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Red Barchetta Vital Signs(one of Rush's finest and most unique moments) Witch Hunt Limelight Tom Sawyer YYZ Camera Eye This album is really a six way tie for first with The Camera Eye coming in at a distant second. Great song but distant to the rest of the album.

Subdivisions The Weapon Digital Man The Analog Kid Losing It New World Man Chemistry Countdown

2112 Something for Nothing A Passage to Bangkok The Twilight Zone Lessons Tears

Topics such as this make me wish I had never stumbled across this site. Again...people wonder why Neil travels alone surrounded by armed guards and sprints to the bus after every show.

1. Xanadu 2. Cygnus X-1 3. A Farewell to Kings 4. Closer to the Heart 5. Cinderella Man 6. Madrigal

Really? Please explain your reason behind this choice. Here ya go: A certain measure of innocence Willing to appear naive A certain degree of imagination A measure of make-believe A certain degree of surrender To the forces of light and heat A shot of satisfaction In a willingness to risk defeat Celebrate the moment As it turns into one more Another chance at victory Another chance to score The measure of the moment In a difference of degree Just one little victory A spirit breaking free One little victory The greatest act can be One little victory A certain measure of righteousness A certain amount of force A certain degree of determination Daring on a different course A certain amount of resistance To the forces of the light and love A certain measure of tolerance A willingness to rise above I know the lyrics and posting them doesn't equate to a logical explanation for your reason as to why you suggest the song is superficial. You realize that OLV is more akin to represent Neil finding himself rising above the depths of hell of greiving and beginning to come back, little by little, to a life that resembled something more than just existing from day to day? It's also clearly about sacrficing things to reach personal goals. Just reread that lyric sheet again. Can you imagine what it took for them to reach that first day of writing and recording after what he had been through? Imagine what the mood and the atmosphere was like the first time they stood in a room together after all that time, instruments in hand and just began playing again. That is One Little Victory. I'd dare to say their were tears somewhere in the studio. Nothing about that album is superficial. I tried to avoid saying it earlier but truthfully I think some people may want to have a better understanding of the word superficial. I saw Faithless listed too. I mean, give me a break. All of that stuff exists outside of the song itself, as in those conclusions can't be drawn directly from the song on it's own merits without knowing about Neil's history. The lyrics on their own are about overcoming adversity and challenges and succeeding and are presented in a very straightforward and obvious way that doesn't require any closer examination by the listener/reader to get. Every other song on Vapor Trails can be interpreted in other ways other than the bands personal history. To an outside listener the song is about overcoming obstacles and winning. Nothing more, nothing less. That is not depth. And Faithless is so blandly simplistic and competely without subtlety. I don't believe in beliefs? Like a flower in the desert that only blooms at night? You give me a break. Just because something has a theme that has potential depth doesn't mean it is executed with depth. Faithless may be the bands most overtly superficial song because it tries to be about some really lofty themes and fails. And understand that this is in comparison to other Rush songs hence the title the "most" superficial Rush songs, meaning the Rush songs that have the least amount of depth. Compare Faithless to Ghost of a Chance (a song with some similar themes) and see how much more thought and beauty lies in the lyrics of Ghost of a Chance. Faithless is a weak effort comparatively. I still think OLV is pretty depth ridden. On the count of Faithless, you win. Your explanation actually made me lose a bit for that tune.

Really? Please explain your reason behind this choice. Here ya go: A certain measure of innocence Willing to appear naive A certain degree of imagination A measure of make-believe A certain degree of surrender To the forces of light and heat A shot of satisfaction In a willingness to risk defeat Celebrate the moment As it turns into one more Another chance at victory Another chance to score The measure of the moment In a difference of degree Just one little victory A spirit breaking free One little victory The greatest act can be One little victory A certain measure of righteousness A certain amount of force A certain degree of determination Daring on a different course A certain amount of resistance To the forces of the light and love A certain measure of tolerance A willingness to rise above I know the lyrics and posting them doesn't equate to a logical explanation for your reason as to why you suggest the song is superficial. You realize that OLV is more akin to represent Neil finding himself rising above the depths of hell of greiving and beginning to come back, little by little, to a life that resembled something more than just existing from day to day? It's also clearly about sacrficing things to reach personal goals. Just reread that lyric sheet again. Can you imagine what it took for them to reach that first day of writing and recording after what he had been through? Imagine what the mood and the atmosphere was like the first time they stood in a room together after all that time, instruments in hand and just began playing again. That is One Little Victory. I'd dare to say their were tears somewhere in the studio. Nothing about that album is superficial. I tried to avoid saying it earlier but truthfully I think some people may want to have a better understanding of the word superficial. I saw Faithless listed too. I mean, give me a break.

Really? Please explain your reason behind this choice.

I'm thinking that's a joke but if not, Marathon has nothing to do with workout/sports motivation.

Tai Shan or Dog Years. It's hard for me to believe that they actually wrote those songs.

I did know that. And it makes the last chorus of that song one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written or performed. It's so grandiose and overwhelming that if it's utterly quiet and I'm alone, that lump in my throat becomes quite large. Rush certainly has written some breathtaking music.

Red Barchetta, The Spirit of Radio, Marathon, Prime Mover, Lock and Key, Grand Designs, Time Stand Still, Tom Sawyer, Limelight, Entre Nous, The Trees, Middletown Dreams, Presto, Between Sun and Moon.

1. The Anarchist 2. Clockwork Angels 3. The Wreckers 4. BU2B 5. The Garden 6. Halo Effect 7. Headlong Flight 8. Seven Cities of Gold 9. Caravan 10.Carnies 11. Wish Them Well 12. BU2B2

She loved you once before for who you were. Maybe she's just going through some shit that you don't understand. I'm not trying to sound judgemental but if you still love her don't just give up and let her go. People change and interests change but that doesn't mean we stop adapting to them. "The luckiest man who walks the Earth is the one who finds true love." Bram Stoker's Dracula. "If you really, really love someone, when is enough enough? Never." The Mexican.

For the guy who mentioned Stewart Copeland: Wrapped Around Your Finger is one of the most interesting drum songs I've ever heard. It's so atmospheric during the verses and so explosive during the chorus's. I just love it.

Definitely Vital Signs and Lock and Key. Both of those songs have killer fills throughout and both feature superb outros by Neil. Two of the songs that make me wish that I had learned to play drums.

Vital Signs, Natural Science, The Weapon, Marathon, The Mission (second verse), The Analog Kid, Bravado, Subdivisions.

How does he do it? It's not like each of these is doing the same thing. To my ears (and I may be wrong since I am not a musician), it sounds like each one is a different beat. How does he not get confused and lose what sounds like different beats? Be born with a natural ability towards muscianship and then spend the next fifty years of your life behind a drum kit.

:eyeroll: Sorry, I'm not trying to be ironic. I agree with those who are trying to point out that there are only so many Rush songs that can really qualify as "overrated." I don't go nuts for YYZ and Freewill to the degree that most board members or even casual fans do. You both are blasphemous... :D Freewill, overrated?!?! The solo section is one of the most complicated pieces of rock music, ever. And the fact that they recorded it live and exploded with that kind of unpredictability and precision is almost unthinkable. Everytime I hear it just blows my mind and I've heard hundreds of times. When they wind out of it and Geddy starts that lyric...chills!!!! :rush: I'm blasphemous? I'm the one that rolled my eyes :eyeroll: Sorry, I'm not trying to be ironic. I agree with those who are trying to point out that there are only so many Rush songs that can really qualify as "overrated." I don't go nuts for YYZ and Freewill to the degree that most board members or even casual fans do. You both are blasphemous... :D Freewill, overrated?!?! The solo section is one of the most complicated pieces of rock music, ever. And the fact that they recorded it live and exploded with that kind of unpredictability and precision is almost unthinkable. Everytime I hear it just blows my mind and I've heard hundreds of times. When they wind out of it and Geddy starts that lyric...chills!!!! :rush: I'm blasphemous? I'm the one that rolled my eyes You aren't really blasphemous. I'm just picking, man. Just picking.

None. Everything I own is on iTunes, unfortunately. Although I have been seriously considering buying a turntable and some Rush vinyl. I miss that sound and the feel of an album sleeve.

For the magic you are about to create for the next 40+ years: Thank You.

Definitely looks fake. On a similar note I saw an episode of Storage Wars once where a guy won a locker with a blue drum kit in it that had some pretty odd and difficult to find cymbals. It wasn't worth much by itself so he took it to his good friend, Stewart Copeland, to have it signed on each drum head. Can't remember what he ended up getting for it but personally I would've taken it home after being signed and tucked it into bed beside me. Signed by Copeland? No longer for sale!

Dude, you're hurting my heart. Subdivisions? NO! NO! NO!. This thread is difficult for me most of these songs I see listed the crowd goes ape shit for at live shows. Doesn't that oppose being overrated?

:eyeroll: Sorry, I'm not trying to be ironic. I agree with those who are trying to point out that there are only so many Rush songs that can really qualify as "overrated." I don't go nuts for YYZ and Freewill to the degree that most board members or even casual fans do. You both are blasphemous... :D Freewill, overrated?!?! The solo section is one of the most complicated pieces of rock music, ever. And the fact that they recorded it live and exploded with that kind of unpredictability and precision is almost unthinkable. Everytime I hear it just blows my mind and I've heard hundreds of times. When they wind out of it and Geddy starts that lyric...chills!!!! :rush:

I gotta agree here. I listen to everything of theirs and this songs status is inescapable. No matter how many times I hear, the second that opening crash and synthesizer growl hits I can only do one thing: reach for the volume knob and see if it'll go further than the last time. It never gets old.