LedRush

A cynic might say the whole trend is simply making a profit off pretending to like people's favorite songs. And he wouldn't be far off. He'd be spot-on in most cases. This is frequently all about building up a big enough subscriber base to monetize one's channel. Well, his political videos have very few views and seem to garner equal hate and praise. His reaction views are much more popular, and they seem to revolve around a specific type of music and a few artists.

Please don’t speak for me. When core human rights like freedom of speech and due process are abridged, whether by government or corporatists, I don’t really care what the motivations are; the people doing it are almost always the bad guys.

Have a cigar and a drink and enjoy the relentless passage of time representing creeping death while listening to Hold Your Fire, which also represents creeping death. (I actually love HYF...don’t tell LABT.)

Fourteen years? Get back to me when you surpass Johnny’s 15. Congrats, Treeduck, it really is an impressive time, and your humor is (almost) always appreciated!

Happy belated anniversary Johnny! Fifteen years is a long time. Please enjoy as many fish flakes in your food as you think is appropriate for this occasion :D

I’ve had my opinions changed by discussions I’ve had with people on SOCN.

This was a great one: https://www.aier.org/article/eulogy-for-neil-peart-champion-of-freedom/

I watched Exit...Stage Left...it was nice to hear Neil talking in the intro and between so many songs.

http://youtu.be/cWoMIlivrtU

Your rankings are pretty good except CP is way too high. And RTB too low. Fixed

How do you survive in Japan, the land of absurd pizza.

Clockwork Angels Speed of Love

80% is perfect, 10% is funny and fun, 10% is mediocre. Stone cold classic album.

It was a very good bounce back after their worst album.

Broon's Bane

Surprised Mary Poppins Leia is not on your list. Leia Poppins didn't bother me so much, and I thought that the Facetime sequences were brilliant. And it even took the edge off of Luke dying as Kylo remarks that Rey couldn't do it as the effort would kill her.

Except that the album reversed the trend of decreasing sales since Signals, is their most popular post 1984 album, and was more present on the radio than anything after MP. Except for that.

I get that, but the album was a surprise hit and was on the radio constantly.

One Little Victory < Far Cry Ceiling Unlimited > Armor and Sword (blowout) Ghost Rider > Workin' Them Angels (blowout) Peaceable Kingdom > The Larger Bowl The Stars Look Down > Spindrift How It Is > The Main Monkey Business (a little close) Vapor Trail > The Way The Wind Blows Secret Touch > Hope (close, but so different) Earthshine > Faithless Sweet Miracle -> Bravest Face Nocturne > Good News First Freeze (Part IV of "Fear") < Malignant Narcissism (a little close) Out Of The Cradle > We Hold On An 11-2 victory...no surprise as S&A only has 4 listenable songs.

5.1 Hemispheres by Wilson.

I like a lot more than I did when it was released. I bet a lot of people feel that way. Coming after PeW and MP was tough. But now that people can see what came after Signals . . . Nothing wrong with loads of superior albums. Nothing after Signals approaches “superior” to it. I think GUP slays it. oh i think plenty match and surpass signals. i couldn't give less than a shit what ged says, lol Mick Ged was pandering. You know, it took a lot of courage to say, in essence, “we took a discography that was constantly reaching new heights and we dumped it in the toilet by trying to become Spandau Ballet.” On the R40 tour they went from Roll the Bones to Signals at the show I saw. I choose to believe his contrition was sincere, evidenced by pretending those albums never existed. Mock him all you like goose. Hadn't they just dome a synth era-heavy tour before that (a tour I skipped because of a setlist I didn't care to see). I do think Ged was playing up the heavier stuff in response to the film-makers, but there's no denying that by HYF they had gone too far (how many times have a posted that photo of the Casio keyboards?). :cheers: For all the shit I give the synth period, I still really like a lot of it. Having said that, to me, it is their weakest work (minus Counterparts, of course) and I was very happy that the R40 tour largely ignored it (with the awesome exception of Losing It). For me it's relative. Rush is one of my favorite bands, so of course I like PoW more than I like anything by Megadeth. But The Manhattan Project doesn't hold a candle to Freewill in my book. I agree in concept, but disagree with the Manhattan Project reference. I like the story-telling Rush, even when saturated in synths.

You could almost escape being called a lunatic with that list but for the fact that you have CoS a staggering 4 spots above MP. Lunatic. My most listened to songs of the approx 24,000 I have in my library are The Necromancer and FoL. I love story-telling Rush, and those are 2 of my favorites, with only 2112, Hemispheres and Red Barchetta contending. ITIGB is an obvious weak spot, but it's still better than Witch Hunt and Vital Signs (insert lunatic reference here). Bastille Day is more metal than anything off of MP (yw Earl), and Lakeside Park is nicely told nostalgia story.

Isn’t some of “classic” Rush “prog” Rush? Or vice versa? Where’s the line? Currently, here are my top 5: 1. MP 2. PeW 3. Hemispheres 4. AFTK 5. 2112 I usually categorize like this: Early Rush Rush FBN Prog Rush CoS 2112 AFTK Hemi Classic Rush PeW MP Synth Rush Signals GuP PoW HYF Thin Guitar Rush Presto RTB Dumpster Fire Rush Counterparts Real Guitar Rush Counterparts T4E Heavy Rush VT S&A CA

I like a lot more than I did when it was released. I bet a lot of people feel that way. Coming after PeW and MP was tough. But now that people can see what came after Signals . . . Nothing wrong with loads of superior albums. Nothing after Signals approaches “superior” to it. I think GUP slays it. oh i think plenty match and surpass signals. i couldn't give less than a shit what ged says, lol Mick Ged was pandering. You know, it took a lot of courage to say, in essence, “we took a discography that was constantly reaching new heights and we dumped it in the toilet by trying to become Spandau Ballet.” On the R40 tour they went from Roll the Bones to Signals at the show I saw. I choose to believe his contrition was sincere, evidenced by pretending those albums never existed. Mock him all you like goose. Hadn't they just dome a synth era-heavy tour before that (a tour I skipped because of a setlist I didn't care to see). I do think Ged was playing up the heavier stuff in response to the film-makers, but there's no denying that by HYF they had gone too far (how many times have a posted that photo of the Casio keyboards?). :cheers: For all the shit I give the synth period, I still really like a lot of it. Having said that, to me, it is their weakest work (minus Counterparts, of course) and I was very happy that the R40 tour largely ignored it (with the awesome exception of Losing It).

I'm a lunatic (assuming we're ranking on what we enjoy and not what we believe is most accepted as generally the best). 1. COS 2. Hemispheres 3. 2112 4. PeW 5. MP I enjoy prog Rush slightly more than classic Rush, even though I accept that classic Rush is more popular and musically mature.