Silas Lang

La Villa Strangiato. 4/5

Xanadu. A Farewell To Kings & Closer To The Heart great also. 4/5

2112, of course. 5/5

The Necromancer. Better than By-Tor or Cygnus. 5/5

Anthem. In an interview, Geddy stated this was something they tried this with Rutsey but when Neil joined and played it he realized the future possibilties. Lyrically important as well. By-Tor, BB&B, In The End all great as well. 4/5

Finding My Way, What You're Doing, Before & After all classics but Working Man's the song. 5/5

QUOTE (rushgoober @ Jul 20 2006, 02:45 PM) The only Blue Oyster Cult-related item I have is a cd by The Stalk-Forrest Group (later morphed into Blue Oyster Cult) called St. Cecelia: The Elektra Recordings. This was a completed album recorded in 1970, but never released until VERY recently. It's a VERY good album (just short of greatness), is very jammy and somewhat proggy. It's definitely worth picking up. I only have their big hits to go on in terms of BOC, and while they're all really good 70's arena classic rock kinds of songs in the vein of Boston, Foreigner, REO Speedwagon and that ilk, it was never enough (like with those other bands) to inspire me to bother to pick anything of theirs up... Hope you've picked up some of their stuff since this post. BOC is nothing like those you mentioned; much more original with interesting lyrics (particularly the early stuff).

"It's so lonely in the state of Maine!!"

QUOTE (metaldad @ Apr 26 2010, 03:06 PM) QUOTE (theguyincygnusx1 @ Apr 26 2010, 03:03 PM) QUOTE (metaldad @ Apr 26 2010, 01:16 PM) QUOTE (greg2112 @ Apr 26 2010, 01:14 PM) Glad I wasnt around when this asshole was on the board. Now we have other assholes um....o.k.

QUOTE (MULTIPLIED REACTION @ Apr 22 2010, 01:47 PM) They suck! If you don't like rock & roll...

Santana's debut and Abraxas - Lust. Todd Rundgren -

QUOTE (Rushman14 @ Apr 22 2010, 11:37 AM) Don't step on the grass Sam

QUOTE (ReRushed @ Apr 22 2010, 07:40 AM) QUOTE (micgtr71 @ Apr 22 2010, 08:35 AM) This is strange. I guess that I ave a difficult time considering most of these as epics...9 minutes does not seem to epic to me...just my opinion. Anyway, 1. Hemishperes 2. The Fountain of Lamneth 3. 2112 I can't go any further. Great songs all of them-don't fit my definition of epic...sorry. What's epic when it comes to popular music? Heck, it can be argued that anything over 5 minutes can be considered epic. What's the average length of a rock song? 3 minutes? 4 minutes? If so, a 9 minute song is double the average, so I think the term epic applies. The song Black Sabbath is 6:20 and is pretty epic.

What do you guys think about em?

I'm surprised so many have picked Losing It.

Red Tide Cut To The Chase I Think I'm Going Bald How It Is Before And After

Could probably mention something in nearly every song but i'll pick one that no-one ever talks about is the transition from acoustic to electric in In The Valley.

1. 2112 2. Natural Science 3. Xanadu 4. La Villa Strangiato 5. The Necromancer 6. The Camera Eye 7. The Fountain of Lamneth 8. Hemispheres 9. By-Tor And The Snow Dog 10.Cygnus X-1

Working Man Beneath, Between & Behind The Necromancer Grand Finale Xanadu La Villa Strangiato Jacob's Ladder New World Man Between The Wheels Territories Turn The Page Red Tide Face Up Cut To The Chase Test For Echo Earthshine Bravest Face

After intermission, start with side 2 then side 1.

Anything from GUP, Red Tide, Territories, Grand Designs, Available Light, Cut To The Chase

How bout a Before & After/In The Valley/Grande Finale instrumental medley? Then throw in Jacob's Ladder, Red Tide, Available Light, Territories and anything from Grace Under Pressure.

Any old Vincent Price horror classics

Night of the Living Dead, Dark Victory

Aerosmith, Allman Brothers Band Black Sabbath, Beatles, Blue Oyster Cult Alice Cooper, Captain Beyond The Doors, Deep Purple Emerson, Lake & Palmer Fleetwood Mac, Free Genesis Heart Iron Maiden Jethro Tull, Jefferson Airplane/Starship The Kinks Led Zeppelin The Moody Blues Nirvana Ozzy Osbourne Pink Floyd Queen Rush, The Rolling Stones Steppenwolf, Santana Trapeze Uriah Heep Van Halen The Who X - none Yes, The Yardbirds The Zombies