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If you had to rank them, which of the many would come out on top??

Curious, which bands have you gone through this with before? A lot! This definitely happened in my teens and on through my 20s. Like Mick, I don't care if I ever hear another Beatles song ever again - or solo Beatles. Same with the Grateful Dead. Pink Floyd. Hendrix. Stevie Ray Vaughan. Pearl Jam. Radiohead. Smashing Pumpkins. Yes. Those are some that I remember best. But I know that I've spent some serious cash on bands and music in the past which I wish I had now! This doesn't tend to happen with contemporary bands who are still very active. It's easy to acquire their material without spending much money. It's just the legendary bands who have 30 albums to their name. In my 30s, I have tended to gravitate more toward genres and whole groups of similar sounding bands, never really picking one as my favorite. The advantage of this is that there's a whole slew of musicians which I've heard which I might not've otherwise. Plus, it's made me very knowledgeable about a lot of music-related stuff.

I'm not a huge fan of Rush yet. I have become burnt out on a lot of bands before though. The thing is, fandom can be expensive as f**k! You get into this phase and all you want is to listen to is Current Favorite Band (even if you cue up a few alternatives to try and keep things interesting), so you buy all the albums, T-shirts, DVDs...and then it hits you: you don't care to hear anything from this band ever again, it seems like! Oh gawd, how I've been there!!! I mean, at the end of the day, you just broaden your horizons a bit more, but I've come to almost believe that it's not possible for me to be a "fan" of any band.

I've been listening to Vapor Trails and Presto. Two different sounds, definitely, but not bad. Of the two, I like Vapor Trails best. I think it's weird that Rush normally put about 7-9 songs on an album, and then, starting in the 90s - it seems - they start cramming their albums full like other contemporary artists. It makes me wonder if they were just putting filler on there? Anyway, my buddy said he could make me a mix CD this weekend. I've asked him if I could get specific songs. So, I know to ask for "Tom Sawyer," "Limelight," "Freewill" and "Spirit of Radio," what else should be on this mix CD??

I don't think Yes is heavy metal. I'm not sure about Rush. Some of their songs do seem more driven and louder. I dunno.

I've seen some lists that claim that Rush is heavy metal. What do you think?

I can't imagine listening to the same 4-5 songs for a month.

I e-mailed my buddy. He said he had his iPhone on shuffle, but he thinks it was either "The Larger Bowl" from "Snakes and Arrows" or "Stick it Out" from Counterparts. He can't remember exactly. I guess I'll check both of those out?

I was riding with a co-worker into work and he was playing Rush. I asked what music this was and he said Rush. I don't know what songs or album it was, but I really liked it. I went by my local used CD store and bought "Test for Echo" "Vapor Trails" "Roll Them Bones" and "Presto." Where should I start with these?