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3. I Believe in Father Christmas - ELP

1. The Beatles 2. Rush 3. Yes 4. Steely Dan 5. U2

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RIP... Great memories from Hee Haw.

http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/transcripts/19820100kerrang.htm

I mean Beyond the Lighted Stage on them was basically a movie, and what an amazing "documentary" that was. Agreed but there is a big difference between a really personal documentary and the telling of a story of three nice guys who form a rock band and do drugs and stay friends and cause no controversy ever. That's a typical Canadian soap, right? :-D

RIP Excelsior!

GuP is stellar. In spite of the collective fashion disaster on display by the band.

I found a copy of KISS Alive on vinyl and someone left notebook pages of their "sign in" book where his friends listed things like their favorite foods, films, groups, etc. Fun little random thing.

My mint vinyl copy (sans the shrinkwrap which got damaged in a move and I removed) of Exit... Stage Left I bought 25 years ago. Still smells new.

I think many fans hold it in high regard in spite of its overproduction. I do for sure. It impressed the heck out of me that they sound that good live. The Exit... Stage Left concert DVD is essential viewing.

Pros: it's Rush at their peak and the set list is amazing. Cons: those annoying spaces between the tracks.

I saw one with a hype sticker but realized when I was about to share it that it was a remastered version. Still looking for an original.

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Link to whole article? It's on issuu, which I find hard to read; I'm going to buy the magazine! (I have to keep hitting the + button too many times! ) But here is the link, the interview is on Page 36. https://issuu.com/pr...-_december_2018 Thanks!

Link to whole article?

It is annoyingly intriguing, isn't it? :P A clever element of the song is how the aimless, meandering yet circular repetition of the song mirrors the punishment endured by the cursed Sisyphus. Sisyphus, Ixion, and Tantalus... https://www.ancient....n-and-tantalus/ It certainly gets stuck in my head! :-)

Outside of Driven, Resist and Time and Motion, TFE really is hit and miss. Some mediocre tracks. Though I will say Carve Away the Stone never fails to be an odd little earworm for me.

Chronicles was my first too.

When I listen to this album, I always feel slightly disappointed by it. Now I have never tried to explain why before but chose to do so with this thread. Permanent Waves was my third Rush album after both MP and 2112, and I remember still not finding it completely enthralling. All I've done here is try to give some thought as to why after several years I still don't quite love this album as much as others. Note I said "as much". Because love this album I do. I tried to make that as clear as possible haha But you're supposed to love it as much as we do!

Have to disagree here. NatSci is one of their best epics. I understand your criticisms but to me PeW is a darn near masterpiece, only surpassed by MP. I hear you! But I've never disliked this album, I just don't love it as much as many others. But 8/10 is a high score and it does not deserve anything less. If you think its stronger, I truly cannot argue. Every song is full of merit, but some fans are bound to prefer certain records over others. Exactly. At least you rank it pretty high.

Different Strings is the Madrigal of this album; by itself it's a rather inconsequential track, but within the framework and flow of the album, it - and Madrigal - works. Not sure, because I love Madrigal as a standalone track, whilst for me Different Strings is almost dull, and whilst it takes nothing away from the impact of Natural Science, it adds little either. Madrigal worked as an intermission between the more fantasy themed earlier tracks and the darker, moodier science fiction of the last. Different Strings merely blurs Entre Nous and Natural Science together to create a rather underwhelming finale to what had started out as another perfect Rush album. Madrigal is just okay to me on its own.

For years this was my least favorite track on the album. Now it's Witch Hunt. But I love every song on here. TCE just took longer.

Tom Sawyer is a gateway drug for many into the world of Rush.

Have to disagree here. NatSci is one of their best epics. I understand your criticisms but to me PeW is a darn near masterpiece, only surpassed by MP.