Earthshine

No. Not on a new song like this. Maybe in a few years.

5. If I had been taken to a concert at 5, I would remember it. It could change one's life.

QUOTE (Jeffrey @ Jun 14 2012, 03:46 AM) I woke up with the thought this morning that a TV evalengist can be compared to the fake lighthouse in this song. That, or the fans of the bands who want to "take, take take."

I listen to it at least 3 times a day.

QUOTE (snowdog2112 @ Jun 14 2012, 09:03 AM) I still can't get over how people attach the sound of a particular album to a producer and then assume any other album made during any era by that same band/producer combo would sound that same way. It's nuts. It doesn't matter if Terry Brown or Peter Henderson or Peter Collins or Rupert Hine produced CA it's not going to sound anything like the 70s or 80s albums. It just wouldn't. Go listen to Power Windows and Hold Your Fire and then listen to Counterparts and Test For Echo. Both pairs were produced by Peter Collins and the first 2 have signature 80s sound and the latter 2 have signature 90s sound and if any of them were still with Rush today it would not be much different than what CA is. Look at Terry Brown, ATWAS sounds nothing like ESL. Fly By Night sounds nothing like Signals. The idea is just silly that any producer is going to make a band sound like they are from another time. I am not suggesting they would make it sound like albums they have produced before. Just what they could do now.

QUOTE (presto123 @ Jun 10 2012, 04:44 AM) CA is way better than 2112. All it takes is more spins and more familiarity. 2112 was an important record in the bands history for sure but it has weaknesses. CA has few weaknesses once you give it a chance to sink in. I never would have believed it. This record just gets better and better the more you spin it.

I have no doubt that Neil know the Bible better than most Bible-thumping Christians out there. He reads EVERYTHING. And it seems to me that he lives his life in a more Christ-like fashion (I mean, Wish Them Well, meaning "love your enemies" in a large sense!) than the religious hypocrites of Christianity, Islam and Judaism who are killing each other all over the world and have been for thousands of years over religion!

QUOTE (Snaked @ Jun 14 2012, 11:01 AM) It seems like Neil has hit me right where I'm living several times over the years. Lyrics that simply speak to me on a base level, directed exactly at the point in my life where I am at that particular time. Right now it's Wish Them Well. What a remarkable lyric. All that you can do is wish them well All that you can do is wish them well Spirits turned bitter by the poison of envy Always angry and dissatisfied Even the lost ones, the frightened and mean ones Even the ones with a devil inside Thank your stars you're not that way Turn your back and walk away Don't even pause and ask them why Turn around and say goodbye People who judge without a measure of mercy All the victims who will never learn Even the lost ones, you can only give up on Even the ones who make you burn The ones who've done you wrong The ones who pretended to be so strong The grudges you've held for so long It's not worth singing that same sad song Even though you're going through hell Just keep on going Let the demons dwell Just wish them well Yeah! Me too! A lot happened in the last few years which I will not go into. This album is already helping me deal with things and hopefully move on and "wish them well." But like you, once again Neil's lyrics and subjects in his songs parallel where I am. Rush has been there for me for 35 years now and each album reflects a certain chapter in my life. It is absolutely amazing!

I am on this search to really try to understand the meaning of this album and its songs. Anyway, here is the main definition: A breaker is a piece of reef against which waves break. This sense of the term is closely related to another sense, that of the breaking wave itself. In times past, when ocean navigation was relatively rudimentary, a line of breaking waves was a crucial indicator that a boat was bearing down upon an island or reef. This was especially the case when sailing in darkness, in which the highly visible line of froth caused by breaking waves could be the only such indicator. In such cases the line of breakers was charted and named as a "breaker". However, here is a 2nd definition: Breakers are humans from various parallel worlds in Stephen King's multiverse who have various psychic powers. For example, a breaker named Dinky Earnshaw, from both King's Everything's Eventual and the Dark Tower series, has an ability "from some promise" to kill anything he chooses, although he has no exact control over when or how, which comes from some magic language that is particular only to him. And while some of the breakers have similar powers, most are very diversified, although the most common are teleportation or telepathy/telekinesis. So could these "breakers" also be the ones who lured them there and are taking over the ship and are actually The Wreckers?

Just looked up "Pedlar." It is the British form and original spelling of Peddler. Also, it is an island in Ontario! Interesting!

Here we go (be ready; this is very different): Chain Lightning Chemistry Prime Mover Between Sun And Moon Time And Motion Alien Shore Anagram The Pass Grand Designs Cygnus X-1 Book 1 Cygnus X-1 Book 2 Hemispheres INTERMISSION Caravan BU2B Clockwork Angels The Anarchist Carnies Halo Effect Seven Cities Of Gold The Wreckers Headlong Flight BU2B2 Wish Them Well The Garden Leave That Thing Alone (with drum solo) Middletown Dreams Hope We Hold On ENCORE: The Color Of Right One Little Victory Mission

They can and should do it.

Here we go: Here Again Before And After Best I Can By-Tor And The Snow Dog (all of it) The Necromancer Fountain of Lamneth 2112 (all of it in its original key!) The Twilight Zone Cinderella Man Cygnus X-1 Book 1 Hemispheres (all of it) The Trees Jacob's Ladder Entre Nous (in its original key!) Red Barchetta The Camera Eye Chemistry Digital Man Red Lenses Between The Wheels Grand Designs Middletown Dreams Open Secrets Mission Chain Lightning Anagram The Big Wheel You Bet Your Life Between Sun And Moon Alien Shore The Color Of Right Time And Motion Nocturne Earthshine Bravest Face We Hold On The Anarchist Halo Effect The Wreckers Wish Them Well

Don't know. But I can't help but wonder what this music would sound like with the production as on Power Windows: big, full, balanced and not so compressed. I would much rather prefer a bigger drum sound. Maybe Neil needs to get rid of those DW's and go back to Ludwig, which are the best sounding drums he ever had. The red Tamas sounded great too. But the white Ludwigs were the best.

A lot of the chord changes, rhythms and vocal lines make this album almost sound like My Favorite Headache, which I love. In fact, this could almost be a Geddy solo album I hear so much Geddy influence in it.

Forgot to mention Rupert Hine in my last poll, who did some great production on Presto and Roll The Bones. Both much more bigger sounding and much less compressed than Clockwork Angels.

Wish Them Well is awesome. I don't see why some people do not like it. The main riff is classic !

It is fabulous!

QUOTE (theredtamasrule @ Jun 13 2012, 11:58 PM) Halo isn't even a love song...thank gawd. Yes it is. Dilusional love.

Love it, but doesn't anyone else notice it has the same 6/8 rhythm as in parts of Grande Finale of 2112?

Open!

"I can't stop thinking big."

QUOTE (Rush Cocky @ Jun 13 2012, 05:12 PM) I tell you what, I am really starting to love this song as well....... And isn't it AWESOME that we all have new Rush to talk about? Indeed it is!

QUOTE (ReRushed @ Jun 13 2012, 05:45 PM) QUOTE (Earthshine @ Jun 13 2012, 05:27 PM) QUOTE (ReRushed @ Jun 13 2012, 04:24 PM) Terry Brown benefited more from Rush than Rush benefited from Terry Brown. Let it go people... I agree with you. But did you know Terry Brown worked with Hendrix in the studio? I did not until last night looking at a book on Hendrix. Was Terry Brown responsible, in any way, for how those Hendrix records sounded? Doubt it.

QUOTE (ReRushed @ Jun 13 2012, 04:24 PM) Terry Brown benefited more from Rush than Rush benefited from Terry Brown. Let it go people... I agree with you. But did you know Terry Brown worked with Hendrix in the studio? I did not until last night looking at a book on Hendrix.