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QUOTE (Sheldon Cooper @ Aug 13 2012, 01:21 AM)QUOTE (substancewithoutstyle @ Aug 13 2012, 02:17 AM) QUOTE (Sheldon Cooper @ Aug 13 2012, 12:49 AM)QUOTE (substancewithoutstyle @ Aug 13 2012, 01:44 AM) QUOTE (Sheldon Cooper @ Aug 12 2012, 07:51 PM)Scale will be 0-10 Ratings will be given to the first decimal place, maybe second in certain cases. Negative numbers may also be given in extreme cases. Go! It's futile to take this thread either seriously or as a joke......and it's about 70 posts too long. But don't you want to know your rating? My rating? I haven't submitted a song for consideration yet. Earlier I said that Virtuality was more refined and nuanced than either Dog Years or Tai Shan, but that was just a "run of the mill better than statement", remember? How about Cygnus X-1 Book II? All 18 min 5 sec of it. How about it? Is it your favorite Rush song? Hemispheres? Yes. I'm on tenterhooks waiting for my rating.

QUOTE (Sheldon Cooper @ Aug 13 2012, 12:49 AM)QUOTE (substancewithoutstyle @ Aug 13 2012, 01:44 AM) QUOTE (Sheldon Cooper @ Aug 12 2012, 07:51 PM)Scale will be 0-10 Ratings will be given to the first decimal place, maybe second in certain cases. Negative numbers may also be given in extreme cases. Go! It's futile to take this thread either seriously or as a joke......and it's about 70 posts too long. But don't you want to know your rating? My rating? I haven't submitted a song for consideration yet. Earlier I said that Virtuality was more refined and nuanced than either Dog Years or Tai Shan, but that was just a "run of the mill better than statement", remember? How about Cygnus X-1 Book II? All 18 min 5 sec of it.

QUOTE (Sheldon Cooper @ Aug 12 2012, 07:51 PM)Scale will be 0-10 Ratings will be given to the first decimal place, maybe second in certain cases. Negative numbers may also be given in extreme cases. Go! It's futile to take this thread either seriously or as a joke......and it's about 70 posts too long.

QUOTE (Animate @ Aug 12 2012, 08:09 PM)QUOTE (Sheldon Cooper @ Aug 12 2012, 08:07 PM) QUOTE (Animate @ Aug 12 2012, 09:01 PM) you mean, if we guess just the right song, we get to be your friend?! Cool! Then, I pick "Dog Years"! (what do I win?) I don't believe you at all. You win nothing. You doubt me! OK, its true, I lied. But only to protect my first true musical love... Tai Shan now what do I win? Virtuality is much more refined and nuanced.

QUOTE (LedRush @ Aug 12 2012, 12:07 AM)QUOTE (substancewithoutstyle @ Aug 11 2012, 11:21 PM) So Rush in Rio would have sucked if you didn't like T4E and Vapor Trails? I'm no fan of either T4E or VT, but it really doesn't diminish my enjoyment of RIR. Didn't people express their opinion of RIR in your previous poll about "Rush's Best Live Album" ? Just not seeing where you're going with this. I'm just seeing if there is a correlation. For me, my like of the albums makes me love the concert. I voted ATWAS in the poll, but I love this video (less the audio) for it's song selection and energy. While there are always songs on live albums I don't particularly care for, I don't dislike them with such a passion that I feel compelled to skip them. They performed Roll The Bones on RIR, and though I don't hold that song in very high regard, it doesn't hurt to see it played live (unless you're a real crank!).

So Rush in Rio would have sucked if you didn't like T4E and Vapor Trails? I'm no fan of either T4E or VT, but it really doesn't diminish my enjoyment of RIR. Didn't people express their opinion of RIR in your previous poll about "Rush's Best Live Album" ? Just not seeing where you're going with this.

QUOTE (LedRush @ Aug 10 2012, 09:16 PM)1. Hemispheres - The height of the conceptual period. The songs are strong, and the playing is unmatched. 2. 2112 - One of the greatest songs every, complimented by 5 very good to amazing songs. 3. Caress of Steel - A critical and commercial failure, this album holds a special place in my heart. With one foot in the past, the band rocked out with two great songs. With one foot in the future they try the dark and beautifully ambitious Necromancer and Fountain. 4. Moving Pictures - Hit after hit after hit. Red Barchetta is like a little movie, and I'll never get tired of that song. 5. Fly By Night - Early and raw, with light and shade. Hints of brilliance to come in other fields, while mastering the hard rock/metal genre. 6. Clockwork Angels - Power and beauty. No album rocks much harder, and no album has more beautiful songs. 7. Farewell to Kings - Great songs, great subtlety, great lyrics. Only Cygnus X-1, the band's worst (but still ok) concept song drags this album down to #7. 8. Permanent Waves - A great and ambitious new start for the band, Natural Science and Jacob's Ladder aren't the band's best work, but they are still good. 9. Roll the Bones - After 3 disappointing albums (and many would argue 5), RTB corrects the mistakes of Presto, adding better songs to go with the return to guitar sound. 10. Signals - For many, the start of a period of decline for the band. The album only has one weak song, though, even if it only had a couple of great ones. 11. Test for Echo - Correcting the embarrassing mistakes of Counterparts, this album sees Rush back in fine form with a focus on good songs. 12. Vapor Trails - Bad production can't hide very good songs. The album is weighed down by a lack of variety and excessive length, and that the album's worst two songs were released as the signals and played live. Rush never rocked harder than this. 13. Rush - The original still kicks much ass, giving a glimpse at the power of the band. In retrospect, you can see the skill and diversity that would become Rush staples, but at the time, it's impossible to think the band would be where it was a mere two years later. 14. Grace Under Pressure - The band retains some of the power of its earlier days, though layers in interesting themes and a ton of synths. 15. Snakes & Arrows - 4 great songs, including the best song of the 2000's, can't wipe away the fact that the band was mired in mid-tempo trudges that went nowhere. Still, the clean sound, good lyrics, and inarguable highs make this an album worth enjoying. 16. Power Windows - 4 amazing songs and 2 good ones and two not so good ones. The first album where not great songs equal the great ones. 17. Hold Your Fire - Much maligned, this album was more ambitious than it seems. The band stretches to new themes, sometimes succeeding, but often with just ok results. 18. Presto - A commercial low-point for the band, in their first effort to shed the synths the band had lost the focus on song writing. 19. Counterparts - An almost embarrassing effort by the band. Rush's return to a harder, grunge sound completely forgot to bring the songs and lyrics. With only one great song, and very few very good ones, there's not much to like here other than a return of the hard guitars, a fact that obscures objective evaluation of this album by the hard core fans. The lyrics show why Peart doesn't tackle love. RTB ranked higher than Signals? Absolute heresy! Counterparts dead last? CP was no great prize, but it was a ray of sunshine in an otherwise dreary decade. My own rankings, at least as of today (they could change tomorrow): 1. Hemispheres 2. Moving Pictures 3. Permanent Waves 4. Signals 5. Grace Under Pressure 6. Power Windows 7. 2112 8. AFTK 9. COS 10. Hold Your Fire 11. Clockwork Angels 12. Counterparts 13. Presto 14. FBN 15. Rush 16. S&A 17. VT 18. RTB 19. T4E

QUOTE (micgtr71 @ Aug 7 2012, 07:01 AM)QUOTE (bluefox4000 @ Aug 6 2012, 10:18 PM) GUP.....Too bad the content didn't measure up. Mick I thought the content measures up. When it came out, I didn't but it has grown on me over time. The cover of GUP has a cold, austere vibe, which perfectly matches the musical content of the album. Great cover for a great album.

QUOTE (LedRush @ Aug 2 2012, 02:00 PM)QUOTE (jwoods89 @ Aug 2 2012, 01:55 PM) Power Windows. HYF? We must have different understandings of what "metal" means. Thin metalic guitars saturated in synth does not equal metal. I'll be honest, I voted for HYF! I've just never thought of Rush as metal. If I could change my vote I'd go with CA.

QUOTE (1-0-0-1-0-0-1 @ Aug 1 2012, 02:21 AM)QUOTE (gatorherman @ Aug 1 2012, 02:27 AM) ok i have a question how do you put pictures for your signatures You had a pic in your sig until recently. A pic of you and your dad, correct? You knew how to post a pic in your sig because you had one there, so why are you asking this now? This is getting silly. I think this "kid" is making a fool out of all of us.

QUOTE (gatorherman @ Jul 30 2012, 11:00 PM)QUOTE (substancewithoutstyle @ Jul 30 2012, 10:52 PM) QUOTE (NYM86 @ Jul 30 2012, 10:34 PM) QUOTE (substancewithoutstyle @ Jul 30 2012, 10:29 PM) QUOTE (NYM86 @ Jul 30 2012, 10:24 PM) His next poll will be called "Rush member" and only list Geddy and Alex. Everyone will heap praise him for only being 16 and only forgetting one member. I think you need to seriously reconsider continuing to ridicule this thread. Damn dude I'm pretty scared now, not gonna lie. All I'm saying is that if gatorherman really is 16, and this thread isn't a joke, you're being an ass. yes im really am 16 im sorry if i was being a ass ok i dont take jokes to well i thought u were not joking You're not the ass around here, gatorherman NYM86 is!

QUOTE (NYM86 @ Jul 30 2012, 10:34 PM) QUOTE (substancewithoutstyle @ Jul 30 2012, 10:29 PM) QUOTE (NYM86 @ Jul 30 2012, 10:24 PM) His next poll will be called "Rush member" and only list Geddy and Alex. Everyone will heap praise him for only being 16 and only forgetting one member. I think you need to seriously reconsider continuing to ridicule this thread. Damn dude I'm pretty scared now, not gonna lie. All I'm saying is that if gatorherman really is 16, and this thread isn't a joke, you're being an ass.

QUOTE (NYM86 @ Jul 30 2012, 10:24 PM) His next poll will be called "Rush member" and only list Geddy and Alex. Everyone will heap praise him for only being 16 and only forgetting one member. I think you need to seriously reconsider continuing to ridicule this thread.

QUOTE (An Enemy Without @ Jul 30 2012, 11:46 AM)Let's begin with the name. BU2B2. Bland. Uninspired. Uncreative. The name truly embodies everything there is to dislike about the song. It does a nice job of foreshadowing how boring the song you are going to listen to really is. When I bought the album I looked at the song list. I saw BU2B2 and thought, "why would they name a song that? What a shitty name." The name fit perfectly. It sucks. So let's discuss. What makes this song so bad? Why was it ever recorded? I don't care for it either, and always skip it. However, by being so angry and dismissive, you sound as if you're attempting to start an argument.

QUOTE (jwoods89 @ Jul 30 2012, 03:20 PM)QUOTE (metaldad @ Jul 30 2012, 01:16 PM) QUOTE (jwoods89 @ Jul 30 2012, 03:13 PM) QUOTE (metaldad @ Jul 30 2012, 12:28 PM) QUOTE (jwoods89 @ Jul 30 2012, 02:16 PM) QUOTE (metaldad @ Jul 30 2012, 12:02 PM) QUOTE (Tombstone Mountain @ Jul 30 2012, 10:59 AM) QUOTE (Alexmai @ Jul 30 2012, 10:53 AM) QUOTE (jwoods89 @ Jul 29 2012, 02:05 AM) How many albums sold to date? Around 205k USA, around 320k Worldwide The CA tour is approaching, anyway... will it go Gold??? maybe we should have another poll? Thanks for the updates Alex!!! Gold is 500,000 sold. This will not happen Are you kidding? It's already sold this much and it hasn't even been out 2 months yet... CA has not sold 500,000 copies I didn't say it did, I said if it's sold 205,000 in the U.S. in under 2 months of release why would it not sell 500K? You did say it, read your post agian. Are you Kidding? it already sold this much. You said , not me I meant it's already sold 320K worldwide, why wouldn't it pick up 200K more? It would have to sell 500K in the U.S. alone to be certified Gold by the RIAA. It's doubtful that will happen.

QUOTE (jwoods89 @ Jul 29 2012, 06:10 PM)QUOTE (bluefox4000 @ Jul 29 2012, 04:08 PM) I really hope it is. Cause Not impressed thus far. I shan't give up though Mick Someone above gave good advice, don't wear yourself out on it, if you are listening to it too much put it down for 2 weeks or so and come back to it. You never know, it may grow on ya. You have to give it time, and multiple listens. I've found that the songs which seem catchy and accessible on first listen usually don't fare well over time with me. On the other hand, songs which are more dense and complex, and to which I feel no immediate connection, turn out to be favorites in the long run.

QUOTE (sb2112 @ Jul 28 2012, 11:35 PM)I never expected to see a dispute over whether or not a guitar solo exists in a song. You don't come here very often, do you?

QUOTE (WCFIELDS @ Jul 29 2012, 12:53 AM)I'm gonna guess that Caravan opens the show.... They did that on the last tour. We don't need to hear it again.

QUOTE (deslock @ Jul 28 2012, 06:11 PM)After almost two months (about 100 listens), my new Rush album euphoria has warn off and I've concluded: Clockwork Angels is the best album ever recorded. Yes, you read that right. My ranking and ratings of the songs: (5.0 stars) Clockwork Angels (5.0 stars) Headlong Flight (5.0 stars) The Anarchist (5.0 stars) BU2B (4.5 stars) Carnies (4.5 stars) Caravan (4.0 stars) BU2B2 (4.0 stars) The Wreckers (3.5 stars) Seven Cities of Gold (3.5 stars) The Garden (3.0 stars) Halo Effect (3.0 stars) Wish Them Well Truth be told, it's not as consistant as Power Windows or Moving Pictures, and I've pulled Halo Effect and Wish Them Well out of the rotation. Some might argue that having a couple good-but-not-great songs should preclude the album from being considered "the best", but the remaining 10 songs are over 57 minutes (and the top 6 songs alone are longer than all of Permanent Waves or Hemispheres). The combination of jamming, improvisation, groove, hook, solos, fills, great lyrics, pleasant singing, and feel is simply incredible. I've been a fan for over 25 years, and I've never felt this way about a new Rush album (Snakes and Arrows and Counterparts are awesome, but Clockwork Angels is just on a different level). Of course, this is all IMO and I know many here don't hold the new album in such high regard. But I wanted to share my opinion with those who would understand the magnitude of what I'm feeling, even if they don't agree with my opinion. Normal people just can't grasp how monumental a new Rush album is Anyway, thanks for reading. I hope you're not serious with this. CA is a good, but not great, album. If you think it's the best ever recorded, you must have a very limited collection of music.

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