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QUOTE (CantStopThinkingBig @ Jun 26 2012, 06:24 PM)QUOTE (Lerxster @ Jun 26 2012, 08:21 PM) QUOTE (CantStopThinkingBig @ Jun 26 2012, 07:27 PM) Lately he's singing like he's got a mouth full of cotton. At first I thought he was only doing this on live performances, but he's doing it all over CA. Parts of Carnies come to mind... but it's in just about every song. Maybe they really do need to start sticking to instrumentals... Do you have more than one example, or will this be your stupidest thread I gave you an example... the entire CA album. Here's some more... go listen to every live recording from 2007-2011 Can you do better or would you sound like you got a mouth full of %$#@?

QUOTE (iluvgeddy05 @ Jun 9 2012, 03:19 PM)So far, this is The One for me. Who else? The leading drums, initial bass notes, the "Bollywood" feel at points, and the ties to a mid-80s Signsls/ GUP sound at the breakdown before the lyrics. QUOTE (Presto-digitation @ Jun 9 2012, 06:31 PM)QUOTE (Bangster of Goats @ Jun 9 2012, 08:26 PM) Yup, I LOVE this song. Such a classic Rush song. The nod-to-PeW/MP/Signals parts, the Geddy bass riffage in the chorus, the textural elements (megaphone Geddy, the tasteful yet effective strings), Neil's tribal drum parts, the relentless feel of it (careful while driving while listening to this song, you might find yourself going 20 miles over the speed limit.) I agree. This is one song where I can definitely hear some 80-to-82 slipping in. Excellent song........I found it reminded me of NWM.............. http://www.therushforum.com/index.php?showtopic=75426

QUOTE (trenken @ Jun 26 2012, 04:34 AM)QUOTE (t2s @ Jun 25 2012, 11:38 PM) I also enjoy justifying mediocre things by saying they're meant to be that way. I hear a lot of safe standard issue rock parts and almost the entire album is in 4/4 outside of a couple parts here and there. What are you talking about?............most the album is straight forward progressive Rush stuff along with some ballads (which they've always had)................What album are you actually listening too? Probably not CA.

QUOTE (Broncos730 @ Jun 24 2012, 11:06 AM)I vote for the three that come up at random when my ipod is set to shuffle and is loaded with all the Rush it can hold.. Now that is cool.........Rush is Rush is Rush.............

I know they're not the same but it was bugging me that it reminded me of something in my Rush cobweb......then I found it..........or are there other songs similar bass riffs? This is my favorite part TA as it was with NWM. TA :58, 2:54, 6:26 NWM 1:37, 2:52, 3:26

.....so how will Rush sound in 2012?............................... Clockwork frickin Angels !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

QUOTE (theredtamasrule @ Jun 10 2012, 01:39 PM)QUOTE (ArrowSnake @ Jun 10 2012, 03:17 PM) QUOTE (theredtamasrule @ Jun 10 2012, 09:10 PM) QUOTE (ArrowSnake @ Jun 10 2012, 02:28 PM) QUOTE (rushgoober @ Jun 10 2012, 07:54 PM) QUOTE (ThinkingBig @ Jun 10 2012, 07:44 AM) Pretty sure NP based the hero's journey on his own journey. Thought that was pretty obvious. Exactly. He's the protagonist in the concept, not in the fictionalized specifics, but in the philosophical arc of the story - it's got his philosophy all over it. He is NOT the watchmaker. Exactly. Neil is the hero of the story, definitely not The Watchmaker. The Watchmaker is clealy a nod to the "Watchmaker analogy" which originally was an argument for the existence of God. (It states that an intelligent design like the universe must have been designed by someone, like a watch). But Charles Darwin and Richard Dawkins came up with theories where a design is not necessary. (Evolution). So, Neil is bashing faith again. This. It's a thinly (and I mean razor thin) veiled reference to Dawkins' Watchmaker. Just as with Rand, Peart basically parrots his philosophical heros. I cannot believe he doesn't see this in his writing, it's pretty blatant. It's a good thing his drumming on CA is monstrous badassery so I can overlook it. Overlook what? You don't like the nod to the watchmaker analogy? I think it's clever. He doesn't parrot his philosophical heros, it's just a clever little nod to a term used in philosophy. Yeah, maybe "overlook" wasn't what I was shooting for..at this point I expect Peart's philosophy (or at least the philosophy of who he's presently reading) to be obvious in his lyrics. The overall arc & theme for the CA character is basically a rehashing of his recent lyrics dressed up in steampunk. Tiresome for me usually but in this case his drumming performance is so spectacular that he could be writing horror gore metal lyrics and I pretty much wouldn't care. Thanks for the insights all..............yeah I guess it will be more clear once the book comes out..........but then, maybe not........ "aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrh, I'm the Watchmaker...........aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrh, I will kill you %$#^%$^!

QUOTE (ucsteve667 @ Jun 22 2012, 02:01 PM) QUOTE (Workaholic Man @ Jun 22 2012, 03:48 PM) He loves Rush, but he doesn't get the concept? He needs it explained to him? Not good.... me thinks a bit of selective avoidance or denial of the concept... the clergy are good for that sometimes Okay................................................explain the concept.

QUOTE (Owen Hardy @ Jun 19 2012, 02:57 PM) QUOTE (hunter @ Jun 19 2012, 04:53 PM) QUOTE (Godeater2112 @ Jun 19 2012, 12:55 PM)QUOTE (andrew28 @ Jun 19 2012, 10:43 AM) It's only a matter of time before someone in this group isolates the chanting, runs it through Pro Tools and reverses it to figure out what he's saying. We are Rush fans after all. I already did that. RTFT. Yes. Nailed it. I really like that the very beginning of the song, the first 7 seconds or so is Geddy singing to the angels high above. Reversed. If this violates copyright feel free to delete mods but it's just the first few seconds reversed. ortni slegnA krowkcolC Thanks for this although I'll admit, I'm still not sure what he's saying. My guess is that it is the inaudible voice(s) of the Clockwork Angels.

Beautiful song.

This can also been seen as a representation of people who easily gulp down the belief system that they are born into just like the In-N-Out milkshake ......without much thought..............."I was brought up to believe"(BU2B2) and, "Ignorance is well and truly blessed"(CA), "Believe in what we're told blind men in the market"(BU2B) or blind people in California's In-N-Out burger?

Thanks so much......now I can make some sense of the storyline.............

QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Jun 19 2012, 11:18 AM)I like the album, but it seems too long to me. If it were shorter, I think it would be better. Shut up already!........ It is what it is--and forever............

There is a season for every Rush album under the Sun.........

QUOTE (Ovningskora @ Jun 17 2012, 09:49 PM) very repetitive chorus. I think it should be deleted from my HD pretty soon. Go ahead and delete it................and also all the other Rush songs with repetitive chorus.................then tell me what you have left..........

......... blah, blah, blah...........if it's Rush, it's all good!

QUOTE (Shreddy Lee @ Jun 17 2012, 08:43 PM) The reason I don't normally count it is that it's all covers and therefore not their own original material, so it should be put aside in a different category than the rest of their original albums. Yeah, your exactly right.........a cover is not your own creativity or composition..........it's other peoples songs made to sound your music................but it's not........Feedback is not Rush music, it's music that Rush liked to cover........

To me it's more like an intro to Wish Them Well

is better than................. The CA Singles..............

........stop pissing in the wind...........