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Not to mention, side one of "Making Movies", with "Tunnel of Love", Romeo and Juliet" and "Skateaway". A bit weird but my absolute Dire Straits fave is Communiqué, side 1 - along with all the long tracks on "Alchemy". Some poster before mentioned Side 1 of "Octopus" by Gentle giant - what aforgotten gem!!! Must dig it out of my vinyl vaults at once. Another suggestion: Side 2 of "Jailbreak" by Thin Lizzy (Side 1 being stellar, either - though I don't like the title track too much); same with side 1 "Led Zeppelin 4". And side one of GUP, MP, Signals and PW, of course

... Given this wide a definition Rush and Nickelback are the same kind of music as well. No offense meant, but Rush and Kiss are worlds apart despite having toured together. Both Yes and DP are much closer to what Rush is than Kiss ever was. at least, Rush has always been 100% about music. Kiss? Did music ever matter to them? I can't say whether or not music "mattered" to them but the early KISS stuff is good shit They wrote catchy hard rock tunes.. I'll never understand the attitude that , as a rock band, you need to be a friggin musical maestro.. Kiss were no better or worse than a lot of other bands from that era.. seriously, do these people think rock starts with rush and ends with dream theater? Ha. I know right? Even in the Beyond the lighted stage, when Geddy says something along the lines of " whatever you think about kiss, musical or otherwise" , I was thinking it was a snobby comment.. I mean, why doesn't anyone pick on a band like ZZ Top? They have churning out the same bluesy style southern rock for over 40 years.. I love me some ZZ top, but it's no more musical than what kiss does yeah and you don't see anyone talking shit about motorhead either Talking shit about Lemmy? I wouldn't even think about thinking of it ... Nobody fools around with Lemmy ... Added: Music doesn't end with Dream Theater. They are at a point where music has already ended for me. But I've done enough Kiss bashing here (belatedly but seriously excluding "Strutter" and "Black Diamond"). Not starting on DT again...

Thanks mate. If you hadn't writtewn that, I would've had to! To add things: It HAS a Police-like vibe. Which is why it's such a stellar album. And I'm repeating myself, it offers a number of their best songwriting efforts ever, topped by Red Sector A, which was not only the first Rush song I loved to death (and still do), but a revelation in terms of combining 70s classic rock with the good sides of the 80s. And, in my view, this album, as tough it may have been for Geddy and neil to record, has aged perfectly. It's not that much different from the likewise stellar Signals, but different enough to have a trademark sound of its own. And it has the best side A of any Rush album (apart from Moving Pictures maybe). To be honest, if other albums - great as they are - hads been my introduction to Rush, I might not have dug that deep into them. I'm talking of the 2112 to Hemispheres era. As it was GUP, I had in an instance found my favourite band. The first 30 seconds of Red Sector A did it for me. So, it's my clear No. 1 album by Rush - and, of course their best 80s effort. Rush was a great band in the 80s, really ... Still is ...

... Given this wide a definition Rush and Nickelback are the same kind of music as well. No offense meant, but Rush and Kiss are worlds apart despite having toured together. Both Yes and DP are much closer to what Rush is than Kiss ever was. at least, Rush has always been 100% about music. Kiss? Did music ever matter to them?

Great band, one of my favourites but let's be honest their body of work is patchy at best and they probably only have one song that invades the general public's consciousness. Pretty much, the same thing could be said of Yes, or even Rush, at that. Deep Purple deserves to get in just as much as Yes and Rush. Completely agree. And DP have a number of more than classic albums. As great as Yes is, but they don't have the an album of the general status that In Rock, Machine Head, Made in Japan or even Perfect Strangers achieve. For their (creatively short-lived) 80s comeback alone DP deserve to be in ... That said, one of my three or four favourite albums of all time is Close to the Edge.

Wow...I admit I believe each to their own...but how is Caravan a stinker? Like...its one of the best Rush songs ever! To me, it has replaced Finding My Way as their worst opener ever. No moving melody, no really interesting hooks. An agreeable guitar solo, fine. But the orchestra on the live album doesn't make it any better. I see the love this song gets here for its edgines, it's "metal" feel. But that's nothing of a criterion for somebody who has never considered Rush a metal band. In comparison to a stellar first song like One Little Victory (well, that's power. and passion) Caravan has absolutely nothing to offer. There are exactly 11 better songs on Clockwork Angels.

No real change in position. It has been their best album of the last 20 years or so (yes, ranked slightly above Clockwork Angels), and the remaster is fine and maybe even necessary, but I have loved it before and still do so. Because of "Out of the Cradle", among others, BTW. I even started to like "The Stars look down". Leaves "How it is", which is not at all great, but no real stinker of the "Caravan" or "You Bet Your Life" kind ...

Nothing against Yes - I'm a huge fan of their early work. If they make it, Geddy might give that speech. Or Steven Wilson. Or whoever. Maybe one of those punk guys who have always dissed Yes but finally found out that they have loved Close to the Edge all their lives but just couldn't tell their grilfriend. But DEEP PURPLE not in? Sorry Yes, but that's another league altogether. One of the five or six decisive rock bands of all time (and, yes, apart from my own anboydom, Rush is not in that list generally), and NOT in? That's joke, and a bad one, too. If only one of the bands mentioned can make it this year, Yes must wait another one. And no comments on Kiss ...

Why replace the best song they ever wrote?

Nice idea ... stellar to epic - in the "Subdivisions" league: Headlong Flight The Wreckers Fine to quite nice - in the "Force Ten" league: The Garden Clockwork Angels The Anarchist Average - the "Alien Shore" league: Carnies BU2B Seven Cities of Cold Not at all indispensable, but I don't skip it too often - the "Grand Designs" league: Halo Effect Wish Them Well BU2B2 The worst album opener ever ... never get why it's popular at all ... didn't even make the "You Bet Your Life" league: Caravan Still, a very fine album that late in their career - rank 8 or 9 for me overall. Yet, If I'm looking for their best in the last two decades, I stick to Vapor Trails, preferably remastered.

Easy: - Bravado - The Big Wheel - Heresy - You Bet Your Life - Caravan Honorary mentions go to: - Carve Away The Stone - The Speed of Love

Blasting Number of the Beast for the fifth time in a row now. Will continue with the first Yes album ... R.I.P. Clive and Peter. Thanks for contributing in forming two of the greatest bands ever to grace the face of this planet!

He went home... A guitar god of my early rock fan years. R.I.P. Seems as if "Recorded Live" has to get a couple of spins this night ...

No mentioning of FOOLS yet? Now tjhat's a gem. The whole "April" album as well. My all-time favourite by DP is "Pictures of Home" - but as it's on "Machine Head", you can't call it overlooked. But it's stratospheres above "Smoke On The Water"!

Hmmm .... My problem with "Dark Side" is .... songwriting. Apart from "Us And Them" and (even more so) "Time", I can'T find much compelling stuff on it. (And yes, I hate "Money"). That said, all albums between "A Saucerful Of Secrets" (early favourite) and "The Wall" are better than "Dark Side" for me, my favourite clearly being "Animals". "Sheep" is one of the best prog tracks ever.

Really? Sure, not everyone may like their late 80s output, but what they have done since "Start from The Dark" is at least solid, partly awesome. Bon Jovi, then, is a safe bet for this thread. But nothing compared to Van Halen! From "Jump" on, they have been a synonym for nausea!

Thing is ... even M&S at their worst (which they still have to deliver) is better than 90% of Oasis in their prime. An extremely overrated band - typically 90s. M&S, then, is the among the best new music I've come across since Fleet Foxes. "Babel" is No. 2 on my Album of the Year list - and it's not as good as their debut. Extremely promising band. Could become the act of the decade .... Oasis, though, ... gone and forgotten except on a tiny island - whose inhabitants I love despite their sometimes questionable musical preferences (But hey, we Germans gave rthe world Rammstein and bought Hasselhoff. NO, NOT ME!!!) Back to topic, anyone?

QUOTE (Hatchetaxe&saw @ Oct 15 2012, 09:38 PM) QUOTE (barchetta90480 @ Oct 15 2012, 07:37 PM) Just discovered the thread. I've got a number of songs on old mixtapes. And a few on iTunes. Really liked that record with the slaughterhouse cover back then ... Weird band, but genuine! EST, and Edgar Broughton ??? Impeccable taste. They do match, in a way ... (sorry for replying so late ... was on LANless holidays)

QUOTE (t2s @ Oct 24 2012, 04:08 AM) Aerosmith has 2 good songs, Kiss has 0. No. Kiss has 1 good song. But that was written by Rod Argent. Aerosmith has 4 or 5 brilliant albums, and only 2 or three shitty ones. Unfortunately, these are the last two or three.

Just discovered the thread. I've got a number of songs on old mixtapes. And a few on iTunes. Really liked that record with the slaughterhouse cover back then ... Weird band, but genuine!

QUOTE (PocketfullofSilver @ Oct 14 2012, 01:55 PM) Could be worse, my first concert ever in 1984 was Men At Work. Ive gotten better taste in music since then. Seen them too. Three times. Remember them as a fine live band ...

QUOTE (AddictedRushian @ Oct 12 2012, 11:06 PM) So Sunday will be my first concert ever! I have never been so pumped for anything in my whole life! Still being in high school, this may possibly be one of few really good concerts I'll ever go to as we all know there is no band like Rush, and assuming Rush tours maybe 1 or 2 more times. Everyones talking about seeing them for the 20th time, 50th time, or even 100th time, and let me tell you guys, you are very lucky to have been there since the beginning or even a little later. Cherish it and look back on it. Some of us may never get to see them on tour again. Us teens have it really bad but I'm still really grateful to see them on Sunday. I just hope those who have seen them numerous times are grateful and thankful for being born in a time where seeing them since earlier albums was possible. Rock on!! Enjoy it! Great to read about Rush fans your age. And be lucky to live where you do. If you had grown up in the 80s and 90s in Europe, you would have had the chance to see Rush twice between 1984 and 1996 ... I was born in the 70s and CA tour will be my 6th show. Hope there will be more ....

QUOTE (liddybuck01 @ Oct 8 2012, 03:03 PM) The Trees The Spirit of Radio Red Barchetta Now that's what I call a brave decision.

QUOTE (librarian @ Oct 5 2012, 08:50 PM) The Long and Winding Road was recorded on the day I was born...that may not say a lot to you, but it says a lot to me Well, it says to me that you are a few days older than I am ... Wasn't it the second to last thing they recorded (I Me Mine being the last)?

QUOTE (Ancient Ways @ Oct 9 2012, 12:26 AM) The amusing thing is they are so high on the Clash and the Sex Pistols who had no real staying power and are time capsules while Rush has been such an ongoing living band with eras and genre differences. You're right in every point, but I wouldn't call The Clash time capsules. Honour to whom honour is due. These guys are complete jerks, though. And: you may even appreciate Rush if you've never played an instrument (or not to a degree that could actually be called 'playing'). Plus: Of course you can dance to Rush. Until the early 90s, there was a rock disco in my hometown that regularly played tom Sawyer, Spirit, Anthem and even Red Sector A - and the dancefloor was usually full when these songs came up. And kind of interesting dances you could see ...