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Wish Them Well... I listened to this yesterday and loved it for the first time.

 

Were you drunk or high? :laughing guy:

 

Neither.

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My first new Rush was Signals and since that album there has been at least one song that I didn't care for on each new record that through the years has become one that I really dig...

 

Chemistry... I didn't care for this song at all until about ten years ago when I was listening to the vinyl and it jumped out and became the one tune I wished they would pull out if the vault.

 

Mystic Rhythms... Overplayed on MTV (hard to believe). I rediscovered this on the Counterparts tour.

 

Tai Shan... I know, shoot me. I like it. Great Bass playing on a stupid song.

 

Hand Over Fist... Bass is in the pocket.

 

How it is... I did not like this at first, but it grew.

 

Wish Them Well... I listened to this yesterday and loved it for the first time.

 

There were some from earlier on, but I was thinking about these tunes because these were new for me when they were new to the world.

Thank you all again

I picked Tai Shan. Not a great tune, but better than the other two for me. Actually, Geddy's bass playing on Tai Shan is wonderful. Dog Years is a horrible song beaten only (in my opinion) by Superconductor.

I love all types of coffee. When I played in the bands in college, I even liked day old burned diner coffee. These days I like good coffee. Dark roast, medium roast, all types. I don't like anything in it. Maybe a little whiskey on a cold afternoon. Other than that, black.

The Sword in may

I listened to this today and really like the album. It is some of the best writing they have done in years. I would have liked to hear it recorded to tape using an old board and an old producer. Hiwatt, Sunn, and Ampeg turned up loud...

I revisited side two not too long ago and found new love for Tears. Great song! Lessons too.

Thank you all.

Thank you! It's been a great day so far.

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday!

You know, Wal basses are quite good basses and have a thick bottom end when dialed in. The reason Geddy's Wal sounds like it does on those recordings has nothing to do with the bass and everything to do with choice... Geddy's and the producer. Search Trevor Jones, Justin Chancellor, Colin Moulding just for a start on how a Wal can sound.

 

Also, it was the time period. Very little mid to late 80s music production grabs my attention.

More on Presto... There are a couple of meh tunes (anagram, scars) and a piece of garbage (superconductor). The rest of the album is great. Remember, it was recorded in the late 80s. I can't think of one lp recorded in the late 80s that sounded good.

 

As for Geddy's sound, it's an active bass. Geddy always favors the bridge pickup and with the active pickups the brilliance and crispness is brought out and the bass is sacrificed. Active bass boost is out there but he didn't use it. The single coils on the Jazz and the Rick were a bit more focused and less wide in spectrum.

 

I think it is a fine record with a decent sound for the tubeless 80s digital crapfest. Listen to Momentary Lapse and then listen to Presto.

I like Presto, there are a lot of great songs on this record. That being said, I think Superconductor is a horrible addition to this record. It is my least favorite Rush song and I would neither brush, floss or engage in any other bathroom activity more befitting this blemish on an otherwise fine record...

I have a humbucker in the bridge which I had my tech tap a I can go to a single coil with a small switch. It is the best of both worlds and David Allen makes the pickup I use, a p51. The guitar is a Swiss Army knife. I still love my Les Paul. Never had a Tele...someday.

Even though Dreamline is one of a couple of songs I like off RTB, I will have to go with Middletown Dreams. MD is one of my favorite 80s Rush tunes. Also, my friend kind of ruined Dreamline for my when it came out. Whenever the chorus came on he would sing "we're well hung" and to this day that is what I hear...

Tonight I will pour a glass of the pure, put on Fountain, and take in the sounds of that era. Great music, great sounds, and some great playing.

Best clean guitar sound ever

Since Signals came out. How can that be 30+ years?

On your feet or on your knees!

Love that tune. The notes he hits at the end are amazing! Unleashed in the east!

Great groove!

My lifeblood spills over...

 

The most endangered species

The honest man

Will still survive annihilation

 

The bell tolls for thee

 

I'm sure there's more but that is off the top of my head.