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A Farewell To Kings/Xanadu/Closer To The Heart (How Would You Rate 'Em?)


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  1. 1. "A Farewell To Kings"

    • <3
    • It's good...
    • Ehhhh
    • No, I don't like it.
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  2. 2. "Xanadu"

    • I love this classic! But who doesn't?
    • I like it.
    • Eh
    • Nah I don't like it much
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  3. 3. "Closer To The Heart"

    • I love it.
    • I like it, but it's a bit overrated.
    • Ehhh
    • No, I don't like it.
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AFTK - amazing opener to this album.

Xanadu - has a lil too much buildup but when it gets great it's great

CTTH - a flat-out amazing classic

 

What's your thoughts on these songs?

1 post a day lol, no more spamming posts like I did lel... let's keep it like... a 'daily special' kind of thing, I guess I would call it.

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This is an easy one .... all three are superb. My favourite album of all and my favourite of all Rush tracks, Xanadu.

 

AFTK - what an opener!! There was a tear in my eye as this roared out of my trusty old HiFi!!

 

Xanadu - there are no words to adequately describe it!!!

 

CTTH - classic written all over it from first listen.

 

...... then perhaps i am biased!!

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I love Farewell and Xanadu. It was great to see them play Xanadu on R40. Yeah, the build is a bit slow but that's one of the things that makes the song so great. It gives the main part of the song more of a punch when it finally kicks in.

 

Closer To The Heart is good but the radio overplaying it through the years has dropped it down a little for me. It's not the same caliber of a song that some of their other hits like Spirit, Freewill and Limelight which are all worthy of the play they've gotten over the last 40 years. I actually prefer the live version of the song with the extended jam at the end. It really makes the song much better. The song feels complete to me when I hear that ending.

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This is an easy one .... all three are superb. My favourite album of all and my favourite of all Rush tracks, Xanadu.

 

AFTK - what an opener!! There was a tear in my eye as this roared out of my trusty old HiFi!!

 

Xanadu - there are no words to adequately describe it!!!

 

CTTH - classic written all over it from first listen.

 

...... then perhaps i am biased!!

What's your favorite song from AFTK that isn't Xanadu?
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I love Farewell and Xanadu. It was great to see them play Xanadu on R40. Yeah, the build is a bit slow but that's one of the things that makes the song so great. It gives the main part of the song more of a punch when it finally kicks in.

 

Closer To The Heart is good but the radio overplaying it through the years has dropped it down a little for me. It's not the same caliber of a song that some of their other hits like Spirit, Freewill and Limelight which are all worthy of the play they've gotten over the last 40 years. I actually prefer the live version of the song with the extended jam at the end. It really makes the song much better. The song feels complete to me when I hear that ending.

Hmmm now I feel like Xanadu should be in my Top 25 now that you said that... well then
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This is an easy one .... all three are superb. My favourite album of all and my favourite of all Rush tracks, Xanadu.

 

AFTK - what an opener!! There was a tear in my eye as this roared out of my trusty old HiFi!!

 

Xanadu - there are no words to adequately describe it!!!

 

CTTH - classic written all over it from first listen.

 

...... then perhaps i am biased!!

What's your favorite song from AFTK that isn't Xanadu?

Close between AFTK and Cygnus X-1 (i am a sucker for the longer, more complex tracks), but AFTK just shades it because of the initial impact it had on me when i first got the album.
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lol idk :D this is just for fun lol

I don't trust this. I'm think this guy works for Anthem's marketing team.

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lol idk :D this is just for fun lol

I don't trust this. I'm think this guy works for Anthem's marketing team.

 

I figured it was one of two things. Either they are a new fan who recently discovered Rush and their fandom is still in the honeymoon phase and is very eager to hear other fans thought. Or they are an older fan who is delighted that they finally found a place to talk about Rush.

 

Whatever it is, I do appreciate the enthusiasm. A lot of us have been here for so long that we kind of lost that a little when talking about the band.

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What are you doing with all this data you're collecting?

lol idk :D this is just for fun lol

I don't trust this. I'm think this guy works for Anthem's marketing team.

 

I figured it was one of two things. Either they are a new fan who recently discovered Rush and their fandom is still in the honeymoon phase and is very eager to hear other fans thought. Or they are an older fan who is delighted that they finally found a place to talk about Rush.

 

Whatever it is, I do appreciate the enthusiasm. A lot of us have been here for so long that we kind of lost that a little when talking about the band.

I am a youngster who is a fan for a long time (for many years I lived) but I found out about this forum, so here I am lol

 

I think most people stopped talking on this site because Neil's death was a huge kick in the crotch

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What are you doing with all this data you're collecting?

lol idk :D this is just for fun lol

I don't trust this. I'm think this guy works for Anthem's marketing team.

 

I figured it was one of two things. Either they are a new fan who recently discovered Rush and their fandom is still in the honeymoon phase and is very eager to hear other fans thought. Or they are an older fan who is delighted that they finally found a place to talk about Rush.

 

Whatever it is, I do appreciate the enthusiasm. A lot of us have been here for so long that we kind of lost that a little when talking about the band.

I am a youngster who is a fan for a long time (for many years I lived) but I found out about this forum, so here I am lol

 

I think most people stopped talking on this site because Neil's death was a huge kick in the crotch

 

Nah, it was happening before that. Once it became obvious that R40 was it, a lot of members here started dropping off.

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What are you doing with all this data you're collecting?

lol idk :D this is just for fun lol

I don't trust this. I'm think this guy works for Anthem's marketing team.

 

I figured it was one of two things. Either they are a new fan who recently discovered Rush and their fandom is still in the honeymoon phase and is very eager to hear other fans thought. Or they are an older fan who is delighted that they finally found a place to talk about Rush.

 

Whatever it is, I do appreciate the enthusiasm. A lot of us have been here for so long that we kind of lost that a little when talking about the band.

I am a youngster who is a fan for a long time (for many years I lived) but I found out about this forum, so here I am lol

 

I think most people stopped talking on this site because Neil's death was a huge kick in the crotch

 

Nah, it was happening before that. Once it became obvious that R40 was it, a lot of members here started dropping off.

Oh yeah... I've seen that. That didn't come to mind :/
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What are you doing with all this data you're collecting?

lol idk :D this is just for fun lol

I don't trust this. I'm think this guy works for Anthem's marketing team.

 

I figured it was one of two things. Either they are a new fan who recently discovered Rush and their fandom is still in the honeymoon phase and is very eager to hear other fans thought. Or they are an older fan who is delighted that they finally found a place to talk about Rush.

 

Whatever it is, I do appreciate the enthusiasm. A lot of us have been here for so long that we kind of lost that a little when talking about the band.

I am a youngster who is a fan for a long time (for many years I lived) but I found out about this forum, so here I am lol

 

I think most people stopped talking on this site because Neil's death was a huge kick in the crotch

 

Nah, it was happening before that. Once it became obvious that R40 was it, a lot of members here started dropping off.

Oh yeah... I've seen that. That didn't come to mind :/

Doh! I'm kinda late to the party then!
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What are you doing with all this data you're collecting?

lol idk :D this is just for fun lol

I don't trust this. I'm think this guy works for Anthem's marketing team.

 

I figured it was one of two things. Either they are a new fan who recently discovered Rush and their fandom is still in the honeymoon phase and is very eager to hear other fans thought. Or they are an older fan who is delighted that they finally found a place to talk about Rush.

 

Whatever it is, I do appreciate the enthusiasm. A lot of us have been here for so long that we kind of lost that a little when talking about the band.

I am a youngster who is a fan for a long time (for many years I lived) but I found out about this forum, so here I am lol

 

I think most people stopped talking on this site because Neil's death was a huge kick in the crotch

 

Nah, it was happening before that. Once it became obvious that R40 was it, a lot of members here started dropping off.

Oh yeah... I've seen that. That didn't come to mind :/

Doh! I'm kinda late to the party then!

:doh:

well then now is your chance to start a juicy discussion eh? ;)

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