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This is the new show of the fall that I am MOST excited about! It looks absolutely wonderful. I have never laughed this much while watching one of those network trailers. I am worried though about how it will do in the ratings. Sci-Fi has a terrible track record at FOX and it is in a time-slot where it is likely to finish 4th. Shondaland fare is very popular with the normals and there will be those insipid Thursday Night Football* games as well. And remember that: Against the run of the mill Swimming against the stream Life in two dimensions Is a mass production scheme * - For the record, I am an BIG NFL fan. I am not a fan of having games played on Thursday or any other day that is not Sunday for that matter.

The remaining 16% don't know what love is. Love is listening to Bravest Face. A Top 3 song on Snakes & Arrows and one of my personal all time favourite RUSH songs because of the lyrics & music!

You're "starting to get" it?! Haters have been complaining about the "plodding tempo" for the last 10 years. THAT and/or the vocals + lyrics. I'm not a hater. I'm a dislike-half-of-itter. ;) It is just so foreign that it hadn't even occurred to me that someone could dislike songs just because they are mid-tempo. I can understand excruciatingly slow songs being a drag, but there is none of that here. It's not Celine Dion, for goodness sake! I love mid-tempo rock. A good deal of my collection is mid-tempo rock and I don't think RUSH are strangers to it either. Snakes & Arrows does mid-tempo rock better than any other RUSH album.

I love the Owl, but is anyone else perturbed by the fact that it has feet? Owls have talons. All of them. I guess not illustrated ones on RUSH albums, but really that's it!

It's a little ironic that my favourite RUSH album, Grace Under Pressure, is winning and I didn't vote for it. I am in the Test For Echo camp on this one. A giant Inuksuk with dudes with harnesses climbing it; how can you go wrong with that?!?! I like how awesomely Canadian it is as well. Now if only they had spelled the song Colour Of Right we'd really make it Canadian. As far as Permanent Waves (close second in voting) goes, it is nice but flawed after they made the changes. Especially the foreign versions with that silly white bar covering the Dewei Defeats Truman headline. I would say it is solidly Top 5, but not the best.

A few went pretty recently, but not for $5! June 4th: http://www.ebay.ca/i...4-/272690999023 May 18th: http://www.ebay.ca/i...d-/391781383368 April 30th: http://www.ebay.ca/i...4-/222488220842 April 30th: http://www.ebay.ca/i...4-/272642585574 Personally I wouldn't have bought the $25 one on April 30th because it is a BMG record club disc rather than the commercial version of the album. The album usually comes up every couple of months. Just keep your eye on ebay. Maybe even send Resell-Mania (http://www.ebay.ca/u...=p2047675.l2559) a message, since they have sold 2 of them in less than a month and a half's time, letting them know you would like to buy one as soon as it comes in. Offer them $15 for it since the two they sold were for $13.50 & $12.11. That way they will prefer just selling it to you rather than putting it up for auction and hoping to get that much for it. They might not care, or say no, but it is worth a shot if you want it! .

I think I'm starting to get what all the haters are so upset by, the tempo of a lot of the songs. This is probably why the most uptempo song (Far Cry) is winning the vote. That said, for the tempo fascists, you shouldn't be hating on We Hold On, since it is also a very fast-tempo heavy rocker and really intense to boot. I myself LOVE well written mid-tempo songs. Maybe that's why Geddy's solo album isn't that popular here either. Lot's of great mid-tempo songs on that too. I, on the other hand, dislike needless odd tempo changes (like those on Clockwork Angels and specifically Headlong Flight). Snakes & Arrows doesn't do that. It does rocking intense mid-tempo songs with top-notch lyrics and songcraft. It really is one of their best albums. .

I've got that! :7up: I just bought all the early anthem discs( mint) for $100 on Ebay------ :7up: Nice! Was there a lot auction of them all together or did you just win various single disc auctions? I've been keeping tabs and noticed a bunch of single Anthem CDs had gone up recently, but I haven't seen any auction for a whole collection on its own.

I thought honestly about Iron Maiden and it just doesn't work for me. Killers is very weak AND with Paul Di'Anno. I would say okay if it was the 1st album even with Di'Anno, but Killers just doesn't cut it. And on the other side No Prayer For The Dying is also one of their weakest albums, so that doesn't work either. If it was Fear Of The Dark, then okay, but not No Prayer For The Dying. My assessment was that Iron Maiden had 5 stellar albums in a row, but never managed 6.

Bruce Dickinson spent an entire career doing vocal exercises, meticulous warm-ups and taking care of his voice in every conceivable manner. With proper care one can have very few repercussions from a lifetime of singing. Geddy never did any of that and by his own admission spent a great deal of the 70s & 80s screaming out vocal melodies. That kind of stuff does do damage, especially when you don't take the extra care before the show to warm up properly. Not that Geddy was ever close to Bruce Dickinson in terms of singing ability, but the wear and tear is certainly manifesting itself a lot more on Geddy because of the way he treated his vocal chords for all those years.

Diatribein is too much of a poser for RUSHHEAD666. I guess it really is time to check into poser rehab. .

I don't actually think Signals sucks, but Kid Gloves, man! That song is off the rails great!!!

The issue isn't with Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer being in KISS, the issue is them wearing the Ace Frehley & Peter Criss makeup & costumes and adopting a stage persona & singing style that mimics them. My favourite KISS lineups don't have Peter Criss in them. I would take any of the Eric Carr (except Animalize) lineups over any others. I was more than happy with the last lineup before the reunion with Eric Singer & Bruce Kulick in the band. Heck I LOVE Carnival of Souls and think it might be KISS's best album. So, no my problem isn't the fact that Ace & Peter were replaced. The problem is these two guys in the Ace & Peter costumes are making a mokery of the band. It's a really bad joke. Either take the stupid makeup off or let them develop their own unique makeup and persona. Thayer copying Ace's stage movements, unique singing style and general demeanour is particularly nauseating. Your analogy would only work if they hired some dude who would wear the same sort of skull-cap hats and tried to look exactly like Neil behind the drum kit while mimicking his drum style to the nth degree. It would only be apt if Geddy & Alex try to fool the paying public into believing Neil is still there by using some Neil clone. That makes the band into a joke, which is exactly what post 2002 KISS is. It's a carnival show or a Los Vegas act. It is a waste of everybody's time. RUSH with Dave Lombardo or Mike Portonoy or Mike Mangini would be fine for most fans as long as Geddy & Alex are honest and treat the new drummer with respect; not turn him into some drum playing cardboard cutout of Neil Peart. There will always be purists who demand there be no lineup changes ever, but that is the minority. Just look at one of the most successful rock bands of the last 20 years, Pear Jam. How many drummers have they had? Honestly, in a four to five instrument rock band (voice is an instrument) the easiest and most seamless part to replace is the drums. I think the only real place that the loss would be felt would be if Neil is not part of the writing process, since his lyrics are unique and a staple of the band's sound (whether you like them or not, this is true).

I've got that! :7up:

Oh I'll Play!!! My Top 6 Six Album Runs (in order Favourite to Least Favourite): 1. D-A-D: HelpYourSelfish, Simpatico, Everything Glows, Soft Dogs, Scare Yourself, Monster Philosophy 2. Placebo: Placebo, Without You I'm Nothing, Black Market Music, Sleeping With Ghosts, Meds, Battle For The Sun 3. RUSH: Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, Signals, Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows, Hold Your Fire 4. Queen: Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night At The Opera, A Day At The Races, News Of The World, Jazz 5. Pear Jam: Vs., Vitology, No Code, Yield, Binaural, Riot Act 6. Death Cab For Cutie: We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes, The Photo Album, Transatlanticism, Plans, Narrow Stairs, Codes and Keys #1 D-A-D (Disneyland After Dark) could have easily had a 7 or 8 album run by including Riskin' It All at the start or Dic.Nii.Lan.Daft.Erd.Ark at the end! The other 3 albums are also awesome, so it would be difficult to find any run of 6 that wouldn't merit the top spot. #2 Placebo, like D-A-D could have easily done a 7 album run, because Loud As Love is as good as anything else in their discography. They would be #1 if the D-A-D 6 would change to include No Fuel Left For The Pilgrims which is their weakest album, despite being their highest worldwide seller. #3 RUSH: From Permanent Waves through Hold Your Fire it is just one great album after another. The synth era has precious few bad songs. Easily the greatest run of albums RUSH has ever had. #4 Queen: News Of The World drags down the 6 a little. The tent poles at either end Queen II and Jazz really shine as two of the best rock albums of all time. #5 Pearl Jam: It would all be so great, but there is No Code sitting in the middle like it is giving us the finger. What a mess of an album to break up an amazing 6 album run. #6 Death Cab For Cutie: Never as spectacular as any of the bands above, but amazingly consistent. Album after album of excellent music. I only wish I could include The Open Door EP in the run (it falls between Narrow Stairs and Codes and Keys) because it is one of the all time EPs chocked full of amazing songs.

This is a really interesting statement! I haven't thought of it that way. Certainly the tinny treble overload sound is a huge problem for both of those albums, but I agree that the songwriting was in many ways superior to some of the more recent albums; Clockwork Angels being the most egregious offender. I still feel like there is a drop-off from the stellar work of the 80s synth era albums, both in terms of songs and sound especially on Presto, but I hadn't thought of Rupert Hine's contributions beyond the overall sound. Of course this is a faulty way to think about things, because of course producers are heavily involved in arrangements and would be responsible for all the things you mentioned. I think my takeaway is that those two albums ended up being a real mixed bag of wonderful and problematic, but overall came out better than many of the subsequent albums, especially Clockwork Angels, Vapor Trails, and Counterparts. Thank you for bringing up this point.

You were a teen/early 20s in the 80s? I was a preteen to teen in the 80s. Didn't hit my 20s until well into the 90s! Grace Under Pressure was the album that was out when I first became aware of music.

Bravest Face is EASILY one of the 5 best songs recorded by the band this millennium. In fact, I think all of them are on this album! Great lyrics and an amazing acoustic guitar riff by Alex. What's not to like?!?!

When I was listening to Faithless yesterday I thought, "Maybe I was too hard on it. It's not so bad." A couple of minutes later while the song was still going, I thought, "Come on end already! Jeez, why don't you end?!! End!!!" :P That's exactly how I feel about Clockwork Angels! It just keeps going and going and going for seven and a half damn minutes!!! It is unrelentingly bad. Faithless is wonderful and even if you happen not to like it, there is still a full 2 minutes less of it. I admit that Faithless isn't musically one of the 5 best tracks on Snakes & Arrows though. It really is more of a powerhouse in terms of lyrics. That is where the song really shines. Still, there is so much other awesomeness to choose from on this album, that one can hardly worry about this one song.

1. Nuno Bettencourt 2. Alex Lifeson 3. Warren Cuccurullo 4. Vito Bratta 5. Eddy Van Halen So I guess that means yes.

I don't listen to Black Sabbath. Are those all with Ozzy or are the last ones with Ronnie James Dio? Either way, I do listen to Ozzy, but not Black Sabbath, so RUSH despite there being a couple of weak albums in there like Hemispheres.

Dude, listen with your ears. Instrumentals are usually very melodic. Jeez. Instrumentals are boring and put me to sleep. My ears don't work as well when sleeping. Sorry. No, but honestly I think instrumentals are a waste of time in rock music. They are fine as a classical piece or a score for a film/show, but I have no use for them otherwise. There is never a point in my life when I actively want to put on an instrumental to listen to it. I love RUSH, but like none of their entirely instrumental compositions. I tend to hate the word "filler" that is bandied about so loosely on this board, but if I would use that word for anything it would be to describe ALL of the instrumentals on the various RUSH albums. The only thing they do for me is take up space that would otherwise be reserved for a complete song with lyrics and vocals. Hand Over Fist started off as an instrumental until they found it handy to fit some lyrics to it. Headlong Flight as well. I like Hand Over Fist in part because of the lyrics. Had it been an instrumental, I would not have bothered with it. I WISH Headlong Flight had been an instrumental, because then it wouldn't have been released as a single and I could ignore it! I really dislike that song. It irritates me to no end that it was the 1st single from Clockwork Angels and that it is held in such high esteem by RUSH fans. I consider it the 3rd worst song on Clockwork Angels (Behind Seven Cities of Gold & Clockwork Angles). It would be easier to disregard if it was just an instrumental. No. I just don't listen to it, ever. I almost never listen to whole albums. I used to have YYZ on my RUSH Part I mix, but I dumped it for In The Mood because I realized that the only reason I had it on at all was because it was nominated for a Grammy and that it is held in high esteem by many. I decided that it wasn't so important to the RUSH catalogue that I had to have it in the 120 songs that I have in my mixes so I dropped it for a an actual single that RUSH played well into the 80s and feel pretty good about it. But no, I never sing to it. That would be silly and also imply that it is catchy, which it is not. .

What is the catalogue number on your Power Windows? ANC-1-1049, ANC-11049, VANK-1049, or ANK-1049? And while you are at it, let us know the # on Grace Under Pressure as well. Thanks! . The Grace and Windows are VANKs :) The Exit was something else.. I forget.. but it was the original CD tracklisting (no Bangkok) Thanks! The Power Windows VANK has a small error. Have you noticed it? The beginning of Emotion Detector is actually on the end of the Middletown Dreams track. Meaning if you pop in your CD and just press track 7, the beginning we be slightly cut. If you listen through there is no problem. All it means is that if you need to rip these songs to put on a mobile device or your computer you will need to reassemble Emotion Detector with some music editing software by attaching Middletown Dreams to the start of Emotion Detector and cutting a second before the original track start. I think i-tunes lets you set ripping times to be X seconds before the start too, so that would work as well. If you want to put the album on shuffle or listen to it out of order, you are shit out of luck. Exit... is probably WAGK-1035. That is the most common one.

Tie between stripper and people of Polish heritage right now. Clearly the winning combination would be Polish strippers!