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Sorry Im late! I've had to have a bit of a think about this!

 

La Villa Strangiato

Cygnus X1

Hemispheres

Xanadu

Fountain Of Lamneth

2112

Natural Science

The Camera Eye

Jacob's Ladder

By-Tor And The Snowdog

The Necromancer

 

I've tried to be as honest as I can, sometime the bottom seven shuffle around. It's made this harder than I thought.

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Sorry so late,

 

Well, if I had to add my list of favorite 7 minute + Rush songs they would be:

 

2112

Xanadu

Cygnus X-1

Hemispheres

La Villa Strangiato

The Fountain of Lamneth

Jacob's Ladder

By-Tor and the Snow Dog

The Fountain of Lamneth

The Necromancer

 

 

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QUOTE (dependabill @ Apr 5 2012, 07:34 PM)
Sorry so late,

Well, if I had to add my list of favorite 7 minute + Rush songs they would be:

2112
Xanadu
Cygnus X-1
Hemispheres
La Villa Strangiato
The Fountain of Lamneth
Jacob's Ladder
By-Tor and the Snow Dog
The Fountain of Lamneth
The Necromancer

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1. La Villa Strangiato--best instrumental ever, by anyone. Ever.

 

2. 2112--I need no explanation for greatness.

 

3. Hemispheres--Rivals 2112.

 

4. Natural Science--Brings PeW to a whole other level.

 

5. Bytor & The Snow Dog--Barely an epic, but a killer song.

 

6. Xanadu--one of the most atmospheric Rush songs ever. Incredible.

 

7. Jacob's Ladder--See comments 4 & 5.

 

8. Cygnus X-1--I love how this song brings so much crushing heaviness to the ending of a somewhat less heavy album.

 

9. The Camera Eye--Not even one of the better songs on MP--which says how great that album is! A classic nonetheless.

 

10. The Necromancer--The narration is goddawful and it has some structural problems. I love Under The Shadow, but over-rated by you COS Zealots who are all caught up in the imagery of the album cover.

 

11. The Fountain--No One At The Bridge & Bacchus Plateau are great, the rest of the song(s), not so much. In The Valley and The Fountain just don't have great riffs like Overture & Grand Finale from 2112, this epic lacks cohesion or spunk. Once again, over-rated. yes.gif

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1. Natural Science

2. La Villa Strangiato

3. Hemispheres

4. 2112

5. Xanadu

6. The Camera Eye

7. Cygnus X-1

8. Jacob's Ladder

9. By-Tor and the Snow Dog

10. The Fountain of Lamneth

11. The Necromancer

 

The top 5 were just as hard to put in order as the last 6. All great stuff here. But my 1 & 2 here are probably my top 2 Rush tunes of all time anyway. 2.gif

 

 

 

 

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QUOTE (ReRushed @ Apr 3 2012, 12:22 AM)
QUOTE (rushgoober @ Apr 2 2012, 11:36 PM)
One thing that baffles me is when people don't have Xanadu and La Villa at #1 and #2, or at least close to the top. 

Don't get me wrong, I love most of the other epics on the list, but those two songs are sheer perfection. 

I'm with you on this one.

also in agreement

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Well I guess you have to add Headlong Flight to that list now! It's pretty Epic IMO!

 

Hemispheres

Xanadu

Natural Science

La Villa Strangiatto

The Camera Eye

Jacobs Ladder

Cygnus X1

2112

Headlong Flight

By-Tor & the Snowdog

The Necromancer

Fountain of Lamneth

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QUOTE (laughedatbytime @ Mar 31 2012, 08:51 AM)
1) Natural Science
2) Xanadu
3) La Villa Strangiato
4) 2112
5) Hemi
6) By Tor
7) Jacob's Ladder
8) Cygnus X-1
9) The Camera Eye
10)The Necromancer
11) Fountain

The top 6 are in my top 10, including 1-4.

cool pic of ron paul- he is that great actor from Bruno, isn't he?

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I like them all, but in this order:

1.2112

2.Xanadu

3.La Villa Strangiato

4.Natural Science

5.Necromancer

6.Jacob's Ladder

7.By-Tor & Snowdog (ATWAS)

8.Cygnus X-1

9.The Camera Eye

10.Fountain of Lamneth

11.Hemispheres (definitely my least fave)

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This is a good thread to resurrect!

 

Xanadu

Hemispheres

La Villa Strangiato

Natural Science

Cygnus X-1

The Camera Eye

Jacob's Ladder

Fountain of Lamneth

By-Tor

2112

Necromancer

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2112

The Necromancer

The Fountain of Lamneth

La Villa Strangiato

Hemispheres

The Camera Eye

Xanadu

Natural Science

By-Tor and the Snow Dog

Cygnus X-1

Jacob's Ladder

 

This was impossible, and my rankings could shift dramatically in a few minutes.

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From most fave to least fave

 

Hemispheres > 2112 > La Villa Strangiato > Cygnus X-1 > The Necromancer > By-Tor and the Snow Dog > Natural Science > The Camera Eye > The Fountain of Lamneth > Jacob's Ladder > Xanadu

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Xanadu

 

2112

 

Jacobs Ladder

 

Natural Science

 

La Villa Strangiato

 

Hemispheres

 

The Camera Eye

 

By Tor And The Snow Dog

 

The Necromancer

 

The Fountain Of Lamneth

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1. Xanadu

2. La Villa Strangiato

3. Natural Science

4. 2112

5. The Camera Eye

6. Jacob's Ladder

7. Hemispheres

8. The Fountain of Lamneth

9. Clockwork Angels (at 4 seconds longer than Jacob's Ladder, I vote for its inclusion)

10. By Tor and the Snow Dog

11. The Necromancer

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Here's mine, with the requisite caveat that I love every one of these songs, so last place is no slight.

 

Also, I actually wouldn't mind seeing the entirety of Clockwork as one epic piece since there's a theme. I realize that structurally it doesn't necessarily count. I'm not sure Clockwork Angels the song counts as epic unto itself, but if we count the song I'll make it the new number nine shifting all the ones below down a spot. The album as a whole would be placed about 4th, but it's grounds for consideration are fairly weak.

 

 

1. Natural Science

2. Hemispheres

3. Xanadu

4. The Fountain of Lamneth

5. 2112

6. The Necromancer

7. Cygnus X-1

8. La Villa Strangiato

9. The Camera Eye

10. By-Tor and the Snow Dog

11. Jacob's Ladder

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These are all really close in rank for me...

 

 

1. Xanadu

2. Natural Science

3. La Villa Strangiato

4. The Camera Eye

5. Hemispheres

6. 2112

7. Jacob's Ladder

8. By-Tor and the Snow Dog

9. Cygnus X-1

10. The Fountain of Lamneth

11. The Necromancer

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Xanadu

Cygnus X-1

2112

Hemispheres

Natural Science

La Villa Strangiato

By-Tor

Jacob's Ladder

The Camera Eye

TFOL

The Necromancer

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A Drummers perspective-Beware i got the 2112 badge tonight so you have to take me seriously..LOL

My Rankings and general comments;

 

1-La Villa: The Pinnacle. There are no other words-Put this against any other instrumental in any class - 10/10. always #1

2-Hemispheres: " how did you even come up with that?" You will never hear this level if musicianship again..-This album knocked the hell out of them-real work !! wow

Natural Science " Imagine the frigginn energy a drummer would get from this pulling it off"??? (Tide pools of Lac Perry-straight energy of the studio atmosphere )

Xanadu: " sorry I'm lost in a rain forest but because of this music I will stay here forever-call off the rescue team"-epic musical imagination-damn those double necks

The Camera Eye "truly underated- straight out of Morin heights "

Jacobs Ladder: what do you think of when you see a sun beam out of a dark and cloudy sky to the heavens?

Cygnus X1: The darkness.... do ..do do do ent..do do d,d dount do- oh man

2112: the best concert moment for me.. (imagine Max Webster opening for Rush on a mid 70's New Year's Eve???

Headlong Flight: the new Alex-My daughters favorovite Rush song-thats just cool . shes 21 and blown away by headlong flight. ya Dad was right about this guy...

By-Tor & the Snowdog: so cool-the first epic-slightly before my time but I love it

The Necromancer : OK I get it - love it but I agree with Taylor Hawkins-it's not !First choice to play for Lamneth your wife who knows Rush but lost here.

Fountain of Lamneth : I would have put YYZ here

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