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I like "High Water". Although, Turn the Page would have made a much better album closer.

I got "Time" for Christmas 1981. I love that album. There's only a couple of tunes on it that I find boring, and they aren't bad. But I like the music they made for the film "Xanadu". While the movie got bad reviews, the soundtrack was pretty popular. Also, I am familiar with many of their hit singles from before. "Shine a Little Love" being one.

The Enemy Within, not that it's bad but it doesn't really grab me.

As far as Michael Jackson goes, I only like "Off the Wall" and "Thriller", but that's it.

High Water, in parts, sounds like Bacchus Plateau.

There wont' be any more Rush albums. Personally, I'd like another solo Geddy album.

A Farewell to Kings Moving Pictures Signals Hold Your Fire Presto Test for Echo

Solitude Standing is a great album Yep, I have her autograph twice from seeing small performances at record stores. The first for "nine objects of desire" and the second for "songs in red and gray"

I'm a Suzanne Vega fan and I bought her then new album "Solitude Standing" about two or three weeks ahead of Hold Your Fire. Although I think that album was released earlier in the summer or even the spring. Was never sure.

Let's not forget: I do believe Michael Jackson's "Bad" CD came out on September 8, 1987 as well.

Well, the Fall of 1987 saw a lot of great classic rock albums being released. Yes released "Big Generator" a couple of weeks later and Jethro Tull had released "Crest of a Knave" in 1987, just not sure at what time of the year. I think the Who were going on one of their big tours. Damn. Time flies. No Who tour in '87 but in 89 they did the reunion shows. Okay, I couldn't remember. It seemed like a lot of classic rock acts were releasing new material. It was a great year in '87. I always put "Hold Your Fire", "A Momentary..." and "Big Generator" as the big 3.

Well, the Fall of 1987 saw a lot of great classic rock albums being released. Yes released "Big Generator" a couple of weeks later and Jethro Tull had released "Crest of a Knave" in 1987, just not sure at what time of the year. I think the Who were going on one of their big tours.

When it comes to music, if a song gives me a positive feeling or a good associative memory of an event, such as I've described in my previous post in this thread, then I like it. Whether there isn't enough guitar, too poppy, "Rush lite", it simply does not matter to me. What instruments are used, style, etc...don't define, to me, what a good song is.

My favorite album. And my favorite Rush concert. After having just graduated high school 3 months prior to the release, the album represents, in so many ways, my escape from that place. So, "Turn the Page" takes on a special resonance for me - a song, in my opinion, that speaks of moving on to different places, different people, and different circumstances. That's pretty much what graduation from high school means, but it could represent any other time in your life when you're about to make big changes. As far as the concert, well, that was magical. Here in NC, we had just suffered a snow or ice storm. When we got to Reynolds Coliseum at NC State University, the late afternoon sun began to peak out of the leftover storm clouds, shining on the snow and ice. We met a guy cooking burgers on a big grill for the band, if I recall correctly. He was among all the tour buses and side entrance to the coliseum. We went to eat at Darryl's restaurant on Hillsborough Street across from campus. The place was packed with people, many of whom were Rush fans. I remember getting a taco salad. We went to the show and enjoyed it. The red balloons malfunctioned in our section so I didn't get one. I left my tour program inside as we were leaving. I tried to go back and get it, ended up on the other side of the coliseum with other fans waiting for the band to emerge to leave. We were told they'd already left, but nobody believed that to be true. I never did get my program. We left and i remember seeing a very clear night sky full of stars and being very satisfied with the concert. Oddly enough we were playing side two of Pink Floyd's "Momentary Lapse of Reason" on the way home. Strange, but when I listen to that album, I'm reminded of that night.

The Fixx - "Stand or Fall" https://youtu.be/Yy3sxbKqloI

Don't know the fourth one, but I hear: Tom Sawyer Closer to the Heart Fly By Night ???? Freewill

"Lord, what fools these mortals be" - William Shakespeare

I think people should just get over it. The flag represents different things to different people as does the rainbow flag.

If the flag was all about slavery, then what glorious thing did the North do after they were freed, because they didn't appear to do very well afterwards. (shhhh, let's not dare mention child labor in the factories).

While some people see the confederate flag as racist, others see the rainbow flag as representing vile, perverted lifestyles. Human nature...

I don't have any but I recollect some that were on 45. I remember Body Electric on side A with Between the Wheels on side B. I have a 33 with the Big Money single on side A with Territories on side B and I think the live version of Vital Signs from the Grace Under Pressure tour. And I believe I recall the Countdown single.

I think he should write a song called "Stingers" about bees vs. wasps.

I believe that there can be many interpretations of any Rush song. When it comes to Clockwork Angels, for instance, I view all the songs, except "The Garden", as being about machines, whereas "The Garden" is about the natural world, not the human made machinery.

The song is about wood. Oaks are taller, harder, and mightier than Maples. There can be no comparison.

I live next to Raleigh, NC - the City of Oaks. :D