Natural Scientist in 2112

Haven’t logged into this site in damn near 4 years - as a teen finishing up high school, heading into my adult life, and developing more and more music interests, my obsession with Rush long since passed me by. Even still, my respect for the band’s place in my life stands very strongly and that’s always been the case in part due to the drummer. Neil holds a status in modern music history that can’t be understated. I always knew I wanted to be a drummer at some point or another, but it was only after having listened to Tom Sawyer and several other seminal Rush tunes that I knew I wanted to buy my first kit. So many others have a very similar story, and it’s all attributable to Neil’s skill and influence. Here’s to a man that, in my view, lived a great, full, rich life as not only a musician, but also a father, writer, thinker, and friend. I hope Geddy, Alex, and Neil’s family find comfort and solace going forward.

Ghost Of A Chance. Best song the band made in the 90s, IMO.

I don't really consider many Rush songs to be "terrible", save a few (looking at you, Dog Years); but some of the more mediocre ones, in my opinion, are: -Before And After -Rivendell -Tears -Cinderella Man -Witch Hunt -Chemistry -Red Lenses -Manhattan Project -Available Light Just to name a few.

One of my favorites is the one from Natural Science, about 2:20 into the song. So good. I also love the one he does in Ghost Of A Chance after Geddy sings "and make it last". Very atmospheric-sounding, I would say.

Same here, except for me it's the smell of mold. Of all the nasty things I've had the misfortune of smelling, mold growing on aging food is the only one that makes me retch. Ugh, I hate just thinking about how bad it is.

Free Bird. The instrumentals and guitar solo outro sound darn near perfect to my ears.

1) 2001: A Space Odyssey ( Lucas ) 2) Three Colors Trilogy: Blue, White and Red, by Krzysztof Kieslowski. ( Rhyv ) 3) Dumb and Dumber (ReRushed) 4) Schindler's List (Segue Myles) 5) Saving Private Ryan (Bigbobby10) 6) Billy Madison (Super25Smasher) 7) Jurassic Park (Ken Jennings) 8) The Godfather (thesweetscience) 9) Blue Velvet (vaportrailer) 10) Full Metal Jacket (NS 2112) 11) Ben-Hur (1959) (Lorraine) 12) Goodfellas (1990) (blueschica) 13) Chinatown (ReRushed) 14.) Airplane! (ILSnwdog) 15) The Big Lebowski (a rocket that ignites itself) 16) Rear Window (Lucas) 17) Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Mayra) 18) Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (NS 2112) Ah, why not. It's a classic.

Haven't seen many a movie so far in my life, but I'll go ahead and chime in here: 1) 2001: A Space Odyssey ( Lucas ) 2) Three Colors Trilogy: Blue, White and Red, by Krzysztof Kieslowski. ( Rhyv ) 3) Dumb and Dumber (ReRushed) 4) Schindler's List (Segue Myles) 5) Saving Private Ryan (Bigbobby10) 6) Billy Madison (Super25Smasher) 7) Jurassic Park (Ken Jennings) 8) The Godfather (thesweetscience) 9) Blue Velvet (vaportrailer) 10) Full Metal Jacket (NS 2112) I know I'm probably "too young" for this movie, sure. But still, it's one of the best war movies ever and I very much enjoyed watching it. And while it is heavy on the profanity, it does add to how realistic it is in its depiction of the Marine Corps and Vietnam. Another well-done Kubrick film. I'll have to check out the movies listed above in the future as well.

Jimi Hendrix ZZ Top and, of course, Primus. The Chicago-based band RLYR are extremely good as well. I also really like Cream, for good measure.

I've said this before, but Def Leppard was the band that got me into rock. Never was into it, never understood it before I heard a CD of their greatest hits on a road trip about 2 years ago. I liked Def Leppard for a long while and still do, but the main thing is that they got me out of the generic pop music I had previously listened to. There's nothing wrong with liking current pop music, but I'm never ever going back to it. Led Zeppelin made me truly appreciate a specific era of rock, the 1970s. Albums like LZ IV and Physical Graffiti opened me up to the power of raw, unbridled rock music. Still a favorite band of mine. Of course, they also inspired the most meaningful band to me out of all rock bands that I've listened to, and that is the trio out of Toronto, Ontario. Rush opened me up to music's fullest capabilities. The complexities and technicalities of their songs has been so inspiring to me; so much so that Rush are the band that made me want to play instruments myself. I picked up a bass because of those bass lines in Tom Sawyer and in Xanadu. I wanted to drum because of songs like La Villa and By-Tor. I wanted to play guitar because of songs like TSOR and Limelight. Not only that, the three have proven to be some of the most upstanding people in the world of rock. They're classy and mature, and it's hard not to appreciate that when so many of their fellow rock musicians don't fit that bill. I only discovered them in October of last year and I wish I had been born so much earlier than I was, if anything just to see them live. So meaningful to me and so meaningful to many others here on this forum. Another band I would want to thank is Lynyrd Skynyrd. Pre-crash Skynyrd were absolutely awesome. Primus as well; I love their quirkiness and Les Claypool is my 2nd favorite bassist behind Geddy.

This is a lot of songs to choose from (once again), so I'm just going to pick my favorite song from each album. PeW - Natural Science MP - Limelight Signals - Digital Man P/G - Between The Wheels PoW - Marathon HYF - Lock And Key But if I had to do the ten best songs from this period of albums... 1. Natural Science 2. Freewill 3. Limelight 4. The Spirit Of Radio 5. Tom Sawyer 6. Digital Man 7. YYZ 8. Between The Wheels 9. Jacob's Ladder 10. Distant Early Warning

I'm happy to see someone include Territories on their list. It's a great song that gets little love around here. Agreed, and I was also glad to see a couple of RTB tracks on there. Seems like RTB songs are very seldom featured on these lists and it's becoming one of my favorite albums the more I listen to it. Ghost Of A Chance is the best Rush song of the '90s, IMO.

1) Xanadu. It'll always be #1 for me. 2) 2112 (entire 20 minute track) 3) La Villa Strangiato 4) Natural Science 5) Working Man 6) Limelight 7) Freewill 8) The Trees 9) By-Tor And The Snow Dog 10) Digital Man Just missed the cut: Fly By Night, The Necromancer (very, VERY nearly put it in my top ten), Lessons, TSOR, Tom Sawyer, YYZ, Vital Signs, Subdivisions, Between The Wheels, Ghost Of A Chance, Animate, One Little Victory So many good songs and only ten spaces to put them in.

1. Geddy Lee (undoubtedly my favorite bassist, as he made me want to pick up a bass myself) 2. Les Claypool 3. John Entwistle 4. Chris Squire 5. Cliff Burton (was hard to decide between him and Geezer Butler for this spot)

Obviously YYZ. (But seriously, my favorite to sing along to is Limelight.)