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So if Neil hits the bass drum first, the 16 means that he will hit the high hat 16 times before hitting the bass again?

No, on average it would be 8 with 2 bass hits per measure, as one measure (of 4/4) is one whole note, or 16 16th notes. However, I believe that in TS's first verse, because of the timing of the bass drum half a beat before the second snare hit in a measure, it's more like a cycle of 10 and then 6 repeating every measure. However, even this won't always be the case, especially considering fills.

EDIT: OK, now, with another listen, I can say that this pattern only applies to the opening bars. The bass drum pattern changes pretty much every bar afterwards, often with more than 2 hits. To simplify the idea, think of Subdivisions. The 4 measures after the first part in 7/8 are in 4/4, and the bass drum is hit on every quarter note: 4 per measure, evenly spaced. The high hat here is in sixteenths, and therefore 16 per whole note measure, and therefore there are four high hat hits per bass drum hit despite the high hat being in sixteenths. The bass drum's pulse and the high hat's pulse are both in terms of the rhythmic pulse of the song and not each other.

Oh yeah, and:

The things I always emptied out, an early promise that somehow died. -The Anarchist

Permanent Waves

Fly By Night single

1. Hemispheres, Moving Pictures, AFTK

4. p/g

5. CA or PoW

Honestly, 7 would probably be Signals, HYF (:o), or PeW. The funny thing is, a few weeks ago, I put HYF pretty much last, but it's really grown on me since then.

Also, am I the only one who doesn't have 2112 in my top 10? Sorry, it just doesn't really get to me, even the title track, though I see why others like it. It just seems a bit amateurish to me.

Rush ABC

You Can't Fight It

Superconductor

The trees in

rush non spam

non spam by night

caress of non spam

non spammy one twelve

a farewell to non spam

non spamispheres

permanent non spam

moving non spam

non spam signals

non spam under pressure

non spam windows

hold your non spam

presto, non spam

roll the non spam

non spamterparts

test for non spam

non spam trails

non spamback

snakes and non spam

non spam angels

The Wreckers: Turn your back, not there anymore

Seven Cities Of Gold: Wakey-wakey (unintelligible) to a deep Sahara of snow

When I first heard it I wondered what the hell had happened to my beloved band. By the next album, I had my answer.

 

Do you know why they changed direction?

 

Aren't they always changing?

 

Actually, let's say evolving. :)

 

I disagree. One of Rush's main problems is that they've basically made the same album for the last 25 years.

 

And a bad album at that.

Wait, so Presto is the same album as Vapor Trails? And Counterparts is the same as Snakes and Arrows? :P

Wish Them Well

your old benevolent

Umm... What? (You were right, but no follow up?)

Infinite Energy

Caress of Steel

Shut Up Shuttin' Up

Tears: Is this how you do a slow song?

The Garden: No, this is.

La Villa Strangiato: Showin' off

YYZ: Airports. And also showing off.

Where's My Thing?: Brassiness, but no showing off.

Leave That Thing Alone: Showing off returns.

Limbo: And quickly recedes again.

The Main Monkey Business: We know you missed showing off.

Hope: But does it have to include Geddy and Neil?

Malignant Narcissism: OK, but does it have to include Alex this time?

Rush - None really

FbN - In The End (pushing "obscure" here?)

CoS - None (Bastille and Fountain hardly count as obscure)

2112 - Lessons

AFTK - Cinderella Man (meh, but better than Madrigal)

Hemispheres - Circumstances (Only "obscure" track on here, but better than The Trees IMHO)

PeW - Entre Nous

MP - Camera Eye

Signals - Losing it

P/G or GuP - Kid Gloves, Between the Wheels

PoW - Terrirories

HyF - None (Only like Force Ten)

Presto - None (I only like the three least obscure songs: SDT, The Pass, Available Light)

RtB - None (Again, I only like Dreamline)

Counterparts - CUT TO THE CHASE

T4E - None (Once again, I only seem to like the least obscure song)

VT - Haven't really given this much of a listen yet

S&A - Bravest Face

CA - Carnies (or BU2B if that doesn't count)

Rush: ★★☆

Fly By Night: ★★★☆

Caress Of Steel: ★★★

2112: ★★★☆

AFTK: ★★★★

Hemispheres: ★★★★☆

PeW: ★★★★

MP: ★★★★★

Signals: ★★★★

GuP: ★★★★☆

PoW: ★★★☆

HYF: ★★☆

Presto: ★★★

RTB: ★★☆

Counterparts:★★★☆

T4E: ★★

VT: ★★☆

Feedback: ★★★

S&A: ★★★★

CA: ★★★★☆

VT Remixed: ★★★☆

Sorry about the formatting on this one, something went wrong.

QUOTE (priest_of_syrinx @ Aug 1 2006, 02:47 PM) QUOTE (fledgehog @ Jul 31 2006, 09:43 PM) 1. You can accurately remember Geddy Lee's birthday faster than you can your own

 

It's pretty easy to say them at the same time: July 29th

 

Let's see...

 

1. When it's somebody's turn in a board game with dice, you say "Roll the Bones!" every time.

2. When you're in a huge room that echoes, you say "Test for Echo!!!"

3. If you go to a magician just to hear them say Presto

4. If you accidently call the brand of your soap "Caress of Steel"

5. You freak out at anything related to the number 2112

6. When you talk about monarchy, A Farewell To Kings immediately comes to mind.

7. If you know what Neil says at the beginning of Alien Shore

8. If you can name all studio Rush albums forwards and backwards without faltering.

9. You lose a pet and your Rush collection in a fire and you cry about your Rush collection more than the pet.

10. You spend more than 5 hours a day on TRF or Counterparts

11. If you go to a Blue Jays game just to see Geddy

12. You giggle when somebody says "I'm doing the best I can"

13. You accidentally call Behind Blue Eyes "Beneath, Between, and Behind Blue Eyes"

14. You can mouth the narration to The Necromancer

15. You can mouth the narration to Double Agent.

16. You frantically look in your crayons for The Color of Right

17. When you do the Limbo at a party, you play Limbo on repeat.

18. You start humming Turn The Page when you're supposed to turn the page when you're reading a book in unison in class

19. You start humming Between The Wheels when you see roadkill

20. You think of the song Tom Sawyer before you think of the book.

 

YES! every single one!!!!

 

You know youre a rush fan when you strike the starman pose/hemispheres guy pose when youre by yourself!

Actually, that's Alex in the beginning of Alien Shore. I think.