Shreddy Lee

I love just about all of the instrumentals, but if I had to rank my favorites it'd go like this:

 

1. YYZ

2. La Villa Strangiato

3. Malignant Narcissism

4. Leave That Thing Alone

I'm a sucker for the instrumentals, I love them far more than anything else, and for me Malignant Narcissism ranks right up there with YYZ and La Villa Strangiato.

Gotta love Leave That Thing Alone, it's an excellent showcase for my personal favorite part of Rush, Geddy's amazing bass work.

Like many others, I had a hard time deciding on this one, primarily between Cygnus Book II and La Villa Strangiato, both of which I love and feel are among the band's best songs. The only way I ended up deciding was seeing which one had fewer votes and giving my support to that one.

Hands down YYZ for me, not only my favorite Rush song but probably my favorite song by anyone, ever. I've literally listened to it hundreds of times - adding together all the iTunes play counts of all the different versions of it I have, the grand total at the moment is 533 plays. And I've never once gotten tired of it. I've never encountered any other song with a riff that rocks so hard, and yet the song has so much depth and is an outstanding display of musicianship - each instrument is played to absolute perfection.

 

The song represents what I love most about Rush, and music in general, and it is simply the most brilliant piece of musical genius I've ever heard. Specifically, Geddy's bassline. Whereas I didn't have any interest in it before, hearing the bassline to YYZ turned me into a lover of the bass and made me aspire to become a player myself.