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As much as every single one of us should say Moving Pictures, I voted Permanent Waves.

 

MP is, without question, a watershed album in rock music history (even if the average music fan doesn't completely realize it). It certainly deserves the love it gets in this poll.

 

That being said, I just absolutely love PW.

 

 

I went with Runaway Train.... love the lyrics and the melody.

 

Home on the Strange is a close second.

A Show of Hands because it reminds me of my youth and seeing them live during those days.

 

Have to say, though, I love the 4th disc (P/G Video Soundtrack) from Replay. The version of Spirit on that disc seems to have a level of soul not always found on other live versions, boots included.

I wasn't sold on the idea of a cover EP, but I bought it the day of the release and.... wow.

 

Could do without the Buffalo Springfield, but everything else is, in my humble opinion, outstanding.

 

Almost voted for Crossroads, then Mr. Soul. Settled on The Seeker.

A huge fan of How It Is.... to me it is in many ways a similar message to The Pass, but much more uplifting and upbeat.

Without a doubt, my favorite album.

 

I can't say enough about it.... Natural Science, Entre Nous, Freewill.... but it begins with a harmonic bang unlike anything else in rock music.

 

My vote goes to Spirit, if not for the blistering intro and melody, then for the lyrical genius play on Simon and Garfunkel.

Totem pulls at my intellectual heart strings, but so does Colour of Right... I gave it a vote.... and then was saddened to see it gets so little love from the community.

 

Great, great lyrics.

 

Take it easy on me now.

A great, great album, in my book.

 

My favorite song on it changes with the weather.

The child of the Cold War slash historian in me gives much love to Heresy. Likewise, I love the polished sound of Ghost of a Chance. Still, I swear Neil wrote The Big Wheel for me.... I love the song and it's connection to my own spiritual journey.

It does my heart good to see so much love for this album. I was leaving high school and entering college when it was released and the resident Rush fans of my generation bashed Presto relentlessly.

 

Perhaps it was because I had a sincere and heartfelt, lifesaving revelation when I first heard The Pass. Perhaps it was because I was ready to move on with live and was willing to accept Rush was evolving. But I immediately loved this album.

 

It grows more relevant to my life almost daily.... any Rush fan with a teenage or nearly teenage child can still completely relate to War Paint. Anagram for Mongo still makes me chuckle.

 

This disc is always in my 6 disc changer.

The older I get, the more Time Stand Still is relevant.... Open Secrets and Prime Mover are on my all time list though.

I see the Middle Kingdom between Heaven and Earth....

 

Every time I go to a high school football game or see gangs squaring off I think of this song.

 

It is deep beyond description... an explanation of the bizarre behavior that is humanity.

 

I love this song.

Voted DEW, but hearing Between the Wheels on R30 was pretty much amazin'

As if my login name doesn't give it away...

 

I have been described by friends who know me and Rush as a New World Man...

 

Still, Subdivisions and The Weapon are high on my personal list.

 

This album, though, is low on my overall Rush list. To me it comes off as awkward in places.

So, I am a high school principal any my school does a spring thing called Mini-Courses (a two-week window where the English Department teachers have a short course on something they and the students find interesting).

 

One of my teachers is considering a course on Prog Rock with a heavy Rush influence for this year. If she doesn't pick it up, I am doing one next year on Moving Pictures (mine this year is on baseball in literature... if I bill it the students will come).

 

This entire album, after all, deserves that kind of respect. Of course everyone wants to vote Tom Sawyer but won't. Red Barchetta... come on, now... is there a better Rush song live?

 

I used to actually use Witch Hunt as part of my history curriculum when I was in the classroom.

 

Etc. etc. etc.

 

My vote went to Limelight since it is my son's favorite song... but we are talking Moving Pictures... there isn't a bad vote on this one.

 

 

The Trees.... by far for me. My opinion is it is the most misinterpreted Rush song ever and the ultimate in Objectivist art. Neil really hit his stride on this one, even if it is well above the heads of the masses, or should I say forest.

 

Okay, so I was only 7 during the tour and didn't attend... but I have a replica shirt from the 77-78 Farewell Tour for one reason: Xanadu.

 

Yes, Closer to the Heart is a crowd and billboard favorite and it's always interesting to see how the boys mix it up during the jam session when they do play it live, but hearing Xan live on R30 was the equivalent of an eternity in the Pleasure Dome.

The original seminal Rush album.... 2112 is the OBVIOUS choice. I voted Tears for two reasons. One, it doesn't get enough love. Two, it's so outside the typical Rush mainstream. It's like voting Liberatian.

As much as the historian in me appreciates Bastille Day, Lakeside Park reminds me too much of my youth and my own fond memories of hanging with the late 80s mullet crew to not give it the nod.

My vote goes to Anthem... my first introduction to Objectivism... and my love/hate thing for Rand.

 

 

If I gotta choose song only... it's "Working Man". If I have a choice of LIVE... it's "In the Mood"