocre lyricist after HYF.Neil's lyrics are usually either incredible or jaw-droppingly terrible. Not much in-between. More of the former than the latter, obviously, but there isn't much middle ground. Neil's lyrics start being consistently awesome with Power Windows and generally get better throughout their career, culminating on Snakes & Arrows, which is the best collection of Neil Peart lyrics ever assembled. Neil's lyrics prior to Permanent Waves are largely uninspired, boring, and pedantic with few exceptions.Should not agree, but kind of do.To wit... The hypocrites are slanderingThe sacred halls of TruthAncient nobles showeringTheir bitterness on youthCan't we findThe minds that made us strongCan't we learnTo feel what's right and wrong :eyeroll: What exactly is wrong with those lyrics?sophomoricCould you give us an example of lyrics you don't find sophomoric?Dreams flow across the heartland...Fantastic line. The whole song is lyrically fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Girl Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Neil was mostly a mediocre lyricist after HYF.Neil's lyrics are usually either incredible or jaw-droppingly terrible. Not much in-between. More of the former than the latter, obviously, but there isn't much middle ground. Neil's lyrics start being consistently awesome with Power Windows and generally get better throughout their career, culminating on Snakes & Arrows, which is the best collection of Neil Peart lyrics ever assembled. Neil's lyrics prior to Permanent Waves are largely uninspired, boring, and pedantic with few exceptions.Should not agree, but kind of do.To wit... The hypocrites are slanderingThe sacred halls of TruthAncient nobles showeringTheir bitterness on youthCan't we findThe minds that made us strongCan't we learnTo feel what's right and wrong :eyeroll: What exactly is wrong with those lyrics?sophomoricCould you give us an example of lyrics you don't find sophomoric?Dreams flow across the heartland...Fantastic line. The whole song is lyrically fantastic! :eyeroll:Yeah, yeah...We are conditioned to our responses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planet X-1 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Neil was mostly a mediocre lyricist after HYF.Neil's lyrics are usually either incredible or jaw-droppingly terrible. Not much in-between. More of the former than the latter, obviously, but there isn't much middle ground. Neil's lyrics start being consistently awesome with Power Windows and generally get better throughout their career, culminating on Snakes & Arrows, which is the best collection of Neil Peart lyrics ever assembled. Neil's lyrics prior to Permanent Waves are largely uninspired, boring, and pedantic with few exceptions.Should not agree, but kind of do.To wit... The hypocrites are slanderingThe sacred halls of TruthAncient nobles showeringTheir bitterness on youthCan't we findThe minds that made us strongCan't we learnTo feel what's right and wrong :eyeroll: What exactly is wrong with those lyrics?sophomoricCould you give us an example of lyrics you don't find sophomoric?Dreams flow across the heartland...Fantastic line. The whole song is lyrically fantastic! :eyeroll:Yeah, yeah...We are conditioned to our responses. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Fridge is a better and more technical drummer than Neil Peart. And he just plays drums to get the kinks out of shoulders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyriK Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 High Water is one of my favorite songs Tai Shan is fun to listen to and play I don't like 2112 album I think the only two good songs are Lessons and Passage to bangkok I also don't like power windows I think it only has one good song, Territories Counterparts is okay... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_alert Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Red Lenses and Time and Motion are both in my top ten Rush songs. Virtuality is awesome, and so is I Think I'm Going Bald. Limbo is their third best instrumental. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ged Lent's sis Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Red Lenses and Time and Motion are both in my top ten Rush songs. Virtuality is awesome, and so is I Think I'm Going Bald. Limbo is their third best instrumental.Red Lenses and Neil solo in the break were the most moving thing since we learned how to slice stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Time and Motion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronos Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 I still maintain that Time and Motion is THE best track after Hold Your Fire. I take that back. After Power Windows. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thizzellewashington Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Red Lenses and Time and Motion are both in my top ten Rush songs. Virtuality is awesome, and so is I Think I'm Going Bald. Limbo is their third best instrumental.Virtuality rules. It gets a bad rap because the "net boy, net girl" stuff is kind of dated but that's one of Alex's best riffs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewWorldScott Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 I think "The Camera Eye" is better than nearly every single track on the masterpiece that is Moving Pictures. "The Enemy Within" is probably my favorite track from GUP. I think it's them peaking as a band that wanted to fuse different styles in their music. I think this song shows that peak ability. I like "Presto" as an album. Some real heavy hitters on the album. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 I like "Presto" as an album. Some real heavy hitters on the album.:ebert: Also, spot on with the other comments. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 I think "The Camera Eye" is better than nearly every single track on the masterpiece that is Moving Pictures. "The Enemy Within" is probably my favorite track from GUP. I think it's them peaking as a band that wanted to fuse different styles in their music. I think this song shows that peak ability. I like "Presto" as an album. Some real heavy hitters on the album. Alongside Red Barchetta, Witch Hunt and Limelight, the only 10/10 songs on what many regard as a perfect album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tks95747 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 The lyrics to Snakes and Arrows were written by an angry, bitter, self-important old man. I couldn't agree more. Lerxt, Dirk and Pratt... "One of these is not like the others"... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eel Yddeg Posted October 5, 2018 Author Share Posted October 5, 2018 I like the production on Vapor Trails. Sure it's loud but that's why I like it- it makes it sound heavier and more raw. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangy Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 I like the production on Vapor Trails. Sure it's loud but that's why I like it- it makes it sound heavier and more raw. Its a product of its time. I love it as is too. Heavier and raw plus super emotional ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenJennings Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 (edited) I know music is subjective, but I find it hard to believe there can be any defense of Vapor Trails' loud mix. I mean, it's flat out damaged- full of clipping and lost sounds. If you like loud, that's fine: turn the volume up. The loudness war was just lazy production from an era that was mixing music for staticky FM radio and car CD players that had to compete with highway noise. Edited October 5, 2018 by KenJennings 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ged Lent's sis Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 ^^http://youtu.be/XyUENBO3n2w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnoble Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 RTB would've been a much better album if Alex didn't use such a weak-ass guitar tone. YBYL is the worst offender. Just listen to it...thin, tinny, no grit or balls whatsoever and mixed way in the background. I swear parts of it sound like he didn't even turn his amp on before Rupert hit the 'Record' button Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 outside of this board, my unpopular opinion would be that they have more than 2 records worth owning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 other than that, all I can think of is I like the last two songs on HYF. other than certain standout tracks, I don't really listen to a whole lot released after HYF 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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