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Do you think of Permanent Waves as a 70s album or an 80s album?


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Do you think of Permanent Waves as a 70s album or an 80s album  

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  1. 1. Do you think of Permanent Waves as a 70s album or an 80s album

    • Yes - every part of the album was started and finished in the 1970s.
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    • Yes - it is more like the prog era music than the synth era music
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    • No - it was released on Jan 1, 1980, and I'm a stickler for details
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    • No - it is more like the synth era music than the prof era music
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Let us cut out the jibba jaba and cut right to the chase here.

 

A dozen pages and an upteenth thread about a subject we still don't have a definitive answer to.

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Let us cut out the jibba jabba and cut right to the chase here.

 

A dozen pages and an upteenth thread about a subject we still don't have a definitive answer to.

 

That's because a bunch of stubborn people won't accept my definitive answer.

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Let us cut out the jibba jabba and cut right to the chase here.

 

A dozen pages and an upteenth thread about a subject we still don't have a definitive answer to.

 

That's because a bunch of stubborn people won't accept my definitive answer.

 

You can bring a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

 

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An Ohio state trooper had a truck to pulled over on interstate 70. You guessed it, for driving while thinking Permanent Waves is an 80's album.
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An Ohio state trooper had a truck to pulled over on interstate 70. You guessed it, for driving while thinking Permanent Waves is an 80's album.

 

You don't know this but the Ohio State Trooper was actually another one of your personalities.

 

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70s Permanent Waves:

"The Spirit Of Radio", "Freewill", "Uncle Tounouse" (Unreleased), and "Sir Gawain And The Green Knight" (Unreleased) were finished during July 1979, and demos were made of those songs, as well as unfinished versions of "Jacob's Ladder", and "Entre Nous". "Jacob's Ladder" and "Entre Nous" were finished during soundchecks in August 1979, while "Natural Science", and "Different Strings" were written in September 1979. The album was recorded at LeStudio Morin heights from October-November 1979.

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No - it was released on Jan 1, 1980, and I'm a stickler for details.

 

I always think of 1980 when I hear this album. Especially the Permanent Waves section of Natural Science. In fact, almost whenever I hear or think of 1980, that part goes through my mind.

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No - it was released on Jan 1, 1980, and I'm a stickler for details.

 

I always think of 1980 when I hear this album. Especially the Permanent Waves section of Natural Science. In fact, almost whenever I hear or think of 1980, that part goes through my mind.

 

Herein lies the unavoidable point present in the question of this poll and OP: "I think of Permanent Waves." Paiste7 considers it an 80s album because it makes Paiste7 "think of" 1980. However, the initial part about its release date is just superfluous detail for structuring an argument to suit one's personal bias, and therewith entirely irrelevant to the point subsequently made.

 

A RUSH fan born in the 90s whose intro to PeW didn't happen until the 21st century could appropriately think of the album in post-millennial terms. Then, in the interest of proper historical perspective, they might look at the time stamp and come to the conclusion that, objectively speaking, it is quintessentially an 80s album. But there's a problem with this limited historical perspective that is at the heart of why I reject the either/or paradigm.

 

For many of us cannot help but think of the 70s when PeW begins to spin. As such, for me, the Permanent Waves section of Natural Science is a permanent wave back to where it came from and an unavoidable reminder of the album's 70s DNA. But I am not about to impose my will onto how someone else thinks of the album by citing factual evidence to back it up. One should not make the mistake of allowing our having been tricked by circumstances to dictate our subjective reality onto the rigid interpretations of science or vice-versa. The date on the album is a fact, but carries no more weight than the fact just as clearly printed on the same liner notes regarding dates of composition and recording.

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No - it was released on Jan 1, 1980, and I'm a stickler for details.

 

I always think of 1980 when I hear this album. Especially the Permanent Waves section of Natural Science. In fact, almost whenever I hear or think of 1980, that part goes through my mind.


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No - it was released on Jan 1, 1980, and I'm a stickler for details.

 

I always think of 1980 when I hear this album. Especially the Permanent Waves section of Natural Science. In fact, almost whenever I hear or think of 1980, that part goes through my mind.


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Hellz yeah! Personally I don't care if people THINK it's a 1970 or 1980's album as long as they think it's a great album. :7up:

I won't rest till everyone agrees with me. It is why I wake up everyday. Not for ego but because I'm right, 70's album.

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Hellz yeah! Personally I don't care if people THINK it's a 1970 or 1980's album as long as they think it's a great album. :7up:

I won't rest till everyone agrees with me. It is why I wake up everyday. Not for ego but because I'm right, 70's album.

 

A true Rush Warrior! :madra:

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I won't rest till everyone agrees with me. It is why I wake up everyday...

 

Begin the day with a decade's voice

A companion in the Eighties

Plays that song that's so elusive

'Cuz the magic music's from the Seventies
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Hellz yeah! Personally I don't care if people THINK it's a 1970 or 1980's album as long as they think it's a great album. :7up:

 

It's a great album from 1593 B.C. But all the songs were written and recorded in autumn of the preceding year...then later released on January 1st just a couple of months later. So actually it's a 1594 B.C. album.

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I actually think that Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures belong in their own "mini-era" of sorts. The songs include elements of the prog era, such as more complicated arrangements and longer songs, but also elements of the synth era such as prominent usage of Minimoogs and Mellotrons as well as some shorter songs.
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