Bastille Dave

anything Metallica released from 1983-1986

I'd hafta guess various live renditions of 2112, either the whole epic or just Overture/Temples. Most played studio version? Probably YYZ.

YYZ, By-Tor, 2112 Overture.

YYZ, Analog Kid, LVS (actually, anything off of Hemisheres). Also Cinderella Man, Digital Man, Enemy Within, Jacob's Ladder. Many more...

wow, switch out Twilight Zone for Tears and you pretty much have the same exact list as me. scary.....

"whatever you do, don't put a naked man on an album cover."

A bunch of bands tied for 2nd favorite, such as: The Beatles, Maiden, JP, DLR era VH, Bon Scott era AC/DC, Deep Purple Mach 2, 70's Kiss, 70's ZZ Top, Joe Satriani, The Police, 80's Metallica, Dio, Sabbath, Ozzy, etc....

i listened to a bunch of their stuff about a week ago. IMO they have quite a bit of sub-par filler type songs on each album, not really a great flow start to finish (with the exception of "Not Fragile"). But they have some great, great songs with some MONSTER riffs, and not just the radio songs. They certainly do not get enough love for how hard they rocked in that '73-'75 era when North American hard rock was in it's infancy.

The Battle between Bytor and the Snow Dog, that 2 minute instrumental section before the mellow part they never play live.

I am the most stubborn-headed 80's Metallica thrash fan out there but lately their mid-90's music has grown on me like a fungus (it only took like 18 years to grow on me). I hated Load & Reload for years and years until recently and I decided to give them one last chance, and I think I "get" it now. Garage Inc. DISC 1 is what helped me alot. I can't really get into anything from St. Anger on, but Death Magnetic sounds ok. Maybe in about 10 years I'll finally get into DM.

I can relate to what GR'79 was saying. I have a truck that only has radio and once in a while I catch Spirit or Freewill or Fly By Night and it seems like Rush just stick out like a sore thumb from the rest of the pack of songs you hear on the radio. I heard Freewill a few months ago on the radio and I was rockin' out during the solo so hard that I should've been pulled over for disturbing the peace. edit: I noticed after my post that I'm not sure if this was a thread about hearing Rush on the radio or how much Old Rush is better than New Rush.

between the studio albums and the live albums, I'd say studio. I hardly ever listen to the live albums much anymore. I listen to Rush boots more than studio and live albums these days.

In my day-to-day world i am the biggest Rush fan I know. I know a couple dudes who like Rush alot but not like I do. And then I tell them that I aint nowhere near obsessed like the Rush fans I meet on here. The Rush fandom I am exposed to on TRF keeps me humble. And informed.

Are We Ourselves.....The Fixx Child Of Fire (Live In Tokyo '84).....Queensryche 24 Hours A Day.....Triumph God Of Thunder (demo).....Kiss The Sky Is Crying.....Stevie Ray Vaughan On The Run (Live Echoes In The Boston Gardens).....Pink Floyd Running To You.....The Cars Seasons.....Steve Miller Band Righteous.....Eric Johnson Freewheel Burning (Priest Live).....Judas Priest Too Bad.....Bad Company It's Only Money.....Thin Lizzy

Love Different Strings but I don't think they will ever play it live. Like someone said earlier in the thread, it's a production song and was never really intended to be played live. What I'd love to hear is something, anything, from Caress Of Steel. :codger:

The return of Earl the Rushhead! What's up big guy? :cheers: Caress Of Steel is so awesome, it is unlike anything else Rush has done. I'm kinda glad Rush hardly ever plays anything from it and the radio completely ignores it.

I'd say pretty much any and all of the one hit wonders of the 70's. Not so much the bands or artists entire catalog but the hits like for example: Rupert Holmes Escape "The Pina Colada Song" , Bonnie Tyler "Total Eclipse Of The Heart", 10CC "I'm Not In Love", Ambrosia "How Much I Feel", Nilsson Shmilsson "Without You". You get the idea. Really ultra cheesy stuff but I like it.

I've never actually thought of this as a band name until now. good one. I like it.

found it through Counterparts (a Rush forum)

I have a handful of boots from the '69-'71 era and they were full of energy and hungry back then. Some of the boots from '73-on are hard to listen to, especially the Song Remains live album. I'm sure like alot of bands they battled the "going thru the motions, just punchin' the old time clock" mentallity and it seems to have gottn the better of them in their last 5 years or so. I've always been curious what LZ wouldve been like had Bonham not died. I suppose Plant's early 80's solo albums would be somewhere in the ballpark.

Nobody loves those early albums more than I do. The way it makes you feel when listening to those, it's hard to describe. I just love it.

Twilight Zone

When RTB came out I was completely oblivious to it's release as I had distanced myself from Rush since HYF came out. I heard Dreamline on the radio and didnt hate it but it didnt persuade me to buy it either. I didnt hear RTB in it's entirety until 2006, along with everything else they released from '91 up to Feedback. I like it for what it is even though IMO it's near the bottom of their catalog. It's Rush, man.

People think I'm crazy and I am definitely in the minority when I say: I believe about 90% of the time the remasters are not as good as the originals. They mess with the mix and it just messes it up. Sure it's louder but usually too compressed. Took me years to figure this out but I have seen the light.

Victim Of Changes The Ripper Dreamer/Dreamer Deciever Breakin' The Law Rapid Fire Metal Gods ......you know the band :haz: