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Underrated: Everyday Glory - My second favourite Rush song and is so often overlooked Overrated: Closer to the Heart - I love the instrumental sections but I think the song itself, i.e. the verses and choruses, are fairly mediocre by Rush's standards Ultra-overrated: Working Man - For me the best song on the first album is weaker than the vast majority of the songs with Neil Peart

Subject to change: Counterparts Signals Power Windows Moving Pictures Presto Hold Your Fire Clockwork Angels Snakes & Arrows Roll The Bones Grace Under Pressure Permanent Waves A Farewell To Kings 2112 Test For Echo Hemispheres Fly By Night Vapor Trails Caress Of Steel Rush

Can't we raise our eyes And make a start? Can't we find the minds To lead us closer to the heart?

A memo to a higher office Open letter to the powers-that-be To a God, a king, a head of state A captain of industry

Yet my eyes are dawn toward the mountain in the east Fascinates and captivates, gives my heart no peace

What is the meaning of this? And the stars look down What are you trying to do? And the stars look down

The time is now agaaaaaaaaaaaaain...

Hey, a double match! The restless wind Has seen all things In every kind of light Rising with the full moon To go howling through the night

Eye to I Reaction burning hotter Two to one Reflection on the water H to O No flow without the other Oh but how Do they make contact With one another?

High on the sacred mountain Up the seven thousand stairs In the golden light of autumn There was magic in the air

Seven Cities of Gold Stories that fired my imagination Seven Cities of Gold A splendid mirage in this desolation Seven Cities of Gold Glowing in my dreams, like hallucinations

What is the meaning of this? And the stars look down What are you trying to do? And the stars look down Was it something I said? And the stars look down Something you'd like me to do? And the stars look down

There are those who think that life has nothing left to chance A host of holy horrors to direct our aimless dance

The Wreckers The Garden BU2B Caravan Wish Them Well Seven Cities Of Gold Headlong Flight Halo Effect Carnies Clockwork Angels The Anarchist BU2B2

For some reason, I've seen loads of people say that Grace Under Pressure was the first Rush album they'd bought/listened to. Why is that?

I saw Muse last October, and they were incredible! However, I was diappointed with the new album, with two exceptions: Survival and Unsustainable, the latter of which they opened with and was the highlight of the show. Here's how I'd rank the albums: 1. Black Holes And Revelations 2. The Resistance 3. Absolution 4. Origin Of Symmetry 5. Showbiz 6. The 2nd Law The Resistance is so unfairly treated. It's amazing beyond words!

I agree. The first half is way better than the second. Red Sector A is my favourite, but the atmosphere is great on each of those four tracks.

Dog years -- It's the season of the itch Dog years -- With every scratch it reappears Dog years -- For every sad son of a bitch Dog years -- With his tail between his ears

The counter-revolution People smiling through their tears Who can give them back their lives And all those wasted years? All those precious wasted years Who will pay? Isn't it odd that those who weren't affected by the Berlin Wall seem to be touched more deeply than those who were?

Don't ask me, I'm just improvising My illusion of careless flight Can't you see, my temperature's rising I radiate more heat than light

Now it's come to this It's like we're back in the Dark Ages From the Middle East to the Middle West It's a world of superstition

Clockwork angels, spread their arms and sing Synchronized and graceful, they move like living things Goddesses of Light, of Sea and Sky and Land Clockwork angels, the people raise their hands As if to fly

That's a bit cynical, though possible, sadly! A similar thing happened to me when I became an REM fan. As soon as I started to really love them, they split up! I'm just unlucky!

Thanks! It's one of my favourites! --------------------------------------------------------- Elven songs and endless nights Sweet wine and soft relaxing lights Time will never touch you Here in this enchanted place

All of us get lost in the darkness Dreamers learn to steer by the stars All of us do time in the gutter Dreamers turn to look at the cars